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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th JANUARY 2022

Editor1 Jan 20 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th  JANUARY 2022

  1. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its Raising Day on January 19.
  2. The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karmcharis (NCSK) for three years beyond 31 March 2022.
  3. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has signed an MoU with Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU).
  4. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shashank Goel, as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
  5. Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India Limited.
  6. Bombay Industries Association (BIA) has appointed Nevil Sanghvi as its new President. 
  7. India’s “Supermom” tigress, popularly known as ‘Collarwali’, has passed away at Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh, due to old age.
  8. MobiKwik, one of India’s largest mobile wallets and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech companies launched ‘ClickPay’ for its customers, in collaboration with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL).
  9. Axis Bank & CRMNEXT Solution won the IBS Intelligence (IBSi) Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2021 for the Best CRM (Customer Relationship Management) System Implementation.
  10. FlipKart announced the evolution of its flagship startup accelerator programme, 'Flipkart Leap'.
  11. A new biography titled “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” authored by Chandrachur Ghose will be released in February 2022.
  12. A Maritime Partnership Exercise was held between the Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) in the Bay of Bengal in a non-contact mode amid COVID-19.
  13. India will host events in 2022 as decided in the 15th meeting of the BRICS Science Technology Innovation (STI) Steering Committee on 17 Januray 2022. 
  14. Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been chosen as only the third woman to head the European Parliament.
  15. Iconic ‘Infinity Bridge’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been formally opened to traffic for the first time on 16th January 2022. 
  16. A Vast breeding colony of a fish species called Jonah’s icefish (Neopagetopsis ionah) has been discovered in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. 
  17. An asteroid larger than Burj Khalifa safely passed by Earth on 18 January 2022. It flew past the planet from a distance of 1.9 million Km, which is five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. 
  18. Former President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, passed away in January 2022. 
  19. Bayern Munich’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski has won the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for 2021. 
  20. India is all set to host ‘AFC Women’s Football Asian Cup India 2022’ from 20th January in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Pune.

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