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Awards
The renowned santoor player who has been conferred the Tansen Samman 2020 by the Madhya Pradesh government – SatishVyas
Defence
The bilateral air exercise by the Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force conducted at Air Force Station, Jodhpur from 20.01.21 to 24.01.21 – Ex Desert Knight-21
India’s first indigenous 9mm machine pistol jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army in a record time of 4 months is named – Asmi
The second edition of the biennial pan-India coastal defence exercise conducted on 12 and 13 January 2021 involving 13 coastal states and UTs was named – Sea Vigil-21
Persons
The well-known playback singer and singer of religious songs and hymns who passed away on 22.02.2021 – Narendra Chanchal
The permanent representative of Fiji to the United Nations who has been elected as the President of the UN Human Rights Council for 2021 – Nazhat Shameem Khan
The veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Gujarat and Union External Affairs Minister who passed away on 09.01.2021 – Shri Madhav Singh Solanki
The former Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and veteran Congress leader who passed away on 02.01.2021 – Shri Buta Singh
The new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Board who has taken over from Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav – ShriSuneetSharma
The legendary mountaineer and decorated army officer (nicknamed Bull) who passed away on
31.12.2020 – Colonel Narendra Kumar
Places
The city in which Elon Musk owned electric vehicle company Tesla has opened its first centre in India – Bengaluru
The place in Haryana from where the world’s first double-stack long-haul container train to New
Kishanganj in Rajasthan – New Ateli
The place in Uttarakhand where India’s first pollinator park was inaugurated by renowned butterfly expert Peter Smetacek – Haldwani
Sports
The Secretary of BCCI who has been selected as the Asian Cricket Council succeeding Nazmul Hasan of Bangladesh – Jay Shah
The place in Jammu and Kashmir where the Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament being held from 06.01.2021 – Chiktan
The former Indian hockey player and part of the 1975 World Cup-winning team who passed away on
31.12.2020 – MichaelKindo
Miscellaneous
The train running between Howrah and Kalka which has been renamed Netaji Express as a tribute to freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose – Howrah-KalkaMail
In order to honour Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Govt of India has decided to observe his birth anniversary on 23rd January every year as – Parakram Diwas
The bike-based casualty vehicle developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of DRDO and handed over to CRPF is named – Rakshita
The rank of India in the Henley Passport Index 2021, which is topped by Japan and Singapore – 85
The theme of National Youth Day observed on 12.01.2021 (Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) – Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building
India’s first cow dung paint with anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties launched by Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari is named – Khadi Prakritik Paint
The theme of 16th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas observed in virtual format on 09 Jan 2021 – Contributing to Atmanirbhar Bharat
The Russian ice-breaking cargo vessel which has been chartered to take the 40th Indian expedition team to Antarctica on 05 Jan 20201 from Goa – MV Vasiliy GolovninNew President and Vice-President of the USA
President :Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born 20.11.1942)
46thPresident of United States of America
Sworn in by: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Political party: Democratic Party
Served as Vice-President from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama
Oldestsitting President of the USA
Vice-President: Kamala Harris (born 20.10.1964)
49th Vice-President of the USA
First female, first African-American and first Asian-American to become the Vice-President
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