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PV Sindhu- Winner of Swiss Open 2022
P V Sindhu won the Swiss Open 2022 defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament held in Basel, Switzerland. Overview: This is her second title this season as she had earlier ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Sports Current Affairs
J&K: World Largest Igloo Café
An igloo café was recently opened in Jammu and Kashmir. It is now the largest igloo café in the world. The name of the Café is Snowglu. It was built by Wasim Shah, the owner. About the café The café ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News • Places in News Current Affairs
Plastic snowfall in the Alps
The researchers from Austria, Netherlands and Switzerland have found that trillions of plastic particles fall along with snow in Switzerland. These particles travel 2000 kilometres through air. What did the study find? About 43 trillion plastic particle land in Alps ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Switzerland legalises Same-sex Marriage
Voters in Switzerland decided to legalize same-sex marriage on September 26, 2021. It makes Switzerland one of the last countries in Western Europe to do so. Key Points Apart from opening up the option of marriage to all couples, government ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Switzerland Bans Full Face Coverings in Public Places
Switzerland has voted on March 7, 2021 in favour of the proposal to ban the full facial coverings such as burqa and niqab in almost all the public places. This controversial proposal was passed following a public referendum which was ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Wipro joins WEF initiative of Racial Justice in Business
Wipro Limited has announced that it has joined an initiative by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called “Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative”. This partnership will help in cross-pollinating ideas with the other industry leaders and help in developing ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
India receives second set of Swiss Bank Account Details
On October 9, 2020, India received second set of Swiss bank details under the “Automatic Exchange Pact” signed with Switzerland. The pact was a key milestone of GoI in its fight back against black money. Highlights India is one among ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
23rd June: International Olympic Day
On 23rd June 1894, the International Olympic Committee was founded in Paris. The day 23rd June was chosen to be celebrated as International Olympic Day to commemorate the foundation day of the International Olympic Committee. International Olympic Day was first ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
World’s Smallest Gold Coin Minted by Switzerland
Switzerland has recently minted the world’s smallest gold coin, which bears the famous picture of the great Scientist Albert Einstein with his tongue out. The government-run Swissmint announced that the world’s smallest coin has a diameter of 2.96-millimeter and weighs ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Kalinganagar Plant of Tata Steel awarded at WEF
Tata Steel Kalinganagar was recently awarded at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland for being included in the WEF’s Lighthouse Network. T V Narendran (CEO and MD of Tata Steel) represented the company at the World Economic ..