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Which country this week became a republic, cutting its ties with the British crown after 400 years?
Barbados
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), is an enforcement agency under which organisation?
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), is an intelligence and enforcement agency of the Government of India on anti-smuggling matters.
The Union Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman was addressing the 64th ‘Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Foundation Day’. DRI released a report on the occasion, which said that gold smuggling shifted from the Middle East to Myanmar during 2020-21.
England plays against Australia during The Ashes. Why is it called The Ashes?
The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia"
In keeping with the practice of naming variants for , the World Health Organization dubbed the new COVID variant Omicron. What is the practice?
Letters of the greek alphabet
What is the most watched show on Netflix that was released in 2021, and approx how many hours was it streamed in total
Squid Game, 1.65 billion hours
The tribal outfits in which state are demanding the creation of separate state for indigenous communities named ‘Greater Tipraland’?
Several tribal outfits in Tripura have joined hands to push their demand for a separate state for indigenous communities in the region.
The demand has grown to carve out a separate state of ‘Greater Tipraland’ for the indigenous communities in Tripura under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Among the 19 notified Scheduled Tribes in Tripura, Tripuris (also known was Tipra and Tiprasas) are the largest.
AC Milan played Liverpool recently. Who won and what was the score?
Liverpool, 2-1
Early on the morning of Nov. 24, NASA launched a spacecraft to test a plan to do what?
deflect asteroids coming to earth
Which country has imposed a school ban on girls?
Afghanistan
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament completed how many years of inception recently?
100 - President Ram Nath Kovind was speaking at the centenary celebration of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament.
He said that the PAC ensures “administrative accountability of the executive towards the legislature”. The President released a souvenir depicting the 100 glorious years of the PAC’s journey and 67 articles, including 15 from the Commonwealth countries.
Sanjay Kumar, Araijeet Singh Hundal and Sudeep Chirmako scored a brace each as defending champions India trounced which country 8-2 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup on Saturday.
Poland
Total cases in Maharashtra right now?
66.4L
66,40,000
Why are countries like the USA and Australia boycotting the 2022 Bejing Olympics.
Human Rights Abuses
Sambhit Patra has been appointed as the Chairman of ITDC. What is the full form of ITDC?
Hind: T is Tourism
India Tourism Development Corporation
“Where is Peng Shuai?” is a question that has gripped the sports world and drawn the attention of the White House, the United Nations and others. The Chinese tennis star disappeared from public view for weeks this month after she , prompting a global chorus of concern for her safety. What did she do?
accused a leader of sexual assault
1 USD = 0.89 Euro
Ethan Crumbley, has been accused of fatally shooting four classmates and wounding several others at Oxford High School last week. How old is Ethan?
15
The heritage structure, Tipu Khan Sarai, popularly known as Nampally Sarai, located right in front of Nampally railway station closer to the state assembly building in Hyderabad, is now being converted. What is the purpose for its conversion?
The structure is now being converted into a transit dorm, exclusively for women travellers coming to city from various parts of the state.
Name the winner and key player (match-finisher) of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Tamil Nadu and Shah Rukh Khan
In May 2020, RBI slashed its benchmark interest rate to 4% -- a record low, the rate has since remained unchanged. What is the highest the inflation rate has reached?
6%
Analysts have called this a wait-and-watch approach