Current Affairs - January 15, 2022 Current Affairs

The GDP growth forecast of India in fiscal FY2022 is estimated to grow at 6.5 per cent as per the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2022 report.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra informed that the state government will bring a law to regulate online games after an 11-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself due to his addiction to an online game.

The Philippines has accepted the proposal of the Indian BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited worth USD 375 million to supply shore-based anti-ship missile systems for the Indian Navy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with startups on January 15, 2022.

India's forest and tree cover rose by 2,261 square kilometres in ISFR 2021 as compared to the assessment of 2019.

The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Ittira Davis as MD & CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank for one year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges and a new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.

In India, the Armed Forces Veterans Day is observed each year on 14 January since 2017.

The top five states in terms of increase in forest cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km), Telangana (632 sq km), Odisha (537 sq km), Karnataka (155 sq km) and Jharkhand (110 sq km).

India's first heli-hub with all aviation facilities is proposed to be built at Gurugram in Haryana. This was announced by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, has been stripped of all his military and royal titles.

Sri Lanka tops the ICC World Test Championship points table 2021-23 with 24 points, followed by Australia at the second and Pakistan at the fourth place.

Indian Poet and Diplomat Abhay K has found that the 'Ibonia' of Madagascar resembles the Indian epic 'Ramayana' in its grand plot.

On a calendar year basis UN has projected India's GDP at 6.7 per cent for 2022.

Arundhati Bhattacharya, the former chair of the State Bank of India (SBI), has come out with her new book titled "Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership".

Senior rocket scientist S. Somanath has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary, Department of Space.

Posco and Adani intend to utilise renewable energy resources and green hydrogen. South Korean steel major Posco and Adani Group have signed agreement to set up an environment-friendly Integrated Steel Mill at Mundra, Gujarat with an investment of $5 billion, besides exploring other business opportunities.

Kochi has become India's first city to have a water metro project after the first in a series of battery-powered electric boats were launched in the city.

ICC World Test Championship Points Table 2021-2023: World Test Championship: India has slipped to the 5th spot on the ICC World Test Championship points table 2021-23.

Kamal Khan, veteran NDTV Journalist and a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award passed away, at the age of 61 after suffering a heart attack.