Current Affairs - January 2022
The 'Quit Tobacco App' has been launched by which organization to support people in quitting the use of tobacco in all forms?
The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people give up the use of tobacco in all forms, including smokeless and other newer products.
January 23 is being observed as Parakram Diwas in India, to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. In 2022, 125 anniversary is being celebrated.
The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash inaugurated India's first portal for spice exports named 'Spice Xchange India' at a hybrid event held in Kochi.
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode's (IIMK) Business incubator Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship (LIVE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Bank to financially support early-stage startups.
Noted Kathakali dancer Milena Salvini of France passed away. Italian-born Salvini was a regular visitor to India, especially Kerala where she learnt Kathakali and ran 'Centre Mandapa', a school for Indian dance forms, in Paris.