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➢ Topics covered
1. Appointments 12. Important Committee
2. Awards and Honour 13. Sports
3. Government Schemes 14. Apps and Portals
4. Science and Technology 15. Obituary
5. Index and Ranking 16. Places and State in news
6. Important days and themes 17. Environment
7. Defence News 18. Books and Authors
8. NASA/ISRO Space news 19. International Affairs
9. Banking/Economy/Finance/Business/Agriculture 20. Art and Culture
10. Important Summit/Conference/Event 21. Women in News
11. Indian Railways 22. Miscellaneous
Sr. No 1. Appointments
1. Anupam Ray to become India’s new ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

2. India’s TS Tirumurti assumes new chair of UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
3. Vijay Raaz & Varun Sharma named as Brand Ambassadors of EaseMyTrip.
4. Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming takes over as new Secretary-General of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)
5. Vinay Kumar Tripathi named as Chairman and CEO of Railway Board.
6. Indian-origin Ashok Elluswamy was the first employee to be hired for Tesla.
7. Vinod Kannan named as next CEO of Vistara airline.
8. Alka Mittal was appointed as the 1st woman Chairman and MD (CMD) of ONGC.
9. Former RBI governor Urjit Patel was appointed vice-president of the AIIB.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing
AIIB aims to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.
Book by Urjit Patel: 'Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver'
10. Justice Ayesha Malik to be Pakistan’s first woman Supreme Court judge.
11. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) appoints Kuwait’s Haitham Al Ghais as new secretary
general.
12. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) have appointed Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (French Economist) as the new
Chief Economist.
13. Alikhan Smailov named new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
14. S Somanath appointed new ISRO chief, succeeding Kailasavadivoo Sivan.
15. RajKumar Rao named as brand ambassador of RenewBuy.
16. Raghuvendra Tanwar appointed chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
17. Daniel Ortega sworn in as President of Nicaragua for 5th term.
18. Shersingh B Khyalia appointed as CEO of Adani Power.
19. Lt Gen Manoj Pande Appointed As Next Army Vice Chief
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20. Global internet body ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group has roped in Paytm founder Vijay
Shekhar Sharma as UA Ambassador.
21. Roberta Metsola is elected President of the European Union’s parliament, replacing David Sassoli.
22. Vikram Dev Dutt is appointed the CMD of Air India, replacing Rajiv Bansal.
23. Dileep Sanghani named as new Chairman of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO).
24. Mia Amor Mottley sworn in as the Prime Minister of Barbados for the second term.
25. Plant-based meat company GoodDot ropes in Neeraj Chopra as its brand ambassador.
26. Dr V Anantha Nageswaran takes over as new Chief Economic Advisor.
27. North Macedonia’s Parliament elected a new cabinet under a new Social Democratic leader,PM Dimitar Kovacevski.
Sr. No 2. Awards and Honour
1. The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) awards the “Prime Minister’s Awards for
Excellence in Public Administration” since 2006. Union Minister Jitendra Singh has recently launched the Web Portal
for PM’s Excellence Award.
2. The RedInk 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Senior Journalist Prem Shankar Jha.
3. Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU) bagged the national breed conservation award for
2021.
4. Kishore Kumar Yedam was conferred with the World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 award.
5. JC Chaudhry gets first ever Guinness World Record in Numerology.
6. Golden Globe Awards
• “The Power Of The Dog” won the Best Film (Drama) Award while its director “Jane Campion” won the
Best Director award
• Will Smith won his first Golden Globe, that is Best Film Actor (Drama) for King Richard.
• Nicole Kidman won the fifth Golden Globe award that is Best Film Actress (Drama) for Being The Ricardos.
7. National Water Awards by Ministry of Jal Shakti: Uttar Pradesh awarded the top prize followed by Rajasthan & TN
8. Satish Adiga won ICMR national award Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award.
9. ‘Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organization’ won International Craft Award 2021.
10. Actress Harshaali Malhotra awarded 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022
11. NIRAMAI & InnAccel received Global Women’s Health Tech Awards.
12. Sumit Bhale (Lavni artist from Maharashtra) won the gold medal at the International Folk Art Festival in Dubai.
13. Prajakta Koli become India’s first UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate Champion.
14. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wins $1 million Genesis Prize for COVID-19 vaccine development.
15. Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 conferred to GIDM and Professor Vinod Sharma.
• About the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar:
These are annual awards instituted recently by the Centre to recognise the excellent work done by individuals and
institutions in the country in the field of disaster management.
16. P S Vinothraj directed film Koozhangal from India won the best film award at the 20th Dhaka International Film
Festival.
17. Shinzo Abe the former Japan PM was honored with Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau.
18. Olympian Neeraj Chopra honoured with Param Vishisht Seva Medal.
19. Assam Confers ‘Assam Baibhav’ Award To Industrialist Ratan Tata.
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21. D.S. Nagabhushan has been awarded the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2021 for his work Gandhi Kathana,
biography of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Sahitya Akademi Awards was established in 1954
• The award is conferred by the India’s National Academy of Letters under the Ministry of Culture
• 24 major Indian languages recognized by the Akademi
Sr. No 3. Government Schemes/Programme/Campaign/Initiative
1. Union Health Ministry of India set up the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in 2020, to monitor
genome sequencing and variation of Covid strains.
INSACOG is jointly initiated by the Union Health Ministry, along with Department of Biotechnology, CSIR and ICMR.
2. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released draft National Air Sports Policy (NASP)
3. The Government of India launched “Veer Gatha Project” as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Veer Gatha project
was launched to inspire the school children in India, by making them aware with stories of war heroes and brave
hearts.
4. UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All) scheme completes 7 years
Note:
• UJALA is a zero-subsidy scheme launched by the Government in 2015.
• It is touted as the world’s largest domestic lighting project.
The scheme is implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry
of Power.
5. Ganjam district of Odisha has declared itself a child marriage free district, first in the State. Nirbhaya Kadhi
programme was started in Ganjam. The campaign was started with the objective of preventing adolescent girls
from dropping out of school, and counselling them.
6. Smart Cities Mission launches “Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)” program. A joint
initiative of MoHUA, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and leading Indian academic institutions of the
country.
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7. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries recently launched six one district one product (ODOP) brands under the
PMFME Scheme. PMFME is Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises.
8. Nationwide River Ranching Programme was recently launched in Uttar Pradesh.
• River ranching programme was introduced as special activity under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada
Yojana (PMMSY) scheme to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding,
intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.
• National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad is the nodal agency under central component of the
PMMSY.
9. Vision India@2047: The aim of the vision is to create an action plan. Under the plan, a road map will be created for
each sector. The vision follows “Whole of country” or “Whole of Government” approach.
10. Recently, the Union Education Minister launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0.
11. Ministry of Commerce is planning to launch “Brand India Campaign” in order to give momentum to exports of
services.
12. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0, at the
International Conference of Academic Institutions (ICAI-2022)
13. Recently, the Vice President of India said that the New Education Policy follows the ‘Nai Talim’ of Mahatma Gandhi
by giving importance to the mother tongue as the medium of instruction at the school level.
• Mahatma Gandhi gave his scheme of Nai Talim (New Education) in a well-formulated approach to
education in 1937 in his newspaper ‘Harijan’.
14. Assam Mission on Malnutrition – Project Parvarish was launched in 2020 to eradicate malnutrition among children
in the age group of six months to five years. The project was recently awarded the SKOCH award for its socio-
economic approaches.
15. The National Competition of IndiaSkills 2021 has been organised by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The event included ‘Abilympics’, a Skill
Demonstration by Persons with Disabilities.
16. Telangana topped in the country in the highest number of open defecation free (ODF Plus) villages.
17. ‘Niramay’ Project Launched in Assam to evaluate the inclusion of Digital Health Technology in the health sector.
18. Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.
• It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
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• It was launched under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

• It is for the Unorganized Sector on All India basis.
19. Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre (VWDC) Scheme: The Supreme Court has included the sexually assaulted
victims in the vulnerable witnesses.
• Witnesses under threat perception. The Witness Protection Scheme was launched by the Central
Government in 2018.
20. Chhattisgarh will launch an employment mission: Rojgar Mission to create 15 lakh job opportunities in next five
years.
21. The Mana Ooru Mana Badi programme was launched by Telangana to create school infrastructure.
22. In News:PARAKH: The National Education Policy introduced a national assessment centre named PARAKH
(Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development).
23. What is Purple Mission? The Union Minister of State Science & Technology said that “Purple Revolution” is Jammu
& Kashmir’s contribution to "Start-ups India"
• Aroma/lavender cultivation has become a popular option in farming for agricultural Start-up is
known as Aroma mission.
• The mission was launched by Ministry of Sience and Technology.
24. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Swachhata Start-Up Challenge to encourage innovative
start-ups to transform the sanitation and waste management sector.
25. • Rythu Bandhu is a DBT scheme for farmers’ assistance of Telengana govt.
• Each farmer gets Rs 5,000 per acre per crop season without any ceiling on the number of acres held.
• The Telengana govt has often said that the Centre’s PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)
scheme is a “copy” of Rythu Bandhu.
26. Recently, the Ministry of Education has launched a 100 days reading campaign 'Padhe Bharat' (1st January to 10th
April 2022).
• 21st February, celebrated as International Mother Tongue Day, has been integrated with this campaign
• The Campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
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Sr. No 4. Science and Technology
1. NeoCov stands for Neoromicia, the species of bat that have been infected with the virus. This virus is associated
with MERS Coronavirus and not the SARs-CoV-2.
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Recently news about the virus discovered in South Africa amongst bats is being circulated widely.
2. The Delhi-based National Centres for Disease Control (NCDC), a Union Health Ministry laboratory and a key lab in
India’s genome sequencing network, has asked States to pause sending COVID-19 positive samples to it.
About The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
• It was formerly the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).

• NICD was transformed into the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a larger mandate
of controlling emerging and re-emerging diseases in 2009.
• It is a national level institute for training specialized manpower for public health, laboratory sciences
and entomological services and is involved in various applied research activities.
• It is headquartered in Delhi.
3. Omisure: India’s first RT-PCR kit to identify Omicron strain developed by TATA MD and ICMR
4. David Bennett, a US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-
modified pig.
What is Xenotransplantation?
Xenotransplantation is the process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different
species.
• It has been pursued by modern medical science for decades, but experts have found it difficult to surmount
the challenge presented by the immune system’s rejection of an alien organ, ending in deadly outcomes for
patients.
5. Cyprus detects new ‘Deltacron’ Covid variant.
6. Meteorite (ALH) 84001 is in news, it was found in Dec, 1984 in the Allan Hills in Antarctica by a US meteorite hunting
expedition.
7. In News: What is space anemia? The space travel damages the red blood cells in human body. Such condition
where the RBC count in the body reduces due to space travel is referred to as Space anemia. In simple terms,
lower RBC count in space is called space anemia.
8. Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up named ‘Swajal Water Private
Limited’ started by IIT alumni for water purification.
• The company’s patented system, ‘Clairvoyant’ uses Artificial Intelligence to optimise purification
systems and predict future breakdowns.
9. What is ‘Aquamation’?
• The body of Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu underwent aquamation in Cape Town.
• Aquamation is also called as alkaline hydrolysis, is a green alternative to traditional cremation
methods.
• Method: Dead body is immersed in a mixture of water, a strong alkali in pressurized metal
cylinder. It is then heated to about 150 degrees centigrade.
10. Researchers have recently found scientific evidence of a strong anti-cancer activity in the ethyl acetate fraction of
Halodule uninervis.
What is Halodule uninervis?
It is a species of sea-grass found in the coastal region near Rameswaram in southern Tamil Nadu. It evaluated the
activity of the species against various human cancer cell lines, including malignant melanoma, lung, cervix,
carcinoma and colorectal cancers.
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11. A team of researchers from Kerala and Brazil have identified a new species of a rare, deep-sea mollusc named
‘Xylophaga nandani’.
Sr.No 5. Index/Report/Ranking
1. India to surpass Japan as Asia’s 2nd largest economy by 2030: IHS Markit Report
2. Chennai International Airport ranks 8th in Global List for ‘On-Time Performance’ Top Three: United State’s Miami
Airport, Fukuoka Airport, and Haneda Airport in Japan.
3. ‘India State Of Forest Report 2021’: total forest and tree cover in India is 80.9 million hectares in 2021 which is
24.6% of the geographical area of the country.
• Telangana has shown the highest increase in forest cover of all the states.
• Tree cover in the country has increased by 721 square kilometres. Tree cover is the patches of trees in the
land size less than one hectare.
4. World bank’s Global Economic Prospects’ Report was released.
• The report notes that, Global economic growth will decrease sharply to 4.1% in 2022 and 3.2% in
2023, from 5.5% in 2021.
• It projects India’s annual growth to be 8.3% in the fiscal year 2021-2022, 8.7% in 2022-23, while
6.8% in 2023-24.
5.
6. Henley Passport Index 2022 was released. India is ranked at 83rd position, improved from 90th position of last year.
Japan and Singapore have been ranked 1st.
7. Oxfam has recently released its report on “Pandemic Billionaires”. Richest 1 per cent owned more wealth as
compared to poorest 90 per cent in Asia.
8. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) published its “Climate of India during 2021” Report.
As per the report, 2021 was the fifth warmest year in India since nation-wide records commenced in the country in
1901.
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9. The ILO has released its World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022 report: Global unemployment level
in 2022 projected at 207 million.
About: International Labour Organisation
• It was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the
belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice.
• It became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946.
• It is a tripartite organization, the only one of its kind bringing together representatives of
governments, employers and workers in its executive bodies.
• Members: India is a founding member of the ILO with a total 187 member States.
In 2020 India assumed the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of ILO.
• Headquarter: Geneva in Switzerland.
• Awards: In 1969, ILO received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving fraternity and peace among
nations
10. Home Minister Amit Shah virtually releases country’s 1st District Good Governance Index in Jammu.
11. NITI Aayog in collaboration with US-based non-profit organisations Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and RMI India,
releases report ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’
12. Transparency International has released the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021 in which India has been
ranked at 85th spot (Score of 40). The ranking has been topped jointly by three countries- Denmark, Finland and
New Zealand
13. Some More Rankings of India
• Global Drug Policy Index 2021: 18th
• Climate Change Performance Index 2022: 10th
• 2021 TRACE global Bribery Risk Rankings: 82nd
• World Talent Ranking report 2021: 56th
• Global Health Security Index 2021: 66th
• 5th Truecaller’s Global Spam & Scam Report 2021: 4th
• Hurun’s Global Unicorn Index 2021: 3rd
• “2019 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) Report: 3rd
• Henley Passport index 2022: 83rd
14. The Global State of Democracy Report, 2021 was recently released by the International Institute for Democracy
and Electoral Assistance.
15. Recently, The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Flagship State of World Population Report 2021 titled
‘My Body is My Own’ was launched.
• This is the first time a United Nations report has focused on bodily autonomy.
• What is bodily autonomy? The report defined ‘Bodily autonomy’ as the power and agency to make
choices about your body without fear of violence or having someone else decide for you.
16. NITI Aayog released the report, titled “Healthy States, Progressive India”.
• Prepared by NITI Aayog, with the World Bank, under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Top: Kerala and Tamil Nadu among the ‘Larger States’, Mizoram and Tripura among the ‘Smaller
States’, and DH&DD and Chandigarh among the UTs.
17. Recently, the Ministry of Education released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
2021.
• The very first edition of ARIIA started in 2019
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• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and All India Council for Technical Education.
• Institute of National Importance: IIT Madras, Bombay
Sr. No 6. Important days and themes
1. DRDO Day: DRDO observed the 64th Foundation Day of its establishment on January 01, 2022.
2. 3rd Jan 2022: Birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule. She was India's first female teacher.
3. 4 January: World Braille Day
4. Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas celebrated on January 9
5. 10 January 2022: World Hindi Day
6. 12 January: National Youth Day is being celebrated on 12th of January every year since 1985 to honour one of the
greatest philosophers Swami Vivekananda.
• He was born as Narendranath Datta on 12th January,1863 in Kolkata
• In 1893, upon the request of Maharaja Ajit Singh of the Khetri State, he took the name
‘Vivekananda.’
7. The Thiruvalluvar Day is celebrated on January 15 or16, as a part of Pongal (or Sankranti) celebrations in Tamil
Nadu.
8. 15 January: 74th Indian Army Day
9. PM Modi declares January 16 as ‘National Startup Day’
10. Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti (125th) 2022: 23rd January
• He was born on January 23, 1897, in Cuttack, Odisha.
• Bose’s anniversary, which will be celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’ (day of valour) starting this year.
• A granite statue of Netaji will be installed at India Gate to set a symbol of India's indebtedness to him.
• The statue will be carved by Odia sculptor Adwaita Gadanayak, National Modern Art Gallery (New Delhi)
11. 24 January: National Girl Child Day
12. 25 January: National Voters Day
13. 25 January: National Tourism Day
14. 26 January: International Customs Day
15. 30 January: Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas
16. 30 January: World Leprosy Day; 2022 Theme: "United for Dignity”
Sr. No 7. Defence News
1. ‘Seema Bhawani’ is the all-women biker team of the Border Security Force (BSF). The team will showcase their
talent on the Republic Day.
2. Russia successfully test-fired Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles. (Range:1,000 kilometres)
3. The Sea Dragon 22 exercise is a multinational exercise. The countries that are participating in the exercise are India,
Australia, Canada, US, South Korea and Japan. It is held at Andersen Air Force base, Guam. It is a US air force base.
4. Exercise Milan 2022: India to host 46 nations mega naval wargames in Visakhapatnam.
5. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant begins another phase of sea trials; built by Cochin Shipyard Limited
(CSL)
6. Russian defence forces recently unveiled a new Tupolev Tu-160M. It is a missile bomber. It is also known as “White
Swan”
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7. Iran tested three ballistic missiles recently: known as Dezful, Qiam and Zolfaghar (ranges of up to 1,000 km)
8. Philippines will be the first foreign buyer of the BrahMos Missile.
9. North Korea recently tested the railway-borne ballistic missile.
10. Rafale maritime fighter aircraft demonstrates operational capability at INS Hansa naval facility in Goa.
11. Defence Research Development Organization test fired the Brahmos Advanced Variant. It is a sea – to – sea variant
of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile. It was tested from INS Vishakhapatnam.
Note: INS Vishakhapatnam is one of the four indigenously built missile destroyer. It was built under Project 15B. It
was commissioned in November 2021.
12. Indian Navy & Russian Navy conducts PASSEX at the port of Cochin in Arabian Sea.
13. India & Japan conducted Maritime Partnership Exercise in Bay of Bengal.
14. Israel Completed A Successful Flight Test Of The Arrow-3.
14. Indian Army’s New Combat Uniform:
• The new uniform is made of light, sturdy and more breathable fabric.
• The cotton to polyester ratio of the fabric is 70:30.
• The designers adopted a 4C approach. The approach is Comfort, Climate, camouflage and
confidentiality.
• The new uniform was unveiled by the Chief of Indian Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Note: It was unveiled during the army day celebrations. Every year, the Indian Army Day is celebrated on January
15. On January 15, 1949, General KM Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander – in – chief of Indian Army.
The Army Day is celebrated in the country to honour this event.
15. What is CAATSA?

• Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is a US law to impose sanctions
on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia.
• Imposed on various countries: It has been imposed on Iran, Turkey, Russia and North Korea.
• Defence trade of India-Russia was $15 billion (3 years)
16. In News: Special Protection Group (SPG) Act?
• The Centre is considering action under the Special Protection Group (SPG) Act against Punjab Police for
security glitch for PM Modi.
• Section 14 of the SPG Act makes the state govt responsible for providing all assistance to the SPG during
the PM’s movement.
• SPG operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs
• SPG was created in 1985, came into force in 1988
17. Indian Armed Force selected Swedish defence company ‘Saab’ for supply of Anti-Armour weapon.
Note:
• The supply of single-shot anti-armour weapon AT4 will be done by Saab.
• AT4 will be used by the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.
18. NATO partners to hold 12-day maritime drills “Neptune Strike ’22” in Mediterranean Sea.
• NATO Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
• NATO Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: Admiral Rob Bauer.
19. Russia-China-Iran conducts joint naval exercise CHIRU-2Q22 n the Gulf of Oman.
20. Russia delivers all the contracted 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to India.
Note: The remaining 600,000 rifles will be manufactured by an Indo-Russian joint venture company, Indo-Russia
Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), based at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh India under transfer of technology (ToT).
21. INS Khukri the first built missile corvette, to be India's 1st full warship museum.
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Note:
• ‘INS Khukri Memorial’ is a Indo-Pakistani War memorial commemorating a frigate attacked by a Pakistani
submarine in 1976.
• INS Khukri, the lead ship of the Indian Navy’s Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surface-to-
surface missile fitted vessel, was handed over to Diu administration.
22. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Man-Portable Anti-
Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
• The Missile is an indigenously developed, low weight missile developed by DRDO in association with
a private Indian Defence Contractor.
• It is an Indian third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile derived from Nag ATGM.
• Range: 2.5 km
23. • DRDO has successfully conducted maiden flight test of surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, tested
from the Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
• Missile Range: 150-500 kilometre and can be launched from a mobile launcher.
• Note: It is a derivative of the Prahaar missile programme, which was first tested in 2011
24. What is Abhyas?
• It is a drone developed by DRDO
• DRDO has successfully conducted the flight test of indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial
Target (HEAT) Abhyas.
• It will be used as an aerial target for evaluation for various missile systems, powered by a gas turbine engine
to sustain a long endurance flight at subsonic speed.
Sr. No 8. NASA/ISRO/Space news
1. South Korea’s first domestically produced space launch vehicle KSLV-II Nuri rocket failed.
2. A team of Scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to observe a newborn
star (protostar) in the WB89-789 region.
3. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reaches major milestone as ‘Mirror Unfolds’
4. China’s Chang’e 5 lunar probe finds first on-site evidence of water on moon’s surface.
5. ISRO successfully tests Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan Rocket at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri,
Tamil Nadu.
6. NASA’s Lucy mission:
• This is NASA’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
• It is a solar-powered mission.
• It is estimated to be over 12 years long, during the course of which the spacecraft will visit eight
asteroids covering a distance of about 6.3 billion km to deepen the understanding of the “young solar
system”.
7. South Africa Launches 1st ‘made In Africa’ Satellites: Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite (MDASat)
constellation, were launched from Cape Canaveral in the United States.
8. The asteroid 1994 PC1 is to pass by earth on January 18, 2022. It will pass by at a distance of 1.2 million miles.
9. TOI-2180: New Jupiter-like Exoplanet is discovered.
10. NASA launches $1 Million Deep Space Food Challenge jointly with Canadian Space Agency.
11. Upcoming Missions of ISRO
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• Venus Mission: The Shukrayaan-1 could launch in December 2024

• DISHA (Disturbed and quiet-type System at High Altitude): It is a twin-satellite system that will study
Earth’s aeronomy
• TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment): Earth
observation satellite mission
• Chandrayaan-3: It could be set for a launch date by the middle of 2023
• Gaganyaan: India’s first human spaceflight mission. It is expected in 2023. The spacecraft is jointly made
by ISRO and HAL.
• XpoSat: X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (or Xposat), is ISRO’s dedicated mission to study polarization.
• Aditya L1: The mission will study the Sun’s corona
12. James Webb Space Telescope reached its final destination, at around 15 lakh km from Earth.
• The telescope will orbit in an area of space known as a Lagrange point, where the gravitational pull
from the Sun and Earth will be balanced by the centrifugal force of the rotating system.
• The points were first theorized by Italian French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange.
• Webb will go around it in a halo at a distance similar to that between the Earth and Moon
13. 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.
14. • ISRO recently conducted a successful test of its High Thrust VIKAS Engine at the ISRO Propulsion
Complex (IPRC) in Tamil Nadu’s Mahendragiri.
• The Vikas engine will power the ambitious Gaganyaan mission. It's a liquid fuelled rocket engine.
• It is used in PSLV and GSLV series.
15. • Mission Shakti is a joint programme of the DRDO & ISRO. As part of the mission, an anti-satellite
(A-SAT) weapon was launched.
• ASAT missile can be air, sea or land-based.
• India is only the 4th country to acquire such a specialised capability after US, Russia and China.
• The test sparked concerns regarding the space junks.
Sr. No 9. Banking/Economy/Finance/Insurance/Business/Agriculture
1. LIC, GIC,New India Assurance are listed as Systematically Important Insurers: IRDAI (HQ : Hyderabad)
2. National Statistical Office (NSO) projects Indian economy to grow 9.2% in FY22
3. RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to fuel the Bank’s customer experience strategy.
4. Global Private Banking Awards 2021: HDFC Bank named as Best Private Bank in India.
5. National Payments Corporation of India has introduced limits: five Aadhaar enabled cash withdrawal transactions,
per customer, per terminal per day.
6. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) conducting conducts a
Systemic Risk Survey (SRS)
7. RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
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8. CryptoWire introduces India’s first global index of cryptocurrencies IC15

9. South Indian Bank won UiPath Automation Excellence awards 2021.
10. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Airtel Payments Bank Ltd. has been included in the Second Schedule to the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
• Scheduled Banks in India refer to those banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
• Every Scheduled bank enjoys two types of principal facilities: it becomes eligible for debts/loans at
the bank rate from the RBI; and, it automatically acquires the membership of clearing house.
11. What is India’s Bad Bank?
• Bad bank is an entity where all the bad loans from all the banks can be parked thus, relieving the
commercial banks of their “stressed assets”
• The K V Kamath Committee helped the RBI with designing a one-time restructuring scheme.
• National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited has set up acquire stressed assets from the banks.
• India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL), will then try to sell the stressed assets in the market.
• Note: US-based Mellon Bank created the first bad bank in 1988, later implemented in Sweden,
Finland, France and Germany.
12. ‘Ecowrap’ is the report released by the Research Team of the State Bank of India. As per the latest edition of the
report, India’s real GDP is expected to grow at around 9.5 per cent in 2021-22.
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13. The Reserve Bank of India recently released the Digital Payment Index.
14. • AIIB has approved more loans for India (28 projects amounting to $6.7 billion) than any other member.
• India is a founding member and second largest shareholder in AIIB with 7.6% voting shares while China holds
26.5 % voting shares being the largest.
15. Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) initiative will be supported by ADB
16. World Bank approves USD 125 million loan to West Bengal to support poor and and vulnerable groups.
17. City Union Bank launches CUB Easy Pay integrated Debit Card in a Fitness Watch.
18. Pakistan raised USD 1 billion loan through Sukuk bond (Islamic Bond), at a record 7.95% interest rate.
19. Brand Finance 2022: world’s valuable brand is Apple
20. Google will be investing USD 1 Billion in Airtel (Bharti Airtel).
21. HDFC Bank is voted Best Private Bank in India at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021.
22. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook January 2022 assessment.
As per the update, India is estimated to grow at 9% in 2021-2022
23. 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.
Note: Chandigarh, Kanpur and Delhi got the maximum number of complaints and the North zone accounted for the
maximum share of complaints.
24. What is Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)?
• The government has brought the IITs, IIMs and other Institutions of National Importance (INIs)
under the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) framework, which allows students to pursue up to 50 per cent of
a course from institutions other than the one with which they are enrolled.
• Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) is proposed under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
25. In News: What is Adjusted gross revenue (AGR)?
Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) is the usage and licensing fee that telecom operators are charged by the Department
of Telecommunications (DoT). It is divided into spectrum usage charges and licensing fees, pegged between 3-5
percent and 8 percent respectively.
As per DoT, the charges are calculated based on all revenues earned by a telco – including non-telecom related
sources such as deposit interests and asset sales.
26. What are ESG Funds?
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• Environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance have of late emerged as key themes for
investors in India.
• The demand and growth for ESG funds in Asia, especially in India, has been overwhelming, it is 32%.
• The fund is regulated by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Sr. No 10. Important Summit/Conference/Event
1. PM Modi will host the first ever India – Central Asia Summit.
2. The National Conference on Agriculture for Summer Campaign 2021-22 was held through video conference. It is
also called as Zaid Conference. Zaid crops are grown between Kharif and Rabi Seasons
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Kumar Tomar attended the conference.
3. World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Agenda 2022: PM Modi introduces ‘P3 (Pro-Planet People) movement’ for
climate change commitments.
• The WEF's annual meeting is held in Davos, a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.
• Agenda 2022: Net-zero emissions, Economic opportunity of nature-positive solutions and Cyber resilience.
• Theme: “Working Together, Restoring Trust,”
• It was the 52nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
4. PM Modi hosted the 1st India-Central Asia Summit 2022

Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan joined the summit.
5. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is in news: India announced Coalition for Disaster Resilient
Infrastructure at UN Climate Action Summit in New York in 2019.
6. Microsoft president Brad Smith has urged India and the U.S. to join the Paris Call for Trust and Security in
Cyberspace that now has 75 countries on board to deal with new cybersecurity threats facing the world.
• The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace is a nonbinding declaration.
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Sr. No 11. Indian Railways
1. Railway Protection Force deploys 244 Meri Saheli teams at major railway stations across country to provide security
to lady passengers in long distance trains particularly travelling alone.
2. Uttar Pradesh has renamed Jhansi Railway Station as 'Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station'.
3. Vinay Kumar Tripathi named as Chairman and CEO of Railway Board.
4. Under the “Mission Jeewan Raksha”, RPF personnel have saved 1650 lives from the wheels of running trains at
railway stations in last four years: Indian Railway.
5. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flags off newly launched Agartala-Jiribam-Agartala Jan Shatabdi Express train
connecting the states of Manipur and Tripura via Assam.
6. Kevadia railway station (Gujarat) renamed as Ekta Nagar railway station.
7. Indian Railways launches Mission Amanat to help passengers track their lost belongings.
Sr. No 12. Important Committee
1. MHA forms 3-member panel headed by Sudhir Kumar Saxena to enquire into security lapses during PM’s visit to
Punjab.
2. Supreme Court has appointed a five-member committee headed by ex-judge Indu Malhotra to probe the alleged
breach in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Punjab.
Sr. No 13. Sports
1. Khelo India Games will be conducted in Haryana in January 2022.

2. Canada wins ATP Cup tennis with 2-0 win over Spain in Sydney.
3. Bopanna & Ramanathan win men’s doubles title at Adelaide International tennis.
4. Spain’s Rafael Nadal wins Melbourne Summer Set 1 ATP 250 tennis title.
5. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021.
6. Gael Monfils (France) beat Karen Khachanov (Russia) in the men’s singles event of the 2022 Adelaide International
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7. Tata Group to replace Vivo as IPL title sponsor from 2022 for two years.
8. India Skills 2021 competition concluded: Odisha finished first.
9. Fourteen-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam became India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster.
10. Tasnim Mir became the World No 1 in Badminton U-19 Girls Singles.
11. Goalkeeper Savita Punia named captain of India Women’s Hockey team.
12. Former West Indies Cricketer Clive Lloyd receives Knighthood.
13. Russia’s Aslan Karatsev beat Andy Murray in Sydney Tennis Classic.
14. Best FIFA Men’s Player: Robert Lewandowski (Poland) & Best FIFA Women’s Player: Alexia Putellas (Spain)
15. PV Sindhu wins women’s singles title of Syed Modi Intl Tournament
16. International Cricket Council announced ICC Awards 2021
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Smriti Mandhana (India)
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
• ICC Umpire of the Year:Marais Erasmus
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• ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year; Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

• ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Tammy Beaumont (England)
• ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Janneman Malan (South Africa)
• ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Fatima Sana (Pakistan)
• ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Lizelle Lee (South Africa)
• ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: Joe Root (England)
Sr. No 14. Apps and Portals
1. The NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission released digital books titled 'Innovations for You' and ‘The Ingenious
Tinkerers’.
2. The open-source software repository service GitHub is in the news after it was used to create and share an
offensively named app that sexually harassed women in India.
3. Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched Artificial Intelligence based patented system Clairvoyant. ‘Clairvoyant’ uses
Artificial Intelligence to optimise purification systems and predict future breakdowns.
4. SEBI Launches Saa₹Thi Mobile App On Investor Education.
5. Coal Ministry launches Koyla Darpan Portal to share Key Performance Indicators.
6. ‘Apna Kangra’ app: Himachal Pradesh to provide a hassle-free experience for tourists and also boost the sale of
local handicrafts..
7. Common Services Centers (CSC) launches Yogyata mobile app to impart skill-based vocational education to rural
youths.
8. ‘Spice Xchange India’ is the India’s first virtual AI-based platform for spices exports.
9. Common Services Centers (CSC) launches Yogyata mobile app to impart skill-based vocational education to rural
youths.
10. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has launched the official mobile application of the Parliament named ‘Digital Sansad
App’
11. The National Education Policy introduced a national assessment centre named PARAKH (Performance Assessment,
Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development)
• Recently, the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) launched a portal of Student Learning
Assessment (PARAKH), which will conduct assessments of students and faculty members of higher
educational institutes and schools.
Sr. No 15. Obituary
1. Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies.

2. Vijay Galani, a Bollywood film producer, died.
3. Indian Navy’s 1971 war veteran Vice Admiral S H Sarma passes away.
4. Legendary Kenyan Conservationist and Fossil-hunter Richard Leaky passes away.
5. Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies.
6. Sidney Poitier, first black star to win Oscar for best male actor, dies.
7. Sindhutai Sapkal from Maharashtra, popularly as ‘Mother of Orphans’ passes away. She won Padma Shri in 2021.
8. European Parliament President David Sassoli passes away.
9. Prominent Kannada writer Chandrashekhar Patil, popularly known as “Champa”, passed away.
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10. Olympic medal-winning Athlete Deon Lendore passes away.

11. Legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj passes away. He belonged to the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of
Lucknow.
12. Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita passes away.
13. Padma Shri winning social activist Shanti Devi passes away.
14. Former PM of Japan Toshiki Kaifu passes away.
15. Famous Bengali Cartoonist- Illustrator Narayan Debnath died.
16. Noted environmentalist & ‘Save Silent Valley’ campaigner M.K. Prasad passes away.
17. Padma Shri recipient mountaineer Major HPS Ahluwalia died.
18. Bollywood lyricist Ibrahim Ashk, known for penning songs for films like “Kaho Na Pyaar Hai” and “Koi… Mil Gaya”,
dies.
19. Former India footballer, coach Subhas Bhowmick dies in Kolkata.
20. Veteran Marathi author and social activist Anil Awachat passes away.
21. Former Indian Hockey Team Captain Charanjit Singh Passes Away
22. Noted Kathakali dancer, Padma Shri Recipient Milena Salvini died
Sr. No 16. Places and State in news
1. PM Modi inaugurated Bina (MP)-Panki (UP) Multiproduct pipeline project.

2. The Indian Army has set up a Quantum Computing Laboratory in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
3. The Koppal Toy cluster (Karnataka) is the first toy manufacturing cluster in India.
4. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates India’s first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad.
5. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh releases Earthquake Risk Maps of Lucknow and Dehradun Cities.
6. Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh are in news, due to citizenship rights issue.
7. Ladakh’s Chisumle-Demchok Road, crosses the Umling Pass, is now the world’s highest motorable road.
8. PM Modi inaugurated the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, UP.
9. In Kerala, the first battery-powered electric boat built as built for the Kochi Water Metro Project.
10. The Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology (KCCRSST) was inaugurated at Chandigarh
University, Gharuan.
11. India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van was launched at Village Sirora in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
12. India’s first heli-hub to be set up in Gurugram.
13. Kumbalangi village in Cochin is all set to become India’s first sanitary-napkin-free panchayat.
Note: This move is a part of ‘Avalkayi’ initiative, which is being implemented in the Ernakulam parliamentary
constituency, in association with “Thingal Scheme” of HLL Management Academy’s and Indian Oil Corporation.
14. On January 15, 2022, world’s largest national flag, made of Khadi fabric was put to display, to celebrate the “Army
Day” at Longewala, along the India – Pakistan Border in Jaisalmer.
15. Odisha & United Nations World Food Programme will work together for the food security of small and marginal
farmers.
16. Govt inaugurates India’s first coal to methanol plant built by BHEL in Hyderabad.
17. • Ladakh’s Chisumle-Demchok Road, is now the world’s highest motorable road.
• It passes through Umling La Pass.
• The road was built by Border Roads Organization (BRO) under the Project Himank.
• The height of the pass makes it through the Guinness World Records.
18. In News Zozila:

• Srinagar-Leh highway passing through Zoji-La closed for civilian vehicular movement for snowfall.
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• Zoji La Pass was captured by the by the Indian Army in 1948 from Pakistan Army in an assault codenamed
Operation Bison.
• Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.
19. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has launched the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ campaignaimed at creating
awareness on the usage of cloth bags instead of single-use plastic bags.
20. India’s first graphene innovation center to be established in Kerala.
Note:
• Graphene is the thinnest, most electrically and thermally conductive material in the world.
• It is a joint venture of Digital University of Kerala, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
and Tata Steel Limited.
21. In News: Pangong Tso (lake)
22. Haryana and Himachal Pradesh governments plan to revive Saraswati River.
23. Delhi Government launched the ‘Streetscaping and Beautification of Roads’ project, on the lines of European Cities.
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25. Karnataka became India’s first state to launch AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) Center of
Excellence.
26. India’s first para-badminton academy launched in Lucknow.
27. Himachal Pradesh, Haryana tie-up for construction of Adi Badri Dam.
Note: The Dam would get 224-hectare metre water from Himachal Pradesh’s Somb River that falls in the Yamuna
near Adi Badri in Yamuna Nagar district.
28. ‘Grama One’ Launched in Karnataka to offer all the government services under one roof.
29. Thousands of Tribals fear displacement following the project in the Deucha-Pachami coal mine in West Bengal’s
Birbhoom district.
• Note: Deucha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsinga coal block is the second-largest coal block in the
world; it is the largest in India.
• GK Facts: Anthracite is the highest quality of coal.
Sr. No 17. Environment
1. Uvariopsis dicaprio is a newly identified tree species, discovered in tropical Ebo forest of Cameroon.
2. Under the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’ 12 to 14 cheetahs will be imported from South Africa
or Namibia to Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh.
3. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recorded 126 tiger deaths in the year 2021.
4. For the first time, a large area (400 square kilometers) of the Indravati Tiger Reserve (Chhattisgarh) which is a
Maoist-affected area, has been covered in tiger census work.
5. The Assam government is awaiting the Centre’s clearance for an elevated road over nine corridors used by the
animals of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve usually during high floods. Note: The sanctuary, which
hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses, is a World Heritage Site.
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6. Researchers have reported two new plant species from the biodiversity-rich Western Ghats regions in
Thiruvananthapuram and Wayanad districts of Kerala. They have been named Fimbristylis sunilii and Neanotis
prabhuii.
7. Himachal Pradesh has become India’s first LPG-enabled and smoke-free Indian state.
8. Kerala’s High Court becomes India’s First paperless court.
9. Wolf Volcano, also known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands is in news.
10. India’s oldest sloth bear ‘Gulabo’ passes away at Van Vihar National Park.
11. The country’s ‘Supermom’ tigress, named ‘Collarwali’ passed away at Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh.
12. The population of the vulnerable eastern swamp deer, which is extinct elsewhere in South Asia, has dipped in the
Kaziranga National Park.
13. An underwater volcano erupted in Tonga (a country in the Pacific Ocean) recently. It is called the “Hunga Tonga
Hunga Haapai” volcano.
• Tonga is a Polynesian country. It is an archipelago. It consists of 169 islands. It is surrounded by
New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the west, Fiji, Futuna and Wallis in the north west, Niue in the east and
Kermadec (New Zealand) in the south west.
14. The Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a
mascot, which has been named Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.
15. Najafgarh Jheel is a transboundary wetland, in news. It is located along the borders of Delhi and Haryana.
Why in news: The Najafgarh lake is under the control of Delhi. The National Green Tribunal recently directed the
Haryana and Delhi governments to implement the environment management plans prepared by them.
16. Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first-of-its-kind State-level bird atlas in India.
17. Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary set to be notified as 4th tiger reserve of Rajasthan.
18. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu) bags TX2 award
About the TX2 award:
• The award acknowledges the efforts by the State governments and the local communities which
have played one of the most important roles to turn a relatively new tiger reserve into one of the source
populations of tigers in India.
• The awards are presented by the Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CATS), Fauna and Flora
International (FFI), Global Tiger Forum (GTF), IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme
(ITHCP), Panthera, UNDP, The Lion’s Share, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WWF.
19. Telineelapuram International Bird Sanctuary is located in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district. Recently, mass
deaths of migratory spot-billed pelicans happened at the Bird Sanctuary.
20. Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) is a tree species endemic to the Eastern Ghats mountain range of South India.
• The tree (Pterocarpus santalinus) has recently classified back into the ‘endangered’ category in
the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.
21. New Big 5 project is in news:
• It is an international initiative of more than 250 of the world’s wildlife photographers,

conservationists and wildlife charities.
• Created by British photographer Graeme Green in 2020
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• Its aim is to raise awareness about the crisis facing the world’s wildlife from threats including
habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, poaching, illegal wildlife trade and climate change.
Sr. No 18. Books and Authors
1. “Mamata Beyond 2021” authored by Jayanta Ghosal

2. 'Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India' by Dhirendra Jha.
3. Ratan Tata’s biography ‘Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized Biography’
4. A book on Arundhati Bhattacharya “Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and Leadership”
5. “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” by Chandrachur Ghose.
6. Book: ‘Legend of Birsa Munda’ by Tuhin A. Sinha and co-authored by Ankita Verma.
7. Comic book ‘India’s Women Unsung Heroes’ released by the Ministry of Culture.
8. ‘A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence’ authored by Ruskin Bond.
9. “The $10 Trillion Dream” authored by Subhash Garg, former finance secretary of India.
10. “Fearless Governance” authored by Kiran Bedi
Sr. No 19. International Affairs
1. Digital Yuan is the digital currency of China. Note: The Digital Yuan is not a crypto currency. It is controlled by the
Central Bank of China.
2. United Kingdom has reported the first human case of Avian flu.
3. Kazakhstan Protests and Emergency: The citizens of Kazakhstan are protesting against the sudden fuel price hike.
Emergency has been declared in the Central Asian country.
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4. Russia has launched its first in the series Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker known as ‘Sibir’ to
boost India’s Arctic Plans.
5. France reported the new variant of Covid called IHU.
6. French authorities took down a temporary installation of the European Union flag from the Arc de Triomphe
monument in Paris, after rightwing opponents of President Emmanuel Macron accused him of “erasing” French
identity.
7. Recently, a suspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi, UAE, caused multiple explosions.
• The Shia Houthi rebels of Yemen, claimed responsibility for the attack.
• Houthi movement was founded by Hussein al-Houthi, inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979
and the rise of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in the 1980s
8. Recently, Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) was signed between Australia and Japan to bolster security ties
against the backdrop of rising Chinese military and economic might.
9. Egypt is the fourth new member admitted into New Development Bank (NDB), after Bangladesh, the United Arab
Emirates & Uruguay.
• GK Facts: Headquartered in Shanghai, the NDB was established in 2015 by the BRICS nation.
10. China would appoint a special envoy to the Horn of Africa, signalling China’s intention to play a greater role in the
conflict-torn region.
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11. Darvaza gas crater, also known as the ‘Gateway to Hell’, is located in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan’s President
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov recently ordered officials to find a method of finally extinguishing the ‘Gateway to
Hell’ in the country.
• It is located in the Karakum desert, 260 kilometres away from Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat.
• The Gas Crater has been burning for the last 50 years.
12. Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to feature on US coin.
13. Pakistan launched its first-ever National Security Policy (NSP).
14. The iconic ‘Infinity Bridge’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been opened.
15. Nusantara will be Indonesia's New Capital in place of Jakarta.
16. UNESCO, added the Nordic “clinker boats” to its Heritage List
17. Amsterdam, Netherlands, has opened the world's giant canal lock.
18. U.S. President Joe Biden and his European Union counterpart Ursula von der Leyen pledged to cooperate on
guaranteeing Europe’s energy security.
19. Recently Saudi Arabia and Thailand have ended a 30-year dispute over a scandal involving stolen jewels and a series
of murders.
20. The United States House of Representatives unveiled the ambitious America ‘Creating Opportunities for
Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength’ Act of 2022, or the America COMPETES Act
of 2022.
• Objective: It proposes to open up new arenas for talented individuals from across the world with a new
start-up visa.
21. The Australian government has bought the copyright of the Aboriginal flag, to free the symbol of identity from
fights over who can use it.
Sr. No 20. Art and Culture
1. Ladakh celebrated the Losar Festival the onset of the New Year in the traditional schedule of Tibetan Buddhism.
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2. The auspicious occasion of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is also known as the Prakash Parv of the tenth Sikh Guru,
Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It is the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh and falls every year in December or January.
3. Puducherry has been selected to host the 25th National Youth Festival. Note: National Youth Festival started in
1995 as a major activity under the programme held by National Integration Camp (NIC).
4. Sikkim celebrated Losoong (Namsoong) Festival. The losoong festival is celebrated as Sonam Losoong, by the
Sikkimese Bhutia and as Namsoong by the Lepchas. The festival is also celebrated in Nepal and Bhutan.
5. The 9th edition of the North East Festival concluded in Guwahati, Assam.
6. 18th Kachai Lemon Festival begins in Manipur 2022.
7. 20th Dhaka International Film Festival begins 2022
8. ‘North East on Wheels Expedition’ launched to promote Culture of Northeastern States.
9. Archeologists ecently have found ‘shankhalipi’ inscriptions on the stairs on an ancient temple dating back to the
Gupta period in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district.
• The inscriptions mention ‘Sri Mahendraditya’, the title of Kumaragupta I of the Gupta dynasty.
10. The ZSI has underlined green rules for the living root bridges of Meghalaya to get the UNESCO World Heritage Site
tag.
11. The Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Culture have joined together to organize Kala Kumbh Art during the 2022
republic day celebrations.
12. The PM will unveil a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya, described as the 'Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad on
February 5.
• It is being installed to mark the 1,000th birth anniversary of Ramanujacharya, a Vedic philosopher,
social reformer and one of the most important exponents of Bhakti Movement in Tamil Nadu
Sr. No 21. Women in News
1. Shafali Verma, the Indian Women Cricket Player, appointed as a brand endorser by the Bank of Baroda.
2. Captain Harpreet Chandi, Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer and physiotherapist, also known as Polar Preet,
reaches South Pole.
3. Shaylyn Ford (USA) was crowned as the winner of Mrs World 2022.
4. Jahnavi Dangeti becomes first Indian to complete NASA's International Air and Space Program (IASP)
5. Pilot Shivangi Singh is India’s first Woman Rafale pilot. She was a part of the Indian Air Force Tableau at the
Republic Day
6. High Court Justice Ayesha Malik has been appointed as Pakistan’s first-ever woman judge of the Supreme Court.
Sr. No 22. Miscellaneous
1. “Blue Book” is the name of the manual of the Special Protection Group (SPG), which exclusively protects India’s
Prime Minister.
Note: The Special Protection Group Act, 1988 was passed by the parliament after the assassination of former
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
2. Sri Lanka, India ink deal to jointly redevelop strategic World War II-era Trincomalee Oil Tank Complex.
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3. The government has advised carmakers to start making Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFSHEV). Flex fuel
vehicles (FFV) are capable of running on 100% petrol or 100% bio-ethanol or a combination of both.
4. Antigua and Barbuda joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as the 102nd member.
5. Veer Baal Diwas will be celebrated on 26th December; in the honour of the supreme sacrifice made by Sahibzada
Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh, the younger sons of the 10th Sikh Guru Govind Singh Ji, for their
supreme and unparalleled sacrifice on 26th December, 1705 to defend the dignity and honour of Sikhism.
6. Oxford University Press declares ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021.
7. 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.
8. India, US discuss challenges to combat climate change through technology-led Carbon Capture and Utilisation
solutions (CCUS)
9. What is Ibonia?
10. India and Israel recently launched a commemorative logo to mark the 30 years of diplomatic relations.
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The logo features the Star of David and Ashok Chakra.

11. India and France recently signed a MOU on inherited disorders and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
12. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released ‘$300 bn Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing
& Exports by 2026’.
13. Anti cut-Anti climb fence set up along India-Bangladesh border.
14. ‘I4F- India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund’ is collaboration between the Department of
Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Israel Innovation Authority. It aims to promote joint
Industrial R&D between India & Israel.
Note:
The two countries have recently approved three joint R&D projects worth $5.5 million including ‘Centrally
monitored IoT nano-sensors for diagnostics in healthcare;
‘NoMoreMos’ – a mosquito control biological solution; and ‘IoT enabled satellite communication for real-time
collection of agriculture and environment data across India’.
15. Twitter launched the ‘JagrukVoter’ campaign, which aims to empower citizens with right knowledge before they
vote.
16.
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1. Anupam Ray to become India’s new ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

Sr. No 2. Awards and Honour

Sr. No 3. Government Schemes/Programme/Campaign/Initiative

• It was launched under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

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Sr. No 4. Science and Technology

About The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

• It was formerly the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).

About: International Labour Organisation

Sr. No 6. Important days and themes

Sr. No 7. Defence News

15. What is CAATSA?

Sr. No 8. NASA/ISRO/Space news

• Venus Mission: The Shukrayaan-1 could launch in December 2024

8. CryptoWire introduces India’s first global index of cryptocurrencies IC15

Sr. No 10. Important Summit/Conference/Event

4. PM Modi hosted the 1st India-Central Asia Summit 2022

Sr. No 11. Indian Railways

Sr. No 12. Important Committee

Sr. No 13. Sports

1. Khelo India Games will be conducted in Haryana in January 2022.

• ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year; Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

Sr. No 14. Apps and Portals

Sr. No 15. Obituary

1. Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies.

10. Olympic medal-winning Athlete Deon Lendore passes away.

Sr. No 16. Places and State in news

1. PM Modi inaugurated Bina (MP)-Panki (UP) Multiproduct pipeline project.

18. In News Zozila:

Sr. No 17. Environment

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21. New Big 5 project is in news:

• It is an international initiative of more than 250 of the world’s wildlife photographers,

Sr. No 18. Books and Authors

1. “Mamata Beyond 2021” authored by Jayanta Ghosal

Sr. No 19. International Affairs

Sr. No 20. Art and Culture

Sr. No 21. Women in News

Sr. No 22. Miscellaneous

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