CURRENT AFFAIRS 27th JANUARY

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January 27, 2021

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# Tractor rally

 

 

 

  • Delhi witnessed chaotic scenes on the afternoon of the republic day.
  • Groups of protesting farmers broke off from the planned republic day tractor rally routes and swarmed into the heart of the national capital.
  • The agitators hoisted a kisan union flag and a sikh religious flag inside red fort.
  • The central government is inclined to continue talks with agitating farmer leaders despite the violence.
  • The farmer leaders have blamed the anti-social elements in the tractor rally for the violence.

 

 

 

 

# Republic day parade

 

 

 

  • This republic day parade witnessed a number of religious symbols in the tableau of different state governments.
  • The tableau of UP government represented a miniature model of ram temple.
  • The tableau of Karnataka and Tamil nadu also represented different temples.
  • The tableau of Delhi represented the harmony among different religions and the tableau of punjab represented the Guru Teg bahadur.
  • The main attraction of the republic day parade was the Rafale, which was flying in a republic day parade for the first time.

 

 

 

# Myanmar voter fraud

 

 

 

  • Myanmar’s powerful army has indicated the prospects of a coup.
  • Myanmar army has ramped up demands for an investigation into an alleged voter fraud during last year’s election, swept by Aung sun suu kyi’s ruling party.

 

 

 

 

# Cairn tax dispute

 

 

 

  • Cairn energy, an UK based company has threatened to attach indian overseas assets.
  • Cairn energy is demanding its $1.2 billion in damages against India in the retrospective taxation case.
  • The three member tribunal at the permanent court of arbitration (PCA) at the Hague that had delivered its verdict on december 21, 2020.

 

 

 

# International monetary fund

 

 

 

  • The IMF on tuesday projected an 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021.
  • India will be the only major economy to register double digit growth in year 2021.
  • China will grow at 5.1% in 2021 followed by Spain (5.9%) and France (5.5%).

 

 

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