CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 13th JANUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 13^th  JANUARY 2022

1. Online insurance platform RenewBuy has appointed actor Rajkummar Rao as its first brand ambassador.
2. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the construction of Assam’s first Sports University at Chabua in Dibrugarh district.
3. India’s passport ranks at 83^rd position in the Henley Passport Index, climbing seven places from 90^th rank in 2021.
4. The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) has signed an MoU with Indira Gandhi Bational Open University (IGNOU).
5. India and Korea have resolved to conclude the up-gradation of the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
6. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India’s world heritage sites on its website.
7. The Appointments Committee has approved the appointment of rocket scientist S Somanath Director, Vikram Sarabhai space Centre (VSSC), to the post of Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Space Commission (ISRO).
8. Datacenter and managed service provider, CtrlS has deployed Asia’s largest Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) in Mumbai.
9. Australian wine brand, Jacob’s Creek has announced captain of the Indian women’s cricket team and Padma Shri awardee Mithali Raj as its brand ambassador.
10. Festival Lohri is being celebrated on 13 January 2022. It is celebrated by those in North India as a traditional winter fold festival or as a popular harvest festival of farmers.
11. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was sworn into office for his fourth consecutive term on 10 January 2022.
12. Indian Railways has come up with a new initiative ‘Mission Amanat’ to track lost belongings of passengers.
13. Subhas Sarkar, Minister of State for Education virtually launched Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021-2022 on 12 Jan 2022.
14. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA, have developed the first fully 3D-printed flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display.
15. Well-known Malayalam poet and orator S Ramesan passed away in January 2022.
16. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) has received RBI approval for the appointment of Ittira Davis as its Managing Director and CEO for a period of one year.
17. Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’ on 13 January 2022. Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover.
18. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Alikhan Smailov for Prime Minister on 11 January,2022.
19. ISRO has successfully conducted qualification tests of the Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan human space programme. This engine is named as ‘Vikas.
20. HarperCollins is set to publish “Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and Leadership” the autobiography of Arundhati Bhattacharya, retired Indian banker and former first-ever woman Chairperson of the State Bank of India.