Current Affairs - January 2, 2022 Current Affairs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for hydroelectric projects worth Rs 11000 crore and the "Sawara-Kuddu Hydroelectric Project" in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

ITBP director general Sanjay Arora will hold the additional charge of another border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) as the latter's chief Kumar Rajesh Chandra is set to retire.

Bollywood actors Vijay Raaz & Varun Sharma have been named as brand ambassadors for EaseMyTrip.

China has started the world's longest metro line in Shanghai province.

IIT Madras has again emerged as the best institute under the "CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance" category in the ARIIA 2021 list, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.

The central government recently released the 19th instalment of electoral bonds before the assembly elections in 5 states (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Goa).

The Government of Karnataka has launched the NPCI and Has partnered with SBI.

Sahitya Akademi has selected Daya Prakash Sinha for Hindi for Sahitya Akademi Award 2021.

India will be chairing the Counterterrorism Committee in January 2022 at United Nations Security Council.

Ratings and research firm Icra has estimated that India's economy will grow at 9% in FY22 and FY23 amid the uncertainty triggered by the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

The All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on poultry breeding, Mannuthy, under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021.

State Bank of India will acquire up to 9.95 per cent stake in India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) Ltd subject to a maximum investment of Rs 34.03 crore.

Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited board of directors has re-appointed Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan (PN) as the MD & CEO for three years.

The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), in Military Headquarters Of War (Mhow), Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore in Haldwani city of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand.

Russia has launched its first in the series Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker known as 'Sibir', which will support the growing fleet of icebreakers to keep the Northern Sea Route open for year-round shipping through the Arctic and enable a wider presence of India in the arctic region.

The initial construct and production process of the vaccine antigen was developed at TCH's Centre for Vaccine Development. V. G. Somani :- Drugs Controller General of India.

VS Pathania has assumed the charge as the Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on December 2021.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority informed that about 126 tigers have died in India in the year 2021.