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Nation celebrates 72nd Republic Day

Main function will be organized at Rajpath in National Capital where President Ram Nath Kovind will take salute of the parade.There will be no chief guest this year.Rafale aircraft to feature for first time.Parade distance has been curtailed due to Covid.

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In a first, Bangladesh army to take part in Republic Day parade

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Virtual Bharat Parv 2021 to be inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla.

Being organised on www.bharatparv2021.com from 26 to 31 Jan,showcasing India's rich tourism destinations,cuisine, handicrafts, cultural performances etc.Ministry of Tourism from 2016 has been organising this in front of the ramparts of the Red Fort.

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Minister of Culture and Tourism: Prahlad Singh Patel

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'AYU SAMVAD' public awareness campaign on AYURVEDA and COVID 19 organized by All India Institute of Ayurveda,New Delhi.

AYU SAMVAD(My Health My Responsibility)'s main objective is to create awareness through lecture series to make common people aware of "Ayurveda for COVID 19" theme.More than 5 lac lectures will be organized across nation by Ayurveda Physicians for citizens

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Kiren Rijiju got additional charge of Ayush Ministry recently.

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Indian Navy conducts Joint Exercise AMPHEX – 21 with Army and Air Force

AMPHEX – 21,large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise was conducted in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands from 21 – 25 Jan 2021.Was aimed at validating India’s capabilities to safeguard the territorial integrity of its island territories.

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Ex KAVACH formed a part of AMPHEX – 21.

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International Customs Day 2021 - 26th January.

This year will be dedicated to united efforts of Customs to emerge from coronavirus crisis & support people & businesses.Slogan:Customs bolstering Recovery,Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain.It is instituted by World Customs Organisation

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WCO:
HQ:Brussels,Beligum;
Secretary General:Kunio Mikuriya.

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Padma Awards 2021 announced;Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubrahmanyam awarded Padma Vibhushan

The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities. This year the list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan,10 Padma Bhushan &102 Padma Shri Awards. Among the awardees are 29 women and 1 transgender.16 awards have been conferred posthumously.

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No Bharat Ratna was announced this year as well.

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Kaja Kallas to become Estonia’s first female prime minister

Kaja Kallas, the leader of the Reform Party will become Estonia’s first female prime minister; Estonia would thus currently become the only country in the world where both the president (Kersti Kaljulaid)and the prime minister are women.

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Estonia:
Capital: Tallinn;
Currency: Euro

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DRDO Conducts Successful Maiden Launch Of Akash-NG Missile from Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha

It is a new generation Surface to Air Missile meant for use by Indian Air Force with the aim of intercepting high manoeuvring & low RCS (Radar Cross Section)aerial threats.Launch was carried out by combined team of DRDO,Bharat Dynamics & Bharat Electronics

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Secretary, Department of Defence R&D:Satheesh Reddy

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TCS surpasses Reliance to become most valued domestic firm; briefly beats Accenture to become most-valued IT company in world.

Market capitalisation of companies changes daily with movement in their stock prices.TCS' market valuation on BSE soared beyond $170 billion on Monday, holding the position of the world’s most valuable IT company for a short period.

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TCS in March 2019 also reclaimed status as most valued firm

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Senior CPI leader and an active participant of Telangana Armed Struggle,Burgula Narsing Rao no more

The killing of Shoebullah Khan(editor of Urdu daily Imroze) influenced his thinking on secularism and religion, turning him towards Marxism and communism.He was first president of All Hyderabad Students Union, was active in anti-Razakar & Mulki movement.

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His uncle Burgula Ramakrishna was 1st CM of erstwhile Hyderabad.

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Noted physician from Telangana Ramaka Lakshmana Murthy better known as people’s doctor ,passes away

Lakshmana Murthy was a close associate of People’s Poet Kaloji Narayana Rao from whom he imbibed the spirit of social service.After serving 2 decades at MGM Hospital,Warangal,he set up his own clinic at Ramnagar,Hanamkonda to give free treatment to poor.

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Praja Kavi Kaloji Narayana Rao was conferred Padma Bhushan,1992.

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Bhanu Kapil’s ‘How To Wash A Heart’ wins TS Eliot poetry prize

This is Bhanu Kapil’s sixth book,in which she depicts the uncomfortable dynamics between an immigrant and her white,middle-class host.TS Eliot poetry prize is one of Britain’s most renowned literary awards, run by TS Eliot Foundation.£25,000 is prize amt.

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Kapil was one of 8 recipients of Windham Campbell prize,2020.

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D. Janakiram is new Director of the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT).

IDRBT is an arm of Reserve Bank of India.Prior to joining IDRBT, he was a senior professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras. He was also a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in USA.

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IDRBT:
Established: 1996;
Location:Hyderabad.

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IFFI 2021: Danish film ‘Into the Darkness’ wins Golden Peacock Award

The award consists of a cash prize of Rs.40 lakh.Mandarin drama “The Silent Forest”, bagged best actor male(Tzu-Chuan Liu) and best director(Chen-Nien Ko).ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award was awarded to Ameen Nayfeh’s 2020 Arabic film “200 Meters”.

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Poland's Zofia Stafiej won Silver Peacock for best female actor.

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Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on economic,social affairs

Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by UN to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for UN Secretary-General to respond to current and future socio-economic challenges post COVID-19

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Ghosh has taught economics at JNU for nearly 35 years.

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Climate Adaptation Summit 2021: India targeting 450 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity by 2030, says PM Narendra Modi

Also stated that India is promoting LED lights and is saving 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually and that India is going to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.CAS saw the launch of a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda

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Online CAS 2021 was hosted by Netherlands.

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UAE central bank slaps over Rs 13 cr monetary sanction on Bank of Baroda for violating anti-money laundering law.

The monetary sanction on Bank of Baroda, GCC Operations,Dubai for deficiencies in compliance of Federal Decree Law of 2018 on Anti Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organisations.

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Bank of Baroda GCC Operations CEO is Ananda Kumar.

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Indian economy estimated to contract by 9.6% in 2020, grow at 7.3% in 2021: UN

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) said the world economy is expected to make a modest recovery of 4.7% this year after shrinking 4.3 percent in 2020.

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Global economy shrank 2.5 times in 2020 than 2009 crisis.

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CSIR-CMERI unveils ‘Aqua Rejuvenation Plant’ (ARP)to facilitate an Organic Farming Model through treated Waste Water

The first ever ARP,Integrated Waste Water Rejuvenation Model which has 6-Stage purification profile for comprehensive treatment of wastewater.24,000 litres of water that can be rejuvenated using ARP will be sufficient for almost 4 acres of agri land.

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CSIR-CMERI:
Location:Durgapur,WB;
Director:Harish Hirani.

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Meghalaya wins National Award for Best Electoral Practices 2020

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Meghalaya was selected for a Special Award for Information Technology (IT) applications in Elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI), in the National Best Electoral Practices Awards 2020.

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President conferred it to Meghalaya CEO F.R. Kharkongor.

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Vice President inaugurates two new facilities at DRDO's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad

The Integrated Weapon System Design Centre will enhance capability in design & development of command &control systems for Surface-to-Air Missile systems & Ballistic Missile Defence systems.A new missile technology exposition & seminar hall was opened too.

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DRDO chairman is G. Satheesh Reddy.

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Infosys, TCS, Cognizant join World Economic Forum coalition to tackle workplace racism

Indian IT majors joined global giants like Microsoft,FB,Google & Bank of America in an international coalition by WEF.Founding members include 48 organizations representing 13 industries,with more than 55 lakh employees worldwide & HQ in 3 continents.

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Announced during week-long online Davos Agenda Summit.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches revamped website about gallantry award recipients

Website provides information about gallantry awards in India and their recipients since Independence.Along with portal, he also launched a gallantry award quiz competition and an e-magazine ‘Shauryawaan’.

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Website: gallantryawards.gov.in

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Education Minister inaugurated IIT Kharagpur’s Agri-Food Techathon in collaboration with NABARD.

Foundation for Agri-Business Incubation Centre at IIT was laid too.IIT aims to incubate 125 entities in the next five years through ABIC.The agri-food techathon will identify new ideas for startup incubation in the region & help them become Agri-preneurs.

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Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

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Richest Indian's wealth rose 35% during pandemic to ₹ 3 trillion,lakhs lost jobs,lives:Oxfam’s ‘Inequality Virus Report’

Rise in fortunes for top 100 billionaires since lockdown in March is enough to give 13.8cr poorest Indians a cheque for ₹94,045 each.Mukesh Ambani earned ₹90 cr.an hour during pandemic when 24% of people in India were earning under ₹3,000 a month.

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170,000 people lost their jobs every hour in April 2020.