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Daily Current Affairs – 11 January 2022
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National
Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 1.5 lakh crore: Finance Ministry
- As per the latest data of finance ministry, the deposits in bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) scheme have crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore mark.
- The total balance in accounts under the Jan Dhan scheme was recorded at Rs 1,50,939.36 crore as on December-end 2021.
- The data revealed that over 44.23 crore accounts have been opened under the scheme.
- Of this, 34.9 crore accounts were opened with the public sector banks, 8.05 crore with regional rural banks, and the remaining 1.28 crore with private sector banks.
- RuPay Debit Cards were issued to 31.28 crore PMJDY beneficiaries under this scheme.
Indian Railways renames Kevadiya station as Ekta Nagar railway station
- The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station in Narmada district of Gujarat, as Ekta Nagar railway station.
- The Statue of Unity’s Kevadiya railway station falls under the Vadodara division.
- The station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will be EKNR.
- The numerical code of the station will be 08224620.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kalpana Chawla Research Centre at Chandigarh University
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University on January 10, 2022.
- The new space science research centre has been named after Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who lost her life in the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster.
- The centre will train students in space science, satellite development and meeting future challenges in space research.
- The Minister also launched a Rs 10 crore Scholarship Scheme for the wards of Defence Personnel of the three Services.
Appointment
Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel Appointed as Vice President of Beijing-based AIIB
- Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as Vice President of the multilateral funding institution Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for a period of three years.
- Mr Patel will be one of the five Vice Presidents of the AIIB. He is expected to take charge from February 2022.
- He will succeed outgoing Vice President D J Pandian, who is in charge of sovereign and non-sovereign lending of the AIIB in South Asia, the Pacific Islands and South-East Asia.
Books & Author
Ratan Tata’s authorized biography, penned by retired IAS officer Dr. Thomas Matthew, to hit the stands in November 2022
- Tata Sons emeritus Chairman, veteran industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata’s authorized biography titled ‘Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized Biography’ is set to hit the stands in November 2022.
- The biography is penned by former senior bureaucrat and retired IAS officer Dr. Thomas Matthew.
- It will be published by HarperCollins.
- The book chronicles around the 84-year-old Ratan Tata’s childhood, college years, and early influences, among other things.
Sports
Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep wins 2022 Melbourne Summer Set tennis tournament
- World number six Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles tennis title at 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 on January 09, 2022.
- Nadal beat American qualifier Maxime Cressy 7-6(6), 6-3 to earn his 89th career ATP title.
- In the women’s singles, Simona Halep beat Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 6–2, 6–3 to win her 23rd career WTA title.
- Meanwhile in the Melbourne Summer Set 2 tennis tournament, American player Amanda Anisimova won the women’s singles tennis title, to earn her second career WTA title.
- American duo Bernarda Pera and Kateřina Siniaková won the women’s doubles tennis title.
Ashleigh Barty and Gael Monfils wins 2022 Adelaide International 1 tennis tournament
- In Tennis, French tennis player Gael Monfils beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov in men’s single event of the 2022 Adelaide International 1 to claim 11th ATP title of his career.
- In women’s category, World number one Australian star Ashleigh Barty beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to win her second Adelaide International title.
- 2022 Adelaide International 1 was a combined ATP Tour 250 and WTA 500 tournament.
List of winners
- Men’s single – Gaël Monfils (France)
- Women’s single – Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
- Men’s double – Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan (India)
- Women’s double – Ashleigh Barty and Storm Sanders (Australia)
Uzbeki GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins 2021 Open World Rapid Championship
- The young Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship.
- The 17-year old Abdusattorov defeated Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the tiebreak to take the crown from the World Champion Magnus Carlsen who won the tournament in 2020.
- Meanwhile the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship title has been won by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia.
Awards
Golden Globe Awards 2022
- The Golden Globe Awards 2022 ceremony was held on January 9, 2022 to recognise excellence in film, both American and international, and American television.
- This was the 79th edition of the annual event, which honored the best in American television, as well as film in 2021 as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
- Two of the films namely The Power of the Dog and the West Side Story, won the most number of awards with 3 each.
- Click here for List of winners in Motion Picture category
Obituary
Oscar and Grammy-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman passes away at 93
- Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning American lyricists and songwriter has passed away. She was 93.
- Bergman collaborated with her husband, Alan Bergman for song-writing.
- The renowned music-writing duo wrote the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals.
- The pair were nominated for Oscars 16 times, and won three times.
