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Current Affairs of 10th January 2022

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Current Affairs of 10th January 2022

  1. ‘World Hindi Day’ is celebrated on January 10 since 2006 to promote the language at the global stage. The day marks the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference which was inaugurated on January 10, 1975, by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
  2. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has declared that starting from the year 2022, December 26 will be observed as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ every year. The day will be commemorated as a tribute to the courage of the 4 Sahibzades (the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji), who attained martyrdom in the 17th century.
  3. Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) set sail on 9 January 2022 for another set of sea trials to carry out complex maneuvers in high seas.
  4. Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as a Vice President of the Beijing-based multilateral funding institution AIIB.
  5. Bharath Subramaniyam on 9 January 2022 became India’s 73rd Chess Grandmaster securing the third and final GM norm at an event in Italy.
  6. China’s Change’s 5 lunar lander has found the first-ever on-site evidence of water on the surface of the moon.
  7. The Uttar Pradesh government has declared 4 villages located near the Nepal border in the district as revenue villages.
  8. In Tennis, World No.1 Ash Barty won the Adelaide International by defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-3,6-2 in the Women’s Singles final at Cannebara on 9 January 2022.
  9. The 79th edition of the Golden Globes award ceremony took place on 9 Januray 2022. The Power of the Dog won Best Film (Drama).
  10. Sri Lanka has launched a luxury train service connecting Jaffna district to the capital city, Colombo, with the help of a Line of Credit offered by India.
  11. Scientists in Cyprus have detected a new variant of coronavirus dubbed as ‘Deltacrom’-combining both the Delta and Omicron variants.
  12. In Tennis, Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the Adelaide International doubles trophy in Australia, on 9 January 2022.
  13. ‘Losoong’ (Namsoong) is annually celebrated across the Indian State of Sikkim on the 18th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar, which also marks the beginning of the harvest season.
  14. Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to enquire into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. It is a three-member committee and will be headed by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat.
  15. The Government of India has extended the tenure of Navrang Saini as interim Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) for three more months till March 05, 2022.
  16. State Bank of India General Insurance Company Ltd has launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ to increase awareness around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
  17. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) won SKOCH Award in the Silver category for its work towards combating Crime and Violence against Children. The award was given out at the 78th SKOCH Summit.
  18. Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, has died at the age of 94.
  19. Three Chinese astronauts in the core momdule of the country’s under-construction space station have successfully completed the manual rendezvous and docking experiment with the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft for the first time.
  20. RBL Bank has collaborated with Google to strengthen its customer experience strategy and expand its value proposition in oder to serve its rapidly growing customer base through its digital platform, Abacus 2.0.

 

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