GK CURRENT AFFAIRS

1) Manoj Mukund Naravane is the current Chief of the Indian Army.

2) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission to Mars is
known as Mangalyaan.
3) World’s tallest building Burj Khalifa is located in United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
4) Madhya Pradeshhich Indian state recorded the highest Tiger deaths
in 2021.
5) Very powerful earthquake had recently hit the resort city of Izmir.
Izmir is located in Turkey.
6) As on January 1, 2022, 7.8 billion is the estimated population of the world,
as per the US Census Bureau.
7) As per recent study, 2021 was the Earth’s Fifth hottest year on
record.
8) Puducherry is state/UT played host to the ‘25th National Youth
Festival’ in 2022.
9) Parakram Diwas was the name given to Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bose's birth anniversary for the year 2022.
10) “Changing Course, Transforming Education” was the theme for
World Education Day for the year 2022.
11) The Padma Awards 2022 awards will be presented by President
Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan to the recipients.
12) From February 10th elections in Uttar Pradesh starting.
13) Himachal Pradesh is the northern most state of India, as of 2022.
14) Hologram statue of Subhash Chandra Bose was installed to The
India Gate on 23rd January 2022.
15) Amar Jawan Jyoti will be relocated at National war memorial.
16) Indonesia recently named New Capital Nusantara, replacing
sinking Jakarta.

17) “Azadi Ke Amrit Mohotsav Se Swarnim Bharat ki Ore’

Programme was launched by PM Modi.
18) 29 children were awarded with ‘Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal
Puraskar (PMRBP) by the Government of India for the year 2022.
19) Dassault Rafale has occupied the news headlines for a long time. It
is a fighter jet used by Indian Air Force (IAF), manufactured in France.
20) Twitter was recently served warning notice by the Indian
Government, for incorrectly showing Leh as part of China during the live
broadcast of an Indian journalist.
21) Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian trach and field athelet to win an
Olympic medal. He is always awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal on
the Republic Day of 2022 by our president.
22) Australia won the T-20 World cup 2021 in cricket.
23)General Bipin Rawat was an Indian military officer who was a four-
star general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence
Staff of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a
helicopter crash in December 2021.
24) Ahmedabad Lions & Lucknow Nawabs are the two new teams in
IPL 2022.
25) The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended
in Nagaland state for another six months
26) “Appscale Academy” is an initiative by Google, in association with
the MeitY Startup Hub.
27) Anita Desai, the author won ‘Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
Achievement Award for 2021’
28) Indian Personality of the Year award for 2021 has been conferred to
Hema Malini and Prasoon Joshi.
29) Chhattisgarh has won the Cleanest State with more than 100 urban
local bodies in the ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2021’
30) ‘India’s first Food Museum’ inaugurated in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.