Important Daily Current Affairs of 31st January 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 31st January 2022 in detail.
National
1. PM Modi spoke at the National Commission for Women’s 30th Anniversary Celebration.
- On January 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the National Commission for Women’s (NCW) 30th Foundation Day celebration.
- “The program’s theme is ‘She The Change Maker,’ and it celebrates women’s accomplishments in several sectors.
2. Security Manufacturing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has added new bank note printing lines to its Currency Note Press in Nashik and Bank Note Press in Dewas.
- SPMCIL is a Miniratna firm controlled by the Indian government that produces currency, bank notes, and security paper.
International News
3. Xiomara Castro was the first woman to be elected to Congress. Honduran President
- Xiomara Castro, a socialist, was sworn in as Honduras’ first female president. She promised to turn the crime-ridden and impoverished country into a “socialist and democratic state.”
- She succeeds President Juan Orlando Hernández, who has been accused of corruption and links to the drug trade for the past eight years.
Banking & Finance News
4. Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd, Lucknow, has been placed under limitations by the Reserve Bank of India.
- The Reserve Bank of India imposed a number of conditions on Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd, Lucknow, including a withdrawal limit of Rs 1 lakh.
- The limits went into effect on January 28, 2022, when business hours were closed. The Lucknow-based co-operative bank will not extend or renew any loans or advances, or make any investments, according to the RBI.
5. During April to December 2021, India’s exports of marine products increased by 35% to $6.1 billion.
- Between April and December 2021, exports of marine products increased by 35% to $ 6.1 billion.
- Marine Products exports surpassed $ 720 million, an increase of more than 28 percent.
6. Tata Steel would pay Rs 12,100 crore for Neelachal Ispat Nigam.
- The sale of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) to Tata Steel Long Products has been approved by the government.
- The CCEA has accepted Tata Steel Long Products’ highest bid for 93.71 percent of NINL’s shares. The enterprise value of the bid is Rs 12,100 crore.
7. India’s GDP growth is expected to be between 8 and 8.5 percent in FY23, according to the Economic Survey.
- For the fiscal year ending March 2023, the Economic Survey forecasts a growth rate of 8-8.5 percent.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha on January 31, and the Budget will be presented at 11 a.m. on February 1.
8. Meta worked with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to support women-led SMBs across India.
- Under its #SheMeansBusiness programme and FICCI’s ‘Empowering the Greater 50%’ initiative, Meta (previously known as Facebook) has teamed with FICCI to support 5 lakh women-led small businesses across India.
- The statement was made at Meta’s first National Women Entrepreneurship Summit, which aimed to promote industry discourse and steps to boost MSMEs across industries.
Appointments News
9. LIC Chairman MR Kumar’s term has been extended by one year by the government.
- The chairman of the IPO-bound Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has had his term extended by one year by the government in order to ensure a smooth listing of the insurance behemoth.
- In addition, the government has given Raj Kumar, one of the managing directors, a one-year extension on his contract.
Sports News
10. Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty won the Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Australian Open 2022.
- The 2022 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis competition that took place from January 17 to January 30, 2022 at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
- The Australian Open was held for the 110th time, the 54th time in the Open Era, and was the year’s opening Grand Slam.
11. Unnati Hooda and Kiran George won the women’s and men’s singles titles at the Odisha Open 2022.
- Unnati Hooda, a teen, defeated compatriot Smit Toshniwal to win the women’s singles title at the 2022 Odisha Open badminton competition.
- She was the first and only Indian woman to win a Super 100 competition. Kiran George, an unseeded player, won the men’s singles final of the competition.
Books & Authors News
12. R C Ganjoo and Ashwini Bhatnagar’s book ‘Operation Khatma’ was published.
- The book ‘Operation Khatma,’ written by journalists RC Ganjoo and Ashwini Bhatnagar, has been launched. They are eyewitnesses to the event.
- The book is based on a police operation in Jammu and Kashmir that resulted in the deaths of 22 terrorists from the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Obituary News
13. Baba Iqbal Singh, the founder of Akal Academies, passed away.
- Baba Iqbal Singh, the founder of Akal Academies and a Padma Shri awardee, passed dead. Baba Iqbal Singh was an Indian Sikh socio-spiritual leader who has worked tirelessly in only one direction: delivering value-based education in rural India. In 2008, he founded Eternal University, then in 2015, he founded Akal University, Guru ki Kashi.
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