Current Affairs Quiz: January 28, 2022

Milena Salvini, an Italy-born dancer who was a great enthusiast of Indian classical art, especially Kathakali, passed away in France. She was 84.

Former Olympic gymnastic champion Szilveszter Csollany died at the age of 51 after spending weeks hospitalized with COVID-19, Hungarian sports officials said.

Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, which is among the proposed five sites in the country, is expected to be formally notified as tiger reserve (TR) soon before the Global Tiger Summit, which is to be held at Vladivostok, Russia.

Facebook s parent company Meta said that it has created a new artificial intelligence supercomputer that it believes will be the fastest in the world.

Friendship Hospital, in the southwestern town of Satkhira in Bangladesh has been adjudged the most transformative building of the world for the year 2021 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women s Cricketer of the Year:Smriti Mandhana (India)Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men s Cricketer of the Year:Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)ICC Umpire of the Year:Marais ErasmusICC Men s T20I Cricketer of the Year :Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)ICC Women s T20I Cricketer of the Year:Tammy Beaumont (England)ICC Men s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (Pakistan)ICC Women s ODI Cricketer of the Year:Lizelle Lee (South Africa)ICC Men s Test Cricketer of the Year:Joe Root (England)

Apple retained the title of the world s most valuable brand in 2022, with a valuation of $355.1 billion (about Rs. 26,72,600 crore), according to a report. The valuation of the Cupertino company increased by 35%, thanks to the growth of its recognition in the market. After Apple, Amazon and Google were named among the three most valuable brands of the year.The Indian conglomerate Tata Group has emerged as the most valuable brand from India and also in South Asia. It is the only brand from the country in the top 100. The Global Rank of Tata Group 78.

Fintech company Lendingkart said it has partnered with Bank of Maharashtra to co-lend business loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME).

Pencilton, a teen-focused fintech company, has launched PencilCard, a debit card with NCMC for teens. PencilCard is an NCMC-compliant (National Common Mobility Card) RuPay debit card specially designed for the teenager segment. It has been launched in partnership with Transcorp.

India s first innovation centre for graphene will be set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK), along with Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, for Rs 86.41 crore.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched Gram One programme in 3026 Gram Panchayats spread over 12 districts. The scheme is aimed at taking government services to the doors of people at the grass-root level.

A joint maritime exercise involving all three wings of Indian armed forces and also the Coast Guard, that provided the participants an opportunity to operate together under realistic conditions and enhance inter-service synergy, has concluded, the Navy said.The exercise, Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) , involving the Navy, the Air Force, the Army and the Coast Guard concluded off the West Coast, the Navy said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi host the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format during which the leaders are expected to deliberate on steps to take forward relations to newer heights as well as the evolving regional security situation.

India, France sign MoU with scope for cooperation in health research. CSIR and Institut Pasteur will jointly research and focus on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and inherited disorders and enable delivery of effective and affordable healthcare solutions not only for the people of India and France but for the global good.

Iran, Russia and China began a joint naval drill “2022 Marine Security Belt” in the Indian Ocean aimed at boosting marine security.

City Union Bank, the oldest Private Sector Bank in India, in association with smart-tech-enabled preventive healthcare platform GOQii and powered by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched a wearable payment solution called CUB fitness watch debit card.