Current affairs 22 January 2023

PM Modi attends All India Conference of DGs and IGs of Police 2022 in Delhi.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended All India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police 2022 in New Delhi.
• It is a three-day conference which was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah.
• Conference held discussions on futuristic themes in policing and security, Cyber Crime, Technology in Policing, Counter Terrorism challenges, Left Wing Extremism, Capacity Building, and Prison Reforms.

Mukesh Ambani ranks 2nd among top 100 CEOs globally.

• Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked second on Brand Finance’s list of the world’s top CEOs.
• Top performer of Brand Guardianship Index 2023: Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO).
• The Index was released annually by brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance, celebrates CEOs who balance the needs of commercial success with long-term brand building and personal reputation management.
• Satya Nadella has been slipped to 3rd place, followed by Sundar Pichai.

Ex-SC judge AK Sikri appointed Administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023.

• Former Supreme Court judge Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri has been appointed as the administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023 by Delhi High Court.
• He has been appointed to oversee the utilization of funds for the upcoming International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India in March.
• ISSF is the governing body of Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events.

Business20 (B20) inception meet to be organized at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

• Business20 (B20) inception meeting will be held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat between January 22-24 as a part of India’s G 20 presidency.
• It will be held to formulate policy recommendations to be submitted to G20 ahead of the leaders' summit and will be the first of 15 events that the state is set to organize as part of India's G20 presidency.
• More than 150 policymakers, business executives, CEOs, and senior executives will take part in the inaugural meeting.

UNESCO dedicates International Day of Education to Afghan girls and women.

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education, which is to be held on 24th January, 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
• According to UNESCO, currently, around 80% of school-aged Afghan girls and young women are out of school under the Taliban rule, as they denied them access to secondary schools and universities.
• UNESCO will also publish a global report, 2023 SDG4 Scorecard.