21 January Current Affairs: Today’s Current Affairs for Competitive Exams – Bank, SSC, Vyapam, PSC

American aerospace and defence major Lockheed proposes making custom-built fighter jets in India

Lockheed Martin proposed to manufacture F-16 fighter jets in India.
“We plan to introduce two new words into the lexicon of international fighter aircraft manufacturing: ‘India’ and ‘exclusive’,” Vivek Lall, vice president, strategy and business development, at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics told in an interview.

112 Women achievers felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind

112 Women who achieved a first in their field were lauded by President on 20th Jan 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
These ‘First Ladies’ were identified by Women and Child Development of Government of India.

Two civilians and an army jawan killled in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan

Three people lost their lives and nine other were injured in ceasefire violation by Pak along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu sector on Saturday.
The government ordered closure of school within 5 Km of LoC and at least 10,000 people living along the border have been shifted to safer areas.

Delhi CM launches Girl Child Week

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a week-long programme organised by NGO Alliance Defending Freedom India and PC & PNDT Cell of Directorate of Family Welfare of Delhi government to celebrate the girl child and to create awareness about gender equality.
January 24 is celebrated as National Girl Child day.

Banks suspended accounts of bitcoin exchanges in India

Several banks including SBI, HDFC, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank freezed accounts of Bitcoin exchanges over suspicion of false transactions.
Zebpay, Unocion, BTCIndia and Cionsecure are among the India’s top 10 Cryptocurrencies exchanges in India.

India lost 1-2 to Belgium in Four Nations Invitational Hokey Tournament Final

India lost 1-2 to Belgium in the final of Four Nations Hockey Tournament on Sunday.
The only goal for India was scored by Mandeep Singh.

Kabul International Hotel attacked by Gunmen

A group of Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight in an attack on Kabul’s International Hotel on Sunday.
Four gunmen entered the hotel through a kitchen and started shooting at guests.
Two of four gunmen were killed by Afghan Special Forces, said Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.

6.3 magnitude earthquake in Northern Chile

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Chile at 10:06 p.m. local time yesterday. The earthquake was deep at 110 kilometers.
The epicentre in Tarapaca was 76 km east of the city of Putre, and 118 km southeast of the Peruvian city of Tacna.

Google Arts & Culture app introduces a new feature in India

Google Arts & Culture app on Friday introduced a new feature in India which lets users match their selfies with a work of classical art from one of the several art museums globally.
The selfie feature lets users connect with more than 6,000 exhibitions from over 1,500 museum partners from 70 countries.

Telangana signs MoU with ISE Foods,Clean Authority of Tokyo

Telangana has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Clean Authority of Tokyo on Friday for solid waste management.
ISE Foods will also set up a solar park to support the egg production facility, including the development of storage devices.

Imp Note: Capital of Japan is Tokyo

Currency – Yen