Page-10 of Current Affairs - January, 2022

MeitY: Electronics Manufacturing Vision Document

January 26, 2022

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently released a five year road map for the electronics sector. The ministry also released a vision document called “300 billion USD Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing and Exports by 2026”. About the vision document ..

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PMC Bank amalgamation scheme

January 26, 2022

On January 25, 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that, government has notified a draft scheme for amalgamation of Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank with Unity Small Finance Bank (SFB). Highlights Final scheme envisages to start pay-outs ..

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Two Personalities who refused Padma Awards

January 26, 2022

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and former General Secretary late EMS Namboodirpad are among the two personalities who refused the Padma Awards, from state. Key Points Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is not the first Marxist leader to refuse the national ..

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Serbia: Protests over Lithium Mining

January 26, 2022

Government of Serbia revoked the licenses for lithium mining to Rio Tinto, after protests for around two months. Rio Tinto is an Anglo-Australian multinational mining organisation. Highlights Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic have fulfilled all the demands from environmental protests ..

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India: Restrictions on Export of Human Hair

January 26, 2022

On January 25, 2022, the Government imposed restriction on export of human hair. This ban was imposed with the aim of curbing alleged smuggling of products from India. Key Facts With this decision, exporters would now require permission or licence ..

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AK 203 deal: Delivery of Initial batch of rifles

January 26, 2022

As a part of larger contract to manufacture AK 203 assault rifles in India, the armed forces received first batch of 70,000 rifles from Russia. Highlights The first batch has been delivered at a fast pace, on request by India, ..

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Blockchain technology in Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

January 26, 2022

Recently, 61 winners of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2021 and 2022 got digital certificates, that use blockchain-driven technology. Highlights The blockchain-driven technology has been developed under the “National Blockchain Project”, by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT ..

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IMF World Economic Outlook- Update

January 26, 2022

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook on January 25, 2022. Key Findings of the report As per report, Global economic growth will decrease by half a percentage point less than it was forecasted earlier. The growth ..

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Gallantry Awards on Republic Day

January 26, 2022

On January 25, 2022, President Ram Nath Kovind approved 384 gallantry awards and other military decorations for security forces personnel. Key Points He also approved 12 Shaurya Chakras for soldiers who demonstrated exceptional courage during operations. First Indian to win ..

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What is ‘Artificial womb’?

January 26, 2022

Recently, in a Twitter exchange, CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin and founder of e-commerce platform Gumroad Sahil Lavingia talked about population collapse and use of ‘artificial wombs’ to tackle this crisis. Highlights Their talk was focused ..

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