Current Affairs January 2022

Padma Shri recipient professional mountaineer Major HPS Ahluwalia passes away at 85

Padma Shri recipient and founder of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Major HPS Ahluwalia passed away on Friday evening. He was 85. HPS Ahluwalia was a trained mountaineer, author and social worker, besides being an army officer. Above all, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan (2002), Padma Shri (1965), Arjuna Award (1965) and the […]

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Pakistan’s Babar Azam Named Captain of ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year

Pakistan’s Babar Azam was named the captain of the team, while his opening partner in the national side Mohammad Rizwan was picked as the specialist wicketkeeper. The ICC Team of the Year recognises 11 best players in men’s cricket who have impressed one and all with their performances in a calendar year, either with the bat, ball or their

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Ind-Ra Projects India’s GDP Growth Rate at 7.6% in FY23

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has projected the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of the Indian economy to grow at 7.6 percent year-on-year in 2022-23 (FY23). Ind-Ra is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fitch Group. However, the size of the Indian economy in FY23 will be 10.2% lower than the FY23 GDP trend value. A

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India Extends $190-million line of credit to Mauritius for the Metro Express Project

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated the India-assisted Social Housing Units Project in Mauritius through video-conferencing on January 20, 2022 and virtually laid the foundation stone for the Civil Service College and 8 MW Solar PV Farm project in Mauritius on Thursday. India and Mauritius exchanged two agreements, including on extending

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New Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose authored by Chandrachur Ghose set to release in February 2022

New Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose authored by Chandrachur Ghose: A new biography titled “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” will be released in February 2022. The biography has been written by researcher and founder of ‘Mission Netaji’ Chandrachur Ghose. The book is published by Penguin Random House India under its Viking imprint.

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wins $1 million Genesis Prize for COVID-19 vaccine development

Albert Bourla, chairman and chief executive of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., was awarded on on January 19, 2022 the prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The award comes with cash prize of $1 million. The annual prize is awarded to Jewish people who have achieved significant professional

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Oxford University Press declares ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021

The Oxford University Press has declared ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021. Apart from “anxiety” (21%), “Challenging” (19%), “isolate” (14%), “Wellbeing” (13%) and “resilience” (12%) were the children’s top five words. In 2020, Coronavirus was the Children’s Word of the Year by OUP.

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Daily Current Affairs – 20 January 2022 | Gkseries

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Roberta Metsola elected as new President of EU Parliament

Roberta Metsola elected as new President of the EU Parliament

Maltese center-right politician Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new European Parliament President, a week after the body’s previous head David Sassoli died suddenly, and she immediately faced questions around her stance on abortion rights. The 43-year-old is the only third woman and the youngest president ever to run the chamber. She is also the

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SEBI Launches Mobile App ‘Saa₹thi’ For Investor Education

Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on January 19, 2022 launched “Saa₹thi” – a mobile app on investor education in Mumbai. The new app aims to create awareness among investors about the basic concepts of the securities market, KYC process, trading and settlement, mutual funds, recent market developments, investor grievances redressal mechanism,

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