Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Jan 23rd to 01st Feb 2021. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2021 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti or Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday is celebrated on 23rd January every year to remember and honour Netaji’s vigour as one the greatest freedom fighters of India.
- The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India every year on January 24.
- To encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, the Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as “National Voters’ Day”.
- Every year, January 25 is observed as National Tourism Day in the country.
- Uttar Pradesh is celebrating its foundation day on Jan 24.
- On January 24, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming this day as International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
- Every year on 26th January, International Customs Day (ICD) is celebrated worldwide
- India is Celebrating the 72nd Republic Day on 26 January 2021, at the Rajpath in New Delhi.
- The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international Memorial Day observed on January 27 every year.
- Data Privacy Day is an international event that occurs every year on 28 January
- The day marks the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. On this day in 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the compound of Birla House after one of his routine multi-faith prayer meetings.
- January 30, 2021 will mark the second annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. Theme of 2021 is Face NTDs: End the Neglect. The first World NTD Day was held on 30 January 2020
- World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January. The day was chosen by French humanitarian Raoul Follereau in 1953 to coincide with the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death which happened on the last Sunday of January 1948.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
- Indian Railways in a tribute to freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose who is also known as ‘Netaji’ has decided to rename the Howrah-Kalka Mail as ‘Netaji Express’
- Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma inaugurated India’s longest road arch bridge, the Wahrew Bridge at Sohbar in East Khasi Hills district.
- The Supreme Court held that the successful bidders for a corporate debtor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) would be immune from any investigations.
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched a regulatory compliance portal that will act as a bridge between citizens, industries and the government to minimise burdensome compliances.
- The Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the new 4-lane Thaltej-Shilaj-Rancharda railway overbridge, in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat through video conferencing from New Delhi.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal to address the inaugural function of the ‘ParakramDiwas’ celebrations at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees through video conferencing.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Ayushman CAPF health scheme in Guwahati for about 28 lakhCentral Armed Police Forces and their families in all the states where Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is operational.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a new era of development and peace has prevailed in Bodoland Territorial Region.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Shillong to chair the 69th Plenary Meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC).
- In UP, a new 3300 meter long airstrip has been constructed near Kurebhar On Purvanchal Expressway
- Indian Railways’ South Eastern Central Railway(SECR) zone has created another record when it operated the longest freight train on the Indian Railways network.
- Bharat Parv 2021, a festival to celebrate the spirit of India has begun on Jan 26, 2021. The festival is being organised on a virtual platformbharatparv2021.com this year from Jan 26 to till 31st of January.
- India has announced a pledge of $150,000 to activities of the Peacebuilding Fund this year and said that 2021 provides the international community with an opportunity to look at peace-building in a more focused manner
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the meeting of 35th edition of PRAGATI, the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Central and State governments.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the rally of the National Cadet Corps at Cariappa Ground in Delhi.
- National Security Adviser AjitDoval had a telephone call with his US counterpart, Jake Sullivan
- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Chennai Bench of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) through virtual mode.
- The Supreme Court on January 27 appointed conservationist Nandita Hazarika as Member of a Technical Committee constituted by it on October 14 last year to hear complaints by landowners against the action taken by the Nilgris Collector, which included sealing of their buildings and allegations about the “arbitrary variance in acreage of the elephant corridor.”
- The Election Commission rolled out the electronic version of the voters’ photo identity card on the National Voters’ Day.
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) of copra at Rs 10,335 per quintal for 2021 season which is an increase of Rs 375 over 2020 rates.
- A conservation paradigm for marine mega fauna and marine turtles, the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released ‘Marine MegaFauna Stranding Guidelines’ and ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’ in New Delhi.
- The High-Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah approved Additional Central Assistance of over one thousand seven hundred 51 crore rupees under the National Disaster Response Fund, NDRF to five states.
- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has had a telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.
- The government has said that the country is witnessing a V-Shaped Economic Recovery which is a testimony to the resilience and intrinsic strength of its economy.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- For the first time ever, a 122 member strong contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces will participate in the Republic Day parade.
- 19th meeting of the Joint Steering Committee on India Bangladesh cooperation in the energy sector was held in Dhaka.
- The 19th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) During the 9-day long festival which started on 16 January, 226 films from 73 countries were shown.
- through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense.
- China overtook Germany to become the country with the world’s largest current account surplus in the year 2020, as per a survey by the Munich-based Ifo institute.
- Mongolia’s Prime Minister KhurelsukhUkhnaa submitted his resignation to parliament
- On 24 Jan 2021, SpaceX created a unique world record of launching 143 satellites on a single vehicle.
- China climbed to the 1 ranking globally attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) of $163 billion in 2020.
- Bangladesh Liberation War fighter Col. (Retd.) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir and well-known musicologist, Rabindra Sangeet exponent and academic Sanjida Khatun from Bangladesh has been awarded the Padma Shri for the year 2021.
- KajaKallas, the leader of the Reform Party, has become Estonia’s first female prime minister. Estonia would thus currently become the only country in the world where both the president and the prime minister are women.
- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Jan 26 after a key coalition ally pulled his party’s support over the prime minister’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government.
- The Government of India and the World Bank signed a 500-million US dollar Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Programme (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS
- Uttarakhand Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the state’s first child friendly police station describing it as a major reformative step by the police.
- Ladakh administration organises Opening Ceremony of Archery Competition
- Himachal Pradesh is celebrating its golden jubilee statehood day (Jan 25th) with full zeal across the state.
- A new scheme has been initiated in Sirohi district, Rajasthan to make people aware about the importance of nourishment of pregnant women and children.
- In Kargil of Ladakh Union territory, the Union Tourism Minister Mr Prahlad Singh Patel has inaugurated a branch of Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM).
- Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to get additional funds for capital projects for successfully carrying out reforms in various citizen-centric areas.
- In Madhya Pradesh, WIPRO group is all set to act as knowledge partner of the State Government.
- In Gujarat, the State Government has announced to set up new industrial estates under the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation-GIDC.
- In Tamil Nadu, Union Minister for fisheries Giriraj Singh disbursed subsidy amounts to three boat building yards for construction of deep sea fishing boats scheme worth
- For the 71st foundation day of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched ‘UdyamSarathi’ app
- To mark the National Girl Child Day, Haridwar teenager Srishti Goswami will take charge as the chief minister of Uttarakhand for one day.
- The 15th edition of the famous ‘Toshali National Crafts Mela’ began in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar on January 21.
- D K Joshi, the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands flagged-off a fleet of electric buses.
- In Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park in Nagpur.
- The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya was selected for a Special Award for Information Technology applications in Elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI), in the National Best Electoral Practices Awards-2020.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray launched a ‘jail tourism’ initiative of the state government from Pune’s Yerawada prison, in a move to help students learn about historical experiences.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EdappadiPalanisamy inaugurated Jayalalithaa Memorial at Chennai. The 79 crore worth grand memorial is built on a nine acre land situated on the shores of the Marina Beach.
- Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi has assured that the proposed brownfield expansion of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)’s smelter plant at Angul is very much on track and will be executed on priority.
- Uttar Pradesh government will establish the first leather park of the country in Kanpur district. The park is expected to provide employment to 50 thousand people directly and more than 1 lakh 50 thousand people indirectly.
- The Karnataka government launched a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country to automatically select beneficiaries for old-age pensions that will be paid through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode.
- In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Adviser to Lieutenant Governor Farooq Khan reviewed the functioning of One-Stop-Centres for women in the UT during a meeting at Civil Secretariat, Jammu.
- In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, over 22 lakh people have so far applied for the golden card under newly launched Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) SEHAT scheme in various districts across the Union Territory.
- The Kerala government’s Gender Park in Kozhikode will become functional from n