Daily Current Affairs 21st January 2020

1) Who has been appointed new Prime Minister of Russia?

Ans:- Mikhail Mishustin

2) Mohun Bagan has recently merged with which football club?

Ans:- ATK FC

3) Oleksiy Honcharuk, who recently resigned was the Prime Minister of which country?

Ans:- Ukraine

4) Which  has been counted as a separate Ethnic Group for the first time in The US census?

Ans:- Sikhs

5) Who is to acquire manufacturing facility of General Motors in Talegaon, Maharashtra?

Ans:- Great Wall Motors

6) Bapu Nadkarni, who recently died at 96 was a famous player of which game?

Ans:-Cricketer

7) Who won the women doubles title of WTA International trophy at Hobart?

Ans:- Sania Mirza and Nadiia Kichenok

8) According to UN WESP 2020 report, how much global economy grew in 2019?

Ans:- 2.3%

9) Ashwini Kumar Chopra, who recently passed away was a famous person of which field?

Ans:- Journalist

10) Which country has announced compensation to power companies for shutdown of their coal-fired power plants by 2038?

Ans:- Germany

11) National Information Centre has set up Centre of Block Chain Technology in which city?

Ans:- Bengaluru

12) Who won the gold medal in the women's 53kg freestyle event at 2020 Rome Ranking Series?

Ans:- Vinesh Phogat

13) Who won the motorbike rally at the Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia?

Ans:- Ricky Brabec

14) Who is the author of 'The Winning Sixer'?

Ans:- W.V. Raman

15) Who has been conferred with the ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India?

Ans:- Indu Jain

16) Who won the car rally at the Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia?

Ans:- Carlos Sainz

17) Who has been appointed as Joint Director of CBI?

Ans:- Manoj Shashidhar

18) Who flagged off the inaugural run of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express?

Ans:- Vijay Rupani

19) Who recently launched APNA UREA SonaUgle brand of HURL?

Ans:- D.V. Sadananda Gowda

20) Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region is being held in which city?

Ans:- Lucknow