Honour, Achievements, Titles & speciality

2021

100 most powerful women of the world: that include Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman(33rd) & 2 other women in under 100, they are Mugdaa Kalra(Gujrat) & Manjula Pradeep.

 PC: Zee News.

An all-women pilot team created history: this team flew from San Francisco to Banglore. The team was led by Joya Aggarwal.

2020:

India's 1st double-decker fly-over: located in Chhapra(Bihar).

Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve: turned the 1st such reserve to appoint women as guides.

1st Private Train: from Lucknow to Delhi.

Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan Award 2020: won by  Uttar Pradesh.

UNESCO Smart City 2020: Viena 

Google's Doodle: Google dedicated its Doodle to Aarti Saha, who was the 1st Asian women to cross the English Channel.

International Tenis Federation: renamed Fed Cup  to Billi Jeans King cup

P.M. Narender Modi: finds a place in the American Magzine "Time", in the list of 100 most Influential Persons of 2020.

Indian Navy: inducted 2 women officers in its Helicopter Stream, they are 1) Kumudini Tyagi & 2) Rita Singh.

UNO Iincluded Delhi's Udit Singhal in its intiative "The young leader for Sustainable Development Goal an 18-year old Indian boy is the founder of Glass2Sand, a zero-waste ecosystem that has been addressing the growing problem of glass waste in Delhi. To read more, click here.

Donald Trump: nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for facilitating a Peace Accord between Israel & UAE.

UN report on Child Mortality(1990-2019): UN report says that India has registered a significant down in the rate of Child Mortality(Death of Child, before attaining the age of 5 years). The 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 - down to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990. To read more, click here.

Amul amassed the honor:

U.P. Government: came ahead to honor Hockey Magician Player with starting a plan in his name, named "Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojna".

West Bengal: houses the largest Solar Tree

Adani Green Energy: is the largest producer of Green Energy, which gets world's largest solar award 2020. 

to read more click here

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Madhya Pradesh's Indore named India's cleanest city for 4th year in a row. Others are: 2nd-Surat, 3rd-Navi Mumbai, 4th-Vijayawada 5th-Ahmadabad. Among Containments: 1st - Jalandhar, 2nd- Ambala. Varanasi has been termed as the cleanest City (out of 20 such cities) on the banks of Ganga. This survey was conducted within 28 days, by Union Housing & Urban Development Ministry. A total of 129 cities were taken into the survey. At the same time, New Delhi got the honor of the "Cleanest Capital"

Karad(Maharastra) has been chosen as cleanest City among the city with population over 1 lakh

To read more click here.

IIT Madras: got the top place in ARIIA ranking of Education Institution 2020.   To read for click here

2 bridges in Ahmadabad named after: 1)Arun Jaitly & other 2) Sushma Swaraj.

Goa got GI for: Meetha Khaja, Harman Mirch & Minthli Kela.

Positive Pay: RBI announces 'positive pay' feature to enhance the safety of cheque payments .

Forbe's named Akshay Kumar(Bollywood Actor) as the 6th highest-earning celebrity.

Mukesh Ambani: is the 4th richest man in the world, to read more, click here

Female Icon on Traffic Sign. Board: Mumbai is the 1st city to implement it.

Two Villages of Orissa are : "Tsunami Ready:  recognized by UNESCO. Two villages – Noliasahi of Ersama block in Jagatsinghpur and Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) of Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district – have  been acknowledged by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO for greater preparedness to face the tsunami disaster.

Mahatma Gandhi Coin:   Britain will mint a commemorative coin for Mahatma Gandhi in his honor. The UK Treasury Department has said the proposal has been in the works since October 2019, when former Chancellor Sajid Javid proposed it to mark the 150th birth anniversary year Mahatma Gandhi. The coin will be minted in the UK in a few months of 2020.

Bijapur: Tops the list of the aspirational Districts list made by NITI commission.

Mukesh Ambani: reached the 5th place in the Forbe's list of Top Richest Persons of the world. Read details, read me here:

Undgudi(Tamilnadu): Is famous for its Tad Gud( palm Jaggery). The town has applied for GI tag, READ HERE Udagugi Palm Jaggery 4 GI

Indian Tiger Census:  

India’s 2018 Tiger Census sets Guinness World Record for being world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey

The camera traps captured, in total, 34,858,623 photographs of the wildlife. Out of it, 76,651 were of tigers, 51,777 were of Leopards and the remaining were of other natural Fauna.  To read more about it, Click here:    Indian Tiger Census sets World Record

GI  tag to Jharkhand &  Telengana: Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting and Telangana’s Telia Rumal were given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag on Tuesday by the Geographical Indications Registry headquartered in Chennai.         “The Sohrai Khovar painting is a traditional and ritualistic mural art being practiced by local tribal women during local harvest and marriage seasons using local, naturally available soils of different colors in the area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. Telia Rumal cloth involves intricate handmade work with cotton loom displaying a variety of designs and motifs in three particular colors — red, black and white,” said Chinnaraja G. Naidu, Deputy Registrar of Geographical Indications. He added that the GI tag has been given to both these products after due verification. The Sohrai Khovar painting is primarily being practiced only in the district of Hazaribagh. However, in recent years, for promotional purposes, it has been seen in other parts of Jharkhand.

Erode Turmeric: Erode Turmeric has finally received GI tag from the Geographical Indication Registry after a long and cumbersome process which lasted for about 8 years. Erode is the city in the state of Tamil Nadu. 

Kandhamal Turmeric:   Kandhamal Haldi’, a variety of turmeric indigenous to southern Odisha, has earned the GI tag. Earlier this month, Erode turmeric also got a GI tag from the Geographical Indication Registry. Kandhamal in Odisha’s southern hinterland is famed for its turmeric, a spice that enjoys its pride of place in an array of cuisines. The agricultural product also stands out for its healing properties and arresting aroma. The GI tag was primarily developed to recognize the unique identity connecting different products and places. For a product to get GI tag it has to have a unique quality, reputation or characteristic which is attributable to its geographic origin. ‘Kandhamal Haldi’ has been placed under the Class-30 type. The Kandhamal turmeric was accorded the tag on the state’s Foundation Day. Odisha, on April 1, 1936, was carved out as a separate state in the then British India on linguistic identity.

Kashmir Saffron(Kesar) gets the GI tag.· Srinagar Kashmir saffron, which is a spice and health rejuvenator and the pride of Jammu and Kashmir, has been given geographical indication (GI) tag, protecting the uniqueness of the farm produce. The recognition was formally published in the latest GI Journal by the GI Registry.

GI tag is given for => 10 years.

GI to Indian Objects allotted in 2019:

The GI tags in India for the 4 new products from 3 different states are stated below:

1. Palani Panchamirtham in Palani Town, Tamil Nadu
2. Tawlhlohpuan from Mizoram
3. Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram
4. Tirur Betel leaf from Kerala
5. Kangra Tea from Himachal Pradesh                     The GI tags are given as per the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act,1999.  ****,***GI tags are issued by the Geographical Indication Registry under the Department of Industry Promotion and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Manushi Chhllar: is appointed as UN ambassador for its project " awareness about Menstruation"

Ajay Devgan:  is the ambassador of the "AAROGYA SETU" app.

Odisha State Song:  Odisha Cabinet decides to confer state song status to 'Bande Utkala Janani',   the poem penned by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra

World University Ranking 2021: Indian universities in 2021 global university ranking: IIT Bombay is ranked 172nd,.

 while IISc is 185th and IIT Delhi 193rd. Overall, 21 Indian higher education institutions figure in the top 1000. India’s best research university is IISc, which received a perfect 100/100 on the ‘citations per faculty’ indicator. Other IITs in the top 500 are: Madras (275), Kharagpur (314), Kanpur (350), Roorkee (383) and Guwahati (470).

London street:  renamed 'Guru Nanak Road.  

Hurun Rich List 2020: 

Bezos' wealth shot up from $20 billion to $160 billion in four months since the Covid-19 pandemic, the report said. Mukesh Ambani was the only Indian in the Global Top 10 list, and he saw his wealth bounce back $18 billion in last two months, he was 9th in the list

Ravindra Jadeja(India's 'Most Valuable Player' of the 21st century): 

Declared by 'WISDOM'. The reputed cricket establishment said Jadeja has contributed immensely to India's success over the last two years in all departments of the game. Jadeja was, in fact, the second most valuable player after Sri Lankan off-spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan

Amit Panghal:

Reigning Asian Games champion and World Championships silver-medallist, Amit Panghal, has attained the numero uno position to become the World No.1 pugilist in his 52kg category in the newest list of world rankings released by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA). 

To know more, click here: Amit Panghal No. 1 in 52 kg category

Golden Tiger: Kaziranga National Park reported of Sight of a Golden Tiger, but experts are worried that it was not a natural phenomenon but caused by Ecology Changes. Read more about it, click here =>   Golden Tiger in Kaziranga N.P.

Indian Railway's 1st cable bridge:  Anjikhad Railway Bridge in J & K 's Reasi District. Anjikhad Railway Bridge Katra, Jammu-Kashmir, India 610 feet high / 186 meters high 951-foot span / 290-meter span 2022 Anjikhad is the smaller of two large bridges that are under construction on India’s new railway line between the states of Jammu and Kashmir in the Himalayan foothills of Northwestern India. To know more, click here: Ajnikhad Railway Bridge

=>Chandrika Prasad Santokhi: is a Surinamese politician, is of Indian origin, has been elected as President of Surinam( A country of Latin America).Read more here Chandrika Prasad Santokhi