15th jan 2021 current affairs news in one line.
Daily current affairs news
1).Donald Trump Becomes 1st U.S. President To Be Impeached Twice
Donald Trump became the first president in American history to be impeached twice, when the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to charge him with inciting last week's mob attack on the Capitol.
2).Trump Was
1st Impeached By The House In 2019 Over His Dealings With Ukraine
3).PM Modi To
Launch Country Wide COVID-19 Vaccination Drive On Jan 16
4).Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 To Be Launched On Jan 15 In 600 Districts
5).Focus On
Training 8 Lakh Candidates During The Scheme Period Of 2020-2021
6).3rd Phase
Will Be Spearheaded By The Ministry Of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
7).Cabinet
Committee Approves Rs 48,000 Cr Deal To Buy 83 LCA Tejas Fighters
8).Union Budget
2021 To Go Paperless For 1st Time Since Independence
9).US Bans
Cotton , Tomato Products From China's Xinjiang Region
10).Union
Ministry Of Commerce & Industry Announced New Foreign Trade Policy
2021-2026 Of India
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday said that India''s new Foreign Trade Policy 2021-2026, under formulation, will come into effect from April 1, 2021, for five years and will strive to make the country a leader in international trade.
11).The New
Policy Which Will Come Into Effect From April 1 For 5 Years
12).11 Indian
Companies Have Been Included In The Hurun Global 500 Report
Eleven Indian companies, led by Reliance Industries worth $169 billion, feature in the 2020 Hurun Global 500, a list of the 500 most valuable non-state-controlled companies in the world. ... Together, they are worth a massive $50 trillion, equivalent to the GDPs of the world's six largest economies or 60% of global GDP.
13). Manish
Chauhan Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To Portugal
14).Gujrat
Announced The New Tourism Policy 2021-25 Which Will Come Into Effect From 1st
Jan 2021
15).1st Ever Ice
Climbing Festival Was Celebrated In Nubra Valley , Leh
16).India’s 1st
Fire Park Has Been Inaugurated In Bhubaneshwar , Odisha
17).To Educate
& Bring Awareness On Basic Fire Aafety Measures Among People
18).UBS
Investment Bank Has Projected The Indian Economy To Contract 7.5% In FY 2020-21
19).Nomura Has
Projected The GDP Of India To Rise Tp 13.5% In FY 2020-21
The Japanese brokerage Nomura has revised upward, the GDP forecast for India in 2020-21 and now expects it to contract to 6.7 per cent. Nomura has further projected the GDP of India to rise to 13.5 per cent in FY22 (2021-22).
20).IRDAI Has
Set Up A Panel Of Experts Called " Health Insurance Advisory Committee
"
21).The Expert
Committee Will Be Headed By IRDAI Chairperson , S C Khuntia
22).Sandeep
Aggarwal Appointed As New TEPC Chairman
23).TEPC :
Telecom Equipment And Services Export Promotion Council
24).Tukaram
Mundhe Appointed As Secretary Of Maharashtra Human Rights Commission
25).
26).Till Now ,
Women Have Only Been Part Of Ground Duties In The Army Aviation Corps
27).Kerala
Becomes The 8th State To Complete Ease Of Doing Business Reforms
28).Yes Bank
Launches The YES BANK Wellness & YES BANK Wellness Plus Credit Cards.
29).Aimed At The
Holistic Health , Self-Care & Wellness Of Consumers
30).Bengaluru Emerged As The World's Fastest-Growing Mature Tech Ecosystem Since 2016
Bengaluru, the IT capital of India with around 10 million populations, has emerged as the world's fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem since 2016, followed by the European cities of London, Munich, Berlin and Paris.
31).Followed By
The London (2nd) , Munich (3rd) , Berlin (4th) , Paris (5th) & Mumbai (6th)
32).Bengaluru
Grew 5.4 Times From $1.3B In 2016 To $7.2B In 2020
33).Mumbai
Growing 1.7 Times From $0.7B In 2016 To $1.2B In 2020
34).Beijing
Topped In The World's Tech Venture Capitalist (VC) Investments
35)The 10th edition Of The Global Traffic Index Released
36).Moscow
Topped In TomTom Traffic Index With Congestion Level 54%
37).Mumbai Ranks
2nd In TomTom Traffic Index With Congestion Level 53%
38).Bengaluru
Ranks 6th In TomTom Traffic Index With Congestion Level 51%
39).New Delhi
Ranks 8th In TomTom Traffic Index With Congestion Level 47%
40).Pune Ranks
16th In TomTom Traffic Index With Congestion Level 42%
41).Congestion Level In Mumbai Was 53% , Which Was 12% Less Than That Of 2019 .
Some question based current
affairs
Q.1. Which
space agency will launch the most powerful rocket space launch system '?
Ans. NASA
Q.2. Which
state government has announced a 'new tourism policy'?
Ans. Gujarat
Q.3. The
Indian government has appointed Manish Chauhan as India's ambassador to which
country?
Ans.
Portugal
Q.4. Which
state government has launched a scheme to provide free electricity to the
agriculture sector?
Ans. Andra
Pradesh
Q.5. Who
wrote the book 'The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in
India'?
Ans. S. Y. Qureshi
Q.6. Who has
organized virtual fourth 'One Planet Summit'?
Ans. France
Q.7. Which
country's President has been invited to the Republic Day Parade this time?
Ans.
Suriname
Q.8. Who has
inaugurated the first Grand Finale of the Red Ribbon Quiz Competition?
Ans. Dr. Harshvardhan Singh
Q.9. Which
state government has decided to develop Chandrabhaga and Talasari beach?
Ans. Odisha
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