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1) The Indian Air Force (IAF) along with their French counterparts commenced the first major international military exercise involving their respective Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

▪️Indian Air Force:-

👉Founded - 8 October 1932

👉Headquarters - New Delhi

👉Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind

👉Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

👉Vice Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Harjit Singh

▪️ Rajasthan:-

CM - Ashok Gehlot

Governor - Kalraj Mishra

👉Amber Palace, Hawa Mahal, Ranthambore National Park, City Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Sariska National Park, Desert National Park.

2) Chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 24th edition of the Hunar Haat, a flagship programme of the ministry of minority affairs to promote indigenous handicraft and speciality products, at Awadh Shilpgram, Lucknow.

▪️ Recent News - Recently, Uttar Pradesh government (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath launched a 3-week ong campaign namely “Kisan Kalyan Mission” for the state’s farmer welfare and to double their income.

3) The newly sworn-in President of the United States, Joe Biden on the first day of his administration signed 15 executive orders undoing the key policies of his predecessor Donald Trump over the last four years.

4) The book — ‘Abdul Kalam-Ninaivugalukku Maranamillai’ (immortal memories) — has been penned by A P J M Nazema Maraikayar, the niece of the late President and by noted space scientist Y S Rajan.

5) Parakram Diwas (Bravery Day) was celebrated in India on 23 January 2021 . It was introduced by the Government of India.

👉Government of India had decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as “PARAKRAM DIWAS”

6) The Ministry of Railways of India renamed one of the oldest running trains of India, Kalka Mail as Netaji Express from 23 January 2021.

▪️Ministry of Railways :-

👉Formed :- March 1905

👉Headquarters :- New Delhi

👉Minister :- Piyush Goyal

👉Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma

7) National Girl Child Day in India is celebrated on January 24 every year. The day was an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008. The objective behind celebrating the National Girl Child Day is to provide support and opportunities to the girls of India.

▪️Ministry of Women and Child Development :-

👉Founded - 30 January 2006

👉Headquarters- New Delhi

👉Minister - Smriti Irani

👉Minister of State - Debasree Chaudhuri , Krishna Raj

👉Minister - Smriti Irani

8) The Prime Minister inaugurated the National Atomic Scale at National Metrology Conclave 2021 organised bythe Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR).

▪️CSIR :-

👉Founded: 26 September 1942 , National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.

👉Head: Shekhar C. Mande

9) World bank has signed the USD 105 million project with government of India and government of West Bengal to improve waterways in Kolkata, West Bengal.

▪️World Bank :-

👉Founded - 1944

👉President - David Malpass

👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C., United States

10) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been conferred the ‘ICAI award for excellence in Financial Reporting’ for the year 2019-20 after a long gap of 40 years since 1981-82.

▪️Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises:-

Minister - Prakash Javadekar,

Minister of State -Arjun Ram Meghwal

▪️Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL):-

👉Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) was conceived in the late 1950s to become the face of India's industrial development.

👉CEO: Nalin Singhal

👉Headquarters: New Delhi

👉Founded: 1964

11) DRDO has successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-I of Hindustan Aeronautics Limitedv (HAL).

▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-

👉 Founded - 1958

👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi

👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy

▪️Hindustan Aeronautics Limited :-

👉Founder - Walchand Hirachand

👉Founded - 23 December 1940

👉Headquarters - Bengaluru

👉CEO - Shri Sajal Prakash