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Actress Harshaali Malhotra receives 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022

Actress Harshaali Malhotra receives 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022

Harshaali Malhotra, of Bajrangi Bhaijaan fame, has been honoured with Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022. She also shared the letter informing her about the award. “12th Bharat Ranta Dr. Ambedkar Awards 2022 ceremony is being organized in the memory of Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Constitution of India, on the

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Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath

The International Monetary Fund has appointed Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its next economic counsellor and director of the Research Department (RES). He will succeed Gita Gopinath, who assumed the office on January 1, 2019. Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve as the Fund’s chief economist. he will take over as first deputy managing

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India successfully test-fires naval variant of advanced supersonic BrahMos cruise missile

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on January 11, 2022 successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise. The missile was launched from the Indian Navy destroyer INS Vishakhapatnam off the Western coast. This advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was launched from INS Visakhapatnam, a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian

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Indian Railways launches Mission Amanat to track lost belongings of passengers

Indian Railways launches Mission Amanat to track lost belongings of passengers

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Western Railways zone of Indian Railways has launched a new initiative called “Mission Amanat” to make it easier for the railway passengers to get back their lost luggage. It helps Indian Railways in providing safe freight transport service to its customers. Under Mission Amanat, the details of lost

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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav CHAIRS 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav CHAIRS 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav chaired the 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on January 05, 2022. Currently, there are 51 Tiger Reserves in India and more than 35 rivers originate from those areas which are crucial for water security. He announced that 14 Tiger reserves across India have received

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Oscar and Grammy-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman passes away at 93

Oscar and Grammy-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman passes away at 93

Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter whose lyrics written with her husband, Alan Bergman, graced such hits as ‘The Way We Were’, ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’, ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and the songs from ‘Yentl’, has died aged 93. Bergman collaborated with her husband, Alan Bergman for song-writing. The renowned

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Indian Railways renames Kevadiya station as Ekta Nagar railway station

Indian Railways renames Kevadiya station as Ekta Nagar railway station

The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station in Narmada district of Gujarat, as Ekta Nagar railway station. This Gujarat’s railway station which falls under the Vadodara division has been renamed as ‘Ekta Nagar’ railway station. The station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will be EKNR and the numerical code

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Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep wins 2022 Melbourne Summer Set tennis tournament

Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep wins 2022 Melbourne Summer Set tennis tournament

World number six Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles tennis title at 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 on January 09, 2022. Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal’s Australian Open preparations remain on track after he beat American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 in the final of the Melbourne Summer Set. Simona Halep played a very solid match against Veronika Kudermetova winning 6-2 6-3 to win the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set.

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