Current Affairs - January 12, 2022 Current Affairs

The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station in the Narmada district of Gujarat, as Ekta Nagar railway station.

The young Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship.

Ministry of External Affairs has signed an agreement with TCS for the second phase of the Passport Seva programme.

Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.

Legends League Cricket hired Jhulan Goswami LLC to promote women's empowerment initiatives and all women matches to increase women's participation in cricket.

The Government of India has recently extended the tenure of the Interim Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Navrang Saini for 3 months till March 05, 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced to celebrate "Veer Bal Diwas" on 26th December every year from 2022.

World number six Rafael Nadal has won the men's singles tennis title at 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1.

Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Sainik School in Mainpuri after the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash recently.

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as Vice President of the multilateral funding institution Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for three years.

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is recognized annually in the United States on January 11.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu through video conferencing.

Dr. Satish Adiga, Professor, Department of Clinical Embryology at Kasturba Medical College has been selected for the National Award by ICMR.

The Power of the Dog has won the Golden Globe 2022 Best film in the Motion pictures (drama) category.

Tata Sons emeritus Chairman, veteran industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata's authorized biography titled 'Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized Biography' is set to hit the stands in November 2022.

The finance ministry, Deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts have been crossed more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore till December 2021.

Reliance Industries Limited has announced the acquisition of a 73.37 per cent stake in premium luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental New York.

Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh Ji has inaugurated the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University.

French tennis player Gael Monfils beat Russia's Karen Khachanov in the men's single event of the 2022 Adelaide International 1 to claim the 11th ATP title of his career. And In the women’s category, World number one Australian star Ashleigh Barty beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to win her second Adelaide International title.

Losoong/Namsung: This festival is normally observed in the first week of the 11th month of the Lunar Year. The Bhutias call it 'Losoong' and the Lepchas call it 'Namsung' which means a new year celebration. The festival marks the end of the harvest season and also marks the end of the farmers year.