current affairs 18 january 2021

1. Telangana, Gujarat Join Hands To Help Women Entrepreneurs

• Telangana government's WE Hub has partnered with Gujarat government's I-Hub, to support women entrepreneurs in both the states
  
  
  

2. Legendary classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passes away

• He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018
• Musician was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh
  
  
  

3. Bihar's first state bird festival 'Kalrav' at Jamui district's Nagi bird sanctuary

• The pristine bird sanctuary is famous for 136 species of birds, and a sizeable population of rajhans or the bar-headed goose, which is a migratory bird

  

  
  

4. Alappuzha to launch India’s first Labour Movement museum

• The trend-setting museum will display a huge repository of documents and exhibits that shaped the labour movements across the continents and impacted Alappuzha
  
  
  

5. Indian diaspora largest in the world, 18 million living outside India in 2020

• The Indian diaspora, one of the most “vibrant and dynamic”
• The United Arab Emirates, the US and Saudi Arabia host the largest numbers of migrants from India
• Other countries with a large diaspora included Mexico and Russia (11 million each), China (10 million) and Syria (8 million)