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- The Union Cabinet has given its approval to setup Integrated E-filing & Centralized Processing Center 2.0 Project of the Income Tax Department.
- 38-year-old K Dhanya Sanal, spokesperson for the Union Ministry of Defence, became the first woman to reach Agasthyarkudam peak, a biodiversity hotspot and the second highest peak of Kerala.
- Indo-American Raja Krishnamoorthi has been appointed as a member of a Congressional committee on intelligence, becoming the first South Asian to serve in the powerful body tasked to strengthen U.S.’s national security.
- Tamil Nadu’s D Gukesh, became the second youngest Grandmaster in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at 12 years, seven months and 17 days. Gukesh beat the mark set by his state-mate R Praggnanandhaa.
- Gukesh is now the second youngest Grandmaster in the World after Sergey Karjakin.
- Mohammed Ali Qamar, the man who won India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing, has taken over as the chief coach for the country’s female boxers.
- He has replaced veteran Shiv Singh.
- The Indian cricket team's captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri on January 11, 2019 received the honorary membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for their contribution to the sport of cricket.
- The Parliamentarians of the Republic of Macedonia voted to change their country’s name to the “Republic of North Macedonia”. The move now awaits approval from Greece’s Parliament.
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