Current Affairs 22nd January 2018

Current Affairs 22nd January 2018

NATIONAL

• India restricts use of imported petcoke
• President Kovind felicitated exceptional women achievers who are the first to set a milestone in their respective fields at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
• Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched Bharat Ke Veer anthem and a short film on India’s bravehearts.
• Tamil Nadu to host first ever Defence Expo

APPOINTMENTS

• Om Prakash Rawat appointed as New Chief Election Commissioner
• Anandiben Patel named new Madhya Pradesh Governor
• Harish Manwani, non-executive chairman of HUL, has been appointed as the chairman of executive board of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

INTERNATIONAL

• UN special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee visited Rohingya refugee camp

BANKING

• Axis Bank is partnering with NGO Srijan through an initiative called Buddha Fellowship Programme
• Allahabad Bank has became the 1st public sector lender to offer an employee stock option scheme, under which it will offer 5 crore ordinary shares to its staff.

SPORTS

• India defeats Pakistan to win Blind Cricket World Cup 2018
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