Why in news?

• The second most successful franchise in the Indian Premier League, (After Mumbai Indians) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has become the first sports enterprise in the country to achieve unicorn status.
• Chennai Super Kings achieved this historic status as the franchise achieved the market cap of over $1 billion in the private equity market.
• The Chennai-based outfit reached an all-time high of Rs 7,600 crores and became the most valuable sports company in the country.

About Chennai Super Kings

• The parent company of Chennai Super Kings is India Cements, owned by former BCCI president N Srinivasan.
• As the name suggests the parent company is involved in cement manufacturing and its market cap stood at Rs 6,869 crores – over Rs 700 crores less than Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSKCL).
• Srinivasan bought the franchise way back in 2008 for just $91 million.

Why In News

• The 14-year-old Indian badminton player Unnati Hooda defeated Smit Toshniwal in straight games to clinch the women’s singles title.
• Kiran George won the men’s singles crown.
• With the win, Unnati Hooda, 14, became the youngest-ever Indian to win a BWF Super 100 tournament.
• It was held in Cuttack (Odisha).

Odisha Open 2022 badminton winners

• Men’s singles: Kiran George (India)
• Women’s singles: Unnati Hooda (India)
• Men’s doubles: Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub / Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia)
• Women’s doubles: Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (India)
• Mixed doubles: Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa (Sri Lanka)

Why In News

• Defence Secretary Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence of Oman attended the 11th meeting of India-Oman Joint Military Cooperation Committee (JMCC) in New Delhi.
• The JMCC is the highest forum of engagement between India and Oman in the field of defence that evaluates and provides guidance to the overall framework of defence exchanges between the two sides.

About Joint Military Cooperation Committee

• The Joint Military Cooperation Committee (JMCC) is the apex body between the Defence Ministries of India and Oman to comprehensively review & guide all aspects of bilateral defence cooperation.

About Oman

• Capital – Muscat
• Currency – Rial

Why in News

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to classify all of its major programmes under three Umbrella Schemes– Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya and Mission POSHAN 2.0.
• All 3 Missions will be implemented during the 15th Finance Commission period 2021-22 to 2025-26.

About the Schemes

Mission Shakti

• Mission Shakti will consist of the schemes and policies for the empowerment and protection of women.
• Mission Shakti will cover schemes under two categories:
• SAMBAL – This category will include schemes such as One Stop Centre, Mahila Police Volunteer, Women’s Helpline, Swadhar, Ujjawala among others.
• SAMARTHYA – This category will include schemes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana among others.
• Mission Vatsalya
• Mission Vatsalya will be looking into child welfare services and child protection services all over the country.
• Schemes covered – Mission Vatsalya will include the Scheme for Child Protection Services, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

Saksham Anganwadi and Mission POSHAN 2.0 scheme

• This will include schemes such as Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), Anganwadi Services, Poshan Abhiyan, Scheme for Adolescent Girls, National Creche Scheme among others.
• Mission Poshan 2.0 –The government will be merging the Poshan Abhiyan and supplementary nutrition programme to launch Mission Poshan 2.0.
• Objective: Mission – Poshan 2.0 will look into the ways and measures for strengthening the nutritional content, outreach, delivery, and outcomes.

Why In News

• Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that can detect COVID-19 by examining the chest X-ray of patients
• The AI-based solution can also be an alternative to the regular RT PCR tests conducted across the world and help in easing the rapidly growing pressure on governments to procure testing kits and set up processing centres.

Why in News

• Xiomara Castro has been sworn in as Honduras’ first female president, amid a political crisis that threatens her plans for the impoverished nation.
• The 62-year-old Castro replaces President Juan Orlando Hernández, as 56th President of Honduras.

About Honduras

• Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Currency: Honduran lempira
• Continent: North America

Why In News

• The Supreme Court revoked the one-year suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP legislators, calling it an “irrational” act that would impact the democratic set-up, leave constituencies unrepresented and help “thin majority” governments manipulate numbers.
• The MLAs were suspended for a year for “grossly disorderly conduct” in the House.

Why in News

• Argentina won 6th Pan Am Women Cup Hockey Championship, beat Chile 4-2 – Argentina has won the 6th women’s field hockey championship title at the 2022 Women’s Pan American Cup.

About the Tournament

• The 6th edition of the Women’s Pan Am Cup was held from January 19th to 29th January, 2022 in Santiago, Chile.
• Women’s Pan American Cup is the quadrennial international championship.
• It is conducted by Pan American Hockey Federation.

Why In News

• Veteran India hockey goalkeeper PR Srejeesh won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performances.
• The other nominated athletes were sport climber Alberto Gines Lopez of Spain and wushu player Michele Giordano of Italy.
• He became the second Indian to receive the accolade.
• In 2020, Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal became the first Indian to win the honour for her performances in 2019.
• PR Srejeesh, who was part of the men’s team that claimed a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics.

The International World Games Association

• The International World Games Association (IWGA) is the international association responsible for the direction and control of The World Games.
• Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its official language is English
• The World Games are an international multi- sport event  comprising sports  and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games.
• The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association, I  under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
• They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games,   over the course of 11 days.
• The first edition of The World Games was held in Santa Clara, USA in 1981
• The next edition will be held in Birmingham, USA  from 7–17 July 2022, having been delayed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why in news?

• The two-day meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers comes amid the USA Administration’s concerns about China, even as tensions with Russia over Ukraine rachet up in Europe.

About the Quad

• The Quad is an informal strategic forum comprising four nations, namely — United States of America (USA), India, Australia and Japan.
• It is also Known as the ‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’ (QSD).
• According to the Spirit of the Quad, the group’s primary objectives include maritime security, combating the Covid-19 crisis, especially vis-à-vis vaccine diplomacy, addressing the risks of climate change, creating an ecosystem for investment in the region and boosting technological innovation.
• The group met for the first time in 2007 on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• It is considered an alliance of maritime democracies, and the forum is maintained by meetings, semi-regular summits, information exchanges and military drills of all the member countries.