DAILY GK: 20 JAN 2022
1.
IEA REPORT ON
INDIA’S ANNUAL POWER CONSUMPTION
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As per the January 2022 ‘Electricity Market Report’ of International
Energy Agency (IEA), power demand in India is expected to grow at an annual
rate of 6.5 percent between 2022 and 2024 backed by rising consumption from
residential and industrial segments.
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India clocked the highest 10 percent Y-o-Y growth in power demand during
the 2021 calendar year (CY).
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Global electricity demand grew by 6 percent in 2021. The majority of
supply growth in 2021 to 2024 is expected in China, accounting for around half
of the net total increase, followed by India (12%), Europe (7%) and the United
States (4%).
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Power consumption in India declined by more than 2 percent during 2020
due to COVID-19.
2.
SEBI LAUNCHES ‘SAA THI’ MOBILE APP FOR
INVESTOR EDUCATION & AWARENESS
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched a mobile app
“Saa thi” based on investor education in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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The Saathi app aims to create awareness and provide education to
investors about the basic concepts of the securities market.
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It will provide knowledge about KYC (Know Your Customer) process,
trading and settlement, mutual funds (MF), market developments, investor
grievances redressal mechanism, etc.
3.
MRS WORLD 2022
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Shaylyn Ford from the United States of America (USA) was chosen as the
winner of Mrs World 2022. She was crowned by the 2020 Mrs World – Kate
Schneider from Ireland.
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Mrs Jordan – Jaclyn Stapp & Mrs UAE – Debanjali Kamstra were named
as the runners up of the competition.
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The event was organized in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (US).
4.
VIKRAM DEV DUTT APPOINTED AS CMD OF AIR INDIA
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the
appointment of Vikram Dev Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal
Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre as the Chairman and Managing
Director(CMD) of Air India.
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In October 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the
acquisition of 100% equity shares of Air India and Air India Express along with
its 50% stake in ground-handling company AISATS by Talace Private Limited, a
subsidiary of Tata Sons, investment holding company and promoter of Tata
companies, for Rs 18000 crore.
5.
ROBERTA METSOLA ELECTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
EU PARLIAMENT
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Roberta Metsola from Malta was elected as the new President of the
European Union (EU) Parliament, she is also the youngest-ever President &
only the third woman to head the EU Parliament.
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The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member
countries located primarily in Europe.
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6 Founding Members- Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium,
Luxembourg.
6.
IFFCO ELECTS DILEEP SANGHANI AS ITS 17TH
CHAIRMAN
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The board of Directors of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative
(IFFCO) Limited has elected Dileep Sanghani, the former cabinet Minister of
Gujarat as the 17th Chairman of IFFCO.
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He is a senior co-operator from Gujarat and he has been serving as the
Chairman of the Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd.
(GUJCOMASOL) since 2017.
