Daily Current Affairs Quiz : January 17, 2022

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) witnessed a 22.27 per cent rise in the volume of complaints under various ombudsman schemes during April 2020-March 2021, at 4,04,143.
Chandigarh, Kanpur and Delhi got the maximum number of complaints and the North zone accounted for the maximum share of complaints (43.10 per cent) in 2020-21. It was followed by the West zone and the South zone. East zone continued to have the least share of complaints. ATM and debit cards, mobile banking and credit cards accounted for the most reasons of complaints.

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With an aim of doubling the trade between India and the United Kingdom (UK) by 2030, the countries launched formal Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
Bilateral trade between the countries is worth about $50 billion per year. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said both countries had agreed to sensitive sectors such as agriculture and dairy sectors. As per WTO, preferential terms can be given if they have bilateral agreements that cover all the trade.

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Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has signed a joint development agreement with Africa50, to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis.
Africa50 is a pan-African infrastructure investment platform. After completion, the project will be the first independent power transmission (IPT) in Kenya and Africa’s  first financing of transmission lines on a PPP basis.

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked television monitoring agency Broadcast Audience Research Council India (Barc) to release viewership ratings of news channels with immediate effect.
The Ministry has also set up a Sukant Vatsa under the chairmanship of Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati to study different aspects of capturing data and to strengthen television rating point (TRP) services.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of the Cryogenic Engine for the Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds.
The test was conducted at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. This long-duration test is a major milestone for the three-crewed Human Space Programme Gaganyaan. This engine will undergo four more tests for a cumulative duration of 1,810 seconds.