The Mission Olympic Cell under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has added ten athletes to the list of athletes who would be provided support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). Of the total 10 new entrants, five athletes have been included in the Core group while five have ...

Fourteen-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam became India's 73rd Chess Grandmaster on January 09, 2022. To achieve the Grandmaster (GM) title, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points. The 14-year-old teenager completed his 3rd and final GM Norm and crossed ...

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Morris will be taking up a "coaching role" with the Titans.  The right-arm medium pacer and right-handed batter has represented South Africa in 4 Tests, 42 ODIs and 23 T20Is. Morris has ...

Harshaali Malhotra, of Bajrangi Bhaijaan fame, has been honoured with Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022. She also shared the letter informing her about the award. “12th Bharat Ranta Dr. Ambedkar Awards 2022 ceremony is being organized in the memory of Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the ...

The International Monetary Fund has appointed Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its next economic counsellor and director of the Research Department (RES). He will succeed Gita Gopinath, who assumed the office on January 1, 2019. Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve ...

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on January 11, 2022 successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise. The missile was launched from the Indian Navy destroyer INS Vishakhapatnam off the Western coast. This advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise ...

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Western Railways zone of Indian Railways has launched a new initiative called “Mission Amanat” to make it easier for the railway passengers to get back their lost luggage. It helps Indian Railways in providing safe freight transport service to its ...

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav chaired the 19th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on January 05, 2022. Currently, there are 51 Tiger Reserves in India and more than 35 rivers originate from those areas ...

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 11 January 2022, we have tried to cover ...

Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter whose lyrics written with her husband, Alan Bergman, graced such hits as 'The Way We Were', 'The Windmills of Your Mind', 'In the Heat of the Night' and the songs from 'Yentl', has died aged 93. Bergman collaborated with her ...

The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station in Narmada district of Gujarat, as Ekta Nagar railway station. This Gujarat’s railway station which falls under the Vadodara division has been renamed as ‘Ekta Nagar’ railway station. The station code of Ekta ...

World number six Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles tennis title at 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 on January 09, 2022. Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal's Australian Open preparations remain on track after he beat American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 ...