Skip to main content

CURRENT AFFAIRS English 28.1.20


STATE

1.     India’s 1st War Memorial of Animals will be setup in Meerut, UP.
2.     World Largest Meditation centre & Global Headquarters of Heartfulness Institute opened in Hyderabad.
3.     India’s 1st Super Fab Lab inaugurated in Kerala for developing Hardware Industry.
INTERNATIONAL
4.     Guyana took over chairmanship of G77 for year 2020.
APPOINTMENTS
5.     Nirmaljeet Singh kalsi – chairperson, Punjab Police complaints authority.
6.     LV Prabhakar – MD & CEO, Canara Bank.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCE
7.     India & China Border Personnel met at Ladakh.
8.     Department of Biotechnology organised International Summit on Women in STEM – “Visualizing the Future: New Skylines” in Delhi.
MOU
9.     NIRDPR (National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj) & UNICEF will jointly establish CRU (Communication Resource Unit) to provide communication support for national flagship programmes.
10. India & Brazil signed 15 MoUs on Health, Bio-energy cooperation, Cultural Exchange, Geology & Mineral Resources.
BANKING
11. Reliance Jio launched UPI payment service.
12. RBI raised Short-term Investment Limit to 30% from 20% for FPI (Foreign Portfolio Investor).
AWARDS
13. Tata Steel Kalinganagar honoured at World Economic Forum 2020 for its entry into Global Lighthouse network.
14. Kumar, Vice-chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University conferred with Harit Rana Award 2019 for motivating students.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
15. ISRO will send half-humanoid robot Vyom Mitra for unmanned trip into space before Mission Gaganyaan.
DAYS
16. International Customs Day – January 26, Theme “Customs Fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and Planet”.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Current Affairs 3.10.20 English

NATIONAL 1.      PM Modi inaugurates longest highway tunnel 9.02KM Atal Tunnel connecting Manali to Lahau-Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh. 2.      TRIFED launched ambitious initiative Tribes India e-Marketplace to sell 50 lakh Tribal producer’s products through online. 3.      Indian Railways unveiled new Tejas Locomotives which run at speed of 160kmph. APPOINTMENTS 4.      Charanjit Attra – Chief Financial Officer, SBI. 5.      Devyani Khobragade – India’s Next Ambassador to Cambodia.   SCHEMES & APPS 6.      Telangana launched door-to-door survey to update non-agriculture property details through NAP App. 7.      Jal Shakti Ministry launched 100-day campaign to provide Portable piped water in Schools & Anganwadi centres. BANKING & ECONOMY 8.      SEBI imposed penalty of Rs. 6 crore to NSE ...

Current Affairs 4.10.20 English

  SUMMITS & CONFERENCE 1.      PM Modi attended International Webinar on Textile Traditions with Theme “Weaving Relations: Textile Traditions” organised by ICCR & UP Institute of Design. 2.      Embassy of India in Nepal celebrated 56 th Anniversary of Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Day 2020 through webinar on “Sharing Knowledge & Experiences on COVID-19 Management”. 3.      Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas & Ministry of Energy of Russian Federation organised 1 st ever India-Russia Webinar on use of Natural Gas as Motor Fuel.   BANKING & ECONOMY 4.      ICICI Bank introduced card less cash withdrawal using iMobile App. 5.      Government agreed to waive off Interest on Interest on Loans upto Rs. 2crore during 6 month moratorium period as relief to Retail & MSME borrowers. 6.      Suryoday Small Finan...

Parts of Animal Cell & Plant Cell