January - 2022 Current Affairs

China announced a five(5)-year roadmap to achieve its goal of becoming a global robotics innovation hub by the year 2025.

 

In the plan announced today, it said it aims to do this by focusing on enhancements in key areas such as control panels and servomotors.

 

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revealed operating income from the country’s robotics industry is expected to grow by around 20% per year between 2021 and 2025. From 2016 to 2020, the sector expanded at an average growth rate of 15%. Last year, operating income surpassed 100 billion yuan ($15.69 billion) for the first time, the ministry said.

 

The country has also displayed impressive growth with regards to its manufacturing robot density, a key metric that shows how far nations have progressed in terms of robotic automation. Last year it reached 246 units per 10,000 people, almost double the global average, ranking as the ninth most automated country in the world.

Source : Silicon Angle

Sikkim Governor "Ganga Prasad Chaurasia" on Wednesday(29th Dec 2021) inaugurated a road named Narendra Modi Marg. 

Reportedly, earlier, the road was known as Jawaharlal Nehru road and it's a second road linking Tsomgo lake and Natula border pass with Gangtok. 

The 19.52 km long road has been operational for almost a year now. It's a double-lane road at 51 Kyongasala Gram Panchayat Unit (GPU).
 

Taking to the micro-blogging site, DB Chauhan, the state BJP president, shared a few pictures of the inauguration and said,'' Pleased to join Hon'ble @Governor_Sikkim Shri Ganga Prasad Ji during the inauguration ceremony of #Narendra #Modi #Marg at Kyongnosla GPU. The newly constructed alternative alignment road towards Changu lake has been named after Honourable PM Shri @narendramodi Ji."

Source : The Sentinel