Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2021

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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has been conferred with the “SKOCH Challenger Award” for e-Governance.
The award has been provided for its IT-led initiatives including the digitalisation of Scholarship release process, Prayas-PMO Dashboard, Ice-Stupa initiative to solve water problem in Ladakh region and Swasthya portal for health and nutrition status of the tribal population.

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Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), has entered into Technology Transfer Agreements with Pune-based Biorad Medisys for two biomedical implant devices.
The institution is to develop India’s first indigenous flow diverter stent, used to reduce chances of Stroke. It is used to divert blood flow from localized ballooning of the brain’s arteries. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Occluder is also to be developed via this agreement.

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The trustees of Shree Somnath Trust, Gujarat have unanimously chosen the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the Chairman of the trust. The responsibility has been accepted by the Prime Minister.
Shree Somnath Temple is located in the eastern coast of India at Gujarat. The previous Chairman of the trust Keshubhai Patel, former chief minister of Gujarat, died in October 2020.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has retained State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs), by data collected as on March 31, 2020.
D-SIBs are also called as the banks which are considered as “too big to fail” meaning its failure will impact the country significantly. As per the D-SIB framework, RBI declares the names of the D-SIB banks and fixes additional common equity requirement.

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration approved the adoption of a new policy named ‘Land Allotment Policy 2021-30’.
The policy aims to lay down a framework to regulate zoning of industrial areas. It will also cover land allotment for health institutions and educational institutions. The policy aims to promote fair industrial growth in the UT.

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US President Joe Biden has recently proposed a five-year extension of New START Treaty with Russia.
The treaty limited the United States and Russia to 1,550 nuclear warheads each. It expires on February 5 this year since the former President Donald Trump stopped negotiations and tried to include China in the treaty.

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A resolution titled “Promoting a culture of peace and tolerance to safeguard religious sites” has been adopted in the United Nations General Assembly recently.
The resolution calls for efforts to promote a culture of tolerance and peace at all levels. It also invites the Secretary General to convene a global conference to advance the UN’s “Plan of Action to Safeguard Religious Sites”.

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The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched a dedicated portal that would help in formulation of state and national-level programme for migrant workers.
The portal is named ‘ShramShakti’ and was launched by the Union Tribal Affairs Minister at Goa. He also launched a training manual for the migrant workers named ShramSaathi.

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‘National Girl Child Day’ has been celebrated in India on January 24 from the year 2008. To mark National Girl Child Day, the Indian Government organises awareness campaigns under Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme.
This Day is an initiative of the Ministry of women and child development. It aims to focus on solutions for gender bias and the challenges faced by girls in Indian society. It also aims to create awareness on girl education, health and nutrition of girls.

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As per the United Nations data, China has become the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment in the year 2020. China overtook USA and gained the top spot in the world.
New overseas investments for USA fell by 49% in 2020 whereas in case of China, the FDI increased by 4%.