Sania Mirza (India) and Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine) have won the women’s doubles title of the WTA International trophy at Hobart, Australia. They beat Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang from China 6-4, 6-4. It’s Sania’s 42nd WTA doubles title.
World’s shortest man Khagendra Thapa Magar passed away. He was born on 14 October 1992, stood at 67.08 cm (2 ft 2.41 in) tall. He was born in the Baglung district of Nepal. He made his first appearance in the GWR 2011 book, alongside Jyoti Amge, the shortest teenager (female) living.
The ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket 2020 begins in South Africa. Indian team played under the captaincy of Priyam Garg. The final of the tournament will be played on Feb 09 at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, South Africa. India is the most successful team in the tournament, having won four titles till date. India is the defending champions in U19 World Cup 2018. Total 16 teams are participating in the tournament, split into four groups of four.
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Chairman of ICC: Shashank Manohar;
Chief Executive: Manu Sahney;
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Former India legendary all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni passed away. He was a left-handed batsman and slow-left arm orthodox bowler. He played 41 Tests in which he scored 1414 runs and grabbed 88 wickets with 6/43 as his best bowling figures. His test debut against New Zealand in Delhi in 1955 and played his last Test at Auckland against the same opponents in 1968 under MAK Pataudi’s captaincy.
The 3rd edition of North Zone Conference’ of Media Units of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, held in Jammu. The Conference is being organized by the Regional Outreach Bureau, Jammu and Kashmir region. The aim of the conference is to strengthen the synergy between the Media Units in order to ensure last-mile delivery. The participating states in the conference are UT of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.
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Lieutenant (Lt) Governors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K): Girish Chandra Murmu.
A Conference of the Chief Secretaries and Administrator State and Union Territories on Census 2021 and updating of National Population Register, NPR was held in New Delhi. The data collected in the Census helps us in framing policies for the welfare of the people of the country. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also inaugurated the Official Mascot for Census 2021.
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Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India: Dr Vivek Joshi.
Russia has started production of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems for India. All five units will be delivered to India by 2025. The S-400 air defence missile systems are among the best in the world. This will significantly bolster India’s air defence mechanism. In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal to buy the air defence missile systems.
The S-400, an upgraded version of the S-300, had previously only been available to the Russian defence forces. It is manufactured by Almaz-Antey and has been in service in Russia since 2007.
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Union Defence Minister: Rajnath Singh.
NITI Aayog and Union Territory of Ladakh sign MoU for Development of Infrastructure Projects in Ladakh. It was signed between NITI Aayog Senior Adviser Dr Yogesh Suri and Adviser to the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Umang Narula. The agreement was executed in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
Under this agreement, NITI Aayog will be supporting the UT’s administration through its key initiative ‘Development Support Services to States for Infrastructure Projects (D3S-i)’.
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NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India.
NITI Aayog CEO: Amitabh Kant,
Vice Chairman: Rajiv Kumar.
The biggest airborne exercise called the “Winged Raider” was conducted by the Indian Army in North Eastern Theatre recently. This exercise witnessed the participation of more than 500 special force troops, who parachuted from C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster transporter Air-crafts of Indian Air Force.
During the exercise, the newly inducted aerial equipments were tested with acute precision and seamless integration between the Indian Army and Indian Air Force in some of the most difficult terrains. This exercise demonstrated the operational readiness of Paratroopers and Air Warriors to undertake airborne missions.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal will be leading the Indian delegation at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland. The four day WEF event will begin on January 21, 2020 and will see participation of over 50 heads of State from 117 participating countries.
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