Page-31 of Current Affairs - January, 2022

Deployment of James Webb Telescope

January 11, 2022

The James Webb telescope was launched by NASA on Christmas eve. The telescope can unfold only when it is in the orbit. The telescope succeeds Hubble telescope. About James Webb Telescope It was jointly developed by NASA, Canadian Space Agency ..

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India – Korea Trade Talks

January 11, 2022

On January 11, 2022, India and Korea held a bilateral trade talk. The talks focused on non – tariff barriers, market access issues, trade deficit faced by the Indian exporters. The countries also discussed investment related issues. Background The India ..

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US – Russia Key Dialogue on Ukraine

January 11, 2022

On January 10, 2022, the US and Russian officials met in Geneva. They are to discuss on several issues including the tensions around Ukraine. Why has the dialogue come up? The US and other western countries are under the fear ..

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Hindi descriptions of India’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites

January 11, 2022

January 10 is celebrated as the World Hindi Day. On the World Hindi Day of 2022, the World Heritage Centre announced that it is to provide Hindi descriptions of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India. WHC operates under UNESCO. ..

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Foreign direct investment in LIC

January 11, 2022

The Government of India recently decided to allow 20% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in LIC (Life Insurance Corporation). This is to be done by amending the Foreign Exchange Management Rules (FEMA). What is the plan? The DFS, DIPAM are to ..

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Precautionary vaccine jabs in India

January 11, 2022

The Government of India is to provide third dose of vaccine. This third dose has been named “precaution dose” or booster dose. About the precaution dose The health care workers, comorbid patients (people with severe medical conditions) and frontline workers ..

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Turkmenistan’s ‘Gateway to Hell’

January 11, 2022

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov recently ordered officials to find a method of finally extinguishing the ‘Gateway to Hell’ in the country. Key Points Turkmenistan’s Gateway to Hell is the raging flames, burning for five decades in a large natural gas ..

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Ban of Conversion therapy in Canada

January 11, 2022

On January 7, 2022, the Canadian government officially implemented a bill on ‘ban of Conversion therapy’ which was passed by the Canadian Parliament in December 2021. Key Points With the ban of conversion therapy, Canada joined a select list of ..

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First Pig heart transplant in Human

January 11, 2022

Recently, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last effort to save his life, in Maryland hospital in USA. It was done for the first time in the history of medical. Key Points The patient is doing ..

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New Directors of 4 IITs

January 11, 2022

Government appointed new directors to the Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi, Indore, Madras, and Mandi, on January 10, 2022. Name of the new directors Prof Rangan Banerjee was appointed as next director of IIT Delhi. Prof V Kamakoti has ..

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