Current Affairs Quiz 12 January 2021 | Current Affairs for SSC, IBPS, Railway, UPSC Exams

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World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 14 September because on 14 September 1949, Hindi became the official language of India. The day is commemorated every year with the objective to promote use of Hindi language abroad. Every year 10th January is being observed as the World Hindi Day.

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In a bid to help the women, residing in congested slums, during their menstruation days, a ‘period room’ has been set up at a public toilet in Maharashtra's Thane city. Equipped with several basic facilities, the period room aims to facilitate menstrual hygiene among women dwelling in slums.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to introduce the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system for all payment transactions of value ₹50 crore and above undertaken by entities (non-individuals) using the Reserve Bank-run Centralised Payment Systems with effect from April 1. The LEI is a 20-digit number used to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions worldwide.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an academic advisory council with former deputy governor N S Vishwanathan as the chairperson to advise the full-time director of the central bank’s College of Supervisors (CoS). It aims to augment and reinforce supervisory skills among its regulatory and supervisory staff both at entry level and on a continuous basis. The CoS will have a full-time Director supported by an Academic Advisory Council (AAC).

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced operational guidelines for the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme, aimed at encouraging deployment of more digital payments infrastructure across tier-3 to tier-6 centres. The scheme is intended to subsidise deployment of payment acceptance infrastructure in tier-3 to tier-6 centres, with a special focus on the north-eastern states of the country. The fund will be operational for three years effective from January 1, 2021 and may be extended for two more years.

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RBI vide circular dated January 7, 2020 has issued Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) Framework for Strengthening Governance arrangements of banks. The Head of Internal Audit (HIA) shall be a senior executive of the bank who shall have the ability to exercise independent judgement. The HIA shall be appointed for a reasonably long period, preferably for a minimum of three years.

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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification on 7th Jan 2021 to facilitate the issuance of International Driving Permit (IDP) for Indian citizens whose IDP has expired while they are abroad. There was no mechanism for its renewal while citizens were abroad and their IDP had expired. Now, with this amendment, it is proposed that Indian citizens can apply for renewal through the Indian Embassies/Missions abroad, from where these applications would move to the VAHAN portal in India, to be considered by the respective RTOs.

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High Speed Rail work gathers momentum with the start of LiDAR (Aerial Ground) Survey, High Speed Rail work gathered momentum for Delhi - Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor. The LiDAR survey for Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor started from Greater NOIDA where a Helicopter fitted with state of art Aerial LiDAR and Imagery sensors took the first flight and captured the data related to ground survey.

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Arunachal Pradesh, considered a sleeping hydropower giant, could be India’s prime producer of vanadium, a high-value metal used in strengthening steel and titanium. Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal.

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A Sriwijaya Air passenger aircraft carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta and is suspected to have crashed into the sea. Debris found by local fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane. The Thousand Islands (officially Kepulauan Seribu) are a chain of islands to the north of Jakarta's coast. It consists of a string of 342 islands stretching 45 km (28 mi) north into the Java Sea at West Jakarta Bay and in fact north of Banten Province.