Current Affairs One-Liner: 21st December 2021

• ‘Technology-based Energy Solutions: Innovations for Net Zero’: It is the name of a program launched by India and the US to tackle climate and clean energy challenges by supporting innovations.
• The GoI and Germany Development Bank KfW (Kreditanstalt fr Wiederaufbau) signed a 442.26 million euros loan agreement for the Surat Metro Rail project.
• The Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) signed MoU with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) to set up 500 kilolitres per day of the capacity Bioethanol plant in Gujarat.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of GAIL: New Delhi

• Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021: India won 16 medals. The medal tally includes 4 Gold, 7 Silver, and 5 Bronze. The tournament was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’, was announced as Tamil Nadu’s anthem.
• Static Part: 
• Chief Minister of TN: MK Stalin
• Governor of TN: R.N.Ravi
• Obituaries: RL Jalappa: He was former Union Minister of Textiles and was founder and Chairman of Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar and RL Jalappa Institute of Technology, Doddaballapur.
• National Conf. on Investment Opportunities in Highways, Transport, Logistics
• Appointments on 21st December 2021
• ‘Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva’-- Odisha
• Liberty General Insurance partnered with CSC e-Governance Services India
• ‘LogiXtics’- ULIP Hackathon

Question: 

Q.1 With which country has India launched a program titled ‘Technology-based Energy Solutions: Innovations for Net Zero’ to support innovations to solve climate-related issues and clean energy challenges?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Japan
c. United States
d. Germany