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British publisher HarperCollins announced that it has acquired rights to publish the authorized biography of Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata’s. The book will be released in all formats in November 2022. The biography is penned by a former senior bureaucrat and retired IAS officer Dr. Thomas Matthew. It will be published by HarperCollins. The book chronicles around […]
In Tennis, French tennis player Gael Monfils beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov in men’s single event of the 2022 Adelaide International 1 to claim 11th ATP title of his career. In women’s category, World number one Australian star Ashleigh Barty beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to win her second Adelaide International title. The 2022 Adelaide International’s,
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University on January 10, 2022. Named after India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who lost her life in the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster, Rajnath said that this research facility would touch new heights of success, similar to the remarkable achievements of the
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as a vice-president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)for a period of 3 years, a Beijing-based multilateral development bank. Mr Patel will be one of the five Vice Presidents of the AIIB. He is expected to take charge from February 2022. He will succeed outgoing
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The Golden Globe Awards 2022 ceremony was held on January 9, 2022, to recognize excellence in film, both American and international, and American television. The 79th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2021, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The ceremony took place on January 9, 2022. The nominations were announced on December 13, 2021
The young Uzbekistan GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship. Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 in Warsaw at the age of 17 on December 28, becoming the youngest World Rapid Chess Champion in the history. Meanwhile the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship title has been won by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk of
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Deposits in bank accounts opened under the Jan Dhan scheme, launched about seven and half years ago by the government, have crossed the Rs 1.5 lakh crore mark. The total balance in accounts under the Jan Dhan scheme was recorded at Rs 1,50,939.36 crore as on December-end 2021. As per the finance ministry data, of the
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National Statistical Office (NSO) has estimated India’s GDP to grow at 9.2 percent in the current fiscal, 2021-22. NSO released its first advance estimates of economic output on January 07, 2022. The GDP estimate for 2020-21 fiscal was projected at a contraction of 7.3 percent by NSO. Key points: National Statistical Office (NSO) estimated India’s real GDP in the current
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Losoong is a Sikkimese New Year festival and carnival which celebrates the end of the annual harvest season at the conclusion of the tenth month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar. The Namsoong festival begins on the 1st day of the new moon phase Kurneet Lovo, as per the Lepcha lunisolar Calendar known as Dungkit Karchu.
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 9 & 10 January 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and
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