Current Affairs 22nd - 25th January 2021|| Download free PDF || Useful for all Government Jobs

 

1)  Kiren Rijiju Inaugurates 1^st ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter sports & Youth festival 2021 in Ladakh.

 

 

2)  India –Africa Trade council 2021 has been inaugurated in Chennai, India.

 

 

3)  Specialists from Indian Airforce went to Russia for        S-400 Missile Training System in Moscow.

 

 

4)  HAL successfully tested Smart Anti airfield weapon (SAAW) HAWK-I.

 

 

 

5)  Gujarat Government and APSEZ (Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone) has signed an MOU to setup India’s multi model logistics park in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

 

 

6)  IAMAI (Internet & Mobile Association of India) has organized 15^th India Digital Summit from 19 Jan – 20 Jan 2021. This was hosted by Union minister of electronics Ravi Shankar Prasad
Theme – Atmanirbhar Bharat – Start of New Decade.
IAMAI HQ: Mumbai

 

 

 

 

7)  11^th India Digital Awards 2021 were announced.

> Digital Person of the Year – Sanjeev Bikhchandini

Ø Digital Startup of the Year – Katha Book.

 

 

8)  Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear weapons has been adopted by the United Nations (UN) has came in to force on January 22,  2021.
> This treaty includes prohibition of Nuclear weapons in the modes of Development, Testing, Production, Stocking, Transferring, Using and threat of nuclear weapons.
> Till now 86 countries have signed and 52 countries rafted this Treaty. US, Russia, India, France, Pakistan, Britain, North Korea, Israel and China has not supported this treaty and not signed.
UN President: Volkan Bozkir ||HQ: New York, USA.

 

9)  Indian Mathematician Nikhil Srivastava named joint winner of Michael and Sheila Held prize 2021.

 

10)Justice Geetha became first woman chairperson of BCCC (Broadcasting Contents Complaints Council).

 

 

11) New species of ant has been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
> Ooceraea Joshi – Kerala || Ooceraea Decamera – Tamil Nadu.
> Prof. Amitab Joshi has discovered these ants and his name has been kept for these ants.

 

 

12) Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership book has been authored by Mohammad Zeeeshan.