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Table of Content
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Serial No Content Page No
1 National Appointments 5
2 Defence Appointments 8
3 Chief Ministers 9
4 Governors 10
5 Chief Justice 10
6 International Appointment 11
7 National Awards 13
8 International Awards 15
9 National Books Awards 2021 16
10 Film Awards 17
11 52nd International Film Festival of India 2021 17
12 Golden Globe Awards 2022 18
13 National Film Awards 2021 18
14 Beauty Awards 19
15 Gallantry Awards 19
16 Padma Vibhushan 19
17 Noble Prize 2021 20
18 India’s Position in Various Indexes 20
19 Other Awards/Ranking 21
20 Summits/Events 23
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21 Military Exercises 25
22 Defence in News (DRDO/Indian Army/Missiles etc) 26
23 Science and Technology 28
24 Upcoming Sports Venues 29
25 Sports Awards 31
26 Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) Awards 32
27 International Cricket Council Awards 2021 32
28 ICC Player of the month 33
29 Trophies/Championship 34
30 Chess Grandmasters 35
31 2021 Tennis Titles 36
32 2022 Tennis Titles 36
33 Grand Prixes 36
34 TOKYO Olympics 37
35 TOKYO Paralympic 2020 38
36 Books in News 40
37 Committees in News 43
38 Apps/Website/Portals/Card 44
39 Cyclone in News 45
40 National News 46
41 International News 51
42 Super Computers In News 52
43 Important Fairs and Festivals 53
44 Folk Paintings 59

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45 Important Computer Related Full forms 59

46 Generation of Computer 61
47 Important Foreign Travellers in INDIA 61
48 Governor General 62
49 Motifs on the Bank notes (India) 63
50 Scientific Name of Fruits 63
51 Scientific Name of Vegetables 64
52 Scientific Names of Tress and Plants 64
53 Foundation Day 65
54 Important Chemical Names 67
55 National Park/ Tiger Reserve in News 68
56 Festival in News 69
57 Transgender In News 72

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National Appointments
1. MD & CEO of CRISIL - Amish Mehta
2. MD of LIC - B C Patnaik
3. Brand ambassador of CoinDCX - Amitabh Bachchan
4. Chairman of BharatPe - Rajnish Kumar
5. Advisor to PM Modi - Amit Khare
6. Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) - A K Goel
7. Chairman & Managing Director of National Research Development

Corporation (NRDC) - Amit Rastogi
8. Global Brand Ambassador of Adidas - Deepika Padukone
9. Reappointed as RBI Governor - Shaktikanta Das
10. Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &

Industry (FICCI) - Arun Chawla
11. Head coach of Indian men’s cricket team by the BCCI - Rahul Dravid
12. Secretary-General (SG) of Rajya Sabha - P.C. Mody
13. National Cricket Academy (NCA) head - VVS Laxman
14. Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) - S K Mishra

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15. Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) - Vivek
Johri
16. Chairman and part time Non-Executive Director of India Tourism

Development Corporation (ITDC) - Sambit Patra
17. Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) -

Ganji Kamala V Rao
18. Chairperson of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) - Alka

Upadhyaya
19. Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India - Sanjay

Bandopadhyay
20. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

(FICCI) - Sanjiv Mehta
21. Brand Ambassadors of Disney BYJU’s Early Learn App - Neeraj Chopra &
PV Sindhu
22. MD & CEO of RBL Bank - Rajeev Ahuja
23. Chief Executive Officer of Energy - Radhika Jha
24. Deputy National Security Advisor of India - Vikram Misri
25. Chairman and CEO of Railway Board - Vinay Kumar Tripathi
26. New Chief Secretary of Bihar - Amir Subhani
27. New Executive Directors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Ajay Kumar
Choudhary and Deepak Kumar

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28. 1st woman Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation (ONGC) - Alka Mittal
29. Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga - G Asok Kumar
30. Executive Director of ICICI Bank - Anup Bagchi
31. 10th chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and

secretary, department of space (DoS) - S Somanath
32. India's Badminton Doubles Coach - Tan Kim Her
33. Chief Economic Advisor of India - Venkatraman Anantha Nageswaran
34. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Chairman - MR Kumar
35. Brand ambassador of GoodDot - Neeraj Chopra
36. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming

India (NITI Aayog) - Amitabh Kant
37. Controller General of Accounts (CGA) - Sonali Singh
38. 1st woman Director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) - Dhriti Banerjee
39. Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - J.B. Mohapatra
40. Defence Intelligence Agency Head - GAV Reddy
41. Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory - GA

Srinivasa Murthy
42. Managing Director of IndiGo - Rahul Bhatia
43. 1st woman Vice Chancellor of JNU - Santishree Pandit

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44. Director of NCERT - Dinesh Prasad Saklani
45. Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Unnikrishnan Nair
46. chairman of Pfizer India - Pradip Shah
47. new chairman of Staff Selection Commission - S Kishore
48. President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Debashis Mitra
49. MD and CEO of Air India - Ilker Ayci
50. Chairman of CBSE - Vineet Joshi
51. India’s first national maritime security coordinator - G Ashok Kumar
52. First woman chairperson of SEBI - Madhabi Puri
Defence Appointments
1. Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) - General Manoj Mukund

Naravane
2. Chief Of Army Staff - Manoj Mukund Naravane
3. Vice Chief of Army Staff - Manoj Pande
4. Chief of Air Force - Vivek Ram Chaudhari
5. Vice Chief of Air Force - Sandeep Singh
6. Chief of Naval Staff - Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar

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7. Vice Chief of Naval Staff - Satish Namdeo Ghormade
8. Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) - Pankaj Kumar
Singh
9. Director General of CRPF - Kuldiep Singh
10. Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - Sheel
Vardhan Singh
11. Additional Charge as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) -

ITBP Director General Sanjay Arora
12. Director General of NSG - MA Ganapathy
13. Director General of Indian Coast Guard - VS Pathania
14. Director General of CBI - Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
15. Director General of RAW - Samant Goel
16. Director General of IB - Arvind Kumar
17. Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency - Lieutenant General

GAV Reddy.
Chief Ministers
Bhupendra Patel Gujarat

Pushkar Singh Dhami Uttarakhand
Mamta Banerjee West Bengal
MK Stalin Tamil Nadu
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N Rangasamy Puducherry
Himanta Biswa Sharma Assam
Pinarai Vijayan Kerala
Governors
Tamil Nadu RN Ravi

Uttarakhand Gurmit Singh
Punjab Banwarilal Purohit
Nagaland Jagdish Mukhi
Manipur La Ganeshan
Karnataka Thawarchand Gehlot
Mizoram Hari Babu Kambhampati
Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai chaganbhai patel
Himachal Pradesh Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Goa P.S Sreedharan Pillai
Tripura Satyadev Narayan Arya
Haryana Bandaru Dattatraya
Jharkhand Ramesh Bais
Chief Justice

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Acting Chief Justice of the Madras HC Justice M Duraiswamy

Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC Sanjib Banerjee
Acting Chief Justice of the Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
Uttarakhand HC
Chief Justice of Madras HC Munishwar Nath Bhandari
International Appointments
1. First woman PM of Tunisia - Najla Bouden Romdhane
2. Prime Minister of Ethiopia - Abiy Ahmed
3. Austria’s new Chancellor - Karl Nehammer
4. Prime Minister of Norway - Jonas Gahr Store
5. President of Uzbekistan - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
6. Prime Minister of Japan - Fumio Kishida
7. Goodwill Ambassador of UN-World Food Programme - Daniel Brühl
8. UN Resident Coordinator in India - Shombi Sharp
9. Chairman of ICC Men’s Cricket Committee - Sourav Ganguly
10. Chairman of ICC Women's Cricket Committee - Johnny Grave
11.Permanent CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) - Geoff Allardice
12. New Prime Minister of Romania - Nicolae Ciuca
13. Prime Minister of Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah

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14. Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - Zhang

Ming
15. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate - Kailash Satyarthi
16. Director General of the World Trade Organisation - Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
17. 1st Deputy Managing Director of IMF - Gita Gopinath
18. Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Pierre Olivier

Gourinchas
19. CEO of Yahoo - Jim Lanzone
20. CEO of Tinder - Renate Nyborg
21. CEO of Twitter - Parag Agrawal
22. 1st female Prime Minister of Sweden - Eva Magdalena Andersson
23. Germany's New Chancellor - Olaf Scholz
24. PM of Nepal - Sher Bahadur Deoba
25. PM of Vietnam - Pham Minh Chinh
26. PM of Malaysia - Ismail Sabri
27. PM of Afghanistan - Hassan Akhund
28. PM of Canada - Justin Trudeau
29. Defence Minister of Canada - Anita Anand
30. PM of Kazakhstan - Alikhan Smailov
31. Head of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Catherine Russell

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32. Chair of the UN Counter Terrorism Committee 2022 - TS Tirumurti
33. India’s 1st UN Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Climate

Champion - Prajakta Koli
34. India’s Permanent Representative at UN Conference on Disarmament -

Anupam Ray
35. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Vistara airline - Vinod Kannan
36. Vistara’s chief commercial officer - Deepak Rajawat
37. New secretary general of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting

Countries (OPEC) - Haitham Al Ghais (Kuwait)
38. 1st Indian to complete NASA’s International Air and Space Program -
Jahnavi Dangeti
National Awards
1. India Green Energy Award 2020 - TVS Motor Company
2. 45th Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award - Benyamin
3. 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award - Randeep Guleria
4. Aryabhata Award - Dr G Satheesh Reddy
5. General of Indian Army’ rank - Nepal Army Chief Prabhu Ram Sharma
6. 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 - Beryl Thanga

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7. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2021 -

Pratham NGO
8. International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in

Journalism 2021 - Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi of NDTV, and
Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Praksh Chandra of The Week
9. IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2020 - Ritika Chopra of The
Indian Express
10. 7th Dr. M S Swaminathan Award for 2017-2019 - V Praveen Rao
11. 4th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF (New India Foundation) Book Prize
2021 - "Naoroji : Pioneer of Indian Nationalism" by Dinyar Patel
12. Best Airport in India and Central Asia’ in 2021 by Skytrax - IGI Airport,
Delhi
13. Assam govt’s ‘Asom Baibhav Award’ 2021 - Ratan Tata
14.Jnanpith Award - Nilmani Phookan Jr (56th) & Damodar Mauzo (57th)
15. Young Geospatial Scientist” Award 2021 - Ropesh Goyal
16. Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians - Neena Gupta
17. Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021 - Steel Authority

of India Ltd. (SAIL)
18. Sushila Devi Award 2021 - Anukrti Upadhyay for "Kintsugi"
19. Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award 2020 - Danish Siddiqui

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20. Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021 - Namita Gokhale won in English for her
novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’.
21. Ramnath Goenka Award - Zishaan A Latif
22. ICMR national award “Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award” - Dr Satish Adiga
23. SKOCH Literature Award 2021 - book titled ‘Rising to the China
Challenge: Winning Through Strategic Patience and Flexible Policies’
24. 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022 - Harshaali Malhotra
25. Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau - Shinzo Abe
26. Assam Baibhav Award - Industrialist Ratan Tata
27. 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award under efficient MP category - Nitin
Gadkari
28. Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21 - Sandeep Baksh
International Awards
1. Joseph A. Cushman Award 2022 - Rajiv Nigam
2. EU’s Sakharov Prize 2021 - Alexei Navalny
3. Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021 - Tsitsi Dangarembga
4. Booker Prize 2021 - Damon Galgut for "The Promise".
5. JCB Prize for Literature 2021 - M Mukundan for ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy

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6. UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2021 -

Delhi’s Nizamuddin Revival Project
7. TIME Magazine's Person of the Year' for 2021 - Elon Musk
8. 10th Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration award - Azim Premji
9. Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award- Business Transformation from

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) - Kumar Mangalam Birla
10. Digital Innovation of the Year” award at the THE Asia Awards 2021 - O.P.
Jindal Global University
11. Asia’s ‘Leadership and Management Team of the Year’ category at THE
Asia Awards 2021 - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
12. Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021 - Viral
Sudhirbhai Desai
13. PETA India’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’ - Alia Bhatt
14. First-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology - JC Chaudhry
15. 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate - Dr Albert Bourla, Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and Chairman of Pfizer
16. TX2 Award - Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu)
17. Bill Gates conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan honour for efforts to eradicate

polio.
National Book Awards 2021

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--Young People's Literature - Malinda Lo For "Last Night at the telegraph

club"
--Poetry - Martin Espada for "Floaters"
--Non Fiction - Tiya Miles for "All That She Carried : The journey of Ashleys
Sack , A Black Family Keepsake"
--FICTION - Jason Matt For "Hell of A Book"
Film Awards
4th Satyajit Ray Award Bejawada Gopal

51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award Rajinikanth
Basavashree Award 2021 Puneeth Rajkumar
Best Actor (Male) Award at the 6th Dhanush
edition of the BRICS Film Festival
52nd InternationalFilm
Film Festival of India 2021
Awards
Personality of the Year award Hema Malini & Prasoon Joshi

1st Satyajit Ray Lifetime Martin Scorsese and Istevan Szabo
Achievement Award at IFFI
Most friendly State for film shooting Uttar Pradesh
(IFFI)
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival

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Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Pushpa: The Rise

Festival Awards 2022 Film of the
Year
Best Film Shershaah
Best Actor Ranveer Singh
Best Actress Kriti Sanon
Outstanding Contribution To Film Asha Parekh
Industry
Critics Best Film Sardar Udham
Critics Best Actor Sidharth Malhotra
Critics Best Actress Kiara Advani
People’s Choice Best Actor Abhimanyu Dassani
People’s Choice Best Actress Radhika Madan
Golden Globe Awards 2022
Best Motion Picture/Drama The Power of the Dog

Best TV Series/Drama Succession
Best Director Motion Picture Jane Campion "The Power of the
Dog"
Best Actress In a Motion Nicole Kidman "Being the Ricardos"
Picture/Drama
Best Actor In A Motion Will Smith "King Richard"
Picture/Drama
National Film Awards 2021

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Best Feature Film Marakkar

Best Hindi Film Chhichhore
Best Direction Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut
Best Actor Manoj Bajpayee for ‘Bhonsle’ and
Dhanush for ‘Asuran’
Best Children Film Kastoori
Best Film on Environment Water Burial
conservation
Most Film Friendly State Sikkim
Beauty Awards
Mrs World 2022 Shaylyn Ford (USA)

70th Miss Universe 2021 India’s Harnaaz Sandhu
Best National Costume Award at Mrs India’s Navdeep Kaur
World 2022 pageant
Gallantry Awards
Beauty Awards
Vir Chakra Abhinandan Varthaman

Kirti Chakra Sapper Prakash Jadhav
(posthumously)
Shaurya Chakra Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal
(posthumously)

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Naib Subedar Sombir

(posthumously)
Major Maheshkumar Bhure
Padma Vibhushan
Art Ms. Prabha Atre

Literature and Education Shri Radheyshyam Khemka
(Posthumous)
Civil Service General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous)
Public Affairs Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)
Noble Prize 2021
Peace Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah
Physics Syukuro Manabe , Klaus Hasselmann
& Giorgio Parisi
Medicine David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian
Chemistry Benjamin List & David MacMillan
Economics David Card (US), Joshua D Angrist
(US), Guido W Imbens (US)
India's Position in Various Indexes
Global Spam & Scam Calls Report 4th

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2021
Climate Change Performance Index 10th
2022
IMD World Competitive Index 2021 43rd
International IP Index 2022 43rd
Global Innovation Index 2021 46th
Democracy Index 46th
IMD world Talent Ranking 2021 56th
Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) 59th
2021
Global Digital Skills Index 2022 63rd
Global Health Security Index 2021 66th
Global Food Security Index 2021 71st
Henley Passport Index 2022 83rd
Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 85th
Global Hunger Index 2021 101st
Human Freedom Index 2021 111st
Kids Rights Index 2021 112nd
Economy Freedom Index 2021 121st
Human Development Index 2020 131st
Global Peace Index 2021 135th
UN World Happiness Report 2021 139th
Gender Gap Index 2021 140th
World Press Freedom Index 2021 142nd

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Other Awards/Rankings
Forbes World Most powerful List Nirmala Sitharaman - 37th

Good Governance Index 2021 Gujarat Tops
Public Affairs Index 2021 Kerala
State Health Index 2021 (NITI Ayog) Kerala
Larger State
NITI Aayog Sustainable Development Shimla Tops
Goal URBAN Index
NITI Aayog's Multidimensional Bihar
Poverty Index (MPI) 2021
Poorest State
India Skills Report 2022 Maharashtra Tops
State Energy Efficiency Index 2020 Karnataka Tops
Swachh Survekshan 2021 Cleanest City - Indore
Cleanest State - Chattisgarh
Cleanest District - Surat
Best Marine State Andhra Pradesh
Best Marine District Balasore , Odisha
3rd National Water Awards 2020 - Uttar Pradesh
Best State
Atal Ranking of Institutions on IIT Madras Tops
Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
2021

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Best Police Station Status Sadar Bazar Police Station (N.Delhi)

Worldwide Cost of Living Index Tel Aviv
"Most Expensive City
World Airport Awards 2021 by Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International
Skytrax (IGI) - 45th Rank
Summits/Events
1. National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme on January

31, 2022. The theme of the programme was ‘She The Change Maker’
2. Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated

the 24th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad. The theme of
the two-day Conference is ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post
Pandemic World’.
3. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the World
Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Davos Agenda Summit 2022. The theme of the
event is “The State of the World.”
4. GST Council’s 46th meeting held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
5. 5th Indian Ocean Conference - Abu Dhabi. The theme of the conference
was ‘Indian Ocean: Ecology, Economy, Epidemic’.
6. 16th G20 Leaders Summit - Italy
Theme : People, Planet, and Prosperity.

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7. 7th India International Science Festival (IISF) to be held in Panaji, Goa in

December 2021. The festival theme in 2021 is `Celebrating Creativity in
Science, Technology and Innovation for Prosperous India’.
8. 13th ASEM Summit - Virtually hosted by Cambodia.
Theme – Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth.
9. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurates 5th World Congress

on Disaster Management (WCDM) at IIT Delhi. The theme of the 5th WCDM
is Technology, Finance and Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters in
the Contexts of Covid-19.
10. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) event "Connect 2021" in Chennai,

Tamil Nadu. Theme : “Building a Sustainable Deep T’ech’N’ology Ecosystem”.
11. 3rd Edi Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) 2021 - Indian Navy at Naval War
College, Goa.
Theme - “Maritime Security & Emerging Non-Traditional Threats: A Case for

Proactive Role for IOR Navies”.
12. 47th G7 Summit 2021 - UK
Theme 2021: "Building Back Better".
13. 13th BRICS Summit 2021 - India
Theme - “BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation

and Consensus”.
14. 24th National Conference on e-Governance - Hyderabad, Telangana.

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Theme - ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’.
15. UIDAI “Aadhaar Hackathon 2021”. The 1st Theme is “Enrolment &
Update” & 2nd theme is “Identity & Authentication”.
16. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organises International

Conference and Exhibition on Digital technologies – “Future Tech 2021” The
focus theme of the International conference is “Driving technologies for
building the future, we all can trust”
17. Global Buddhist Conference in Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, in

Nalanda, Bihar.
18. 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme on

January 31, 2022, via video conference. Theme of the programme was ‘She
The Change Maker’.
Military Exercises
SIMBEX 21 India & Singapore

AUSINDEX India & Australia
Surya Kiran-XV India & Nepal
Samudra Shakti India & Indonesia
Mitra Shakti 21 India & Sri Lanka
JIMEX India & Japan
Ajeya Warrior India & UK
Konkan Shakti 21 India & UK

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32nd CORPAT India & Thailand

37th CORPAT India & Indonesia
Exercise Dosti India ,Maldives & Sri Lanka.
SITMEX 21 India, Singapore, Thailand
Shakti India and France
Desert Warrior India and Egypt
17th Yudh Abhyas 2021 India & US
Cope South 22 US & Bangladesh
Defence In News (DRDO/Indian Army/Missiles etc)
1. Indian Army has won gold medal in the Cambrian Patrol Exercise 2021
2. India successfully test-fired surfaceto-surface ballistic missile Agni-5.

Range 5000km.
3. Indigenous ICG Ship ‘Sarthak’ dedicated to the Nation
4. Indian Navy 7th Talwar Class stealth frigate Tushil launched in Russia
5. Indian Navy received its first P15B Indigenous Stealth Guided-Missile

Destroyer – ‘Visakhapatnam’
6. Indian Navy received 4th Scorpene Submarine ‘Vela’.
7. Russia successfully tests fired Hypersonic Cruise Missile ‘Zircon’ & Anti-
Satellite Missile ‘Nudol’
8. Sandhayak, 1st of the 4 ships under Survey Vessel (Large) project for
Indian Navy, launched at GRSE, Kolkata.

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9. DRDO test fired air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from
Sukhoi 30 MK-I aircraft
10. India inked deal with Russia for procurement of AK-203 assault rifles
11. DRDO successfully test fired PinakaER, ADM & indigenous Fuzes
12. IAF-DRDO flight-tested Helicopterlaunched SANT Missile from Pokhran

Range, Rajasthan
13. Indian Navy’s 2nd indigenous stealth destroyer ‘Mormugao’ sailed for
maiden sea trials
14. IAF deployed first S-400 air defence system in Punjab sector
15. Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone for Defence Technology & Test
Centre and BRAHMOS Manufacturing Centre of DRDO in Lucknow
16. DRDO selected Paras Defence for handing over technology of border
surveillance systems
17. Indian Army set up Quantum Lab at MCTE in Military Headquarters Of

War, Indore, MP
18. Russia test-fired Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles from frigate and
submarine
19. Philippines became 1st country to buy BrahMos supersonic cruise

missile.
20. Indian Navy’s 5th Scorpene class submarine ‘Vagir’ commenced first sea
trial

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21. IAF to showcase LCA Tejas at Singapore Air Show 2022
22. DRDO successfully tested India’s 1st Quantum Key Distribution

Technology in Uttar Pradesh
Science & Technology
1. China has launched 1st Solar Exploration Satellite named "XIHE"
2. NASA launched Lucy Mission to study the Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
3. South Korea launched its first homegrown space rocket named “Nuri”.
4. France launched Military Communications Satellite “Syracuse 4A”
5. India’s 1st manned ocean mission “Samudrayan” launched at Chennai
6. China launched world’s 1st Earth Science Satellite named “Guangmu”
7. Alphabet Inc launched “Isomorphic Labs”, an AI- drug discovery start-up.
8. Australia and Canada will send Rover on Moon to search water in 2024
9. SpaceX launched Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari-led Crew 3 mission
10. India’s 1st CoE in Research on Drone Technology & AI launched in IIT
Guwahati
11. Jitendra Singh launched India’s 1st Virtual Science Lab for children
under CSIR Jigyasa programme

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12. NASA launched world’s 1st DART mission to crash spacecraft into
asteroid on SpaceX Rocket
13. Skyroot Aerospace test-fired India’s 1st Privately Built Cryogenic Rocket
Engine “Dhawan-1”
14. China launches “Shijian-6 05” satellites for Space Exploration
15. NASA launched world’s largest telescope “James Webb Space Telescope”
16. Russia launched 1st versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Sibir’ to

boost India’s Arctic Plans via NSR
17. Defence Minister inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in

Space Science and Technology at Chandigarh University
18. Meta built World’s Fastest AI Supercomputer ‘RSC’
19. IIT-Hyderabad launched India’s first AI-based job platform for persons
with disabilities named “Swarajability”
20. ISRO decommissioned INSAT-4B through 11 Re-orbiting manoeuvres

after 14-year service
21. ISRO successfully launched earth observation satellite ‘EOS-04’
UPCOMING SPORTS VENUES
Summer Olympic
2024 Paris, France
2028 Los Angeles, USA

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2032 Brisbane , Australia

Winter Olympic
2022 Beijing, China
2026 Milan & Cortina , Italy
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou, China
2026 Nagoya, Japan
FIFA World Cup
2022 Qatar
2026 Canada, Mexico, US
National Games of India
2022 Uttrakhand (38)
2023 Meghalaya (39)
Commonwealth Games
2023 Trinidad & Tobago
World Athletics Championships
2022 Eugene, Oregon, US
2023 Budapest, Hungary
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
2021 UAE & Oman
2024 USA & West Indies
2026 India & Sri Lanka
2028 Australia & New Zealand
2030 England, Ireland & Scotland

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Women’s T20 World Cup

2022 South Africa
ICC Men’s Champions Trophy
2025 Pakistan
2029 India
ICC Men’s 50 over World Cup
2027 South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia
2031 India & Bangladesh
World Badminton Championships India
2026
Khelo India Games (2023) Karnataka
Khelo India Youth Games (2022-23) Madhya Pradesh
AFC Women's Asian Cup (2022) Mumbai , Pune
AFC Women's football Asian Cup India
(2022)
International Olympic Committee Mumbai
session in 2023
Sports Awards
1. Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World

Federation (BWF) Council - Prakash Padukone
2. Best Female Debut’ honour at 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards - Avani

Lekhara
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3. Time Magazine’s 2021 Athlete of the Year - Simone Biles
4. BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 - Emma Raducanu
5. Woman of the Year Award 2021 by World Athletics - Anju Bobby George
6. Women's Tennis Association Award "Player of the Year" 2021 - Ashleigh

Barty (AUS)
7. World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021 - PR Sreejesh (Hockey)
8. Knighthood - Former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd
9. Commander of the Order of the British Empire - Eoin Morgan
10. Ballon d’Or award or Golden Ball Award - Lionel Messi
11. Rishabh Pant won ESPNcricinfo ‘Test Batting Award’ 2021
Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) Awards
SJFI Medal 2021 - Sunil Gavaskar
SJFI Sportsman of the year 2021 - Neeraj Chopra (Javelin)
SJFI Sportswoman of the year 2021 - Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)
SJFI Team of the Year 2021 - Indian Men’s Hockey team
SJFI Parathletes of the year 2021(Men) - Pramod Bhagat (Badminton) and

Sumit Antil (Javelin)
SJFI Parathletes of the year 2021(Women) - Avani Lekhara (Rifle shooter)
International “If there isCricket

no struggle,Council Awards 2021
there is no progress”
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ICC Umpire of the Year - Marais Erasmus
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year - Shaheen
Afridi (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year - Md. Rizwan (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year - Joe Root (England)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year - Smriti
Mandhana (India)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021 - New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell.
ICC Player of the Month
Oct 21
Men Asif Ali (PAK)
Women Laura Delany (IRE)
Nov 21
Men David Warner (AUS)
Women Hayley Matthews (WI)
Dec 21

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Men Ajaz Patel (NZ)

Women Hayley Matthews (WI)
Jan 22
Men Keegan Petersen (SA)
Women Heather Knight (ENG)
Trophies/Championship
1. IPL 2021 - Chennai Super Kings defeat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
2. Vijay Hazare Trophy Title - Himachal Pradesh beat Tamil Nadu.
3. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - Tamil Nadu defeat Karnataka.
4. ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 - Australia defeat N.Zealand
5. SAFF Championship 2021 - India won against Nepal.
6. SAFF U19 Women’s Championship 2021 - Bangladesh defeat India
7. Uber Cup - China Beats Japan
8. Thomas Cup trophy - Indonesia beats China
9. Davis Cup 2021 won by Russian Tennis Federation.
10. Ladakh Women’s team has won the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey
Championship in Himachal Pradesh.
11. 11th Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship - UP beats Chandigarh.

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12. Pankaj Advani won Asian Snooker Championship also won National
Billiards Title 2021.
13. US defeated Europe Won Ryder Cup golf tournament.
14. World Chess Championship 2021 - Magnus Carlsen won his 5th title
15. Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel Masters chess 2022
16. India won fifth U-19 World Cup title, beat England by 4 wickets in final
17. China won AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 Football Tournament.
18. Chelsea won first FIFA Club World Cup by defeating Brazil’s Palmeiras
19. 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at

Airthings Masters
20. Mirabai Chanu won gold in Singapore, qualified for CWG in 55kg weight
category
21. Rafael Nadal won Mexican Open title 2022
22. Pooja Jatyan became 1st Indian to win a silver in individual section of
Para Archery World Championships.
23. Haryana team defeated the Indian Railway 3-0, to win the Men’s title in
Senior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22
Chess Grandmasters
70th Raja Rithvik (Telangana)

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71st Sankalp Gupta (Maharashtra)

72nd Mitrabha Guha (West Bengal)
73rd Bharath Subramaniyam (Chennai)
2021 Tennis Titles

Grandmasters
Australian Open N. Djokovic (Serbia) & N. Osaka
(Japan)
French Open Novak Djokovic (Serbia) & Barbora
Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Wimbledon Novak Djokovic (Serbia) & Ashleigh
Barty (Australia)
US Open Daniiel Medvedev (Russia) Novak
Djokovic (Serbia) & Emma Raducanu
(Great Britain)
2022 Tennis Titles

Grandmasters
Australian Open 2022
Men’s Singles - Rafael Nadal
Women’s Singles - Ashleigh Barty
Grand Prixes
onGrandmasters
WhatsApp 7982155093
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Max Verstappen - Dutch Gp , US Gp , Maxican Gp , Abu Dhabi GP
Daniel Ricciardo - Italian Gp
Lewis Hamilton - Russian Gp , Qatar Gp , Saudi Arabian Gp
Valtteri Bottas - Turkish Gp
TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020

Grandmasters
Host City Tokyo, Japan
Mascot Miraitowa
Motto United by Emotion
New Motto Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together
1. MC Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh named as flag-bearers for the Indian
contingent at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics
2. Bajrang Punia will be the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo
Olympics
GOLD MEDAL
Neeraj Chopra (Haryana) – Javelin Throw

SILVER MEDAL
Mirabai Chanu (Manipur) Women’s 49kg Weightlifting

Ravi Dahiya (Haryana) Men’s Freestyle 57kg Wrestling

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BRONZE MEDAL
Lovlina Borgohain (Assam) Women’s Welterweight boxing

PV Sindhu (Telangana) Women’s Singles Badminton
Bajrang Punia (Haryana) Men’s 65kg Freestyle Wrestling
India men’s hockey team Bronze
INDIA'S OLYMPICS SONG
Cheer Song For Indian Olympic Contingent
Song titled : “Hindustani Way”
Composed By : A R Rahman
Sung By : Ananya Birla
Official Theme Song
Song Titled : “Lakshya Tera Samne Hai”
Composed By : Mohit Chauhan
Lyrics penned By : Prathna Gahilote
1. Shooting China's Yang wins first gold medal of Tokyo Olympics
2. Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics
3. Neeraj Chopra Wins First-Ever Gold in Athletics For India in Olympics
TOKYO PARALYMPIC 2020

Grandmasters
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Host City : Tokyo, Japan
Motto : United by Emotion
Mascot : Someity
1. Javelin thrower Tek Chand was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of
Tokyo Paralympics.
2. Shooter Avani Lekhara was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony.
PARALYMPIC SONG
Song Titled : “Kar De Kamaal Tu”
Composer & Singer : Sanjeev Singh
GOLD MEDAL
Sumit Antil (Haryana) Javelin Throw

Pramod Bhagat (Bihar) Badminton
Krishna Nagar (Rajasthan) Badminton
Manish Narwal (Haryana) Shooting
Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan) Shooting
SILVER Medal
Yogesh Kathuniya (Haryana) Discus Throw

Nishad Kumar (Himachal Pradesh) High Jump
Mariyappan Thangavelu (Tamil High Jump
Nadu)

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Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) High Jump

Devendra Jhajharia (Rajasthan) Javelin Throw
Suhas Yathiraj (Uttar Pradesh) Badminton
Singhraj Adhana (Haryana) Shooting
Bhavina Patel (Gujarat) Table Tennis
BRONZE MEDAL
Harvinder Singh (Haryana) Archery

Sharad Kumar (Bihar) High Jump
Sundar Singh Gurjar (Rajasthan) Javelin Throw
Manoj Sarkar (Uttarakhand) Badminton
Singhraj Adhana (Haryana)– Shooting
Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan) Shooting
1. Badminton and taekwondo made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo.
2. Shooter Avani Lekhara became the First Indian woman to win two medals
- a gold and a bronze - at the Paralympics.
3. Suhas Yathiraj became the First IAS officer to win a medal at the
Paralympics.
Books In News
Grandmasters
 The Custodian of Trust: A Banker’s Memoir Book” - Rajnish Kumar

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 ‘Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion And Nation’ - Shafey Kidwai
 “Actually… I Met Them: A Memoir” - Gulzar “
 Veer Savarkar : The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition” - Uday
Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit
 ‘The Stars in My Sky: Those Who Brightened My Film Journey’ - Divya
Dutta
 “The Origin Story of India’s States” Venkataraghavan - Subha
Srinivasan
 “Writing for My Life” - Ruskin Bond
 “Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman” - Chidanand Rajghatta
 ‘AIIMS Mein Ek Jang Ladte Hue’ - Ramesh Pokhriyal
 The Sage with Two Horns: Unusual Tales from Mythology” - Sudha
Murty
 “Not Just Cricket: A Reporters Journey” - Pradeep Magazine
 The Cinema of Satyajit Ray’ - Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
 MODERN INDIA: For Civil Services and Other Competitive
Examinations’ - Poonam Dalal Dahiya
 Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our Times’ - Salman Khurshid
 Lal Salaam: A Novel’ - Smriti Irani
 Cooking to Save your Life’ - Abhijit Banerjee illustrated by France
based illustrator Cheyenne Oliver
 “Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World” - Ban Ki-moon’s
autobiography
 Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy, India-Pakistan
War 1971’ - released by MM Naravane
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 “Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947” - Ayaz

Memon
 ‘Democracy, Politics and Governance’ - Surya Prakash
 India’s Ancient Legacy of Wellness” - Dr. Rekha Chaudhari
 Bachelor Dad’ - Tusshar Kapoor
 The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land” -
Gen Nirmal Chander Vij
 Gandhi Topi Governor’ - Padma Awardee Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi
Prasad
 The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh” - Shantanu Gupta
 Pride, Prejudice and Punditry’ - Dr. Shashi Tharoor
 1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories’ - Rachna Bisht Rawat
 “Public Service Ethics – A Quest for Naitik Bharat” - Prabhat Kumar
 Mamata: Beyond 2021” authored by Jayanta Ghosal
 Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of
India” - Dhirendra K. Jha
 “Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized Biography” - Retired IAS officer and
senior bureaucrat Dr. Thomas Matthew
 “Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and
Leadership” - autobiography of Arundhati Bhattacharya
 “A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 years of Independence” - Ruskin
Bond
 The $10 Trillion Dream” - Subhash Chandra Garg
 Operation Khatma” - Journalists RC Ganjoo and Ashwini Bhatnagar
 Fearless Governance - Kiran Bedi
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 India, That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution - J Sai

Deepak
 Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra - Navdeep Singh Gill
 India-Africa Relations "Changing Horizons” - Rajiv Bhatia
 “Atal Bihari Vajpayee” - Sagarika Ghose
 How to Prevent the Next Pandemic - Bill Gates
 A Nation To Protect’ - Priyam Gandhi Mody
 “Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us” - Ro Khanna
 The Great Tech Game - Anirudh Suri
Committees in News
Grandmasters
1. Supreme Court has constituted a five-member committee to probe the
security breach during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
Punjab. The committee will be headed by former apex court judge Justice
Indu Malhotra.
2. The Centre has decided to raise the legal age of marriage of women from
18 to 21 years, Headed By : Jaya Jaitly.
3. Centre appoints three-member Committee to revisit criteria for

determining economically weaker sections (EWS) - Headed By "Ajay Bhusan
Pandey"
4. Centre Constitutes 5 member committee to monitor implementation of

Central Vista Project - Headed By "Ratan P Watal"

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5. Govt set up high-level committee to examine of lifting Armed Forces

(Special Powers) Act “AFSPA” in Nagaland - Headed By "Vivek Joshi"
6. Supreme Court's committee to Probe unauthorized surveillance using

Pegasus in India - Headed by "R V Raveendran"
7. Committee constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs to enquire security

lapses during PM Punjab visit - Headed by "Sudhir Kumar Saxena"
Apps/Website/Portals/Card
Grandmasters
1. "Waste to Wealth" web portal (GOI) - To enhance cooperation for
sustainable development through economy and community participation.
2. NAV-eCash card - SBI & Indian Navy launched SBI’s NAV-eCash card with
its dual-chip technology, will facilitate both online as well as offline
transactions.
3. Paryavaran Saathi” chatbot & Website (Delhi Govn) - To facilitate people’s

participation in the fight against pollution. The chatbot has been made in
partnership with UNICEF
4. Garuda App (Election Commission of India) - for the digital mapping of all
polling stations by using its longitude and latitude.
5. Healthy Smile Mobile App (AIIMS) launched in a bid to raise awareness on

maintaining oral hygiene among children.
6. Rupay Credit Card "Veer" (Kotak Mahindra Bank with NPCI) to launch
credit cards on the RuPay network for Indian armed forces.
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7. Call your Cop App (Nagaland police) - To enable all the citizens, especially
those who are under stress, to get in touch with the police. The app was
developed by the Police Headquarters
8. Indian Army launched a messaging app named ‘ASIGMA’ (Army Secure

IndiGeneous Messaging Application).
9. Hamar Apan Budget’ Web Portal & Mobile App (Jharkhand) - Through this
portal, the general public of the state can share their suggestions for the
2022-23 budget.
10. National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0 Edtech

platform (Education Ministry) - Union Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan has launched NEAT 3.0, a single platform to provide bestdeveloped
ed-tech solutions, courses to students.
11. Apna Kangra’ App (Himachal Pradesh) - to promote local handicrafts

through tourism
12. Digital Sansad App (Lok Sabha secretariat) - to make live proceedings
accessible. It will also help members of parliament access services such as
checking personal updates like status of their notices, House bulletins, etc.
13. Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran Portal (Raksha Pension) (Defence

Ministry) - to resolve pension-related grievances of ex-servicemen (ESM)
and their dependents.
Cyclones In News
Grandmasters
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Jawad Bay Of Bengal

Name Given By Saudi Arab
Shaheen Northeast Arabian Sea
Name Given by Qatar
Gulaab Telangana , AP , Chattisgarh , Odisha
& Gujarat
Name Given By Pakistan
Yaas Odisha & West Bengal
Name Given by Oman
Taukte Guj , Goa , Maharashtra
Name Given by Myanmar
Burevi Tamil Nadu & Kerala
Name Given by Maldives
Nivar Tamil Nadu & Puducherry
Name Given By Iran
National News
Cyclones In News
Grandmasters
1. Varanasi will become First City in India to use Ropeway Services for
Public Transportation.
2. Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary in

Chhattisgarh has been declared as a Tiger Reserve by the NTCA
3. Railways launched two long haul freight trains ‘Trishul’, ‘Garuda’

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4. India’s 1st State Government-owned Wildlife DNA testing analysis lab

inaugurated in Nagpur
5. Maharashtra became India’s 1st state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan
2021-30
6. India’s largest aromatic garden inaugurated in Uttarakhand
7. India’s Largest Landfill Biogas Plant inaugurated in Hyderabad
8. National Tribal Dance Festival 2021 held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
9. India’s first open-air rooftop drive-in theatre opened in Mumbai
10. IOC will set up India’s first megascale Maleic Anhydride Plant in Haryana
11. Prime Minister unveiled Shri Adi Shankaracharya statue in Kedarnath
12. Punjab became 1st Indian state to approve Tissue Culture-Based Seed
Potato Rules
13. Srinagar selected to join UNESCO creative cities network (UCCN)
14. IBM launched a client innovation center in Mysuru
15. Tripura developed country’s ‘firstever’ bamboo made cricket bat,

stumps
16. India’s 1st grass conservatory inaugurated in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
17. Piyush Goyal launched India’s 1st Digital Food Museum in Tamil Nadu
18. India’s 1st Fisheries Business Incubation Centre launched in Gurugram,

Haryana

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19. India’s 1st Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)

Project will be set up in Hingoli, Maharashtra
20. UP’s 1st Anti-Air Pollution Tower inaugurated in Noida
21. IRCTC and Indian Railways developed India’s 1st Pod Hotel at Mumbai
Central Railway station
22. Madhya Pradesh will create first cyber tehsil of India
23. Indian Railways is constructing World’s Tallest Railway Pier Bridge in

Manipur
24. Varanasi became 1st Indian city to start Ropeway Service as a Mode of
Public Transport
25. Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra inaugurated in Gorakhpur, UP
26. Gujarat became India’s Largest Manufacturing Hub - RBI.
27. First Drone Mela in the country was organised at Gwalior, Madhya
Pradesh
28. NTPC will set up India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects at
Simhadri, AP
29. Durga Puja on UNESCO's 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity' list
30. India’s 1st International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC)

inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana
31. World Sangeet Tansen festival organized in Gwalior, MP
32. Odisha launched Digital Life Certificate system for pensioners.

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33. Newly Ramsar Sites Added - Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary (Gujarat) ,

Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary (UP) & Haiderpur Wetland (UP)
34. India’s first geological park will be built in Lamheta, Jabalpur in Madhya
Pradesh
35. Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram declared as India’s first OECM

site
36. India’s 1st project of mixing hydrogen into natural gas started by GAIL in
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
37. Uttar Pradesh selected as best tableau at Republic Day.
38. Surat will become the first station to be ready for India’s 1st Bullet Train
39. IIT Hyderabad will set up Suzuki Innovation Centre on its campus
40. J&K became first Union Territory to be integrated with NSWS
41. India’s 1st biomass-based hydrogen plant will be inaugurated in Madhya

Pradesh
42. Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 5 km long rail-cum-roadbridge over Ganga

River in Bihar
43. Dabur India became India’s first 100% Plastic Waste Neutral FMCG
Company
44. Rajasthan topped solar electrification under Saubhagya Scheme
45. Telangana flagged off first-ever all-women officers sailing expedition

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46. Delhi Police became India’s 1st Security Force to launch ‘Smart Card
Arms License’
47. PM Modi inaugurated 550-tonne capacity Bio-CNG plant “Gobar-Dhan” in

Indore
48. India’s 1st Biosafety Level-3 containment mobile laboratory launched in

Maharashtra
49. Assam became 1st state to launch Night Navigation Mobile App in
Brahmaputra River
50. PM Modi inaugurated ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’ and flagged off 100 ‘Kisan
Drones’ to spray pesticides on farms
51. Assam govt launched “Project Arohan” to hone student’s skills
52. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Delhi headquarters

declared a prohibited place
53. Indian Railways & BHEL commissioned India’s 1st solar photovoltaic
plant of 1.7 MW at Bina, MP
54. Delhi Cabinet approved India’s first’ e-waste eco-park
55. BSES Yamuna Power Limited commissioned India’s 1st smart managed
EV charging station in New Delhi
56. Tamil Nadu overtook Karnataka to become top state in overall installed
renewable capacity
57. Cochin International Airport to become power-positive with new solar

plant.
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58. India has become the first country in the world to administer a DNA
vaccine "ZyCov-D" against COVID-19.
International News
Grandmasters
1. Germany launched World’s First Self Driving Train
2. South Korea inaugurated World’s Largest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plant
3. Facebook Inc. corporate name rebranded as ‘Meta’
4. USA became 101st member country of International Solar Alliance
5. El Salvador announced to build world’s first ‘Bitcoin City’
6. WHO named new COVID-19 Strain B.1.1.529 as ‘Omicron’
7. South Korea will build world’s first floating city by 2025
8. India joined the G20 ‘Troika’ with Indonesia and Italy
9. Dubai became world’s 1st 100% paperless government
10. Japan introduced world’s 1st DualMode Vehicle that can run on Roads
and Tracks
11. Egypt became the 4th new member of New Development Bank
12. World's longest Metro line opened in Shanghai, China
13. Dubai will launch World’s first Hydrogen-powered Flying Boat ‘The Jet’
14. Samsung surpassed Intel to become World’s top semiconductor

company in 2021

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15. India and Nepal signed an MoU for construction of motorable Bridge
over the Mahakali River in Dharchula.
16. WHO launched ‘Quit Tobacco App’ to help people end Tobacco
consumption
17. Nepal will become 1st country to deploy India’s UPI platform
18. JPMorgan became world’s first bank to set up shop in the metaverse
19. India will set up its first IIT outside the country in UAE
20. Instagram has announced the launch of ‘Take a Break’ in all countries,
including India, to empower people to make informed decisions about the
way they are spending their time
21. Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drone flights in civilian
airspace.
22. Canada became the first country in the world that has authorized the use
of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine.
Supercomputers In News
Grandmasters
1. Param Pravega one of the most powerful in the country, has been
installed at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) , Bangalore.
2. Meta built World’s Fastest AI Research Supercluster "RSC".
3. World’s most Powerful Supercomputer Named “Fugaku".
4. Iran Develops Its Most Powerful Supercomputer “Simorgh”.

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5. PRATYUSH established at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
6. MIHIR established at National Centre for medium range weather

forecasting.
7. India's Supercomputer Param Sidhi AI Developed by C-DAC (Centre for

Development of Advance computing)
Important Fairs and Festivals
Art and Culture
Andhra Pradesh Dasara, Ugadi, Deccan Festival,

Grandmasters
Brahmotsavam, Flamingo Fest
Arunachal Pradesh Boori Boot, Myoko, Solung, Monpa
festival, Pakke Paga Hornbill fest,
Yomgo River fest
Assam Ambubachi, Bhogali Bihu, Dehing
Patkai, Me-dam-me-phi fest, Ali Aye
Ligang fest
Bihar Chhath Puja, Bihula, Rajgir Mahotsav
Chhattisgarh Maghi Prunima, Bastar Dussehra,
Madai, Hareli fest
Goa Sao Joao fest
Gujurat Kutch Utsav, Uttarayana,
International Kite Fest, Bhavanth
Fair

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Himachal Pradesh Renukaji Fair, Fagli fest, Halda, Kullu,

Minjar fest
Haryana Baisakhi, Surajkund Mela
Jammu and Kashmir Kanchoth Fest
Jharkhand Sarhul fest, Karam, Bandna
Karnataka Pattadakal dance fest, Kambala fest,
Hampi Utsav
Kerala Theyyam, Vishu, Attukal Ponghal,
Onam
Madhya Pradesh Khujaraho festival, Mandu fest,
Tansen fest, Namaste Orchha
Meghalaya Nongkrem festival, Sajibu Cheiraoba,
Wangala fest
Maharashtra Ganesh Utsav, Gudi Padva, Kala
Ghoda Fest
Manipur Sangai, Chumpa, Yaoshang, Sajibu
Nongma Panba
Mizoram Chapcharkut festival, Zo Kutpai fest
Nagaland Hornbill festival, Moatsu festival
Odisha Rath Yatra, Raja Parba, Nukahai,
Dhanu Jatra, Turtle fest, Bali Yatra
Punjab Lohri, Baisakhi, Gurupurab
Rajasthan Gangaur, Baneshwar, Pushkar fest
Sikkim Phang Lhabsol, Bhumchu fest,
Losoong fest
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Tamil Nadu Pongal, Thaipusam, Chariot fest

Telangana Bonalu, Bathukamma, Nagoba Jatara
Tripura Kharchi Puja, Ker Puja
West Bengal Durga Puja, Bhai Phota, Jamai Soshti
Uttarakhand Phool Dei fest, Harela fest, Ganga
Dussehra
Uttar Pradesh Janmastami, Ganga Mahotsav
Classical Dance
Bharatnatyam Tamil Nadu

Kathak Uttar Pradesh
Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh
Odissi Odisha
Kathakali Kerala
Sattriya Assam
Manipur Manipur
Mohiniyattam Kerala
Bihar Pari Khanda
Kerala Kalaripayattu
Manipur Thang Ta
Maharashtra Mardani Khel
Odisha Paika
Punjab Gatka
Sikkim Pang Lhabsol

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Uttarakhand Choliya
Uttar Pradesh Musti Yuddha
Folk Dances
Arunachal Pradesh AJi Lamu, Chalo, Hiirii Khaning, Lion

and peacock dance, Pasi Kongki,
Ponung, Popir, Buiya, Wancho, Bardo
Chham
Bihar Bidesia, Jat-Jatin Dance, Jhijhia
dance, Jumari Dance, Kajari
Dance(Rainy Season), Sohar
Khilouna Dance, Fagua, Domkach
Goa Dekhni, Dashavatara, Fugdi(Foogdi),
Dhalo, Dhangar dance, Goff, Musalam
Khel, Kunbi
Karnataka Gaarudi Gombe(Bamboo Sticks Suit),
Nagamandla, Goravara Kunita,
Togalu Gombeyaata, Joodu Haligi,
Yakshgana, Dollu Kunitha Dance,
Krishna Parijatha
Jammu and Kashmir Kud Dance, Dhuhal Dance, Rouf
Dance, Bhand Pather, Bachha Nagma,
Hafiza Dance, Bhand Jashan
Kerala Kathakali, Mohiniyattam,

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Thirvathirakali, Kolkali,
Ottamthullai, Kooodiyattam,
CHakyar koothu, Theyyam
Telangana Perini Sivatandavam(Perini Than
davam), Dappu Dance, Lambadi,
Oggu Katha, Chindu Bhagavatam,
Gussadi Dance, Tholu Bommalata
Manipur Raas Leela, Pung Cholom or Dhum
Dance, Luivat Pheizak Dance, Shim
Lam Dance, Thang ta Dance
Nagaland Modse, Agurshikukula, Butterfly
Dance, Aaluyattu, Sadal Kekai,
Changai Dance, Kuki Dance,
Leshalaptu, Khamba Lim, Mayur
Dance, Monyoasho, Rengma, Seecha
and Kukai Kucho, Shankai and
Moyashai
Mizoram Khallam, Chailam, Chawnglaizawn,
Chheihlam, Thanglam, Zangtalam
and Cheraw
Tripura Garia Dance, Lebang Boomani Dance,
Hozahiri Dance, Bijhu Dance, Hai-
Hak Dance, Wangala Dance,
Welcome Dance, Cheraw Dance,
Sangrai Dance

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Maharastra Dhangari Gaja folk dance, Koli Dance,

Levani Dance, Povadas Dance,
Tamasha
Andhra Pradesh Bhamakalpam derived from
Kuchipudi, Veeranatyam, Dappu,
Tappeta Gullu, Kuchipudi, Vilasini
Natyam, Lambadi, Dhimsa
West Bengal Brita Dance, Gambhira Dance, Chaau
Dance, Tusu Dance, Lathi Dance, Baul
dance, Rabindrasangeet dance
Haryana Ghumar dance, Ras Leela, Phag
Dance or Phalgun dance, Loor, Daph,
Gugga, Khoria, Holi
Punjab Bhangra, Giddha, Jhumar, Luddi,
Julli, Dhamal, Sammi, Jaago
Meghalaya Nongkren, Shad Suk Mynsiem,
Bahdienkhalam, Lahoo, Dorsegata
Tamil Nadu Bamber, Bharatanatyam,
Bommalattam or puppet show,
Chakkai Attam, Devaraattam,
Kamandi or Kaman Pandigai, Kai
Silambu Attam, Kazhi Attam or
Kolattam

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Folk Painntings
Madhubani, Manjusha (Snake Bihar

painting)
Warli Maharashtra
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Pattachitra Odisha
Kalamkari Andhra Pradesh
Kalighat Calcutta
Kalamezhuthu Kerala
Thangka Sikkim
Pithora Painting Gujurat
Thanjavur Tami Nadu
Important Computer Related Full forms
ATM Automated Teller Machine

IMPS Immediate Payment Service
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
NEFT National Electronics Funds Transfer
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DTP Desktop Publishing
URL Uniform Resource Locator
PC Personal Computer
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
GUI Graphical User Interface

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HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTML Hyper Text Mark up Language
WWW World Wide Web
USB Universal Serial Bus
BASIC Beginners All Purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code
ASCII American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
VRML Virtual Reality Markup Language
API Application Program Interface
DVD Digital Versatile Disk
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer
IC Integrated Circuit
LAN Local Area Network
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
WAN Wide Area Network
ODBC Open Database Connectivity
HLL High Level Language
FTP File Transfer Protocol
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
NIC Network Interface Card
VGA Video Graphics Array
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory

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EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable

Read Only Memory
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
HDD Hard Disk Drive
PDF Portable Document Format
Generation Of Computer
First Generation Vaccum Tubes
Second Generation Transistors
Third Generation Integrated Circuit (IC)
Fourth Generation Microprocessors
Fifth Generation Grandmasters
Artificial Intelligence
Important Foreign Travellers in INDIA
Megasthenes  Ambassador of Seleueus

 Visited India during the
supremacy of Chandragupta
Maurya
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 Author of the book “Indica”
Marco Polo  European Traveller (Venice)

 Visited Southern India during
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the Kakatiyas
Ibn Batuta  Moroccan traveller
 Visited India during the rule of
Mohammed Bin Tuglaq
Huien Tsang  Chinese traveller
 Visited India during the
supremacy of Harsha Vardhana
Francois Bernier  French physician and traveller
 Visited India during the reign
of Shah Jahan
FaiHein  Chinese traveller
of Vikramaditya
(Chandragupta II)
Xuanzang  Chinese Traveller
of Harshavardhana
Governor General
First Governor of Bengal Robert Clive

First Governor General of Bengal Warren Hastings
First Governor General of India William Bentinck
First Viceroy of India Lord Canning
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First Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten

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Only Indian Governor General of free C. Rajagopalachari

India
Motifs On the Bank notes (India)

Rs 5 Tractor
Rs 10 Konark Sun Temple
Rs 20 Ellora Cave
Rs 50 Hampi
Rs 100 Grandmasters
Rani Ki Vav
Rs 200 Sanchi Stupa
Rs 500 Red Fort
Rs 2000 Mangalyaan
Scientific Name of Fruits
Mango Magnifera Indica

Apple Pyrus Malus
Pomegranate Punica Granatum
Pineapple Ananus Comosus
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Orange Citrus Aurantium
Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Sweet Potato Ipomoea Batatas
Watermelon Citrullus Lanatus
Muskmelon Cucumis Melo

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Banana Musa paradisicium

Guava Psidium guava
Scientific Name of Vegetables
Potato Solanum Tuberosum

Tomato Solanum Lycopersicum
Onion Allium Cepa
Radish Raphanus Sativus
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Carrot Daucas Carota
Brinjal Solanum Melongena
Capsicum Capsicum Fruits scence
Cucumber Cucumis Sativas
Ginger Zingiber Officinale
Pea Pisum Sativam
Garlic Allium Sativum
Clove Syzygium Aromaticum
Black Pepper Piper Nigrum
Coriander Coriandrum Sativum
Lemon Citrus Limonium
Turmeric Curcuma Longa
Scientific Name of Trees and Plants

Bamboo Bamboosa Aridinarifolia

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Grandmasters
Tobacco Nicotina Tobaccum

Banyan Ficus Benghalenis
Neem Azadhirachta Indica
Peepal Ficus Religiosa Linn
Rose Rosa
Saffron Crocus Sativus
Sugarcane Saccharum
Sun flower Helianthus annuus
Tulsi Ocimum Sanctum
Cotton Gossypium Herbaceum
Tea Camellia Sinensis
Foundation Day
Union Territories
Andaman Nicobar Islands 01-Nov-56

Chandigarh 01-Nov-66
Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu 26-Jan-20
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Delhi 01-Nov-56
Jammu Kashmir 31-Oct-19
Ladakh 31-Oct-19
Lakshadweep 01-Nov-56
Puducherry 01-Nov-54
States
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Andhra Pradesh 01 Oct 1953

Arunachal Pradesh 20 Feb 1987
Assam 2 December 1928
Bihar 22 March 1912
Chhattisgarh 01 Nov 2000
Goa 30 May 1987
Gujurat 1 May 1960
Haryana 1 Nov 1966
Himachal Pradesh 25 Jan 1971
Jharkhand 15 Nov 2000
Karnataka 1 Nov 1956
Kerala 1 Nov 1956
Madhya Pradesh 1 Nov 1950
Maharashtra 1 May 1960
Manipur 21 January 1972
Meghalaya 21 January 1972
Mizoram 20 February 1987
Nagaland 1 Dec 1963
Orissa 1 April 1936
Punjab 1 Nov 1966
Rajasthan 30 March 1949
Sikkim 16 May 1975
Tamil Nadu 1 Nov 1956
Telangana 2 June 2014

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Tripura 21 Jan 1972

Uttar Pradesh 24 Jan 1950
Uttrakhand 9 Nov 2000
West Bengal 20 June 1947
Important Chemical Names

Baking Soda Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
Bleaching Powder Calcium Chloro hypo Chlorite
(Ca(ClO)2)
Borax Sodium Tetraborate (Na2B4o7.10H2O)
Caustic Soda Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)
Washing Soda Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3.10H2O)
Dry Ice Solid Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Blue Vitriol Copper Sulphate (CuSO4).5H2O
Green Vitriol Ferrous Sulphate (FeSO4).7H2O
White Vitriol Zinc Sulphate (ZnSO4).7H2O
Oil of Vitriol Sulphuric Acid (H2SO4)
Quick Lime Calcium Oxide (CaO)
Plaster of Paris Calcium Sulphate Hemihydrate
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(CaSO4).1/2H2O
Marsh Gas Methane (CH4)
Table Salt Sodium Chloride (NaCl)
Muriatic Acid Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
Laughing Gas Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

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Tear Gas Chloropicrin (C10H5ClN2)

Gypsum Calcium Sulphate Dihydrate
(CaSO4). 2H2O
Slaked Lime Calcium Hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)
Carbolic Acid Phenol (C6H6O)
National Park/Tiger Reserve in News
Bhitarkanika National Park Odisha

Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand
Kaziranga National Park Assam
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve Rajasthan
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve
Mukundra Tiger Reserve
Panna Biosphere Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Uttar Pradesh
Pakke Tiger Reserve Arunachal Pradesh
Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve Uttarakhand
Kaziranga National Park Assam
Pench Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Valmiki Tiger Reserve Grandmasters
Bihar
Amrabad Tiger Reserve Telangana
Satpura Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Dehing Patkai National Park Assam

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Raimona National Park Assam

Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary Odisha
Panna Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Festival in News
11th Cultural Festival 2021 West Bengal
Raja Mahotsav 2021 Odisha
Kalrav Bird festival Jamui (Bihar)
Kala Namak Rice Festival 2021 Siddharthnagar (UP)
Strawberry Festival 2021 Jhansi (UP)
Gur Festival 2021 Lucknow (UP)
Banana Festival 2021 Kushinagar (UP)
Magh Bihu Festival 2021 Assam
Tea Festival 2021 Assam
Shilpgram Festival 2021 Assam
Shigmo Festival 2021 Goa
International Yoga Festival 2021 Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)
Aadi Mahotsav 2021 New Delhi
Kanchoth Festival 2021 Grandmasters
Jammu and Kashmir
Mandu Festival 2021 Madhya Pradesh
Toshali National Crafts Fair 2021 Odisha
Kanuma Festival 2021 Andhra Pradesh
Ice Climbing festival 2021 Leh
Attukal Pongal 2021 Kerala

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Sangken Festival 2021 (Water Fest) Arunachal Pradesh

Raja Parba or Mithun Sankranti Odisha
festival 2021
Bonalu festival 2021 Telangana
Shakran festival 2021 Bangladesh
Thaipusam festival 2021 Tamil Community
Lantern festival 2021 China
Herath festival 2021 Jammu and Kashmir
Sajibu Chirouba festival 2021 Manipur
Harela festival 2021 Uttarakhand
Adipuram festival 2021 Tamil Nadu
Festival in 2021-22
Torgya Festival Arunachal Pradesh

Kati Bihu Festival Assam
Bird Festival ‘Kalrav’ Bihar
Tulip Festival Jammu and Kashmir
Kanchoth Festival Jammu and Kashmir
Aharbal Festival Jammu and Kashmir
Apple Festival Jammu and Kashmir
Losar Festival Ladakh
Spituk Gustor Festival Ladakh
Mandu Festival Madhya Pradesh
World Sangeet Tansen Festival Madhya Pradesh

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Khajuraho Dance Festival Madhya Pradesh

Kala Ghoda Festival Maharashtra
Wangala Festival Meghalaya
Cherry Blossom Festival Meghalaya
Sajibu Cheiraoba Festival Manipur
Kachai Lemon Festival Manipur
Hornbill Festival Nagaland
Naukhai Festival Odisha
Boita Bandana Festival Odisha
Maru Mahotsav Rajasthan
Losoong (Namsoong) Festival Sikkim
Medaram Jatara Festival Telangana
Bathukamma Festival Telangana
Bonalu Festival Telangana
Festival of Cattle “Kanuma” Telangana
Banana Festival Uttar Pradesh
Transgender in News
India's 1st Ever Trans Community Hyderabad Police

Desk
1st University for Transgender Kushinagar (UP)
1st Transgender Election Gauri Sawant
Ambassador
Bangladeshi First Trans News Ta Shnuya Anan Shishir

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Anchor
1st Trans Man to Star on "Time Elliot Page
Magazine"
Our Stars from Super 100
Meet Our toppers from SUPER 100 Batch
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VERBAL MATHS BY ABHAS SAINI

GK CAPSULE BY MATHS TEACHER

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”

45 Important Computer Related Full forms 59

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”

1. MD & CEO of CRISIL - Amish Mehta

3. Brand ambassador of CoinDCX - Amitabh Bachchan

4. Chairman of BharatPe - Rajnish Kumar

5. Advisor to PM Modi - Amit Khare

6. Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) - A K Goel

7. Chairman & Managing Director of National Research Development

8. Global Brand Ambassador of Adidas - Deepika Padukone

9. Reappointed as RBI Governor - Shaktikanta Das

10. Director General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &

12. Secretary-General (SG) of Rajya Sabha - P.C. Mody

13. National Cricket Academy (NCA) head - VVS Laxman

14. Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) - S K Mishra

16. Chairman and part time Non-Executive Director of India Tourism

17. Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) -

18. Chairperson of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) - Alka

19. Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India - Sanjay

20. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

22. MD & CEO of RBL Bank - Rajeev Ahuja

23. Chief Executive Officer of Energy - Radhika Jha

24. Deputy National Security Advisor of India - Vikram Misri

25. Chairman and CEO of Railway Board - Vinay Kumar Tripathi

26. New Chief Secretary of Bihar - Amir Subhani

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”

30. Executive Director of ICICI Bank - Anup Bagchi

31. 10th chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and

32. India's Badminton Doubles Coach - Tan Kim Her

33. Chief Economic Advisor of India - Venkatraman Anantha Nageswaran

34. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Chairman - MR Kumar

35. Brand ambassador of GoodDot - Neeraj Chopra

36. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming

37. Controller General of Accounts (CGA) - Sonali Singh

40. Defence Intelligence Agency Head - GAV Reddy

41. Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory - GA

42. Managing Director of IndiGo - Rahul Bhatia

43. 1st woman Vice Chancellor of JNU - Santishree Pandit

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”

44. Director of NCERT - Dinesh Prasad Saklani

45. Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Unnikrishnan Nair

46. chairman of Pfizer India - Pradip Shah

47. new chairman of Staff Selection Commission - S Kishore

48. President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Debashis Mitra

49. MD and CEO of Air India - Ilker Ayci

50. Chairman of CBSE - Vineet Joshi

51. India’s first national maritime security coordinator - G Ashok Kumar

52. First woman chairperson of SEBI - Madhabi Puri

1. Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) - General Manoj Mukund

2. Chief Of Army Staff - Manoj Mukund Naravane

3. Vice Chief of Army Staff - Manoj Pande

4. Chief of Air Force - Vivek Ram Chaudhari

5. Vice Chief of Air Force - Sandeep Singh

6. Chief of Naval Staff - Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”

7. Vice Chief of Naval Staff - Satish Namdeo Ghormade

9. Director General of CRPF - Kuldiep Singh