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About Sudan
Capital Khartoum
Revision Point
Recently, Somalian Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has been
suspended.
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Balachandran appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Barbados
बालचंद्रन को बारबाडोस में भारत के अगले उच्चायुक्त के रूप में ननयुक्त नकया गया
About Barbados
Barbados gained its independence in 1966, has become the World’s newest
republic, around 400 years after it became a British colony.
बारबाडोस ने 1966 में अपनी स्विं त्रिा प्राप्त की, यह तितटर् उपतनवेर् बनने के लगभग 400
साल बाद, दु तनया का सबसे नया गणराज्य बन गया है ।
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason took over as the President of Barbados.
डे म सैंडरा प्रुनेला मेसन ने बारबाडोस के राष्ट्रपति के रूप में पदभार ग्रहण तकया।
About Barbados
Capital Bridgetown
Currency Dollar
Revision Points
Yogeshwar Sangwan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India
to the Republic of Paraguay.
Harish Parvathaneni has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India
to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Manpreet Vohra has been concurrently accredited as the next High
Commissioner of India to Nauru, with residence in Canberra.
Binaya Srikanta Pradhan was appointed as the next Ambassador of India
to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Ashok Kumar was appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to
the Republic of Zambia.
S inbasekar was appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the
Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
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Fino Payments Bank gets RBI nod to start international remittance business
नफनो पे मेंट्स बैंक को अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रे षण व्यवसाय शुरू करने के नलए आरबीआई की मंजूरी
नमली
Fino Payments Bank has received the Reserve Bank of India’s approval for
commencing international remittance business.
तफनो पेमेंट्स बैंक को अंिरराष्ट्रीय प्रेषण व्यवसाय र्ु रू करने के तलए भारिीय ररजवथ बैंक की
मंजूरी तमल गई है ।
It received approval from the central bank under the Money Transfer Service
Scheme (MTSS).
इसे मनी टर ां सफर सतवथस स्कीम (MTSS) के िहि केंद्रीय बैंक से मंजूरी तमली।
It will be undertaking inward cross-border money transfer activities in
association with an overseas principal, the details of which are being worked
out.
यह एक तवदे र्ी तप्रंतसपल के सहयोग से सीमा पार से धन अंिरण गतितवतधयों का संचालन
करे गा, तजसके तववरण पर काम तकया जा रहा है ।
About Fino Payments Bank
Headquarter Mumbai
CEO Ashish Ahuja
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Fino Payments Bank (FPBL) has appointed Indian actor Pankaj Tripathi as
its first brand ambassador.
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Interest rates on Small Savings Schemes kept unchanged for fourth quarter of
FY22
नवत्त वषष 2012 की चौथी नतमाही के नलए लघु बचत योजनाओं पर ब्याज दरों में कोई बदलाव
नही ं नकया गया
The interest rates on various Small Savings Schemes has been kept
unchanged for the fourth quarter of this financial year from 1st January to
31st March, 2022.
तवतभन्न लघु बचि योजनाओं पर ब्याज दरों को इस तवत्तीय वषथ की चौर्ी तिमाही के तलए 1
जनवरी से 31 माचथ, 2022 िक अपररवतिथ ि रिा गया है ।
As the rate cut Order has been withdrawn, the latest rates are as below;
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GST revenue collected in December 2021 was ₹ 1,29,780 crore, 13 per cent
higher than the same month in 2020.
तदसंबर 2021 में एकत्र जीएसटी राजस्व ₹ 1,29,780 करोड़ र्ा, जो 2020 में इसी महीने की
िु लना में 13 प्रतिर्ि अतधक है ।
National News
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Revision Points
· India’s first fisheries business incubator launched in Gurugram Haryana
· IOC will set up India’s 1st mega-scale Maleic Anhydride Plant to manufacture
value-added chemical products at its Panipat Refinery and Petroleum Complex.
· India’s first rooftop drive-in theatre launched in Mumbai
· The Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the
first Sports Arbitration Centre of India at Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
· Recently, Odisha’s Puri became India’s first city to provide quality drinking tap
water.
· CoinDCX became India’s first cryptocurrency unicorn after the exchange raised
6.70 billion rupees from investors led by Facebook Inc.
· India’s first’ e-fish market application was launched in Assam by Assam
Fisheries Minister Parimal Suklabaidya.
· Telangana has developed the country’s first Smartphone-based eVoting
solution.
· The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science and
Technology has launched India’s first mega consortium on ‘One Health’, in post-
COVID times.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the validity of the Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of NGOs expiring
between September 29, 2020, to March 31, 2022.
गृह मंत्रालय (एमएचए) ने 29 तसिं बर, 2020 से 31 माचथ, 2022 के बीच समाप्त होने वाले गैर
सरकारी संगठनों के तवदे र्ी योगदान तवतनयमन अतधतनयम (एफसीआरए) पंजीकरण की वैधिा
बढा दी है ।
This comes days after on December 25 the MHA refused to approve the
renewal application of Missionaries of Charity, an NGO founded by Mother
Teresa.
यह 25 तदसंबर को मदर टे रेसा द्वारा स्र्ातपि एक गैर सरकारी संगठन तमर्नरीज ऑफ चैररटी
के नवीनीकरण आवेदन को मंजूरी दे ने से इनकार करने के कुछ तदनों बाद आिा है ।
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has once again extended the
tenure of the Company Law Committee by one year until September 16,
2022.
Govt Extends Current Foreign Trade Policy Till March 2022 Due to Covid-
19
Govt to extend payment of provisional pension up to a period of 1 year
from the date of retirement in view of the pandemic situation.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) extended the
basic customs duty and integrated goods and service tax exemptions for
export oriented units, by a year till March 31, 2022.
Government extended the waiver of Inter-State Transmission system (ISTS)
charges on the transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind
sources up to 30th June 2025.
Atma Nirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana was extended from June 30, 2021 till
March 31, 2022.
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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University
मेजर ध्यानचंद स्पोट्ष स यूननवनसषटी की आधारनशला रखेंगे पीएम मोदी
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan
Chand Sports University in Meerut.
प्रधानमंत्री नरें द्र मोदी मेरठ में मेजर ध्यानचंद स्पोट्थ स यूतनवतसथटी की आधारतर्ला रिेंगे.
The University will be established at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana
town in Meerut at an estimated cost of about 700 Crore rupees.
तवश्वतवद्यालय की स्र्ापना लगभग 700 करोड़ रुपये की अनुमातनि लागि से मेरठ के सरधना
कस्बे के सलावा और कैली गां वों में की जाएगी।
The University will have the capacity of training 1080 sports persons including
540 female and 540 male sportspersons.
तवश्वतवद्यालय में 540 मतहला और 540 पुरुष खिलातड़यों सतहि 1080 खिलातड़यों को प्रतर्क्षण
दे ने की क्षमिा होगी।
Revision Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target of becoming an ‘energy
independent’ country by the year 2047, the year when India will celebrate its
100th year of Independence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a Rs 100 lakh crore
Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of 75th
Independence Day and announced that 75 ‘Vande Bharat’ trains would
connect different parts of the country in 75 weeks of the celebration of Azadi
ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Union Ministry of Environment has notified ‘Plastic Waste Management
Amendment Rules, 2021’, that prohibits identified single use plastic items
by 2022.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the National
Hydrogen Mission (NHM) on India’s 75th Independence Day
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Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 46th GST council meet in Delhi
ननमषला सीतारमण ने नदल्ली में 46वी ं जीएसटी पररषद की बैठक की अध्यक्षता की
The GST Council’s 46th meeting was held in New Delhi under the
chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt.
Nirmala Sitharaman.
जीएसटी पररषद की 46 वीं बैठक नई तदल्ली में केंद्रीय तवत्त और कॉपोरे ट मामलों की मंत्री
श्रीमिी श्रीमिी की अध्यक्षिा में आयोतजि की गई र्ी। तनमथला सीिारमण।
The GST Council has recommended deferring the decision to change the
rates in textiles recommended in the 45th GST Council meeting.
जीएसटी पररषद ने 45वीं जीएसटी पररषद की बैठक में अनुर्ंतसि वस्त्ों की दरों में बदलाव के
फैसले को टालने की तसफाररर् की है ।
Consequently, the existing GST rates of 5 % instead of 12% in the textile
sector would continue.
निीजिन, कपड़ा क्षेत्र में 12% के बजाय 5% की मौजू दा जीएसटी दरें जारी रहें गी।
International News
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France became the sixth country in the world to report over 10 million
Covid infections since the outbreak of the pandemic.
महामारी फैलने के बाद से फ्ां स 10 तमतलयन से अतधक कोतवड संक्रमणों की ररपोटथ करने
वाला दु तनया का छठा दे र् बन गया है ।
France joined the US, India, Brazil, Britain, and Russia in having had more
than 10 million cases.
फ्ां स अमेररका, भारि, िाजील, तिटे न और रूस में र्ातमल हो गया, तजसमें 10 तमतलयन से
अतधक मामले र्े ।
About France
Capital Paris
Currency Franc
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Govt forms Energy Transition Advisory Committee headed by Tarun Kapoor
सरकार ने तरुण कपूर की अध्यक्षता में ऊजाष संक्रमण सलाहकार सनमनत बनाई
The oil ministry has set up the Energy Transition Advisory Committee
headed by former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor.
िे ल मंत्रालय ने पूवथ पेटरोतलयम सतचव िरुण कपूर की अध्यक्षिा में ऊजाथ संक्रमण सलाहकार
सतमति का गठन तकया है ।
The panel will include representatives of all public-sector oil and gas
companies and will reach out to other stakeholders in the sector.
पैनल में सभी सावथजतनक क्षेत्र की िेल और गैस कंपतनयों के प्रतितनतध र्ातमल होंगे और इस
क्षेत्र के अन्य तहिधारकों िक पहुं चेंगे।
The committee has until the middle of 2022 to recommend a roadmap for the
sector's transition.
सतमति के पास 2022 के मध्य िक इस क्षेत्र के संक्रमण के तलए एक रोडमैप की तसफाररर्
करने का समय है ।
The energy transition roadmap could prove to be a key step on India's path
to net-zero emissions by 2070.
ऊजाथ संक्रमण रोडमैप 2070 िक भारि के र्ु द्ध-र्ू न्य उत्सजथ न की राह पर एक महत्वपूणथ
कदम सातबि हो सकिा है ।
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Committee Head
Task force on Multi-Platform Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director, Indian Institute
for Next Generation Networks of Technology (IIT)-Chennai.
Task force on Spectrum Policy Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT-Kanpur
Task force on Multi- Bharadwaj Amrutur, Director, Indian Institute of
Disciplinary Innovative Science (Iisc) Bangalore.
Solutions and Devices
Task force on Devices Kiran Kumar Kuchi, Director, IIT-Hyderabad
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Tech Mahindra to acquire 100 percent stake in Allyis India, Green Investments
टे क मनहं द्रा एनलस इं नडया, ग्रीन इन्वेस्टमेंट्स में 100 प्रनतशत नहस्सेदारी हानसल करे गी
Tech Mahindra has approved a proposal for the acquisition of a 100 per cent
stake in Allyis India and Green Investments, for a total consideration of
up to USD 125 million.
टे क मतहं द्रा ने ऐतलस इं तडया और ग्रीन इनवेस्टमेंट्स में 100 प्रतिर्ि तहस्सेदारी के अतधग्रहण
के प्रस्ताव को मंजूरी दे दी है , जो कुल 125 तमतलयन अमरीकी डालर िक है ।
The acquisition will bolster Tech Mahindra’s capabilities in Digital
Experience Solutions, Learning & Development, Marketing, Instructional
Design; Engineering: Cloud & Automation, BI & Analytics, Technical support
services.
इस अतधग्रहण से तडतजटल एक्सपीररयंस सॉल्यूर्ंस, लतनिंग एं ड डे वलपमेंट, माकेतटं ग,
इं स्टरक्शनल तडजाइन; इं जीतनयररं ग: क्लाउड एं ड ऑटोमेर्न, बीआई और एनातलतटक्स,
िकनीकी सहायिा सेवाएं ।
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Jasprit Bumrah Achieves Milestone of Picking 100 Test Wickets Away From
Home
जसप्रीत बुमराह ने घर से दू र 100 टे स्ट नवकेट ले ने का मील का पत्थर हानसल नकया
Jasprit Bumrah achieved the milestone of picking 100 wickets away from
home in Test cricket.
जसप्रीि बुमराह ने टे स्ट तक्रकेट में घर से दू र 100 तवकेट ले ने का मील का पत्थर हातसल
तकया।
The pacer got to the feat on Day 4 of the first Test between South Africa and
India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
पेसर ने दतक्षण अफ्ीका और भारि के बीच सेंचुररयन के सुपरस्पोटथ पाकथ में पहले टे स्ट के चौर्े
तदन यह उपलखि हातसल की।
Van der Dussen became Bumrah’s 100th Test victim in overseas
conditions.
वैन डे र डूसन तवदे र्ी पररखस्र्तियों में बुमराह के 100वें टे स्ट तर्कार बने।
The 28-year-old now has 105 wickets, out of which 101 have come away from
home.
28 वषीय के पास अब 105 तवकेट हैं , तजनमें से 101 घर से बाहर आए हैं ।
Revision Points
Shreyas Iyer became the 16th Indian batter to make a hundred on his Test
debut.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan became the first player
to score 1000 T20I runs in a single year.
In the T20 World Cup semifinal match between Pakistan and Australia,
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam became the fastest batsman to score 2500
runs in T20Is.
Rohit Sharma Becomes First Player To Score 1000 Runs : IPL 2021
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan became the youngest bowler to
take 400 T20 wickets during his team’s crucial Super 12 encounter against
New Zealand in Dubai.
Renamed Places
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Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Manohar Parrikar Institute for
Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-
IDSA)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
Award
Common High Court for the Union Territory ‘High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory and Ladakh’
of Ladakh’
State/ UT News
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Cochin Shipyard hands over first electric boat to Kochi Water Metro
कोचीन नशपयाडष ने कोक्वच्च वाटर मेटरो को पहली इले क्वरर क बोट सौ ंपी
The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) handed over the first of the 23 battery-
powered electric boats being constructed for the water metro project under
the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL).
कोचीन तर्पयाडथ तलतमटे ड (सीएसएल) ने कोखच्च मेटरो रे ल तलतमटे ड (केएमआरएल) के िहि
जल मेटरो पररयोजना के तलए बनाई जा रही 23 बैटरी चातलि इले खक्टर क नौकाओं में से पहली
को सौंप तदया।
This is the first of the 23 boats awarded for building to Cochin Shipyard under
the Kochi Water Metro project.
कोखच्च जल मेटरो पररयोजना के िहि कोचीन तर्पयाडथ को तनमाथ ण के तलए प्रदान की गई 23
नावों में से यह पहली है ।
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Centre has released over 830 crore rupees to Odisha to expedite the
implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the state.
केंद्र ने राज्य में जल जीवन तमर्न के कायाथ ियन में िे जी लाने के तलए ओतडर्ा को 830
करोड़ रुपये से अतधक जारी तकए हैं ।
Odisha has planned to become Har Ghar Jal State in 2024.
ओतडर्ा ने 2024 में हर घर जल राज्य बनने की योजना बनाई है ।
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The central government has approved Rs 9,544 crore funding under Jal
Jeevan Mission for 315 water supply schemes in Jharkhand on 31 Dec,
2021.
केंद्र सरकार ने 31 तदसंबर, 2021 को झारिंड में 315 जलापूतिथ योजनाओं के तलए जल जीवन
तमर्न के िहि 9,544 करोड़ रुपये के तवत्त पोषण को मंजूरी दी है ।
Under JJM, there is a provision for constitution of State Level Scheme
Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) for consideration and approval of schemes.
जे जेएम के िहि योजनाओं पर तवचार और अनुमोदन के तलए राज्य स्तरीय योजना मंजूरी
सतमति (एसएलएसएससी) के गठन का प्रावधान है ।
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