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📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 26 January 2022

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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 the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. 

➨The logo was unveiled virtually at an online event in the presence of Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon and Indian envoy to Israel, Sanjeev Singla.

4) Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2022 has been awarded to 29 children, selected from across India for their achievements in different categories such as innovation, social service, scholastic, sports, art and culture, and bravery. 15 of the awardees were boys and 14 girls.

5) A new species of rainfrog, discovered in the Panama jungle, has been named after Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. 

➨The species has been named as Pristimantis gretathunbergae, or popularly known as the Greta Thunberg Rainfrog.

6) India's first Chief of Defence Staff, who died last month in a horrific chopper crash, has been honoured posthumously with Padma Vibhushan - the country's second-highest civilian award.

➨Singer Sonu Nigam and Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra have been honoured with a Padma Shri.

7) In a move aimed at making drones more accessible to the farmers, the Union Agriculture Ministry has decided to provide 40-100 per cent subsidy until March 2023 in purchasing drone by revising guidelines in the existing scheme on farm mechanization.

8) Vaccine makers - Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institue and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech - have been honoured with Padma Bhushan.

➨ The heads of tech giants Microsoft and Google Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai have been named for the Padma Bhushan honours.

9) Every year, Republic Day is celebrated in India on 26 January to commemorate the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect and the country became a republic.

➨This year India is celebrating 73rd Republic Day.

➨This year also on the Republic Day parade, India will not have a chief guest due to the global situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10) The scientists at the Climate Research and Services (CRS) office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune, launched India's first Climate and Vulnerability Atlas.

➨ The Atlas has framed the Sunderbans in West Bengal, neighbouring district of Odisha and Ramnathpuram, Pudukottai and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu as the most vulnerable to high storms surges of as much as 8.5 to 13.7 metres that are induced by the cyclones.

11) Renowned archaeologist, art historian and Padma Bhushan awardee R Nagaswamy, who was the first director of Tamil Nadu government’s Department of Archaeology died. He was 91.

➨Nagaswamy was an expert witness in a London court in the famous Pathur Nataraja case and played a key role in bringing back the Chola-era bronze Nataraja to Tamil Nadu.

12) Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau.

➨ Consul General of Japan in Kolkata Nakamura Yutaka received the honour on behalf of Abe at a function at the Elgin Road residence of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary.

13) India has emerged as the largest exporter of gherkins in the world. India has exported cucumber and gherkins to the tune of 1,23,846 Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April-October, 2021.

➨In 2020-21, India had shipped 2,23,515 Metric Tonnes of cucumber and gherkins with a value of USD 223 million.

14) During the recently concluded 20th Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka, Indian movie Koozhangal won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition category. The film was helmed by P S Vinothraj.

➨Indian actor Jayasurya won the best actor award for the Ranjith Sankar-directed film ‘Sunny’.

15) With a view to provide a hassle-free experience for tourists and simultaneously boosting sale of local handicrafts, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘Apna Kangra’ app and hampers handcrafted by self help groups at Dharamsala in the district.

▪️ Himachal Pradesh :-

CM :- Jai Ram Thakur

 Governor :- Rajendra Vishwanath

➠Kinnaura tribe , Lahaule Tribe, Gaddi Tribe and Gujjar Tribe

➠Sankat Mochan Temple.

➠Tara Devi Temple

➠Great Himalayan National Park

➠Pin Valley National Park

➠Simbalbara National Park

➠Inderkilla National Park

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Q.1. Name the Coal Secretary who has recently launched “Koyala Darpan” portal for sharing key performance indicators related to coal sector.

Ans. Dr. Anil Kumar Jain

Q.2. How many children have recently been honored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Prime Minister's National Children's Award?

Ans. 29 Children

Q.3. Vinod Sharma, Vice-Chairman of which state Disaster Management Authority of Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management has been awarded “Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022”?

Ans. Sikkim

Q.4. According to which company, its new “Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer” will be the fastest AI supercomputer in the world by the middle of 2022?

Ans. Meta

Q.5. Shri Amit Shah has released India's first “District Good Governance Index” for 20 districts of which union territory?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

Q.6. At what age has the former India footballer Subhash Bhowmick passed away recently?

Ans. 72 years

Q.7. Which commission has recently released a report titled “Banking on Electric Vehicles in India”?

Ans. NITI Aayog

Q.8. Indian YouTube user and blogger Prajakta Koli has recently become which United Nations Development Program Youth Climate Champion of India?

Ans. First

Q.9. Which International Day is celebrated across the world on 26 January?

Ans. International Customs Day

Q.10. Who has been announced as the captain of the “Lucknow Super Giants” team, which took part in the IPL for the first time?

Ans. KL Rahul

Q.11. In which country recently, “Online Safety Bill” has been implemented from 23rd January, 2022?

Ans. Australia

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     ⚡️ Daily Current Affairs : 26-01-2022 ⚡️

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1. Who has been chosen by the ICC as the best female cricketer of the year 2021?

Ans : Smriti Mandhana

2. Which country's rebel soldiers have taken over President Roch Marc Christian Cabore in a coup d'état?

Ans : Burkina Faso

3. What is the name of its team announced by the Lucknow IPL franchise?

Ans : Lucknow Super Giants

4. Which Indian actress has been honored with the International Association of Working Women Award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2021?

Ans : Sushmita Sen

5. Which former Prime Minister of Japan has been awarded the Netaji Award 2022?

Ans : Shinzo Abe

6. To whom has the Assam State Government conferred the highest civilian award “Assam Vaibhav” of which state?

Ans : Ratan Tata

7. Which village has been declared as a milk village by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir administration?

Ans : Jerry Village of Reasi District

8. What is the name of the mobile application launched by Common Service Center (CSC)?

Ans : Ability

9. Today (January 26) is being celebrated all over India as which day?

Ans : Indian Republic Day (73rd)

10. Who has been chosen by the ICC as the best male cricketer of the year 2021?

Ans : Shaheen Shah Afridi

11. France's pet care company Agrobeathers Laboratorie has announced to stop selling to whom in view of the atrocities against animals?

Ans : Small Bowl for Holding Gold Fish

12. How many new cases of corona have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours?

Ans : 2,55,874 Cases (614 Deaths)

13. Today (January 26) is being celebrated all over the world as which day?

Ans : International Customs Day

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in a sitting position in Hyderabad on February 5, 2022, to celebrate the 1,000th birth anniversary of the saint.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी संत की 1,000 वीं जयंती मनाने के लिए 5 फरवरी, 2022 को हैदराबाद में रामानुजाचार्य की 216 फुट की मूर्ति का उद्घाटन करेंगे। रामानुजाचार्य 11वीं सदी के संत और क्रांतिकारी समाज सुधारक थे। प्रतिमा को 'समानता की मूर्ति' कहा जाएगा। यह तेलंगाना में हैदराबाद के बाहरी इलाके शमशाबाद में 45 एकड़ के परिसर में स्थित है।

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ki Ore’ programme via video conferencing.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग के जरिए 'आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव से स्वर्णिम भारत की ओर' कार्यक्रम का उद्घाटन किया।

3. The Central Government recently approved to build a plastic park at Ganjimutt, Managaluru, Karnataka. The park will be created at Rs 62.77 crores.

केंद्र सरकार ने हाल ही में कर्नाटक के मनागलुरु के गंजिमट में एक प्लास्टिक पार्क बनाने की मंजूरी दी है। 62.77 करोड़ रुपये में पार्क बनाया जाएगा।

4. Prajakta Koli has become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion.

प्राजक्ता कोली भारत की पहली संयुक्त राष्ट्र विकास कार्यक्रम युवा जलवायु चैंपियन बन गई हैं।

5. NITI Aayog has released a report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’ on January 22, 2022, which outlines the need and importance of the inclusion of Electric Vehicles in RBI priority-sector lending guidelines.

नीति आयोग ने 22 जनवरी, 2022 को 'भारत में इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों पर बैंकिंग' शीर्षक से एक रिपोर्ट जारी की है, जो आरबीआई के प्राथमिकता-क्षेत्र उधार दिशानिर्देशों में इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों को शामिल करने की आवश्यकता और महत्व को रेखांकित करती है।

6. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully test-fired the Vikas engine that would power India’s first human-carry rocket (Gaganyaan human space mission).

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (इसरो) ने विकास इंजन का सफलतापूर्वक परीक्षण किया जो भारत के पहले मानव-वाहक रॉकेट (गगनयान मानव अंतरिक्ष मिशन) को शक्ति प्रदान करेगा।

7. Over 606 LMT of paddy procured in Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22 so far.

खरीफ विपणन सीजन 2021-22 में अब तक 606 एलएमटी से अधिक धान की खरीद की गई है।

8. The 12th National Voters’ Day celebrated. The theme for this year is ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and Participative’.

12वां राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस मनाया गया। इस वर्ष की थीम 'चुनावों को समावेशी, सुगम और सहभागी बनाना' है।

9. Indian opener Smriti Mandhana was named the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year for the second time for her stellar run of form across all formats in 2021.

भारतीय सलामी बल्लेबाज स्मृति मंधाना को 2021 में सभी प्रारूपों में शानदार प्रदर्शन के लिए दूसरी बार आईसीसी महिला क्रिकेटर ऑफ द ईयर चुना गया।

10. Eminent painter Wasim Kapoor died following cardiac arrest, his family members said. Kapoor was 71.

प्रख्यात चित्रकार वसीम कपूर का हृदय गति रुकने से निधन हो गया, उनके परिवार के सदस्यों ने कहा। कपूर 71 वर्ष के थे।