Daily Current Affairs: February 22, 2022

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Important Days

World Thinking Day – 22 February

• World Thinking Day is celebrated annually on 22 February This day celebrates friendship, sisterhood and women empowerment and aims to raise funds for 10 million girl guides and scouts present in 150 countries. This day was first started in 1926.
• The theme for World Thinking Day 2022 is ‘Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality’.

National News

IIT Madras inaugurates its largest hostel

• IIT Madras has inaugurated its largest hostel was named ‘Mandakini’ on the campus which can accommodate around 1,200 students. This hostel was built at the cost of ₹ 146 crores.
• The 10-story building has a built-up area of 32,180 square metre and various green building measures such as a solar hot water system were adopted to reduce the energy consumption of the building.

State News

Assam Government collaborates with IIT Madras to launch India’s first-night navigation mobile app in rivers

• Assam Government launched India’s first-night navigation mobile application in rivers for ferries on the Brahmaputra River.
• The transport department developed the night navigation mobile application in association with the principal scientist of IIT Madras Raju and will survey the draft of the rivers.
• The inaugural night journey of an Inland Water Transport (IWT) ferry fitted with the system sailed between Guwahati and North Guwahati and completed the return journey in nearly an hour.

Assam     

• Capital: Dispur
• Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma  
• Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
• National Parks: Orang National Park, Manas National Park, Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Nameri National Park, Raimona National Park and Dihing-Patkai National Park

Jammu & Kashmir government hosts ‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ portal with higher bandwidth

• Jammu and Kashmir Government has hosted the ‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ portal on a different server with higher bandwidth for its easy and ready accessibility to the general public.
• This portal can be accessed by logging on to the website https://janbhagidari.jk.gov.in/

Jammu and Kashmir

• Capital: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)
• Lt. Governor: Manoj Sinha
• National Parks: Hemis National Park, City Forest (Salim Ali) National Park, Dachigam National Park, Kishtwar National Park
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary, Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, Baltal-Thajwas Wildlife Sanctuary, Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary
• Lakes: Mansar Lake, Nagin Lake, Wular Lake, Surinsar Lake, Dal Lake

International News

India and Japan to hold joint seminars on attracting Hydrogen investments

• The Embassy of Japan has collaborated with Japanese organisations of the region, designated February–April 2022 as the ‘India-Japan Clean Hydrogen Month’ to attract further investment and to resolve technical and economic issues obstructing the utilisation of hydrogen.
• Under the initiative, the potential of hydrogen business in India and Japan’s advanced hydrogen technology to all the stakeholders in public and private sectors from both the countries.

Japan

• Capital: Tokyo
• Currency: Japanese Yen
• Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida

IIFL Home Finance signs $ 68 million loan agreement with ADB

• IIFL Home Finance Limited (IIFL HFL) has signed a $ 68 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve financial access to affordable green housing for lower-income groups in India.
• The funding comprises a direct ADB loan of up to $ 58 million and a $ 10 million concessional loan by the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia (CFPS).

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Founded: 19 December 1966
• Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines
• President: Masatsugu Asakawa
• Chief Economist: Yasuyuki Sawada

India and Oman bilateral air force exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ begins in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman began a five-day bilateral exercise at the Jodhpur air force station, Rajasthan. The exercise named ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ is in its sixth edition.
• Indian Air Force fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30 and Oman’s F-16 aircraft have participated in this exercise.

Oman

• Capital: Muscat
• Currency: Omani Rial

Banking and Economy

Paytm Payments Bank signs up as acquiring partner for e-RUPI service

• Paytm Payments Bank become an official acquiring partner for the government’s e-RUPI vouchers This payments bank has partnered with Paytm parent One97 Communications Limited (OCL) to leverage the latter’s merchant base.
• Paytm’s merchant partners can then scan, enter the amount to be paid and receive the payment directly into their bank accounts.
• e-RUPI is a cashless prepaid voucher that beneficiaries can present through SMS (or) QR Code.

Paytm

• Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• Founded: 2010

SEBI reconstitutes advisory committee headed by N. R. Narayana Murthy on alternative investment policy

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reconstituted its alternative investment policy advisory committee chaired by Infosys co-founder R. Narayana Murthy.
• This committee has now 20 members earlier had 22 members. This panel was constituted by SEBI in March 2015.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

• Headquarter: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairman: Ajay Tyagi
• Founded: 12 April 1992

Agreements and MoUs signed

IRCTC partnered with NPCI and BOB Financial Solutions limited to launch a co-branded credit card for railway customers

• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) partnered with NPCI and BOB Financial Solutions Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB) to launch a co-branded credit card ‘IRCTC BoB RuPay Contactless Credit Card’ to tap the huge potential the market offers.
• This co-branded credit card is specially curated to offer maximum savings to frequent travellers on the Indian Railways.

KSUM partners with Google for startups to foster global links

• Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has collaborated with tech giant Google for local startups to connect with the global startup community.
• This collaboration will enable Kerala’s startups to join a wider network to leverage Google’s programme comprising mentorship and training of startup teams to help scale up their solutions.

Tata Power signed MoU with RWE Renewables to develop offshore wind projects

• Tata Power signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German electricity generating company RWE Renewables GmbH to explore the potential for joint development of offshore wind projects in India.
• This MoU becomes significant in the light of the Government of India’s announcement of achieving 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind installations by 2030 to meet India’s growing power demands.

Adani Group inks pact with Nasdaq-listed Ballard Power for hydrogen fuel cells

• The Adani Group has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nasdaq-listed Canada based Ballard Power Systems to evaluate a joint investment for the commercialisation of hydrogen fuel cells in various mobility and industrial applications in India.
• Under this MoU, both companies will examine various options to cooperate, including potential collaboration for fuel cell manufacturing in India.

Ballard Power Systems

• Headquarters: Burnaby, Canada
• CEO: Randall MacEwen
• Founded: 1979

Science and Technology

YouTube introduces new ‘Live rings’ feature on mobile

• YouTube introduced a new feature ‘Live rings’ on mobile to indicate when a channel is live streaming. The Live rings feature will show a red-coloured ring around the channel avatar when it is live streaming.

Appointments

Former IPS officer Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj was appointed as the DERC’s new ombudsman

• Delhi’s power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has appointed Former Delhi Police’s Special Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj as its ombudsman to examine grievances of the city’s electricity consumers.
• He is a 1987-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre.

Tanishka Kotia and Riddhika Kotia were appointed as the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ brand ambassadors of Gurugram

• International chess player woman International Federation of Chess (FIDE) master a high-ranking chess title winners Tanishka Kotia and her sister Riddhika Kotia have been announced as brand ambassadors for the Union Government’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme for Haryana’s Gurugram.

Awards and Recognitions

Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022

• The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 were held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Bollywood star Ranveer Singh won the award for ‘Best Actor’ for the sports drama ’83’, directed by Kabir Khan.
• Kriti Sanon won the ‘Best Actress’ award for ‘Mimi’.
• Telugu movie ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ won the ‘Film of the Year’

Here’s the full list of winners.

Sports News

1. Praggnanandhaa becomes the third Indian to beat Magnus Carlsen

• A 16-year-old Indian Grand Master Praggnanandhaa became the only third Indian to defeat the reigning five-time World Champion Norwegian Grand Master Magnus Carlsen.
• He became only the third Indian to defeat Magnus Carlsen after former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand and GM Pentala Harikrishna.

FIDE (International Chess Federation)

• Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
• CEO: Geoffrey D Borg
• President: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
• Founded: 1924

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