Current Affairs - January 2022
The 'Quit Tobacco App' has been launched by which organization to support people in quitting the use of tobacco in all forms?
The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people give up the use of tobacco in all forms, including smokeless and other newer products.
Defence Research Development Organization has selected Paras Defence & Space Technologies Ltd as one of the companies for handing over the technology of border surveillance systems developed by Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) and DRDO.
Jammu and Kashmir-based alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for two different events of the Winter Olympics, set to be held in Beijing from February 4, next year.
Citing the massive surge in Omicron infections and the resultant impact on overall economic activities in the March quarter, Swiss brokerage UBS Securities has revised downwards its India's growth forecast for the current financial year to 9.1 per cent from 9.5 per cent earlier.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Vinay Kumar Tripathi as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways.
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