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Daily Current Affairs 5 January 2022
Alka Mittal becomes first women head of ONGC
Alka Mittal has been appointed an interim chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC NSE 0.81 %), the first woman to head the country’s largest oil and gas producer in India. She is the first woman to head the top post at the Maharatna company.
Mittal replaces Subhash Kumar, another interim head who retired after reaching superannuation age on December 31. He was also serving as an interim head. She has been appointed for a period of six months with effect from January 1, 2022, or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post, or until further order, whichever is the earliest.
Vistara Airlines ropes in Vinod Kannan as new CEO
Vistara said that Vinod Kannan took over as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the airline. According to a statement by the carrier, Kannan replaces Leslie Thng, who was the CEO from July 16, 2017 to December 31, 2021.
Prior to this, Kannan was the Chief Commercial Officer of the airlines since January 2020, before joining Vistara as Chief Strategy Officer in June 2019. Vistara, is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons Private Limited and Singapore Airlines (SIA). Its headquarter is based at Gurugram.
Apple becomes world’s first company to hit $3 trillion market value
The stock market value of Apple Inc. hit $3 trillion (£2.2tn) briefly on January 03, 2022, becoming the world’s first company to do so. Apple became the first company to have a market value of $3 trillion. Briefly reaching the milestone in the latest demonstration of the tech industry’s pandemic surge. The iPhone maker set a new high near 18:45 GMT, reaching $182.88 per share before falling slightly.
The market cap of Apple hit $182.86 per share, which made it the world’s first company to touch $3 trillion mark. However shortly after hitting the mark, the share value dipped below it and did not rise again until the market closed. The iPhone maker passed $2 trillion (£1.4tn) in 2020 and over $1 trillion (£740,000m) in 2018.
RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said state-owned SBI, along with private sector lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) or institutions which are ‘too big to fail’. These three banks have continued to be on the D-SIBs list published by RBI, since Sep 04, 2017.
Domestic Systemically Important Banks are those banks which if fail would have a significant impact on the economy. The D-SIBs banks are classified into 5 buckets. Bucket 1, Bucket 2, Bucket 3, Bucket 4 and Bucket 5. With Bucket 5 being the most important followed by rest in decreasing order. State Bank of India is in Bucket 3, while ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank are in Bucket 1. The updated list is based on the data collected from banks as on March 31, 2021.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches NEAT 3.0
The Union Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0), and regional language textbooks prescribed by AICTE, on January 03, 2022.
Pradhan said NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging the digital divide, especially among the economically disadvantaged students and also in fulfilling the knowledge-based requirement of India and the world.
The minister informed that 58 global and Indian start-up ed-tech companies are onboard NEAT and are offering 100 courses and e-resources for bettering learning outcomes, developing employable skills and overcoming learning loss. The collaboration of global ed-tech companies and Indian start-ups by way of NEAT will help to build on the digital education bedrock of India.
Indian Navy invites 46 nation navies to participate in multilateral Ex-Milan 2022 in Visakhapatnam
India has invited a total of 46 friendly foreign countries to participate in the multinational naval exercise Milan in Visakhapatnam, scheduled from February 25, 2022. This exercise was initiated in 1995 and held biennially and conducted with friendly navies. The theme of the exercise in 2022 is camaraderie, cohesion and collaboration.
The Harbour Phase of Milan 2022 will take place from February 25 till February 28, 2022. Meanwhile, the Sea Phase is planned to be held from March 01 to 04 2022. Indian Navy is organizing Ex- Milan biennially since 1995 to brings together Navies of all the countries in the region. So far the exercise has been held at Port Blair but has been shifted to Visakhapatnam in 2022 to offer more space and infrastructure.
GST Collection in December 2021 stands at over Rs 1.29 crore: FinMin
As per the data released by the Ministry of Finance, the gross GST (Goods and Services Tax) revenue collected in December 2021. The gross GST(Goods and Services Tax) revenue collected in December 2021 stood at ₹1,29,780 crore, which is slightly lower than the revenue collected in November.
The revenues collected in December 2021 is 13 percent higher than the GST revenues in December 2020 (Rs 1.15 lakh-crore) and 26 percent higher than December 2019. The gross GST collection in November stood at ₹1.31 lakh crore, which was the second highest ever since introduction of GST.
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns
The Prime Minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation on January 02, 2022. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said he was resigning, six weeks after returning to his post in a deal with military coup leaders he argued could save a transition toward democracy.
The decision follows a military coup that caused political deadlock and widespread pro-democracy protests in the country. The 66-year-old Hamdok served as the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan from 2019 to 2022.
Sudan Capital: Khartoum; Currency: Sudanese pound.
Covid-19 new variant ‘IHU’ discovered in France
Scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than Omicron. The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The new variant has been associated with the African country Cameroon. France has reported at least 12 cases of this variant. But, the Omicron strain is still dominating in most parts of the world.
This new variant can be a major threat, however, the cases have not been reported so far in countries other than France and is not labelled as ‘variant under investigation’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Legendary Kenyan Conservationist and Fossil-hunter Richard Leaky passes away at 77
Richard Leakey, a world-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter has died aged 77.
His groundbreaking work contributed to the recognition of Africa as the birthplace of humankind. Turkana boy is the most complete fossil Skelton of a human ancestor ever found. Paleoanthropology is the study of human evolution through the fossil and archaeological records. Leakey is also known to spearhead campaigns against the ivory trade to save the population of African elephants.
