Current Affairs - January 2022
Which entity has partnered with NPCI to enable Indian customers with an active UPI ID to receive real-time, international payments into their bank accounts?
TerraPay has signed an MOU with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) that will allow Indian customers with an active UPI ID to receive real-time, international payments into their bank accounts via TerraPay's secure payments technology.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghis as its new Secretary-General, as oil demand continues to improve amid a mild recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The state government of Assam has conferred its highest civilian award 'Assam Baibhav' for the year 2021 on industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata.
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.