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Sunday, January 16, 2022

January 2022 Current Affiars | Weekly Current Affairs (January 1st - 7th) | वीकली करेंट अफेयर्स 2022 |Important News of January first week | For competition

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Weekly current affairs January 2022 (January 1st - 7th). Important for UPPSC, SSC, UPSC, other PSC and state government exams

January weekly current affairs 2022


DRDO foundation day was observed on?

  • 1st January 2022
  • It was 64th foundation day of "Defense Research Development Organization". DRDO came into existence on January 1, 1958.
  • With 52 laboratories and 5000+ scientist it one of the largest diverse research organization of the country. DRDO focuces on deveoping space and dedense products
  • During pandemic DRDO played key role in strengthning health infrastructure of country by setting up around 850 oxygen plants and Covid hospitals with the help from PM CARES Fund
  • Chairman of DRDO is Dr G Satheesh Reddy
  • Headquarter - New Delhi
New and more mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus found in France.
  • New variant of the coronavirus has been named IHU or the B.1.640.2 variant as it was discovered by the academics at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection
  • It comprises of 46 mutations, more than Omicron, which means it is more infectious and resistant to vaccines
  • First case with new variant was detected in December, 2021
  • World Health Organisation (WHO) has not yet labelled it as a variant under investigation
Which district of Odisha declared "Child marriage free" district under Nirbhaya Kadhi (Fearless bud) scheme?
  • Ganjam District
  • Steps taken by administration to curb girl child marriage like Aadhar card manditory for marriage ceremont, 50000 cash prize for those who inform authority about child marriage and video survelliance of marriage
  • More than 450 child marriage has been stopped in last 2 years
  • As per UNICEF, 1.5 million child marriage takes place in India every year
Exercise Sea Dragon in conducted between ?
  • India, Japan, USA, Australia and Canada
  • It was held in Anderson base (Guam), USA
  • Training was focused on anti-submarine warfare
  • Objective - To counter Chinese dominance on Indian Ocean region 
  • China "Look West" policy is major concern for many south east asean countries and western nation
LOSAR festival was recently observed in?
  • Laddakh
  • It is also celebrated by Monpa tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (near Tawang region)
  • Its history is from 17th century and is celebrated by Tibetan buddhist on occasion of Tibetan new year. They follow lunar calender
  • Houses are cleaned, o;ld things are scrapped and thrown as per belief that doing so, old omens and devils go away and procession on street, market carry them away from city.
  • Losar is also observed in Nepal
New Chairman of Railway board is?
  • Vinay Kumar Tripathi
  • He is 1998 batch Indian Railway Service officer
  • Indian railway was founded on 8th May, 1845
  • Indian railway is devided in 18 zones, 70 divisions
  • Indian railway is 4th largest netwok in the world
Uttar Pradesh Jhansi railway station is renamed as?
  • Veerangana Laxmibai railway station
  • Earlier Mugal Sarai was renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya railway station
"Plan Bee" is associated with?
  • Protecting lives of elephant from train accident
  • Special devices are kept along the track of trains which makes " buzzing sound of swarming bees". The sound irritates bees and they run away from track area.
  • The initiative is taken by North frontier railways
  • Indian railway has NFR with best innovation award
  • 1st intallation was done near kamakhya station (Assam) and 56 done overall till day
  • 950 lives have been saved till date

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Sunday, December 19, 2021

India's first ever hydrogen microgrid to come up in Andhra Pradesh | Current affairs December 2021

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  • NTPC in association with the NVVN will make India's first hydrogen microgrid will come up at Simhadri plant of NTPC Ltd. in Andhra Pradesh
  • Simhadri plant is established in Visakhapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh is a coal-fired thermal power plant
  • NTPC will involve inmhydrogen production using electrolyzer” project at NTPC Simhadri. NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has also signed a pact with Union territory of Ladakh
  • Green hydrogen is obtained by separting hydrogen and oxygen from water using electrolyzer. On successful exceution, it will be game changer for India's energy requirement and fulfilment. 
  • This project has been designed in-house by NTPC. As vision of PM Modi of making India carbon nutral by 2070, It would open doors for decarbonising the far-off regions in India like Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
  • NTPC has current installed capacity of around 67.907 GW


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi honoured with Bhutan's hihjest civilan award | Key Points | Daily Current Affairs December 2021

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December 2021 current affairs


  • Bhutan’s highest civilian award is called Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo
  • The award was given to PM Modi on the occasion of National day of Bhutan "December 17th"
  • Celebration started with address by the Druk Gyalpo "head of state of Bhutan" 
  • At present Jigme Khesar Mangyel Wangchuck is the head of the nation. He is the 5th Druk Gyalpo
  • Kings of Bhutan are called as Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) while, Bhutanese people call themselves Drukpa (people of Druk)
  • Language of Bhutan - Dzongkha
  • Capital -Thimphu
  • Bhutan is also called "The land of Thunder Dragon"



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Monday, November 22, 2021

341 kms Purvanchal Expressway inaugurated - Key highlights : Current Affairs November 2021

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Key Highlights : Purvanchal Expressway 

  • The expressway was developed by “Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). The construction began on october 2018 and inaugurated in november 17th 2021
  • It connects Chand Saray village in Lucknow district with Haydaria village in Ghazipur district on NH-31

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  • It also comprises of a 3.2 km long airstrip near in Sultanpur district. Prime minister Narendra Modi landed on the expressway in C-130 Hercules to inaugaurate the expressway
  • The road can serve as airstrip for all the fighter jets of India. The distance of China is approx 600 km from this place. This could play vital role in case of war
  • The highway is 6-lane but can be converted to 8-lane
  • This project was announced by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in May 2015 as Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Expressway


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First ever Pod retiring room opend at Mumbai Central station : Current Affairs November 2021

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Highlights : First pod retiring room for passanger at Mumbai station 

  • Indian Railways has opened the first Pod hotel for passengers at the Mumbai Central station
  • Raosaheb Danve, Union minister of state for Railways inaugurated the pod hotel virtually
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  • Terrif charge - Rs 999 for 12 hours and Rs 1,999 for 24 hours to stay in this pod 
  • Facilities to be provided by Railways are locker, TV, WiFi, CCTV security, key-card access to pod, reading lights, mirrors and air conditioning
  • Total cost of this project is 230 crores
  • The facility has been created on the first floor of the Mumbai railway station

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Pratham NGO grabs Indra Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 : Current Affairs Novemer 2021

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Key Highlights : Indra Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 

Pratham NGO won Indra Gandhi Peace Prize 2021

Pratham NGO helps improve education level in India. With focus on high quality education at low cost, it tries to fill gap in education system. 

Indra Gandhi peace prize 2021

Milestones achieved by Pratham NGO

  1. It was established in 1994, to educate slum children in Mumbai
  2. Uses digital technology to to impart education
  3. Health awareness campaigns and Covid-19 guidance to children
  • Indra Gandhi Peace Award is conferred every year since 1968
  • Monetary award of value 25 lakh and citation is given to winner
  • Awards can be given to individual or any organization for promoting peace & development


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Saturday, November 20, 2021

SIDBI partnered Google to support small-medium business : November 2021 Current Affairs

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Key Highlights : SIDBI - Google Partnership to benefit SMBs in India - Current Affairs November 2021

  • Google India Pvt Ltd & Small Industries Develeopment Bank of India collaborated to provide financial assistance to MSMEs upto Rs 1 crore at low interest rate. 
  • Step has been taken due to impact on pandemic on small and medium businesses of the country. 
  • $15 million will be given to the SMBs to help the businesses survive and run.
  • Partnering with Google will mark the launch of a paperless journey of SIDBI to its customers, right from on-boarding to the disbursal stage and access of credit to SMBs
  • Under this program, women enterpreneurs would be given additional subsidy in interset rate to run business 
  • SIDBI was established on April 2, 1990 which is an apex regulatory body that license and regulate the ‘micro, small & medium enterprise and falls under ministry of finance.
  • Headquarter - Lucknow


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