National & International Appointments
1. Ex-SC judge AK Sikri appointed Administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023
- Former Supreme Court judge Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri has been appointed as the administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023 by Delhi High Court
- He has been appointed to oversee the utilization of funds for the upcoming International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India in March.
- ISSF is the governing body of Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events.
National & International Organizations
2. Mukesh Ambani ranks 2nd among top 100 CEOs globally
- Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked second on Brand Finance’s list of the world’s top CEOs.
- Top performer of Brand Guardianship Index 2023: Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO).
- The Index was released annually by brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, celebrates CEOs who balance the needs of commercial success with long-term brand building and personal reputation management.
- Satya Nadella has been slipped to 3rd place, followed by Sundar Pichai.
Banking & Finance
3. SBI General Insurance collaborates with HP Police and Doers NGO
- SBI General Insurance has partnered with Doers NGO to assist Himachal Pradesh police in reducing the number of traffic accidents under the Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.
- Under this, SBI General has donated a well-equipped ambulance which would provide timely medical care to the road accident victims in Mandi district within the ‘Golden hour’.
- MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance: Kishore Kumar Poludasu.
National & International Appointments
4. Chris Hipkins will replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister of New Zealand
- New Zealand’s police and education minister Chris Hipkins (44 years) will replace Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister after emerging as the only candidate nominated to lead the ruling Labour Party.
- He was first elected to parliament for the Labour Party in 2008 and was later being appointed minister for COVID-19 in November 2020.
- New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and is the sixth-largest island country by area.
- Capital: Wellington
Summits & Conferences
5. G20's Environment and Climate Sustainability Meet to be held in Feb
- First Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting of G20 will be held from 9th to 11th Feb in Kalkere Arboretum and Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru
- Aim: promotion of the blue economy along with coastal sustainability, restoration of degraded lands and ecosystems, enhancement of biodiversity and circular economy
- Conference focused on Master Planning and Building the National Capacity for species Management & Conservation Breeding
Summits & Conferences
6. PM Modi attends All India Conference of DGs and IGs of Police 2022 in Delhi
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended All India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police 2022 in New Delhi.
- It is a three-day conference which was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah.
- Conference held discussions on futuristic themes in policing and security, Cyber Crime, Technology in Policing, Counter Terrorism challenges, Left Wing Extremism, Capacity Building, and Prison Reforms.
National & International Appointments
7. Sanjay Mohan appointed as the new chair of IAMAI’s TravelTech committee
- Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has announced the appointment of Sanjay Mohan (group CTO of MakeMyTrip) as its new chair.
- Apart from him, Rikant Pittie, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, and Yang Li, head-public affairs (APAC), Booking.com, will be the new co-chairs of IAMAI.
- This committee’s membership includes MakeMyTrip, Airbnb India, ConfirmTkt, Zophop Technologies and Booking.com.
- IAMAI Headquarters: Mumbai.
Summits & Conferences
8. Business20 (B20) inception meet to be organized at Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Business20 (B20) inception meeting will be held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat between January 22-24 as a part of India’s G 20 presidency.
- It will be held to formulate policy recommendations to be submitted to G20 ahead of the leaders' summit and will be the first of 15 events that the state is set to organize as part of India's G20 presidency.
- More than 150 policymakers, business executives, CEOs, and senior executives will take part in the inaugural meeting.
Important Dates
9. UNESCO dedicates International Day of Education to Afghan girls and women
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education, which is to be held on 24th January, 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
- According to UNESCO, currently, around 80% of school-aged Afghan girls and young women are out of school under the Taliban rule, as they denied them access to secondary schools and universities.
- UNESCO will also publish a global report, 2023 SDG4 Scorecard
National & International Appointments
10. Co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings steps down as CEO
- Netflix Inc co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping down as chief executive officer (CEO), handing the reins of the streaming service to longtime partner and co-CEO Ted Sarandos and the company's chief operating officer, Greg Peters.
- He had co-founded Netflix as a DVD-by-mail business in 1997, saying the idea came from his frustration at having returned a rental of Apollo 13 to the local Blockbuster, a chain of physical stores in the US from where movies could be rented.
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