Daily current affairs 12th January

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January 12, 2022

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# Covid-19

  • India’s Covid-19 cases continued to rise, recording 1.85 lakh cases on Tuesday.
  • The number of Covid-19 cases declined in Mumbai for the fourth consecutive day, with the city recording 11,647 infections on Tuesday.
  • The positivity rate, which indicates the number of positive cases per 100 tests conducted, also reached a seven day low of 18.7℅.

# Passport rankings

  • India’s passport power has improved this quarter compared to 2021.
  • India’s passport now ranks at 83rd position in the Henley’s passport index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year.
  • Japan and Singapore topped the index
  • Since 2005, Henley passport index ranks world’s passport’s according to the number of destinations their holders can access without prior visa and is based on data from International air transport Association.

# Vodafone Idea

  • The board of directors of Vodafone Idea limited has approved on Monday approved the conversion of interest related to spectrum auction installments on AGR (Adjusted gross revenue) dues to the government into equity.
  • This means that after conversion, the government would own 35.8℅ of Telecom carrier.
  • This is as per a scheme offered by the department of Telecommunications for settlement of dues.

# Brahmos

  • An extended range sea to sea variant of the Brahmos Supersonic cruise missile was test fired from INS Vishakhapattanam on Tuesday.
  • The range of the missile was originally capped at 290 KM as per missile technology control regime mandate.
  • But after India became a part of MTCR, the range has been extended upto 400 KM.

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