WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (17TH JANUARY-23RD JANUARY 2022)
1) Indian Hockey Player Sreejesh (Goal Keeper) Becomes The Only Indian Athlete To Be Nominated For The World Games Athlete Of The Year 2021.
2) Indian Navy's Indigenously Designed & Built Guided Missile Destroyer, INS Kochi Exercised With Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) Ship Admiral Tributs in Arabian Sea.
3) Shuttler Lakshya Sen Won Final Of Indian Open 2022 Men's Single Title Beaten World Champion Loh Kean Yew .
4) POSCO India Has Signed An MOU With Gujarat Government & Adani For Collaboration In Building Up An Environment Friendly Integrated Steel Plant Worth USD 5 Billion.
5) Prominent Kathak Dancer Shri Birju Maharaj Passes Away.
6) Prominent Freedom Fighter Shrimati Shanti Devi Padmashri Awardee Passes Away, She Belongs To Rayagada District Odisha. She Works For Girl Education.
7) Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari To Inaugurate Conference On PM-Gati Shakti For South Zone On 17th January.
8) India's Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Defeated Three Times World Champions Hendra Setiawan & Mohammad Ahsan In The Men's Double Finals Of Yonex Sunrise Indian Open 2022 At New Delhi.
9) Thailand's Ongbamrungphan Defeated Supanida Katethong Of Thailand In The Women's Single Finals At Indian Open 2022.
10) Benyapa Aimsaard And Nuntakarn Aimsaard Of Thailand Defeated Russia's Anastasiia Akchurina And Olga Morozova In The Women's Doubles Finals At Indian Open 2022.
11) 20th Dhaka International Film Festival On 15th January Inaugurated By Foreign Minister Of Bangladesh A K Abdul Momen.
12) PM Narendra Modi Delivered State Of The World Special Address At The World Economic Forum's Davos.
13) Oman Has Signed A Strategic Framework Agreement With Britain's BP PLC Aimed At Collecting Data About Renewable Energy In Oman.
14) Real Madrid Wins Spanish Super Cup.
15) Russia And Belarus Will Hold Joint Military Drills In February.
16) The Next G-20 Summit Will Held On India In 2023
17) China Now 18 Trillion USD Economy GDP Grew 8.1% In 2021.
18) Election Commission Of India Decided To Reschedule Punjab Election, Will Happen On 20th February 2022.
19) J & K Purple Revolution Contributing To Start-up India.
What Is Purple Revolution -
The Purple Or Lavender Revolution Was Launched By The Union Ministry Of Science And Technology Through The Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) Aroma Mission, Which Aimed At In Increasing Lavender Cultivation In Jammu & Kashmir.
Lavender Cultivation Is Practiced In All Most 20 Districts Of Jammu & Kashmir.
20) RBI (Reserve Bank Of India) Proposed HTM (Held-To-Maturity) Allow Banks To Hold Corporate Bonds, Or Even Equity Shares Of Subsidiaries, Associates And Joint Ventures.
21) CORBEVAXTM- India's First Indigenously Developed RBD Protein Sub Unit Vaccine For Covid-19 Receives Emergency Use.
RBD - Receptor Binding Domain
22) All Higher Education Institutions In India Come Under ABC Platform
ABC - Academic Bank Of Credit
23) Himachal Pradesh Becomes First Smoke Free State In India. Number Of Ujjwala Yojana Brings This
24) Spain's Alexia Putellas Was Names As FIF's Female Player Of The Year.
25) Beijing To Host 2022 Winter Olympics.
26) The Ministry Of Textiles Has Cleared 20 Strategic Research Projects Worth Rs. 30cr. In The Areas Of Speciality Fibres & Geotextiles.
27) Mount Victoria Babax A Rare Bird Species Seen India After 25 Years At Mizoram. Last Time Seen In 1997.
28) India's Largest Fresh Water Lake Loktak , Manipur To Develop To Growing Interest Of Tourist.
29) First Ever Jammu & Kashmir Real Estate Summit - 39 MOU Inked Worth Rs 18,300 Cr.
30) UP Government Will Distribute Free Smart Phones & Tablets To 1cr Students In State.
31) To Encourage The Adoption Of Open Data And Promote Innovation Across India's Urban Ecosystem, The Ministry Of Housing And Urban Affairs (MOHUA) Has Announced To Initiation Open Data Week From 17th January.
32) Indian Ambassador To Japan Sanjay Kumar Verma Alongside Dr. Minoru Terano, President Of Japan Advanced Institute Of Science & Technology, Launched a Device Using RICCA Technology, Invented By Team Led By Dr. Manish Biyani, An Indian Scientist In Japan.
This Device Is Capable Of Detecting SARS-CoV2 Virus Variants On Site And In 15-30 Minutes.
33) PM Narendra Modi Will Virtually Host The 1st Meeting Of The India-Central Asia Summit, With The Participation Of The Presidents Of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan On 27th January.
34) Indian Tennis Star Sania Mirza Will Retire After Australia Open 2022.
35) External Affairs Minister Shri S Jaishankar Had Discussed With Finance Minister Of Finland About Bilateral Cooperation.
36) Turkey And UAE Agree On 5 Billion Dollar Swap Deal In Local Currencies.
37) SITA A Tale Of Ancient Love - Authored By Bhanumati Narsimhan
38) First National Dance Festival Of Bangladesh To Begin On 20th January At Dhaka.
39) Former German Chancellor Refused To Be Part Of The United Nations.
40) PM Narendra Modi And Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jagunath To Jointly Inaugurate The India Assisted Social Housing Units Projects In Mauritius Virtually. They Will Launch Civil Services College And 8MW Solar PV Farm Projects In Mauritius.
41) The International Financial Services Centers Authority Has Signed A MOU With The Insurance Institute Of India With The Goal Of Increasing The Capability Of Professionals In The Insurance Sector In IIFCs.
42) Cabinet Committee On Economics Affairs Approved Equity Infusion Of 1500 Crores In Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA)
43) The Tenure Of The National Commission For Safai Karamacharis Has Been Extended By Three Years.
44) 3 Marines Lost Their Lives By The Blast Of INS Ranveer.
45) The Insurance Amendment Act Of 2021 Proposes To Promote Foreign Capital Inflow Into India Private Insures By Raising The FDI Limit In Insurance From 49 To 74 Percent.
46) Indian Institute Of Technology - Guwahati Along With IIT Guwahati Research Park To Organise Research And Industrial Conclave (RIC) Integration 2022 Between January 20-23
47) India Post Payment Bank Becomes Faster Growing Digital Payments Bank.
48) Exporting Apples Growing 82% Up Since 2014 In India.
49) DRDO Successfully Test Fired BrahMos Missile From ITR Chandipur.
50) India Crosses 160 Crores Vaccination Yesterday.
51) JP Nadda President Of BJP Completed 2 Years.
52) MoS Defense Ajay Bhatt Today Inaugurates An Interactive Virtual Museum Hosted By The Gallantry Awards Portal.
53) PM Narendra Modi Launched 7 Initiatives My India Healthy India, Aatmanirbhar Bharat:Self Reliant Farmers, Women : Flag Bearers Of India, Power Of Peace Bus Campaign, Andekha Bharat Cycle Rally, United India Motor Bike Campaign And Green Initiatives Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan On The Eve Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav
54) 12th Edition Of Tamirabharani Waterbird Count (TWC), Annual Exercise Jointly Conducted By Environmental Outfits In Tiruelveli, Tenkasi And Thoothukudi District To Begin.
55) IIT Kanpur To Virtually Host Its Three Days Flagship Event Esummit21.
56) PM Modi To Virtually Inaugurates New Circuit House At Somnath.
57) Haryana, Himachal Pradesh To Sign MOU For Reviving River Saraswati.
58) India And Denmark Agreed To Work Together On Green Fuels Including Green Hydrogen.
59) Microsoft - Activision Blizzard Deals 68.7 Billions Dollar With Video Game Maker (Call Of Duty)
60) CDSCO - Central Drug Standard Control Organisation
61) Hyderabad To Usher In Formula E Racing For India.
62) India-Israel To Widen Scope Of Industrial R& D & Technological Innovation Fund.
63) Jahnavi Dangeti First Indian Who Completes The Prestigious NASA Programme.
64) Government Declared 3rd National Water Awards
NORTH ZONE - Muzaffarnagar District (1) Sahid Bhagat Singh Nagar District Of Punjab (2)
SOUTH ZONE - Thiruvananthapuram District Of Kerala (1) Kadapa District Of Andhra Pradesh (2)
EAST ZONE - Champaran District Of Bihar (1) Godda District Of Jharkhand (2)
WEST ZONE - Indore (MP), Vadodara (Gujarat) And Baswara (Rajasthan) (2)
NORT-EAST ZONE - Goalpara District Of Assam (1) Siang District Of Arunachal Pradesh (2)
65) Dileep Sanghani Elected As Chairman Of IFFCO
IFFCO - Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative.
66) SEBI Launches Saathi App - To Create Awareness Among Investors About Basic Concepts Of Securities Markets.
67) PM Narendra Modi Topped The List Of Most Popular World Leaders According To Survey Conducted By Morning Consult.
68) On The Eve Of 125th Birth Anniversary Of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose A Statue Of 28 Feet Will Merge At India Gate
69) US Singer Meat Loaf Has Died At The Age Of 74 .
70) Tamil Socio Drama Jai Bhim Enters Into Oscar For Nomination.
71) Russia's Central Bank Banned The Use And Mining Of Crypto Currencies On Russia Territory.
72) Amar Jawan Jyoti Flame Well Known As The Eternal Flame At India Gate Delhi Merged With The Flame At The National War Memorial.
73) Home And Cooperation Minister Amit Shah To Release District Good Governance Index Of 20 Districts Of Jammu And Kashmir.
74) Ministry Of I & B Blocks 35 Pakistani Fake You tube Channels, They Run Anti India Fake News.
75) Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui Won Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Award For Zero Waste Film.
76) Mobile COVID Testing Facility Launched In Mizoram.
77) India's AFGRI Export Set To Touch Highest Ever Level Of 50 Billion Dollar In FY22
78) India And Srilanka Extended Existing S& T Cooperation For 3 More Years. (S & T - Science & Technology)
79) India Army To Deploy Peacekeeping Battalion In Africa's Abyei Region.
Today Is Netaji Subhash Chandra's 125th Birth Anniversary
23rd January Is Celebrated As Prakram Divas In India.
80) Former Indian Footballer Subhas Bhowmick , 1970 Asian Games Bronze Medalist, Passes Away Today.
81) 5th National Tiger Census To Begin At Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Hunsur Karnataka.
82) Haryana Wetland Bird Census To Be Conducted At Sultanpur National Park & Najafgarh Jheel By The Wildlife Department.
83) PM Modi To Also Confer Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskars, For Years 2019-2022 In An Investiture Ceremony.
84) Ahead Of Republic Day, BSF Launches Operation Sard Hawa
The Operation Will Take Place On The Western International Border Of India, Aiming To Check The Instances Of Infiltration Due To Dense Fog Cover In The Region And Increase Security On The Borders Of Jaisalmer And Rajasthan.
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