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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed that Tata group has replaced Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2022 and 2023 seasons. The multinational conglomerate will pay Rs. 300 crore per year as the title sponsor of IPL for the next two seasons. This is about 60% of what Vivo […]
On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, which is observed as the National Youth Day all over India, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry via video conferencing on January 12, 2022. The festival will be held virtually on January 12 and 13 owing to the ongoing coronavirus disease
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India’s oldest sloth bear, fondly named Gulabo after being rescued from a madaari 15 years ago, died quietly at Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Gulabo was the oldest sloth bear of the country. She died at the age of 40. She was rescued from a street performer (Madaari) in May 2006, when she was 25 years.
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India has improved its position by seven places to rank at 83rd place among 111 countries in the latest Henley Passport Index, released for Q1 of 2022. India ranked at 90th spot among 116 countries in Q4 of 2021 in October. The Indian passport has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide in Q1 2022, as compared to 58 destinations in the
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Reserve Bank of India has set up a separate internal department for fintech (Financial technology). The new department has been created with effect from January 04, 2022, by subsuming the FinTech Division of Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Central Office (DPSS, CO). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a FinTech Department to promote innovation
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 12 January 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included
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In India, the National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The main aim behind this is to make sure that the students across the country can be encouraged to learn about the life, the ideas and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda and apply them in their lives. The day was declared by
David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament, has died in hospital in Italy where he was admitted in December. The 65-year-old Italian had been seriously ill for more than two weeks due to a dysfunction of his immune system. Sassoli had served as the President of the European Parliament from July 2019 until his death in
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The Mission Olympic Cell under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has added ten athletes to the list of athletes who would be provided support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). Of the total 10 new entrants, five athletes have been included in the Core group while five have been added to the
Fourteen-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam became India’s 73rd Chess Grandmaster on January 09, 2022. To achieve the Grandmaster (GM) title, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points. The 14-year-old teenager completed his 3rd and final GM Norm and crossed the requisite 2500 rating at Vergani Cup Open
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