Current Affairs Quiz January 2022

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Veteran Author Ruskin Bond released his latest book titled, “A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence” The 87-year-old Indian author of British descent has depicted the physical and spiritual attributes of India. It is a record of some of the author’s memories and impressions of the country. Ruskin Bond is the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

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India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein subunit vaccine for COVID-19, CORBEVAXTM, has received the Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGI) approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
Developed under the Department of Biotechnology’s Mission COVID Suraksha, the vaccine received support from DBT’s Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
Initially, the vaccine candidate received financial support for pre-clinical toxicology studies under COVID-19 Research Consortium through the National Biopharma Mission. Later support was provided under Mission COVID Suraksha for clinical development.

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Jhulan Goswami                                       Mitali Raj

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India’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) has been awarded the prestigious TX2 Awards after its tiger number doubled since 2010. The Nilgiri biosphere landscape that this reserve is part of, is currently the home to the largest tiger population in the world.

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India on Wednesday extended a USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka to fund the country’s fuel purchases, as the island nation struggles to overcome its worst financial and energy crisis in decades.

India’s support for fuel imports by Sri Lanka from India was in response to the urgent requirement and this critical support comes in the wake of a virtual meeting between the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa on January 15, 2022, the Indian High Commission here said.

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With the onset of the pandemic, healthy but not ELS-exposed adolescents evidenced increased symptoms of depression and anxiety (ps < 0.05). Coping by talking with friends and prioritizing sleep had a protective effect against anxiety for healthy adolescents (t = −3.76, p = 0.002).

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The government on Friday appointed economist V. Anantha Nageswaran as the chief economic advisor (CEA).

Nageswaran, an academic and former executive with Credit Suisse Group AG and Julius Baer Group, succeeds K.V. Subramanian, who demitted office of CEA in December 2021 after the completion of his three-year term.

An official statement said Nageswaran assumed charge on Friday.

The Union finance ministry wrote on Twitter, “Government appoints Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor and today, he has assumed charge.

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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the revamped ‘Central Government Health Scheme’ CGHS website and “MyCGHS” mobile application. The website shall benefit over 40 lakh beneficiaries with real-time information. The site has been made Bilingual with Hindi and English. There is a direct link to the e-Sanjeevani Tele-consultation facility through the website. User friendly features for visually impaired persons were also added.

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As per the weekly Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, the foreign exchange reserves of India declined by $878 million to USD 632.736 billion in the week ended January 7, 2022. In the previous week ended December 31, India’s reserves dropped by $1.466 billion to $633.614 billion. The decline was mainly due to a fall in gold reserves and foreign currency assets (FCA). In the reporting week, FCAs decreased by $497 million to $569.392 billion.

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The Khelo India Games were introduced to revive the sports culture in India. The 2021 Khelo India Games were postponed due to COVID crisis. It is now to be conducted in Haryana in January 2022. The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur is to attend the games.

The Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 is to be held in Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet recently approved to host the games from Bhopal. The cabinet also approved to land allocation of 50 – acre land to establish an international sports complex.

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Sania Mirza, India’s first women’s tennis superstar, announced her retirement on Wednesday, saying that the 2022 season will be her last.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched a mobile app “Saa₹thi” based on investor education in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The App available in Hindi & English.  The Saa₹thi app aimsto create awareness and provide education to investors about the basic concepts of the securities market.

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Badminton World Federation (BWF) organised Syed Modi International Badminton Championship 2022 at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) with the prize money of USD 150,000 from 18th – 23rd January 2022

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Railway Police Force personnel saved 601 persons accross Indian Railways in the year 2021. They have saved 1650 lives from the wheels of the running trains at railway stations across India in the last four years under ‘Mission Jeewan Raksha’. Indian Railways has returned left behind luggage with value at 23 crores to over 1.2 lakh rightful passengers.