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International News
National News
Banking News
Awards News
Sports News
Miscellaneous News

International News

Egypt became fourth new member of New Development Bank

Egypt has joined as the fourth new member of the BRICS New Development Bank. Bangladesh, UAE and Uruguay joined the BRICS New Development Bank in September 2021.
Membership expansion enables the New Development Bank to establish itself as a premier development institution for emerging economies.
The BRICS New Development Bank is a multilateral bank that was established by Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa to finance sustainable development and infrastructure projects.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

New Development Bank Headquarter: Shanghai, China;
New Development Bank President: Marcos Prado Troyjo;
New Development Bank Founder: BRICS;
New Development Bank Founded: 15 July 2014.

National News

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PM Modi inaugurated Bina (MP)-Panki (UP) Multiproduct pipeline project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 356 Km long Bina Refinery (Madhya Pradesh)- POL Terminal at Panki (Kanpur, UP) Multiproduct pipeline project ( capacity of 45 million metric tonnes per annum) with an outlay of Rs 1524 crore (Rs. 1227 crores in UP and Rs. 297 crores in MP).
The project has been completed and commissioned one month ahead of the approved completion schedule of December 2021 (3 years from PNGRB authorisation) and within the approved cost.
It will provide for safe and efficient evacuation of products from Bina Refinery and also improve the availability of products in Eastern U.P, Central U.P., Northern Bihar and Southern Uttarakhand.
PM has also inaugurated the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and undertook a metro ride from the IIT metro station to Geeta Nagar. The entire length of the Metro Rail Project in Kanpur is 32 Km and is being built at a cost of around ₹11,000 crores. PM also attended the 54th Convocation Ceremony of IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Kanpur.

Banking News

SBI to acquire 9.95% stake in GIFT-IFSC-based Clearing Corp

State Bank of India will acquire 9.95 per cent stake in India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) Limited subject to a maximum investment of Rs 34.03 crore.
Clearing Corporation is a GIFT City (Gandhinagar, Gujarat) based Market Infrastructure Institution (MII).
The Corporation is the first international clearing corporation to be set up at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) International Financial Services Center (IFSC).
The Clearing Corporation acts as a central counterparty providing clearing & settlement and risk management services to India International Exchange (IFSC) Ltd.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

State Bank of India Founded: 1 July 1955;
State Bank of India Headquarters: Mumbai;
State Bank of India Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara.

Awards News

Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Announced

Sahitya Akademi announced its prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in various languages.
According to the board, the main Sahitya Akademi awardee will be given an engraved copper plate, shawl and an amount of Rs one lakh and an engraved copper plate and Yuva Puraskar and children’s literature will be given an amount of Rs 50,000 each.

KVASU bags national award for breed conservation

The All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on poultry breeding, Mannuthy, under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021.
The centre received the prestigious award from ICAR – The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) for the conservation and research activities on the Tellicherry breed, the only registered native chicken breed from the State.
The centre started conservation of the Tellicherry breed in 2014. Through scientific selection and management, the breed began laying eggs as early as in five months and the annual egg production increased to 160-170 eggs.

Sports News

Mohammed Shami becomes 11th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Test cricket

Mohammed Shami has become the 11th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Test cricket in just 55 Test matches. During the process, he became the only 5th Indian fast bowler to take 200 wickets in the purest format of the game.
Also, Shami is the third fastest Indian fast bowler to reach this milestone as Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath have taken 200 Test wickets in 50 and 54 Tests respectively.

Jasprit Bumrah Achieves Milestone of Picking 100 Test Wickets

Jasprit Bumrah has achieved the milestone of taking 100 wickets away from home in 22 Tests. Van der Dussen became Bumrah’s 100th Test victim in overseas conditions.
The 28-year-old now has 105 wickets, of which 101 have come from home. Bumrah, who made his Test debut in South Africa in 2018, has played 25 Tests, of which 23 have come on the road.

Miscellaneous News

Russia’s 1st versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker to boost India’s Arctic Plans

Russia has launched its first Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker in the series known as ‘Sibir’. This icebreaker will support a growing fleet of icebreakers to keep the Northern Sea Route open for year-round shipping through the Arctic and enable India’s wider presence in the Arctic region.
The construction of Sibir was started in 2015 and the icebreaker was ordered on 22 December 2017.
Sibir was handed over to the Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation for exploitation; the Delivery-Acceptance Act was signed on 24th December at Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The icebreaker is 173.3 meters (568.6 feet) long and 34 meters broad with a 33,500-tonne displacement.

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