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Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi honoured with Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of poems ‘Jitne Log Utne Prem’. The award is given annually to outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by Indian citizen which has been published in the last decade.
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With whose partnership did Sports news website ESPNcricinfo launch a tool called
‘Superstats’ for analyzing cricket statistics in March 2019?
Sports news website ESPNcricinfo in a partnership with the IIT Madras launched
a tool called ‘Superstats’ for analyzing cricket statistics on 20 March 2019.
Superstats use data science to give a context to every event in a game, for
forecasting and to explore the idea of assessing luck.
It will analyse data to reveal trends and patterns during different periods of
play.
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What is the codename of the operation, that was jointly carried out by Indian and Myanmar’s armies for the safety of Indian workers engaged in the Kaladan Project?
The Indian and Myanmar’s armies have, in a coordinated operation, destroyed at least 10 camps belonging to an insurgent group in Myanmar, which had become a threat to India’s mega Kaladan Project in the neighbouring country. The military action carried out was codenamed Operation Sunrise.
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Who was named ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ at the annual Telangana Sports Journalists
Association (TSJA) Awards 2019?
Saina Nehwal was named ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ at the annual Telangana
Sports Journalists Association (TSJA) Awards on 19 March 2019.
P.V. Sindhu was given the ‘Outstanding Performer’ Award.
P. Gopichand was presented the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award.
The Indian badminton team was adjudged the ‘Team of the Year’.
The Badminton Association of Telangana was named ‘Association of the Year’.
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Which state police got hi-tech bus - Mobile Command and Control Vehicle (MCCV), worth Rs 3.7 crore for emergency situations?
In a first-of-its-kind bus, the Delhi police inducted a Mobile Command and Control Vehicles (MCCV) with all modern equipment into service. The bus was built by Bengaluru-based firm Mistral at the cost of ?3.7 crore.
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Who was presented the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award at the annual Telangana Sports
Journalists Association (TSJA) Awards 2019?
In order to reduce the burden for the electric vehicle users who hunt for charging stations in the city Electric Vehicles Charging Stations, 112 EV charging Stations has been planned to be established in Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh.
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Who will be honoured with the Vyas Samman 2018 by the KK Birla Foundation for his
collection of poems 'Jitne Log Utne Prem'?
Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh was named in the Standing
Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its 38th General Assembly in
Bangkok.
He is part of a 10-member panel which has been nominated for a four-year
term from 2019 to 2023.
The OCA General Assembly was held in Bangkok on 2 and 3 March 2019.
