Published on: January 12, 2022
SNIPPETS – 12 JANUARY 2022
SNIPPETS – 12 JANUARY 2022
- Haryana government invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act due to doctors strike. ESMA, 1968 was established to ensure the delivery of certain services, which if obstructed would affect the normal life of the people. These include services like public transport (bus services), health services (doctors and hospitals).
- Vodafone Idea has opted to convert its adjusted gross revenue dues into equity, resulting in the government owning 35.8 per cent of the total outstanding shares of the company. Adjusted Gross Revenue is usage and licensing fee that telecom operators are charged by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). It is Divided into spectrum usage charges and licensing fees, pegged between 3-5 percent and 8 percent respectively.
- India Tests Advanced ‘Sea-To-Sea’ Variant Of BrahMos Missile From INS Visakhapatnam.
- UK firm Henley & Partners released its latest global passport ranking index recently. Global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom for their citizens.India ranks 83
- High court of Calcutta has imposed More curbs for Ganga Sagar mela 2022.It is a Religious festival celebrated on Sagardwip (Sagar Island) in the West Bengal state of India during Makara Sankranti
- Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda celebrated
- January 10 is observed as World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Diwas every year to commemorate one of the world’ most widely spoken languages. The permanent delegation of India to UNESCO yesterday announced that on the occasion of World Hindi Day, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites on WHC website.
