Daily Current Affairs : November 12 & 13, 2020

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Important Days

Public Service Broadcasting Day- November 12:

  • Public Service Broadcasting Day is celebrated every year on November 12 to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947.
  • Gandhiji addressed the displaced people, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra after partition.

World Pneumonia Day- November 12:

  • World Pneumonia Day is observed across the world on November 12 every year to raise awareness, promote prevention and treatment and produce action to combat the disease.
  • A day is an annual event that was first celebrated in the year 2009.

National News

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches Mobile App “Secha Samadhan” online services for farmers:

  • Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Secha Samadhan, a bilingual mobile application to address the irrigation problems faced by farmers without having to visit the offices concerned. 
  • The mobile app will help resolve the issues faced by farmers quickly and provide services in a transparent manner under the 5T initiative. He also launched 4 other online services to resolve the issue of water distribution.

Odisha:

  • Capital: Bhubaneswar
  • Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
  • Governor: Ganeshi Lal
  • Festivals: Dhanu Yatra, Budi Thakurani Yatra, Magha Saptami, Chhau, Dola Purnima.

 

  • Folk Dances: Chhau, Gotipua, Ghumura, Ranappa, Chaiti Ghoda, Sambalpuri.

 

Indian Railways Launches the First Ever Food Truck to Serve Up Quick Bites at Pune Station:

  • One of India’s most trusted QSR brands Jumbo King set up the first-ever food truck in Indian Railways premises with Indian Railways Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) taking over the task of facility management at the station.
  • Vada Pav fans in Pune can now grab a quick bite without leaving the station.
  • Indian Railways Stations Development Corporation took over the task of facility management at Pune station.

Maharashtra Tourism Minister & MoS unveil new logo & feedback QR Code of MTDC:

  • Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray and Minister of State Aditi Tatkare unveiled a new logo and new feedback QR code of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC). They unveiled the logo of Boat Club in Nashik.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed with Airbnb, an online marketplace company, to boost tourism in the state.

Maharashtra to observe National Unity Week from Nov 19 to 25:

 

  • Maharashtra will observe the National Unity Week from 19th to 25th of November.
  • Making an announcement in this regard, Minister for Skill Development and Minority Development Nawab Malik appealed that in order to increase social harmony in the state, everyone should participate in this programme.
  • National Unity Day is celebrated on October 31.

 

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to use vibration absorbing tracks on Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor:

  • In a first for India Mumbai Metro Rail Corp Limited to lay vibration-absorbing tracks on Metro Line-3.
  • The corporation started trial production of High Vibration Attenuation Booted Twin Sleeper Blocks to lay tracks with the help of a machine from Switzerland.
  • It is expected to cost around 23000 cr & operational in 2021.

Maharashtra:

  • Capital: Mumbai

 

  • Chief Minister: Uddhav Thackeray
  • Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

 

International News:

PM Modi co-chairs 17th ASEAN-India Summit with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc virtually:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will co-chair the 17th ASEAN-India Summit along with Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The leaders of all 10 ASEAN Member States will virtually participate in the Summit. 

 

  • The Summit will review the status of ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership and take stock of progress made in key areas such as connectivity, maritime cooperation, trade and commerce, education and capacity building.

 

EAM Jaishankar Discusses Bilateral Cooperation with Brazilian Counterpart Ernesto Araujo:

 

  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a virtual meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Ernesto Araujo. Both ministers had a range of discussions on bilateral cooperation & global developments. The leaders agreed to strengthen India-Brazil cooperation.

 

Banking and Economy

IFSCA Approves Draft Banking Regulations for International Financial Services Centres:

  • International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) approved draft banking regulations for banking operations at IFSCs.

 

  • Banking constitutes one of the major focus areas of IFSCs (International Financial Services Centres) and is expected to drive and facilitate the other constituent operations in IFSCs in due course, IFSCA stated. It paves way for rules for various aspects of banking operations.

 

HDFC Bank launches ‘Smart-Hub Merchant Solutions 3.0’:

  • HDFC Bank has announced the launch of India’s first comprehensive banking and payment solution for merchants SmartHub Merchant Solutions 3.0. This first-of-its-kind solution allows merchants and self-employed professionals to instantly open a current account and start accepting payments in-store, online, and on-the-go.

 

  • The merchant solution was launched at a virtual event held in Mumbai by Parag Rao, Country Head – Payments, Consumer Finance, Marketing and Digital Banking at HDFC Bank along with T R Ramachandran, Group Country Manager, India and South Asia, Visa.

 

Paytm launches “Payout Links” For Small Businesses Instant Transfer Money:

 

  • Paytm has launched “Payout Links” for businesses, enabling them to instantly process payouts to customers, employees and vendors, without collecting their bank details. It is aimed at helping small businesses in sectors like gaming, retail, export, manufacturing and e-commerce.

 

  • Payout Links will allow businesses to send ‘incentives’ or refunds to the customers’ bank accounts or wallet accounts. It can be used for salary payments, vendor payments, commissions and incentive transfers to be done instantly.

Paytm:

 

  • Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

 

  • Founded: 2010

 

  • Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

 

Acquisitions and Mergers:

Flipkart offers customized group health insurance cover issued by Bajaj Allianz:

  • Flipkart has announced that it now offers group health insurance cover ranging from 3 lakhs to Rs.20 lakh issued by Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Care Health Insurance to its large and growing Pan-Indian customer base.

 

  • The policy is issued against a declaration of good health; making it convenient to cover for their health scares.

 

Tata AIA Life Insurance Partners with PayBima to Distribute its Life Insurance Solution through Digital sales:

  • Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited entered into partnership with PayBima (PayBima.com), the digital arm of Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd., (MIBL) as a Broker to distribute its industry-leading life insurance solutions.
  • The association is in accordance with the mission of Tata AIA Life to provide Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) to its customers.

Appointments

Indian American Kash Patel Named Chief of Staff to Acting US Defence Secretary:

  • Indian-American Kash Patel has been named as the Chief of Staff to the Acting US Defence Secretary Chris Miller.
  • The new appointment from the Pentagon comes a day after Donald Trump fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper and designated the National Counter Terrorism Center Director, Chris Miller, as the Acting Secretary of Defence.

Centre Forms Inter-Ministerial Committee Headed by Arun Goel to strengthen capital goods sector:

  • Government of India has set up a 21-member Inter-Ministerial Committee to strengthen the Capital Goods(CG) sector. The committee is headed by Arun Goel, Secretary of Department of Heavy Industries(DHI), Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
  • To strengthen India’s capital goods sector which turns to achieve the target of a USD 5 trillion economy and a USD 1 trillion manufacturing sector.

SEBI Setup a 7 Member Expert Group Chaired by Sandip Bhagat to Review the Share Based Employee Benefits:

  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), set up a 7-member expert group chaired by Sandip Bhagat, partner at S&R Associates to review the frameworks of the share based employee benefits & issue of sweat equity and recommend policy changes.
  • The expert group will revisit the framework of the sweat equity regulations against the companies act and suggest required policy changes.

Awards and Recognitions:

Ruskin Bond conferred with Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award 2020:

  • One of India’s most cherished authors Ruskin Bond has been conferred the 11th Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020, to recognise his very long literary life of almost seventy years.
  • Apart from this, renowned poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has been named as the Poet Laureate of the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020.

Russia’s Lakhta Center wins Emporis Skyscraper Award 2019:

  • Emporis Skyscraper Award, one of the world’s most renowned prizes for high-rise architecture, has been given to a 462-metre-high Lakhta Center in St Petersburg this year.
  • This marks the first time that the prestigious award has gone to a project in Russia in the 20-year-long history of the award. The skyscraper which has been, designed by GORPROJECT and RMJM, is not only the tallest building in Russia but is the tallest building in entire Europe and the fourteenth tallest building in the world.

Books and Authors

Book titled ‘How to be a Writer’ by Ruskin Bond:

  • Ruskin Bond came out with yet another book ‘How to be a Writer’. The book defines How to Be a Writer which gives a glimpse into the writing credo of the man who has had an incredibly successful writing career. The book is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for those aspiring to write.

Rankings

India Ranked 196th in BMI Ranking 2019 report by Lancet: Netherlands Tops:

  • BMI (Body Mass Index) of various countries’ teenagers has been recently published in the international medical journal “The Lancet”, according to which India is placed at 196th rank with respect to BMI.

 

  • India’s 19-year-old boys and girls have a BMI of 20.1 means they are also among the shortest in the world. India’s boys ranked 180th with an average height of 5.46 feet while girls ranked 182nd with an average height of 5.06 feet.

 

  • Netherlands is the nation with the tallest boys and girls of age 19 years. It is followed by Montenegro, Estonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina for boys; and Montenegro, Denmark, and Iceland for girls.

Obituary News

Bahrain’s longest serving PM Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa passes away at 84:

 

  • The world’s longest-serving PM Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain passed away. Khalifa, the uncle of King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, had served as prime minister since Sunni Muslim-led island kingdom declared independence from Britain in 1971.

 

Sports News

Mumbai Indians Defeats Delhi Capitals to Win Record 5th IPL title:

 

  • Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 final by 5 wickets to clinch their record fifth IPL title on 10 November 2020, held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

 

  • With this win Mumbai Indians have become the only team to win consecutive IPL trophies (2019 and 2020) since Chennai Super Kings in 2010 and 2011.
  • Orange Cap (Most Runs)– K. L. Rahul of Kings XI Punjab (670 runs).
  • Purple Cap (Most Wickets)– Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals (30 wickets).
  • Most Valuable Player (Man of the Series)- Jofra Archer of Rajasthan Royals.
  • Emerging Player of the Season –  Devdutt Padikkal of RCB.

China’s Chen Meng beat Sun Yingsha claims her maiden ITTF Women’s World Cup title:

  • World number one Chen Meng beat Chinese compatriot Sun Yingsha to win her maiden ITTF Women’s World Cup title in Weihai, China. The 2020 ITTF Women’s World Cup was the 24th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.

Important Days

World Kindness Day- November 13:

  • World Kindness Day is held globally on November 13 to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us. The Day was first celebrated in 1998 by The World Kindness Movement.

 

  • Theme: “Kindness: The World We Make – Inspire Kindness”

 

National Ayurveda Day- November 13:

  • National Ayurveda Day is observed on the day of Dhanwantri Jayanti. Ayurveda Day will be celebrated on November 13.
  • The nation has been commemorating the day since 2016.

National News

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates ‘Sarhad Vikasotsav 2020’ at Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat:

 

  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that all villages along the border will be provided all basic amenities to check the migration. Inaugurating “Sarhad Vistar Vikasotsav 2020” at Dhordo in Kutch district of Gujarat.
  • Over 1500 Sanpanch and Gram Panchayat members from 158 border villages from Kutch, Banaskantha and Patan districts are invited to participate in this first of its kind event being organized under Border Area Development Programme (BADP).

 

Gujarat:

  • Capital: Gandhinagar
  • Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
  • Governor: Acharya Devvrat

 

  • National Park: Blackbuck NP, Vansda NP, Gir Forest NP, Marine NP, Gulf of Kutch.

 

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Launches ‘Project Air Care’ in Gurgaon:

  • Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has virtually unveiled ‘Project Air Care’ to combat rising Air Pollution in Gurgaon. 65 Wing Augmentation Air Purifying Units (WAYU) would be set up at areas with high Air Quality Indices (AQI) in Gurgaon to improve the air quality.
  • The Air Purifiers have been developed by CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), IIT Bombay.

Haryana:

  • Capital: Chandigarh
  • Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
  • Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya
  • National Parks(NP): Sultanpur NP, Kalesar NP
  • Dance: Phag, Dhamal, Loor, Khoria.

CBIC mandates GST E-invoicing for business turnover exceeds Rs. 100 Crores from January 1, 2021:

 

  • Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) mandated GST E-invoicing from January 1, 2021 if turnover exceeds Rs. 100 Crores. The Board notified that E-invoicing is mandatory from January 1, 2021 for every taxpayer other than SEZ (Special economic zone) unit whose aggregate turnover in any of the Financial Year from 2017-18 exceeds Rs. 100 Crores.

 

  • Under Goods and Services Tax (GST) law current regime, e-invoicing for Business-To-Business (B2B) transactions is mandatory for companies with turnover of over Rs 500 crore.

PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Office-Cum-Residential Complex of ITAT’s Cuttack Bench, Odisha:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Office-cum-residential complex of Cuttack bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) via video conferencing.
  • This bench will also provide services to Northeast and East India as it will help the Kolkata bench (West Bengal) in meeting the pending appeal. It should be noted that the Cuttack Bench of the ITAT was created and started functioning in 1970, and its jurisdiction extends to the whole of Odisha.

Odisha:

  • Capital: Bhubaneswar
  • Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
  • Governor: Ganeshi Lal
  • Festivals: Dhanu Yatra, Budi Thakurani Yatra, Magha Saptami, Chhau, Dola Purnima.

 

  • Folk Dances: Chhau, Gotipua, Ghumura, Ranappa, Chaiti Ghoda, Sambalpuri.

 

Jammu and Kashmir government launches e-Auction portal to promote GI tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’:

  • Jammu and Kashmir government has launched an e-Auction portal to promote trading of GI tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’ across the country. This e-auctioning will provide an efficient platform to the saffron growers for getting optimum returns of their yield.

Jammu and Kashmir:

  • Capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)

 

  • Lt Governor: Manoj Sinha
  • National Parks: Hemis National Park, City Forest (Salim Ali) National Park, Dachigam National Park, Kishtwar National Park.
  • Wildlife Sanctuaries: Changthang Cold Desert WLS, Gulmarg WLS, Jasrota WLS, Baltal-Thajwas WLS, Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) WLS.
  • Lakes: Mansar Lake, Nagin Lake, Wular Lake, Surinsar Lake, Dal Lake.

 

Karnataka’s Mysuru to Get India’s First Sandalwood Museum:

  • India’s first Sandalwood Museum is being established in Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram, Mysuru, Karnataka. The museum is set up by the Regional Forest Department to educate farmers about the significance of cultivation of sandalwood. 
  • This will also provide technical support, information on availability of saplings, marketing facilities, pest control measures, incentives and schemes provided for sandalwood growers by the government.

Karnataka:

  • Capital: Bengaluru
  • Chief Minister: B. S. Yeddyurappa
  • Governor: VajubhaiVala

 

  • National Park: Anshi NP, Kudremukh NP, Bandipur NP, Bannerghatta NP, Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) NP.

 

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces relief package ‘Atmanirbhar 3.0’:

 

  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced 12 new measures under the new “Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0” stimulus package worth Rs 2.65 lakh crore to boost the Indian economy amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. FM also announced ₹900 crore research and development grant for Covid-19 vaccine development

 

  • Cabinet approved Rs 2 lakh crore Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for 10 sectors including advance chemistry cell batteries, electronic and technology products, automobiles and auto components manufacturing, among others.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release roadmap of Atma Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh:

  • Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will release a roadmap-2023 of Atma Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh at a programme to be organized at Minto Hall (Old Vidhan Sabha Bhavan). Member of Parliament Vishnudutt Sharma and CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant will also participate in the programme.

 

  • Madhya Pradesh becomes the first state in the country, which has prepared a roadmap for Atma Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh in consultation with various subject experts in accordance with the strategy of Atma Nirbhar Bharat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

Madhya Pradesh:

 

  • Capital: Bhopal
  • Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chauhan
  • Governor: Anandiben Patel (Additional Charge).

 

Manipur CM N Biren Singh launches Oil Palm Project schemes for employees:

  • Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh launched Oil Palm Project, which is seen as an alternative to replace Jhum & poppy cultivations. The project was launched under the National Mission on oil seed and palm oil which aims to make India self-sufficient in edible oils.

Manipur:

  • Capital: Imphal
  • Chief Minister: N. Biren Singh

 

  • Governor: Najma Heptulla.

 

MEA Secretary Rahul Chhabra launches IBSA report on ‘Deepening Cooperation in IBSA:

 

  • Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (Economic Relations) Rahul Chhabra launched the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) report on ‘Deepening Cooperation in IBSA: Perspectives from Key Sectors’.
  • The report was drafted by analyzing and performing research on cooperation at the UN in areas like Traditional Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights and Financial Sector Cooperation & Trade in Banking Services & Energy.

 

International News

Second World Health Expo Organised in Wuhan, China:

  • 2nd Edition of World Health Expo has been organised in Wuhan city of Central China’s Hubei. The Expo will focus on displaying the most cutting-edge science and technology in the global health industry, and will help Wuhan to develop as “City of Global Health Industry”.
  • The exhibition area in the Expo covers an area of 150,000 square meters. It has 12 special venues to showcase anti-epidemic materials, medical equipment, and Chinese medicine, relating to the entire industry chain of health.

Banking and Economy:

India Post Payments Bank launches doorstep service to submit Digital Life Certificate:

  • India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have launched the initiative of doorstep service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman. 

 

  • The facility to submit life certificates online through Jeevan Pramaan Portal was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November, 2014 with the objective to provide a convenient and transparent facility to pensioners for submission of Life Certificate.

 

Moody’s projects India GDP for 2020 at -8.9%; 2021 forecast at 8.6%:

  • Moody has projected the GDP of India at -8.9% for the calendar year 2020. Earlier this was projected at -9.6%. India’s GDP growth for Calendar year 2021 is projected at 8.6% by Moody’s from 8.1% earlier.

Moody:

 

  • Headquarters: NewYork, United States.

 

  • CEO: Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.

Acquisitions and Mergers:

AGS Transact Tech and Utimaco Partners to provide Cyber-Defense Technology for Digital Payments:

 

  • One of India’s leading providers of end-to-end cash and digital payment solutions and automation technology AGS Transact Technologies Limited (AGSTTL) and Utimaco a leading global provider of IT security solutions entered into partnership to offer Cyber-Defense Technology, the highest level of security for digital payments and automation solutions to organizations across sectors including banking, petroleum, retail etc. in India & South-east Asia.

 

  • The partnership marks AGSTTL’s foray into cybersecurity solutions which will be offered on hosted model as well as on ‘Sales’ model.

Science and Technology:

Indian Navy’s fifth Scorpene class submarine ‘INS Vagir’ launched at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dock.:

  • Union Minister of State for AYUSH and Defense (Independent Charge) Shripad Naik Virtually launched the 5th Scorpene-class submarine “INS Vagir” in the Arabian sea waters at Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. 
  • Vagir is a part of the six Kalvari-class submarines, designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS, and being built in India. INS Vagir was followed by INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela respectively.

DRDO develops fire detection and suppression system for passenger buses:

 

  • Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed for passenger buses a technology called “Fire Detection and Suppression System (FDSS)”.

 

  • Demonstrations were given on water mist-based FDSS for passenger compartment and aerosol-based FDSS for engine fire. DRDO’s Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi has developed the technology.

Appointments:

Vellayan Subbiah appointed new chairman of Cholamandalam Investment Finance:

  • Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd. (Chola), a Murugappa group firm named Vellayan Subbiah as the chairman. He will replace M M Murugappan who resigned as Chairman and Director on attaining the age of 65 years. Subbiah is the MD of Tube Investments of India Ltd.

Awards and Recognitions:

TNAU Professor K S Subramanian wins Fertiliser Association of India Golden Jubilee Award 2020:

 

  • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) research director Dr K S Subramanian has been chosen for the Fertiliser Association of India Golden Jubilee Award. He is also director of research and NABARD chair, got the award for his contribution to the field of nano-fertilisers and its role in improved use while ensuring environmental safety.

 

  • The award will be presented at the inaugural function of FAI’s Annual Seminar on “Fertilizer and Agriculture during COVID-19” which will be held in New Delhi.

Books and Authors:

Actor Sonu Sood’s Autobiography Titled ‘I Am No Messiah’ To be release in December 2020:

 

  • An Actor and producer Sonu Sood is set to pen his autobiography titled “I Am No Messiah”. The book will be co-authored by Meena Iyer. The book will account the experience of Sonu Sood during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book will be published by Penguin Random House India and released in December 2020.

 

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari releases former Minister Rajendra Darda’s book ‘Majhi Bhint’:

  • Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has released the book ‘Majhi Bhint’ (My Wall) authored by former Maharashtra Minister of Education Rajendra Darda at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. The book is a compilation of selected Facebook posts of Rajendra Darda pertaining to a range of issues written over the last four years.

A New Book titled “Boskiyana: The Life and the World of Gulzar” authored by Yashwant Vyas:

  • A Book Titled “Boskiyana: The Life and the World of Gulzar” is authored by Yashwant Vyas. The book is to know the philosophy of Gulzar’s life.
  • Gulzar is a great person, famous poet, film director, writer-songwriter. Gulzar has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke, Grammy, Oscar, etc.,

Obituary News

Bollywood actor Asif Basra passes away at 53:

  • Bollywood actor Asif Basra allegedly died by suicide at a private guest house in McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh.
  • Basra had appeared in a number of Bollywood films, thriller series Paatal Lok, including a movie on the 1993 Mumbai blasts Black Friday, the 2002 Gujarat riots Parzania and Kai Po Che.

Sports News

Trailblazers beat Supernovas by 16 runs to win Jio Women’s T20 Challenge title:

 

  • Jio Women’s T20 Challenge was the third season of the Women’s T20 Challenge, a Twenty20 cricket tournament established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

 

  • Women’s T20 Challenge 2020 between Trailblazers and Supernovas at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

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