Current Affairs January 2022

G Asok Kumar takes over as Director General for National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

G Asok Kumar takes over as Director General for National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

G Asok Kumar, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Jal Shakti has been appointed as the new Director General for the National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti. Kumar, a 1991 batch Indian Administrative Services officer of Telangana Cadre is popularly known as “the Rain Man of India”, for his inspiring work in […]

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TS Tirumurti assumes Chair of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022

TS Tirumurti assumes Chair of UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022

India’s TS Tirumurti assumes the new chair of UN Counter-Terrorism Committee – India’s permanent representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti has been named the new Chair of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for 2022. It must be remembered that India has assumed the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (UNSC-CTC) for 1 year,

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NPCI Bharat BillPay launches Unified Presentment Management System to simplify recurring bill payments

NPCI Bharat BillPay launches Unified Presentment Management System to simplify recurring bill payments

NPCI Bharat BillPay (NBBL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has introduced the ‘Unified Presentment Management System’ (UPMS) to simplify bill payments in the country. UPMS will help the customers to set up standing instructions, for any mode and from any channel on their recurring bill payments. Under the UPMS system,

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Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards announced

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards announced

The Indian Express Group has announced the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (RNG Awards) for journalists across the country, for their work done in 2019. Named after Ramnath Goenka, the awards have been held annually since 2006, with the 12th edition being held in 2017. The photo stories of our winners appeared in our print and digital editions between 24

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Centre’s flagship UJALA scheme completes 7 years; saves 48 b kWh energy every year

Centre’s flagship UJALA scheme completes 7 years; saves 48 b kWh energy every year

The flagship UJALA programme of the Ministry of Power has successfully completed seven years of distributing and selling LED lights on January 05, 2022. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme was launched by Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on January 05, 2015. More than 36.78 crore LEDs have been distributed across the

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Sindhutai Sapkal popular as ‘Mother of Orphans’ passes away

Sindhutai Sapkal popular as ‘Mother of Orphans’ passes away

Renowned social worker Sindhutai Sapkal, fondly known as ‘orphan children’s mother’, died following a heart attack at a private hospital here, doctors said. Sapkal, who had received the Padma Shri last year, had completed 74 years in November. Sindhutai Sapkal was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 in the Social Work category. Apart from this, she had received more than 750

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Atul Keshap appointed as President of US-India Business Council (USIBC)

Atul Keshap appointed as President of US-India Business Council (USIBC)

Indian-origin American diplomat Atul Keshap has been appointed as the President of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) by the US Chambers of Commerce. His term is effective from January 05, 2022. The US Chambers of Commerce is the parent body of USIBC. Atul Keshap replaces Nisha Desai Biswal. Nisha Biswal, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia,

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