DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS – JANUARY 11, 2022

Q.) Who heads the Energy Transition Advisory Committee?

[a] Krishnendra Pratap Singh

[b] Nikhil Saxena

[c] Ashok Kumar

[d] Tarun Kapoor

[e] Lalit Kumar Yadav

 Energy Transition Advisory
Committee
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has formed the Energy ANS - D

Transition Advisory Committee, headed by Former Petroleum

Secretary Tarun Kapoor, for preparing the report on transitioning to
clean energy sources from fossil fuels.
• The committee will submit its report in 6 months.
• The committee will focus on scaling up infrastructure for biofuels
and green hydrogen.
Q.) Who heads the Task Force on Multi-Platform for Next Generation Networks, formed by
Department of Telecommunication to explore the feasibility of rolling out 6G in India?

[a] Bharadwaj Amrutur

[b] Abhay Karandikar

[c] Kiran Kumar Kuchi

[d] Ashok Kumar Tiwari

[e] Bhaskar Ramamurthy

 Department of Telecommunication’s
New Task Forces on 6G

Department of Telecommunication has formed six new task forces on ANS - E

6G.
• Purpose - to explore the feasibility of rolling out 6G in India,
including the research on India's competencies, and pre-
standardisation activities.
• Committees –
o 1st – Task-force on Multi-Platform for Next Generation Networks
– Chaired by Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director of IIT-Chennai)
o 2nd - Task force on Spectrum Policy – Chaired by Abhay
Karandikar (Director, IIT-Kanpur)
 Department of Telecommunication’s
New Task Forces on 6G
o 3rd – Task force on Multi-Disciplinary Innovative Solutions and ANS - E
Devices – Chaired by Bharadwaj Amrutur (director of IISc Bangalore)
o 4th - Task force on Devices – Chaired by Kiran Kumar Kuchi
(Director, IIT-Hyderabad)
o 5th - Task force on Financing Research and Development – Chaired
by Ashok Kumar Tiwari (Member (Technology), Digital
Communications Commission)
o 6th - Task force on International Standards – Chaired by NG
Subramaniam (chairman of the Telecommunications Standards
Development Society, India)
Q.) Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill is being examined by a Parliamentary
Panel of 31 members. The Panel is being led by the senior BJP leader Vinay
Sahasrabuddhe. Name the only woman member present in this panel.

[a] Sushmita Dev

[b] Jaya Jaitley

[c] Aanchal Krishna

[d] Meenakshi Lekhi

[e] Nivedita Shukla Verma

 Parliamentary Panel on Prohibition of
Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill
Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill is being examined by a
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Parliamentary Panel of 31 members.
• Chair of the Panel –Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (senior BJP leader)
• Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev is the only woman in the 31-
member parliamentary panel.
• The bill aims to increase the age of marriage for women from 18 to
21 years.
Q.) Which of the following statement is correct about the National Air Sports Policy?

[a] It proposes a two-tier structure of governance for the air sports in India

[b] It proposes to ban the non-registered air sports sites

[c] It aims to make India a hub of air sports by 2025

[d] It aims to control and subsequently eliminate doping in the air sports industry

[e] It is prepared in collaboration with the Fédération Aéronaautique Internationale, world’s

governing body for air sports
 National Air Sports Policy

Ministry of Civil Aviation has released a draft National Air Sports Policy ANS - A
(NASP) to govern the air sports in India and make India one of the top
air sports nations by 2030.
• The policy will cover sports like aerobatics, aeromodelling, amateur-
built and experimental aircraft, ballooning, drones, gliding, hang
gliding, paragliding, micro-lighting, paramotoring, skydiving, and
vintage aircraft.
• Top air sports locations like Bir Billing in Himachal Pradesh,
Gangtok in Sikkim, Hadapsar in Maharashtra and Vagamon in Kerala
can be declared as “control zone” to ensure safety.
 National Air Sports Policy

• Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI) will be created under the ANS - A
Ministry of Civil Aviation as an autonomous body to regulate the air
sports in India.
o ASFI will represent India at international forum like Lausanne
(Switzerland)-headquartered Fédération Aéronaautique
Internationale (FAI) and other global platforms related to air
sports.
o AFSI will form associations for each air sport.
o It will be responsible for various aspects of air sports, including
regulation, certification, competitions, awards and penalties,
etc.
Q.) Where is the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University being developed?

[a] Chandigarh

[b] Lucknow

[c] Ropar

[d] Meerut

[e] Kanpur
 Major Dhyan Chand Sports
University
Foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University was laid in Uttar ANS - D

Pradesh's Meerut.
• The university is being established at Salawa and Kaili villages of
Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of about ₹700 Crore.
Q.) With which bank has Paisabazaar partnered for launching the Pre-Qualified Program for
unsecured loans on its platform?

[a] Axis Bank

[b] HDFC Bank

[c] ICICI Bank

[d] SBI

[e] Punjab National Bank

 Pre-Qualified Program for
Unsecured Loans
Paisabazaar has strengthened its partnership with Axis Bank by ANS - A

launching a Pre-Qualified Program for unsecured loans on its platform.

• The Pre-Qualified program on Paisabazaar.com enables select
customers to view customized and pre-qualified lending offers on
the fintech's platform.
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