The Indonesian Parliament approved a bill on January 18, 2022, to relocate the country’s capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. The new capital city of Nusantara will be built on Borneo Island, in the forested province of East Kalimantan.

Global internet body ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group has roped in Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma as UA Ambassador.
The Group works on developing and recommending standards for languages script that are not currently used to access the internet. He is also part of a working group formed by the Ministry of Electronics and IT to prepare a roadmap on universal acceptance and multilingual internet.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Jio has announced that UPI AUTOPAY has now been introduced for the telecom industry with Jio. Jio’s integration with UPI AUTOPAY has made it the first player in the telecom industry to go live with the unique e-mandate feature that was launched by NPCI.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrates its Raising Day every year on January 19, since it came into existence on January 19, 2006. In 2022, the NDRF is observing its 17th Raising Day.

Please Note: The fund has recently been launched by the fund house. The Fund’s issue open date is Jan 19, 2022 and the issue close date is Jan 24, 2022

The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to link vocational education and training with higher education. The MOU was signed on January 18, 2022

India will host five events in 2022, namely BRICS Startups Forum meeting, Working Groups meetings on Energy; Biotechnology & Biomedicine; ICT & High-Performance Computing; STIEP (Science, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Partnership) Working Group Meeting and the launching of BRICS innovation Launchpad as a microsite ( Knowledge Hub).

NEW DELHI: The government has approved the appointment of Eastern Command chief Lt General Manoj Pande as the next Army vice-chief, even as the decision on the next chief of defense staff (CDS) is still awaited.

Minister of State for Education, Subhas Sarkar has launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022 virtually.

According to Oxfam India’s “Inequality Kills” report, the wealth of India’s richest families reached a record high in 2021.

The “Davos Agenda 2022” summit is being held digitally from January 17 to January 21, 2022, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme of the event is “The State of the World.” About the Summits: The week-long digital summit will begin with a special address by Chinese President Xi Jinping

The first of its kind ‘Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India’ has been recently released by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences.
As per the report, the Sunderbans in West Bengal, neighboring districts of Odisha, and Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu are the most vulnerable to high storm surges of as much as 8.5 to 13.7 meters that are induced by cyclones.

Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of Air India Ltd.
Vikram Dev Dutt was a 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory) cadre and is at present Principal Secretary (Tourism) in Delhi Government. He has been appointed in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary, as per the order issued by the Personnel Ministry.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the “P3 (Pro-Planet People) movement” to underline India’s climate change commitments at World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Agenda 2022.
The World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda Virtual Summit hosted world leaders and heads of important institutions around the world to discuss climate action, pandemic recovery, and socio-economic resilience.

On the Occasion of the 6th Armed Forces Veterans Day, 14th January 2022, Rajnath Singh has launched an online portal – Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran Portal (Raksha Pension) – to resolve pension-related grievances of ex-servicemen (ESM) and their dependents. The portal will help existing and future military pensioners and enable the ESM to file grievances directly with the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW).

Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power today announced the commissioning of two Solar Power projects of 50 MW each at Prayagraj, and Banda in Uttar Pradesh.

Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strategic research projects worth INR 30 crores in the areas of Specialty fibers and Geotextiles. These strategic research projects fall under the Flagship Programme’s National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM).

Narendra Kumar Goenka took charge as the new Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) during its executive committee meeting held on January 17, 2022. Goenka succeeds Padma Shri awardee Dr. A Sakthivel in the position. A Sakthivel had been appointed to the position for the period 2020-21.