January 2021 Current Affairs GK-Daily Updated
As part of the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India initiative PM virtually laid foundation stones to Light House projects in six cities. They are Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala, and Lucknow. Indian Army signed an agreement with Goa Shipyard Ltd to procure high-performance patrolling boats. RBI introduced Digital Payments Index for measuring growth in cashless transactions in the country. International Financial Services Centres Authority which is for regulating all financial activities at IFSC's in India has become an associate member of the International Organisation of Securities Commission. India started its two-year non-permanent membership to the UN Security Council from January 1,2021. It was elected by a whopping majority in the voting conducted during June 2020 (184 of 193 votes). This is the 8th time India has been elected as such. The first was during 1950-51. Russia, France, China, the US, and the UK are the permanent members. Other non-permanent membe