Daily Important Current Affairs In English
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1)Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and French Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment, under which the two countries will engage in discussions on critical areas of collaboration relating to environment and allied areas
▪️ Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change :-
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Prakash Javadekar
Minister of State - Babul Supriyo
2) Union Electronics, IT & Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will be launching a virtual intelligence tool Tejas.
👉The system is expected to help in improving policy decisions and efficiency of government's services along with ensuring delivery of citizen-centric services.
▪️ Ministry of Electronics, IT & Communications :-
Headquarters - Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Minister of State - Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
3) Telangana government has launched its own packaged drinking water 'Mission Bhagiratha'. The bottle contains regular piped drinking water and is supplied to all government offices at free of cost.
▪️Telangana :-
👉CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
👉Governor of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Women Governor of Telangana)
4) The justice delivery system is best in Maharashtra and worst in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report released by Tata Trusts on January 28.
👉The second edition of the India Justice Report (IJR) also found that women comprised only 29 percent of judges in India.
5) Ms. Shubhdarshini Tripathi appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Ms. Shubhdarshini Tripathi (IFS:1994), presently Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
6) Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) has developed the country's first indigenous machine pistol ASMI.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
👉 Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
7) The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the first-ever bird festival of the state, ‘Kalrav’, at Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary, located in Jamui district.
👉Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
👉 Governor - Phagu Chauhan
👉Mangala Gowri Temple
👉Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
👉Valmiki National Park
8) Indian Railway Finance Corporation 's initial public offer ( IPO) worth more than Rs 4,600 crore come up January month, with a price band of Rs 25-26 per share.
▪️Ministry of Railways :-
👉Formed :- March 1905
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉Minister :- Piyush Goyal
👉Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
▪️Indian Railway Finance Corporation :-
Headquarters :- New Delhi
Founded :- 12 December 1986
9) Union Minister of Health and Family welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated the 7th edition of 'MASCRADE 2021 - Movement against Smuggled & Counterfeit Trade'.
▪️Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Founded :- 1976
HeadQuarter - New Delhi
Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Harsh Vardhan
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
10) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the famous Toshali National Crafts Mela 2021.
👉Patnaik inaugurated the 15th edition of the mela, which is the biggest fair in the Eastern India.
👉Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
👉 Governor - Ganeshi Lal
👉Shree Jagannath Temple
👉Lingaraja Temple
👉Bramheswara Temple
👉Maa Samaleswari Temple
11) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget announcement of increasing the FDI limit in insurance from 49 per cent to 74 per cent could lead to an unprecedented expansion of the insurance sector, its penetration, its level of competition, and value for customers in terms of better products at lower cost.
▪️Ministry of Finance :-
Founded - 29 October 1946
Headquarters - New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of State - Anurag Thakur
👉Recent News - Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) through virtual mode .
👉Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the 'Union Budget mobile app' for hassle-free access of Budget documents by members of Parliament (MPs) and general public.
12) To provide basic diagnostic facilities to the poor for free, the government has launched pathology laboratories in Telangana, called mini-hubs, in Hyderabad.
▪️Telangana :-
👉CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
👉Governor of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Women Governor of Telangana)
13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chauri Chaura Centenary celebrations virtually in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister has also released a postal stamp dedicated to the centenary year of the Chauri Chaura incident.
👉The families of martyrs and freedom fighters has also joined celebrations for the historical event that took place on 4th February, 1922.
▪️ Recent News - 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.
👉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.
14) President Ram Nath Kovind launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
15) Karuna Sagar, a 1991 batch IPS officer of the TN cadre, has bagged the prestigious Bharat Gaurav Award for the year 2020 under the public service category.
👉The award ceremony, held at the national capital, was presided over by Union Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya and Minister of State Faggan Singh Kulaste
16) Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicated the new coastal research vehicle 'Sagar Anveshika' to the nation at Chennai port.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
17) The South-East Central Railways (SECR) zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km.
👉Named as 'Vasuki', it covered the distance of 224 km between the railway stations of Bhilai and Korba and took about seven hours.
18) Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the new four-lane Thaltej-Shilaj-Rancharda railway overbridge in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat.
▪️Ministry of Home Affairs :-
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Founded - 15 August 1947
👉Minister responsible
👉Minister of Home Affairs 👉Amit Shah
👉Minister of State for Home Affairs - G. Kishan Reddy, Nityanand Rai
19) The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated “Aadi Mahotsav”, a National Tribal Festival being organized by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi.
👉Aadi Mahotsav is a Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Crafts, Cuisine and Commerce – is a successful annual initiative that was commenced in 2017.
20) The Lucknow Metro has set another record by becoming the first metro project in the country to use ultraviolet (UV) rays to sanitise train coaches.
The UP Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has taken inspiration from the New York Metro's experiment to sanitise trains with UV lamp rays.
21) The Indian military carried out a large-scale conjoint training exercise, codenamed Kavach or shield, in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal to fine-tune joint war-fighting capabilities.
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