16th January 2022 Current Affairs

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16th January 2022 Current Affairs is provided below.

1. India celebrates 1st National Start-up day:

January 16
Purple Revolution is Jammu and Kashmir contribution to the start-up India initiative.
Aroma/lavender cultivation has become a popular option in farming for agricultural start-ups in J&K.
Startup India was launched by prime minister Modi in 2016.

2. World Economic Forum released 17th edition of Global risks report 2022:

The report is published ahead of the online Davos Agenda Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
The report states that widespread youth disillusionment and digital inequality are among the top 5 risks for India.

About WEF:

Founded in 1971
Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland.

3. Hindi Actress Harshaali Malhotra receives the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022.

4. MDASat:

South Africa launches 1st indigenously developed Satellite Constellation.
Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite.

5. Ganga Sagar Mela 2022:

It is the biggest fair in eastern India.
2nd biggest fair in India after the Kumbh Mela.
It was inaugurated by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Sagar island of West Bengal.

6. India’s oldest sloth bear passed away:

Gulabo, the oldest female sloth bear passed away at Van Vihar National Park.
The park is located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
IUCN LIST: VULNERABLE
Also called as ‘labiated bear’
Its range includes India, temperate climatic zones of Bhutan and Sri Lanka and the Terai region of Nepal.

7. Kalaignar Memorial Library:

TN chief minister M.K. Stalin unveiled the foundation stone in Madurai.

8. World Logic Day – 14th January

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