Current Affairs 26 January 2021 for UPSC, SSC, Bank, UPSC, Railway Exams
1. PM interacted with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees on 25th January, 2021.Read more
2. Assam government setting up three degree colleges in the Bodo region
Assam government is setting up three-degree colleges in the Bodo region. Tributes are being paid to Shri Upendra Nath Brahma by opening an institute in his name.Read more
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Add GKSeries as Preferred Source3. Decriminalisation of offences under LLP Act
The Company Law Committee (CLC), headed by the Corporate Affairs Secretary Rajesh Verma, has recommended that 12 offences under the LLP Act be decriminalised and that LLPs be allowed to issue NCDs to raise funds with the aim of improving ease of doing business for limited liability partnership (LLP) firms.Read more
4. Joe Biden’s exercise bike set off security chatter
In the weeks leading up to US President Joe Biden’s swearing-in, cybersecurity experts examined whether his Peloton bike — a piece of exercise equipment — would be permitted inside the White House. They eventually concluded the bike was safe.Read more
5. President Joe Biden’s addition to the Oval Office
As per tradition in the United States, every incoming President gets to redecorate the Oval Office – the commander-in-chief’s principal place of business which is visited by the most powerful people in the world.Read more
6. Cricketers will have to do a lot more interval training
The two-kilometre time trial — set at eight minutes and 15 seconds for fast bowlers and 8:30 for batsmen, spinners and wicketkeepers — has become mandatory for India’s centrally-contracted cricketers.Read more
7. High Cost of Green Bonds
The cost of issuing green bonds has generally remained higher than other bonds in India, largely due to asymmetric information.Read more
8. PM salutes daughters of the nation on National Girl Child Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has saluted the daughters of the nation on National Girl Child Day.Read more
9. National Voters’ Day 2021
National Voters Day is celebrated in India on 25th January each year. Election Commission of India is celebrating 11th National Voters Day on 25th January 2021.Read more
10. Sunderbans home to 428 species of birds
Indian Sunderbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest in the world, is home to 428 species of birds, a recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) States.Read more