Page-23 of Current Affairs - January, 2022

Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act

The act was passed in 2020. The act reserves 75% of jobs to the local residents of the state. Key Features of the act The act applies to all the partnership firms, companies, trusts, societies and any person employing 10 ..

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India-China Trade in 2021

The trade between India and China was around 125 billion USD in 2021. India’s imports from China stood at 100 billion USD. Most of the import demands were in machinery. India – China Trade in 2021 India faced a trade ..

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US Bill on Rare Earth supplies

The United States Government has recently proposed a bill to end China’s “chokehold” on rare – earth metal supplies. Why the bill? The rare earth metals are used almost in every latest technology starting from electric batteries to fighter jets. ..

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Chhattisgarh Rojgar Mission

The Chhattisgarh Government is to launch an employment mission called the Rojgar Mission. The mission aims to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the state in the next five years. Key Features The mission will leverage experts from IITs, IIITs, ..

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National Start-up Awards 2021

Government of India announced the winners of “National Start-up Awards 2021” and felicitated 46 start-ups for their contribution in their respective sectors. Key Facts Government also conferred an incubator and an accelerator with the award during this ceremony. This marked ..

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Badminton: India Open Title Winners

India’s Lakshya Sen secured his maiden Super 500 title by winning “Yonex-Sunrise India Open”, on January 16, 2022. Key Facts He secured the title with a stunning straight-game victory over reigning world champion from Singapore, Loh Kean Yew in the ..

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India’s Retail Inflation in December 2021

The retail inflation in India increased to 5.59% in December 2021. This is the highest in the last five months. The inflation data was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. About the increase in retail inflation The ..

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China-Iran strategic agreement

China is all set to implement a strategic agreement with Iran, in a bid to strengthen economic and political cooperation between both the countries. Highlights In a meeting, China also reaffirmed its opposition to USA’s sanctions on Iran. Announcement for ..

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Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme

Under “Chip to Start-up (C2S) Programme”, central government is seeking application from 100 start-ups, MSMEs, R&D organisations and academia to train 85,000 engineers in very-large-scale integration (VLSI) and embedded system design areas. Chip to Start-up (C2S) Programme The C2S programme ..

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National Award For E-Governance

National Award for e-Governance 2020-21 (Silver) was recently conferred to Mon District Administration of Nagaland. Key Facts Award was presented at 24th National Conference on e-Governance at Hyderabad. Award was handed over to Deputy Commissioner of Mon district, Thavasselan K, ..

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