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 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 31 January 2022 #English  1) Rafael Nadal claimed a record 21st Grand Slam singles title after coming from two sets down to beat second seed Daniil Medvedev. ➨The triumph took Nadal one clear of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic who was prevented from competing at the tournament in Melbourne due to issues over his visa. 2) The Lok Sabha secretariat has launched a new app, Digital Sansad, that will make it easier for people to follow proceedings in Parliament, and also their own lawmakers.  ➨ It will also help members of parliament access services such as checking personal updates like status of their notices, House bulletins, etc. 3) Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya virtually launched the Research Portal of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER). ➨This research portal of NIPER will help the MSME sector. NIPER may connect with industries to develop a model to ful...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 30 January 2022 #English  1) The government has appointed Venkatraman Anantha Nageswaran as its chief economic advisor (CEA) days before the tabling of the 2021-22 Economic Survey (on January 31) and the presentation of the 2022-23 Union Budget (on February 1). 2) On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union budget for the year 2022-23. ➨During the first two days of the 8th session of the 17th Lok Sabha, there will be no 'Zero Hour' on January 31 and February 1, 2022." 3) With the view to curbing criminal activities along the India-Bangladesh border, Indian border guarding force BSF has introduced "Anti Cut-Anti Climb" fencing. ➨ Anti-cut fencing has a long life, is stronger and economically better and no one can cut this fence or climb it easily. ▪️Border Security Force (BSF):- 👉Formed - 1 December, 1965 👉Governing body - Ministry of Home Affairs (India) 👉Constitut...

 General Knowledge Daily GK Quiz CTET: ╔═══════════════════╗      📚 Daily Current Affairs | 29-01-2022 📚 ╚═══════════════════╝ Q.1. Which company's Nasal Vaccine has recently been approved for trial by the Drug Controller General of India? Ans. Bharat Biotech Q.2. Who has recently launched a new app named “Digital Parliament”? Ans. Lok Sabha Secretariat Q.3. Which United Nations agency has included Nordic “clinker boats” in its heritage list in December 2021? Ans. UNESCO Q.4. Which state government has announced to bring an ordinance to weaken the powers of Lokayukta? Ans. Government of Kerala Q.5. Which bank has launched fitness watch debit card in tie-up with smart-tech-enabled preventive healthcare platform GOQii? Ans. City Union Bank Q.6. To whom has the Government of India officially handed over Air India? Ans. Tata Group Q.7. Charanjit Singh, the famous former captain of which sport has passed away recently at the age of 90? Ans. Hockey Q.8. Which tiger reser...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 28 January 2022 #English  1) The Andhra Pradesh government has issued a new official gazette notification for carving out 13 new districts in the state under the AP Districts Formation Act, Section 3(5). ➨ These have been carved out from the existing 13 districts, bringing the number of districts in the state to 26. ▪️Andhra Pradesh :-  ➨CM -  Jaganmohan Reddy ➨Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan ➨ Venkateswara Temple  ➨Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple 2) Vinodanand Jha, a 1983-batch retired IRS officer has been appointed as the chairperson of the PMLA Adjudicating Authority located in the national capital. ➨ Mr. Jha has been serving as the Member (Finance and Accounts) in the Authority since September 2018. 3) A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the Moon in March. ➨ The rocket was employed in 2015 to...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 26 January 2022 #English  1) In 2022, the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). ➨ 128 people have been honoured this year with the Awards in which 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards.  ➨ 34 of the awardees are women and 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees. 2) Facebook parent company Meta has announced that its newly unveiled artificial intelligence supercomputer will be the fastest in the world by the middle of next year. ➨AI can currently perform tasks like translating text between languages and helping identify potentially harmful content, but developing the next generation of AI will require powerful supercomputers capable of quintillions of operations per second. 3) India and Israel have launched a commemorative logo to mark the 30th anniversary of t...

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 23 January 2022 #English  1) Ladakh has got its first open synthetic track and football turf for football stadium under Khelo India Programme. ➨Built at an estimated cost of ₹10.68 crore, the size of the track and football turf has been constructed on 130 kanals in the Spituk belt of the 'cold desert'. 2) Minister of state for Defence Ajay Bhatt today inaugurated an interactive Virtual Museum hosted by the Gallantry Awards portal.  ➨ Mr. Bhatt said the virtual museum will honor the contribution of the country’s bravehearts who have made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation. 3) Every year on 23 January, Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti is observed and last year, the government of India designated his Jayanti to be observed as Parakram Diwas. ➨The Government of India has decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary and as part of the year lo...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 22 January 2022 #English  1) India successfully test-fired a new version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha in Balasore. ▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik ➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal ➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve ➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve ➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves  ➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary 2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has topped the global rating amongst world leaders with an approval rating of 71 per cent. ➨ On the list of the 13 world leaders, US president Joe Biden is ranked at number six with a 43 per cent rating. Biden is followed by Canadian President Justin Trudeau also at 43 per cent and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at 41 per cent. 3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth jointly inaugurated the India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius virtually. ➨ The two leaders also launched the Civil Service College an...

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 20 January 2022 #English  1) Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel has been transferred to Central Government services as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment. ➨Mr. Goel’s transfer has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.  ➨Mr. Goel was one among around 10 officers from across the country whose names were cleared by the Appointments Committee. 2) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is organising 26th CISO Deep Dive Training program under Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative.  ➨The training is aimed to equip participants with better understanding of emerging cyber threat landscape, understand best practices in cyber security. 3) A new biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose titled 'Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist' is authored by researcher and founder of 'Mission Netaji' Chandrachur Ghose and published by Penguin Random House India under its Vi...

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 18 January 2022 #English  1) A legendary Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj who was a leading exponent of the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Lucknow, passed away at the age of 83.  ➨ A recipient of the country's second-highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, Maharaj ji was one of the most famous faces of India’s Kathak dancers all over the world. 2) Lakshya Sen defeated World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 24-22, 21-17 to secure his maiden Super 500 title in the final of the men’s singles final at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open. 3) Union Minister of state science and technology , Dr Jitendra Singh launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by IIT alumni  for water purification through innovative technology.  ➨The facility aims to provide clean drinking water at a price much lesser than the market price. 4) Eminent social activist and Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi passed away in Odisha's Rayagada. ➨Shan...

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 16 January 2022 #English  1) Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of India's Test team, with immediate effect, a day after losing the Test series to South Africa 2-1 with a seven-wicket loss in Cape Town. ➨He took over as full-time Test captain in early 2015, when MS Dhoni had announced retirement in Australia, and ended up as India's most successful Test captain ever. ▪️Board of Control for Cricket in India:- President - Sourav Ganguly Secretary - Jay Shah Headquarters - Mumbai Founded - December 1928 2) Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’. ➨Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover. ➨The total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.9 mn hectare. ▪️Madhya Pradesh  ➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan ➨Governor -  Mangubhai Chhaganbhai ➨Bhimbetka Caves ➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi ➨Khajuraho Temple  3) Minister of State f...

 ╭───────────────────╮      🎯 Daily CA One Liners | 15-01-2022 🎯 ╰───────────────────╯ 1. India and the UK have formally launched negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between two countries. भारत और यूके ने औपचारिक रूप से दो देशों के बीच एक मुक्त व्यापार समझौते के लिए बातचीत शुरू की है। 2. The 20th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will take place between January 15-23 at multiple venues in Dhaka. 20वां ढाका अंतर्राष्ट्रीय फिल्म महोत्सव (डीआईएफएफ) 15-23 जनवरी के बीच ढाका के कई स्थानों पर होगा। 3. Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. सोशल नेटवर्किंग साइट पर बंद होने के सात महीने बाद नाइजीरिया ने ट्विटर पर से अपना प्रतिबंध हटा लिया है। 4. Goalkeeper Savita Punia will captain an 18-member Indian squad at the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022 in Muscat, Oman from January 21-28. गोलकीपर सविता पुनिया 21-28 जनवरी तक ओमान के मस्कट में महिला हॉकी एशिया कप 2022 में 18 सदस्यीय भारतीय टीम की कप्तानी करेंगी। ...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 14 January 2022 #English 1) S Somnath, an eminent rocket scientist, has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). ➨Sivan was appointed as the Isro chief in January 2018 and was given a one-year extension till January 14, 2022. ▪️ISRO :-  ➨Formed :- 15 August 1969 ➨Headquarter :-  Bangalore, Karnataka, India ➨Chairman :- S Somnath 2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 new government Medical Colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai. 3) Ms. Vinisha Umashankar, a student innovator turned environmentalist from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, has been selected as a "changemaker" and Batonbearer for the ongoing 16th official Queen's Baton Relay (12-15 January 2022) in India. ▪️Tamil Nadu :-  ➨ CM - M K Stalin ➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve  (STR) ➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR 4) ...

 ╔═══════════════════╗      📚 Daily Current Affairs | 13-01-2022 📚 ╚═══════════════════╝ Q.1. Who has recently been appointed by the International Monetary Fund as its new Chief Economist? Ans. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Q.2. Which country's passport has topped the list of powerful passports for the first quarter of 2022 released by the Henley Passport Index, along with Japan? Ans. Singapore Q.3. Google and which bank have recently tied up to boost the bank's customer experience strategy? Ans. RBL Bank Q.4. What is the rank of Chennai International Airport in the global list for “Performance on Time” for the year 2021? Ans. 8th Place Question 5. Which cricket team player Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket? Ans. South Africa Cricket Team Q.6. Which fame actress has recently been awarded the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award 2022? Ans. Harshali Malhotra Q.7. Which city has become the first city in the country to have a water metro p...

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 12 January 2022 #English 1) In a medical first, US doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life. ➨ Patient is doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery. ➨ While it is too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. 2) The Tata Group has replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League 2022 and 2023 editions. ▪️Board of Control for Cricket in India:- President - Sourav Ganguly Secretary - Jay Shah Headquarters - Mumbai Founded - December 1928 3) Kannada poet, playwright, critic and pro-Kannada activist Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as 'Champa', passed away in Bengaluru. He was 82. ➨His first collection of poems 'Baanuli' was published in 1960. 4) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, a French-born University of California-Berkley Economist, ha...

 Current Affairs: 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 11 January 2022 #English 1) India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the men's doubles title at the Adelaide International ATP 250 event. ➨This is Ramkumar's first ATP Tour title while Bopanna won his 20th. 2) Puducherry has been handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to host the 25th National Youth Festival, organized as part of the Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav marking the 75th year of Independence. 3) Uttar Pradesh government declared four villages located near the Nepal border in the district as revenue villages. ➨These four villages are Bhavanipur, Tedhia, Dhakia and Bichhia located in Mihinpurwa tehsil of the district. All these villages are Vantangiya villages. ▪️Uttar Pradesh :-  Chief Minister -  Yogi Adityanath Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel ➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary ➨Dudhwa National Park ➨National Chambal Sanctuary ➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake ➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple 4) The P...