One Liners of the Day, 17 January 2021

Defence

• The campus of a newly-raised battalion of CRPF's Rapid Action Force (RAF) will be set up at - Bhadravati in Shivamogga district of Karnataka.
• On 15 January, the annual TETTRA (Technical Type Training) conference was held in a hybrid format at Air Force Station Jalahalli in - Bengaluru (Karnataka).

International

• On 15 January, India and ____ signed MoU to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technologies - Japan.
• Following the US withdrawal, _____ is launching domestic procedures to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies - Russia.

National

• Theme of ‘Aero India 2021’, the World’s first Hybrid exhibition (both physical as well as virtual), which scheduled from 03rd to 05th February 2021 in Bengaluru - “Runway to a Billion Opportunities”.
• A month long campaign launched on 16 January by Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, highlighting the advantages of using clean fuels - ‘SAKSHAM’.
• Indian universities and colleges with the _______ tag will now be able to set up campuses in foreign countries with the University Grants Commission (UGC) - Institutions of Eminence (IOE).

Persons in News

• President of the UN Human Rights Council in 2021 - Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji's ambassador).
• Recipient of prestigious "Chief of Army Staff Commendation" - Amresh Kumar Chaudhary (Incumbent Chief Controller).
• Recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award, at the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) - Vittorio Storaro (Italian cinematographer).

Sports

• Indian shuttlers who have confirmed Top-10 spots in the recently announced BWF's world junior rankings 2021 - Men: Varun Kapur (Ranks 2nd) and Women: Samiya Imad Farooqui (Ranks 2nd).

State Current Affairs

• This state/UT government launched “Street Theatre and Performing Arts Fellowship” scheme for artists - Delhi.

Science & Technology

• Indigenously designed & developed state-of-the-art ‘Driverless Metro Cars / trains’ are being manufactured at - BEML Bangaluru Complex.

General Knowledge

• Constitutional provision that deals with “Administration of Union territories” - Article 239.
• Constitutional provision that deals with “Power of President to make regulations for certain Union territories” - Article 240.
• Constitutional provision that deals with “High Courts for Union territories” - Article 241.
• Constitutional provision that deals with “Definition of the Panchayat” - Article 243 (Part IX).
• Constitutional provision that deals with “Gram Sabha” - Article 243A.
• Constitutional provision that deals with “Constitution of Panchayat” - Article 243B.