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CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Day of War Orphans: January 6
- Every year on January 6, the World Day of War Orphans is recognized.
- The World Day of War Orphans 2022 reminds the world that caring for children in awful conditions is a duty, particularly in the face of a pandemic.
- Children who have been injured in a gunfight or separated from their families require particular care in order to heal the mental wounds of war, begin school, and restart normal life.
- World Day of War Orphans was started by the French organisation SOS Enfants en Detresses, which aimed to help children affected by conflict.
- According to the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), an orphan is defined as a child under 18 years of age who has lost one or both parents to any cause of death.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
PM to inaugurate second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata:
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata via video conferencing.
- The second campus of CNCI has been built in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to expand and upgrade the health facilities in all parts of the country.
- The second campus of CNCI has been built at a cost of over Rs 530 crore, out of which around Rs 400 crores have been provided by the Union government and rest by the West Bengal government, in the ratio of 75:25.
- The campus is a 460 bedded comprehensive cancer centre unit with cutting edge infrastructure for cancer diagnosis, staging, treatment and care.
- The campus is equipped with modern facilities like Nuclear Medicine (PET), 3.0 Tesla MRI, 128 slice CT scanner, Radionuclide therapy unit, endoscopy suite, modern brachytherapy units etc.
19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) held:
- The 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held here under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav.
- Honble Members of Parliaments Smt. Diya Kumari, Shri Rajeev Pratap Ruddy, & Shri Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur, Secretary Smt. Leena Nadan & DGF Shri Chandra Prakash Goyal were present among others.
- Tiger Conservation efforts in the Indian context have the community at its centre, hence continuous efforts are being made for involvement of local communities in protection and Eco-tourism activities.
- During the course of the meeting Shri Yadav also informed that India for Tigers: A Rally on Wheels, organized under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was a mega success.
- The rally saw an active involvement of diverse range of stakeholders forest officials, school and college students, media persons, local communities, and representatives from NGOs etc.
Six One District One Product brands launched under the PMFME scheme:
- Union Minister for Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras and Minister of State, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel and senior officials of NAFED has launched six, One District One Product (ODOP).
- One District One Product (ODOP) brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme at Panchsheel Bhawan, New Delhi.
- The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has signed an agreement with NAFED for developing 10 brands of selected ODOPs under the branding and marketing component of the PMFME scheme.
- Out of these, six brands namely Amrit Phal, Cori Gold, Kashmiri Mantra, Madhu Mantra, Somdana, and Whole Wheat Cookies of Dilli Bakes were launched.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
PM and new German Chancellor express hope of cooperation initiatives in areas of Climate Action and Green Energy:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz have agreed on further diversifying cooperation and exchanges in new areas including Climate Action and Green Energy.
- Prime Minister Modi held a telephonic conversation with Mr Scholz and congratulated him on his appointment as the German Chancellor.
- Modi expressed his appreciation for the immense contribution of former Chancellor Angela Merkel in strengthening the India-Germany Strategic Partnership and looked forward to continuing this positive momentum under the leadership of Mr Scholz.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS
Gujarat CM launches Student Start-ups and Innovation Policy 2.0:
- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has launched Student Start-ups and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0 which is aimed at financially supporting school students in innovation.
- He announced the policy, while inaugurating the two-day International Conference on Academic Institutions at Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad.
- This policy has a provision of setting up active innovation and incubation centres across all universities in the state.
- It intends to cover 50 lakh students across One thousand higher education institutes and 10 thousand schools of innovation and entrepreneurship.
CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
RBI appoints Ajay Kumar Choudhary and Deepak Kumar as new Executive Directors
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Deepak Kumar and Ajay Kumar Choudhary as new executive directors (ED) with effect from 03 January 2022.
About Deepak Kumar :
- Deepak Kumar was heading the department of information technology of RBI.
- Kumar has over a span of three decades working in RBIs central office departments covering policy making and project management functions in the areas of information technology, cyber security, payment systems, currency management, human resource management, banking supervision, foreign exchange management.
- He will look after Foreign Exchange Department, Department of Communication and Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI.
About Ajay Kumar Choudhary :
- Ajay Choudhary was Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Supervision.
- He has, over a span of three decades, served in supervision, regulation, currency management, payments and settlements, and other areas in the Reserve Bank, in its Central Office as well as Regional Offices.
- He will look after the fintech department, risk monitoring department and inspection department.
About RBI :
- Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata
- Repo Rate : 4.00%
- Reverse Repo Rate : 3.35%
- Bank Rate : 4.25%
- Cash reserve ratio (CRR) : 4.0%
- Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) : 18.00%
Former US diplomat Atul Keshap appointed head of US-India Business Council
- On 5 January, 2022, Former US envoy to India, Atul Keshap was appointed as President of the S.-India Business Council (USIBC), announced the US Chamber of Commerce.
- Atul Keshap replaces Nisha Desai Biswal.
- Prior to this, Keshap served in Delhi as United States Chargé d’Affaires to India, leading the US Embassy team.
About Atul Keshap :
- Keshap was born in June 1971 in Nigeria.
- He formerly served asS. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the United States Department of State.
- From 2010 to 2012, Keshap worked with Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake was Director of the Office of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Bhutan Affairs.
- From 20122013, Keshap served as the United States Senior Official for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
- He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia from 2013 to 2015.
- He will remain deeply involved with the organization as the US Chamber of Commerces senior vice president of International Strategy and Global Initiatives and South Asia.
About USIBC :
- Founded : 1975
- Headquarters : Washington, D.C., United States
- President : Atul Keshap
- It is a business advocacy organization to enlighten and encourage the private sectors of both India and the United States to enhance investment flows.
- It represents top global companies operating across the United States, India, and the Indo-Pacific.
Bank of Baroda appoints cricketer Shafali Verma as brand endorser
- State-owned Bank of Baroda has signed cricketer Shafali Verma as its brand endorser.
About Shafali Verma :
- Shafali Verma born on 28 January 2004 in Rohtak, Haryana, India.
- She is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women’s national cricket team.
- In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women’s Twenty20 International match for India.
- In June 2021, she became the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket.
About BoB :
- Founded: 20 July 1908
- Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat
- Chairman : Hasmukh Adhia
- MD & CEO : Sanjiv Chadha
- Founder : Sayajirao Gaekwad III
- It is the fourth largest nationalized bank in India.
- In 2021, the Bank launched its latest offering bob World Wave a wearable line of products for payments with a complete health ecosystem, under the bob World umbrella.
- The product offers a seamless digital payment option on-the-go which gives a convenience to shop and transact with ease.
- The Bank has a digital first policy to attract the youth and provide them a seamless banking experience at their fingertips.
CURRENT AFFAIRS : ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
Google acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify for $500 mn
- Google has acquired an Israel-based cybersecurity startup Siemplify reportedly for $500 million.
- The startup will be integrated into Google Cloud Platform, especially its Chronicle operation.
- The acquisition will expand the U.S. tech giants security offerings in the country amid rising cyber-attacks.
- Google has pledged to invest $10 billion in cybersecurity over the next five years.
About Google :
- Founded: 4 September 1998
- Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States
- CEO: Sundar Pichai
- Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
About Siemplify :
- Founded: 2015
- Headquarters location: New York, United States
- CEO : Amos Stern
- CTO : Alon Cohen
- COO : Garry Fatakhov
- Siemplify allows security operation centre (SOC) analysts to respond to cyber threats with speed and precision, and get smarter with every analyst interaction.
- It specializes in end-to-end security services for enterprises, typically referred to as security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) services.
- Siemplify technology also helps improve SOC performance by reducing caseloads, raising analyst productivity and creating better visibility across workflows.
CURRENT AFFAIRS : BOOKS & AUTHORS
Dhirendra K.Jha authors a New book titled Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India
- The New Book Titled Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India authored by Dhirendra K. Jha.
- The Book is Published by Vintage Books.
About the Book :
- The Book is the story of Godse’s life throws a light on the obscure layers of the assassin’s past.
- The Book deals with the Godse’s personality; his relationship with organizations and individuals who influenced his world view; and the fateful decisions that eventually led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
About Dhirendra K.Jha :
- Dhirendra K. Jha is a Delhi-based journalist.
- He is the author of Shadow Armies: Fringe Organisations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva and Ascetic Games: Sadhus, Akharas and the Making of the Hindu Vote and co-author of Ayodhya The Dark Night: The Secret History of Rama’s Appearance in Babri Masjid.
A New Book Titled Mamata: Beyond 2021 Authored by Jayanta Ghosal
- On the occasion of Bengals CM Mamata Banerjees 67th birthday, HarperCollins Publishers India released a New Book Titled Mamata: Beyond 2021 written by Jayanta Ghosal, a political Journalist and translated by Arunava Sinha, fiction and non-fiction translator.
- The book will be published on January 24, 2022.
About the Book :
- The book details how Mamata was successfully able to portray herself as the ‘daughter of Bengal’ who worked tirelessly for the state’s poor and disadvantaged.\
- The author, Jayanta Ghosal, travelled to all the districts of West Bengal and unearthed certain key factors that helped the Trinamool win the state.
- The book explores as it examines why the BJP lost the plot in West Bengal and what this means for the next general elections.
About Jayanta Ghosal :
- Jayanta Ghosal was born in 1962, has been a political journalist for the past four decades.
- He is a journalist, writer, teacher and speaker, he is a student of the history, politics, and culture of West Bengal and eastern India.
- He has worked for the Bengali newspapers Anandabazar Patrika and Bartaman, TV channels ABP News, India TV, and is now consulting editor, India Today group.
- He has authored several books in Bengali about the region and is also a biographer of West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.
About Arunava Sinha :
- Arunava Sinha was born and grew up in Kolkata, and lives and writes in New Delhi.
- He translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction from Bangladesh and India into English.
- Over 65 of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK and the USA.
- His recent translations include The Sickle by Anita Agnihotri, Khwabnama by Akhtaruzzaman Elias, and Imaan by Manoranjan Byapari.
- He teaches at Ashoka University, and is the books editor at Scroll.in.
CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS
Sri Lankan Cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa Announces Retirement from International Cricket
- On Jan 05, 2022, Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa announced his retirement from international cricket and submitted his resignation to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
About Bhanuka Rajapaksa :
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa was born on 24 October 1991 in Colombo, Sri lanka.
- Rajapaksa represented Sri Lanka in five ODIs and 18 T20Is, scoring a total of 409 across formats which included two fifties.
- He was part of Sri Lanka’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 squad, where he finished as the third-highest run-scorer for the Lions in the tournament with 155 runs in eight matches.
CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES
Mother of Orphans, Padma Shri Awardee Sindhutai Sapkal Passes Away
- On Jan 04, 2021, The renowned social worker and recipient of the Padma Shri Award, Sindhutai Sapkal passed away at the age of 74.
About Sindhutai Sapkal :
- Sindhutai Sapkal was born on 14 November 1948 in Wardha district, Maharashtra.
- She is fondly known as the mother of orphan children.
- Sapkal, popularly referred to as “Mai“, Sapkal ran an orphanage in Pune where she adopted over 1,000 orphan kids.
- Mee Sindhutai Sapkal, a Marathi movie based on her life was also released in 2010.
Awards & Honors :
- Sapkal has received more than 750 awards and honors in her lifetime.
- She has used the award money to further build shelters for orphans.
- 2013 The National Award for Iconic Mother
- 2013 Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice
- 2014 Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize
- 2016 Social Worker of the Year award from Wockhardt Foundation
- 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar (Indias highest civilian award dedicated to women, which was presented to her by President Ram Nath Kovind in 2017.)
- 2021 – Padma Shri in Social work category
Kenyan Fossil Hunter and Conservationist Richard Leakey Passes away
- Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, Passes away at the age of 77.
About Richard Leakey :
- Richard Leakey was born on 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, British Kenya.
- He was Director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the NGO WildlifeDirect and was the chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service.
- The legendary paleoanthropologist is credited for the discovery of Turkana Boy in 1984 which led to groundbreaking discoveries proving that humankind evolved in Africa.
- Leakey was serving as chairman of the Turkana Basin Institute at Stony Brook University in New York.
- He is also known for spearheading anti-ivory campaigns in order to save the African elephant population.
Note :
- The Turkana boy is the most complete fossil Skeleton of a human ancestor ever found.
- Paleoanthropology is the study of human evolution through fossil and archeological records.
Daily CA On Jan 07 :
- Every year on January 6, the World Day of War Orphans is recognized.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata via video conferencing.
- The 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held here under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav.
- Union Minister for Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras and Minister of State, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel and senior officials of NAFED has launched six, One District One Product (ODOP).
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz have agreed on further diversifying cooperation and exchanges in new areas including Climate Action and Green Energy.
- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has launched Student Start-ups and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0 which is aimed at financially supporting school students in innovation.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Deepak Kumar and Ajay Kumar Choudhary as new executive directors (ED) with effect from 03 January 2022.
- On 5 January, 2022, Former US envoy to India, Atul Keshap was appointed as President of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), announced the US Chamber of Commerce.
- State-owned Bank of Baroda has signed cricketer Shafali Verma as its brand endorser.
- Google has acquired an Israel-based cybersecurity startup Siemplify reportedly for $500 million.
- The New Book Titled Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India authored by Dhirendra K. Jha.
- On the occasion of Bengals CM Mamata Banerjees 67th birthday, HarperCollins Publishers India released a New Book Titled Mamata: Beyond 2021 written by Jayanta Ghosal, a political Journalist and translated by Arunava Sinha, fiction and non-fiction translator.
- On Jan 05, 2022, Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa announced his retirement from international cricket and submitted his resignation to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
- On Jan 04, 2021, The renowned social worker and recipient of the Padma Shri Award, Sindhutai Sapkal passed away at the age of 74.
- Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, Passes away at the age of 77.