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1. Which Indian female cricketer has topped the ODI rankings released by the ICC recently?

- Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj has topped the rankings for the eighth time in her international career.

ICC-International Cricket Council
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Established: 15June1909
Chairman: Greg Barclay
CEO: Manu Sawhney
:
BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket in India
Established: 04 December 1928
President: Saurav Ganguly
Secretary: Jai Shah

2. Where has the world's biggest sandcastle been built recently?

- Denmark

This 'Sandcastle' of 21.16 meters has set a Guinness World Record.
This 'Sandcastle' is built in the Danish city of 'Blokhus'.

Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
Currency: Danish Krone

3. Where has the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 been announced to be held?

- Mumbai and Pune

AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 will be held from 20 January to 6 February 2022 in Mumbai and Pune.
AFC: Asian Football Confederation

4. Recently which state has secured the first position in implementing the 'NISHTHA programme'?

- Jammu and Kashmir

NISHTHA: National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement

Jammu & Kashmir
J&K Lieutenant Governor: Manoj Sinha
J & K Capital: 1. Jammu (Winter) 2. Srinagar (Summer)

5. Recently who has been honored with the prestigious "Humboldt Research Award"?

- Kaushik Basu

Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist and professor at Cornell University.
Kaushik Basu has also served as the Chief Economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016.
Kaushik Basu has also served as the Chief Economic Adviser in the Government of India from 2009 to 2012.
"Humboldt Research Award", provided by the Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany).

6. Recently senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh passed away, what is his name?

- Virbhadra Singh

Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter)
CM: Jai Ram Thakur
Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya

7. Who is the author of the soon to be released book "Operation Khukri: The Untold Story of Indian Army's Bravest Peacekeeping Mission"?

- Rajpal Punia

Major General Rajpal Punia in this book tells about the successful rescue operation of the Indian Army of more than 200 Indian peacekeepers who were sent to Sierra Leone by the United Nations in the year 2000 to help the government there.

8. What percentage of India's GDP growth rate has been estimated by rating agency 'Fitch Ratings' for the financial year 2021-22?

- 10%

Fitch Ratings is a US and London based rating agency and financial services provider company.

9. Recently the well-known Indian hockey player has passed away, what is his name?

- Keshav Dutt

Keshav Dutt has been an Olympic gold medalist twice.
Keshav Dutt participated in the 1948 Olympics for India.

10. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company has tied up with which bank to sell its insurance?

- Bank of India

Bank of India
Established: 1906
HQ: Mumbai
Tagline: Relationship Beyond Banking

11. Recently the President of which country was assassinated at his private residence?

- Haiti

Haiti's President 'Jovenel Moise' died after some unidentified people attacked at his private residence.

Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Currency: Haitian Gourde

12. Recently the Department of Public Enterprises has been brought under which ministry by the Central Government?

- Finance Ministry

Union Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman is the first full-time woman finance minister of India.

13. Who represented India in the 8th meeting of BRICS Education Ministers held in a virtual way recently?

- Sanjay Dhotre

Sanjay Dhotre was the Minister of State for Education in the Central Government till 6 July 2021.

14. Which metro has recently inaugurated India's first 'cashless parking'?

- Delhi Metro

FASTag / UPI based cashless parking facility has been launched by Delhi Metro at Kashmere Gate Metro Station.

DMRC: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Established: 03 May 1995
Service Started: 24 December 2002
HQ: New Delhi
Chairman: Mangu Singh

15. The ministers of various ministries in the central government have been reshuffled, the complete list of which is as follows:-👇👇👇👇👇

Shri Narendra Modi:-

Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

    CABINET MINISTERS

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Defence
2. Shri Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation
3. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways

4. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs
5. Shri Narendra Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Tomar
6. Dr. Subrahmanyam Minister of External Affairs
Jaishankar
7. Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs
8. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women and Child Development


    CABINET MINISTERS (CONTD.)

9. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of Commerce and Industry;
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution; and
Minister of Textiles
10. Shri Dharmendra Minister of Education; and
Pradhan Minister of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship
11. Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;
Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines
12. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises
13. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways;
and
Minister of AYUSH
14. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs
15. Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj
17. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Minister of Civil Aviation
Scindia
18. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Minister of Steel
Singh
19. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways;
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology


  CABINET MINISTERS (CONTD.)

20. Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Minister of Food Processing Industries
Paras
21. Shri Gajendra Singh Minister of Jal Shakti
Shekhawat
22. Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of Law and Justice
23. Shri Raj Kumar Singh Minister of Power; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
25. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26. Shri Bhupender Yadav Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change; and
Minister of Labour and Employment
27. Dr. Mahendra Nath Minister of Heavy Industries
Pandey
28. Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying
29. Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture;
Minister of Tourism; and
Minister of Development of North Eastern
Region
30. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports



                  MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs
2. Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
the Ministry of Science and Technology;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
the Ministry of Earth Sciences;
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s
Office;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions;
Minister of State in the Department of
Atomic Energy; and
Minister of State in the Department of Space

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
Development

  MINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)

3. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti;
and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries
4. Shri Ashwini Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer
Choubey Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6. General (Retd.) V. K. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road
Singh Transport and Highways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil
Aviation
7. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Power;
and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy
Industries
8. Shri Danve Raosaheb Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways;
Dadarao Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9. Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural
Development
11. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and Dairying

                             MINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)

12. Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
Affairs
13. Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14. Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry
15. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and
Justice
16. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology
17. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare
18. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro,
Verma Small and Medium Enterprises
19. Smt. Darshana Vikram Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles;
Jardosh and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20. Shri V. Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of External
Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs
21. Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi Minister of State in the Ministry of External
Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22. Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry


                         MINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)

23. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal
Affairs
24. Shri Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour
and Employment
25. Shri Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare
26. Smt. Annpurna Devi Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27. Shri A. Narayanaswamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
28. Shri Kaushal Kishore Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs
29. Shri Ajay Bhatt Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence;
and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30. Shri B. L. Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of
Development of North Eastern Region; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Cooperation
31. Shri Ajay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
Affairs
32. Shri Devusinh Chauhan Minister of State in the Ministry of
Communications



  MINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)

33. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba Minister of State in the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals
and Fertilizers
34. Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati
Raj
35. Sushri Pratima Bhoumik Minister of State in the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
36. Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Karad
38. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Minister of State in the Ministry of External
Singh Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
40. Shri Bishweswar Tudu Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal
Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41. Shri Shantanu Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways
42. Dr. Munjapara Minister of State in the Ministry of Women
Mahendrabhai and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43. Shri John Barla Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority
Affairs


    MINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)

44. Dr. L. Murugan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
45. Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports

Source: PIB & The Indian Express