current affairs 01 february 2022

Paytm Money launches "India's 1st" intelligent messenger "POPs".

Paytm Money has introduced India's 1st intelligent messenger POPs.
Messenger Pops will allow its user to receive specific information related to their stocks, analysis about their portfolio, market news, and important market movements, all in one place.
The platform will also serve as a marketplace to offer sophisticated stock recommendations, news insights, and other services.
Paytm Money is partnering with InvestorAi to offer stock recommendations based on signals generated using Artificial Intelligence.
Now, with Pops on Paytm Money App, these investors can regularly monitor their portfolio and learn from market movements with alerts for them.

Social media giant Meta has partnered with industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to support five lakh women-led small businesses across India.
Meta will undertake this initiative under its #SheMeansBusiness programme, in partnership with FICCI’s Empowering the Greater 50% initiative.
The announcement was made during Meta’s inaugural National Women Entrepreneurship Summit to encourage industry dialogue around supporting the MSMEs across sectors.
Meta will be extending support through 3 of its initiatives:

Facebook Business Coach -to train women through an educational chatbot tool on WhatsApp;
Grow your Business Hub -to provide necessary information, tools and resources to MSMEs;
Commerce Partners Programme -to help businesses go digital and D2C using technology.

The initiative will create a supportive ecosystem for women and inspire them to become contributors to the overall development of the country.

The Book titled Fearless Governance authored by Dr Kiran Bedi has been released.
Dr. Kiran Bedi is the former Lt Governor of Puducherry and IPS (retd).
This book is based on the ground realities of nearly five years of service of Dr. Bedi as Lt. Governor of Puducherry and her vast experience of 40 years in the Indian Police Service.

Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Daniill Medvedev (Russia) 2-6,6-7,6-4,6-4,7-5 to win the Men’s Single title at Australian Open 2022.
This is his 21st Major title, becoming the 1st male player to do so.
In women’s tennis, Margaret Court (Australian) has 24 singles majors, an all-time record.
Complete winner list of Australian Open Tennis Title 2022:

2022 Event	Winners	Runner-Up
Men’s Singles	Rafael Nadal	Daniil Medvedev
Women’s Singles	Ashleigh Barty	Danielle Collins
Men’s Doubles	Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios	Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell
Women’s Doubles	Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková	Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia
Mixed Doubles	Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig	Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler

Indian teenager Unnati Hooda beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal, 21-18, 21-11, to claim the women’s singles title at 2022 Odisha Open badminton tournament.
The 14-year old Unnati is the youngest Indian to win the US$75,000 tournament.
In men’s singles, India’s 21-year-old Kiran George beat Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15, 14-21, 21-18 to emerge as the winner.
The 2022 Odisha Open is a BWF Super 100 tournament, organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha from January 25 to 30, 2022.