Jan-10th

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 10 January 2022

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1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that starting this year, December 26 will be marked as 'Veer Baal Diwas' as a tribute to the courage of Sahibzades (Guru Gobind Singh's sons) and their quest for justice.

2) Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena launched the country’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at village Sirora in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

▪️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

3) Telangana stood first in the country in the list of highest number of open defecation free (ODF Plus) villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme.

▪️Telangana :-

➨CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao

➨Amrabad Tiger Reserve 

➨Kawal Tiger Reserve

4) Fourteen year old Bharath Subramaniyam has become the 73rd Grandmaster of the country after completing his final GM Norm and crossing the 2500 rating at Vergani Cup Open in Italy.

5) Bob Saget, the actor-comedian known for his role as beloved single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” and as the wisecracking host of “America's Funniest Home Videos,” has died in Florida. He was 65.

6) The NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope completed its two-week-long deployment phase.

➨The James Webb Space Telescope is an unprecedented mission that is on the precipice of seeing the light from the first galaxies and discovering the mysteries of our universe.

▪️NASA :- 

➨Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

➨Formed - July 29, 1958

➨Preceding agency - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

7) The Kerala-based lender South Indian Bank has won the UiPath Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for Best Automation under Crisis for Business Continuity.

▪️Kerala :- 

➠Cherai Beach

➠Idukki Dam on Periyar River

➠Pamba River

➠Kumarakom National Park

➠Anamudi Shola National Park

➠Eravikulam National Park

➠Silent Valley National Park

8) The Punjab government appointed VK Bhawra, a 1987-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the state's new director general of police (DGP). He will be the third DGP in 3 months in the poll-bound state.

9) The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has bagged the SKOCH silver award in the ‘power and energy’ category.

10) National Health Mission, Assam in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya and Cisco launched project “Niramay” to demonstrate the integration of digital health technology to strengthen the public health care delivery in the state.

▪️Assam 

CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma

Governor - Prof Jagdish Mukhi

➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park

➨Kaziranga National Park

➨Nameri National Park

➨Manas National Park

11) Film director Ranjith Balakrishnan has been selected as the new chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (KSCA), while singer M G Sreekumar will be the new chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi (KSNA).

12) Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the first prize in Third National Water Awards-2020 in the best state category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

▪️ Rajasthan:-

CM - Ashok Gehlot

Governor - Kalraj Mishra

➭Amber Palace

➭Hawa Mahal

➭Ranthambore National Park

➭City Palace

➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park

➭Sariska National Park.

➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort

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Q.1. Which award-winning Shillong Chamber Choir founder Neil Nongkinrih has passed away recently?

Ans. Padma Shri Award

Q.2. Which commission's chairman Vinay Kumar Saxena has recently launched the country's first mobile honey processing van?

Ans. Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

Q.3. Which organization has appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghis as its new general secretary?

Ans. OPEC

Q.4. ICMR has approved the test kit “Omisure” to detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus developed by?

Ans. Tata

Q.5. Which phase of the Green Energy Corridor has been approved by the Government of India recently?

Ans. Phase-II

Q.6. Which General Insurance Company Limited has launched the “Save excuses and save tax” campaign?

Ans. SBI General Insurance Company Limited.

Q.7. In which year Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, who was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, has passed away recently?

Ans. 2009

Q.8. Which conference on e-Governance 2020-21 has been recently inaugurated by the Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh?

Ans. 24th Conference

Q.9. With which foundation has the World Food Program signed an agreement?

Ans. Akshaya Patra Foundation

Q.10. Who has been appointed by LLC as the ambassador in the announcement of the all-women referee team?

Ans. Jhulan Goswami

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the COVID situation in the country. Advised health workers and frontline workers to take preventive vaccinations in mission mode.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने देश में कोविड स्थिति की समीक्षा की। स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य कर्मियों और अग्रिम पंक्ति के कार्यकर्ताओं को मिशन मोड में ऐहतियाती टीका लगाए जाने की सलाह दी।

2. Booster dosage for health workers, frontline workers and people above 60 years of age with other diseases to start from today.

स्‍वास्‍थ्‍यकर्मियों, अग्रिम पंक्ति के कार्यक्रर्ताओं और अन्‍य रोगों से ग्रस्‍त साठ वर्ष से अधिक आयु के लोगों के लिए आज से बूस्‍टर डोज लगाने की शुरुआत।

3. The Center exempted pregnant women and differently-abled employees from coming to office due to the increasing infection of Corona.

केन्‍द्र ने कोरोना के बढते संक्रमण के कारण गर्भवती महिला और दिव्‍यांग कर्मचारियों को कार्यालय आने से छूट दी।

4. The Himachal Pradesh government imposed more restrictions in view of the increasing infection.

हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार ने बढ़ते संक्रमण को देखते हुए और अधिक प्रतिबंध लगाए।

5. First Startup India Innovation Week from today and two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.

पहला स्‍टार्टअप इंडिया नवाचार सप्‍ताह आज से एवं जम्मू कश्मीर के कुलगाम जिले में सुरक्षा बलों के साथ मुठभेड़ में दो आतंकी मारे गए।

6. Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend an emergency meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Council today to discuss Kazakhstan.

रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमीर पुतिन कजाख्स्तान पर चर्चा के लिए आज सामूहिक सुरक्षा संधि संगठन परिषद की आपात बैठक में भाग लेंगे।

7. Melbourne Summer Set ATP Twenty-time tennis champion Rafal Nadal defeated Maxim Creasy of America to win the singles title.

मेलबर्न समर सेट ए.टी.पी. टेनिस में बीस बार के चैम्पियन रफाल नडाल ने अमरीका के मैक्सिम क्रेसी को हराकर सिंगल्‍स ख़िताब जीता।

8. Self-reliant India: Manure and DAP will be produced using green hydrogen, the Union Chemicals Minister gave instructions to the officials.

आत्मनिर्भर भारत: हरित हाइड्रोजन का उपयोग कर खाद और डीएपी का होगा उत्पादन, केंद्रीय रसायन मंत्री ने अधिकारियों को दिए निर्देश।

9. Use of state-of-the-art technology: After independence, for the first time, the central government surveyed 17.78 lakh acres of defense land.

अत्याधुनिक तकनीक का इस्तेमाल: आजादी के बाद केंद्र सरकार ने पहली बार 17.78 लाख एकड़ रक्षा भूमि का किया सर्वे।

10. PM security violation: Hearing on PM Modi's security lapse case will be held in Supreme Court today.

पीएम सुरक्षा उल्लंघन: प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की सुरक्षा चूक मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में आज होगी सुनवाई।

11. Covid-19: PM Modi holds a high-level review meeting, instructions to increase the speed of vaccination of adolescents, will soon have a meeting with the Chief Ministers.

कोविड-19: पीएम मोदी ने की उच्चस्तरीय समीक्षा बैठक, किशोरों के टीकाकरण की रफ्तार बढ़ाने के निर्देश, जल्द मुख्यमंत्रियों के साथ होगी मीटिंग।

12. Covid-19: Shadow of Corona on the budget session of Parliament, guidelines issued to control the situation and Corona's shadow on the budget session of Parliament, guidelines issued to control the situation.

कोविड-19: संसद के बजट सत्र पर कोरोना का साया, हालात काबू करने के लिए जारी किए दिशा-निर्देश और संसद के बजट सत्र पर कोरोना का साया, हालात काबू करने के लिए जारी किए दिशा-निर्देश।