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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 16th JANUARY 2022

Editor1 Jan 17 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 16th  JANUARY 2022

  1. Every year the ‘National Startup Day’ is celebrated on January 16. PM Modi has announced that Startups are the backbone of India.
  2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with startups on January 15, 2022 through video conferencing at 10:30 am. Startups from various sectors will participate in the interaction including Agriculture, space, health, security, fintech, enterprise systems and environment.
  3. On the 58th Foundation Day of Food Corporation of India (FCI), the food Minister Shri Piyush Goyal released a “5-point reform agenda for FCI”. It is also called “5 Sutras”. 
  4. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal, presented the National Startup Awards 2021 on 15 Jan 2022.
  5. The Government of India is working on creating a digital stack of agricultural data. That is storing data related to farmers. 
  6. India will soon start issuing e-passports that will use Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and biometrics.
  7. The Centre will make it mandatory for carmakers to provide a minimum of six airbags in motor vehicles that can carry up to 8 passengers for enhanced safety of occupants.
  8. Tamil Nadu’s bull-taming sport Jallikattu was held in Avaniapuram, Madurai district, on 14 January 2022 on the occasion of Pongal.
  9. The Citizen Constitution Literacy Campaign was launched in Kollam district of Kerala. The campaign will educate the residents of the district about the basics of constitution. 
  10. The Andhra Pradesh State Government recently notified rules for the Mahila Police Wing. 
  11. DBT-BIRAC supported start-ups, NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd and InnAccel Technologies Pvt Ltd have received World Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards.
  12. Small businesses-focused online lending platform Indifi Technologies has collaborated with Google Pay to provide instant loans to eligible medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) merchants through the Google Pay platform.
  13. The private companies in India have joined together to form India EdTech Consortium. It was formed under the guidance of Internet Mobile Association of India.
  14. Falguni Nair, CEO and founder of beauty and fashion e-Commerce platform Nykaa, has become the richest self-made woman in India.
  15. Direct selling Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company Amway India announced the appointment of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador.
  16. Scientists have recently discovered a new group of metals. The newly discovered metal group is called as “New Strange group of metals”. 
  17. The space travel damages the red blood cells in human body. In simple terms, lower RBC count in space is called ‘space anemia’.
  18. Oxfam has recently released its report on “Pandemic Billionaires”. As per report, covid has not only took livelihood for millions but it has also created new billionaires. 
  19. Indian Super League side Odisha FC has appointed Kino Garcia as the interim head coach replacing Kiko Ramirez.
  20. Clive Lloyd, the former Captain of the West Indies Cricket team, has been given the Honour of Knighthood for his services to the game of Cricket. 

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