Daily Current Affairs January 12 2023

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

National Youth Day 2023: 12th January

• National Youth Day 2023 is observed on the 12th of January 2023.
• On January 12, 1984, the Indian government declared Swami Vivekananda’s birthday as National Youth Day for the first time.
• Since then, the day is celebrated nationwide as National Youth Day.
• The government’s primary motivation for making the decision was to improve the quality of life for the people of the country by urging young people to draw inspiration from Swami Vivekananda’s life and accomplishments to revive youngsters’ enduring vitality and boost the economy of the country.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh unveils the theme for National Science Day 2023:

• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh released the theme for the “National Science Day 2023”, titled “Global Science for Global Wellbeing” at National Media Centre.
• As India enters 2023, the theme indicates India’s emerging global role and rising visibility in the international arena.
• India has acquired Global Visibility in the Comity of Nations under Prime Minister Modi and we are ready for Outcome-oriented Global Collaboration to address Global Challenges.
• The National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 28 February to commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’.
• The government of India designated 28 February as National Science Day (NSD) in 1986.
• On this day Sir C.V. Raman announced the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930.
• On this occasion, theme-based science communication activities are carried out all over the country.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : STATE NEWS 

International Kite Festival 2023 to begin in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

• Gujarat Chief Minister (CM) Shri Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the International Kite Festival 2023 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• The festival is being organised by Gujarat Tourism on the G20 theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future.
• The event is organised after a gap of two years due to the covid 19 pandemic.

Key Highlights : 

• The International Kite Festival has been held in Ahmedabad annually since 1989 on the occasion of the official celebration of uttarayan.
• Apart from Ahmedabad, the festival will also be organised in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Dwarka, Somnath, Dhordo, and
• More than 800 kite flyers from across India and the world will participate and display their unique creations in this Festival.
• This year, kite enthusiasts from different countries will fly Kites at the same time attempting to create a Guinness World Record for the maximum number of kite flyers.
• A special Parade by international and national kite flyers, a theme pavilion displaying the history of kites, and workshops on making and flying kites are among the major attractions of the festival 2022.

About Gujarat  : 

• Governor: Acharya Devvrat
• Chief Minister: Bhupendrabhai Patel
• Capital: Gandhinagar
• National Park : Gir National Park, Velavadar National Park
• Wildlife Sanctuaries : Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary, Barda Wildlife Sanctuary

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BANKING & FINANCE

India’s Fastest Payment app – PayRup launched 

• PayRup (https://payrup.com/), India’s fastest payment app was launched.by Mahadevappa Halagatti in Lulu Mall, Bangalore, Karnataka.
• PayRup is built on cutting-edge technology of web 3.0.
• It provides an advanced digital payment experience with outstanding user experience.

About PayRup : 

• PayRup opens 24/7 customer care facilities for help and support for users.
• Customer support desk runs with leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technologies and is supported by global standards.
• It ensures the 5 dimensions of service quality and follows SERVQUAL (Service Quality) standards to provide the best service experience.
• PayRup users can pay utility bills and landline bills, recharge their mobile, broadband, DTH, and purchase Gift Cards.
• PayRup services are planned to expand across various financial instruments, including multiple payment services such as school fees, pay rent, and other payment collection services.
• Recently, PayRup has announced ticketing and booking services for flights, buses, and hotels.

About PayRup : 

• Established : 2017
• Headquarters : Bangalore, Karnataka

RBI issues revised list of accredited credit rating agencies

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the revised list of accredited credit rating agencies (CRAs) to assign risk weight to assets for capital adequacy purposes by the banks.

The 6 credit rating agencies are 

1. Acuite Ratings & Research Limited (Acuite)
2. Credit Analysis and Research Limited (CARE)
3. CRISIL Ratings Limited
4. ICRA Limited
5. India Ratings and Research Private Limited (India Ratings)
6. INFOMERICS Valuation and Rating Pvt Ltd

• In October,2022 RBI dropped Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited from the list of accredited rating agencies. 

About CRAs : 

• Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) are companies that evaluate the financial condition of issuers of debt instruments.
• CRAs are regulated by SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.

About RBI :

• Established : 1 April 1935
• Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Governor : Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy governors : Mahesh Kumar Jain, M. Rajeshwar Rao, Michael Patra and T. Rabi Shankar

Axis Bank & IISc sign MoU to establish Centre for Mathematics and Computing

• Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing at the Institute.

Note : 

• The Axis Bank Centre for Mathematics and Computing is India’s first comprehensive Academic Research Centre on Mathematics and Computing.

Key Highlights : 

• It will be spread across 1.6 lakh square feet and will have state-of-art labs and programs for faculty and students from different departments of the institute.
• It is expected that over 500 engineers and scientists will benefit from the Centre every year.
• The Centre will play a vital role in building the nation’s future as many contemporary and futuristic areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science rely on the foundations of mathematics and computing.
• Mathematics and Computing are at the core of critical disciplines like Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Biology, Quantum Computing, Precision Medicine, Digital Health, Climate Science, Materials Genomics, Cybersecurity, AI, ML, and Data Science.

About Axis Bank : 

• Founded : December 1993
• Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• MD & CEO : Amitabh Chaudhry

Standard Chartered Becomes First Foreign Bank to Trade Bond Futures in China

• Standard Chartered China has just become the first foreign-invested bank in China to engage in Chinese treasury bond futures trading.
• The move comes as China steps up efforts to draw global investors amid months of foreign money outflows from its $20-trillion bond market.

Key Highlights : 

• Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd had completed its first treasury bond futures transaction in China, with the permission of regulators.
• Treasury bond futures are a key tool to manage interest rate risks, and China’s opening up of the market will allow foreign investors to better participate in its onshore bond market and promote yuan internationalisation.

Recent News : 

• In February 2022, Standard Chartered Group would invest USD$300 million in its China-related operations over three years, to double their relevant profit contribution by the end of 2024.

About Standard Chartered plc : 

• Headquarters : London, England, UK

Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

Veteran actress-director Aparna Sen receives lifetime achievement award at Jaipur Film Fest:

• Veteran actor-director Aparna Sen was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival.
• After receiving the honour, Sen said the Lifetime Achievement Award is not the end road of her journey as a creative person.
• Grammy award winner Ricky Kej, film script writer Kamlesh Pandey, screenplay writer-film producer Haider Hale and others were present at the opening ceremony.
• More than two hundred producers, directors, and scriptwriters attended the event.
• 282 films from 63 countries will be screened

Golden Globes 2023: ‘RRR’ wins Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’

• RRR won Best Original song at the ongoing ceremony for Naatu Naatu.
• The song is composed by music director MM Keeravaani, and sung by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj, with lyrics by Chandrabose.
• Former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Telugu star Chiranjeevi and several other celebrities congratulated musician M. M. Keeravani and other team members of ‘RRR’.
• RRR is also nominated for Best Picture non-English language category.
• The original song nominees were “Carolina,” from “Where the Crawdads Sing,” music by Taylor Swift; “Ciao Papa,” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” music by Alexandre Desplat; “Hold My Hand,” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” music by Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice” and “Lift Me Up,” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson.
• Drawing inspiration from the lives of freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju, RRR narrates a fictional tale set in the 1920s.
• The film boasts an ensemble cast, starring the likes of Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody, and Ray Stevenson.

e-NAM wins Platinum Award at Digital India Award 2022:

• e-NAM, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has won the Platinum Award in the Digital Empowerment of Citizens Category in Digital India Awards 2022 held in New Delhi.
• The President of India, Ms. Droupadi Murmu, as Chief Guest of the event, has conferred the Digital India Awards, 2022 to Dr. N. Vijaya Lakshmi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture.
• e-NAM is a digital platform integrating 1260 APMC mandis across 22 States and 3 UTs to facilitate online trading of 203 agriculture and horticulture commodities to enable farmers to realize better remunerative prices for their produce.
• e-NAM is catalyzing the digital transformation of mandi operations and e-trading of agricultural commodities.
• More than 1.74 Crore farmers & 2.39 Lakh traders have been registered on the e-NAM portal.
• A total trade consisting of 69 million metric tonnes worth Rs. 2.42 lakh crore has been recorded on the e-NAM platform.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND REPORTS

Delhi most polluted city in India in 2022:

• A recent data by Central Pollution Control Board claimed Delhi to be India’s most polluted city in 2022 with PM 2.5 levels more than double the safe limit and the third highest average PM10 concentration.
• 5 pollution in the national capital has reduced by over 7 per cent in four years, from 108 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 to 99.71 micrograms per cubic metre in 2022, reported PTI citing the report by NCAP Tracker.
• NCAP Tracker is a joint project of news portal Carbon Copy and a Maharashtra-based start-up ‘Respirer Living Sciences’ and is designed to track India’s progress in achieving clean air targets.
• The Centre launched the National Clean Air Programme on January 10, 2019 to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 levels in 102 cities by 20 per cent to 30 per cent by 2024 (with 2017 being the base year).
• Some more cities were added to the list, while some were dropped subsequently.
• Now there are 131 cities which are called non-attainment cities, as they did not meet the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the period of 2011-15 under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme.
• In September 2022, the government set a new target of a 40 per cent reduction in particulate matter concentration by 2026.
• Among the most polluted cities with respect to PM2.5 levels, Delhi (99.71 micrograms per cubic metre) ranked first, Haryana’s Faridabad (95.64 micrograms per cubic metre) ranked second and Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad (91.25 micrograms per cubic metre) third, according to the analysis of CPCB data.
• Ghaziabad (217.57 micrograms per cubic metre) was the most polluted non-attainment city in the country in terms of PM10 levels, while Faridabad (215.39 micrograms per cubic metre) ranked second and Delhi (213.23 micrograms per cubic metre) stood third.
• In 2021, Ghaziabad was the most polluted with respect to PM2.5 levels while it ranked third in terms of PM10 levels.
• The country’s current annual average safe limits for PM2.5 and PM10 are 40 micrograms per cubic metre and 60 micrograms per cubic metre, respectively

World’s most powerful passports: Japan tops list:

• For the fifth straight year, the Japanese passport is the most powerful among all passports in the world, as it allows visa-free access to as many as 193 countries, according to Henley Passport Index 2023.
• India, on the other hand, improved its position by 2 spots from last year, and is currently ranked 85th on the index.
• A holder of an Indian passport can travel visa-free to 59 countries (60 in 2022); Mauritanian and Uzbekistan passports are as powerful as that of India.
• According to Henley Passport Index, Japanese passport holders can visit 193 out of 227 destinations visa-free.
• An Indian passport holder, on the other hand, can visit 59 destinations without a visa.

Passports of these countries hold the top 10 spots on the Henley Index:

Rank	Passport(s)	Visa-free travel to (out of 227 destinations)
1.	Japan	193
2.	Singapore, South Korea	192
3.	Germany, Spain	190
4.	Finland, Italy, Luxembourg	189
5.	Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden	188
6.	France, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom	187
7.	Belgium, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States	186
8.	Australia, Canada, Greece, Malta	185
9.	Hungary, Poland	184
10.	Lithuania, Slovakia	183
85.	India, Mauritania, Uzbekistan	59

Passports of these countries hold the bottom 10 spots on the Henley Index:

Rank	Passport(s)	Visa-free travel to (out of 227 destinations)
109.	Afghanistan	27
108.	Iraq	29
107.	Syria	30
106.	Pakistan	32
105.	Yemen	34
104.	Somalia	35
103.	Nepal, Palestinian Territory	38
102.	North Korea	40
101.	Bangladesh, Kosovo, Libya	41
100.	Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Sudan	42

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS

Khelo India National Women Kho Kho leagues set to take place in Punjab:

• The Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league is set to take place at Chandigarh University, Punjab.
• The league is being organized by the Kho Kho Federation of India and will be held over three phases with full financial support from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
• A total of 12 teams and close to 200 players are slated to participate.
• The Kho Kho women’s league for junior and sub-junior age groups is scheduled from January 16 to 19 at the Alberta Ekka Kho Kho stadium in Hotwar, Ranchi.
• The Khelo India women’s leagues, which are being held across multiple sports since 2021, is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to develop the overall sports ecosystem of the country.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

India & Japan to hold joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ to promote air defence cooperation

• India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023.

Aim : 

• To promote Air Defence cooperation between the countries.
• The decision to enhance bilateral defence cooperation and address the emerging security needs of the two countries was made during the second 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2022.

Key Highlights : 

• The Indian contingent participating in the air exercise will include 4 Su-30MKI Sukhoi aircraft , 2 C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft and 1 Ilyushin Il-78 in-flight refuelling tanker, will participate in the exercise.
• Meanwhile, the JASDF will deploy its 4 F-2 multi-role attack fighters and 4 F-15 Eagle aircraft.
• It will include the conduct of various aerial combat drills between the two Air Forces.
• They will undertake multi-domain air combat missions in a complex environment and will exchange best practices.
• Exercise ‘Veer Guardian’ will fortify the long-standing bond of friendship and enhance the avenues of defence cooperation between the two Air Forces.

About MoD : 

• Defence Minister : Rajnath Singh
• Minister of State : Ajay Bhatt
• Defence Secretary : Giridhar Aramane

About IAF : 

• Chief of Defence Staff : General Anil Chauhan
• Chief of the Air Staff :  Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

UK’s 1st Ever Rocket Mission suffers Anomaly & ends in Failure 

• The United Kingdom’s ((UK’s) attempt to launch the first rocket from its soil failed after the rocket carrying 9 satellites failed to reach orbit.
• Virgin Orbit is a carrier company, providing the launch service.
• UK’s satellites are sent through foreign spaceports and it was its first-ever attempt to launch a rocket from its land.
• The Virgin Orbit system is relatively new and it’s only been in operation since 2020. 

About UK : 

• Prime Minister : Rishi Sunak
• Capita : London
• Currency : Pound sterling

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES 

Senior BJP leader & former West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi passed away

• The three-time speaker of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Assembly and former Governor of West Bengal Keshri Nath Tripathi passed away at the age of 88 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh(UP).

About Keshri Nath Tripathi : 

• Tripathi was born on 10 November 1934, in Allahabad, UP.
• He was governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019.
• A senior advocate of Allahabad high court, he served as a member of the UP Legislative Assembly 6 times. 
• He represented the Jhunsi seat between 1977-1980 and Allahabad South seat for 5 consecutive terms between 1989-2007. 
• He was cabinet minister during the Janata Party regime from 1977 to 1979.
• He also served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly thrice between 1991 and 2004.
• He had an additional charge of Bihar as governor twice and an additional charge as governor of Meghalaya and Mizoram as well.
• He was also the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh
• He was a poet and an essayist and had penned many books

Father of Laparoscopic Surgery Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia passed away

• The father of Laparoscopic surgery in India, Dr. Tehemton E Udwadia passed away at the age of 88 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

About Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia : 

• Tehemton E Udwadia was born on 15 July 1934, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• He is an Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist at two Mumbai hospitals, Breach Candy Hospital and Hinduja Hospital.
• Udwadia was the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons and presided over the association from 1993 to 1998.
• He has served as the president of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, the Association of Surgeons of India, and the Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia. 
• He has been the president of the Indian chapter and the World body of the International College of Surgeons.
• He is the author of two books, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries.

Awards & Honors : 

• Udwadia received the SAGES Millennium Award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons in 2000.
• In 2000, he was awarded the B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, from the Medical Council of India.
• The Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
• In 2006 he was awarded the civilian award of the Padma Shri from the Government of India (GoI).

Veteran US sports journalist Grant Wahl Passed away

• American soccer journalist Grant Wahl Passed away, while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Lusail Stadium, Qatar.
• This was the 8th World Cup for Wahl, who has been covering football continuously since 1996.

About Grant Wahl : 

• His Sports Illustrated career mainly focused on college basketball and soccer in the United States.
• He was also the author of the book The Beckham Experiment (2009)

Renowned Kashmiri poet & Kashmir’s first Jnanpith awardee Prof Abdul Rehman Rahi passed away

• Kashmir’s renowned poet and first Jnanpith awardee Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi Passed away at the age of 98 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).

About Prof Abdul Rehman Rahi : 

• Abdur Rehman Rahi was born in 1925, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
• He began his career as a clerk in the Public Works Department of the Government for a few months in 1948 .
• In 1977, he joined the newly-established Department of Kashmiri at the University of Kashmir.
• He was the founder member of the Kashmiri progressive writers movement called Cultural Congress.
• Rahi’s major works – Sana-Wani Saaz (poems) (1952), Sukhok Soda (poems), Kashir Shara Sombran, Kalam-e-Rahi (poems)

Awards & Honors : 

• Rahi was the youngest Indian to be given the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for “Nawroz-i-Saba”, a collection of his outstanding poems.
• In the year 2000, he was also honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award for Literature & Education.
• The Sahitya Akademi also honoured Rahi with the Sahitya Academy Fellowship, India’s highest literary honour in 2000 for recognition of his long contribution to Kashmiri literature and culture.
• He received the highest literary award in the country, the Jnanpith award (for the year 2004) in 2007 for his collection ‘Siyah Rood Jaeren Manz’ (In Black Drizzle).

Daily CA on January 12:

• National Youth Day 2023 is observed on the 12th of January 2023.
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh released the theme for the “National Science Day 2023”, titled “Global Science for Global Wellbeing” at National Media Centre.
• Veteran actor-director Aparna Sen was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival.
• RRR won Best Original song at the ongoing ceremony for Naatu Naatu.
• e-NAM, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has won the Platinum Award in the Digital Empowerment of Citizens Category in Digital India Awards 2022 held in New Delhi.
• A recent data from Central Pollution Control Board claimed Delhi to be India’s most polluted city in 2022 with PM 2.5 levels more than double the safe limit and the third-highest average PM10 concentration.
• For the fifth straight year, the Japanese passport is the most powerful among all passports in the world, as it allows visa-free access to as many as 193 countries, according to Henley Passport Index 2023.
• The Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league is set to take place at Chandigarh University, Punjab.

• Gujarat Chief Minister (CM) Shri Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the International Kite Festival 2023 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat & the festival is being organised by Gujarat Tourism on the G20 theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future.
• PayRup (https://payrup.com/), India’s fastest payment app was launched.by Mahadevappa Halagatti in Lulu Mall, Bangalore, Karnataka.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the revised list of accredited credit rating agencies (CRAs) for the purpose of assigning risk weight to assets for capital adequacy purposes by the banks.
• Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing at the Institute.
• Standard Chartered China has just become the first foreign-invested bank in China to engage in Chinese treasury bond futures trading.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reappointed Mr Chetan Sharma as chairman of the senior men’s national selection committee.
• Republican leader Mr Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the next Speaker of the US House of Representatives & he has replaced Ms Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives.
• India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023.
• The United Kingdom’s ((UK’s) attempt to launch the first rocket from its soil failed after the rocket carrying 9 satellites failed to reach orbit.
• The three-time speaker of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Assembly and former Governor of West Bengal Keshri Nath Tripathi passed away at the age of 88 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh(UP).
• The father of Laparoscopic surgery in India, Dr. Tehemton E Udwadia passed away at the age of 88 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• American soccer journalist Grant Wahl Passed away, while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Lusail Stadium, Qatar.
• Kashmir’s renowned poet and first Jnanpith awardee Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi Passed away at the age of 98 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).