21st January 2024 Daily Current Affairs

Banking & Finance

Google Pay partners with NPCI to expand UPI payments globally, allowing users to seamlessly transact abroad.
The move will extend the transformative impact of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) beyond India, providing users with seamless payment experiences when travelling abroad.
Google Pay is a mobile payment service developed by Google to power in-app, online, and in-person contactless purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments with Android phones.

National Affairs

The NITI Aayog, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly launched the ‘Investment Forum for Advancing Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in India’ in New Delhi.
This initiative aims to develop an investment and partnership strategy to advance climate resilient Agrifood systems among the government, private sectors and financial institutions in India.

Sports

Tamilnadu won gold in rhythmic yoga followed by West Bengal and Maharashtra.
In the women’s section, West Bengal won the gold followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
The four-day Mallar Kambu competition will be held in Tiruchirappalli.

Sports

Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya secured a bronze medal at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix wrestling tournament in Nice, France.
Dahiya won men’s 61kg freestyle bronze medal bout 10-4 against Kairat Amirtayev of Kazakhstan.
Dahiya overcame Julien Zinser of Germany in the round of 16 via technical superiority (13-2) followed by a 12-6 win over Zangar Kabylbekov of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinal.