According to HIS Markit, Indian economy is likely to rebound with 8.9% growth in the FY beginning Apr ‘21. The National Statistical Organisation predicted that the economy would contract 7.7% in the current FY. Economy suffered a severe contraction in 2020
HIS Markit CEO: Lance Uggla.
HQ: London, UK.
Pakistan conducted test-flight of an indigenously developed Guided Multi Launch Rocket System, capable of delivering conventional warheads, with a range of 140 km. The Weapon System can give capability of precision target engagement deep in enemy territory
Pakistan President: Arif Alvi.
PM: Imran Khan.
Indian-American Dr. Raj Iyer became 1st Chief Information Officer of the US Army, after the Pentagon created the position in July ‘20. Equivalent in rank to a 3-star General, he will supervise an annual budget of $16 bn for the US Army's IT operations.
Previously, he was the MD at the Deloitte Consulting LLP.
Biden – Harris transition team announced the appointment of Indian American Sumona Guha, a former Foreign Service officer, to the role of Senior Director for South Asia at the National Security Council. She will succeed Trump administration’s Lisa Curtis.
Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States.
Japan has committed Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of an amount of JPY 30 billion (about ₹2,113 crore) to support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Recently MoU was signed on Skilled Workers between the countries
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). The inaugural ceremony was also virtually attended by Bollywood superstar and West Bengal's brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan from Mumbai.
It is the 26th edition of KIFF.
The government has cleared eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus river and its tributaries in Ladakh. The projects have been cleared by the Central Water Commission as well as the Indus Commissioner after a separate UT of Ladakh was announced.
These projects to come up in Kargil and Leh districts of Ladakh.
A general manager at RBI, Giridharan’s job influenced his debut book ‘Right Under our Nose’. It presents a murderer who eliminates scientists right under the nose of the police. The author’s interactions with a lot of people inspired the writing.
25th Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das.
Australia's Claire Polosak became the first female match official to officiate a men's Test match when she took up the fourth umpire's role in the third Test between Australia and India. She was also the 1st woman on-field umpire in a men's ODI match.
Australian Cricket Men’s Captain: Aaron Finch.
Popularly known as Ramachandran Master, the Congress leader had represented the party as an MLA six times – three times from Kalpetta and thrice from Sultan Bathery Assembly constituency. He was secretary of Kozhikode District Congress Committee.
He was Min for Food & Civil Supplies in the A K Antony Ministry.
On Jan 10, 2006,First World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur & since then, every year 10th January is being observed as the World Hindi Day.Hindi is the country’s most-spoken language & 3rd most spoken in the world after English and Mandarin,as per UN.
There are 615 million speakers of Hindi language.