CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 20th JANUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 20^th  JANUARY 2022

1. The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the first-ever bird festival of the state, ‘Kalrav’, at Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary, located in jamui district.
2. The first-of-its-kind Labour Movement Museum, in India, would be launched in Alappuzha in Kerala to showcase the history of the world labour movement.
3. A bust of Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra was unveiled in Himachal Pradesh’s Palampur on 19 January 2022.
4. India is among the top 10 nations in the world in terms of technological advancements and funding in artificial intelligence, according to findings from a study published by The Brookings Institution.
5. India and Denmark have agreed to initiate joint research and development on green fuels including green hydrogen.
6. The Meghalaya government has decided to increase the upper age limit for government job aspirants by five years.
7. India Accelerator has received the ‘Best Accelerator of the Country’ award at The National Startup Awards (NSA) 2021 hosted by Startup India.
8. Virat Kohli on 19 January 2022 became India’s highest run-getter in away ODIs. After scoring nine runs in the ongoing ODI, Kohli went past Sachin Tendulkar who has scored 5,065 runs in the away ODIs.
9. Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), the country’s largest power exchange, has sold 4.93% of its stake in India Gas Exchange Ltd to Indian Oil Corp.
10. The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet has resigned recently over the childcare subsidies scandal, in which thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud.
11. The Maharashtra government has renamed Gorewada International Zoo in Nagpur as ‘Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park’.
12. Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will become the 1^st woman fighter to take part in the Republic Day parade.
13. India successfully test-fired a new version of supersonic cruise missile Brahmos off the Odisha coast on 20 January 2022.
14. The Government of India is set to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft from Russia.
15. Ministry for Sports and Youth Affairs, Kiren Rijiju has been given the additional charge of the Ayush Ministry.
16. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has released a book ‘Manohar Parrikar-off the Record’ at a function organized at Institute Meneses Braganza hall in the City.
17. Former Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza has announced she will retire from tennis after 2022. She became the first Indian to win a WTA singles title in 2005.
18. Smriti Mandhana has been named in the ICC T20 Women’s Team of the Year.
19. The well-known Professional mountaineer Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia passed away recently.
20. Padma Award Winning renowned oncologist Dr V Shanta has passed away.