Page-2 of Current Affairs - January, 2022

Death Penalty in India Report

According to Death Penalty in India report, the number of prisoners on death row at the end of 2021 was 488. This number was highest in 17 years. Key Points Year 2021 witnessed highest number of prisoners on death row, ..

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Reservation in Promotion

Recently, the Supreme Court of India refused to lay down any yardstick to grant reservation in promotion in government jobs to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Key Facts A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Nageswara Rao, was hearing ..

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NASA Ocean Melting Greenland Mission

The ocean waters are melting the glaciers in Greenland as much as the warm air is melting them from the above. The Ocean Melting Greenland mission, generally referred to as OMG mission was launched by NASA. It was a five ..

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Privilege Motion over Pegasus

On January 30, 2022, Congress gave a notice in Lok Sabha to move a privilege motion against Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, alleging that he misled the House on Pegasus spyware issue. A similar notice will be issued in Rajya ..

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Conversion or Switch operations

The Government of India recently held conversion operation. It is also called Switch operation. Under the operation, the government bought back securities from the Reserve Bank of India. These government securities were maturing in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. These securities ..

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What is Green Climate Fund for adaptation?

The Green Climate Fund is invested in developing countries. It helps the countries to fight against climate change. What are the issues around GCF? The countries are not receiving Green Climate Fund, especially those in Africa. This is due to ..

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