01-Jan-2022

1. Jasprit Bumrah Becomes Fastest Indian Bowler To Take 100 Test Wickets Overseas

2. Van Der Dussen Became Bumrah’s 100th Test Victim In Overseas Conditions

3. Bumrah Now Has 105 Wickets , Out Of Which 101 Have Come Away From Home

4. He Went Past The Record Set Up By Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Who Did It In 25 Tests

5. Bumrah Has Done It In 23 Tests (R Ashwin Reached The Milestone In 26 Tests)

6. Houston COVID-19 Vaccine Corbevax Gets DCGI Approval For Use In India

7. VK Tripathi Appointed As New Chairman & CEO Of Railway Board

8. Tripathi Did B Tech (Electrical Engineering) From Roorkee & Joined Railways

9. Through The Indian Railway Service Of Electrical Engineers Batch Of 1983

10. His 1st Posting Was As An Assistant Electrical Engineer On Northern Railway

11. Karnataka Becomes 1st State To Adopt e-Rupi Disbursement For Scholarships

12. The Govt Would Get e-Vouchers Delivered To The Mobiles Of Eligible Students

13. The Beneficiaries Can Receive The Voucher Code In Their Feature Phones

14. Which They Could Redeem At The Identified College During Fees Payment

15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched e-Rupi As A Digital Solution

16. The Digital Payment Solution Was Developed With DFS And NHA

17. It Is Powered By The National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

18. India Beat Sri Lanka By 9 Wickets To Clinch The Under-19 Asia Cup Title

19. Virender Singh Pathania Appointed As 24th Director General Of Indian Coast Guard

20. Pathania Replaced K Natarajan , Who Served As The DG Of The ICG (2019 To 2021)

21. The Indian Coast Guard Was Formally Established On 1 February 1977

22. ICG Was Formally Inaugrated By The Then PM Morarji Desai On 19th Aug 1978

23. V. A. Kamath Of The Indian Navy Was Appointed The Founding Director-General

24. 1st ICG Ship ICGS Kuthar Was Transferred From The Indian Navy To The ICG In 1978

25. The First Commanding Officer Of The Ship Was Commander NS Achreja

26. 30 White Rhinos Were Transferred From South Africa To Rwanda

27. Onboard A Boeing 747 Chartered Plane , Largest Single Transfer Of White Rhinos Ever

28. They Were Transferred In Light Of Increasing Threat Of illegal Poaching

29. They Are The Largest Extant Species Of Rhinoceros (S Name : Ceratotherium Simum)

30. They Are Considered As The Most Social Among All Rhino Species (22 Sept. : Rhino Day)

31. Central Govt Approved The Issuance Of 19th Tranche Of Electoral Bonds

32. Sale Of Electoral Bonds Will Be Open From January 1 To January 10 , 2022

33. State Bank of India (SBI) Has Been Authorised To Issue And Encash The Bonds

34. Electoral Bond Is A Financial Instrument , Used To Make Donations To Political Parties

35. These Bonds Are Issued In Multiples Of 1000, 10000, 1Lakh , 10 Lakh & 1Cr

36. From The Date Of Issuance , The Bonds Are Valid For Fifteen Days

37. They Can Be Redeemed In Designated Account Of A Registered Political Party

38. Citizen Of India Or Is Established In India , Can Purchase These Bonds

39. For A Period Of Ten Days Each In The Months Of January, April, July And October

40. Person Can Buy Bonds Wither Singly Or Jointly With Other Individuals

41. Sale Of First Batch Of Electoral Bonds Took Place From March 1-10 , 2018

42. The 18th Tranche Of Bond Sale Took Place In Between September 1-10 , 2021

43. World’s Longest Metro Line Was Opened In China’s Shanghai Province

44. The City Opened Two New Metro Lines – Line 14 And Phase One Of Line 18

45. With This , The Total Length Of Metro Network In Shanghai Has Extended To 831 Km

46. National Tiger Conservation Authority In 2021 India Reported The Death Of Around 126 Tigers

47. MP With 44 Tiger Deaths , Is Followed By Maharashtra (26) And Karnataka (14)

48. Tiger Is Globally Listed As " Endangered " On The IUCN Red List (SN : Panthera Tigris)

49. As of 2015 , Global Wild Tiger Population Was Estimated Between 3,062 & 3,948

50. Tiger Population In India Was Estimated At 2,603–3,346 Individuals

51. NTCA Was Established In Dec 2005 On The Recommendation Of The Tiger Task Force

52. MoHUA To Celebrate Azadika Amrit Mahotsav From 1st Jan. To 5th Feb. 2022.

 

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