Static GK is an important part of the Banking and Insurance exams. Most of the static GK Questions asked in these exams are from the recent news. For example, the capital or currency of a country may be asked for such a country with whom India has signed an agreement recently or where our politicians made a visit recently.

In this post, we will cover up such Static GK that is in news in the month of January 2021. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.

Current Static GK in News – January 2021

Headquarters

International

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – New York, United States [January 01, 2021]
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) – Madrid, Spain [January 02, 2021]
Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines [January 02, 2021]
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – Gland, Switzerland [January 03, 2021]
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) – Washington, D.C., United States[January 04 & 05, 2021]
World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States [January 06, 2021]
New Development Bank (NDB) – Shanghai, China [January 07, 2021]
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – New York, United States [January 09, 2021]
IHS Markit – London, United Kingdom [January 09, 2021]
International Cricket Council (ICC) – Dubai, United Arab Emirates [January 11 & 12, 2021]
United Nations – New York, United States[January 13, 2021]
Nomura – Tokyo, Japan[January 14, 2021]
UBS Investment Bank- Zürich, Switzerland [January 14, 2021]
BofA Securities – New York, United States[January 14, 2021]
Fitch Ratings – New York, United States[January 15, 2021]
Tesla, Inc. – California, United States [January 15, 2021]
BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) – Dhaka, Bangladesh [January 16, 2021]
U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) – Washington, D.C., United States [January 17, 2021]
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) – Geneva, Switzerland[January 17, 2021]
World Health Organization (WHO) – Geneva, Switzerland [January 18 & 19, 2021]
World Economic Forum (WEF) – Cologny, Switzerland [January 23, 2021]
SpaceX – California, United States [January 26, 2021]
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Geneva, Switzerland [January 26, 2021]
World Customs Organization (WCO) – Brussels, Belgium [January 26, 2021]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington, D.C., U.S [January 27, 2021]
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) – New York, United States [January 27, 2021]
International Energy Agency (IEA) – Paris, France [January 28 & 29, 2021]
Microsoft – Washington, United States [January 30, 2021]
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) – London, United Kingdom [January 31, 2021]
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) headquarter – Colombo, Sri Lanka[January 31, 2021]

National

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – New Delhi [January 01, 2021]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru, Karnataka [January 01, 2021]
International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) – Gandhinagar, Gujarat [January 02, 2021]
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) – New Delhi [January 02, 2021]
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) – Bengaluru [January 03, 2021]
Election Commission of India (ECI) – New Delhi[January 03, 2021]
Bajaj Auto – Pune, Maharashtra [January 04 & 05, 2021]
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) – Kolkata [January 04 & 05, 2021]
GAIL (India) Limited – New Delhi [January 06, 2021]
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) – New Delhi [January 06, 2021]
All India Chess Federation (AICF) – Chennai [January 06, 2021]
NHPC Limited – Faridabad, Haryana [January 10, 2021]
ICRA Ratings – Gurgaon, Haryana [January 11 & 12, 2021]
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) – Chennai[January 11 & 12, 2021]
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) – Mumbai [January 11 & 12, 2021]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)- New Delhi [January 13, 2021]
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) – Hyderabad [January 14, 2021]
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) – New Delhi [January 15, 2021]
BEML Limited – Bengaluru [January 16, 2021]
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) – New Delhi [January 21, 2021]
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) – Faridabad [January 22, 2021]
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) – Mumbai [January 22, 2021]
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – Bengaluru [January 23, 2021]
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry ( FICCI ) – New Delhi[January 23, 2021]

Banks

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Mumbai [January 03, 2021]
Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative Bank (SMCB) – Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh[January 07, 2021]
Punjab National Bank – New Delhi [January 08, 2021]
Bandhan Bank – Kolkata [January 10, 2021]
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) – New Delhi [January 16, 2021]
Yes Bank – Mumbai [January 17, 2021]
RBL Bank – Mumbai [January 20, 2021]
ICICI Bank – Mumbai [January 21, 2021]
Airtel Payments Bank – New Delhi [January 22, 2021]
Axis Bank – Mumbai [January 22, 2021]
State Bank of India – Mumbai [January 23, 2021]
HDFC Bank – Mumbai [January 23, 2021]
Dhanlaxmi Bank – Thrissur, Kerala [January 27, 2021]

Country – Capital, Currency

Israel – Jerusalem; Israeli Shekel [January 07, 2021]
Japan – Tokyo; Japanese Yen [January 07, 2021]
Pakistan – Islamabad; Pakistani rupee [January 09, 2021]
Central African Republic – Bangui;Central African CFA franc[January 10, 2021]
Vietnam – Hanoi, Vietnamese dong[January 13, 2021]
France – Paris, Euro, CFP franc[January 13, 2021]
Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstani som[January 15, 2021]
Uganda – Kampala; Ugandan shilling [January 18 & 19, 2021]
Russia -Moscow; Russian ruble [January 20, 2021]
Netherlands – Amsterdam, Government seat: The Hague; Euro [January 20, 2021]
Singapore – Singapore; Singapore dollar [January 21, 2021]
United States – Washington, D.C., United States dollar (USD)[January 23, 2021]
China – Beijing; Renminbi [January 24 & 25, 2021]
Germany – Berlin; Euro [January 24 & 25, 2021]
Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian togrog[January 24 & 25, 2021]
Portugal – Lisbon; Euro [January 26, 2021]
Estonia – Tallinn; Euro [January 28 & 29, 2021]
Italy – Rome; Euro[January 30, 2021]

Books & Author

“Right Under our Nose” – R Giridharan, a general manager at RBI.[January 09, 2021]
“Modi India Calling – 2021” – 450-page coffee-table book, filled with over hundreds of photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his “107 overseas and bilateral visits” [January 11 & 12, 2021]
The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India – former chief election commissioner (CEC) S Y Quraishi [January 13, 2021]
Making of a General-A Himalayan Echo – (Retd) Lt General Konsam Himalay Singh (Manipur)[January 14, 2021]
‘Manohar Parrikar – Off the Record’ by senior journalist Shri Waman Subha Prabhu [January 21, 2021]

Miscellaneous

Tansen Samman is given by which state? Madhya Pradesh, for outstanding achievement in music [January 01, 2021]
Pangong Tso lake is located in Leh district of Ladakh. [January 04 & 05, 2021]
‘The Father of Marathi Journalism’ – Balshastri Jambhekar [January 06, 2021]
Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, located in Washington, DC. [January 09, 2021]
Canadian-American Dr James Naismith, a professor, sports coach, a doctor, a physical educator and a Christian Chaplain is the inventor of the game of Basketball.[January 17, 2021]
Somnath Temple is located near Veravalat at Prabhas Patan town of Gir-Somnath district in Gujarat [January 20, 2021]
Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary – Jamui district of Bihar [January 20, 2021]
Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park – Nagpur [January 20, 2021]
Indian Railways has renamed the Howrah-Kalka Mail as ‘Netaji Express’ [January 22, 2021]
India’s longest road arch bridge “Wahrew Bridge” has been inaugurated at Sohbar in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya [January 23, 2021]
Ranji Trophyis related to Domestic Cricket in India, set up in 1934-35 [January 31, 2021]

Reports and Index

Global Climate Risk Index is published by Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch [January 26, 2021]
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) is published by Transparency International (Headquarter – Berlin, Germany) [January 28 & 29, 2021]
Coronavirus Performance Index is published by Lowy Instituted based in Sydney, Australia [January 28 & 29, 2021]
Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index – The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) [January 31, 2021]

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