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International News
National News
States News
Banking News
Business News
Awards News
Obituaries News
Miscellaneous News

International News

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announces resignation

The Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdullah Hamdok has announced his resignation on January 02, 2022. The decision follows a military coup that led to a political deadlock in the country and widespread pro-democracy protests.
Hamdok, 66, served as the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan from 2019 to 2022.
Mr Hamdok called for a dialogue to agree on a “national charter” and to “draw a roadmap” to complete the transition. The October coup had upended Sudan’s plans to move to democracy after a popular uprising forced the military’s overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government in April 2019.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Sudan Capital: Khartoum; Currency: Sudanese pound.

National News

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches NEAT 3.0

The Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan launched the National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0), and the regional language textbooks prescribed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The main objective of NEET 3.0 is to provide the best developed ed-tech solutions and courses to the students on a single platform. It will be especially beneficial for the financially weak students. It is a public-private partnership model between the government (through its implementing agency AICTE) and education technology companies.
58 global and Indian ed-tech startup companies have come together for this solution by offering 100 courses and e-resources to enhance learning outcomes, develop employable skills as well as address learning losses. have been
The collaboration with global ed-tech companies and Indian start-ups through NEET will help build India’s digital education base.

States News

Odisha’s Ganjam district is now child marriage free

Odisha’s Ganjam has declared itself a child marriage free district, the first in the State. The district administration has been able to stop as many as 450 child marriages and video-record 48,383 marriages in two years — 2020 and 2021.
After verification, the Ganjam administration declared it a child marriage free district. Sarpanchs and task force committee members had sent recommendations that no child marriage had taken place in their respective areas.
Ganjam had started a programme Nirbhaya Kadhi (Fearless bud). All heads of educational institutes were directed to inform the administration if any girl aged between 12 and 18 remained absent from school for five days.
As many as one lakh teenagers have undergone counselling in the past two years. The administration also made the production of Aadhaar cards mandatory for any marriages to take place.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Odisha Capital: Bhubaneswar;
Odisha Governor: Ganeshi Lal;
Odisha Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik.

Banking News

RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for international remittance business

The Reserve Bank of India has approved Fino Payments Bank to start international (cross-border) remittance business under the Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS). With the approval, customers of Fino Payments Bank will be able to receive remittances from abroad.
The bank also plans to implement the service in its mobile application and also plans to partner with more major money transfer operators (MTOs) to improve cross-border remittances.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Chairman of Fino Payments Bank: Prof Mahendra Kumar Chouhan.
Fino Payments Bank established: 13 July 2006.
MD & CEO of Fino Payments Bank: Rishi Gupta.
Headquarters of Fino Payments Bank: Mumbai, Maharashtra.

RBI: Airtel Payments Bank gets scheduled bank status

Airtel Payments Bank is classified as a Scheduled Bank by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. With this, Airtel Payments Bank can now pitch to the government.
Airtel Payments Bank is one of the fastest growing digital banks in the country with a base of 115 million users. It offers a suite of digital solutions through the Airtel Thanks app and a retail network of over 500,000 neighborhood banking points. The bank turned profitable in the quarter ended September 2021.

Business News

Nippon India MF launches India’s first Auto ETF

Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, asset manager of Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF), has announced the launch of India’s First Auto sector ETF – Nippon India Nifty Auto ETF.
Nippon India Nifty Auto ETF will predominantly invest in stocks comprising of the Nifty Auto Index in the same proportion as the Index. It will provide exposure to Top 15 (as per Nifty Auto Index methodology) companies representing auto-related sectors like Automobiles 4 wheelers, Automobiles 2 & 3 wheelers, Auto Ancillaries, and Tyres.
The Nippon Auto ETF will start operation from January 5, 2022 to January 14, 2022. The minimum investment amount required is Rs 1,000 and in multiples of Rs 1 aftermath.
The investment objective of the scheme is “to provide investment returns closely corresponding to the total returns of the securities as represented by the Nifty Auto Index before expenses, subject to tracking error. However, there can be no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved.

Awards News

Zishaan A Latif won Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo journalism

Zishan e Latif won the Ramnath Goenka Award in the Photo Journalism category. He won the award for his photo essay, struggling hard to be included in the NRC, which was published in The Caravan in October 2019.
He documented the plight of those who were removed from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and confronted an untold human story. Almost a month after the NRC list was released, Latif made his way to four districts of Assam, documenting the struggle of people for inclusion in the NRC.

Obituaries News

Indian Navy’s 1971 war veteran Vice Admiral S H Sarma passes away

Indian Navy’s 1971 Indo-Pak war veteran Vice Admiral S.H. Sarma died at the age of 100. He was the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet during the 1971 war. India defeated Pakistan in the 1971 war, from which Bangladesh was created.
Vice Admiral Sarma celebrated his 100th birthday on 1 December last year. He also participated in the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations in Delhi recently. Sarma was the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet during the 1971 war. India defeated Pakistan in the 1971 war, from which Bangladesh was created.

Legendary Kenyan Conservationist and Fossil-hunter Richard Leaky passes away

World-renowned Kenyan politician, conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey has passed away. The great paleoanthropologist is credited with the discovery of the ‘Turkana Boy’ in 1984, proving that the human race evolved in Africa.
Turkana Boy is the most complete fossil skeleton of a human ancestor ever found. Paleoanthropology is the study of human evolution through fossil and archaeological records. Leakey is also known for campaigning against the ivory trade to save the African elephant population.

Miscellaneous News

Ladakh celebrated traditional new year ‘Losar Festival’

The Losar Festival in Ladakh marks the beginning of the new year in the traditional program of Tibetan Buddhism. It is celebrated by the Buddhist community in the Ladakh region.
Losar is a 15-day festival from the beginning of the Tibetan lunar calendar, marking the first day of 11 months in the Tibetan calendar. Losar is a Tibetan word which means ‘New Year’.
The festivities began with the celebration of Birth and Nirvana Anniversary Je Tsongkhapa with illuminations of religious places like Monasteries, Stupas, residential and other places. The eve of the Losar festival is also celebrated with memorial food offerings for the departed loved ones.

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