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Awards News
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Obituaries News

National News

World’s largest Khadi National Flag displayed at Longewala

The world’s largest national flag made of Khadi cloth was displayed to celebrate “Army Day” on January 15, 2022. It was displayed at Longewala along the India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer.
Longewala was the center stage of the historic 1971 war between India and Pakistan. This will be the fifth public display of the Khadi flag. 70 Khadi artisans prepared this flag in 49 days. Its construction has resulted in an additional work of about 3500 man-hours for Khadi artisans and allied workers.
The monumental national flag is 225 feet long and 150 feet wide. Its weight is about 1400 kg. In making the flag, 4500 meters of hand-woven, hand-spun khadi cotton bunting has been used. It covers an area of 33,750 square feet. The diameter of the Ashoka Chakra in the flag is 30 feet.

PM Narendra Modi declares January 16 as ‘National Startup Day’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to mark January 16 as ‘National Start-up Day’. The announcement was made by PM Modi on January 15, 2022 through video conferencing during a week-long event “Celebrating Innovation Ecosystem” as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. During the program, the Prime Minister interacted with more than 150 startups in various sectors.
The startups categorized under six groups gave presentations to the Prime Minister on six themes – ‘Growing from the Roots’, ‘Minning DNA’, ‘Local to Global’, ‘Technology of the Future’, ‘Championing in Manufacturing’ and ‘Sustainable’. Development.
The Prime Minister was of the view that Indian startups can easily reach the global stage and reach out to other countries and told young entrepreneurs: “Don’t just keep your dreams local, make them global. Remember this mantra – let’s innovate for India, let’s innovate from India”.

States News

Kerala’s Kumbalanghi to be India’s first sanitary-napkin free village

Kerala’s Kumbalanghi is set to become the country’s first sanitary napkin-free panchayat. This move is a part of the ‘Avalkayi’ initiative, which is being implemented in the Ernakulam parliamentary constituency, in association with the “Thingal Scheme” of HLL Management Academy’s and Indian Oil Corporation.
Under this initiative, menstrual cups will be distributed to women aged 18 and above in Kumbalangi village. 5000 menstrual cups will be distributed under it. In the same event, Governor will also declare Kumbalangi village as a model village.
The model village project is implemented as a part of ‘Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (PM-SAGY)’. A new tourist information centre will also be set up in the village.
Kumbalangi is an island village, located in the outskirts of Kochi city of Kerala. It is a major tourist attraction and is famous for the Chinese fishing nets. It is situated amidst backwaters, about 12 km from the city centre. The village is also the first eco-tourism village in India.

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Kerala Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan;
Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
Kerala Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan.

Business News

Yes Mutual Fund renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund

Yes Asset Management has been renamed as WhiteOak Capital Asset Management and hence YES Mutual Fund has been renamed as WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund.
The change in names is effective from January 12, 2022. White Oak has got the license to run mutual funds. White Oak Capital Group provides investment management and advisory services for equity assets of over Rs 42,000 crore.
In November 2021, White Oak Capital Group, through its subsidiary, GPL Finance & Investments, acquired Yes Bank’s mutual fund business, Yes Asset Management. White Oak Capital Group provides investment management and advisory services to Indian equity investors.

Awards News

Former West Indies Cricketer Clive Lloyd Receives Knighthood

Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd received a knighthood from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle for his services to the game of cricket.
On the same day, England’s World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Prince William for his services towards the game of cricket.
The CBE is the highest ranking order of the British Empire, followed by the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) and then the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Knighthood is a title conferred by a British king or queen to a person for his achievements or his service to his country. A knighted person can put ‘Sir’ in place of ‘Mr’ before his name.

Sports News

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

Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen clinched his maiden Super 500 title by defeating world champion Loh Keen Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles final of the India Open 2022.
The 20-year-old Sen won a straight game 24-22, 21-17 over Yu. The 2022 India Open (Badminton), officially the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022, was held from 11 to 16 January 2022 at the K D Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India.

Tasnim Mir became the World No 1 in Badminton U-19 Girls Singles

Tasneem Mir became the first Indian to achieve World No 1 in the Under-19 (U-19) girls’ singles category in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) junior rankings. She is followed by Maria Golubeva of Russia and Lucia Rodriguez of Spain.
In 2021, she won 3 Junior International tournaments held in Bulgaria, France and Belgium, which helped her climb to the No. 1 spot. The World No 1 position in Boys Singles is shared by Lakshya Sen, Cyril Verma and Aditya Joshi.

Goalkeeper Savita Punia named captain of India Women’s Hockey team

Goalkeeper Savita Punia will lead India in the upcoming Women’s Asia Cup in Muscat as Hockey India named an 18-member squad for the event, comprising 16 players, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
As regular skipper Rani Rampal is recovering from injury in Bengaluru, Savita will lead the team in the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from January 21-28. Indian women are the defending champions.
The seven other teams competing in the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022 are China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.

Obituaries News

Legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj passes away

Legendary Kathak dancer, Pandit Birju Maharaj has passed away at the age of 83. A recipient of the country’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, he was affectionately called Pandit-ji or Maharaj-ji by his disciples and followers. One of the most famous artists of India.
Birju Maharaj was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and mentor, Achan Maharaj. Birju Maharaj was also an outstanding singer, having mastery over Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan and Ghazal.

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