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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate 450 kilometre Kochi (Kerala)-Mangaluru (Karnataka) Natural Gas Pipeline

The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of One Nation One Gas Grid. It has been built by GAIL (India) Limited. It will carry natural gas from the LNG Regasification Terminal at Kochi. The pipeline will supply environment-friendly PNG.

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It has transportation capacity of 12 Million Metric tonn per day

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PM Modi to inaugurate National Metrology Conclave 2021 CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi

He will also dedicate National Atomic Timescale(generates IST with an accuracy of 2.8 nanosecond) & Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya to the nation and also lay the foundation stone of the National Environmental Standards Laboratory.

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Theme of conclave: Metrology for the Inclusive Growth of Nation

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World Braille Day observed on 4 January

The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the man who invented the braille language. The day aims to raise awareness about Braille- a form of communication and written language for people who are blind and visually challenged.

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Louis Braille was a French educator who invented braille in 1809

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India approves COVID-19 vaccines Covishield and Covaxin for emergency use

COVISHIELD- Pune-based Serum Institute of India has sought approval for its version of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.COVAXIN-Bharat Biotech company which is developing in collaboration with National Institute of Virology,Pune.

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Neither Covishield nor Covaxin has completed phase-3 trials

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DBT-BIRAC supported indigenously developed DNA Vaccine Candidate by Zydus Cadila, approved for Phase III clinical trials

The Nation’s first indigenously developed DNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19, ZyCoV-D has been approved by DCGI for the conduct of Phase III clinical trials. It has supporte by National Biopharma Mission under BIRAC & Department of Biotechnology, GOI

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Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council formed : 2014

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Indian Army to deploy fully-armed indigenous boats at Pangong lake in Ladakh for rapid troop deployment, patrolling

The Indian army has ordered new fast patrol boats for the surveillance of water bodies in the mountains, including Pangong Tso, in eastern Ladakh in where it has been locked in a border row with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

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Shri Radha Krishna Mathur Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

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China’s Zhong Shanshan eclipses Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest man

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zhong’s net worth has soared $70.9 billion this year to $77.8 billion, making him the 11th richest person in the world. Zhong, vaccine magnate & founder of China’s largest bottled water company Nongu spring.

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Zhong Shanshan popularly known as ‘Lone Wolf’.

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Government implementing Rs 320-crore project for 5 ports to enable digital ecosystem

According to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways five ports are Mumbai, Chennai, Deendayal, Paradip, and Kolkata (including Haldia).Enterprise business system (EBS) is being implemented at five major ports with a project cost of about Rs 320cr.

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Major ports in the country have an installed capacity of 1,534MT

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TRIFED initiates Marketing & Logistics intervention for promoting products of North – Eastern region

TRIFED under Ministry of tribal Affairs has formulated a proposal in which it will collaborate with Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) & India Post to implement a successful marketing and logistic intervention for promoting the NER.

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Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India formed in 1987

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L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) bags over Rs 7,000 crore order from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery

L&T said the engineering, procurement, construction & commissioning (EPCC) contract is for setting up a dual feed cracker unit (DFCU) for Rajasthan RefineryProject at Barmer. DFCU is the biggest EPCC contract awarded in the country to date in this sector

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LTHE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro

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IAF choppers, NDRF teams try to extinguish wildfire in Dzukou Range of Kohima district in Nagaland

Operations to extinguish the fire were carried out byNagaland Police, NDRF,SDRFetc..The fire broke out in the Dzukou range in Southern Angami region of the district.The scenic Dzukou valley, a tourist hot spot in Nagaland, is located in the Dzukou range.

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Nagaland CM:Neiphiu Rio; Governor:RN Ravi

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Chinese firm bags contract to develop Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System tunnel

The National Capital Region Transport (NCRTC), which is executing India's first RRTS project, has awarded the contract to the Chinese firm, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company Limited (STEC) to construct a 5.6-km underground stretch.

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Rapid Rail corridor connecting Delhi, Ghaziabad, Meerut.

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U.S. Congress passes ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ for Pakistani women

The bill requires the USAID to award at least 50% of scholarships under a Pakistan-based higher education scholarship program to Pakistani women from 2020 to 2022.Bill requires USAID to consult with & leverage investments by the Pakistani private sector

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United States Agency for International Development formed in1961

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FSSAI’s new policy limits trans fats to 2% in all oils & fats by Jan 2022

Food Safety and Standards Authority of Indiaannounced that all edible refined oils, vanaspati, bakery shortening, margarines, vegetable fat spreads and mixed fat spreads may only contain 3% or less trans fats by Jan 2021 & 2%or less by Jan 2022.

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Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils(PHVOs) source of trans fat

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RoDTEP scheme extended to all export goods from January 1

Benefit of Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme will be extended to all export goods from January 1, 2021. Under the scheme, the embedded central, state and local duties or taxes will get refunded and credited in an exporter.

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RoDTEP scheme will replace the popular Merchandise Exports.