30th January 2022 Current Affairs
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30th January 2022 Current Affairs is provided below:
1. New book launched:
- The Authentic Yoga by P.Y.Deshpande
- Tales from the Vedas and Upanishads Retold by Daaji Kamlesh Patel.
2. Chennai Photo Biennale Photo Awards 2021 announced
- Danish Siddiqui Award – Kunal Patil for a photo of the year.
3. Clinker Boats:
- UNESCO added the Nordic country “Clinker Boats” to its Heritage list.
- Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway
About UNESCO:
- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
- q – Paris, France
- Estb: 16th November 1945 at London, UK.
- Director-General: Audrey Azoulay
4. Tamil Nadu Award for Scholars:
- This year the award money has been increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh.
Awards | Name of the Awardees |
Perarignar Anna Award | Naanjil Sampath |
Bharathiyar Award | Bharathi Krishnakumar |
Pavendar Bharathidasan Award | Pulavar Senthalai Gowthaman |
Sollin Selvar Award | Surya Sevior |
Singaravelar Award | Kavignar Mathukkoor Ramalingam |
Tamil Thai Award | Malaysia Tamil Writer Association |
Vallalar Award | Dr. Ra. Sanjeevi Rayar |
Adithanar Award | Uyirmai Thingalithal |
Devaneya Pavanar Award | Dr. Ku. Arasendran |
Umaru Pulavar Award | Na. Mammathu |
Kambar Award | Bharathi Bhaskar |
Perunchithiranar Award | Dr. M. Rajendran |
G.U.Pope Award | A.S. Panneer Selvam |
Maraimalai Adigal Award | Suki Sivam |
Ilango Adigal Award | Nellai Kannan |
Ayotheethasa Pandithar Award | Gnana. Alaisiyas |
5. C Ramasamy from Salem district was awarded C Narayanasamy Naidu Award for the highest yield of rice (13,800 kg per hectare).
6. Digital Sansad:
- It is an app launched by the Lok Sabha secretariat.
- The initiative of Lok sabha speaker Om Birla.
- To make the parliament proceedings accessible to the public at large.
7. Book Launched:
- Book Name: Fearless Governance
- Author: Kiran Bedi
8. Shaheed Diwas :
- Observed on January 30 every year.
- To commemorate the memory of Mahatma Gandhi who was assassinated at Gandhi Smriti in the Birla House by Nathuram Godse in 1948.
9. Important Days:
Date / month | Day | Theme |
January 30 | World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (NTD) day | Theme 2022: “Achieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases”
Slogan 2022: “From neglect to care” |
January 30
(Last Sunday of every year) |
World Leprosy Day | Theme 2022: “United for dignity” |
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