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Current Affairs is a very vast and dynamic topic. Sometimes we need proper analysis as well. Apart from understanding the concept, it requires memorizing the facts and figures. The facts and figures are constantly changing, and all the aspirants need to keep themselves updated. We get almost 50 different news to read every day, and remembering all the current news of the past 6-8 months is not an easy nut to crack. And to make easy for you, ICD Kollam is here with Monthly Current Affairs of January 2022.

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BANKING AND FINANCIAL AWARENESS

RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for commencing international (Cross Border) remittance business under the Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS).
RBI has retained SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
Airtel Payments Bank has been categorised as a scheduled bank by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the second schedule of the RBI ACT 1934
SBI Cards and Payment Services has tied up with Paytm for card tokenisation to protect the data of the cardholders.
SBI General Insurance launched ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ campaign
Tech Mahindra has approved a proposal for the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Allyis India and Green Investments, for a total consideration of up to USD 125 million.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has inaugurated Digi Zone, at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, as part of its effort to enhance its digital footprint.
State-owned power generation company NTPC Ltd. is set to acquire a 5 per cent equity stake in Power Exchange of India Ltd (PXIL).
RBL Bank & Google – agreement to advance next-generation customer experience
RBI – appointed Deepak Kumar and Ajay Kumar Choudhary as new executive directors (ED).
LazyPay & SBM Bank – Partnership India to Launch LazyCard
NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) – introduced a functionality called ‘Unified Presentment Management System’ (UPMS).
Tata Group has chosen SBI, Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank as preferred bankers for Air India.
Airtel Payments Bank and Park+ have collaborated to offer FASTag-based smart parking solutions to marquee commercial and residential properties
Axis Bank & MinkasuPay – Partnership for biometric-based banking payments
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Reliance Jio – announced that UPI AUTOPAY has now been introduced for the telecom industry with Jio.
Govt of India notified amalgamation of PMC Bank with Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd
Paytm Money launches India’s 1st intelligent messenger called ‘Pops’
City Union Bank launched fitness watch debit card in tie-up with GOQii (smart-tech-enabled preventive healthcare platform)
SEBI launches Saa₹thi mobile app on investor education
MobiKwik and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech companies launched ‘ClickPay’ – in collaboration with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL).

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NATIONAL NEWS

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched a 100-day reading campaign Padhe Bharat.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut.
UP’s Jhansi Railway Station renamed as ‘Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)
Himachal Pradesh – 1st LPG enabled & smoke free state of the country
Power and new and renewable energy minister, Raj Kumar Singh has dedicated Automatic Generation Control (AGC) to the nation.
Odisha’s Ganjam – declared itself a child marriage free district, the first in the State.
Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan has launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0)
Kerala High Court – India’s first paperless court.
India’s 1^st innovation centre for graphene – set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK) in Thrissur
Himachal Pradesh CM launched Apna Kangra app – to provide a hassle-free experience for tourists
Lok Sabha secretariat launched the official mobile application of the Parliament named Digital Sansad App
Govt of India & Govt of Israel – Partnership to create 150 Villages of Excellence in 12 States
NHEV (National Highway for Electric Vehicle) has inaugurated India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Gurgaon, Haryana.
Indian Navy and Russian Navy conducts PASSEX Exercise in Arabian Sea.
CryptoWire, a global crypto super app (business unit of TickerPlant) – launched India’s first index of Cryptocurrencies – IC15
Karnataka became India’s 1^st state to launch AVGC Center of Excellence
Social media giant Meta & Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) – Partnership to support five lakh women-led small businesses across India.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Shanghai has opened two new metro lines, upholding its rank as the city with the largest Metro network in the world.
China – announced a five-year roadmap to achieve its goal of becoming a global robotics innovation hub by the year 2025.
Poet Maya Angelou becomes the 1st black woman to appear on US coin
Prime Minister of Sudan – Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation
Japan and Australia signed a landmark defence agreement that allows closer cooperation between their militaries and stands
Russian, Chinese and Iranian navies undertook naval exercises CHIRU-2Q22 in the Gulf of Oman.
Oxford University Press declares ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021
Russia successfully test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and other two missiles from a submarine.
Scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than Omicron.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla won $1 million Genesis Prize for COVID-19 vaccine
Danish Siddiqui – Mumbai Press Club’s RedInk Award 2020
Forensic Science Laboratory – SKOCH award for combating crime against children
Zishaan A Latif – Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo journalism
Ratan Tata -Asom Baibhav Award
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe – Netaji Award 2022
Harshaali Malhotra (Actress) – 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu) – TX2 award
Navdeep Kaur (India) – Best National Costume award at Mrs World 2022 pageant
Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organization – International Craft Award 2021
Satish Adiga – ICMR national award Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award
Global Private Banking Awards 2021 -Best Private Bank’ in India – HDFC Bank
Uttar Pradesh won National Water Awards for the year 2020
Olympian Neeraj Chopra – Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Chennai International Airport – 8th in Global List for On-Time Performance

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BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India – Dhirendra Jha
Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and Leadership – Arundhati Bhattacharya
A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence – Ruskin Bond
Fearless Governance – Kiran Bedi
Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist – Chandrachur Ghose
The $10 Trillion Dream – Subhash Garg

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SPORTS

India won under-19 Asia cricket Cup.
Rafael Nadal won 2022 Melbourne Summer Set tennis tournament
Rafael Nadal won Record 21st Grand Slam Title
South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock – announced his retirement from Test cricket
PV Sindhu won title at Syed Modi badminton 2022
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed that Tata group has replaced Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
Unnati Hooda (14 yrs old)– youngest Indian to win Super 100 event (Badminton) at Odisha Open 2022
Ross Taylor (NewZealand) announces retirement from international cricket
India-born New Zealand cricketer Ajaz Patel won the ICC Player of the Month award
Gael Monfils(France) Won 2022 Adelaide International 1 tennis tournament
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) – won World Rapid Chess Championship 2021
Rafael Nadal (Spain) – won the Men’s Singles title at the Australian Open 2022.

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APPOINTMENTS

Vinay Kumar Tripathi – Chairman and CEO of Railway Board
Baldev Prakash – MD & CEO of J&K Bank
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas – IMF’s Chief Economist
S Somanath (Rocket scientist) – ISRO chief
Narendra Kumar Goenka – new chairman of AEPC
Justice Ayesha Malik – Pakistan’s 1^st woman Supreme Court judge
Urjit Patel – Vice President of AIIB
Neeraj Chopra – Brand ambassador of GoodDot
Shersingh B Khyalia – CEO of Adani Power
Alka Mittal – 1st women head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
VS Pathania – Director-General of Indian Coast Guard.
Atul Keshap – President of US-India Business Council
Dileep Sanghani – new Chairman of IFFCO
Vinod Kannan – CEO of Vistara airline
Vijay Shekhar Sharma – Ambassador of Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG)
Pushp Kumar Joshi – chairman and MD of HPCL
Roberta Metsola – president of the European Union’s parliament
Mia Motley – PM of Barbados
Vikram Dev Dutt – new CMD of Air India
Dr V Anantha Nageswaran – new Chief Economic Adviser
Ittira Davis – MD & CEO of Ujjivan SFB
Chanchal Kumar – new MD of NHIDCL
RajKummar Rao – brand ambassador of RenewBuy
G Asok Kumar – DG of National Mission for Clean Ganga
Raghuvendra Tanwar – chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)

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IMPORTANT DAYS

Jan 1 –DRDO Celebrates 64th Foundation Day
Jan 4 – World Braille Day
Jan 6 – World Day of War Orphans
Jan 9 – Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
Jan 10 – World Hindi Day
Jan 11- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Jan 12 – National Youth Day
Jan 14 – Armed Forces Veterans Day
Jan 24 – National Girl Child Day
Jan 24 – International Day of Education
Jan 26 –International Customs Day
Jan 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan 28 – 16th edition of Data Protection Day. (Data Privacy Day)
Jan 30 – World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
Jan 30 – World Leprosy Day 2022

OBITUARIES

Vijay Galani – Bollywood film producer
Viktor Saneyev – The Olympic triple jump 3-time gold medalist and former world record holder
Kenyan politician, conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey
Marilyn Bergman – Oscar and Grammy-winning lyricist
Sindhutai Sapkal – Social worker (Mother of Orphans)
David Sassoli – European Parliament President
Anil Awachat -Veteran Marathi author and social activist
Neil Nongkynrih– Shillong Chamber Choir founder
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji – Educationist/social leader
Sidney Poitier – 1^st black man to win Best Actor Oscar
Charanjit Singh – Former Indian Hockey Team Captain
Deon Lendore – Olympic medal-winning Athlete

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