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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 11th January 2022. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 11th January 2022 covering the following news headlines: Chennai International Airport, 73rd chess Grandmaster, International Craft Award 2021, Golden Globe Awards 2022, Ratan N. Tata.

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National News
States News
Banking News
Awards News
Sports News
Important Days
Obituaries News

National News

Indian Railways renames Kevadiya station as Ekta Nagar railway station

The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of Kevadiya railway station in Narmada district of Gujarat as Ekta Nagar railway station.
Kevadiya railway station of Statue of Unity comes under Vadodara division.
The station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will be EKNR.
The numerical code of the station will be 08224620.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kalpana Chawla Research Centre at Chandigarh University

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University on January 10, 2022.
The new space science research centre has been named after Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who lost her life in the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster.
The centre will train students in space science, satellite development and meeting future challenges in space research.
The Minister also launched a Rs 10 crore Scholarship Scheme for the wards of Defence Personnel of the three Services.

States News

Uttar Pradesh Govt Declares 4 Villages Near Nepal Border as Revenue Villages

Uttar Pradesh government declared four villages located near the Nepal border in the district as revenue villages. District Magistrate of Bahraich, Dinesh Chandra Singh said the decision was taken before the announcement of the general elections to the UP Legislative Assembly.
These four villages are Bhavanipur, Tedhia, Dhakia and Bichhia located in Mihinpurwa tehsil of the district. All these villages are Vantangiya villages. The Vantangiya’ community comprises people brought from Myanmar during the colonial rule to plant trees. There are around 225 families in these four villages consisting of over 1,500 members.
A revenue village is a small administrative region with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets. A village administrative officer is the head officer of a revenue village. The people of these villages will now get the benefits of all the schemes of the government.

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Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow;
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath;
Uttar Pradesh Governor: Anandiben Patel.

Banking News

RBL Bank tie-up with Google to advance next-gen customer experience

RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to fuel the Bank’s customer experience strategy. Through this, the bank will expand its value proposition to serve its rapidly growing customer base through the digital platform, Abacus 2.0.
It will enable better customer data management, and analytics, enabling effective cross-selling within the Bank’s large customer base. RBL Bank currently has over 4 million urban retail asset and liability customers.
This collaboration will enable better customer data management, and analytics, enabling effective cross-selling within the Bank’s large customer base and subsequently reducing the cost of customer acquisition, significantly.
Through Abacus 2.0, the Bank aims to provide a superior and holistic one–stop solution to its existing and new customers, to seamlessly deliver its different product offerings across channels.

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RBL Bank Founded: 1943;
RBL Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra;
RBL Bank CEO & MD: Rajeev Ahuja;
RBL Bank Tagline: Apno Ka Bank.

Awards News

Golden Globe Awards 2022

The Golden Globe Awards 2022 ceremony was held on January 9, 2022 to recognize excellence in film in both American and international and American television.
It was the 79th edition of the annual event, which honored the best in American television, as well as a film selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2021.
The two films, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story, won the most awards with 3-3.

‘Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organization’ won ‘International Craft Award 2021

The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organization (KACV) of Kovalam, Kerala has been awarded the ‘International Crafts Award for 2021’ for the world’s best crafts village by the World Crafts Council International.
It is India’s only award received in the non-individual category. KACV was established by the Uralungal Labor Contract Cooperative Society (UL CCS) for the State Tourism Department of Kerala. In 2021, the Village of the Year award was won by ‘Kraf Komuniti Ku’ in Malaysia.

Sports News

Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep wins 2022 Melbourne Summer Set tennis tournament

World No. 6 Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles tennis title in the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 on January 09, 2022.
Nadal defeated American qualifier Maxim Cressi 7-6(6), 6-3 to claim his 89th career ATP title.
In women’s singles, Simona Halep defeated Russia’s Veronika Kudermatova 6-2, 6-3 to win her 23rd career WTA title.
Meanwhile at the Melbourne Summer Set 2 tennis tournament, American player Amanda Anisimova won the women’s singles tennis title to earn her second career WTA title.
American pair Bernarda Pera and Katina Siniakova won the women’s doubles tennis title.

Ashleigh Barty and Gael Monfils wins 2022 Adelaide International 1 tennis tournament

In tennis, French tennis player Gael Monfils won the 11th ATP title of his career by defeating Karen Khachanov of Russia in the men’s singles event of the 2022 Adelaide International 1.
In the women’s category, world number one Australian star Ashleigh Barty defeated Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybkina to win her second Adelaide International title.
The 2022 Adelaide International 1 was a combined ATP Tour 250 and WTA 500 tournament.

Uzbeki GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins 2021 Open World Rapid Championship

Uzbekistan’s young GM Nodirbek Abdusatorov has won the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship.
The 17-year-old Abdusatorov defeated Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in a tiebreak to take the crown from world champion Magnus Carlsen, who won the tournament in 2020.
Meanwhile, Russian GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has won the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship title.

Important Days

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2022: 11th January

This year the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed on January 11, 2022, which is on a Tuesday. The day aims to raise awareness of the plight of human trafficking victims and to promote and protect their rights.
Although the entire month of January has already been recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the day is specifically dedicated to the awareness and prevention of illegal practice.
In 2007, the United States Senate ratified the resolution establishing January 11th as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. In 2010, President Obama dedicated the entire month of January to awareness and prevention of human trafficking. Today, there are over 50 established organizations that globally combat this illegal practice, and more awareness has been raised than ever before.

Obituaries News

Oscar and Grammy-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman passes away at 93

Marilyn Bergman, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winning American songwriter and songwriter has passed away. She was 93 years old.
Bergman collaborated with her husband Alan Bergman on song-writing.
The renowned music-writing duo wrote music and lyrics for many famous television shows, films and stage musicals.
The pair were nominated for an Oscar 16 times, and won three times.

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