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Sunday, January 17, 2021
UPPSC Calendar 2021 New Released: Check Exam Dates & Schedule of PCS/ACF/RFO/Principal-Download PDF
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UPPSC Calendar 2021
The year 2021 will witness the conduct of UPPSC PCS Mains 2020, UPPSC ACF-RFO Mains 2020, UPPSC PCS Interview 2020 and others along with new exams such as UPPSC PCS 2021, UPPSC ACF-RFO 2021, UPPSC Principal 2021, Spokesperson (State Degree College), Medical Officer Screening and others. Have a look at the exam dates of these exam here:
Exam Name | Exam Date |
UPPSC PCS Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services Mains 2020 | 21 January 2021 onwards |
UPPSC ACF RFO Mains Exam 2020 | 13 February 2021 |
UPPSC Medical Officer Screening Exam 2020 | 21 March 2021 |
UPPSC Spokesperson (State Degree College) Screening 2020 Exam | 17 April 2021 |
UPPSC Principal Class 2 | 23 May 2021 |
UPPSC PCS Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services/RFO/ACF 2021 Prelims | 13 June 2021 |
UPPSC Spokesperson (Male/Female) State Inter College Prelims 2020 | 20 June 2021 |
UPPSC Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer Prelims 2021 | 1 August 2021 |
UPPSC PCS Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services Mains 2021 | 3 October 2021 |
UPPSC ACF RFO Mains Exam 2021 | 22 October 2021 |
UPPSC State Agriculture Mains Exam 2020 | 13 November 2021 |
UPPSC Spokesperson (Male/Female) State Inter College Mains Exam 2020 | 4 December 2021 |
UPPSC Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer Mains Exam 2021 | 18 December 2021 |
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Daily Current Affairs, 16th January 2021
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1) Centre launches Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0
•The Government of India launched the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana on 15 January 2021. The scheme has been rolled out for the current financial year, ending March 2021, and will be implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
2) Piyush Goyal inaugurates the ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’
•The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal has inaugurated the two-day ‘Prarambh’, Startup India International Summit in New Delhi on 15 January 2021. The Summit has been organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under M/o Commerce & Industry.
3) Rajnath Singh unveils India’s 1st indigenously developed driverless metro car
•Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh has unveiled India’s first ‘Driverless Metro Car’ on 15 January 2021 during a function held at BEML’s Bangalore Complex. The indigenously designed & developed state-of-the-art Driverless Metro trains are being manufactured at BEML Bangaluru manufacturing facility, for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
•BEML recently opened its Depot office at Charkop Metro Depot, MMRDA, Mumbai for commissioning, testing and round-the-clock services for Driverless Metro cars. BEML bagged a total order of 576 cars for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)’s MRS1 project and the supply is scheduled progressively up to January 2024.
4) India and Japan inks MoU to enhance cooperation in ICT
•India and Japan have signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) via videoconferencing. The MoU was signed between Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and the Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda Ryota.
Under the MoU:
•Both countries will enhance mutual cooperation in the field of 5G technologies, telecom security, submarine optical fibre cable system to islands of India, spectrum management, smart cities, high altitude platform for broadband in unconnected areas, disaster management and public safety etc.
5) No foreign leader as chief guest on Republic Day this year
•According to External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, due to the global COVID-19 situation, it has been decided that this year there will not be a foreign Head of State or Head of Government as the Chief Guest for the Republic Day event. President Ramnath Kovind will take the salute at the parade this time. This will be the first time in over five decades that India will not have a chief guest at the Republic Day parade.
•This comes days after United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled his visit to India. Boris Jonhson was scheduled to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade on January 26.
6) Indian-American Garima Verma named digital director in Office of the First Lady
•Incoming First Lady, Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director and Michael LaRosa press secretary, the Biden transition team has announced. She served as audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign. Before joining the campaign, Verma was a volunteer with the content team, designing graphics for distribution to Biden-Harris volunteers across the country.
7) TEPC appoints Sandeep Aggarwal as new Chairman
•The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has appointed Sandeep Aggarwal as the new Chairman. Aggarwal, the Managing Director and Promoter of Delhi-based Paramount Communications, will take over from Shyamal Ghosh, ex-Telecom Secretary. TEPC is an independent body set up by the government to promote and develop the export of telecom equipment and services.
8) ICICI Bank ties up with fintech Niyo to issue prepaid cards to MSMEs
•ICICI Bank, a leading Indian private sector bank, and Niyo, a new age fintech company announced a tie-up to issue prepaid cards to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) workers. MSMEs will now be able to get ‘ICICI Bank Niyo Bharat Payroll Card’ powered by Visa, for their blue-collar workers.
The HINDU Notes – 16th January 2021
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📰 Nepal raises Kalapani boundary issue with India
Visiting Foreign Minister also took up Nepal’s requirement for vaccines to fight COVID-19
•Nepal has raised the Kalapani boundary dispute with India during the Joint Commission meeting, visiting Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said here on Friday. The Minister said that the Indo-Nepal boundary dispute exists in “two segments” and Kathmandu wishes to find a solution to the matter urgently. Mr. Gyawali took up Nepal’s requirement for vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as Kathmandu approved Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield vaccine.
•“We started the demarcation and mapping of the boundary since 1981. At that time, Joint Technical Committee was founded which had tenure till 2007. It produced 182 strip maps which depicts the border... but for various reasons [work on] two segments — Susta and Kalapani — were not completed. If we talk of the overall boundary between Nepal and India, it is a smaller segment. However, it is an unfinished work and that’s why we are talking of the need and urgency of finalising and finishing those segments as well,” said Minister Gyawali, addressing a gathering at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA).
•This is the first time that the Foreign Minister of Nepal has presented the dispute on the boundary front from the Indian capital since the issue erupted in November 2019 prompting Nepal to unveil a new political map that showed the Kalapani-Lipulekh-Limpiyadhura region of Pithoragarh district as part of the country’s sovereign territory. Friday’s observations about the border dispute reveal a slight change in Nepal’s articulation of the dispute as Kathmandu had stated while amending the Constitution to include the Kalapani region in the updated map that its claim is based on the Treaty of Sugauli of 1816.
•The Hindu had reported earlier citing informed sources that the Indian side was aware the Nepalese delegation would raise the boundary issue in Friday’s interaction but said that India will not discuss the matter at the Joint Commission level as the boundary dispute has a dedicated Foreign Secretary-level mechanism which is yet to meet. Addressing the bitterness that was witnessed in India-Nepal relations in 2020, Mr. Gyawali said there were “ups and downs” and there were differences on some issues. “But overall partnership and relation moved smoothly and we should take this momentum ahead by drawing lessons from that,” said Mr. Gyawali highlighting that Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared “very personal” ties.
•Mr. Gyawali delivered the speech at the ICWA on “Nepal-India Relations”, which was held after he headed the Nepalese delegation at the Sixth Joint Commission meeting with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal said “boundary and border management” was part of the discussion. In contrast, a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs said “border management” was part of the discussion. The statement from Nepal said that both the teams “discussed the review of the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950”. It is understood that the review has been recommended by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) constituted by Mr. Modi and Mr. Oli in 2016. The EPG report, which has been completed, is yet to be submitted to the Indian Prime Minister. The Nepalese statement said the issue of “submission” of the report was also raised during the meeting.
•Mr. Gyawali, who is accompanied by Laxman Aryal, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, took up Kathmandu’s requirement for vaccines made in India. The discussion was held in the backdrop of the MEA’s declaration that the vaccines for other countries will “take some time” as the domestic process of rolling out of the vaccine is just beginning in India. “On Nepal’s request for the Government of India’s support in availing COVID-19 vaccines, the Indian side assured that the requirements of Nepal would be in priority consideration after the roll-out of vaccines,” he said. Hours after the bilateral meeting, Kathmandu cleared SII’s Covishield vaccine.
•Both the delegations reviewed the development partnership and discussed the benefit of the Integrated Check Posts (ICP) at Birgunj and Biratnagar. They welcomed the commencement of construction of the third ICP at Nepalgunj. India also informed that a new ICP at Bhairahwa “would be initiated shortly”. India conveyed that it would build two cultural heritage projects in Nepal on the ‘Pashupatinath Riverfront Development’ and the ‘Bhandarkhal Garden Restoration in Patan Durbar’ through grant assistance.
📰 India’s trade with China falls in 2020, deficit at five-year low
