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Saturnino de la Fuente, a Spaniard described by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, died Tuesday at the age of 112, the records agency said. Saturnino claimed the record as the oldest person living (male) in September 2021 when he was exactly 112 years and 211 days. He was born on February 11, 1909, in the […]
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Padma Shri recipient and founder of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Major HPS Ahluwalia passed away on Friday evening. He was 85. HPS Ahluwalia was a trained mountaineer, author and social worker, besides being an army officer. Above all, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan (2002), Padma Shri (1965), Arjuna Award (1965) and the
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Pakistan’s Babar Azam was named the captain of the team, while his opening partner in the national side Mohammad Rizwan was picked as the specialist wicketkeeper. The ICC Team of the Year recognises 11 best players in men’s cricket who have impressed one and all with their performances in a calendar year, either with the bat, ball or their
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India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has projected the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of the Indian economy to grow at 7.6 percent year-on-year in 2022-23 (FY23). Ind-Ra is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fitch Group. However, the size of the Indian economy in FY23 will be 10.2% lower than the FY23 GDP trend value. A
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated the India-assisted Social Housing Units Project in Mauritius through video-conferencing on January 20, 2022 and virtually laid the foundation stone for the Civil Service College and 8 MW Solar PV Farm project in Mauritius on Thursday. India and Mauritius exchanged two agreements, including on extending
India Extends $190-million line of credit to Mauritius for the Metro Express Project Read More »
New Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose authored by Chandrachur Ghose: A new biography titled “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” will be released in February 2022. The biography has been written by researcher and founder of ‘Mission Netaji’ Chandrachur Ghose. The book is published by Penguin Random House India under its Viking imprint.
Albert Bourla, chairman and chief executive of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., was awarded on on January 19, 2022 the prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The award comes with cash prize of $1 million. The annual prize is awarded to Jewish people who have achieved significant professional
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The Oxford University Press has declared ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021. Apart from “anxiety” (21%), “Challenging” (19%), “isolate” (14%), “Wellbeing” (13%) and “resilience” (12%) were the children’s top five words. In 2020, Coronavirus was the Children’s Word of the Year by OUP.
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Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 20 January 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included
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Maltese center-right politician Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new European Parliament President, a week after the body’s previous head David Sassoli died suddenly, and she immediately faced questions around her stance on abortion rights. The 43-year-old is the only third woman and the youngest president ever to run the chamber. She is also the
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