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1 Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION)January 2021 (Part II)Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 92058 85200, IVR: 8010-440-440 Email: and Governance ..1 zCovid-19 Performance Index ..1 zKIIFB Borrowings Issue ..2 zSupreme Court Dismissed Aadhaar Review Petitions ..3 zSupreme Court Directive on Quota in Promotions ..5 zModified Scheme to Produce 1G Ethanol ..6 zCollegium System for the Appointment of Judges ..7 zCyber Insurance Policy ..9 zBringing a Law into Force ..10 zPremium for Traffic Violation ..11 zGovernor s Delay on Mercy Petition ..12 zCVC on Delay in Investigations ..14 zPradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ..15 zQuestion Hour to Resume during Budget Session.
2 16 zRegulatory Compliance Portal: DPIIT ..17 zRooftop Solar Scheme ..18 zCo-WIN App ..19 zShramShakti Portal ..19 z35th Pragati Meeting ..20 zKala Utsav 2020 ..21 Economic Scenario ..22 zMissed Annual Disinvestment Targets ..22 zWorld Economic Outlook: IMF ..23 zSC Upholds Validity of IBC Amendment Act, 2020 ..25 zIndian Railway Finance Corporation: IPO ..26 zBad Bank ..27 zDavos Dialogue: World Economic Forum ..28 zGold Schemes in India ..30 zInvestment Trends Monitor Report: UNCTAD ..32 zGreen Bonds ..33 z24th Hunar Haat ..35 zShadow Entrepreneurs ..35 zNorth East Venture Fund ..36 zGovernment s Disinvestment zK-Shaped Economic Recovery ..38 zIndia s Trade Deficit with China at Five-year Low in 2020.
3 39 zDomestic Systemically Important Banks ..40 z4-Tier Structure for Regulation of NBFCs ..41 zDigital Copyright Payments ..43 zDecriminalisation of Offences Under LLP Act ..44 zTransit Oriented Development ..45 z4th Edition of Future Investment Initiative Forum ..47 ContentsInternational Relations ..48 zRussia Pulls Out Of Open Skies Treaty ..48 zChinese Incursions in Taiwan ..49 zWest Asia Peace Conference ..51 zGI Tag for Pakistani Basmati ..52 zChina s New Villages in Arunachal Pradesh ..54 zIndia s Vaccine Diplomacy ..55 zIndia-Sri Lanka ..57 z50 Years of India-Bangladesh Relations ..58 z5th India Singapore Defence Ministers Dialogue ..59 zKashmir Debate in UK s Parliament ..61 zIndia & z47th G7 Summit.
4 63 zEgypt Resumes Severed Relations With Qatar ..64 zIndia-Nepal Joint Commission zRussia Agrees to Extend START Treaty ..67 zAgreement With IEA ..68 Science and Technology ..70 z5G Technology ..70 zAlternative Anti-Cancer Therapy ..71 zDoppler Weather Radars ..72 zSARS-CoV-2 New Variants ..73 zUV-Bright Stars Spotted in Globular Structure NGC 2808 ..75 zRapid Blood Test to Predict Covid-19 Disease Severity ..77 zOpen-RAN Architecture ..77 and Anaemia ..78 Environment and Ecology ..80 zKanha Tiger Reserve ..80 zEnvironment vs Development Debate ..81 zIndia s Draft Arctic Policy ..82 zBio Medical Waste ..84 zCarbon Sequestration ..85 zAdaptation Gap Report 2020: UNEP ..86 zNagi-Nakti Bird Sanctuaries.
5 87 zIndian Star Tortoise ..88 zGreen Tax ..88 zElectronic Waste Management ..89 zBandipur Tiger Reserve ..91 zNilgiri Elephant Corridor Case ..91 History ..94 zPandit Govind Ballabh Pant ..94 zLala Lajpat Rai ..95 zSree Narayana Guru ..96 Art & Culture ..98 zJallikattu ..98 zGavi Gangadhareshwara Temple: Karnataka ..99 zThiruvalluvar Day ..99 Geography ..101 zWestern Disturbance ..101 zSemeru Volcano of Indonesia ..101 zRatle Hydro Electric Project ..102 Social Issues ..104 zIndia Justice Report 2020 ..104 zThe Inequality Virus Report: Oxfam International ..104 zCrowdfunding for Rare Diseases ..106 zPerformance of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme ..107 Security ..109 zUAV Procurement by Indian Army.
6 109 zExercise Kavach ..109 zShaheen-III Missile ..110 zIndo-French Joint Exercise Desert Knight-21 ..110 zS-400 Triumf Missile zSmart Anti Airfield Weapon ..112 Miscellaneous ..113 zParakram Diwas: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti ..113 zIndia Innovation Index 2020: NITI Aayog ..114 zGuru Gobind Singh ..115 zRisa: Tripura s Signature Garment ..116 zPradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar ..116 zPadma Awards 2021 ..117 CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2021 1 and Governance zCovid-19 Performance Index zKIIFB Borrowings Issue zSupreme Court Dismissed Aadhaar Review Petitions zSupreme Court Directive on Quota in Promotions zModified Scheme to Produce 1G Ethanol zCollegium System for the Appointment of Judges zCyber Insurance Policy zBringing a Law into Force zPremium for Traffic Violation zGovernor s Delay on Mercy Petition zCVC on Delay in Investigations zPradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana zQuestion Hour to Resume during Budget Session zRegulatory Compliance Portal.
7 DPIIT zRooftop Solar Scheme zCo-WIN App zShramShakti Portal z35th Pragati Meeting zKala Utsav 2020 HighlightsCovid-19 Performance IndexWhy in NewsIndia has been ranked 86th in a Covid-19 Performance Index comprising 98 Points About the Index Institution Involved: Covid-19 Performance Index was compiled by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, which sought to measure the response of countries to the Pandemic. The Institute also took into account the impact of geography, political systems and economic development in assessing outcomes. Parameter Used: zSix Indicators: Confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, cases per million people, deaths per million people, cases as a proportion of tests, and tests per thousand people.
8 ZFewer reported cases and deaths, both in aggregate and per capita terms, point towards a better response to the virus. zMore tests conducted on a per capita basis reveal an accurate picture of the extent of the pandemic at the national level. zLower rates of positive tests indicate greater degrees of control over the transmission of Covid-19. Assessing Method: zAssessed 98 countries in the 36 weeks that followed their hundredth case. China was not included in the study because all of its testing rates are not publicly available. zAn average across six indicators was calculated for individual countries in each period and normalised to produce a score from 0 (worst performing) to 100 (best performing).
9 Results: Top Countries: zNew Zealand topped the rankings closely followed by Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Cyprus. Bottom Countries: zBrazil stood at the bottom of the index. The USA was the fifth-worst performing country, it stood at 94 out of 98 countries. South Asian Countries: 2 CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2021 zSri Lanka was the best performing nation in South Asia, ranking 10, while the Maldives was at 25, Pakistan at 69, Nepal at 70, and Bangladesh at 84. Performance of India: zIndia ranked 86th in the Covid-19 Performance Index out of 98 countries. zAt , India s average was lower than the region it belongs to Asia-Pacific which scored and ranked best in the region-wise evaluation.
10 Trend Analysis: Smaller countries performed better: In general, countries with smaller populations, cohesive societies, and capable institutions have a comparative advantage in dealing with a global crisis such as a pandemic. zSmaller countries with fewer than 10 million people consistently outperformed their larger counterparts throughout 2020. Leadership Mattered: Levels of economic development and differences in political systems didn t have as much of an impact on coronavirus response as expected. zProper management of the pandemic was not much dependent on the regime type but whether citizens trust their leaders, and whether those leaders preside over a competent and effective state.
