Jan-22nd
Current Affairs:
đŸ“– Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 22 January 2022
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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 and 8MW Solar PV Farm projects in Mauritius that are being undertaken under India's development support.
4) The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate has been merged with the Eternal Flame at the National War Memorial, barely 400 metres away. This merger was accompanied by a military ceremony in New Delhi.
➨Inaugurated on January 26, 1971, by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, the Amar Jawan Jyoti was constructed as a memorial for Indian soldiers who were killed in action in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
5) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India has emerged as the world's largest derivatives exchange for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA).
6) To deliver complete equality in property rights, the supreme court announced that the daughters of a male Hindu who died intestate would be eligible to obtain the self-acquired and other assets of the father and would have priority over other family members of the same lineage.
7) Kargil War Hero Capt Vikram Batra's bust unveiled at Palampur Military Station in Himachal Pradesh.
➨ The bust was unveiled by the parents of Captain Batra.
➨ Captain Batra was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the country's highest and most prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil war.
8) The Meghalaya Cabinet has decided to increase the upper age limit for government job aspirants by five years.
➨ Candidates in the general category can now apply for government jobs until the age of 32 years and in Scheduled Tribes, the maximum age limit for applying has been enhanced to 37 years
▪️Meghalaya :-
đŸ‘‰Governor - Satya Pal Malik
đŸ‘‰CM - Conrad Kongkal Sangma
đŸ‘‰Umiam Lake
đŸ‘‰Nartiang Durga Temple
đŸ‘‰Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills
9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a statue of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose will be installed at Delhi's India Gate to honour his contribution to the country's independence movement.
10) Former Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza, one of India's most celebrated sports stars, has announced that she will retire from tennis after 2022.
➨Mirza became the first Indian to win a WTA singles title in 2005.
➨She has also won two Grand Slam titles with partner Mahesh Bhupathi - the 2009 Australian Open mixed doubles title and the French Open 2012 mixed doubles.
11) 'Anxiety' has been picked as the children's word of the year by Oxford University Press (OUP), based on their recent research.
12) India is among the top 10 nations in the world in terms of technological advancements and funding in artificial intelligence, according to findings from a study published by The Brookings Institution.
13) Chanchal Kumar (IAS) has been appointed as Managing Director of National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDC) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
➨ Kumar is a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Bihar cadre and is presently posted in his home cadre.
➨ The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDC) is a fully owned company of the Government of India, set up in 2014 and is responsible for management of a network of over 5,500 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India
14) Meghalaya cabinet has approved the recommendations of three regional committees, namely West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East and West Jaintia Hills along with the recommendation of the Assam Government with regard to the long-pending border dispute between the neighbouring States.
▪️Assam
CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
Governor - Prof Jagdish Mukhi
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park
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đŸ”»22 January 2022 Current Affairs✅
đŸ“•Question 1. Recently on 21st January 2022, it was decided by the Government of India that the masala flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti will be tied and mixed in it.
Answer: In the torch of the National War Memorial
đŸ“•Question 2. Where was the Amar Jawan Jyoti torch located?
Answer: India Gate
đŸ“•Question 3. What was the symbol of Amar Jawan Jyoti?
Answer: It was a symbol of the soldiers martyred in the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
đŸ“•Question 4. Where is the National War Memorial located?
Answer: India Gate, New Delhi
đŸ“•Question 5. Recently Sania Mirza has announced her retirement, she is related to which sport?
Answer: Tennis
đŸ“•Question 6. Recently, on 20 January 2022, India successfully test-fired which missile from Chandipur in Odisha.
Answer: Brahmos supersonic cruise missile
đŸ“•Question 7. Recently which state has tied up with United Nations World Food Program to promote food security of small farmers?
Answer: Odisha State
đŸ“•Question 8. Recently the CEO of which Kovid 19 vaccine manufacturing company has won the Genesis Prize of 1 million dollars.
Answer: CEO of Pfizer
đŸ“•Question 9. Recently who has been declared as the Children of the Year by Oxford for the year 2021.
Answer: Anxiety
đŸ“•Question 10. Recently who has been made the captain of the ICC Men's T20 Team of the Year?
Answer: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
đŸ“•Question 11. Recently who has become the first Indian woman to complete the prestigious NASA programme.
Answer: Janhvi Dangeti
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