current affairs 08 january 2022

Harpreet Chandi became the 1st woman of color to make a solo trip to the South Pole.

Captain Harpreet Chandi is an Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer.
She has made history by becoming the 1st woman of color to complete a single unsupported expedition to the South Pole.
She has become the first woman of color to reach the South Pole after a 700-mile solo unaided trekking expedition in the cold Antarctic wilderness.
Captain Chandy, currently living in London, is also a physiotherapist.

Antigua and Barbuda have been included in the International Solar Alliance in the presence of Indian High Commissioner Dr. J. Srinivas.
The International Solar Alliance is conceived as a coalition of solar resource-rich countries to address their special energy needs.
And to provide a platform for collaboration to address the identified gaps through a common and agreed approach.
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies as a means for bringing energy access, ensuring energy security, and driving energy transition in its member countries.
It was jointly launched by India and France in 2015 to promote solar energy.

NPCI Bharat BillPay (NBBL) has introduced Unified Presentation Management System (UPMS) to ease bill payments in the country.
UPMS will help customers to set up standing instructions on their recurring bill payments through any mode and from any channel.
Under the UPMS system, bills will be automatically received from billers and presented to customers for processing in terms of auto-debit and bill payment management.
NPCI Bharat BillPay is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) and bill payment service platform.

JC Chowdhary has achieved the 1st ever Guinness World Record in Numerology.
This is the 1st world record of 2022 by educating about ancient science to around 6000 participants, enthusiasts of numerology joined from the United States, the United Kingdom, Middle East, and India.
The Guinness World Records London office has opened a new category Numerology for this achievement.

The book titled Mamata: Beyond 2021 written by political journalist Jayant Ghoshal and translated by Arunav Sinha.
The book's release was announced on 5 January 2022, the birthday of West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) party leader Mamata Banerjee.
The book explores and examines why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the 2021 West Bengal election.
The book is published by HarperCollins Publishers India.