18 January current affairs

PM Narendra Modi on January 18, 2021 virtually laid the foundation stone of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project. These Metro Projects will bring in ‘Mass Rapid Transit Systems’ to Ahmedabad and Surat cities of the Gujarat state. These projects will be implemented by Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC).

Key points :

1. First metro survice start in kolkata on 24 October 1984.

2.service covering a distance of 3.40 km (2.11 mi) with five stations served between Esplanade and bhobanipore (currently Netaji Bhaban).

The United Kingdom government has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 Summit in June 2021 as a guest. The G7 Summit is set to be held during June 11 - 14, 2021 in Cornwall. The UK government also invited South Korea and Australia leaders to attend the meeting as guest countries.

What is the G7?

The G7 (or Group of Seven) is an organisation made up of the world's seven largest so-called advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Key points:

1.Boris Johnson (prime minister of UK)

2. London is a capital of UK And currency is pound(£)

The National Road Safety Month was inaugurated today by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at an inaugural function in New Delhi. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Minister of State for Road Transport Gen VK Singh were also present on the occasion.  

The National Road Safety Month will be observed to spread awareness regarding road safety and reduce road accidents in India.  

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched a month-long mass awareness campaign titled ‘SAKSHAM’ to spread awareness about green and clean energy. The campaign has been organised by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), to motivate consumers to switch to cleaner fuels and bring in behavioural change to use fossil fuel intelligently.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to carry out the eighth and final test in its “Green Run” test series. This eighth stage termed “hot fire,” will bring to an end a series of tests which, NASA says, will gradually bring together the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) to life for the very first time. The core stage of the SLS will form the backbone of what NASA says will be the “most powerful rocket in the world” and will power its next-generation human Moon Missions.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has inaugurated the ‘OneSchool One IAS’ scheme which has been rolled out under the Vedhik Erudite Foundations Scholarship Programme 

About the programme:

• The programme will be providing free training to the students who are economically backward but are academically brilliant aspirants of civil service and other competitive exams.
• The scheme is supported by sponsors, which expects an enrollment of 10,000 boys and girls across the state.
• The beneficiaries of the programme will be selected by a panel which will be headed by the heads of the respective educational institutions.

Ramchandra Guha’s latest book ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket’ would be launching virtually in the Tata Literature Live (The Mumbai Lit fest) this month.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its 16th Raising Day on 18th January. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), a specialized multi-skilled, humanitarian force of the country, came into existence on January 19th, 2006

Shri Satya Narayan Pradhan took over as Director General of National Disaster Response Force on 22nd January, 2019

Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed away. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhusan in 2006, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2018. In 2003, he was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, which is the highest recognition given to practising Indian artists by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.