Chhapaak is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by her as well as Deepika Padukone in collaboration with Fox Star Studios. It is Based on the life of Laxmi Agarwal and was theatrically released on 10 January 2020.
Harmanpreet Kaur has been appointed as the skipper of the Indian women’s cricket team for the upcoming ICC World T20 which will be played in Australia in February. Along with Harmanpreet, Smriti Mandhana has been appointed as the vice-captain of the side. Mithali Raj, the veteran of the Indian women’s cricket team, had announced her Twenty20 retirement in September 2019 and the squad sees no major changes. The squad sees the inclusion of 15-year-old Shafali Verma from Haryana and 21-year-old Harleen Deol.
Beluṛ Maṭh is a monastery serving as the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of Hooghly River.
The 18th Dhaka International Film Festival begins at Dhaka, Bangladesh. The theme of the festival is ‘Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society’. During the festival, 220 films from 74 countries will be screened across various venues in Dhaka between 11-19 January.
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Prime Minister of Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina;
Capital: Dhaka;
Currency: Taka.
The first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit of India “AASHVAST” launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The AASHVAST project will act as a helpline for the cyber crime victims. The project will provide cyber-security solution to the common people of Gujarat provided by Gujarat Police.
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Chief Minister of Gujarat: Vijay Rupani;
Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat.
Ahead of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China has launched a driverless bullet train with world’s fastest speeds up to 350 Kmph. The train will connect China capital Beijing to Zhangjiakou. As reported by CNN Travel, this new addition of high-speed driverless smart bullet train will cut short the travel time for a 108-mile (around 174 km) journey from three hours to just 47 minutes.
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report released on Wednesday Madhya Pradesh continued to be the state with the highest number of rape cases registered in the country for the third consecutive year in 2018. In 2016 and 2017 also, the state had topped the chart in terms of the number of rape cases.
NCRB Report 2018
Total Rape cases in all over country- 33,356
1st– MP (5400+)
2nd– Rajasthan (4300+)
3rd– Uttar Pradesh (3900+)
Suicide Cases
1st– Maharashtra
2nd– Tamil Nadu
3rd– West Bengal
Crime Reports Women Cases
1st– Uttar Pradesh
2nd– Maharashtra
3rd – West Bengal
Indian captain Virat Kohli shattered yet another batting record, becoming the fastest to notch 11,000 runs as captain in international cricket. Kohli took just 196 innings to cross the milestone. Another players like Australia’s World Cup winning captain Ricky Ponting took 252 innings and now Cricket South Africa (CSA) director Graeme Smith took 264 innings. While, Allan Border, fourth on the list, took 316 innings to reach the milestone, former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had done it in 324.
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Test ranking (Batsman)
1st-Virat Kohli
6th- C Pujara
9th– A Rahane
Test ranking (Bowler)
6th- Jasprit Bumrah
9th– R Ashwin
10th– M Shami
National Youth Festival 2020 begins at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. On the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 started with a grand inauguration ceremony in Lucknow.
This is a five day festival started from 12th January and will be continue till 16th January.
Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The results will be declared on 11th February 2020. The term of current assembly elected in 2015 will expire on 22 February 2020.
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Last Election Results of Delhi:
AAP-67
BJP-3
Election Commission established – 25th Jan 1950(National Voters Day)
Chief Election commissioner – Sunil Arora
Election commissioner – Ashok Lavasa & Sushil Chandra
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