Current Affairs - January 2022
As per the new COVID guidelines, COVID-19 patients have to undergo tests for which disease if cough persists for over 2-3 weeks?
The Union Health Ministry in its revised 'Clinical Guidance for Management of Adult COVID-19 Patients' has advised testing for Tuberculosis if cough persists for more than 2-3 weeks and also avoiding the use of the steroid.
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghais as its new secretary-general, as oil demand continues to improve amid a mild recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
IIT Madras has again emerged as the best institute under the "CFTIs, Central University, & Institute of National Importance" category in the ARIIA 2021 list, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.
Lovlina Borgohain is the second sportsperson from the state to be appointed a DSP in Assam Police as per a new sports policy. In February last year, top sprinter Hima Das was given the same honour.
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