ICICI Bank's Sandeep Bakhshi named Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21

16 February 2022
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ICICI Bank's Sandeep Bakhshi named Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21

Sandeep Bakhshi has been named the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21. He is the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of ICICI Bank. The winner was chosen by a jury of 5 members chaired by former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor S S Mundra. For 2020-21, ICICI Bank reported a net profit of Rs 16,193 crore against Rs 7,931 crore during the previous financial year.

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The criteria used for selecting the contenders were the following:

• Banks with an asset size of Rs 50,000 crore and above as of March 2021.
• 10 per cent or more growth in profits prior to provisioning in the past one-, two- and three-year periods. Only 10 banks qualified, and that was further brought down to seven.

Keegan Petersen, Heather Knight ICC players of the month for January

16 February 2022
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Keegan Petersen, Heather Knight ICC players of the month for January

South Africa's Test sensation Keegan Petersen and England women's team captain Heather Knight were voted ICC Players of the Month for January 2022. In the men’s category, South African batter Keegan Petersen was a sensation during the home Test series against India. He ended the series as the highest run-scorer with 276 runs and was named the Player of the Series.

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For the women’s award, England skipper Knight beat off competition from Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu and West Indies star Deandra Dottin to be named ICC Player of the Month for January 2022. Knight captained England in the one-off Ashes Test against Australia in Canberra and finished as the highest run-getter.

GoI allocates Rs 2.26 Crores for Telangana’s Medaram Jatara Festival 2022

16 February 2022
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GoI allocates Rs 2.26 Crores for Telangana’s Medaram Jatara Festival 2022

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 2.26 Crores for Medaram Jatara 2022 Festival in Telangana. In 2022, the festival is being held from February 16 to 19, 2022. Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair in India, after the Kumbh Mela. Medaram Jatara is conducted in honour of the Goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma. It was declared a State Festival in 1998.

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The four-day tribal festival is celebrated once in two years in the month of “Magha” (February) on the full moon day, in Medaram Village of Mulugu district in Telangana. The festival is organised by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana, the Koya tribe, in collaboration with the Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Telangana.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• Telangana Capital: Hyderabad;
• Telangana Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan;
• Telangana Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao.