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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 21st JANUARY 2022

Editor1 Jan 22 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 21st  JANUARY 2022 

  1. 50th statehood Day of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Manipur was celebrated on 21 January 2022.
  2. Meghalaya cabinet has approved the recommendations of three regional committees, namely West Khasi Hills, Ri-Bhoi, East and West Jaintia Hills, to resolve the Meghalaya-Assam border issue.
  3. The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate was merged with National War Memorial in New Delhi on 21 January 2022.
  4. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) announced the “Open Data Week” during the third week of January from 17th January 2022 to 21st January 2022, that will see participation from all the 100 smart cities, a move aimed at ensuring a collaborative effort towards making Indian cities “data smart”.
  5. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt inaugurated an interactive Virtual Museum hosted by the Gallantry Awards portal, on 20 January 2022.
  6. The board of directors of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) has unanimously elected Dileep Sanghani as the 17th Chairman of the Cooperative.
  7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Vinod Rai as the independent Chairman of the Unity Small Finance Bank (USFB).
  8. Geojit Financial Services Ltd, an investment services company has appointed Jones George as an Executive Director.
  9. The global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.’s Chairman and Chief Executive, Albert Bourla, has been awarded with the prestigious Genesis Prize 2022 on January 19, 2022.
  10. India and Sri Lanka have extended the existing Science and Technology cooperation for three more years.
  11. The 8th Governing Body meeting was held between India and Isreal on 18 January 2022.
  12. Israel and the US conducted a successful flight test of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) and the Arrow 3 interceptor on 18 January 2022.
  13. Indonesia has decided to change its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. Nusantara is a site deep within the jungle of Kalimantan on Borneo Island.
  14. The first BRICS Sherpas’ meeting of 2022 was held virtually on January 18-19, 2022. China has taken on the rotating chairmanship of BRICS in 2022.
  15. Microsoft Corp. is set to acquire game making company, Activision Blizzard Inc., in an all-cash transaction for $68.7 billion.
  16. ‘Anxiety’ has been named the Children’s Word of the Year by lexicographers at Oxford University Press (OUP).
  17. Guinness world Records holder for the oldest person living (male), Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia (Spain) has passed away at the age of 112 years and 341 days.
  18. Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the ICC Men’s T20I team of the year for 2021.

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