DAILY GK : 28 JAN 2021
1. INDIA’S LONGEST STEEL ARCH BRIDGE
• Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma
inaugurated India’s Longest Steel Arch Bridge ‘Wahrew Bridge’ at Tharia Village
in Meghalaya.
• The 169 metre long Bridge connects
Bholaganj & Sohbar to Nongjri in East Khasi Hills and runs over the river
Wahrew.
• The Bridge was dedicated to Dr Donkupar
Roy, Former Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
2. BHARAT PARV-2021 VIRTUAL NATIONAL FESTIVAL
• LS Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 5-day
Bharat Parv-2021, a virtual National Festival at New Delhi.
• The Festival will take place on a virtual platform –
http://www.bharatparv2021.com/ due to the Pandemic.
• Bharat Parv is an annual event being
organized by the Ministry of Tourism since 2016.
• Objective
– To showcase the Cuisine & Culture of different States of India.
• The overall theme of Bharat Parv will also
be focused towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat.
3. LAUNCHING OF PUPIL SATELLITE BY INDIA
• In order to celebrate the 50 years of
India-Bangladesh friendship & the 100th Birth Anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, India & Bangladesh have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
to design & launch the Pupil
Satellite TV for PC to be
completely developed by Students from both countries.
• The MoU was signed between SpaceKidz India
(SKI) & Global Law Thinkers Society, an Global Youth Organization of
Bangladesh.
4. “AYU
SAMVAD” ORGANISED BY AIIA
• The “Ayu Samvad” (My Health My
Responsibility), one of the largest public awareness campaigns on Ayurveda and
COVID-19 pandemic (in the form of lecture series) is organised by All India
Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, an apex Ayurveda institute under the
Ministry of AYUSH.
5. INDIA-UK JWC MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM
2021
• 14th meeting of the India-United Kingdom
Joint Working Group (JWC) on Counter-Terrorism 2021 was held virtually where
both nations emphasised for strengthening international cooperation to combat
the global menace of terrorism.
• Indian side was represented by Mahaveer
Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter Terrorism in the Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA).
6. PM RASHTRIYA BAL PURASKAR 2021 TO 32
CHILDREN
• Government of India conferred Pradhan
Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2021 to 32 children under 6 categories,
namely innovation, Scholastic, Sports, Arts & Culture, Social Service and Bravery.
• This award was instituted by the Ministry
of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), Government of India in 1996.
• Chirag Bhansali (16 year old) received
this Award for launching his website and mobile application called ‘Swadeshi
Tech’, which acts as an alternative to Chinese apps.
• Veer Kashyap (10-year-old) received this Award
for building a Board game ‘Corona Yuga’.
7. PADMA AWARDS 2021
• Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
India announced the Padma Awards 2021.
• The Padma Awards, one of the highest Civilian
Awards of the Country are conferred under 3 categories namely, Padma Vibhushan,
Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
• This year (2021) total 119 Padma awards
including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) were Awarded.
• Key Persons who Received the Award:
• Padma Vibhushan – Former Japan Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, S P Balasubramaniam(Posthumously) and Eminent sculptor
Sudarshan Sahoo, Optics Narinder Singh Kapany (posthumously).
• Padma Bhushan– Ram Vilas
Paswan(Posthumous), who was the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution (elected from the Hajipur constituency of Bihar) and Tarun
Gogoi, former Assam CM who was the longest serving CM of the State
8. HIGHLIGHTS OF 72ND REPUBLIC DAY
• India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day.
• On this date, in 1950 the Constitution of
India came into effect by replacing the Government of India Act (1935).
• The Constitution was adopted by the Indian
Constituent Assembly on 26 November, 1949 and came into effect on 26th January,
1950 making India a fully democratic Republic.
• For the 1st time, a 122-member Bangladeshi
Triservice force Contingent participated in the Republic Day Parade.
• On the eve of 72nd Republic Day
Celebration i.e 25th January, 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind approved 455 Gallantry Awards &
other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel.
• UT of Ladakh presented its First-ever
Tableau at the Republic Day Parade, since its formation in 2019.
• The last time a Republic Day Celebration
was held without a Chief Guest was in 1966.
