January Current Affairs part 2

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1. ISRO Chief Sivan gets one-year extension 

•K Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Secretary, the Department of Space, has got a 1-year extension till January 14, 2022. 

•The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the tenure of Sivan for one year. 

•He joined ISRO in 1982 and was inducted into the PSLV Project. He took over as ISRO chairman in January 2018. 

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2. Biden names Kathleen Hicks as first woman DDS 

•President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Kathleen Hicks to be his Deputy Defence Secretary, making her the first woman to hold the post if she is approved by the Senate. 

•Hicks served in the Obama regime and was confirmed by the Senate in 2012 as the Chief Deputy Under Secretary of Defence for policy. 

•Hicks also served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defence for strategy, plans, and forces 

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3. New Karnataka Chief Secretary appointed 

•P Ravi Kumar, an IAS officer of the 1984 batch, has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka. 

•He will take over from incumbent T M Vijay Bhaskar, who will retire from service on December 31, 2020. 

•Kumar, who is presently the Additional Chief Secretary, will be the 38th Chief Secretary of the state. 

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4. Delhi government notifies a policy 

•The Delhi govt has notified the Tree Transplantation Policy. 

•Under this, agencies will have to transplant a minimum of 80 per cent of the trees affected by their development works. 

•Ten saplings will be planted for each tree transplanted or felled and the Department of Forests and Wildlife will keep a detailed and up-to-date record of applications approved for tree felling. 

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5. Umesh Sinha appointed Dy Election Commissioner 

•Umesh Sinha has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. 

•Sinha, a 1986-batch IAS officer (retired) of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is at present the Secretary-General in the commission. 

•Sinha is a part of a committee set up by the Election Commission to look into the issue of revising the election expenditure of candidates during campaigning. 

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