·        The Multi-Function Surveillance, Track and Guidance R | AAA-Bright Academy

·        The Multi-Function Surveillance, Track and Guidance Radar (MF-STAR) was developed by IAI’s Elta Systems.
·        Israel President – Isaac Herzog,Capital – Jerusalem
 
6.     Highlights of Winter Olympics 2022
·        The 24th edition of winter Olympics i.e. 2022 Winter Olympics/ Beijing 2022, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games was an international winter multi-sport event held on February 4-20, 2022 at Beijing National Stadium in Beijing.
·        With this, Beijing becomes the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
·        Norway topped the medal tally for the second successive Winter Olympics by winning a total of 37 medals, of which 16 were gold. This win set a new record for the highest number of gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics.
·        India launched a diplomatic boycott of the Games after a People’s Liberation Army (China’s Army) commander Qi Fabao involved in 2020 Galwan Valley border clashes between India-China appeared as an Olympic torchbearer in the customary torch relay.
·        Beijing 2022 passes Winter Olympics to Milano and Cortina of Italy which will host the winter games in 2026.

7.     Airthings Masters Chess Tournament
·        A 16-year old Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa defeated  World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) in the 8th round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.
·        With this victory, R Praggnanandhaa became  the third Indian, after Viswanathan Anand and P Harikrishna, to accomplish the rare feat of defeating Magnus Carlsen. 
·        The  Airthings Masters, is  an online chess rapid tournament of 16 players, a player gets three points for a win and one for a draw in the preliminary rounds.Currently
·        In 2016 R Praggnanandhaa became the world’s youngest international masters  in history, at the age of 10 years, 10 months, and 19 days. 
·        He became India’s youngest and world’s second youngest Grandmaster in 2018.
 
8.     India Wins the Bid to Host 2023 IOC Session In Mumbai After 40 Years
·        During the 139th International Olympic Committee’s session (IOC) in Beijing, China, India won the bidding rights to host the 2023 IOC session in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
·        India will host for the first time in 40 years since 1983.In 1983, IOC session was held at New Delhi.
·        The IOC has a total of 105 members active members. 
·        The IOC session discusses the global Olympics movement including adoption or amendment of the Olympic Charter.
·        IOC President – Thomas Bach,Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland

9.     World Thinking Day 2022 – February 22
·        World Thinking Day(WTD) is annually observed across the globe on 22nd February by the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 150 countries across the world to speak up on gender equality and climate change. 
·        The day is annually celebrated and organised by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts(WAGGGS). 
·        The theme for World Thinking Day 2022 is “Our World, Our Equal Future: The Environment & Gender Equality”.  
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