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South Africa's Quinton De Kock Announces Retirement From Test Cricket

South Africa's wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. On Thursday, the announcement came hours later India beat South Africa by 113 runs in the opening Test of the three-match series in Centurion.

Winter Games 2022: Arif Khan becomes first Indian to qualify 

Arif Khan from Becomes the first Indian to qualify in the Winter Olympics 2022, in the sport Alpine Skiing. The event will take place in Beijing from February 4-20, next year 

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021: Namita Gokhale, Daya Prakash Sinha, Sri D.S. Nagabhushana

On December 30, Sahitya Akademi announced the annual Sahitya Akademi awards 2021. Also, the prestigious Annual Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puruskar 2021 was declared. 7 books of poetry, 2 novels, 5 books of short stories, 2 plays, 1 book each of biography, autobiography, criticism, and epic poetry have won the award this time. Awards in Gujarati, Maithili, Manipuri, and Urdu languages will be announced later.

Tik-Tok became the most downloaded app for the year 2021

Tik-Tok was downloaded almost 656 times in the year 2021. Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp took second, third and fourth place respectively.

Egypt becomes a member of the New Development Bank of BRICS

On Wednesday, India welcomed Egypt’s entry as the 4th new member of the New Development Bank (NDB) that was established by the BRICS countries six years ago.

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