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Grammys 2020: Singer Lizzo takes 3 awards

R&B newcomer Lizzo won three of her leading eight nominations. Billie Eilish won the first of six potential awards. She was the youngest person ever nominated for all four awards at the same time. Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus were named as best pop duo.

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Finneas was named as the producer of the year.

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Fiscal deficit may widen to 3.8% for current financial year: Bank of America Securities

The country's fiscal deficit for 2019-20 is expected to widen to 3.8% and the upcoming Budget may set a target of 3.5 per cent for 2020-21, as per the Bank of America Securities report. It also predicted the long-term fiscal deficit being at 4.5 per cent.

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Cost of the 2% subvention will come at Rs 21,100 Cr.

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India-Brazil ink 15 agreements during Brazil President’s visit on Republic Day

India & Brazil inked 15 agreements to boost cooperation in a wide range of areas like trade & investment, oil and gas, cyber security and information technology after talks between Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro & Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Brazil Capital-Brasilia, Currency-Brazilian Real.

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SEBI plans to rationalise margin system in derivatives segment to bring down trading cost

SEBI is planning to rationalise margin system in derivatives segments to boost liquidity and bring down trading cost. SEBI had asked trading and clearing members to compulsorily collect upfront certain margins from their clients in the cash segment.

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The move became effective from January 1, 2020.

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Ganga Yatra under Namami Gange mission to begin from Bijnor, Ballia in UP

The five-day Ganga Yatra under Namami Gange mission will kick off on 27 January from Bijnor and Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. Aim of the yatra is to promote biodiversity and to make the villages situated on the banks of Ganga more developed and prosperous.

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Bijnor is a place where Ganga enters Uttar Pradesh.

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Vakrangee appoints Ramesh Joshi as Non-Executive Chairman

Vakrangee Limited has appointed Mr. Ramesh Joshi (EX-RBI & EX-SEBI ED) as the Non-Executive Chairman of the company as well as has Re-designated Mr. Dinesh Nandwana, Executive Chairman as the Managing Director and Group CEO in place of Mr. Anil Khanna.

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Vakrangee Limited is a technology company based in Mumbai.

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Bharti Realty ties up with Asthetic Township to build commercial project in Gurugram at Rs 350cr

Bharti Realty, the real estate arm of Bharti Enterprises, has tied up with Asthetic Township Developers to build a new commercial project in Gurugram at an estimated cost of Rs 350 Cr. Commercial project will be under real estate asset management model.

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Bharti Realty MD and CEO-S K Sayal.

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India’s first Super Fab Lab inaugurated in Kerala

Country's 1rst Super Fab Lab, that will give a major push to the hardware industry in the country & the only such facility outside U.S, was launched at the Integrated Start-up Complex of the Kerala Start-up Mission. CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the lab.

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It will collaborate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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New industries in Madhya Pradesh have to employ 70% local youth: Governor

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon said that government was accelerating job creation by setting up new industries, which have to compulsorily employ 70% local youths. State has brought the number of permissions required in realty sector from 27 to 5.

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Daily fodder allowance per cow is hiked from Rs 3 to Rs 20.

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Maharashtra govt launches its much-awaited 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme

Maharashtra government launched its 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme, which is aimed at providing meal to the poor for 10 Rs, on the 71st Republic Day. Lunch plates would be available to people at designated centres during a stipulated time in all the districts.

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"Shiv Bhojan Thali" canteen was launched in Mumbai.

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India’s Federation Cup games moved from virus-hit China to Kazakhstan

Considering the request of All India Tennis Association, International Tennis Federation shifted the Federation Cup matches from the Coronavirus-hit China to Kazakhstan. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Dongguan from 4th of February.

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India will compete in the Asia/Oceania Group I contest.

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Shooting: Kiran Ankush Jadhav wins 10m air rifle T1 trial

In Shooting, Kiran Ankush Jadhav of the Indian Navy won the men's 10 metres air rifle T1 trial even as Maharashtra's Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil clinched both the junior and youth trials in Thiruvananthapuram. Rudrankksh came in second in the men's final.

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Nitish Kumar of Haryana came in third.

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Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash in California

Kobe Bryant aged 41, the basketball icon who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash, leaving a legacy that spanned 20 years in professional sports & a growing 2nd career as an investor. He entered NBA in 1996.

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He had won two gold medals in the Olympics.

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'Andaz Apna Apna' producer Vinay Sinha passes away

Filmmaker Vinay Sinha, best known for producing cult comedy "Andaz Apna Apna", has died at the age of 74. Sinha was also the man behind popular Hindi films such as "Ameer Aadmi Gharib Aadmi", "Naseeb" and "Chor Police". He was also vice president of IMPPA.

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IMPPA- Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association.

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27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

United Nations marks 2020 as the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the ending of the Second World War, and the ending of the Holocaust. Theme of the Day is "75 years after Auschwitz - Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice".

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Theme point out the collective action against antisemitism.

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Uttar Pradesh government signs MoU for efficient e-procurement on GeM

Uttar Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government eMarketplace (GeM), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to set up a GeM Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU).

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Uttar Pradesh Literacy rate (2011)‎ : ‎67.68%

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Arunachal’s ‘eForest Fire app’ bags e-Governance ‘Jury Award’

A digital app to detect forest fire, developed under district level initiative in e-Governance has bagged the ‘Jury Award’ under Category-Ill, to be given during the 23rd National Conference on e-Governance, to be held on 7 and 8 February in Mumbai.

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Arunachal Pradesh is the northeasternmost state of India.

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Renowned environmental economist and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev awarded the 2020 Tyler Prize

Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev was awarded the 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, recognizing his groundbreaking ‘green economy’ work.

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It is often described as 'Nobel Prize for the Environment'.