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Bangladesh: First National Dance Festival to begins on 20 January

A three day long National Dance Festival (first time) has been inaugurated at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. It has been organised by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in which 75 troupes from across the country will perform. The performances will take place at the National Theatre auditorium of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy while some organisations will also hold programmes in their respective districts.

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Indonesia replaces sinking Jakarta with new capital city Nusantara

The Indonesian Parliament has passed a law to relocate the country’s capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. The initial relocation will start between 2022 and 2024. In the next decade, the government centre will be relocated and by 2045, the vision of ‘World City for All” will be realised. The plan was formulated as Jakarta is prone to flooding amid climate change. The sinking megacity also

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Israel Completed A Successful Flight Test Of The Arrow-3

Israel conducted a successful test of its Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system on Tuesday morning outside the Earth’s atmosphere, the Defense Ministry said. Defense Ministry says radar arrays detected incoming ‘target’ and two Arrow 3 interceptors were fired at it, destroying it; trial follows recent Iranian ballistic missile tests The test was performed at a

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World’s oldest living man, Saturnino de la Fuente, passes away at 112 in Spain

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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Oxford University Press declares ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021

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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Lakshya Sen defeats World Champion Loh Kean Yew to win maiden Super 500 title

Lakshya Sen wins maiden Super 500 title, defeats World Champion Loh Kean Yew: Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen has won his maiden Super 500 title and defeated World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles final of India Open 2022. Apart from this, Indian duo Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy defeated Mohammad Ahsan and

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Dubai opens its Infinity Bridge for traffic for the first time

Dubai’s stunning Infinity Bridge now open for the first time: The iconic ‘Infinity Bridge’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been oped now to traffic for the first time on January 16, 2022. The bridge is named ‘Infinity’ as its design resembles the mathematical sign for infinity (∞). It also represents limitless, infinite goals of

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World’s largest Khadi National Flag displayed along India–Pakistan border on Army Day 2022

The Monumental National Flag, which is the world’s largest national flag made of Khadi fabric, was put to a grand public display at Longewala, along the India Pakistan Border in Jaisalmer to celebrate “Army Day” on 15 January 2022. The Monumental National Flag measures 225 feet long, 150 feet wide and weighs around 1,400 kg. It

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Daniel Ortega sworn in for 4th straight term as Nicaragua’s President

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has been sworn in for a fourth consecutive 5 year term. The 76-year-old Nicaraguan politician is serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Along with Ortega, the first lady Rosario Murillo was also sworn in for her second term as vice president. Nicaragua Capital: Managua; Currency: Nicaraguan cordoba.

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20th Dhaka International Film Festival begins 2022

The 20th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will take place between January 15-23 at multiple venues in Dhaka. The festival will showcase 225 films from 70 countries under 10 categories. The film festival is being organized in a hybrid mode with many films being streamed online during the festival. The DIFF will also organise the 8th

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