January, 2022 -

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched “India Semiconductor Mission”

January 4, 2022

Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in India. The companies that are interested are invited by the Centre for the development of the semiconductors and display manufacturing ecosystem in India. ISM is a specialised and independent business division …

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Russia’s test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles 2022

January 4, 2022

Russia successfully test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and other two missiles from a submarine. The Zircon missile would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles). The Tsirkon Cruise Missile will join Avangard glide vehicles and …

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Sushmita Dev in 31-member Panel to examine bill on raising legal age of marriage

January 4, 2022

The parliamentary standing committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021” comprise of a total of 31 members, including only one women representative. Out of the total 31 members, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the sole woman representative in the committee. The Bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage …

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NTPC plans to buy 5% equity in Power Exchange of India Ltd

January 4, 2022

State-owned power generation company NTPC Ltd. is set to acquire a 5 per cent equity stake in Power Exchange of India Ltd (PXIL). It must be noted that the government is planning to expand the share of the spot power market in the total electricity supply in India to 25 per cent by 2023-24. At …

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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez announces retirement from cricket

January 4, 2022

Pakistani all-rounder, Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket on January 03, 2022, to end his career spanning more than 18 years. The 41-year-old Hafeez retired from Test cricket in December 2018. He has played 55 Tests, 218 ODIs and 119 T20Is for Pakistan, scoring 12,780 runs across formats. He is nicknamed “The …

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GoI keeps interest rates on Small Savings Schemes unchanged

January 4, 2022

The interest rates on the small savings schemes will remain the same for the fourth quarter of 2021-2022 (January – February – March 2022) as they were in the third quarter of 2021-22 (October-December 2021). It must be noted that West Bengal is the highest contributor to the small saving schemes while Uttar Pradesh is …

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SEBI reconstitutes its primary market advisory committee

January 4, 2022

Capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India has restructured its primary market advisory committee on data. The committee aims to measure pertaining to areas such as securities market data access and privacy. Sebi has appointed Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India S Sahoo as …

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Bollywood film producer Vijay Galani passes away

January 4, 2022

Bollywood film producer Vijay Galani has passed away. He was suffering from blood cancer and was in London for seeking treatment. He is known for producing films like Salman Khan’s Suryavanshi (1992), Govinda and Manisha Koirala’s Achanak (1998), Akshay Kumar’s Ajnabee (2001), Paresh Rawal and Mallika Sherawat’s Bachke Rehna Re Baba (2005), Salman Khan’s Veer …

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France takes over EU Presidency for six months 2022

January 4, 2022

France has assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union with effect from January 01, 2022. The country will continue to hold the EU presidency for the next six months till June 30, 2022. This is the 13th time that France has taken over the rotating presidency. The motto of France as …

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World Braille Day Observed on 04 January 2022

January 4, 2022

World Braille Day is observed globally on 4th January since 2019. The day aims to recognize the right of access to braille by blind people and raise awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people. The day is …

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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched “India Semiconductor Mission”

Russia’s test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles 2022

Sushmita Dev in 31-member Panel to examine bill on raising legal age of marriage

NTPC plans to buy 5% equity in Power Exchange of India Ltd

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez announces retirement from cricket

GoI keeps interest rates on Small Savings Schemes unchanged

SEBI reconstitutes its primary market advisory committee

Bollywood film producer Vijay Galani passes away

France takes over EU Presidency for six months 2022

World Braille Day Observed on 04 January 2022

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