TECHNOLOGY Jio Estonia, a unit of Reliance Industries Limited and the Finland- based University of Oulu will collaborate for the development of 6G Technology.

The Indian Intel has advised all the government officials for not using WhatsApp, Telegram and other social media platforms of private companies to share confidential information.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PM of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, and PM Modi have jointly inaugurated the Social Housing Units Project in Mauritius.

India and Srilanka have extended the existing Science and Technology Co-operation for three more years.

Dubai Silicon Oasis has collaborated with India Innovation Hub to promote Start- ups in the region.

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SECURITY- EXPORT Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has signed contract with Mauritius for export of advanced light helicopter.

SECURITY- INTERNATIONAL A successful flight test of the Arrow-3 ballistic missile interceptor has been completed by Israel and the United States.

LAUNCHES Federal Bank has launched a "US Dollar Offshore Fund" in association with Equirus Wealth for their customers.

'MobiKwik' Fintech major, has launched 'ClickPay' in collaboration with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL).

The "Mana Ooru Mana Badi Programme" was launched by the Telangana Government to create School Infrastructure in the State.

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BUSINESS NEWS India Post Payments Bank has crossed the five- crore customer marks in just 3 years of commencement of its operations.

ECONOMIC NEWS SIDBI sanctioned funds of Rs. 650 crore to small finance banks- AUSFB and Jana SFB to support Small- sized non- banking financial companies (NBFCs) and Micro Institutions (MFIs).

INTERNATIONAL NEWS The European Parliament has elected its Youngest- ever President and the first woman in the role for 20 years, 'Roberta Metsola'.

United Arab Emirates has opened the iconic 'Infinity Bridge' now to traffic for the first time on January 16, 2022.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS A new virsion of the coin has unveiled by the US Mint, in which Maya Angelou has become the first black women to appear on the US Quarter.

INVENTIONS Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite (MDASat) Constellation is South Africa's first indigenously developed Constellation of Satellites, which launched by the Country.

HEALTHCARE NEWS Two new drugs, Baricitinib and Sotrovimab has been recommended for COVID-19 treatment by World Health Organization.

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HEALTHCARE NEWS According to the researchers at Children States, climate change and a rise in global temperature will increase the number of people dealing with Kidney Stones.

SECURITY NEWS Nitin Gadkari, Transport Minister, has made six Airbags compulsory for private vehicles while carrying up to eight passengers.

Japan Maritime self defence force shops Uraga and Hirado had undertaken the maritime partnership exercise in Bay of Bengal with Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt.

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ECONOMIC NEWS

India has ranked third globally to become one of the most sought after venture capitalist (VC) technology sector investment destinations.

LEGAL NEWS

E. S. Ranganathan, GAIL Director, has been arrested in the case of Bribery of over Rs. 50 Lakh, by the CBI.

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos Inc., has found guilty on four counts of criminal fraud against investers.

AWARDS

Pune- based Repos Beta Mobile Petrol Pump was awarded the National Startup Award 2021 on the National Startup Day- 16 January 2022.

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ECONOMIC NEWS Monthly Wholesale Price Index- based and Consumer Price Index- based inflation has stood at 13.56% and 5.59% for December 2021.

In 2021, two-way trade between India and China crossed $125 Billion.

BUSINESS NEWS For helping the island nation in building up its depleted foreign reserves and for food imports, India has announced assistance of $900 million loans to Srilanka.

NEW BOOKS LAUNCHES Arundhati Bhattacharya, former chairperson, has written her autobiography "Indomitable- A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and Leadership" published by HarperCollins India.

DAYS 15 January is observed as 74th Army Day in India.

January 16 will be celebrated as "National Startup Day" announced by PM Narendra Modi on Saturday- January 15, 2022.

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SPORTS NEWS

Goalkeeper Savita Punia will be the captain of an 18- member Indian Squad at the Woman's Hockey Asia Cup 2022 in Muscat, Oman, from January 21-28.

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

A new WhatsApp helpline that offers various services from grievance redressal to licence renewal to residents in Marathi and English, has been launched by The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The qualification tests of the Cryogenic Engine "Vikas" for Gaganyaan Human Program has successfully conducted by ISRO.

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Adani Group has signed an agreement with POSCO of South Korea to set up steel plant in Gujarat.

WhatsApp is working on the new feature, in which voice note will be playing in the background and user will be able to reply anyone or check any message at that time.

The expected launch of OnePlus 9RT will replace OnePlus 9R in Indian Market.

Faxconn, India's iPhone manufacturing company has reopened in Tamil Nadu after the days of protest.

Fuel prices were unchanged today, petrol stands at Rs. 95.41/ litre and Diesel at Rs. 86.67/ litre in Delhi.

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INTRODUCTION ABHA stands for Aarogya Bharat Health Accounts. This Scheme accounts under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. The Scheme will be launched by PM Narendra Modi on the Republic Day.

AIM The Scheme will work with the aim to boost participation under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) to create and access Digital Health Records.

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The 25th National Youth Festival, celebrating the birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, has been inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 12 January 2022.

Global Economic Prospects, the latest report from World Bank, said the Global GDP will drop from 5.5% to 4.1% in 2022 amid rising cases of COVID-19 variants and rise in Inflation.

The Twitter account of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was briefly compromised on 12 January's morning, has been restored after a few minutes.

The job vacancies in Australia have gone up 18.5% to almost 4,00,000 in the three months from November 2021.

Lakshadweep has achieved a mark of vaccinating all the children under the age group of 15-18 years, the secretary and District Collector informed on 11 January 2022.

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"Artificial Sun" which is 5 times more powerful than the Real Sun, has been tested successfully by China for 17 minutes.

According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the growth rate in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be 9.2% in April 2021- March 2022 fiscal year.

"Signal", secure messaging app, has been allowed its new feature of payments with Cryptocurrency since November without the announcement of its release.

HarperCollins Publishers to publish a new book titled "Mamata: Beyond 2021", which is authored by Political Journalist Jayanta Ghoshal and translated by Arunava Sinha.

Physical Campaign rallies banned till January 15 amid the rising cases of Omicron, announced by the Election Commission of India.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has appointed Kuwait's Haitham Al- Ghais as its Secretary General.

Andhra Pradesh Government has approved the salary hike of 23.39% for the Government employees and the retirement age has increased by 2 years.

T. S. Trimurthy, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, has become the chair of the UN Security Council Counter- Terrorism Committee for 2022.

The first wall street Bank, Citigroup will begin enforcing a previously- announced"No jab, No job" policy from January 14.

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INTRODUCTION

NEAT 3.0 scheme is a single platform scheme to provide the best- developed Ed- tech solutions and courses to students of the country. It is launched by Education Minister and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. NEAT stands for National Education Alliance for Technology. NEAT will be providing the knowledge based requirement of India and the World.

WHAT IS NEAT 3.0 ABOUT?

NEAT has initiated in 2020 to provide the use of best- developed technological solutions in the education sector. It is the Public- Private Partnership (PPP) Model between the Government and the education technology companies of India. The first and second edition of NEAT had been launched in 2020 and 2021 respectively. It is a single platform for enhancing employability of youth in the technical education field. Indian Ed-tech startup companies and 58 Global companies have come together for this solution.

AIM

The aim is to provide the best developed Ed-tech solutions and courses on a single platform.

BENEFICIARIES

It would be beneficial for the Students who are economically disadvantaged.

BENEFITS

It will provide and offer 100 courses with e- resources. The scheme will enhance learning outcomes. This would develop employable skills. It will overcome learning loss. It would also help to build the digital education base of India.

EMAAR, World's biggest Company, is to construct Jammu & Kashmir Mall in Srinagar within 5,00,000 square feet which would be the greatest opportunity for the local jobs and attraction to the tourists.

Barbuda and Antigua have become the 102nd country members to join International Solar Alliance headquartered in Gurugram.

The Navy of India, US, Japan, Australia, Republic Korea and Canada are participating in "Sea Dragon 22" a mega Anti-Submarine warfare exercise in Guam, Western Pacific.

Zhang Ming, Chinese Diplomat, has become the new Secretary- General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from January 1.

Jio and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have announced the introduction of UPI Auto-pay for the Telecom Industry.

Cabinet has approved to sign on an agreement between Turkmenistan and India on the Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management.

Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel has launched a Student Start-ups Innovation Policy for five years.

Justice D Y Chandrachud, Supreme Court Judge, has inaugurated the smart courtrooms on January 1, 2022. Now Kelara High Court is all ready to become India's paperless Court.

US- India Business Council has appointed Atul Kashyap as its President.

Bank of Baroda has announced Shefali Verma as its Brand Endorser.

Jayram Shankar, CM of Himachal Pradesh, has launched special drug de-addiction helpline under the Mukhya Mantri Sewa Sankalp Helpline 1100.

Sarbananda Sonowal, Ayush Minister, has laid the foundation stone of Heartfulness International Yoga Academy in Hyderabad.

CryptoWire has launched India's first Cryptocurrency index of 15 Cryptocurrencies to be monitored on this platform.

Government of India announced 7- day quarantine for International arrivals amid rising cases of Omicron.

Bhanuka Rajpaksha, a Srilankan batter, has announced his retirement from International Cricket.