‘Memorable Points J Oulond = Se ee Te Bee ale initia ar Sa ee) charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the ONGC, becoming the first woman to hold the top post at the ‘Maharatna company. Mittal replaces Subhash Kumar who superannuated on December 31, 2021. She will hold the post for six months or until a regular appointment forthe position is announced, whichever is earlier. Mittal took over as Director— HR of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in December 2018 and was also the first woman to hold the post ofa full- time director on the board of ONGC. oro has been appointed 3 Chalman and CEO of Raa Doard2 Vinay Kumar Tripathi ‘= Vinay Kumar Tripahi, the 1983 Batch of Indian Raway Service of Electrical Engineers was appoiited eet Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board as the Appointments Committe of the Cabinet (ACC) gave approval to his appointment to the top Indian Railway post on December 31, 2021. Prior to his elevation as the Chaieman and CEO of the Railway Board, he was the General Manager, North Eastern Railway. ‘Who has heen appointed as the nei ISO chief 2 2S. Somnath, ‘Eminent rocket scientist § Somnath was on January 12,290? appointed the next chairperson of the Indian Space RETA Organisation (SRO) andthe space secretary By Te cna goverment, succeeding Kalasavacvoo Svan'on his pos. Prior to becoming the 10th ISRO Chairman, Mr. Somnath was the director ofthe Vikramn Sarabhai Space Cente. He previously held the position of team leader for the Integration of the Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). He is a graduate in mechanical engineering fcom Kerala University, and completed his postgraduation in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, India's first cryptacurrency index has been launched named 1015, ‘Ceyptocurrency app CryptoWite in, 22 Jaunched India's frst eryptocurrency index called ICIS. This ise Will :measure and monitor the performance of 15 top widely traded cryptocurrencies that ae listed on erypto exchanges in the ‘world. The index ICIS is designed to increase the awareness and knowledge of cryptocurrencies among people as well as help in the blockchain ecosystem. Moreover, the Index includes a Governance Committee (IGC) that comprises leading domain experts, academicians and industry practitioners. The top 15 popular cryptocurrencies that are listed on crypto exchanges include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Chainlink, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Solana, Terra, Yr Avalanche, Polkadot, Uniswap, Dogecoin, and Shia Inu in index ICIS. 7 Phat was the theme of the National Youth Day this yeas: = "It’s all in the mind” ‘= The National Youth Day was obverved- ss woul on January 12,2022 to commemorate the birth SHIaSaHy OF Swami Mssaacada sor Be praiar piers aid oie REE chaondocs west ie pee Ue nana! a ey 2022 theme is “It's all in the mind." The government of India first delared to celebrate the National Youth Day in. 1984 to recognise and honour the teachings of Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was bor on January 12, 1863 in Kolkata. $F tt many Padon Awardshave been announced hs yeat 7 2128 awards ‘President Ram Nath Kavind on Jangary 25,2022 announced the 128 Padma awards, India’s prestigious ivan honours in the categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Dhushan and Padma Shr ahead ofthe Republic Day. The Awards are given in various disciplines /filds of activites, vfz—art, social work, public affairs, scence and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, erature and education, sports, vl service, etc. This year Padma Awards consisted of four Padma Vibhushan and 17 Padma Bhushan awards and rest of the Padma Shri Awards. Ths year 34 of the awardees are women ap andthe lit alo includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees ‘ ow many paxs distrits have besa announced toh ID AD ech? 13 districts ~The Andhra Pradesi government on January 25, 2022 announced the formation of 13 new districts from The existing district in Andhra Pradesh by delimitation of their boundaries “for better administration and development ofthe areas” YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government inthe state has formed the new 13 districts based on Parliamentary constituencies. [According to a notification, the reorganisation ofthe district is being done under the Section 3 ofthe Andhra Pradesh sopra ~ Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management and Professor Vinod Sharma © The Central government on January 23, 2022, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, announced the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (in the Institutional category) and Professor Vinod Sharma (in the Individual category) as the winners of the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 202 for the outstanding work in the disaster ‘management. The award carries a cash prize of @ 51 lakh and a certificate in case of an institution and ® 5 lakh and a certificate in case of an individual. Established in 2012, the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) has been ‘working to enhance the disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity of Gujarat. Professor Vinod Sharma is a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration and Vice-Chairman of the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority. Which Indian sportspersan wise the World Games Athlete of the Year 202) honour? ARR Sreejesh Veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Kanuasy 31, 2023 won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year litle for his 2021 performances, becoming only the second Indian and first male player to got the award. Sreejesh piped PD/March/2022/45sport dlimber Alberto Gins Lopez of Spain and Italy's wushu player Michele Giordano to win the award as Sreejesh garnered 1,27,647 votes in his support being almost twice as many as Lopez vote count. In 2020, Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal became the first Indian to win the honour for her 2019 show. hho has beepanpointed the ness Chiat Economist of ME? iere Olivier Gourinchas ren The ISeatonal Horsary Fund (MF) on Jansane i 2022 appointed French-born University of Caltooae Bose bared economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its new chief economist, replacing Indian origin Gita Gopinath. Gourinchas joined the IMF on a part-time basis in January to conclude his prior teaching commitments at UC Berkeley. He will transition to a full-time position at IMF from April 1, this year. At present, he is faculty director of the Clausen Centre for International Business at UC Berkeley. ‘Who has been elected as the new President of European Parliament ? = Roberta Metsola © Centre-right lawmaker Roberta Metsola from Malta was elected the President of European Parliament on January 18, 2022 in Strasbourg, France, making her only the third woman to head the European Parliament. Ms. Metsola's predecessor, David Sassol, died at age 65 last week, and she was selected by an overwhelming majority over two other candidates, all ‘women, The European Parliament is the EU's lawmaking body, representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens. It is directly lected by EU voters every five years. Metsola, is a member ofthe biggest parliamentary bloc, the European People's Paty. © Xiomara Castro has been sivorn in asthe frst woman President of = Honduras ‘© Libre Party leader Xiomara Castro was sworn in on January 27, 2022 as the first woman president of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime-and poverty-stricken nation into a “socialist and democratic state.” The oath was administered before Judge Karla Romero, flanked by Castro's choice of Congress president, Luis Redondo. Castro's election last November brought an end to 12 years of right-wing National Party (PN) rule that followed the ousting of her president husband ‘Manuel Zelaya in a 2009 coup. Which Agi ts ice deomed as artificial sun? =China ina successfully tested its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) device, its artifical sun in January the EAST device set a new record after it ran at 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds. For 20 seconds, EAST ‘also achieved a peak temperature of 160 million degrees Celsius, which is many times hotter than the sun. The experiment ‘was conducted at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), in Hefei. It is designed to replicate the nuclear fusion process that occurs naturally in the sun and stars to provide almost infinite clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion, which is often dubbed the “artificial sun.” Y wcrc 1 intr) child marriage illegal? Srhiliegingy id marriage was declared illegal in the Philippines on January 6, 2022 by a law signed by Philippines President Rodrigo Daterte as the law banning the practice took effect in a country where One in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18. ‘The law banning child marriage in Philippines stipulates that marrying or cohabiting with anybody under the age of 18, years can result in up to a 12-years prison sentence. The same punishment will also apply to those who will organize or Solemnize the underage unions. The Philippines has the 12th highest number of child marriages in the world, according to Brian ted ight gp an nana Philipines signed adfence dels buy Babes isle syst fen tnd for TRE PRTpines signed » defence Sea TO DUT THEE Has TSE rom nda asthe Bras AEP Peake Limited (BAPL) signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines on January 28, 2002 for supply of Shore Based AntiShip Missle System to Philippines, The dalle worth nearly 375 millon, MTT 7 frst significant defence export. The missiles are manufactured by Barhmos Aerospace in India. The BrahMos missle has been developed jointly by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mesomeyenga of ressios estes aco t spot on the Global Corruption Peeepions index 2021 asthe least corrupt counties? ee a Berman, tan and New Zealand i ie a a ic tik ae ie aca CEE fou oo Corruption Peeeptions Index 2021 released bythe Transparency International on January 28,2022, The inde, which onks {00 cunts and tetas by their preted levels of pubic recta errupGors eaprdng exper end businesspeople ieee scale of esl oheac lait iy cnet sad WUE very eas, Coon Gases ws h-deedine oe ocregh Soom? aaron Il) courtses in the let. Indirs nclnproved by one pace 8 n201 fom sth in 2D, acorn he nde Lr team clinched Women’s Asia Cup Hockey title this year ? Japan © Japan emerged champion of ihe Women Asta Cap Fock “up Hockey title 2022 as it prove cre bgih Hen ti in the final of Tanuary 28,2022 in Muscat Jt is Japan's third Women’s Asia Cup Hockey title as it had won in 2007 and 2013 before this ‘one in 2022. Japanese captain Yuri Nagai, Kanon Mori and Kaho Tanaka (two goals) scored goals for the champion side in ie aol acs Crt Epes os is tuscan ip cane tl ees te, tap lr caren Tele rot China 2 to win the bronze medal Al the Adan Cup semifinalists eared an automatic pot nthe 2023 Wold Cup tobe Lr co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Accordingly, Japan, Korea, China and India will be playing in 2023 event. ho emerged champion of the Australian Open Men's sings ile 20222 Bate Nada ‘Sixth seed Rafael Nadal from Spain emerged champion of the Australian Open 2022 Men's Singles Se oecond seeded Danil Medvedev fom Rusia in five sta tlt (2 67 ©7) 64 64,75} om January 3,202 atthe Red Laver ‘Arena, Melbourne. Its Nadal's second Grand slam ttl in Australia as his ist one came in 208. It was Nadal's record 2Ist “Tennis Grand Slam Singles ile as he edged past Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic each on 20 Grand Slam victories, With this title triumph, Nadal also became only the fourth man to win each of the four Grand Slams twice. Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian to win her home Grand Slam in 4A years as she defeated Danielle Collins from the USA 6.3, 7-6 (7/2) n the Australian Open 2022 women's Singles final cad PD/March/2022/46