22/01/2020
22 January 2020.
🔶 Sanjiv Chadha Appointed MD & CEO Bank Of Baroda
🔶 L V Prabhakar Appointed MD & CEO Of Canara Bank
🔶 A K Das Appointed As MD & CEO Of Bank Of India
🔶 Punit Sood Appointed New Country Head Of RBS India
🔶 Challa Sreenivasulu Setty Appointed MD Of SBI For 3 Years
🔶 Ashutosh Agnihotri Appointed As Joint Commissioner , Home Ministry
🔶 Indian Railway To Replace Urdu With Sanskrit On Signboards At Uttarakhand Platforms
🔶 Ashish Garg Elected President Of Institute Of Company Secretaries Of India
🔶 Rajeev Singh Thakur , Shantanu Appointed Joint Secretaries In Department Of military Affairs
🔶 Champion Of Change Award Conferred On Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
🔶 50th Annual Meeting Of World Economic Forum Held In Dawos
🔶 Deepika Padukone Receives Crystal Award At The WEF 2020
🔶 Sanjeev Kapoor Roped In As Brand Ambassador For Washington Apples
🔶 Disha Patani Roped In As Brand Ambassador For Washington Apples
🔶 World’s Oldest Rhino Fausta Dies In Tanzania Aged 5
🔶 World Economic Forum Released WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Denmark Topped In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Norway Ranked 2nd In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Sweden Ranked 3rd In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Finland Ranked 4th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Iceland Ranked 5th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Germany Ranked 11th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 France Ranked 12th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Canada Ranked 14th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Japan Ranked 15th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Russia Ranked 39th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 China Ranked 45th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 Brazil Ranked 60th In WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 India Ranks 76th On WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020
🔶 2nd NIC Tech Conclave 2020 To Be Held In New Delhi
🔶 IMF Lowers India’s Economic Growth In 2019-20 To 4.8% From 6.1%
🔶 Global Investment Trend Monitor Report Released By UNCTAD
🔶 India Among Top 10 Recipients Of Foreign Direct Investment In 2019
🔶 US Remained The Largest Recipient Of FDI At USD 251 Billion In 2019
🔶 14th Edition Of ELECRAMA 2020 Held In Greater Noida , UP
🔶 Magh Bihu Festival Celebrated In Assam
🔶 1st Krishi Manthan 2020 Begins In Ahmedabad , Gujarat
🔶 RBI Ranked 6th Among Central Banks In Buying Gold Abroad
🔶 cVIGIL’ & ‘Voter Helpline App’ Won e-Governance Award Of Excellence 2019
🔶 Jacqueline Williams Becomes 1st Woman 3rd Umpire In Men’s T20I
🔶 Dhawan Ruled Out Of New Zealand T20s Due To Shoulder Injury.
DEFENCE
1)Defence Minister inaugurated the induction ceremony of Su-30 fighter squadron at the Air Force Station in – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
ECONOMY
1)According to the Global Investment Trend Monitor report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2019 – the United States ($140 billion).
2)According to the Global Investment Trend Monitor report of UNCTAD, India has attracted this much FDI in 2019 – around $49 billion.
3)According to ‘World Economic Outlook’ report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India’s growth in 2019 – 4.8 percent.
INTERNATIONAL
1)The High-level roundtable of UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on the theme ‘Access for all: Leveraging Innovations, Investments and Partnerships for Health’ at World Economic Forum in -Davos, Switzerland.
2)World’s largest cricket stadium – Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
NATIONAL
1)The government has set the target of providing a house to all poor households of the country, before – 75th Independence Day of India.
2)On 21 January, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized the ICC Banking and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) summit 2020 in – Guwahati.
3)Winner of the CIO Choice Awards 2020 for the most trusted brand in eight categories – Dell Technologies.
4)The 10th round of National Deworming Day is scheduled to be held on – 10 February 2020.
5)Revamped and upgraded Police network services in India – POLNET 2.0.
6)The National Tribal Youth Exchange Programme launched on 20 January 2020 in – Puducherry.
PERSONS IN NEWS
1)New Managing director in the State Bank of India – Challa Sreenivasulu Setty.
2)Author of the book “India at 75: Then and Now” – Bimal Jalan.
3)New managing director and chief executive officer in Bank of India (BoI) – Atanu Kumar Das.
4)New Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Bank of Baroda – Sanjiv Chadha.
5)New MD and CEO in Canara Bank – Lingam Venkata Prabhakar.
6)Indian recipient of Crystal Award at World Economic Forum in Davos – Deepika Padukone.
SPORTS
1)Winner of the 4th edition of the Diplomat Cup Cricket Championship in Sharjah, Dubai – India.
2)New president of Mohun Bagan Football club – Swapan Sadhan (Tutu) Bose.
3)Indian shooters who won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at Meyton Cup in Innsbruck, Austria – Divyansh Singh Pawar (men’s) and Apurvi Chandela (women’s).
STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS
1)Statehood Day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura – 21 January.
2)Proposed three capitals for the state of Andhra Pradesh – Visakhapatnam (Executive), Amaravati (Legislative) and Kurnool (Judicial).
3)National Girl Child Day will be celebrated on 24 January in Madhya Pradesh on the theme of – “Aware girl child-able Madhya Pradesh” (Jagruk Balika-Samarth Madhya Pradesh).
4)Pangsau Pass International Fest began in – Arunachal Pradesh.
5)Winner of the “Champion of Change Award-2019” of Jharkhand government – Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1)PRAGATI project – Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
2)Manipur – Statehood: 20 January 1972; Capital: Imphal.
3)Meghalaya – Statehood: 21 January 1972; Capital: Shillong.
4)Tripura – Statehood: 21 January 1972; Capital: Agartala.
5)FPO (in Trade) – Follow-on Public Offering
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) was established in the year – 1972.
🌀 Ease of Doing Business Index
Released by World Bank.
The Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
The Doing Business Index covers 12 areas of business regulation. Ten of these areas—starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency—are included in the ease of doing business score and ranking.
Doing Business also measures regulation on employing workers and contracting with the government, which are not included in the ease of doing business score and ranking.
The latest report is considered to be significant achievement since India has successfully improved its position from 142nd rank in 2014 to 63 in 2020.
India’s score improved from 67.23 (2019) to 71.0 (2020). India’s ranking has basically improved in 4 main areas- Starting a Business, Dealing with Construction Permits, Trading across Borders, Resolving Insolvency.
🌀 Jaga Mission
Implemented by Odisha.
Jaga Mission is acclaimed as the World’s largest slum land titling project, benefiting a million urban poor living in the slums.
The Mission is being executed in collaboration with Tata Trusts and Norman Foster Foundation.
The State Government had rolled out the project on May 7, 2018, a first of its kind in the country, to give land titles to slum dwellers.
The Odisha Government has won the World Habitat Award, a global recognition, for its ambitious initiative, Jaga Mission.