📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 14 January 2021
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- The Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a migrant worker cell at Surat in Gujarat.
👉British East India company set its first footsteps in Surat in the year 1818.
Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
2.Japarov Sadyr Nurgojoevich was elected as the president of Kyrgyzstan after securing nearly 80% votes.
Kygyzstan- Central Asian Country
Capital-Bishkek
- Kerala received the 1st Prize in the State Designated Agencies Category for its effective
energy conservation programme at the 30th National Energy Conservation Awards 2020.
Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
Kerala: Pamba River
4.‘Euphranta Siruvani’-New Species of Fruit Fly named after Siruvani in Western Ghats.
5.Industrial Disputes (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020 gets Presidential Nod.
Gujarat: Girnar Hills , Girna River:Maharashtra
- Japan has committed ₹2,113 crore support to India for its efforts to mitigate socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in the ccountry.
Japan PM:Yoshihide Suga
7.Thane Municipal Corporation of India has launched a “Period Room” initiative to promote menstrual hygiene in women.
8.Assam state government has decided to provide khadi shirts, and shawls and stoles made of ‘Eri silk’ to grade IV mployees of the state?.
Assam:Bihu Festival
- Bangladesh is the focus country of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
Bangladesh: Ganga known as Padma
Brahmaputra known as Jamuna
Ganga+Brahmaputra Delta: Meghna Delta
10.Sabrina Singh has been named as the White House Deputy Press Secretary in the upcoming Joe Biden administration.
- Flipkart partnered with NITI Aayog to launch the updated version of Women ntrepreneurship Platform (WEP), in January, 20211.
👉Flipkart CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy - The Central Government approved eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus River and its tributaries in Ladakh.
- the Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament is being organized In Kargil Ladakh.
- Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief Information Officer of the US Army,
- the author of the book titled ‘Right Under Your Nose’ is R Giridharan, general manager at RBI.
- Justice RS Chauhan has take oath as the new Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor :- Baby Rani Maurya
👉Asan Conservation Reserve
👉Country’s first moss garden
👉Country’s first Pollinator Park