1. Legendary Footballer Subshash Bhowmick is no more
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Former India footballer Subhas Bhowmick,popularly known as ‘Bhombolda' , died on 22 January 2022 in Kolkata following a prolonged illness.
·He was a part of the Indian team that won a bronze medal in the 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok, Thailand.
·He also had a successful career as a coach. He helped the East Bengal football club to win the ASEAN Club cup in 2003.
2. Father of Mindfulness and the influential Zen Buddhist Monk “Thich Nhat Hanh” passed away
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After dedicating a lifetime to promote peace and compassion in the world, author, activist and Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh left the planet for his heavenly abode, on 22nd January 2022.
- Known as the Father of Mindfulness, he was born as Nguyen Xuan Bao in 1926.
- Ordained as a monk at the age of 16, he is now remembered fondly as one who introduced the concept of mindfulness to the West.
- Hanh also authored more than a hundred books, including “The Miracle of Mindfulness” and “Peace Is Every Step”.
- During the Vietnam War in the 1960s, Hanh had met civil rights leader Martin Luther King in the US, and also persuaded him to speak against the conflict. Subsequently, King nominated the monk for Nobel Peace Prize, describing him as, “an apostle of peace and non-violence.”
3. Justice Ayesha Malik: First Woman judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Justice Ayesha Malik will be Pakistan's first-ever woman judge of the Supreme Court, a watershed moment in the judicial history of the conservative Muslim country.
- The historic development came just two days after the bipartisan Parliamentary Committee on the Appointment of Superior Judiciary approved the 55-year-old justice's nomination as the Supreme Court judge. The nomination was sent by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) earlier this month.
- Justice Malik was appointed as a judge of the Lahore High Court in March 2012. She will now work as a Supreme Court judge until her superannuation in June 2031. She would be in the line to become the chief justice also in January 2030 on the basis of her seniority.
- Born in 1966, Malik completed her basic education from schools in Paris, New York, and Karachi.
- She studied law at Pakistan College of Law, Lahore and did her LLM from Harvard Law School, according to the Lahore High Court website.
4. Sania Mirza to retire after 2022 season
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on 19th January 2022 announced that she will hang up her racquet at the end of 2022 season as her body is "wearing down" and the motivation and energy for everyday grind is not the same anymore.
- Winner of six Grand Slam titles, including three mixed doubles trophies, Sania will retire as India's most accomplished woman tennis player.
- The 35-year-old made the retirement announcement after losing the Australian Open women's doubles first round with partner Nadiia Kichenok.
5. Malta Legislator Roberta Metsola Becomes Third Female & Youngest President of European Parliament
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Roberta Metsola, a legislator from Malta, replaced Italian Socialist David Sassoli (who died on January 11) as the president of the European Parliament on 18 January 2022.
- Roberta Metsola has been elected to the position for a 2.5-year term.
- Metsola is 43 years old and has become the third woman, after Simone Weil and Nicole Fontaine, to be elected to the position, the youngest president of the European Parliament.
European parliament Headquarters: Strasbourg, France
The European parliament has 705 members who are elected by the voters of the 27 member countries of the European Union.
6. World’s oldest man dead
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World’s oldest man Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia dies at the age of 112 years and 341 days.
- Born in the neighbourhood of Puente Castro, León, on the 11th of February 1909, Saturnino – also known as “El Pepino” – married Antonina Barrio Gutiérrez in 1933.
- Guinness World Records named De la Fuente as the world’s oldest man in September 2021, when he was 112 years and 211 days.
- De la Fuente was a cobbler by trade and started working in a shoe factory at age 13.
7. Eminent theatre personality Saoli Mitra Passed away
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Saoli Mitra, who was the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2003, Padma Shri in 2009, and Banga Bibhusan in 2012, died at her residence in South Kolkata on 16th January 2022 of heart ailments.
- She would be remembered for her solo performance as Draupadi in Naathvati Anaathbat (which she also wrote and directed), and as Sita on Sitakatha or Bitata Bitangso.
- Mitra was the daughter of legendary theatre artists Shambhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra.
8. Vikram Dev Dutt appointed as new Air India Chief
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Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India on 18th January 2022.
- Dutt is a 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre.
- He will get the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
Further, Chanchal Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
- Kumar, a 1992-batch IAS officer, is at present posted in his cadre state Bihar.
The appointments were part of a senior level-bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Central Government on 18th January 2022.
9. Narayan Debnath passes away
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A noted comics artist, writer and illustrator, who brought to life cult Bengali cartoon characters like Bantul the Great, Handa Bhonda, and Nonte Phonte passed away at the age of 96 years on 18 January 2022.
- He was the first and the only comics artist from the country to have received the D. Litt. degree.
- He was a Padma Shri awardee,who held the record of running the longest comics series by an individual artiste for Handa Bhonda, which has now completed 53 years.
10. Shri Narendra Goenka takes over as new Chairman of AEPC
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Narendra Kumar Goenka, founder and managing director of Texport Industries Pvt Ltd, today took charge as the new chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). Goenka succeeds Padma Shri Dr. A Sakthivel as AEPC chairman.
- AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India, under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Textiles, that provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as importers/international buyers.
Figures from the Indian Textile Sector
- The Indian textile industry contributes to about 7% of the industry output (in value terms) and around 15% of India’s export earnings.
- The top global export destination countries for Indian Textiles are USA, UAE, Bangladesh, UK, and Germany.
- About 50% of India’s textiles import is Fibre and Yarn used for the value addition. The maximum textile and apparel imports come from China followed by USA and Bangladesh.
- In FY 2020-21 there was a deceleration in textile exports due to pandemic disrupting the supply chain and demand.
- During April-December, 2021 the total Textiles & Apparel including Handicrafts exports was US$ 29.8 billion as compared to US$ 21.2 billion for the same period last year. This implies robust growth of approximately 41% over last year.
