Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 06 January 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 06 January 2021

::NATIONAL::

TRIFOOD Park to be constructed in Madhya Pradesh

The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has decided to explore a convergence and build a partnership with Akhil Bhartiya Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra, a pioneering organization that has been working for the welfare of tribals in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand since 1952. This partnership is in line with its mission to improve the livelihoods of the tribals (both forest dwellers and artisans) and work towards tribal Empowerment.
In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged between the two organisations on January 3, 2021 to work together for setting up TRIFOOD Parks in 5 districts in Madhya Pradesh (MP).
The MoU was signed by Shri Pravir Krishna, MD, TRIFED and Yogesh Bapat, General Secretary, Akhil Bhartiya Vanvasi Ashram in the presence of Shri Durga Das Uikey, Member of Parliament from Betul, Madhya Pradesh.
Speaking on the occasion, Pravir Krishna said, "TRIFED has been actively exploring convergences with various like-minded organizations to continue our mission to improve tribal livelihoods. Engagement with Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram to undertake meaningful work will ensure round-the-year income-earning opportunity for tribals by engaging them in a variety of economic activities ranging from agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, Medicinal & Aromatic plants, etc. and go beyond Minor Forest Produces.”

::ECONOMY::

Freight Business Development Portal launched

In a bid to provide a one-stop cargo solution for the transportation of goods, Indian Railways has launched a freight business development portal, to fulfill the needs of freight customers and strengthen the ease of doing business.
The dedicated freight portal will ensure that all operations stay customer-centric, reduce the costs for logistics providers, provide the online tracking facility for suppliers and also simplify the process of goods transportation.
The portal has been designed to replace the physical process with an online way, in order to minimize human interaction.
The new portal will help in tracking consignments online for fright customers. It offers customer-centric incentive schemes to facilitate logistic requirements, scheduled timetables movement of cargo over Indian Railways network, live tracking, and monitoring of parcels. It also offers ease of doing business opportunities as businesses can look for investment opportunities with Indian Railways for owing a private freight terminal. It also offers investment opportunities for wagons.
Freight Business Development Portal: Here's how you can use the new portal for transporting goods through the Indian Railways freight network:

Register yourself on the Freight Business Development Portal by using the link - https://www.fois.indianrail.gov.in/foisEfnote/OpenPages/RgtrUserN.jsf

Find a suitable terminal based on your location, district, state, PINCODE, Railway Division or Railway Zone using the Search Terminal Dashboard

Select the right wagon using wagon selector tool

Get expected freight charges and transit time

Use the link to track the status of your consignment: https://www.fois.indianrail.gov.in/RailSAHAY/Home.jsp

::INTERNATIONAL::

World Bank approves $ 105 million loan for waterways in West Bengal

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $105 million project to improve the inland water transport infrastructure in the capital city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India.
The West Bengal Inland Water Transport, Logistics and Spatial Development Project will facilitate passenger and freight movement across the Hooghly river; undertake spatial planning to improve accessibility in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area; enhance the quality of life of its residents; and contribute to the growth of the state’s logistics sector.
The Hooghly river, a distributary of the river Ganga, in Kolkata separates the Kolkata port from its large consumption centers, which are, its wholesale market and its vast hinterland comprising among others the entire North East of India and two landlocked neighboring countries namely, Nepal and Bhutan. More than 80 percent of freight and passenger traffic currently cross the river via Kolkata’s three bridges. To curtail congestion, the city has restricted the movement of trucks to the port to certain bridges and only during limited hours, reducing access to the port and increasing the cost of logistics.
West Bengal’s ferries can provide an efficient, flexible mode of public transport for both passengers and freight, saving on operating costs and travel time when compared with road journeys. The existing ferry system, operational for decades, caters to less than 2 percent of the passenger traffic and a small portion of the freight movement. Developing the river transport infrastructure will enable a large population of the state to utilize its waterways, have alternative, multi-modal options for transportation for both freight and passengers, connect the hinterland with Kolkata Metropolitan Area’s markets and job centers and emerge as a logistics hub.

::SPORTS::

Boris Becker's former coach Bob Brett dies at 67

Australian Bob Brett, who coached Boris Becker in his standout 1989 season during which he won Wimbledon and the US Open, died of cancer at the age of 67.
Brett coached Becker from November 1987 to February 1991, a period when the German also became world number one on the back of 18 tour-level titles won together.