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f The Myanmar Navy has officially inducted the submarine INS Sindhuvir, which was handed over by the
Indian Navy to the country in October 2020. This is the first submarine in the Myanmar Navy's arsenal.
The submarine has been refurbished for the Myanmar Navy by state-run defence shipbuilder, Hindustan
Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam.
f USA's plan to set up the first nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of 2026. In early 2021, the US
Department of Energy in collaboration with NASA intends to solicit industry design proposals. It also got
an impetus with a recent White House directive. The outgoing President Donald Trump, issued the
“National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion” on 16 December.
f The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has become an Associate Member of the
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The Headquarter of IOSCO is at Madrid,
Spain.
f The U.S. Congress has passed the ‗Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act' to increase the number of
scholarships for Pakistani women in higher education under merit and needs-based programme. The bill
was passed by the United States Senate by a voice vote on January 1.
f Alexander Ellis has been appointed British high commissioner to India and will take up the key role later
this month. He has held several posts, including deputy national security adviser in the cabinet office,
director-general in the department for exiting the European Union, and the British ambassador to
Portugal.
f President-elect Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next U.S.
attorney general. He serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
one of 13 federal appeals courts. Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief
Information Officer of the US Army, after the Pentagon created the position in July 2020. Dr Raj Iyer is
one of the highest-ranking Indian American civilians in the US Department of Defence.
f Japan's Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aims to launch the world's first woodbased
space satellite by 2023 to combat the problem of space junk.
f The Pakistan Army successfully conducted the test flight of an indigenously developed Guided Multi
Launch Rocket System, Fatah-1. The Fatah-1 weapon system is capable of precisely delivering
conventional warheads deep into “enemy territory.” According to Director General of Army, Media Wing,
Major General Babar Iftikhar, Fatah-1 weapon system can hit targets up to a range of 140 km.
f Faustin-Archange Touadera was re-elected as the president of the Central African Republic with more
than 53% votes. The 63-year-old president has been in power since 2016 but has struggled to seize
control of vast parts of the nation from armed militias.
f US President-elect Joe Biden named Indian-American Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia
and Tarun Chhabra as senior director for Technology and National Security. Guha was co-chair of the
South Asia foreign policy working group on the BidenHarris campaign and serves on the transition's
State Department Agency Review Team.
f The frontrunner in Kyrgyzstan's presidential election, Sadyr Japarov, has won by a landslide. According
to the Central Election Commission, Mr Japarov had won 79% of votes cast. Mr Japarov, who served time
in jail for taking a rival hostage, will also have sweeping new presidential powers after voters by a similar
margin opted to amend the constitution in a referendum.
f Incoming First Lady, Jill Biden has named IndianAmerican Garima Verma as her digital director and
Michael LaRosa press secretary, the Biden transition team has announced. She served as audience
development and content strategist on the BidenHarris campaign.

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