1. Ravi Mittal take charge as the new Chairman of IBBI
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- Ravi Mittal took over the charge as the Chairman of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on 9 February 2022.
- The post of the Chairman was vacant when the first Chairman of the IBBI, MS Sahoo completed his five year term on 30 September 2021.
IBBI
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India was set up by the Government of India on 1st October, 2016 under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
It is the main body which implements the code related to insolvency of companies ,firms etc in India .
Headquarters of IBBI: New Delhi
Full form for exam
IBBI : Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
- IBC : Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
2. Gautam Adani richest person in Asia
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- Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani group, has overtaken Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani to become the richest man in Asia .
- According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ,Gautam Adani net worth was $88.5 billion while Mukesh Ambani was $87.9 billion.
- Gautam Adani founded the company in 1968 and started with a commodity trading business. Now the company is engaged in the business of ports, airports, coal mining, power sector, renewable energy, and defence.
3. Manoj Ahuja to be the new Agriculture Secretary
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The Appointment committee of the Cabinet,Government of India headed by the Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Manoj Ahuja as the new Agriculture Secretary .
At present he is the chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) and he will take over the post in April 2022.
The committee also approved the appointment of
- Mr. S. Kishore is the Chairman of the Staff Selection Commission(SSC).
- Mrs. Arti Ahuja as the new Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
- Mr. Sanjay Malhotra as the new Secretary, Department of Financial Services.
Important secretary of the Government of India, important for Exam
- Finance Secretary : T.V.Somanathan
- Foreign Secretary : Harsh Vardhan Shringla
- Home Secretary : Ajay Kumar Bhalla
- Defence Secretary : Ajay Kumar
4. Praveen kumar Sobti “Bheem” no more
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Noted athlete and famous TV actor Praveen Kumar Sobti passed away on 8 February 2022 at the age of 74 in Delhi .
Praveen Kumar who started his career as an athlete shot to fame with the portrayal of the character “Bheem” in the B.R Chopra’s Television Serial Mahabharat telecasted in 1988.
Praveen Kumar Sobti became the second Indian athlete after Milkha Singh to win a medal in the Commonwealth games when he won the silver medal in the hammer throw event at the Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica 1966.
He also won the gold medal in discus throw and Bronze medal in the hammer throw at the 1966 Asian Games held at Bangkok, Thailand .
Sobti went on to add another gold and silver in discus in successive Asian Games in 1970 Bangkok and 1974 Tehran ,respectively.
He also participated in the 1968 Mexico city Olympics and the Munich 1972 Olympics .
5. First Women Vice-Chancellor of JNU
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Santishree Dhulipadi Pandit has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor(VC) of the prestigious JawaharLal Nehru University(JNU) ,New Delhi
She is the first woman and also a former student of JNU to be appointed as the Vice -Chancellor of the University.
She has replaced Mr Jagdish Kumar who was earlier appointed as the chairman of the University Grant Commission by the Government of India.
Santishree Pandit has been appointed for five years .
6. Lata Mangeshkar no more
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Bharat Ratna and legendary singer Lata Mangeskar died on 6 February 2022 at the Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra due to multiple organ failure after recovering from Covid. She was 92 years old.
She was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 28 September 1928.
Lata Mangeskar was also popularly called the “Nightingale of India” melody queen etc . She was a playback singer who has sung in 36 languages with more than 50,000 songs , but majority of her songs were in Hindi and Marathi.
Awards and Achievements
She was the second singer after M.S.Subbulakshmi to get the highest civilian award of India ,Bharat Ratna . She got the award in 2001.
She got Padma Vibhushan in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 1969.
In 1989 she got the highest award in cinema, the Dada Shaeb Phalke award .
She received National Film awards in 1972,75,1990.
In 1993 Filmfare Lifetime achievement Award .
Filmfare award for best female singer in 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1993 and 1994.
IIFA Lifetime achievement award in 2000.
The government of France conferred her with the” Officer of the Legion of Honour” in 2009, which is the country’s highest civilian award
She was the member of the Parliament from 1999-2005 as the President nominated her to the Rajay Sabha
She was the first Indian to perform at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall of London in 1974.
Her first recorded song for the marathi film Kiti Hasaal was in 1942 when she was 13 years old .
Her first recorded Hindi song was for the film Aap Ki Seva Mein ,released in 1946.
Mangshkar’s last full film album was “Veer-Zaara” in 2004.
7. Therese Johaug of Norway win the first gold medal of Beijing Winter Olympics
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The first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics was won by Norwegian Therese Johaug in the 15-kilometer women skiathlon cross country race.
The silver medal was won by the Russian Natalya Nepryayeva and the Bronze medal was won by Teresa Stadlober of Austria.
8. Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar appointed as the Chairman of UGC
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Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar,Vice-Chancellor,Jawaharlal Nehru University has been appointed to the post of Chairman,University Grants Commission(UGC) by the Government of India.
- He has been appointed for a period of five years.
- The post of the UGC chairman fell vacant on December 7 after Prof D P Singh, who had taken charge in 2018, resigned upon turning 65. .
- Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar is an academician, administrator and author who has been the acting Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) since January 2021 after completion of his tenure in December 2020.
- He was earlier a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi.
9. Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Sports Award
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Tokyo Olympic 2020 gold medalist, Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been nominated for the prestigious 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award.
- He is the third Indian to be nominated for a Laureus award after cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar (for the best sporting moment in the last 20 years in 2020) and wrestler Vinesh Phogat (for the World Sporting Comeback category for 2019).
- The other five sportspersons who have been nominated for the Breakthrough award are:
- Britain’s Emma Raducanu (Tennis)
- Russian' Daniil Medvedev (Tennis)
- Spanish Footballer, Pedri
- Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas (Triple jump)
- Australia’s Ariarne Titmus (Swimmer)
Laureus World Sports Awards
It is an annual award ceremony established in the year 1999 by the patrons of Laureus Sport for Good Foundation to honour successful individuals and teams from the sporting world.
10. Ramesh Deo passes away
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Prominent film personality Ramesh Deo passed away in Mumbai on 2 February 2022. He acted in a number of Hindi and Marathi films. His notable films were Anand,Khilona, Mere Apne etc. where he played supporting roles.
