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𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖆`𝖘 1𝖘𝖙 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘 Service, 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2013
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21 Jan (Friday)
Hemant Ritu Krishna पक्ष::
Month: Magha 4, (Purnimata)/ Pausha 19 (Amanta) According to Purnimanta calendar (Ujjain)
Vikram Samvat – 2078
Titi: Tritiya (up to 8:52 am) Chaturthi
Rahu Kaal : 11:17 AM – 12:38 PM
Imp Books: https://youtu.be/BjTpefxtkEk
TODAYs TOP NEWS

  1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 160 crore 32 lakh.
  2. Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh has released the revised Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation guidelines. Panchayati Raj Institutions to take the guidelines as a Sankalp Patra for vision India 2047.
  3. The last dast to participate in the 5th edition of Pariksha pe Charcha has been extended till 27th of this month.
  4. PM Modi conceptualized a unique interactive program – Pariksha Pe Charcha wherein students, parents, teachers across the nation and also from overseas interact with him.
  5. ANDHRA PRADESH govt school teachers on Thursday protested against the salary revisions and demanded the immediate abolition of the new pay scales. Several teachers participated in the protest and raised slogans against the government. In the Srikakulam district, the protesting employees tried to reach the district collector’s office, but they were stopped by police.
  6. Assam-Meghalaya Border Row : In an effort to resolve the Meghalaya-Assam border issue, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma at his residence in New Delhi.
  7. BIHAR extends COVID-19 curbs, including night curfew, till Feb 6. In view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation.
  8. HARYANA Board has announced that the Board exam will now be conducted for class 5th and class 8th as well. Official notification has also been released
  9. JHARKHAND : The Jharkhand govt on Thursday reduced the price of the RT-PCR test for COVID-19 detection in private labs to ₹300 from the existing ₹400. Separately, it also reduced the price of the Rapid Antigen Test from ₹150 to ₹50. Collection of samples from home for an RT-PCR test will cost an additional ₹100.
  10. MAHARASHTRA Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said on Thursday that property tax on houses with an area of up to 500 square feet in Thane may be waived off. Shinde said that a proposal for the same was discussed at the government’s weekly cabinet meeting. CM Uddhav Thackeray announced a similar relief for Mumbai residents on January 2.
  11. Maharashtra minister Varsha Gaikwad on Thursday said the state government has allowed reopening of schools for Classes 1 to 9 for offline classroom sessions from January 24.
  12. UTTAR PRADESH : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav may contest UP Election from Mainpuri’s Karhal assembly constituency.
  13. Former Samajwadi Party MLA Pramod Gupta, relative of the party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Priyanka Maurya, the face of Congress’ ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ poster in Uttar Pradesh, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Lucknow on Thursday.
  14. WEST BENGAL :Mamata Banerjee opposes ‘draconian’ amendment to IAS Cadre Rules, writes to PM Modi
    CM Mamata Banerjee, on Jan 20.
  15. What is the Centre proposing?
    The Centre has proposed that each State shall make available for deputation to the Union government such a number of eligible officers of various levels, to the extent of the Central Deputation Reserve prescribed under existing regulations, adjusted proportionately by the number of officers available with the state government concerned against the total authorised strength of the state cadre at a given point of time, as per DoPT officials.
    • https://youtu.be/BjTpefxtkEk

FINANCE

$USD 74.42
💷 GBP 101.21

BSE Sensex 59,464.62
NIFTY : 17,757.00

  1. This year’s defence budget may focus on building submarines, drones, warships and aircraft carriers.
  2. The Indian government may not be able to fully utilise the budget it had allocated for the defence equipment and weapons purchases in 2021. Strengthening the Navy may be one of the main focus for India’s defence ministry as the threat coming from China rises. India’s Defence budget has remained consistent roughly at 2% of the GDP in the last five years.
  3. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India in 2021 were 26% lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated, the UN trade body has said.

ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Birthday:
    Sushant Singh Rajput ( 21 January 1986- 14 June 2020) was an Indian film actor, dancer, television personality, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He made his Bollywood debut in the film adaptation Kai Po Che! (2013).

2.Choreographer-director Remo D’souza’s 48-year-old brother-in-law Jason Savio Watkins died by suicide in his Mumbai apartment, confirmed Mumbai Police.

DEFENCE

  1. Central government’s vision to boost defence exports to friendly foreign countries, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has signed a contract with the Government of Mauritius for export of one Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk-III) for the island nation’s police force.
  2. The blast on Indian Navy’s INS Ranvir, which took life of three Navy personnel and left 11 injured on 18 Jan, may have been caused due to a gas leak in the air conditioning compartment, an official said.
  3. Indian Armed Forces get single shot system from Swedish SAAB. The Swedish company SAAB is giving the Indian Forces AT4CS AST. This can be fired from confined spaces like bunkers, from inside buildings, and other urban environments.
    This weapon can be operated by a single soldier and has proven efficacy against helicopters, armoured vehicles, personnel, structures, and landing craft.
  4. DRDO : Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with increased indigenous content and improved performance was successfully flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, on Wednesday morning.
  5. ODISHA: BSF to Launch Boat Ambulance Services in Cutoff Area of Malkangiri District.
  6. Swinging into action over the alleged abduction of an Arunachal teen by the Chinese Army, the Indian Army has contacted its Chinese counterpart on Thursday. The Army has sought’s China’s People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) assistance to locate the teen and return him as per standard protocol. A 17-year-old Arunachal youth Miram Taron was allegedly abducted by the Chinese Army on 18 January from Zido village inside Indian territory.
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      Born between 2 Jan 2003 to 1 Jul 2005 (Both dates inclusive)
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      SSB Date : March- April 2022

✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  1. PM Modi will host the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit with the participation of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in a virtual format on January 27.
  2. International Flight Ban in India: The suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in India has been extended till February 28, 2022, as per DGCA
  3. India and Sri Lanka have extended the existing Science and Technology cooperation for three more years, with focus on new areas like waste-water technologies, sustainable agriculture, aerospace engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence. The decision was taken during the 5th Joint Committee meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and Sri Lanka
  4. National Security Policy of Pakistan (2022-2026)

On 14 January, the Government of Pakistan published the public version of the country’s first-ever National Security Policy document. This is a 50-page document meant for the public while the complete 110-page document would still remain classified. The document has identified a number of areas, each of which has been included with opportunities and challenges and the policy initiative of the Government for overcoming the same.

Defence and Territorial Integrity

This section in the document makes a note of conventional military threats faced by the country due to the current Indian government’s aggressive policies and intentions along with the need to secure borders, ensuring freedom of navigating in international waters, its intention of investing in space-based technology, the risk with cyber security and hybrid warfare threats. The policy objectives of the State of Pakistan continue to be to maintain territorial integrity, ensure the military has the capability to deter any external threat, improve its existing space-based technology and augment cyber security competencies.

The National Security Policy document aims to bridge the gap in approaching traditional and non-traditional security threats by bringing it all under one umbrella so that a comprehensive security policy could be designed for the country. Nevertheless, this ambitious effort of Pak PM Imran Khan like his other policies has faced criticism from the opposition for not being consulted. The central focus on improving economic security is quite visible and clear from the document and it remains to be seen how the current government manages to implement the envisioned policy objectives in its remaining term.*

🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍

  1. Russia accuses West of plotting ‘provocations’ in Ukraine
    Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused the West of plotting “provocations” in Ukraine. She alleged that Ukrainian and Western claims of an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine were a “cover for staging large-scale provocations of their own, including those of military character”. “They may have extremely tragic consequences for the regional and global security,” she added.
  2. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBRF) on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory. CBRF cited threats to financial stability, citizens’ wellbeing and the country’s monetary policy sovereignty as reasons for the proposed ban. The bank also proposed preventing financial institutions from carrying out any operation with cryptocurrencies.
  3. French farming ministry has said that 2.5 million birds are needed to be killed as a precautionary measure as the southwest of the country is facing several outbreaks of bird flu. Around 1.2 million animals have already been culled, it said. Reportedly, previous bird flu outbreaks in Asia and Europe led to the culling of tens of millions of birds.
  4. New York : A statue of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt on Wednesday was removed from outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The statue, known as ‘Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt’ depicts an African man and a Native American man on foot beside Roosevelt on a horse, which has been previously criticized as a symbol of racism and colonialism
  5. BANGLADESH: The three day long National Dance Festival inaugurated at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSKA) auditorium in Dhaka. The National Dance Festival will feature original dance compositions by 75 troupes drawn from across the country.
  6. Three killed, 23 injured in blast at Lahore’s Anarkali Bazaar area, Pakistan. it has not yet been determined whether it was an improvised explosive device (IED) or a timed device.
  7. 19-yr-old Zara Rutherford becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world
    Nineteen-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium on Thursday, 155 days after she departed. She landed two months later than planned as a result of adverse weather. The circumnavigation included more than 60 stops across five continents.

🚣🚴🏇🏊 SPORTS

  1. PRO KABADDI
    January 20, 2022
    Match 67

Bengaluru Bulls 39
VS
Bengal Warriors 40

Match 66
Tamil Thalaivas 35
VS
Gujarat Giants 37

  1. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu hardly broke any sweat but HS Prannoy had to toil hard as the two Indian shuttlers progressed to the women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament on Thursday.
  2. India tennis star Sania Mirza to retire after 2022 season : Sania Mirza, the most successful woman in Indian tennis history, has decided that she is bidding adieu to the sports at the end of 2022. The 35-year-old had already bowed out of singles competitions in 2013.
  3. Stosur retires from singles after 2nd round defeat at Aus Open
    Samantha Stosur on Thursday made her 69th and final appearance in a Grand Slam singles draw, losing 2-6, 2-6 to 11th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round of the Australian Open. Stosur said last month she will focus only on doubles after her 20th Australian Open appearance.“I’ve done more than I ever thought was possible,” she said.

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TAMIL NADU Chennai
CM : M. K. Stalin
Gvnr : Ravindra Narayana Ravi
🥇Gold ₹50,310@10 gm 24 (Krt)
🥈 Silver ₹64,600@ Kg
⛽ Petrol ₹ 101.51
⛽ Diesel ₹ 91.53

LPG : ₹ 916/14.2 Kg

🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA 🇮🇳

Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Buddhist and Jain monuments with artwork dating from the period 600–1000 CE.

Cave 16 features the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, the Kailash temple, a chariot-shaped monument dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Kailash temple excavation also features sculptures depicting the gods, goddesses found in Hinduism as well as relief panels summarizing the two major Hindu Epics. Ramayan & Mahabharata.

😀Thought of the day

The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down

JOKE OF THE DAY

little johnny : mam,will you punish me
for something that i didn’t do ?

teacher : not at all.

little johnny : that’s good.

actually i didn’t do my homework

😳WHY❓❓❓

A headache on the left side could be caused by a migraine

Migraines can be triggered by:

Stress, certain foods, such as alcohol, cheese, or chocolate, sleeping too much or too little

bright lights or lights that flicker, sustained loud noise strong smells, such as perfume. A tension headache may cause pain on the left side and behind the eyes, and may be linked to stress.

Cluster headaches are extremely painful and are characterized by pain on one side of the head. The symptoms include: Pain behind one eye, one temple, or one side of the forehead

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

प्रथमे नार्जिता विद्या द्वितीये नार्जितं धनम् ।
तृतीये नार्जितं पुण्यं चतुर्थे किं करिष्यसि ॥

prathame nārjitā vidyā dvitīye nārjitaṃ dhanam ।
tṛtīye nārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ caturthe kiṃ kariṣyasi ॥

What can you do in the fourth part of your life, when you have not gained knowledge in the first, money in the second, and merit in the third?​

यदि जीवन के प्रथम भाग में विद्या, दूसरे में धन,
और तीसरे में पुण्य नही कमाया तो चौथे भाग में क्या करोगे ?

🤔 HOW IT WORKS ⁉

What is saline solution?

Saline solution is a mixture of salt and water. Normal saline solution contains 0.9 percent sodium chloride (salt), which is similar to the sodium concentration in blood and tears.

Saline has many uses in medicine. It’s used to clean wounds, clear sinuses, and treat dehydration

💁🏻‍♂‍ GK TODAY

Norway is known as the land of Midnight sun

The midnight sun only occurs at certain times of the year and is only visible very close to the Arctic. it can be seen from late April until August.

It is Bcoz: The Earth rotates completely every 24 hours, and it’s this movement that creates night and day. However, the length of daytime and night-time hours is not equal and this is because the Earth is tilted on its axis by 23.4 degrees. If it were completely perpendicular there would be a fixed night and day of 12 hours each.

BORN TODAY 🐣💐

Captain Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942–6 July 1971) was a posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.
In 1967 he graduated from the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned in the Rajputana Rifles.

In July 1971, he led a raiding party against the headquarters of an insurgent group in Nagaland Operation Cactus-Lilly. Though wounded in a firefight, he continued to lead the operation which captured a large cache of arms, ammunition and important documents. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime military decoration posthumously

🙏🏻 IDIOMS & PHRASES

He’s sitting on the fence

He can’t make up his mind

ANTONYM

Frank- Secretive

SYNONYMS

Modern – Contemporary

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

(kindly inform, if given info is vary from actual facts🙏🏻)

The bow of Arjuna is known as Gandiva . It was given to him by Lord Agni, after Arjun burnt down the Khandav Forest in HIS request.

The bow was created by God Brahma, who held it first for a thousand years, followed by Prajapati whi held it for five hundred and three years, Lord Indra for five hundred and eighty years, and Lord Soma for five hundred years. After that Lord Varuna held it for a hundred years before handing it to Arjuna along with a Kapi bannered chariot

🧬 HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES🩺

(Note : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻)

The name buttermilk is somewhat misleading, as it doesn’t contain butter. Traditional buttermilk is the liquid leftover after whole milk has been churned into butter.

One serving of buttermilk is a good source of several nutrients, including protein, calcium, and riboflavin. Buttermilk is a boon for our digestive system. Healthy bacteria and lactic acid in buttermilk help in digestion and improve our metabolism

Regards
CH Nαʋҽҽɳ Kυɱαɾ…✒️

🙏PLZ FOLLOW the GOVT. NORMS, MAINT SOCIAL DISTANCE, KEEP YOURSELF YOUR FAMILY SAFE🌼