Current Affairs of 9th January 2022

Current Affairs of 9th January 2022

1. The Non-Resident Indian Day or also known as the Pravasi Bharitya Divas is celebrated every year on 9^th January every Year.
2. National Health Mission, Assam in collaboration with Piramal Saasthya and Cisco launched project “Niramay” on 8 January 2022.
3. The James Webb Space Telescope completed its two-week-long deployment phase on 8 Jan 2022.
4. Vikram Kothari, Managing Director of Rotomac Group, passed away in January 2022.
5. Pakistan will appoint first woman judge of the Supreme Court. Lahore High Court judge Ayesha Malik will be elevated to this position.
6. The first Janshatabdi express train connecting the state of Manipur with Tripura via Assam started on 8 January 2022.
7. Bumrah moved up three spots to break into the top ten in ICC Men’s Test Bowling rankings after takings five wickets in India’s first test win against South Africa.
8. Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has slipped to the 9^th spot in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, while Rohit Sharma remains static at the 5^th rank.
9. ICC women’s World Cup 2022 will begin on March 4, 2022.India will begin its campaign at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 against arch-rivals Pakistan on 6^th at the Bay Oval Tauranga.
10. China has shut down several supermarkets after coronavirus traces were found in the dragon fruit imported from Vietnam, as per reports.
11. Australia is ranked at the top of the ICC World Test Championship Points Table 2021-23 with 36 points and 100 percentages of points.
12. ‘Seema Bhawani’ is the all-women biker team of the Border Security Force (BSF). The team will showcase their talent on Republic Day.
13. Ace Triple jumper Viktor Saneyev, who was a three-time Olympic champion and former world record-holder, has passed away.
14. International Cricket Council (ICC) announced new playing conditions for T20I. Under the new playing conditions, the fielding team will have to suffer the in-match penalty for slow over rates.
15. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry have decided to organize a week-long virtual innovation celebration called ‘Startup India Innovation Week’ from January 10 to January 16, 2022.
16. Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 24^th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana. The theme of the two-day Conference is ‘India’s Techade : Digital Governance in a post Pandemic World;.
17. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman, Vinai Kumar Saxena has launched the country’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Village sirora in Ghaziabad.
18. The Election commission of India has increased the existing election expenditure limit for candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies, due to the rise in inflation.
19. Dhirendra K. Jha, a Delhi-based journalist, has authored a new book titled “Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India”.
20. Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of India has approved the inclusion of Alpine Skiing athlete Md Arif Khan in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Core group, until the Winter Olympics, scheduled this February in Beijing, China.