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TABLE OF CONTENT
BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ........................................................................................................................ 8
CURRENT RATES ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE ........................................................................................................... 8
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION .............................................................................................................................. 8
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE ................................................................................................................................. 9
RBI IN NEWS ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE ........................................... 11
SBI IN NEWS .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS ................................................................................................... 11
INSURANCE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 12
APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED .................................................................................................................................... 13
MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS ........................................................................................................... 13
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS ............................................................................................................. 13
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING ............................................................................................................................... 14
FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD .......................................................................................................................................... 14
FIRST IN INDIA ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
TARGET ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
NATIONAL AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................................................... 16
CABINET APPROVALS ............................................................................................................................................. 16
BILL /Acts/Policy/Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 17
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 17
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC SURVEY ........................................................................................................................ 17
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ...................................................................................................................... 17
STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ........................................................................................................................... 17
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 17
STATEWISE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 18
RAILWAY NEWS ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
CAMPAIGN................................................................................................................................................................. 19
COMMEMORATIVE NAME ...................................................................................................................................... 19
FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................................................................... 20
STATIC GK ................................................................................................................................................................. 20
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................... 20
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST ................................................................................................................................ 20
VISIT............................................................................................................................................................................... 20

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VISIT TO INDIA......................................................................................................................................................... 20
FOREIGN VISIT ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE.......................................................................................................................... 21
SUMMITS ................................................................................................................................................................... 21
CONFERENCE ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
EVENTS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
COMMITTEES & MEETING .......................................................................................................................................... 22
COMMITTEES FORMED........................................................................................................................................... 22
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM .......................................................................................................... 22
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 23
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY ............................................................................................................................ 23
MOU’S WITH STATE ............................................................................................................................................... 23
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 23
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 24
INDIA’S RANK ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
STATE/CITY WISE RANKING ............................................................................................................................ 25
ORGANIZATION RANKING ................................................................................................................................. 25
INDIVIDUAL RANKING ........................................................................................................................................ 25
REPORT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS ...................................................................................................................................... 26
APPOINTMENTS....................................................................................................................................................... 26
NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
INTERNATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................. 28
BRAND AMBASSADOR ........................................................................................................................................ 28
RESIGNATION ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 29
AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................................... 29
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES ....................................................................................... 31
AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC ............................................................................... 32
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY .............................................. 32
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY ..................................................................... 32
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART ........................................................................................ 32
OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED .......................................................................................................................... 33
RECOGNITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 33
WORD OF THE YEAR ........................................................................................................................................... 33
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG ................................................................................................................ 34

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ECONOMY &BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................................ 34
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS ....................................................................................................................................... 35
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 36
APP & WEB PORTAL ............................................................................................................................................... 36
SATELLITES .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................ 37
NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION ............................................................................................................................ 37
OTHERS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 37
ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 37
DEFENCE........................................................................................................................................................................ 38
EXERCISES ................................................................................................................................................................. 38
MISSILES .................................................................................................................................................................... 38
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION ............................................................................................................................. 39
IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s ................................................................................................................................. 39
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS ............................................................................................................................ 39
SPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS .................................................................................................................................. 39
RETIREMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
TENNIS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 40
CRICKET .................................................................................................................................................................... 41
FOOTBALL ................................................................................................................................................................. 41
BADMINTON ............................................................................................................................................................. 41
SHOOTING ................................................................................................................................................................. 42
BOXING ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42
CHESS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 42
RANKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 42
OTHER SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 44
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS.................................................................................................................................. 45
BOOKS & AUTHORS ..................................................................................................................................................... 46
OBITUARY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47
NATIONAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 47
INTERNATIONAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 48
IMPORTANT DAYS ....................................................................................................................................................... 48

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BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS
CURRENT RATES
Policy rates Bi-monthly Monetary Policy
December 2021 (FY22)
Repo Rate 4.0%
Reverse Repo Rate 3.35%
Marginal Standing Facility 4.25%
(MSF)
Bank Rate 4.25%
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 3%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 18.00%
(SLR)
* Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held 6 times for a financial year as per RBI rules
SMALL SAVING SCHEMES INTEREST RATE

Minister of Finance under GOI revised the interest rate for the fourth quarter (January 2022-March 2022) of
the FY21-22 on small saving schemes. It will be revised three months once.
Instruments Rate of interest Compounding
(from January Frequency*
2022 to March
2022)
Post Office Savings Account 4.0% Annually
1 Year Time Deposit 5.5% Quarterly
5 Year Recurring Deposit Scheme 5.8 % Quarterly
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 7.4% Quarterly and
Paid
Monthly Income Account 6.6% Monthly and paid
National Savings Certificate (VIII 6.8% Annually
Issue)
Public Provident Fund Scheme 7.1% Annually
Kisan Vikas Patra 6.9 %(will mature Annually
in 124 months)
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 7.6% Annually
Scheme
INDIA’S GROWTH PREDICTION

Organization Year Predictions & Points to be Noted
January 2022
National Statistical Office (NSO) FY22 India’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth rate stood at 9.2%
in FY22 as compared to the
contraction of 7.3% (-7.3%) in
2020-21
SBI Ecowrap FY22 India’s GDP growth in FY22 was
estimated to be revised to around
9.5 percent
Citibank FY22 It revised India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9% from 9.8% earlier

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India Ratings FY22 It estimated India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.3% from 9.4%earlier
ICICI Bank FY22 It projected India’s GDP projection
for FY22 at 9.6% from 9.8% earlier
World Bank FY22, FY23 As per the report of World Bank’s
(WB) Global Economic Prospects,
India’s GDP growth is projected at
8.3% in 2021, 8.7% in 2022, and
6.8% in 2023 and it also projected
sharp decline in global growth
from 5.5% in 2021 to 4.1% in
2022 and 3.2% in 2023.
UBS Securities FY22 It revised India’s growth forecast
for the current financial year
(FY22) downwards to 9.1 percent
from 9.5 percent.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social FY22, FY23 As per the report by World
Affairs (UN DESA) Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) 2022, India’s Growth of
world output and Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) is projected 6.7% in
2022 and 6.1% in 2023 as
compared to 9% in 2021.
It lowered the global economic
growth projections to 4% in 2022
and 3.5% in 2023.
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) FY23 It estimated India’s real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth in
FY23 at 7.6 percent.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) FY22 It has downgraded India’s
economic growth forecast to 9%
for FY22 (ending on March 31,
2022) from 9.5% projected in
October 2021.
Global Growth is expected to
moderate from 5.9% in 2021 to
4.4% in 2022.
FIRST IN FINANCIAL SERVICE

JANUARY 2022
 Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited (NAM India), the asset manager of Nippon India
Mutual Fund (NIMF) launched India’s first Auto Exchange Traded Fund(ETF) named “Nippon India
Nifty Auto Exchange Traded Fund.
 India’s 1st index of cryptocurrencies named ‘IC15’ was launched by CryptoWire to empower
knowledge on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
 Torus Kling Blockchain IFSC signed a MoU with India INX to launch the first Bitcoin and Ethereum
Futures exchange traded funds (ETFs) in India.
 Pencilton in partnership with Transcorp has launched PencilCard, India’s 1st debit card with
National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for teens.
 Paytm Money has launched India’s first intelligent messenger named ‘’Pop’’ to provide instant
updates to track users’ investments in the stock market.
RBI IN NEWS
January 2022
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on considering the present liquidity position of Deccan Urban Co-operative
Bank Ltd., has imposed a withdrawal cap of Rs 1,000 on the customers of the bank.

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 RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for commencing international remittance business under the Money
Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS).
 India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) was USD 9.6 billion or 1.3% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in
accordance with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Balance of Payments (BoP) data for July-September 2021
(Q2FY22).
 RBI issued a framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode to push digital
transactions in rural and semi-urban areas with total limit of offline payment transaction Rs 2,000 at any
point in time and upper limit is at Rs 200.
 RBI granted second schedule payment bank status to Airtel Payments Bank under RBI Act, 1934 and
became the 4th Payment Bank to receive this status.
 RBI introduced the market-making scheme to promote retail participation in Government Securities (G-
Secs) by providing prices/quotes to Retail Direct Gilt Account Holders (RDGAHs) enabling them to buy/sell
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 RBI announced that State Bank of India (SBI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India(ICICI)
and Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited(HDFC) banks will continue to be identified as
Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
 RBI released the eligibility criteria for entities to be categorised as ‘Specified User’ of Credit
Information Companies (CICs) under clause (j) of Regulation 3 of the CICs (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
 RBI increased the threshold limit for Banks to maintain the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on
deposits and other ‘extension of funds’ received from non-financial small business customers from Rs 5
crore to Rs 7.5 crore.
 RBI sets up a separate internal department for fintech (Financial technology) by subsuming the
fintech division of DPSS (department of payment and settlement systems), Central Office (CO). to facilitate
innovation headed by Ajay Kumar Choudhary.
 RBI extended the validity of its directions by 4 months for Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank Niyamitha,
Bengaluru (Karnataka) i.e. till May 10, 2022.
 RBI released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for 2020-21(July 1, 2020, to March 31,
2021), stated that the volume of complaints received under all the 3 Ombudsman Schemes increased by
22.27% on an annualized basis and stood at 3,03,107. Click chere
 RBI released the RBI – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) for September 2021 and it states that the
digital payments increased by 39.64 percent to 304.06 as against 217.74 in September 2020.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permits all existing non-deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Company-
Investment and Credit Companies (NBFC-ICCs) with asset size of Rs 1,000 crore and above to undertake
factoring business.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted an Overnight variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction for
Rs 50,000 crore under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) to infuse liquidity On January 20, 2022. Click here
 On 24th January 2022, RBI offered overnight liquidity to the banking system of India with Rs 75,000
crore against banks bid of around Rs 1.37 lakh crore through variable rate repo (VRR) auction under
liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF).
 RBI announced the Government of India’s approval for the amalgamation of the Punjab and
Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) with Unity Small Finance Bank limited (USFBL), the 12th
SFB of India.
 RBI imposed several restrictions on Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Limited, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh including a cap of Rs 1 lakh on withdrawals.
Bank License Cancellation

January 2022
 RBI cancelled authorisation certificates of two payment system operators- Muthoot Vehicle &
Asset Finance, and Eko India Financial Services for non-compliance with regulatory requirements

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CABINET APPROVAL / BILL /ACTS PASSED FOR BANKS/FINANCIAL SERVICE
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SBI IN NEWS
JANUARY 2022
 SBI (State Bank of India) Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBICPSL) collaborated with
Paytm to enable their cardholders to tokenize their cards on devices and make payments through
Paytm.
 State Bank of India (SBI) listed its 1st USD 300 million Formosa bonds on India International
Exchange IFSC (India INX) and it became the first Indian entity to raise money through Formosa Bond.
OTHER BANK/FINANCIAL SERVICES IN NEWS

JANUARY 2022
 Due to the ahead of assembly elections in five states such as Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh and Goa, the Government approved the issuance of the 19th tranche of electoral
bonds with 15 days validity through SBI bank which is the only authorised bank to issue the
electoral bonds.
 NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) launched a Unified Presentment Management System
(UPMS) that enable users to set up standing instructions on their recurring bill payments across all
modes of digital payments.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) & Reliance Jio collaborated to announce the
introduction of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) Autopay for the telecom industry
 .National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) sets standardized limits for cash withdrawals
and mini statements on Aadhaar enabled Payments Systems (AePS) transactions,
 To implement a maximum limit of five approved cash withdrawal transactions per customer
per terminal per day and the cash withdrawal from micro ATMs of AePS has a limit of Rs 10,000
per transaction.
 UCO Bank in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the
‘UCO Bank RuPay Select Contactless Debit Card’ with a host of benefits for its premium/HNI (High
Networth Individuals) customers.
 Paisabazaar.com partnered with Axis Bank to launch a pre-qualified program for unsecured loans on
its platform
 Axis Bank partnered with MinkasuPay to offer a biometric authentication solution for net banking
payments in merchant apps using Fingerprint or Face ID.
 Airtel Payments Bank & Park+ collaborated to offer FASTag-based smart parking solutions to
marquee commercial and residential properties across India.
 Marwadi Financial Services joined hands with NSDL Payments Bank to offer 3-in-1 savings bank
account with features of savings, demat & trading accounts to boost its customer experience.
 RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to improve the bank’s customer experience
strategy through the digital platform, Abacus 2.0.
 Edelweiss Financial Services and ECL Finance signed a co-lending agreement with Indian Bank to
expand services under priority sector lending (PSL)
 LazyPay announced its partnership with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid payment
instrument backed by a credit line that works on the Visa payment network.
 Federal Bank launched an online lending platform federalinstaloans.com, to ease credit approvals
of up to Rs 50 lakh for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a partnership
agreement with Arthimpact Digital Loans (ARTH) to provide end-to-end fintech (financial
technology) solutions to support self help groups (SHGs).
 National Stock Exchange (NSE) has received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) to launch derivatives on Nifty Midcap Select Index.
 Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) Ventures Limited received approval from Securities
and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) for setting up Accreditation Agency for a period of 3 years with
effect from 1st February 2022.
 Yes Mutual Fund renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund after completing the acquisition of
mutual fund business of Yes Bank by White Oak Capital group.

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 ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) signed an agreement with First Trust Advisors,
an US-based company to launch a global Fund of Funds (FoF).
 Indifi Technologies joined hands with Alphabet’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface)-based payment
app, Google Pay (GPay), to offer instant loans to eligible small merchants on the GPay platform.
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) amended the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings)
Regulations, 2018, called the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and has
reduced the timeline for filing settlement applications to just 60 days from the current 180 days to
make the system more efficient.
 Snapdeal partnered with Bank of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited & National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a co-branded contactless RuPay credit card.
 Lendingkart announced a co-lending partnership with Canara Bank to provide low-cost business
loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
 MobiKwik partnered with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) to launch ‘ClickPay’ service to its
customers.
 Federal Bank and Equirus Wealth in collaboration with SCUBE Capital have launched a ‘US dollar
offshore fund’ for their customers.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched ‘Platina Fixed Deposit’ (FD), offering interest of 15 basis
points (bps) higher than the regular term deposit rates provided by Ujjivan SFB.
 Fullerton India and One97 Communications, parent company of Paytm, have joined hands to
provide lending products to merchant partners and consumers.
 Hitachi Payment Services partnered with Indipaisa to develop a new Fintech platform for India’s 63
million Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
 City Union Bank (CUB) in association with GOQii has launched CUB Easy Pay Debit Card in a Fitness
Watch powered by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
 Lendingkart Technologies Private Limited partnered with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to co-lend
business loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) at low rates.
 India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Venture Capital (VC) Fund of worth $150 million from the
India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai, UAE was launched by Chairman of Startup Committee of FICCI
(Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) & HCL founder, Dr Ajai Chowdhry.
 Alphaniti partnered with IIFL Securities to allow investors to invest and trade in stock offerings.
 Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) set up new Bank Note
Printing Lines at Currency Note Press (CNP), Nashik in Maharashtra; and Bank Note Press (BNP),
Dewas in Madhya Pradesh as a part of its modernization initiatives.
INSURANCE NEWS
JANUARY 2022
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and New India
Assurance continued to be identified by Insurance Regulator and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22.
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India inaugurated “Digi Zone”, at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai,
Maharashtra to enhance its digital footprint.
 SBI General Insurance Company Ltd launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ to
increase awareness around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) decided to set up two hubs,
motor insurance at ‘Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM) & property insurance at
‘National Insurance Academy (NIA)’ to promote loss prevention measures in the general insurance
industry.
 IRDAI issued the following guidelines to regulate and develop Surety Insurance business named ‘IRDAI
(Surety Insurance Contracts) Guidelines, 2022’ with effect from 1st April 2022.
 Max Life Insurance Company Limited (Max Life) partnered with Policybazaar.com to offer its
‘Max Life Smart Secure Plus Plan’ on Policybazaar platform as an independent Insurance cover to
homemakers.
 FAARMS partners with Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. (RGICL), introduced customised
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APP’s/PORTAL LAUNCHED
APP Name Launched by Key Points
JANUARY 2022
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MOU’S/AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY BANKS

Banks/Insurance firm Signed With Key Points
JANUARY 2022
AIC STPINEXT Initiatives HDFC Bank & Excelpoint To enhance the tech startup ecosystem in India
(STPINEXT) Systems India Pvt. Ltd
Karnataka Vikas Mecwin Technologies To introduce farmer-friendly solar-powered

Grameena (KVG) Bank (Tech) Ltd pump-sets using bank finance
Kotak Mahindra Bank Gujarat International To improve customer’s overall financial services
Limited (KMBL) Finance Tec-city – Special offerings
Economic Zone (GIFT SEZ)
Limited
NPCI International TerraPay To enable real-time, International Payments.
Payments Limited (NIPL)
LOANS/FUNDS SANCTIONED BY BANKS

Loan issued by Received by Amount Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Export-Import Maldives USD 130 million Indian Exim Bank is set to support the
Bank of India construction of social housing units in Maldives,
(India Exim Bank) through its USD 130 million loan to Fahi
Dhiriulhan Corporation Limited.
Small Industries AU Small 650crore To support small-sized non-banking financial
Development Bank Finance Bank companies (NBFCs) and micro finance
of India (SIDBI) (AUSFB) and institutions (MFIs) and micro entrepreneurs.
Jana Small
Finance Bank
(JSFB)
India Sri Lanka USD 500 million It offered a USD 500 million Line of Credit (LOC)
to help Sri Lanka for purchase of petroleum
products as it is struggling with fuel and energy
crisis.
Reserve Bank of Sri Lanka US$ 900 million RBI extended over US$ 900 million loan facilities
India (RBI) to Sri Lanka, comprising Asian Clearing Union
(ACU) settlement of over USD 500 million and
currency Swap of USD 400 million.
Asian Asia USD 150 million To invest in the development of data centres that
Infrastructure mostly serve emerging Asia through the Keppel
Investment Bank Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II) managed by Alpha
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World Bank West Bengal USD 125 million To support its effort towards social protection
(WB) (around Rs 1,000 service access to the poor and vulnerable groups.
crore)
APPOINTMENTS IN BANKING
NATIONAL
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be Noted
JANUARY 2022
Matam Venkata Rao MD & CEO Central Bank of He replaces Pallav Mahaparta, the MD &
India CEO of Central Bank of India who retires on
28th February 2021.
RESIGNATION:
Name Resigned as Entity/Place Reason
JANUARY 2022
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FIRST IN INDIA & WORLD

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Men
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Women
 Captain Harpreet Chandi becomes 1st Woman of Colors to make a solo unsupported trek to the
earth’s South Pole.
STATEWISE/ORGANISATION/PROJECT/OTHERS
JANUARY 2022
 India’s first-ever cultural survey of its villages titled ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ to be conducted
under the partnership of Ministry of Culture and the Common Services Centres (CSC), a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY).
 Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) enabled and smoke
free Indian state attaining with the implementation of ’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
scheme and HP Government’s Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (GSY).
 India’s first & unique ‘Open Rock Museum’ at the campus of Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, Telangana was
inaugurated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh.
 The government of Haryana in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to establish
India’s first-ever Heli Hub in Gurugram, Harayana.
 Kochi (Kerala) become India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project after the launch of its first
boat namely ‘Muziris,’manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited.
 India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Sirora village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP) was
launched by Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
 India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant in the Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) launched by Union Minister for the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath
Pandey.
 Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala, declared Kumbalangi village (India’s first eco-friendly
tourist village) in the Ernakulam district of Kerala as the first-ever sanitary napkin-free village in India.
 India’s first Intelligent Chronic Disease Patients Habit Tracking System, Madhavbaug’s (Vaidya
Sane Ayurved Labs Ltd), Power MAP was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH).

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 Minister of state (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Jitendra
Singh, launched India’s 1st Climate Hazard & Vulnerability and also inaugurated 4 new Doppler
weather radars (DWR) on the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s 147th Foundation Day.
 The first of its kind Mobile Covid-19 testing facility, “Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory (I-LAB)” was
launched by Jitendra Singh and it was developed by AMTZ (Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone) with
support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
 India’s first AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) in
Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka was launched by C N Ashwath Narayan, Department of
Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of
Karnataka.
 India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre to be established in Kerala by Digital University Kerala
(DUK) in partnership with the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET).
 Brain Health Initiative a first-of-its-kind initiative in India undertaken by the National Institute of
Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in association with the National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI Aayog) was launched.
FIRST IN WORLD
India at First
JANUARY 2022
 Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh flagged-in India’s 1st Multidimensional Adventure Sports
Expedition conducted by the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France.
 Philippines became the 1st country to purchase $374.96 million BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
System from India for its navy.
 World’s Fastest AI (Artificial Intelligence) Supercomputer- AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) was
launched by Meta’s (erstwhile Facebook) CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Mark Zuckerberg to train
machine learning systems across company’s businesses.
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TARGET
2021
 India remains as Lower-Middle-Income Economy: World Bank Country Classifications by Income
Level 2020-2021.
2022
 Target – Housing for all by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) scheme by 2022.
 Government set target to achieve 75 lakh SHGs by the year 2022.
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 India’s Renewable Energy capacity in India is 136 GigaWatts (GW) & by 2022, the share is expected to
further increase to over 220 GW.
 NHPC to commission 2, 000 MW Hydropower project on Subansiri River by March 2022.
2023
 1st-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023.
 Indian Railways- to electrify all broad-gauge routes by December 2023.
 Maldives & Sri Lanka - 1st two countries in South-East Asia to eliminate Rubella and measles ahead of
2023 target: WHO.
 Total Installed Wind and Solar PV capacity will surpass natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.
2024
 MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be
Completed by 2022.
 Indian Railways- set a target to run entire railway network with 100% of electricity by 2024.

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2025
 Govt will achieve goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025.
 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2025 & Talcher coal gasification-based plant will be India’s first
coal gasification-based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending.
 Government aims to increase the public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
 Govt plans to double Milk processing capacity to 108 million MT by 2025.
 According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report, Renewables 2020 – Analysis and
Forecast to 2025, Renewable will overtake coal to become the largest source of electricity generation
worldwide in 2025 (one-third of world’s electricity supply).
 The debt platform is expected to raise enough resources to extend debt support of Rs.1,10,000 crore
to projects by 2025.
2027
 Indian Railways to launch 1st set of private trains by 2023, all 151 by 2027.
2030
 India aims to Achieve Zero Road Fatalities by 2030.
 India to have 60% Renewable Energy by 2030.
 Indian Railways Set to Meet All its Energy Need of Over 33 Billion Units by 2030.
 1 trillion trees will be conserved by 2030 by World Economic Forum (WEF) to combat climate change
through 1t.org.
 India’s Target – 450 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2030.
 According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), India is staring at 29 million skill deficit by
2030.
 India needs an Investment of USD 500 Billion to reach its target of 450 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable
Energy (RE) by 2030.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
CABINET APPROVALS
JANUARY 2022
 Cabinet approval on January 6, 2022
On January 6, 2022, Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved the
following proposals.
 Cabinet approves Intra-State Transmission System – Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II
worth Rs 12,031.33cr in 7 states for five year from Financial Year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
 Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and
Turkmenistan on cooperation in disaster management including preparedness, response and
capacity building.
 Cabinet approved the signing of the Agreement between India and Spain on cooperation and
mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
 Cabinet approved a MoU between India and Nepal for the construction of a bridge over
Mahakali River at Dharchula in India and Dharchula in Nepal.Click here
 Cabinet approval on January 19, 2022
On January 19, 2022, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi has
approved the following proposals.
 Ex-gratia payment of Rs 973.74 crore to SBI or scheme related loan moratorium during COVID-
19.
 Infusion of Rs.1,500 crore in Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited.
 Cabinet approves extension of tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis up to
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LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
JANUARY 2022
 Azure Power Global commissioned 600 Megawatts (MWs) Interstate Transmission System (ISTS),
largest solar power project in India, owned and operated at a single location by any developer in
Bikaner, Rajasthan.
 India’s largest EV charging station in Gurgaon, Haryana was inaugurated by National Highway for
Electric Vehicle(NHEV) and it was installed and operated by Alektrify Private Limited.
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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

JANUARY 2022
Launches: -
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Scheme Extension/Cost or Ratio allotment and others:-
 Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA), world’s largest zero subsidy domestic lighting
programme completed the 7 years of implementation under the Ministry of Power.
 Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has notified a drone certification scheme (DCS) to ensure
minimum safety and quality requirements for boosting indigenous manufacturing of drones.
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LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
JANUARY 2022
 India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) was launched by Information Technology Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in India.
 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi laid the foundation stone of ~ Rs 700 Crore
Major Dhyan Chand Sports University at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut, Uttar
Pradesh (UP).
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of Education (MoE) launched NEAT (National
Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech
solutions and courses to students and also AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) prescribed
technical books in regional languages.
 Prime Minister (PM) of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi inaugurated & laid the foundation
stone of 22 Developmental Projects worth over Rs. 4800 crore in Imphal, Manipur and also
inaugurated New Integrated Terminal Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, Tripura.
 United Nations (UN)’s World Food Programme (WFP), India partnered with The Akshaya Patra
Foundation (TAPF) to enhance the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri – Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM
POSHAN) scheme.
 A ‘Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)’ programme was launched by
Smart Cities Mission (SCM), It is is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA), National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and 15 leading Indian academic institutions.

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 Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) Dr
Jitendra Singh launched the theme of National Science Day 2022(February 28) - ‘Integrated Approach in
Science and Technology (S&T) for Sustainable Future’
 An Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute Technology (IIT) alumni for
water purification through innovative technology with financial support from Technology
Development Board (TDB) was launched by Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science &
Technology (S&T) Jitendra Singh.
 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) virtually organised the 1st-ever
‘Startup India Innovation Week’ from 10th -16th of January 2022. In this week, Indian Bank and IIMK
LIVE signed MoU to provide credit assistance to start-ups, recognized 46 startups as a winner of
National Startup Awards (NSA) 2021 and also inaugurated the ‘Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge’ by
Department of Fisheries in association with Startup India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
 6-day long 26th CISO Deep Dive Training program under Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative was
organized by National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY).
 India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi and the PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth virtually. Click here
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Circuit House near Somnath Temple in
Gujarat through video conferencing and also launched ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ki
Ore’.
 A roadmap for the development of Online Storage Management (OSM) developed by India’s
Department of Food and Public Distribution (DoF&PD) with its principal agency, Food Corporation of
India (FCI).
 A 5-year roadmap and Vision Document 2.0 for the electronics sector namely ‘$300 billion
Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing & Exports by 2026’ was released by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
 Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khukri, the lead ship of Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surface-to-
surface missile fitted vessel of the Indian Navy which has been decommissioned on 23rd December
2021, has been handed over to the Diu Administration to be developed as Museum.
 The guidelines of Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) to provide a 100 percent
grant (up to Rs 10 lakh) to Agricultural Institutes for the purchase of drones for Farming and its allied
activities amended by Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW).
 Central Government will convert 150 villages around Centres of Excellence (CoEs) into ‘Villages of
Excellence’ in 12 States with technical assistance from Israel government.
 PM Modi virtually launched Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation, on the birth anniversary of
legendary classical vocalist late Pandit Jasraj(28th January 2022).
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE/ANNOUNCEMENT

JANUARY 2022
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 A new project namely ‘Digital Government Mission’ was initiated by Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) to speed up citizen services delivery through the help of advanced
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
STATEWISE NEWS
JANUARY 2022
 Syntizen has partnered with the Odisha government to provide a Video KYC solution in offering life
certificates and it become the first State in India to implement a digital process which includes Aadhaar
Validation for simplifying the process of obtaining a life certificate.

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 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with LuLu Group International to establish the Food Processing and Logistics hub in Srinagar.
 Forest Department of Telangana launches 1st of its kind mobile App ‘Urban Forest Park’
developed by PamTen Software Solutions Private Limited.
 A pilot project ‘Niramay’ was launched to digitise the public healthcare delivery in Assam by National
Health Mission (NHM), Assam in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya & Cisco.
 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Government of Gujarat of investment Rs 5.955 lakh crore in Green Projects.
 Government of Odisha and the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) partnered to
improve the food security of small and marginal farmers of India by enhancing their resilience to
climate change.
 Jerri settlement (Jerri hamlet) in Reasi district as the first ‘Milk Village’ of the Union Territory(UT)
declared by administration of Jammu & Kashmir(J&K).
 AgNext Technologies signed a partnership agreement with National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) to organize a virtual training and awareness programme
for the FPOs (Farmer Producer Organizations) of Maharashtra on pulse quality assessment.
 ‘Grama One’ from Bengaluru (Karnataka) in 12 districts of Karnataka was launched by Chief
Minister (CM) of Karnataka, Basavaraj Somappa Bommai.
 State Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has given its approval to increase the number of districts
in the state to 26 from the existing 13.
 ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme to be launched across Telangana with focus on improving the
existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools.
 Jio-BP, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and energy supermajor BP, named
Reliance BP Mobility Limited (RBML) opened one of India’s largest Electronic Vehicle (EV) charging
hubs in Dwarka, Delhi with BluSmart as its primary customer.
 Delhi government launched a dedicated one-stop website, “ev.delhi.gov.in” for the promotion and
adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).
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RAILWAY NEWS
JANUARY 2022
 Ministry of Railways approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station under the Vadodara
division of Narmada district (Gujarat) as the Ekta Nagar railway station
 Indian Railways launched a new ‘Operation Mission Amanat’ initiative to track lost luggage of the
passengers.
CAMPAIGN
JANUARY 2022
 A 100-day reading campaign “Padhe Bharat” was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union
Minister of Education to encourage the reading habit among students & improve the learning levels
of the students with a focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.
COMMEMORATIVE NAME
JANUARY 2022
 A Special Postage Stamp commemorating the 75th Platinum Jubilee year of Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) -National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi was released by
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology (S&T), Dr Jitendra Singh.
 Commemorative Postal Stamp on completion of one year of the world’s largest COVID-19
vaccination program (launched on 16th January 2021) was released by Mansukh Mandaviya.
 India and Israel launched a commemorative logo marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic ties between them which were established on January 29, 1992.

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FESTIVAL
Festival Name Celebrated In Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Losar Festival Ladakh It is celebrated at the onset of the New Year
in the traditional schedule of Tibetan
Buddhism.
Losoong (Namsoong) Sikkim This day marks the beginning of the harvest
season, that is celebrated on 18th day of the
10th month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar
and also celebrated in Nepal and Bhutan.
9th North East Festival Guwahati, Assam This festival aimed to promote and highlight
the commercial and tourism potential of the
North East Region
STATIC GK
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST
JANUARY 2022
 Shanghai, China becomes the World’s longest Metro line with the inauguration of 831 km two new
driverless metro lines (Line 14 and Phase One of Line 18).
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

JANUARY 2022
 Antigua & Barbuda becomes 102nd Member of International Solar Alliance (ISA) by signing the
International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement.
 Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era
Trincomalee Oil Tank Complex (Trinco Oil Tank Farm) in Srilanka’s eastern port district of Trincomalee
for a lease period of 50 years.
 The 5 most powerful nations of the world (China, France, Russia, the UK (United Kingdom) and the
US (United States)) have agreed and signed a joint statement to prevent Spread of Nuclear Weapons.
 Government of the United Kingdom (UK) launched free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with
India, described as a “golden opportunity” to put British businesses at the “front of the queue” of the
Indian economy.
 Indonesian Parliament has passed a law to relocate its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan,
situated to the east of Borneo island and the new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara.
 The India is on course to surpass China as the world’s 3rd largest ethanol consumer by 2026 as per
the statement of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
 India has paid USD 29,990,679 in United Nations(UN) regular budget assessments for the year 2022.
VISIT
VISIT TO INDIA
JANUARY 2022
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JANUARY 2022
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SUMMITS, EVENTS & CONFERENCE

SUMMITS
Name of Summit Place Facts about the summit /conference
JANUARY 2022
16th India Digital Summit, 2022 Virtual It was organized by organised by the Internet
and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) with
the theme “Supercharging Startups” and also
unveiled ‘LEAP’ (“Leverage, Encourage,
Access & Promote”) as the way forward for
Startups.
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Virtual The theme of this summit is ‘The State of the
Davos Agenda Summit 2022 World’
PM Narendra Modi introduced the ‘P3 (Pro-
Planet People) movement’ that underlines
India’s climate change commitments.
WEF 2022 reschedules 2022 annual meeting
from may 22 to 26 in Davos-Klosters,
Switzerland under the theme, ‘working
Together, restoring Trust’ click here
1st India-Central Asia Summit 2022 virtual Narendra Modi hosted the 1st India-Central
Asia Summit 2022 in a virtual format with
the Presidents of 5 Central Asian Nations of
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
• An India-Central Asia Secretariat in
New Delhi will be set up to support
the new mechanism. Click here
CONFERENCE
Name of Conference Place Facts about the summit /conference
JANUARY 2022
24th National Conference on e- Hyderabad, This conference was organised by the Department
Governance (NCeG) 2020-21 Telangana of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
(DARPG), Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeitY), in association Telangana govt.
Theme - ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a
Post Pandemic World’
‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on e-Governance was
adopted and National Awards for e-Governance
(NAeG) 2020-21 were conferred to 26 awardees.
4th Asia Ministerial Conference hybrid mode It was organized by the Government of Malaysia
on Tiger Conservation and coordinated by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF)

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EVENTS
Name of Events Place Facts about the summit /conference
JANUARY 2022
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COMMITTEES & MEETING

COMMITTEES FORMED
Name of the Committee Head Facts about the Committee
JANUARY 2022
Task force under the Technology 6 task Forces on: To explore technological innovations and
Innovation Group (TIG) on 6G (6th • Multi-Platform various commercial uses.
Generation) technology. for Next
Generation
Networks-
Bhaskar
Ramamurthy
• Spectrum Policy-
Abhay
Karandikar
• Multi-
Disciplinary
Innovative
Solutions and
Devices -
Bharadwaj
Amrutur
• Devices - Kiran
Kumar Kuchi
• International
standards - NG
Subramaniam
• Group for
Financing
Research And
Development –
Ashok Kumar
Tiwari
Energy Transition Advisory Tarun Kapoor To prepare a step-by-step plan for complete
Committee(ETAC) transitioning from fossil fuels to clean
energy.
Market Data Advisory Committee S.Sahoo A 20-member committee was reconstituted
(MDAC) to recommend policy measures in areas like
securities market data access and privacy.
MEETINGS/DIALOGUE/COUNCIL/FORUM
Name of Meeting Place Facts about the meeting
JANUARY 2022
19th Meeting of National Tiger --- He launched an action plan for introduction of cheetah
Conservation Authority (NTCA) in India, This plan supports to introduce 50 cheetah in
the next 5 years in various parks and also released a

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Water Atlas, mapping all the water bodies in the tiger
bearing areas of India.
Joint Science and Technology virtual India and Denmark signed an agreement to work
(S&T) Committee meeting together in joint research and development on green
fuels including green hydrogen.
15th BRICS STI Steering --- It decided that India will host five events in 2022.
Committee meeting India handed over the chairmanship to China. China
will be the Chair for 2022.
Theme for BRICS 2022 -“Foster High-Quality BRICS
Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global
Development”.
India-Sri Lanka 5th Joint virtual India and Sri Lanka extended the existing Programme
Committee on S&T (Science & of Cooperation (POC) on S&T for three more years.
Technology) Cooperation
2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers virtual India-ASEAN Digital work plan 2022 was approved by
(ADGMIN) meeting the Ministers. It was co-chaired by Devusinh Chauhan,
Indian Minister of State for Communications and H.E.
Admiral Tin Aung San, Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Myanmar.
MOU’s & AGREEMENTS
MOU'S WITH OTHER COUNTRY

MoU between Field
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MOU’S WITH STATE

State MoU with Field/Purpose
JANUARY 2022
Jharkhand Indian School of To empower Jharkhand’s forest economy.
Business (ISB)
Assam National Dairy To set up Joint venture (JV) worth Rs.2000 Crore for dairy
Development Board development.
(NDDB)
Himachal Pradesh Haryana For the construction of a Adi Badri dam on 77 acres in HP
(HP) near the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar, Haryana for the
revival of the Saraswati river.
MOU’S BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS

Organization MoU with Field/Purpose
JANUARY 2022
Bharti Airtel Hughes Formed a Joint venture(JV) to provide satellite broadband
Limited Communications services in India
India Private Limited HCIPL and Airtel will hold a 67 & 33 percent stake in JV
(HCIPL) respectively
National Institute of National Centre for To promote inclusive good governance, strengthen local
Rural Development Good Governance institutions and effective implementation of government
and Panchayati Raj (NCGG), New Delhi programmes
(NIRDPR),
Hyderabad

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Ministry of Skill Indira Gandhi To further strengthen the vocational and technical training
Development & National Open framework.
Entrepreneurship University (IGNOU)
(MSDE)
International Insurance Institute of For capacity building of insurance professionals in
Financial Services India (III) International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
Centers Authority
(IFSCA)
Amazon India NIF Incubation and For online distribution of products of grassroots
Entrepreneurship innovations, student creativity based innovations and
Council (NIFientreC) outstanding traditional knowledge-based ready to market
products.
OneWeb Hughes Network It signed a 6-year distribution agreement to provide satellite
broadband services across India.
Jio Platforms (JPL) University of Oulu To accelerate research and standardisation in 6G technology.
Council of Scientific Institut Pasteur To develop scientific & technological (S&T) cooperation and
and Industrial (France) networking in advanced and emerging areas of Human
Research (CSIR) Health between scientists and institutes/laboratories of
(India) CSIR and Institut Pasteur.
INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index /Survey Name Released By Ranks of India & Top 3 Ranks
JANUARY 2022
Henley Passport Index: Q1 2022 Henley & Partners India has been ranked as 84th Most
Global Ranking Powerful Passport, improved by 7 places
from 90th in Q4 2021.
Top three countries:
• Japan; Singapore
• Germany; South Korea
• Finland; Italy; Luxembourg; Spain
Global Artificial Intelligence Brookings Institution India is among the top 10 nations in the
(AI)Adopters Study world in terms of technological
advancements and funding in artificial
intelligence (AI).
• India ranks 6th in terms of spending
and investments on AI.
• United States, China, the United
Kingdom, France, Japan and
Germany are leading AI
achievements ahead of India and
Canada, South Korea and Italy are
behind India.
Corruption Perceptions Index Transparency India has ranked 85th on the index that
(CPI) 2021 International ranks 180 countries and territories.
Top Three Countries:
• Denmark
• Finland
• New Zealand

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STATE/CITY WISE RANKING
Index/Survey Name Released by State or City in the rank
JANUARY 2022
Implementation of Swachh Bharat Ministry of Jal Shakti Telangana has stood first in India in the list
Mission (Grameen) Phase-II of the highest number of Open Defecation
programme till December 31, 2021 Free (ODF) Plus villages followed by Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka
India’s First ‘District Good Department of J&K became the first Indian UT with a Good
Governance Index (DGGI)’ Administrative Reforms Governance Index.
& Public Grievances It is prepared for the 20 Districts of UT of
(DARPG) & Government J&K
of Jammu and
Kashmir(J&K)
ORGANIZATION RANKING
Index/Survey Name Released by Organisation/Institution in the rank
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REPORT
Report/Survey/Study Title Released by Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Code of Practice for Securing Telecommunication This report is a baseline requirement
Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) Engineering Centre (TEC) aligned with global standards and best
practices to secure Consumer IoT devices.
IHS Markit Ltd report --- India will overtake Japan as Asia’s second-
largest economy by 2030
India is currently the sixth-largest economy
in the world, behind the United States (US),
China, Japan, Germany and the UK.
2nd quarter (Q2FY22- July- Ministry of Labour & The report estimated that total
September 2021) of Quarterly Employment (MoL&E) employment in the nine non-farm sectors is
Employment Survey (QES) 10crore approximately, which is 2 lakhs
higher than the estimated employment
(3.08 crore) from the first round of QES
(Q1FY22- April-June, 2021).
The overall percentage of female workers
stood at 32.1%, higher than Q1FY22 when
it was 29.3%.
India State of Forest Report (ISFR) Forest Survey of India The report showed that the forest and tree
2021 (FSI), Ministry of cover in India has risen by 2,261 square
Environment, Forest & Kilometers (sq km) in 2 years (compared to
Climate Change 2019).
Andhra Pradesh has grown the maximum
forest cover of 647 sq km followed by
Telangana (632 sq km) & Odisha (537 sq
km)
The Global Risks Report 2022: World Economic Forum It was released in partnership with Marsh
17th Edition (WEF) McLennan, SK Group and Zurich Insurance
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economies (excluding China) will have
fallen 5.5% below their pre-pandemic
expected GDP growth by 2024, while
advanced economies will have surpassed it
by 0.9%.The global economy was expected
to be 2.3% smaller by 2024.
‘World Employment and Social International Labour It projected global unemployment at 207
Outlook (WESO) Trends 2022’ Organization (ILO) million in 2022, surpassing its 2019 level
(186 million) by 21 million and the global
unemployment rate is projected to reach
5.9% in 2022.
‘Electricity Market Report’ International Energy A power demand in India is expected to
Agency (IEA) grow at an annual rate of 6.5 percent
between 2022 and 2024 and projected that
Global electricity demand grew by 6
percent in 2021.
‘Investment Trends Monitor’ United Nation Conference Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to
on Trade and India in 2021 had decreased by 26 percent.
Development (UNCTAD) The world’s overseas direct funding flows
have rebounded in 2021, which rose at 77
percent to an estimated USD 1.65 trillion,
from USD 929 billion in 2020.
Banking on Electric Vehicles in NITI (National Institution It estimated that banks and non-banking
India- A Blueprint for Inclusion of for Transforming India) financial companies (NBFCs) have a
EVs in Priority Sector Lending Aayog, Rocky Mountain potential to achieve an EV financing market
Guidelines Institute (RMI), & RMI size of Rs 40,000 crore (USD 5 billion) by
India 2025 and Rs 3.7 lakh crore (USD 50 billion)
by 2030.
G20 People’s Climate Vote 2021 United Nations It reveals that in India around 67 percent of
report Development Programme the young population under the age of 18
(UNDP) & University of years considers climate change a global
Oxford emergency, compared to about 58 percent
adults.
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 World Economic Forum It revealed that advances in digitalization
(WEF) and their growth due to the COVID-19 have
led to increasingly frequent, costly, and
damaging cyber incidents.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

APPOINTMENTS
NATIONAL
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points to Be Noted
JANUARY 2022
Vinay Kumar Chairman and Chief Railway Board He replaced Chairman and CEO
Tripathi Executive Officer Suneet Sharma.
(CEO)
G Asok Kumar Director General National Mission for He succeeded Director General,
Clean Ganga (NMCG) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
Alka Mittal Chairman and Oil and Natural Gas She becomes the 1st woman
Managing Director Corporation (ONGC) Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD) (CMD) of ONGC, on additional
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Vijay Paul Sharma Chairman Commission for The CACP recommends the
Agricultural Costs and Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) to
Prices (CACP) the Cabinet Committee of Economic
Affairs (CCEA) to incentivise
cultivators.
Navrang Saini Chairperson Insolvency and He was extended as Chairperson
Bankruptcy Board of (additional charge) of the IBBI for 3
India (IBBI) months till 5th March 2022.
S Somanath Chairman Indian Space Research He was appointed as 10th chairman
Organisation (ISRO) of ISRO and will succeed K Sivan,
who is set to retire on 14th January
2022.
Narendra Kumar Chairman Apparel Export He succeeds Padma Shri Dr A
Goenka Promotion Council Sakthivel
(AEPC)
Vikram Dev Dutt Chairman and Air India He will succeed Rajiv Bansal
Managing Director
(CMD)
Chanchal Kumar National Highways & Managing Director (MD) ----
Infrastructure
Development
Corporation Ltd
(NHIDCL)
Dileep Sanghani Indian Farmers Chairman He was appointed as a 17th
Fertiliser Cooperative chairman of IFFCO.
(IFFCO) Limited
Vinod Rai Unity Small Finance Independent chairman Sandip Ghose, Basant Seth and
Bank (Unity SFB) Subhash Kutte are appointed as the
other board members of Unity
Small Finance Bank (Unity SFB).
Raghuvendra Indian Council of chairman He was appointed as chairman for a
Tanwar Historical Research period of 3 years.
(ICHR)
Vinodanand Jha Prevention of Money chairperson He was appointed as chairperson
Laundering Act, 2002 till the completion of his tenure i.e.
(PMLA) Adjudicating upto 22nd June 2023
Authority
Arun Kumar IIFL Finance Chairman He is a former chairman of State
Purwar Bank of India(SBI) and appointed
as chairman of IIFL Finance with
effect from April 1, 2022.
Pushp Kumar Joshi Hindustan Petroleum Chairman and Managing He will succeed Mukesh Kumar
Corporation Ltd Director(CMD) Surana.
V Anantha Ministry of Finance Chief Economic Advisor He will succeed K V Subramanian,
Nageswaran of India(CEA) who left the office of CEA vacant in
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INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES
Name Country Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Maria Elisa Quinteros Chile He replaces Indigenous Mapuche professor and
activist Elisa Loncon
Daniel Ortega Nicaragua He sworn in as president for 5th term.
PRIME MINISTER’S OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES

Name Country Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Alikhan Smailov Kazakhstan He was appointed after the resignation of the Askar
Mamin Cabinet during the ongoing violent 2022 Kazakh
protests.
Dimitar Kovacevski North He is the leader of the Social Democratic Union of
Macedonian Macedonia (SDSM).
Mia Amor Mottley Barbados She is also the first female PM of Barbados to lead a
second term as the PM
OTHER INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
Zhang Ming Secretary General (SG) Shanghai Cooperation He succeeded the former diplomat from
Organization (SCO) Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov.
India will assume the presidency of SCO
for the period of 2022-2023 for the first
time.
T. S. Tirumurti Chaired United Nations Taken over the Chair of the United
Counter Terrorism Nations Counter Terrorism Committee
Committee (UNCTC) (UNCTC) for 2022.
Urjit Patel Vice President Asian Infrastructure He was appointed for a three years
Investment Bank tenure (2022-2025) starting from 1st
(AIIB) February, replacing D J Pandian.
Haitham Al Secretary General Organization of the He succeeded Nigeria’s Mohammad
Ghais Petroleum Exporting Barkindo and appointed for a three
Countries (OPEC) years tenure (2022-2025).
Pierre-Olivier Economic Counsellor International He will succeed Gita Gopinath
Gourinchas and Head of Research Monetary Fund (IMF)
Department
Roberta President European Union (EU) She succeeded David Sassoli
Metsola Parliament
BRAND AMBASSADOR
Name Entity/Organization Points to be Noted
JANUARY 2022
Shafali Verma Bank of Baroda (BoB) ---
Jhulan Goswami Legends League Cricket To promote Women’s Empowerment initiatives of the LLC
(LLC) and to increase participation of women in cricket

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RajKummar Rao RenewBuy To increase the spread of insurance policies digitally for the
consumers
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Universal Acceptance Universal Acceptance Steering Group, is an international
Steering Group organization that works on developing and recommending
standards for languages script.
RESIGNATION
Name Resigned as Entity/Place;Imp points to be Noted
JANUARY 2022
Abdalla Hamdok Al- Prime Minister (PM) of Due to political deadlock and protests in the capital city
Kinani Sudan Khartoum, Sudan.
Mohamed Hussein Prime Minister (PM) of He was suspended by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed,
Roble Somalia President over allegations of corruption
Armen Sarkissian President of Armenia He was resigned from his presidential position because his
office was unable to influence policy during times of national
crisis.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS
Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 announced
The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi under the Ministry of Culture has announced Sahitya Akademi
Awards 2021 in 20 languages, YuvaPuraskar 2021 in 22 languages and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in 22
languages.
Important awardees:
Awardee Title of Book/Poem/ Language
Novel
Namita Gokhale Things to Leave Behind English
Vindeshwariprasad Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Sanskrit
Mishr ‘Vinay’ Kavita
Sanjiv Verenkar Raktachandan Konkani
Megha Majumdar A Burning English
Hrushikesh Mallick Sarijaithiba Apera Odia
Click here for awardees
3rd National Water Awards 2020

Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced 3rd National Water Awards-2020.
 Uttar Pradesh (UP) awarded first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu (TN).
 Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh received the best district award in the northern zone followed by
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab.Click here
Overview of 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2022

The winners of the 79th edition of the Annual Golden Globe Awards (2022) was announced by Hollywood
Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America (USA).
Important awardees:
Category Winner
Best Picture Drama The Power of the Dog directed by
Jane Campion
Best Actor – Motion Will Smith for King Richard
Picture Drama
Best Actress – Motion Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
Picture Drama
Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
– Motion Picture (2021)

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Best Drama Series Succession
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Overview of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021

Best Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Football Awards 2021 was held in Zurich,
Switzerland
Category Winner
Best FIFA Men’s Player Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Best FIFA Women’s Player Alexia Putellas (Spain)
FIFA Fan Award Denmark and Finland Fans
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Thomas Tuchel (Germany)
The Best FIFA Women’s Emma Hayes (United

Coach Kingdom)
FIFA Fair Play Award Denmark National Team and

Staff
The Best FIFA Men’s Edouard Mendy (France)

Goalkeeper
The Best FIFA Women’s Christiane Endler (Chile)

Goalkeeper
Puskas Award Erik Lamela (Argentina)
FIFA Best Special Award Christine Sinclair (Canada)

and Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal)
2021 edition of ICC awards was announced

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 2021 edition of ICC awards
Category Winner Country
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Smriti Mandhana (25) India

for ICC Women’s Cricketer of
the Year
Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Mohammad Rizwan (29) Pakistan
Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Tammy Beaumont (30) England

Year
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Babar Azam (27) Pakistan
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Lizelle Lee (29) South Africa

Year

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Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year Joe Root (31) England
Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Janneman Malan (25) South Africa

Year
Emerging Women’s Cricketer of Fatima Sana (20) Pakistan

the Year
Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Zeeshan Maqsood (34) Oman

Year
Women’s Associate Cricketer of Andrea-Mae Zepeda (26) Austria

the Year
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Shaheen Afridi (21) Pakistan

ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Umpire of the year Marais Erasmus (57) South Africa
Padma Awards 2022

The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country are conferred under 3 categories namely,
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
List of Key Persons who Received the Award:Click here for all award winner
Category Winner KeyPoints
Padma Vibhushan • Bipin Rawat, India’s 1st Chief of Defence 4 receives Padma
Staff (CDS) of Indian Armed Force Vibhushan and
• Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Kalyan second-highest
Singh civilian award of
India, after the
Bharat Ratna.
Padma Bhushan • Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai 17 receives Padma
• Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of Bhushan.It is the
India third-highest civilian
• Former Union Home Secretary Rajiv award
Mehrishi
Padma Shri • Neeraj Chopra, India’s first-ever track-and- 107 receives Padma
field gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Shri Awards.It is
• singer Sonu Nigam fourth-highest
civilian award.
AWARDS GIVEN TO THE SPORTS PERSONALITIES

Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted
JANUARY 2022
2021 ICC (International Smriti Mandhana Cricket He is also the 3rd time Smriti
Cricket Council) Women’s Mandhana won the title for the
T20I team of the year T20I team of the year after 2018
(opener) and 2019 (number
three)
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Rohit Sharma, Cricket New Zealand’s Kane Williamson
Year 2021 Ravichandran Ashwin, will be the captain of the team.
Rishabh Pant
ICC Women’s ODI Team of Mithali Raj, Jhulan Cricket England’s Heather Knight is the
the Year for 2021 Goswami captain of the team.

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AWARDS FOR LITERATURE/JOURNALISM/ACADEMIC
JANUARY 2022
QS-Wharton Reimagine Chennai-based Arts and Reimagine Education Award is
Education Award 2021 Rhapsody Music Humanities considered as the Oscar in the
Foundation Education space.
AWARDS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS/BANKS/MINISTRIES/STATE/CITY

JANUARY 2022
UiPath Automation South Indian Bank Best Automation It won Best Automation under
Excellence Awards 2021 (SIB) ‘Crisis for Business Continuity’
Global Private Banking HDFC Bank Best Private Bank It organised by Professional
Awards 2021 Wealth Management (PWM).
IBSi Innovation Awards Axis Bank & Best CRM It is one of the most prominent
2021 CRMNEXT (Customer awards for the global bankers and
Relationship IT (Information Technology)
Management) consultants across the world
System
Implementation.
AWARDS GIVEN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, SCIENCE & BRAVERY

JANUARY 2022
2022 Genesis Prize Albert Bourla Service Albert Bourla, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and Chairman of
Pfizer as the 2022 USD 1 Million
Genesis Prize Laureate for his
efforts in leading the
development of the COVID-19
vaccine.
Prime Minister’s Banner Maharashtra Service Major General Y P Khanduri,
Directorate of the Additional Director General, NCC
National Cadet Corps Directorate, Maharashtra
(NCC) received the PM Banner from PM
Modi
AWARDS GIVEN TO FILM/MUSIC INDUSTRY/ART

JANUARY 2022
International Craft Award Kerala Arts and Crafts Crafts The KACV from Kovalam received
for 2021 Village Organization this award for the best craft
(KACV) village in the world by the World
Crafts Council International.
Bharat Ratna Dr Harshaali Malhotra Film He received the award from
Ambedkar Award 2022 Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor
of Maharashtra for her
performance as Munni in the
2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan
starring Salman Khan.
20th Dhaka International Indian Movie Best Film (Asian) It was organised by the Rainbow
Film Festival Koozhangal Award Film Society.
• Malayalam Actor
Jayasurya won the Best
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Film Competition Section
for the film titled “Sunny”
directed by Ranjith
Sankar.
OTHER AWARDS CONFERRED

JANUARY 2022
Global Women’s Health NIRAMAI Health Health Technology World Bank Group in partnership
Tech Awards 2022 AnalytixPvt. startups with The Consumer Technology
Ltd.(NIRAMAI) & Association (CTA) launched the
InnAccel Global Women’s Health Tech
Technologies Pvt. Awards that recognises the
Ltd.(InnAccel) innovative startups that leverage
technology to improve women’s
health and safety in emerging
markets.
Netaji Award 2022 Shinzo Abe ----- Netaji Research Bureau, has
honoured this awards to Shinzo
Abe, former Prime Minister(PM)
of Japan on the occasion of the
125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose.
TX2 Award 2022 India’s ----- These two won the TX2 award
Sathyamangalam 2022 for doubling their tiger
Tiger Reserve (STR) populations since 2010
in Erode, Tamil Nadu The award for Tiger Conservation
& Nepal’s Bardiya Excellence 2022 was presented to
National Park Khata Forest Conservation Area
in Nepal.
Other Important Awards

JANUARY 2022
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RECOGNITIONS
Name of the Recognition Key Points
Person/Organisation
JANUARY 2022
Clive Lloyd (Former West Knighthood He received Knighthood from Prince William,
Indies Cricketer) the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for
his services towards the game of cricket.
Shaylyn Ford Mrs World 2022 It was organized in Las Vegas, Nevada, United
States (US) and She became the 8th American
woman to win the title.
Prajakta Koli United Nations Development She was selected for her immense contribution
Programme (UNDP) India’s towards mental health, women’s rights and girl
1st Youth Climate Champion child education through global social
campaigns
WORD OF THE YEAR

Word of the year Language Recognized by Key Points
JANUARY 2022
Anxiety English Oxford University Press It has declared ‘Anxiety’ as the
Children’s Word of the Year 2021.

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION(GI) TAG
PRODUCT STATE IT BELONG TO
JANUARY 2022
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ECONOMY &BUSINESS
JANUARY 2022
 The Central Government’s fiscal deficit at the end of November 2021 (April-November)
decreased to 46.2% due to revenues and rise in tax collections in accordance with the the official
data by India’s Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
 India’s merchandise export in December 2021 was about USD 37.29 billion, the highest ever
monthly exports achievement, according to data provided by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
 Apple Inc. become the first company to raise above USD 3 trillion Market Cap.
 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) launched a mega bond sale as it desired to raise USD 3 to 5 billion
from offshore investors and it becomes largest-ever foreign currency bond issuance from India.
 Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) selected Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for implementing
the second phase of the passport seva programme (PSP) for over 10 years.
 Nepal Power Exchange Ltd (NPEL) signed an energy trading agreement with India’s Manikaran
Power Ltd to sell electricity produced by the domestic private sector to India through India’s
Manikaran Power.
 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) signed a Joint Development Agreement
with Africa50 to continue to develop Africa’s 1st public-private partnership (PPP) mode
transmission project in Kenya, “Kenya Transmission Project”.
 Adani Group signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean’s
POSCO to explore business cooperation opportunities in sectors like Steel, Renewable energy and
others.
 India’s benchmark inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) firmed up to
5.59% year-on-year in December 2021 (highest in 5 months) from 4.91% in November 2021, as
per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
 India’s merchandise exports in December 2021 increased to 38.91 percent on an annual basis
to USD 37.81 billion and trade Deficit Increase to USD 21.68 billion, as per the data of the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry (MoCI).
 India is set to achieve the targeted Export level of $650 Billion in the current financial year (FY)
2021-22, informed by Union Minister of Commerce & Industries (MoCI), Piyush Goyal.
 National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange
for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded: Futures Industry
Association (FIA)
 NSE Indices launched Nifty India Defence index to track the performance of a portfolio of stocks
that broadly represent the Defence theme.
 ReNew Power signed an agreement with the United States (US) based Fluence to form a 50:50 joint
venture (JV) to provide BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) solutions to customers of Indian
market.
 Jio Platforms (JPL) signed a pact with the University of Oulu, Finland, to accelerate research and
standardisation in 6G technology.
 India has exported $114 million worth of Cucumber & Gherkins in April-October 2021 to
became the World’s largest exporter of Cucumber and Gherkins: Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
 Bharti Airtel (Airtel) signed a long term, multi-year agreement with Google to enhance the
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 AirAsia Group Berhad based in Malaysia has renamed its listed holding company as, Capital A
Berhad (Capital A), to highlight the diversity of AirAsia’s business portfolio and its aim to grow in
the non-airline revenue.
 Meta (formerly Facebook) joined hands with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) to support five lakh women-led small businesses across India under its
#SheMeansBusiness programme.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

ACQUISITION BETWEEN AMOUNT KEY POINTS
JANUARY 2022
Jindal Power Limited (JPL) & ---- An acquisition of a 96.42% stake in
Worldone Private Limited Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a subsidiary
of Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL),
by Worldone Private Limited.
Reliance New Energy Solar British Pound Sterling Reliance New Energy Solar Limited
Limited (RNESL) & Faradion Ltd (GBP) 94.42 million (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Reliance Industries signed a definitive
agreement to acquire 100
percent shareholding in Faradion Ltd.
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited USD 200 Million (~ Rs 1489 RRVL purchased a 25.8% stake in
(RRVL)& Dunzo (Dunzo Digital crore) Dunzo
Private Limited)
Vi or Vodafone Idea Limited ------ VIL approved the interest on spectrum
(VIL)& Government of and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)
India(GOI) dues into government equity , which
indicates that Indian government will
own almost 35.8% of VIL’s stake
followed by Vodafone Group which
owns 28.5% and 17.8% by Aditya Birla
Group.
Reliance Retail Ventures USD 132 million (~Rs 983 RRVL acquired a 54% stake (majority
Limited(RRVL) & Addverb crore) stake) in Addverb Technologies Private
Technologies Private Limited Limited.
GlaxoSmithKline Asia Private ----- It involves the collective acquisition of
Limited (GSKAPL) & 100% shares in GSKAPL by GSKCHOL
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer and GSKCHUKT
Healthcare Overseas Limited
(GSKCHOL) and GlaxoSmithKline
Consumer Healthcare UK
Trading Limited (GSKCHUKTL)
Future Generali India Life ------ This acquisition will increase its
Insurance Company Limited shareholding 49% to approximately
(FGLIC) & Generali 71%
Participations Netherlands N.V
(GPN)

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile app/portal Launched by Purpose
JANUARY 2022
Web Portal for PM’s (Prime Union Minister of State This award acknowledges, recognizes
Minister’s) Awards for (MoS), Ministry of and rewards the extraordinary and
Excellence in Public Personnel, Public Grievances innovative work done by
Administration for the year and Pensions Dr Jitendra Districts/Organizations of the Central
2021-22 Singh and State Governments since 2014.
Saa₹thi Securities and Exchange It aims to create awareness and provide
Board of India (SEBI) education to investors about the basic
concepts of the securities market.
‘Apna Kangra’ App Himachal Pradesh To provide a hassle-free experience for
tourists and to boost sales of local
handicrafts.
Spice Xchange India Spices Board India India’s first virtual platform for spices
exports namely ‘Spice Xchange India
(spicexchangeindia.com)’ was launched
by Minister of state (MoS) Som Parkash,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
during a hybrid event held in Kochi,
Kerala.
Koyla Darpan Ministry of Coal To share the Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) related to the Coal Sector.
Yogyata Common Services Centers It will provide vocational education and
(CSC) skill enhancement opportunities to
youth and citizens living in rural areas.
MyCGHS Ministry of Health and Central Government Health Scheme
Family Welfare (CGHS) website (www.cghs.gov.in) and
mobile app, ‘MyCGHS’ with multiple user
friendly features was launched by
Mansukh Mandaviya Union Minister for
the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW).
National Institute of Ministry of Chemicals and It was created by Department of
Pharmaceutical Education and Fertilisers Pharmaceuticals to capture the research
Research (NIPER) Research Portal activities of all seven NIPERs and to
enhance industry–Academia
collaboration.
Digital Sansad Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha secretariat launched a
‘Digital Sansad’, an initiative of Lok
Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to make the
Parliament proceedings accessible to the
public at large.
SATELLITES
NAME OF THE SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY PURPOSE
JANUARY 2022
Maritime Domain Awareness South Africa It launched the first indigenously
Satellite (MDASat) developed constellation of satellites
called MDASat constellation from Cape

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Canaveral in the United States (US) as
part of SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission.
first solid-fuel satellite carrier Iran Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard
rocket launched its first solid-fuel satellite
carrier rocket into space that is made of
a cost-efficient composite material
instead of metal.
MOUs IN RELATED TO SCIENCE

MoU between Purpose
JANUARY 2022
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NEW INITIATIVE/INNOVATION
JANUARY 2022
 Chinese scientists have built a research facility, “artificial moon”, located in the city of Xuzhou,
Jiangsu province that enable them to simulate low-gravity environments using magnetism.
OTHERS
JANUARY 2022
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of
Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion
Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested its liquid propellant-based High
Thrust Vikas engine which is to be used under the Gaganyaan mission, was conducted at the ISRO
Propulsion Complex in Mahendragri, Tamil Nadu.
 A new gaseous planet called ‘TOI-2180 b’ from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS was discovered by Citizen scientist Tom
Jacobs of Bellevue, Washington (United States-US).
 On January 18, 2022, A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) 7482 (1994 PC1) passed safely
close to the Earth’s orbit at a distance of 1.2 million miles or 1.93 million kilometres.
 Astronomers have announced that the Potato shaped planet, initially discovered in 2014, named WASP-
103b is located in the constellation “Hercules”, at a distance of about 1,800 light-years from the
solar system.
ENVIRONMENT
JANUARY 2022
 International team led by Abel Batista of Panama and Konrad Mebert of Switzerland discovered a new
species of rain frog, Pristimantis gretathunbergae, named after the Swedish Climate Activist, Greta
Thunberg.
 A new gecko species named Protoblepharus Apatani, at Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal
Pradesh discovered and is named after the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro valley.
 Two new Species of Fungi Ganoderma keralense & G. pseudoapplanatum associated with Basal
Stem Rot found in Kerala and published in the Journal Mycologia.

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DEFENCE
EXERCISES
Name of the Exercise Participating Venue KeyPoints
Countries
JANUARY 2022
Sea Dragon 22 US, Australia, Andersen Air Force P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol and
Canada, India, Base, Guam, in the Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA)
Japan & South western Pacific with Patrol Squadron (VP) – 47 and
Korea Tridents of VP- 26 joined the
multilateral anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) exercise.
P-8I long-range maritime
reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian
Navy has participated
PASSEX exercise India & Russia the port of Cochin in Indian Navy’s built guided-missile
the Arabian Sea destroyer, INS (Indian Navy Ship)
Kochi and Russian Federation
Navy’s destroyer Admiral Tributs
has undertaken the international
PASSEX (Passage Exercise).
Maritime Partnership India & Japan Bay of Bengal It was held between Indian Navy
Exercise (IN) and Japan Maritime Self-
Defence Force (JMSDF) with
Paschim Lehar Indian Navy Arabian Sea A 20-day joint intra-theatre

maritime exercise Paschim Lehar
2022 aka XPL-22 at the Arabian Sea
under the aegis of FOC-in-C (Flag
Officer Commanding-in-Chief),
Western Naval Command (WNC)
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur
Singh.
MISSILES
Name of the Missile Testing Location Other Key facts
JANUARY 2022
Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic Russia It test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon)
cruise missiles hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and
other two missiles from a submarine.
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise West coast, India It was test-fired an advanced sea to sea variant
Missile of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from
INS (Indian Navy Ship) Visakhapatnam
warship off the west coast.
Man Portable Anti-Tank Southern India Defence Research and Development
Guided Missile (MPATGM) Organisation (DRDO) flight tested the final
deliverable configuration of the Man Portable
Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
Tupolev Tu-160M strategic Russia It is the world’s heaviest supersonic military
missile-carrying bomber aircraft to date and performed its debut flight
nicknamed ‘White Swan’

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from the aerodrome of the Kazan Aviation
Enterprise.
Arrow-3 ballistic missile Israel & the United States It was developed in a joint project between
interceptor (US) Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the
American Missile Defense Agency.
BrahMos supersonic cruise Chandipur, off Odisha coast It was conducted by Brahmos Aerospace in
missile close coordination with the teams of Defence
Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO).
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
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IMPORTANT DEALS & MoU’s

DEFENCE MoU
Armed Force/Entity Entity Purpose of MoU
JANUARY 2022
Hindustan Aeronautics Mauritius government To export one Advanced Light Helicopter
Limited (HAL) (ALH Mk-III), for the Mauritius police
force.
BrahMos Aerospace Private Philippines A deal was signed with a worth of USD
Limited (India) 374.96 Million for the supply of shore-
based anti-ship variants of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missiles.
Indian Naval Placement IIFL (formerly India Infoline To look into the opportunities for the
Agency (INPA) Limited) Home Finance Limited recruitment of naval veterans.
(IIFL HFL)
IMPORTANT DEFENCE EVENTS

JANUARY 2022
 Indian Army signed its first contract with Anadron Systems Pvt Ltd under Make-II for
Maneuverable Expendable Aerial Target, for Army Air Defence and Indian Air Force worth Rs 96 crore.
 Swedish defence company ‘Saab’ had been selected by the Indian Armed Force through a competitive
programme for the supply of single-shot anti-armour weapon AT4.
 Indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh
by Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
SPORTS
APPOINTMENTS IN SPORTS
Name Appointed as Association Points to be noted
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RETIREMENT
Name of the Person Sport they belong to/ Country Points to be Noted
JANUARY 2022
Quinton de Kock South Africa He retired from Test Cricket and
committed to play international limited-
overs cricket.

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Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan He announced his retirement from
international cricket.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Announced his retirement from
International cricket.
Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka He is an open batsman and announced his
retirement from Test cricket at the age of
30 years.
Chris Morris South Africa He announced retirement from all forms
of cricket at the age of 34.
Sania Mirza India She is an Indian professional tennis player
and will retire at the end of the 2022
season.
TENNIS
JANUARY 2022
Overview of 2022 Adelaide International
3rd edition of Adelaide International 2022 is held at The Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Event Winner Runner-up
Men’s Singles Gael Monfils (France) Karen Khachanov (Russia)
Women’s Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Rohan Bopanna & Ivan Dodig (Croatia) &
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Men’s Doubles (India)
Ashleigh Barty and Storm Darija Jurak (Croatia) and
Women’s Doubles Sanders (Australia) Andreja Klepac (Slovenia)
Overview of Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022

Rafael Nadal wins Melbourne Summer Set 1 trophy 2022, ATP 250 in “Hard-Court” at Rod Laver Arena,
Melbourne.
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Maxime Cressy (USA)
Veronika Kudermetova
Women’s Singles Simona Halep (Romania) (Russia)
Aleksandr Nedovyesov –
Wesley koolhof – Neal
Men’s Doubles Skupski Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
(Netherland – United
(Kazakhstan – Pakistan)
Kingdom)
Asia Muhammad – Jessica Sara Errani – Jasmine Paolini
Women’s Doubles Pegula (USA -USA) (Italy – Italy)
Note:Amanda Anisimova (USA) wins Women’s Singles in Melbourne Summer Set 2, that was also organized
simultaneous at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
Overview of 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic

2022 Sydney Tennis Classic(2022 Sydney International) held in Sydney, Australia, held from 10th to 15th January
2022
Andy Murray (United
Aslan Karatsev (Russia)
Men’s Singles Kingdom)
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech
Paula Badosa (Spain)
Women’s Singles Republic)

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John Peers (Australia) & Filip Simone Bolelli(Italy) & Fabio
Men’s Doubles Polasek(Slovakia) Fognini(Italy)
Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) Vivian Heisen(Germany) &

Women’s Doubles & Beatriz Haddad Maia
Panna Udvardy (Hungary)
(Brazil)
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JANUARY 2022
Overview of India Tour of South Africa 2021-22
South Africa defeated India by winning the 3 match series by 2-1 and in the ODI series, South Africa defeated
India by winning the 3 match series by 3-0.
• Rishabh Pant becomes fastest Indian keeper to reach 100 dismissals in Tests; breaks MS Dhoni’s record.
• Jasprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian bowler to take 100 overseas Test wickets.
• Mohammad Shami becomes 5th Indian pacer to take 200 Test wickets.
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Overview of Yonex-Sunrise Open 2022
The Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 was held from 11th to 16th January 2022 at the K.D.Jadhav Indoor
Hall in New Delhi, India.
Men’s Singles Lakshya Sen (India) Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Women’s Singles (Thailand) Supanida Katethong (Thailand)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Mohammad Ahsan
Men’s Doubles (India) & Chirag Shetty (Indonesia) & Hendra
(India) Setiawan (Indonesia)
Nuntakarn Aimsaard Anastasiia Akchurina (Russia)
Women’s Doubles (Thailand) & Benyapa & Olga Alekseevna Morozova
Aimsaard (Thailand) (Russia)
Terry Hee Yong Kai
Mixed Doubles (Singapore) & Jessica Tan Chen Tang Jie (Malaysia) &
Wei Han (Singapore) Peck Yen Wei (Malaysia)
Overview of Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022

Badminton World Federation (BWF) organised Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022 at the
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Event Winner
Men’s Singles No Match
Women’s Singles PV Sindhu (India)
Men’s Doubles Man Wei Chong (Malaysia) & Kai Wun Tee
(Malaysia)

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Women’s Doubles Anna Ching Yik Cheong (Malaysia) and Teoh Mei
Xing (Malaysia)
Mixed Doubles Ishaan Bhatnagar (India) and Tanisha Crasto
(India)
SHOOTING
JANUARY 2022
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BOXING
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CHESS
JANUARY 2022
 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) won the World Rapid Chess Champion of 2021 by defeating
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) in a tiebreaker and dethroning Magnus Carlsen.
 Bharath Subramaniyam, Tamil Nadu becomes India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster (GM) during 9-round
Swiss tournament of Vergani Cup Open 2022 in Cattolica, Italy.
RANKING
IMP. NOTE - All sports ranking revised/checked by our team with its official sports sites on January
17, 2022.In tabular column, we had provided the ‘As on date’ which updated in appropriate official
sports sites.
TENNIS
Men’s Singles Ranking (As on Women’s Singles Ranking(As on
31.01.2022 Last updated in official 31.01.2022 Last updated in official
site) site)
Rank Player Rank Player
1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 1 Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
2 Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 2 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
3 Alexander Zverev (Germany) 3 Barbora Krejcikova(Czech

Republic)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
182 Ramkumar Ramanathan 249 Ankita Raina
222 Prajnesh Gunneswaran
BOXING
Indian Men Ranking(As of SEP. 2020 Indian Women’s Ranking(As of SEP
updated in official site) in AIBA World updated in official site) in AIBA World
Men’s Ranking 2020 Women’s Ranking 2020
1 Amit Panghal in 52kg category 2 Manju Rani in 48 kg category

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Men’s T20I Ranking
Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder
Updated on 7th (Last Updated on 5th (Last Updated on 5th Rankings(Last Updated
January , 2022) February 2022) February 2022) on 5th February 2022)
Rank Country Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player
2 India 1 Babar Azam 1 Wanindu 1 Mohammad
(Pakistan) Hasaranga(Srilanka) Nabi
(Afghanistan)
1 England 2 Mohammad 2 Tabraiz Shamsi 2 Shakib Al Hasan
Rizwan(Pakistan) (South Africa) (Bangladesh)
3 Pakistan 3 Aiden 3 Adil Rashid 3 Moeen

Markram(South (England) Ali(England)
Africa)
Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking No Indian Player in Top
20.
4 Lokesh Rahul 20 Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
10 Virat Kohli 26 Jasprit Bumrah
11 Rohit Sharma 39 Washington Sundar

40 Yuzvendra Chahal
42 Deepak Chahar
Men’s ODI Ranking

Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder Rankings(Last
Updated on 7 (Last Updated on 5th (Last Updated on 5th Updated on 5th February 2022)
January, 2022) February 2022) February 2022)

4 India 1 Babar 1 Trent Boult 1 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Azam(Pakistan) (New Zealand)
1 New 2 Virat Kohli (India) 2 Josh Hazlewood 2 Mohammad Nabi
Zealand (Australia) (Afghanistan)
2 England 3 Rohit 3 Chris Woakes 3 Chris Woakes (England)
Sharma(India) (England)
3 Australia Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
15 Shikhar Dhawan 7 Jasprit Bumrah 9 Ravindra Jadeja
27 Lokesh Rahul 21 Yuzvendra 13 Hardik Pandya
Chahal
48 Kedar Jadhav 23 Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
50 Hardik Pandya 29 Mohammad
Shami
Men’s Test Ranking

Team Ranking (Last Men's Batting Rankings Men's Bowling Rankings Men's All-Rounder
Updated on 19 (Last Updated on 5th (Last Updated on 5th Rankings(Last Updated on
January, 2022) February 2022) February 2022) 5th February 2022)
3 India 1 Marnus 1 Pat Cummins 1 Jason Holder (West
Labuschagne (Australia) Indies)
(Australia)

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1 Australia 2 Joe Root(England) 2 Ravichandran 2 Ravichandran
Ashwin(India) Ashwin (India)
2 New Zealand 3 Kane Williamson 3 Kagiso 3 Ravindra Jadeja
(New Zealand) Rabada(South (India)
Africa)
Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking Indian Player’s Ranking
6 Rohit Sharma 10 Jasprit Bumrah 12 Akshar Patel
7 Virat Kohli 17 Mohammad Shami 18 Shardul Thakur
14 Rishabh Pant 20 Ravindra Jadeja
BADMINTON (Last Updated on February 1,2022)

Men’s Singles Ranking Women’s Singles Ranking
1 Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) 1 Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
2 Kento Momota (Japan) 2 Akane Yamaguchi(Japan)
3 Anders Antonsen (Denmark) 3 Chen Yufei (China)
Indian Player Ranking Indian Player Ranking
10 Kidambi Srikanth 7 Pusarla V. Sindhu
13 Lakshya Sen 25 Saina Nehwal
FOOTBALL
Men’s Team Ranking(23rd December, Women’s Team Ranking (10th December, 2021)
2021)
Rank Team Rank Team
104 India 55 India
1 Belgium 1 USA
2 France 2 Sweden
3 Brazil 3 Germany
CHESS (Updated as on January 2022)

Rank Player Country
Indian Players
16 Viswanathan Anand India
21 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi India
25 Pentala Harikrishna India
Top 3 Players
1 Magnus Carlsen Norway
2 Alireza Firouzja France
3 Liren Ding China
OTHER SPORTS
JANUARY 2022
 International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) gave the approval to All India Sports Council
of the Deaf (AISCD) to host the 1st World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala from January 10 to
20, 2023.
 Karnataka to host Khelo India Games in 2023.
 Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category with
10,810 points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior rankings(as of January 14, 2022)
 Boxing Federation of India (BFI) pulled out of the Asian Under-22 Championships for men and
women that is scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, citing COVID-19 pandemic.

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 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) signed an agreement with Canada Running Series to become the
new title sponsor & official technology consulting partner of Toronto Waterfront Marathon and Virtual
Race through November 2026
 India under 19(U-19) cricket Team, led by Yash Dhull has won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-
19 Asia Cup 2021, a record eighth title, defeating Sri Lanka by 9 wickets held at Dubai International
Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates(UAE).
 Ladakh women’s ice hockey team has won the 9th National women’s ice hockey championship in
2022, held in the Kaza in tribal districts Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh.
 Indian National Women’s Hockey Team captained by Savita Punia won the bronze medal in the
Women’s Asia Cup Muscat 2022 defeating China in the bronze match held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports
Complex, Muscat, Oman.
SPORTS PERSON IN NEWS

Name Sport & Country they belong Points to be Noted
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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS

OLYMPICS GAMES
 Mumbai to host 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session.
 World athletics championships which is to be held in Eugene, Oregon, US (United States) will be
postponed to 2022.
Summer Olympic :
 Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2024 – Paris, France.
 Venue of Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games 2028 – Los Angeles, United States.
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ASIAN GAMES
Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
India-to host Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Women’s Asian Cup 2022- for the 1st time since 1979.
2022 Asian Games (19th edition) mascot “smart triplets” unveiled in Hangzhou, China.
♦ Smart Triplets - Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen.
 4th Asian Para Games 2022-scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from 9 – 15 October 2022-Official
Mascot - ‘Fei Fei’.
 Qatar’s Doha city will be host of 2030’s edition, while the runner-up in voting, Saudi Arabia will host
2034 edition of Asian games at Riyadh city.
Commonwealth Games (CWG)
 Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
 7th season of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games which is to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago has been postponed to 2023.
NATIONAL LEVEL GAMES

 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
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Asia Cup
 Pakistan to host 2022 Edition of Asia Cup.

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ICC ODI World Cup Cricket
 Venue of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20
 Venue of Men’s T20-World Cup 2020 – postponed to 2022 -Australia will host in 2022.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
 Venue of ICC ODI Women Cricket World Cup 2022 – New Zealand.
♦ It will be held in 6 cities namely Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and
Christchurch.
♦ Christchurch to host the final.
♦ India among 5 teams seals direct qualification for Women’s World Cup 2022.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20
2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in South Africa.
FOOTBALL
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar.
 China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023.
 India to host 2022 AFC(Football)Women’s Asian Cup.
 Australia and New Zealand to Host The 2023 Women’s Football World Cup.
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HOCKEY
Hockey Men’s World Cup
 2023 FIH Men’s hockey world cup- Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Hockey Women’s World Cup
 International Hockey Federation (FIH) 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup-will be held in- Terrassa,
Spain and Amstelveen, Netherlands.
OTHER SPORTS
 2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest,Hungary.
 Belgrade, Serbia to host its first-ever World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022.
 Yangzhou, China - host city of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2022.
 India to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in Chandigarh.
 Swimming Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) - postponed - 2021 aquatics world championships,
Fukuoka, Japan to May 2022.
 2020 World Archery Field Championships-postponed-2022- to be held in-National Field Archery
Association(NFAA) Easton Yankton Archery Centre(NEYAC).
 2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama postponed to 2022.
 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships-to be held in Durban, South Africa.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Book Name Author Other Information

JANUARY 2022
Mamata: Beyond 2021 Jayanta Ghosal It was translated by Arunava Sinha, The book
explores and examines why the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) lost the 2021 West Bengal Election
Gandhi’s Assassin: The Dhirendra K. Jha The book explores Godse’s relationship with the
Making of Nathuram Godse organizations and draws out the gradual
and His Idea of India hardening of Godse’s resolve that led to Mahatma
Gandhi’s assassination.
Indomitable: A Working Arundhati Bhattacharya HarperCollins is set to publish the autobiography
Woman’s Notes on Life, of former Chairperson of the State Bank of India
Work and Leadership (SBI) Arundhati Bhattachary.

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Ratan N. Tata: The Thomas Mathew This book chronicles the life of Ratan Tata to be
Authorized Biography published by HarperCollins
Bose: The Untold Story of An Chandrachur Ghose This book contains thoughts and opinions of
Inconvenient Nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose about development of
independent India, communalism, geopolitics and
political ideology.
Handbook on Sahakar ---- A policy recommendation handbook developed by
Pragya Good Practices for Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for
Cooperatives Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC)
of NCDC.
The Legend of Birsa Munda Tuhin A Sinha & Ankita The Book is the story of a lesser-known tribal
Verma hero, Birsa Munda
A Little Book of India: Ruskin Bond The book is the blend of “physical and spiritual”
Celebrating 75 years of attributes of India and also highlights the last 75
Independence years of India’s progress as a nation.
Liberty After Freedom Rohan J. Alva The book features the origin of Article 21:
Protection of Life and Personal Liberty, one of the
important fundamental rights in the Indian
Constitution
India’s Women Unsung Ministry of Culture in Meenakashi Lekhi launched this pictorial comic
Heroes collaboration with Amar book in New Delhi.
Chitra Katha
Operation Khatma RC Ganjoo & Ashwini The book is based upon the operation by Special
Bhatnagar Operations Group of Jammu & Kashmir Police
The $10 Trillion Dream Subhash Chandra Garg The book explores the economic policy issues of
India and suggests reformative ideas to make
India a USD 10 trillion economy by the mid-2030s.
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person Field Birth Place Points to be noted
who passed away
JANUARY 2022
Sindhutai Sapkal Social Worker Pune, Maharashtra She won Padma Shri (2021) in the
Social Work category.
Neil Nongkynrih Concert pianist Shillong, Meghalaya He is the founder of Shillong Chamber
Choir (SCC) and won Padma Shri
(2015) in the field of arts.
Birju Maharaj Kathak dancer Handia, Uttar Pradesh He won Padma Vibhushan 1986 under
art category
Saoli Mitra Theatre Personality West Bengal He received Sangeet Natak Akademi in
2003 and the Padma Shri in 2009 in
arts.
Shanti Devi Social Activist Balasore, Odisha He won Padma Shri for the year 2021
under social work category.
HPS Ahluwalia Mountaineer --- He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
(2002) and Padma Shri (1965) for his
contributions and received India’s
second-highest sporting honour, the
Arjuna Award (1965).

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Narayan Debnath Bengali cartoonist Howrah, Bengal He was honoured with Padma Shri in
Presidency, British 2021 for arts.
India
Subhas Bhowmick Indian footballer Malda, West Bengal He represented India at the Bronze
and coach medal winning 1970 Asian Games.
R Nagaswamy Tamil Nadu(TN) Kodumudi in Erode, He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
Archaeologist & TN (2018) for his outstanding contribution
Epigraphist to archaeology
Szilveszter Csollány Hungarian Gymnast Sopron, Hungary He won the gold in the Men’s rings at
the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney.
Milena Salvini Kathakali dancer Milan in Italy He won Padma Shri in 2019 in the field
of performing arts.
Charanjit Singh Hockey Player Una, Himachal He won the gold medal in the 1964
Pradesh Tokyo Olympics.
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the Field Birth Place Points to be noted
person who
passed away
JANUARY 2022
Ray Illingworth Cricket Pudsey, West He is a former England cricket
Yorkshire, England captain and the coach of the England
Cricket team (1995-1996).
Viktor Danilovich Triple Jump Georgia He clinched four Olympic titles (3
Saneyev Gold & 1 Silver medal)
Deon Lendore Sprinter Trinidad and Tobago He won a bronze medal in 4×400
meter relay in the London Olympics
in 2012
Toshiki Kaifu Former Prime Nagoya, Aichi, Japan He served as the PM from 1989 to
Minister (PM) of 1991
Japan
Ibrahim Boubacar Mali’s Former Mali He was in the office as president of
Keïta President Mali for 7 years from 2013-2020.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed Day Other information
date/week
JANUARY 2022
January 1,2022 64th Foundation Day of It was established on 1st January 1958 by
Defence Research and amalgamating the Technical Development
Development Organisation Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the
(DRDO) Directorate of Technical Development & Production
(DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation
(DSO).
January 3, 2022 5 Power System Operation
th To commemorate the day (3rd January 2017) on
Corporation Limited (POSOCO) which POSOCO stated its independent functioning
Day under the Ministry of Power as one of the Power
Public sector undertakings (PSUs).
January 4, 2022 World Braille Day This day marks the birth anniversary of 19th-century
French educator, Louis Braille, who invented Braille

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January 6, 2022 World Day of War Orphans To create awareness about the condition of the
children who were orphaned as a result of war or
other conflicts.
January 6, 2022 75th Bureau of Indian It commemorates the day on which BIS came into
Standards (BIS) day existence as the Indian Standards Institution (ISI)
(6th January 1947).
January 9, 2022 Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas This day also known as “Non-Resident Indian (NRI)
Day and is to mark the contribution of the Overseas
Indian community to the development of India.
January 10, 2022 World Hindi Day or Vishwa To promote the worldwide use of the Hindi language.
Hindi Diwas
January 12, 2022 National Youth Day (Rashtriya To commemorate the birth anniversary of the social
Yuva Diwas) reformer, great thinker and philosopher, Swami
Vivekananda.
Theme- It’s all in the mind
As the part of celebration, Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 25th
National Youth Festival in Puducherry.
January 14, 2022 6th Armed Forces Veterans To recognize the sacrifice of our veterans in serving
Day the nation. This day honours the services rendered
by Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE,
the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the
Indian Armed Forces.
January 15, 2022 74th Indian Army Day To commemorate the day on which Field Marshal
Kodandera M Cariappa (KM Cariappa) took charge as
the first Indian Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the
Indian Army
January 16, 2022 1st National Startup Day To support the startup culture spread across India
January 17-21, Open Data Week It was conducted by the Smart Cities Mission (SCM),
2022 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to
encourage the adoption of open data and promote
innovation across India’s urban ecosystem.
January 19, 2022 17th National Disaster To mark the formation of NDRF, under the Ministry
Response Force (NDRF) of Home Affairs on 19th January 2006.
Raising Day
January 19, 2022 44th Kokborok Day Kokborok Day, also known as the Tripuri Language
Day,is celebrated by the state of Tripura The day
marks the recognition of Kokborok as the official
language in 1979.
January 10-17, Agri Nutri Garden Week The week was celebrated by Deendayal Antyodaya
2022 Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-
NRLM) to encourage the establishment of ‘Agri Nutri
Gardens’ in rural households.
January 23, 2022 Parakram Diwas It was observed on the birth anniversary of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose to honour and remember the
efforts and contribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose.
• Vinod Sharma of Sikkim State Disaster
Management Authority has been honoured
with the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda
Prabandhan Puraskar 2022

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January 24, 2022 International Day of Education To celebrate the role of education for peace and
development.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of
Education is “Changing Course, Transforming
Education”.
January 24, 2022 National Girl Child Day To support and provide opportunities to the girls in
India.
January 25, 2022 National Tourism Day To create awareness of the importance of travelling
and protecting nature.
The theme of National Tourism Day 2022 is ‘Rural
and Community Centric Tourism’.
January 25, 2022 12th National Voters’ Day To spread awareness about the importance of voting,
(NVD) and participating in the electoral process.
Theme of 2022 NVD – ‘Making Elections Inclusive,
Accessible and Participative.’
January 26, 2022 73rd Republic Day The celebration of Republic Day 2022 is observed
during the 75th year of Independence, celebrated as
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• Olympic Gold Medalist, Neeraj Chopra, a
Subedar in the Indian Army has been
honoured with the Param Vishisht Seva
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January 26, 2022 International Customs Day To recognize the contributions and roles of the
customs officials and agencies in maintaining border
security.
Theme – Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation
by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data
Ecosystem’. The theme for 2022 was chosen by
World Customs Organisation (WCO).
January 27, 2022 International Day of The theme of this day is “Memory, Dignity and
Commemoration in memory of Justice”.
the victims of the Holocaust This day marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation
of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nazi German
concentration and extermination camp.
January 30, 2022 World Leprosy Day (WLD) The last Sunday of January is celebrated annually as
World Leprosy Day (WLD) on the theme ‘United for
Dignity’.
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January 30 i.e. on the death anniversary of the
Father of Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka
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