1. Uttar Pradesh gets Best Tableau Award in Republic Day Parade
This year’s Republic Day parade participating in 32 tableaux of Uttar Pradesh tableau got first prize. The theme of the tableau of Uttar Pradesh was – Ayodhya – Uttar Pradesh’s cultural heritage . The tableau of Tripura was ranked second, showing the encouragement of eco-friendly traditions to achieve self-sufficiency in social and economic standards. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju presented prizes to the participants in the Republic Day Parade. Among the nine tableaux of various ministries, departments and paramilitary forces, the Department of Biotechnology was considered the best. It involves the process of developing self – sustaining India-Kovid-vaccine through various activities.Was displayed. Central Public Works Department tableau Amar Jawan was given a special award to pay tribute to the martyrs of the armed forces. Mr. Rijiju rewarded the students of Mount Abu Public School and Vidya Bharati School in Rohini area of Delhi for best cultural performance. These children elegantly projected the vision of self-reliant India.
2. Virtual Intelligence Tool: Tejas Launched
‘ Tejas ‘ by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at a program organized to mark 25 years of the establishment of National Informatics Center Services Incorporated (NICSI)A virtual intelligence tool called ‘Launched’, will help citizens to access critical information through policy decisions and available data to gather meaningful information aimed at improving efficiency related to government services and their delivery. Apart from this, ‘E-Auction India’ (it will provide 24×7 online service for the purpose of meeting the electronic forward and reverse auction requirements of government institutions) and ‘Work from Anywhere’ portal were also launched by the Union Minister, this portal of epidemic During the course of social distancing and to ensure ease of work, communication will be provided through video conferencing. National Informatics Center Services Incorporated, Is a public sector undertaking under the National Informatics Center (NIC). Its primary function is to provide end-to-end IT solutions to e-governance projects to the Central and State Governments and other public sector undertakings across the country.
3. TCS becomes world’s third most valuable IT service brand
According to a report by Brand Finance , Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is ranked the third most valuable IT services brand globally after Accenture and IBMHas been replaced. Third-placed TCS is rapidly narrowing the gap with IBM, increasing 11% brand value to the equivalent of US $ 15 billion. Accenture retains the title of Most Valuable and Strongest IT Services Brand in the world with a record brand value of US $ 26 billion, while IBM stands second with a brand value of US $ 16.1 billion. Four Indian IT service companies TCS (3), Infosys (4), HCL (7) and Wipro (9) have ranked among the top-10 companies in the world. Accenture retains the title of the world’s most valuable and strongest IT services brand with a brand value of $ 26 billion.
4. India announced $ 150,000 for UN Peacebuilding Fund in 2021
India later this year, the UN Shantinirman Fund (United Nations Peacebuilding Fund) activities and years to contribute to the programs in 2021 150,000 US dollars is promised. The Peacebuilding Fund has pursued its five-year strategy, which will require one and a half billion (1.5 billion) dollars for the Peacebuilding Fund during the years 2020-2024. It was announced on 25 January 2021 by TS Tirumurthy, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he is grateful to the countries that have provided more than $ 439 million towards the UN’s peace and conflict prevention through the United Nations Peacekeeping Fund.
5. Sri Lanka and Bahrain receive COVID-19 vaccines from India’s “Vaccine Friendship” initiative
COVID-19 Vaccine to Neighboring Countries by Vaccine Friendship InitiativeGift has been introduced. Recently, Sri Lanka and Bahrain received COVID-19 vaccines from India under this initiative. The Vaccine Friendship initiative was launched by India on 20 January to gift COVID-19 vaccines to neighboring countries. Sri Lanka has received 5 lakh Kovid-19 vaccines from India as a part of the “Vaccine Friendship” initiative. A consignment of vaccines has also been sent to Bahrain. Bahrain will get 10,800 vaccines under this initiative. India has sent more than 5 million doses to seven neighboring countries before Sri Lanka and Bahrain. These 7 countries receiving assistance from India – Maldives (1,00,000 vaccines), Bhutan (1,50,000 vaccines), Nepal (1 million vaccines), Bangladesh (2 million vaccines), Myanmar (5 million vaccines), Mauritius ( 1,00,000 vaccines), and Seychelles (50,000 vaccines). Commercial supplies of Covishield have been sent to Morocco, Brazil, (2 million doses for each), and Bangladesh (5 million doses).
6. Meghalaya won National Award for Best Electoral Practice 2020
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya has been awarded the National Best Electoral Conduct Award-2020 by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Was selected for a special award for information technology applications. President Ram Nath Kovind at the National Voters’ Day Awards ceremony held in New Delhi, Meghalaya CEO F.R. Kharkongar was given the virtual award. The award was given by the CEO’s office for continuous and consistent IT application efforts in electoral activities in the entire electoral nomination (E2E) process and for voters of all categories, both general and disabled persons (PWD), to leverage technology for the benefit of goes. ECI is continuously using technology to cover non-electoral periods such as voter portal, voter helpline app, SMS, 1950 helpline, political party registration and online tracking.
7. ‘Library on Boat’ launched in Kolkata
West Bengal Transport Corporation has launched the first Young Readers Boat Library . This library is a heritage book storeHas been launched in collaboration with. It has been launched on a boat (Library on Boat) which is the first such initiative. West Bengal State Transport Corporation has launched ‘Library on Boat’ in Hooghly River on the lines of foreign countries. The library will provide children with the option to choose from 500 books in English and Bengali. This boat library will provide people with a three-hour long journey. The journey to this library will begin in Millennium Park. It will visit Belur Math Jetty and This boat will provide three trips a week. It also has free wifi facility. The cost of this ride will be Rs 100 for adults and Rs 50 for children. Earlier, the library has also been started in the tram.
8. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Inaugurates Pump Power Connection Policy
Maharashtra chief Uddhav Thackeray said pump power connection policy was formally inaugurated by the. On this occasion, Shri Thackeray said that the state government has taken a step to bring about significant changes in the lives of farmers under this scheme. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the Krishi Urja Abhiyan Policy web portal, Solar Energy Land Bank Portal, Mahakrishi Abhiyan Act and ACF App on the occasion . Shri Thackeray said that the demand for uninterrupted power supply to farmers and minimum support price for their agricultural products – MSP is a priority of the government.
9. America returned to WHO, India welcomed
India has welcomed the US decision to return to the World Health Organization (WHO) . Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said WHO’s Executive Council held through video conferencing 148 th session held presided by expressing the feelings of the United States. It is to be noted that the US left the organization a few weeks ago, believing the WHO’s role in connection with the Kovid-19 epidemic to be wrong.
10. College students of Coimbatore made satellite for ISRO
Students of the Sri Shakti Institute of Engineering and Technology , Coimbatore have designed and developed a satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore . ISRO Chairman Dr. K. Sivan will inaugurate it. It will then be handed over to ISRO for use in February. The formation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June last year led 12 students of the institute to work closely with ISRO and ‘ Shree Shaktisat’Motivated to grow. The institute became a member of the Satellite Network Open Ground Station (SATNOGS) project after establishing the SrishaktiSat ground station in association with the Serbia-based Community for Space Program Development. The purpose of SATNOGS is to provide technology to a network of Earth’s low-orbit satellite ground stations. ‘Shree ShaktiSat’ will weigh only 460 grams, but it can function like any other nano satellite weighing up to 10 kg. It will be used as a technology demonstrator for the Internet of Things.
11. Prime Minister paid tribute on the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai . He said that his contribution to the freedom struggle of the country is incredible and it will continue to inspire people for generations. January 28 was the 156th birthday of India’s great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai . Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28 January 1865 in Dhudike in Moga district, Punjab. Lala Lajpat Rai died on 17 November 1928. For his patriotism, he received ‘ Punjab Kesari ‘ and ‘ Lion of Punjab ‘Was given the title of ‘. Lala Lajpat Rai was a member of the trinity named ‘Lal Bal Pal’. This included Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal. These three leaders played an important role in strengthening the direction of freedom struggle. All three united the people across the country to strengthen the Swadeshi movement.
