current affairs 01february 2021

 1. Lucknow Metro Becomes First To Use Ultraviolet Rays To Disinfect Trains

• The apparatus which was certified by DRDO in October, last year, sanitises the entire coach in seven minutes and as added care, "We are sanitising each coach for 15 minutes"
  
  
  

2. Nepal decides to award hydropower project to India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam

• Nepal has decided to award the contract for construction of 679 megawatt Lower Arun Hydropower Project to India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)
  
  
  

3. RBI cancels licence of Kolhapur-based Shivam Sahakari Bank

• The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank
• Bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on January 29, 2021
  
  
  

4. SBI Card appoints Rama Mohan Rao Amara as MD & CEO for 2 years

5. Asus to develop local Esports talent with ROG Academy in India

• Asus ROG Academy will be India's first virtual academy program dedicated to gamers
• The competitive Esports training initiative will be India’s first virtual academy programme for upcoming gamers who are looking to be professionals
• Asus ROG will identify PC gamers through a screening process, and the selected individuals will be provided the necessary equipment, coaching, and even a stipend to prepare them for competitive Esport tournaments on a national, as well as international level