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28) India Govt spend ₹500 cr to improve connectivity. The Indian government has spent nearly ₹550 crores to extend 17 km of the 68.72 km Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas railway project to improve rail connectivity between India and Nepal.
Ministry of Railways :-
Formed :- March 1905
Headquarters :- New Delhi
29) The United States has designated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain as its major strategic partners.
United States :-
Capital :- Washington, D.C
Largest city :- New York City
30) Ministry of Railways rolls out a new iron ore policy governing allocation of rakes and transportation of iron ore.
The new policy has been named as ‘Iron-ore Policy 2021’ and shall come into effect from 10.02.2021.
Ministry of Railways :-
Formed :- March 1905
Headquarters :- New Delhi
Minister :- Piyush Goyal
Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
31) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced the revival of an Indian and Japanese investment project to develop a deep-sea terminal in Colombo harbour.
Sri Lanka :-
Capital :- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) , Colombo (executive and judicial)
Largest city :- Colombo
President :- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister:- Mahinda Rajapaksa
32) TMC MP Satabdi Roy has been appointed Vice-President of the West Bengal unit of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal :-
CM - Mamata Banerjee
GOVERNOR - Jagdeep Dhankhar
Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
33) ‘Saksham’, an annual one-month long, people-centric fuel conservation mega campaign of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is launched by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi.
The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is an organization established in India in 1978, under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of Government of India
34) The Intel has announced that its board of directors has appointed 40 - year technology industry leader Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer.
Founded :- July 18, 1968
Founders :- Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce
Headquarters :- California, U.S.
35) Ut Ghulam Mustafa, one of the finest Hindustani classical vocalists and torchbearer of the Rampur Sahaswan gharana, died at his home in Mumbai on Sunday. He was 89.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018.
36) First Lady Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director and Michael LaRosa press secretary.
Garima Verma was born in India, grew up in Ohio and the Central Valley of California. She served as an audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign.
37) Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicated the new coastal research vehicle 'Sagar Anveshika' to the nation at Chennai port.
Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
Founded - May 1971
Headquarters - New Delhi
Minister - Harsh Vardhan
Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
38) The report, ‘International Migration 2020 Highlights’ said in 2020, 18 million persons from India were living outside of their country of birth.
The United Arab Emirates, the US and Saudi Arabia host the largest numbers of migrants from India
39) First National Road Safety Month (January 18-February 17) was inaugurated by Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari from Vigyan Bhavan.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways :-
Headquarters :- Parivahan Bhavan, New Delhi
Founded :- July 1942
Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister), Mansukh L. Mandaviya (Minister of State)
40) Colonel Prithipal Singh (retired), who has the unique distinction of serving in all three services, was presented with a silver salver on behalf of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on the occasion of Veterans Day.
During his service with the military, he participated in World War 2 and the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
