Current Affairs - January 2022
Election Commission announced the Assembly polls scheduled for Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner?
The Chief Election Commissioner of India heads the Election Commission of India. This power of the Election Commission of India is derived from Article 324 of the Constitution of India. Sushil Chandra is the current and 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Facebook parent company Meta has announced that its new Artificial intelligence supercomputer will be the fastest in the world by the middle of next year.
The ICC Men's T20I Team of the year 2021 does not include any Indian player. Pakistan's Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the T20 Team of the Year 2021.
Jahnavi Dangeti, a young girl from Andhra Pradesh, has just completed NASA's International Air and Space Program at the Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, US, making her the first Indian to accomplish this feat.
Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Limited, has acquired a 25.8% stake in the online delivery platform Dunzo by investing $200 million (around Rs. 1,488 crores).
Reserve Bank of India has approved Fino Payments Bank for commencing international (Cross Border) remittance business under the Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS).