Current Affairs - January, 2021
Current Affairs – January 31, 2021 [Today’s News Headlines]
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for January 31, 2021. India President launches first round of Pulse Polio Programme 2021 President Ram Nath Kovind on January 30, 2021 launched the countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Polio ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Today's News Headlines
Topics: Current Affairs: News Headlines • Headlines • Latest News Headlines • News Headlines • Top Headlines
New Industrial Policy of Tamil Nadu
The State Cabinet meeting which was chaired by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K Palaniswami, cleared the 34 major investment proposals with a total investment of Rs 52,257 crore. Highlights These new Industrial Policy have the potential to create 93,935 jobs. These investments will be done in the sectors including automobiles & auto components, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu • Industrialization in Tamil Nadu • New Industrial Policy of Tamil Nadu • State of Tamil Nadu
Who has been appointed as New Chief Executive of Ayushman Bharat?
Recently, R. S. Sharma has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Ayushman Bharat scheme or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana which is an insurance scheme by the National Health Authority’s (NHA). Highlights The newly appointed chief executive, RS Sharma, will replace Indu Bhushan. He was appointed after Indu Bhushan has ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Ayushman Bharat Scheme • Indu Bhushan • New Chief Executive of Ayushman Bharat • Persons in News • Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) • R. S. Sharma • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
UNWTO report: 2020 is Worst Year on Record
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has highlighted that the year 2020 the worst year on record. Key findings of the report The UNWTO has made this statement in the light that global tourism suffered massively because of the international travel bans that was into force in order to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. As ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Tourism • tourism policy • United Nations • United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) • UNWTO
UAE’s new Citizenship Policy
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its new citizenship policy. The government has planned to offer citizenship to a select group of foreigners. The UAE has thus become the first Gulf Arab nation that formalized the process of giving expatriates a bigger stake in the economy. Aim of the policy The new citizenship policy ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Citizenship in UAE • Gulf Arab Nation • UAE • UAE’s new Citizenship Policy
National Infrastructure Pipeline: Financing Bank to be set up
The government is considering to introduce a new bill “National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021” in the ongoing budget session of the parliament. This bill will be passed with the objective of setting up a new development finance institution (DFI) so as to finance the infrastructure projects. What is Development Finance Institution (DFI)? The ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Bills • Development Finance Institution (DFI) • National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill • National Infrastructure Pipeline • Parliament • Parliament of India