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National Road Safety Month 2021(January 18-February 17) launched.

During this month, awareness about causes of road accidents and measures to prevent them will be highlighted by organising various activities.As a signatory to Brasilia Declaration(2015),India is committed to reducing road accident deaths by half.

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NCRB data:4,37,396 road accidents were recorded in 2019.

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni re-elected for sixth term;extends 35-year rule.

76 year old Museveni is one of the world's longest-serving leaders and has been in the top job since seizing control in 1986 when he helped to end years of tyranny under Idi Amin and Milton Obote.

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Uganda:
Capital:Kampala;
Currency:Ugandan shilling.

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Cancer Institute's veteran oncologist V Shanta passes away in Chennai at 93.

V. Shanta was doyen of cancer care in the country & chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute.Was awarded Padma Shri (1986) & Padma Bhushan (2006) for her efforts towards making quality & affordable cancer treatment accessible to all.

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Was also awarded Padma Vibhushan & the Ramon Magsaysay awards.

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Former union minister Kamal Morarka dies at 74

Was a successful businessman,served as vice-president of BCCI,a wildlife photographer and an organic farmer.His MR Morarka Foundation organised the annual Shekhawati Festival in Nawalgarh.He headed the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) since 2012.

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Was Union minister in the Chandrashekhar government in 1990-91

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan chairs 148th session of WHO Executive Board

Annual Board meeting is held in January where members agree upon agenda for World Health Assembly & resolutions to be considered.WHO’s Executive Board comprises of 34 members elected for 3 year term.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is current chairman.

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WHo designated 2021: International Year of Health & Care Workers

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1st Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival flagged-off in Ladakh.

For 13 days (18 to 30 Jan)various activities-Chadar Trek on Zanskar river,meditation,yoga, ice skating,hockey,snow skiing,climbing, traditional Archery,snow scooter,biking,Yak & horse riding,snow sculpting & food and cultural festivals will be conducted.

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Organiser:Dept of Youth Services & Sports with Dept of Tourism.

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TOTAL France to acquire 20% stake in Adani Green Energy Ltd(AGEL) for $2.5 bn

Global energy major TOTAL had acquired 37.4 per cent stake in Adani Gas Limited and 50 per cent stake in Dhamra LNG project previously.AGEL,started in 2015 with world's largest single location solar power project located in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu (648 MW)

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Total CEO and Chairman Patrick Pouyanne

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DRDO lab develops bike-based ambulance Rakshita for medical aid in remote areas

Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS),Delhi based DRDO lab, handed over this casualty transport emergency vehicle to CRPF.It has customised reclining casualty evacuation seat,dashboard mounted LCD to monitor vitals,air splint etc.

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Secretary,Department of Defence R&D Dr G Satheesh Reddy.

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15th India Digital Summit 2021 begins.

The flagship event of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is one of biggest conference for digital industry.Theme for this year summit is ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Start of New Decade’ in line with government’s ‘Make for the World’ initiatives.

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India Digital Awards will be given as well.

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Panju Gangolli, noted cartoonist compiles first dictionary of Kundapra Kannada,a unique dialect of Kannada.

Panju Gangolli toiled for nearly two decades to come up with first ever dictionary of his native tongue Kundapra Kannada,spoken in and around Kundapura taluk of Udupi district.Dictionary has over ten thousand words &1,500 idioms in use in Kundapra Kannada

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The dialect which faced threat is resurging in recent years.

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L&T's construction arm bags up to Rs 5,000 cr order from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited in Uttarakhand

It is for package 4 of the new broad-gauge line between Rishikesh and Karanprayag in Uttarakhand.The scope of the project includes construction of tunnels, formation, construction shaft, and other ancillary works between Rishikesh and Karanprayag

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RVNL is a Mini-Ratna-1 status PSU. Pradeep Gaur is its CMD.

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TRIFED exchanges MoU with Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited(IFFDC) to promote livelihood generation.

TRIFED & IFFDC have agreed to organise training programmes for tribal artisans in the area of entrepreneurship skill and business development.Will create sustainable market, new business opportunities,CSR,Skill dev & collection and marketing of MFPs etc.

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IFFCO is the promoter organization of IFFDC.

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Viktor Axelsen, Carolina Marin win singles titles at Thailand Open badminton

Spain's Carolina Marin,reigning Olympic champion beat top seed Tai Tzu-ying in the final while the Denmark shuttler saw off Hong Kong’s Angus Long.Thailand Open is first of three consecutive tournaments in Bangkok culminating in the World Tour Finals.

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Marin is first non-Asian women's player to win Olympic gold.

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Seagull Books publishes "Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Monks and Revolutionaries in China" book.

It is a lively and arresting account written by Romila Thapar about her first visit to China in 1957. She went as a research assistant to the Sri Lankan art historian Anil de Silva,and worked on two major Buddhist sites in Maijishan and Dunhuang.

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Romila Thapar is an Indian historian & Professor Emerita at JNU

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Goa CM releases book 'Manohar Parrikar - Off the Record'

The book written by senior journalist Waman Subha Prabhu is a collection of memories of Mr Prabhu who happened to be with late Parrikar during the journey of his life.

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Goa:
CM:Pramod Sawant;
Governor:Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

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Madhya Pradesh signed MoU with Kerala for replicating Kerala’s pioneering Responsible Tourism (RT) initiative.

The MoU was exchanged by Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran and his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Usha Thakur.Kerala will extend a series of services under a 16-point programme.Kerala model involves local communities & makes tourism a tool for rural dev.

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CM:
Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan;
MP: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Bihar’s first state-level bird festival ‘Kalrav’ held at Nagi- Nakti bird sanctuaries in Jamui district.

Fest aims at raising awareness on birds, especially migratory.Spread over 2.1 sq km area in the lap of rocky hillocks,Nagi bird sanctuary is winter home for more than 133 bird species every year.Nakti bird sanctuary is located around 5-6 km from Nagi.

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Nagi Bird Sanctuary is a protected area & Important Bird Area.

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NDRF celebrates 16th Raising Day: 19 January

It is celebrated to mark its formation on January 19, 2006. It was constituted for special response to a threatening disaster situation or a disaster.NDMA is its parent body.There are 12 NDRF battalions at 12 locations & 13,000 NDRF personnel.

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Shri Satya Narayan Pradhan is DG of NDRF.