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Current Affairs January 26, 2020

Current Affairs Headlines: January 26, 2020

1. 26 new Indian English words featured in 10th Oxford dictionary;Aadhaar, hartal among them
2. India completely phased out one of the most potent ozone depleting HCFC-141 b chemical
3. France to be the guest of honour at 2022 New Delhi World Book Fair
4. RBI increased Investment Limits Under Voluntary Retention Route to Rs 1.5lakkh crore
5. Graphic designer Sneha pamneja wins Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2020 for ‘Tiffin’ at
13th Jaipur Literature Festival
6. Journalist & Hindu group chairman N Ram honoured with Kerala’s national media award
7. English actor Andy Serkis to get BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema
in Feb 2020
8. Qualcomm launches 3 new chipsets – Snapdragon 720G, 662 &460 with Indian GPS system
NavIC
9. Tennis player Joao Souza of Brazil banned for life due to match-fixing
10. Eminent artist and sculptor Sher Singh Kukkal dies at 86
11. Reading preamble of constitution made mandatory in schools of Madhya Pradesh

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
India completely phased out one of the most potent ozone depleting HCFC-141 b chemical
The republic of India has successfully achieved complete phase out of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-
141 b. It is a chemical used in foam manufacturing companies and is one of the most potent ozone depleting
chemicals after the Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). India took the challenge to phase out HCFC-141b by January 1,
2020.

HCFC 141b:
i.Act to prohibit usage of HCFC-141b: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
issued a notification for the prohibition of HCFC-141b from Jan 1st, 2020 under the Ozone Depleting
Substances (Regulation and Control) Amendment Rules, 2019 issued under the Environment (Protection) Act,
1986.This was achieved through the ministry’s HCFC Phase out Management Plan (HPMP).
ii.Usage closed by foam manufacturers: The use of the chemical by foam manufacturing industry was also
closed as on 1st January, 2020 under the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Amendment
Rules, 2014.The complete phase out of HCFC 141 b from India in foam sector is among the first at this scale in
Article 5 parties (developing countries) under the Montreal Protocol.
• 50% of the ozone depleting chemicals in the country was attributable to HCFC-141 b in the foam
sector.
iii.HCFC-141b content removal: The complete phase out of HCFC 141 b from the country in foam sector was
the 1st at its scale in Article 5 parties (developing countries) under the Montreal Protocol. The implementation
of HPMP has removed around 7800 Metric Tonnes(MT) of HCFC 141-b from the baseline level of 2009 and
2010 in India.
iv.MoA signed: The Ozone Cell under the MoEF&CC entered into a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology(CIPET), Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals to
facilitate and hand-holding the foam manufacturing enterprises.
v.Commercial use: It is mainly used as blowing agent in polyurethane (PU) foams productions. The PU sectors
have important links with economic sectors related to buildings, cold storages and cold chain infrastructure,
automobiles, commercial refrigeration, domestic appliances etc.
About Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC):
Founded- 1985.
Headquarters- New Delhi.
Union Minister- Shri Prakash Javadekar.
Minister of State(MoS)- Babul Suprio.

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France to be the guest of honour at 2022 New Delhi World Book Fair
On January 22, 2020 France ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain has announced that France will be
the guest of honour at New Delhi World Book Fair for the year 2022 (NDWBF 2022) as part of the reciprocal
invitation as New Delhi was the guest of honour for 2020 Livre Paris (Paris Book Fair).
2020 Romain Rolland Book Prize:
i.Lenanin along with Leila Slimani, novelist and French President Emmanuel Macron’s Envoy for Francophone
Affairs, conferred 2020 Romain Rolland Book Prize at Jaipur BookMark in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
ii.The Romain Rolland Book prize is given annually to the best translation of a french title into any Indian
language inclusive of english.
iii.Prize winners: 1st 3 albums of the Asterix series (comic magazine series) – Asterix and the Golden Sickle,
Asterix and the Goths, and Asterix the Gladiator, translated into Hindi by Dipa Chaudhuri and Puneet Gupta,
and published by Om Books won the prize.
About France:
Capital- Paris.
Currency- Euro.
President- Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron.
Prime Minister- Édouard Charles Philippe.

BANKING & FINANCE

RBI increased Investment Limits Under Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) to Rs 1.5lakh crore
On January 24, 2020, based on the feedback received from the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) scheme
introduced by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) in 2009, the central bank(RBI) in consultation with the govt.
made certain amendments in the scheme to increase its operational flexibility. As per the amendmentsThe
investment limit under VRR has now been increased to Rs 1,50,000 crores (1.5lakh crores) from the earlier Rs
75,000 crores

Voluntary Retention Route:

The revised VRR scheme was made open for allotment from January 24, 2020 onwards. The revision made are
as follows:
i.Investment limit: For fresh allotment, the investment limit will be Rs. 90,630 crores and will be allotted
under VRR- combined category.
• The limits of investment will also be available ‘on tap’ and allotted on ‘first come, first served’ basis.
• Until the limits are fully allotted, the tap will remain opened.
ii.Retention period: The minimum period of retention will be 3 years.
iii.FPI investment: Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPI) may apply for the investment limits through their
respective custodians to Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL).

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VRR rule extensions:

i.Short-term investments by an FPI in govt securities & treasury bills can now be up to 30% of total investment
from the previous 20%.
ii.Short-term investment limit by an FPI into corporate bonds has also been raised to 30% of total investment
of an investor from 20%.
iii.FPI investments in debt instruments issued by asset reconstruction companies(ARC) will be exempt from
the short term limits under the corporate insolvency resolution process as per the resolution plan approved by
the National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC).
VRR formation:
i.VRR was formed on March 01, 2019 for investments by FPI. Initially Rs.75,000 crores were offered for
investment in 2 tranches with Rs 54,300 crores already been invested as on December 31, 2019.
ii.The scheme is aimed at drawing in foreign investors willing to keep money in India for a minimum period of
time.
About Reserve Bank of India(RBI):
Governor- Shaktikanta Das.
Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Founded- 1 April 1935, Kolkata.
Act- Reserve Bank of India Act,1934.
Deputy Governors– 4 (BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra).

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Graphic designer Sneha pamneja wins Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2020 for ‘Tiffin’ at
13th Jaipur Literature Festival
On January 25, 2020, Sneha Pamneja, a well known Graphic designer based in New Delhi, was
awarded Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2020, a 1st of its kind award for brilliance in book design, at
Jaipur BookMark of ongoing 13th edition of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Diggi Palace Hotel
in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She was honoured for designing the cover of the book ‘Tiffin: Authentic Recipes
Celebrating India’s Regional Cuisine’.

Key Points:
i.Pamneja was awarded a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh for designing an attractive cover. The award was
presented to her by the jury comprising Jurors Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Namita Gokhale and Shobhaa De.
ii.Penned by Sonal Ved & published by Roli books, the book Tiffin’s cover attracts the theme and essence of the
book attractively.
iii.Apart from winning book cover, the jury committee also recognized 3 more designers with special jury
awards appreciating their path-breaking contribution in designing the respective book covers.
These included designers Samya Arif & Amit Malhotra for Hijabistan (publisher-HarperCollins), Saurav Das for

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Hicky’s Bengal Gazette (publisher-Transquebar (Westland) & Gaurav Saini for Line on Fire: Ceasefire violations
and India-Pakistan escalation dynamics (publisher-Oxford University Press).
About Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize:
The annual prize, now in its 5th edition, was initiated in 2015 to recognise and celebrate the extraordinary work
of illustrators,and appreciate the visual values in design.

Journalist & Hindu group chairman N Ram honoured with Kerala’s national media award
On January 23, 2020 popular journalist and Chairman of the Hindu Group of Publications Shri N Ram was
honoured by Kerala Media Academy’s National media award as part of its 40th anniversary of formation. He
was awarded for his outstanding contribution to journalism. The award carried a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a
citation and a memento.
Key Points:
i.Award presentation: The award will be presented by the chief minister of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan by the
end of March 2020.
ii.Jury members: The selection was done by a jury which comprised of former Kerala state Education Minister
M A Baby, senior journalist Thomas Jacob, general education department secretary A Shajahan, and others.

English actor Andy Serkis to get BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema in
Feb 2020
Andrew Clement Serkis (55), an English actor and film director, will receive the Outstanding British
Contribution to Cinema Award 2020, one of the British Academy’s top honours from British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the 73rd EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony,scheduled to be
held on February 2, 2020 in London, UK (United Kingdom) .
Key Points:
i.Serkis got his credit with the creation of characters such as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series,
Caesar in the Planet of the Apes trilogy, the titular gorilla in 2005’s King Kong.
ii.Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon, the
British film producer best known for his work with Ealing Studios. Previous recipients are Elizabeth Karlsen
and Stephen Woolley, co-founders of Number 9 Films, Ridley and Tony Scott, Film4 Productions,etc.
About BAFTA:
Country– United Kingdom (UK)
First awarded– 29 May 1949

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Qualcomm launches 3 new chipsets – Snapdragon 720G, 662 &460 with Indian GPS system
NavIC
On January 21, 2020, In a major step to Made in India GPS (Global Positioning System) alternative, Qualcomm,
an american multinational chipset manufacturer, has launched 3 chipsets in India – Snapdragon 720G, 662
and 460, along with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). All 3 chipsets feature Wi-Fi 6 connectivity
and Bluetooth 5.1 support &the most important thing is that these 3 chipsets of Qualcomm have been
developed with support for ISRO’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), a technology considered
an advanced location positioning and navigation system than the GPS technology currently in use.
Key Points:
i. Apart from NavIC, these chipsets will also support the widely used GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System).
ii.While Qualcomm’s new chipsets, Chinese smartphone brands Xiaomi and Realme have confirmed that it will
soon launch new smartphones with Snapdragon 720G chipset processor.
iii.The navigation feature of ISRO with NavIC with which these chipsets have been launched is considered more

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accurate than with position accuracy of up to 5 meters. Along with this, NavIC comes with dual frequency S and
L band whereas GPS used to come only with S band. The accuracy of the navigator will be 6 times higher in
urban areas than with GPS.
iv.NavIC is also engaged in aircraft of the Indian Air Force. At the same time, more than 30 Indian companies
are making NavIC trackers for cars.
About NAVIC :
It is also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) &is an autonomous regional
satellite navigation system built by India to provide accurate real-time positioning and timing services over
India and the region extending to 1,500 kilometres around India.
The NAVIC system consists of a constellation of 3 satellites in Geostationary orbit (GEO), 4 satellites in
Geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and 2 satellites on the ground as stand-by to give precise information on position,
navigation and time (PNT) of objects or persons to users on ground, sea and air.
About Qualcomm:
Founded– 1985
Headquarters– California, United States
CEO– Steve Mollenkopf

SPORTS
Tennis player Joao Souza of Brazil banned for life due to match-fixing
On January 25, 2020,According to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), which is responsible for investigating match
fixing in tennis, Joao Olavo Soares de Souza (31), a former Brazilian professional tennis player has been
banned for life due to match fixing and corruption. It also fined Souza with $200,000.

Key Points:
i.As per the investigation of TIU, Joao Souza did match fixing in tennis at the ATP(Association of Tennis
Professionals) Challenger and ITF (International Tennis Federation ) Futures tournaments in Brazil, Mexico,
the United States(US) and Czech Republic between 2015 and 2019.
ii.Souza was temporarily suspended from tennis until the completion of the investigation in March 2019. The
case was heard in London on 14 January,2020. After this, his participation and attendance at any official tennis
event has been banned.
iii.He currently has a world ranking of 742 & he reached the 69th position in the year 2015. In 2013, he reached
the 70th rank in the doubles category. He also won the International Tennis Tournament of Cortina in 2016 by
defeating Laslo Đere.

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OBITUARY
Eminent artist and sculptor Sher Singh Kukkal dies at 86
On January 25, 2020, Sher Singh Kukkal, an eminent artist & sculptor, has passed away in New Delhi after a
brief illness.He was 86.
i.Kukkal, a former art teacher at Sainik School Satara in Maharashtra, has received several awards.
ii.Kukkal, a man of with a rich experience in fine arts, was a resident of Buffa district, now in Pakistan. He
worked as an independent artist, painting, making sculptures and also photography.
iii.He received a gold medal in painting from Queens College, Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh (UP) & Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation award for his photography and painting.
iv.He was also honored with Senior Fellowship in Visual Art Photography by the Union Ministry of Culture
during 2008-09.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

26 new Indian English words featured in 10th Oxford dictionary;Aadhaar, hartal among them
On January 24, 2020 the 10th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary was launched. In this
latest edition 26 new Indian languages words namely Aadhaar, Chawl, dabba, hartal, shaadi were included.
Several incorporate words like chatbot, fake news, microplastic & over 1000 new words were included. Out of
the 26 Indian language words, 22 are figured in printed dictionary while the remaining 4 words (looter,
current, looting and upazila) are in the digital version
Key Points:
i.The new edition having a total of 384 Indian English words, has online support namely the new iSpeaker and
iWriter features through Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries website and an app.
ii.Some of the Indian words in the dictionary include auntie (while aunty already figures in the English
dictionary, auntie is an Indianism), bus stand, deemed university, FIR (First Information Report), non-veg,
redressal, tempo, tube light, veg and videograph.
iii.The dictionary was originally published in Japan in 1942 and was 1st brought out by Oxford University
Press(OUP) in 1948.

STATE NEWS
Reading preamble of constitution made mandatory in schools of Madhya Pradesh
On January 26, 2020 the govt of Madhya Pradesh has made it mandatory for schools to read the preamble of
the constitution every Saturday under the name sovereignty of constitution. This has been done to make the
students understand the basic principles of justice, equality, liberty & brotherhood. The order has been issued
by the department of school education of Madhya Pradesh.
Key Points:
Earlier Maharashtra govt made the reading of the constitution’s preamble mandatory in all primary and
secondary schools.
About Madhya Pradesh:
Governor- Lalji Tandon
Capital- Bhopal
Chief minister- Kamal Nath.
National Parks(NP)- Bandhavgarh NP, Kanha NP, Panna NP, Pench NP.

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