- The Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of the Heartfulness International Yoga Academy in Hyderabad, Telangana. He also launched 75 crores suryanamaskar initiative which will be held till 20th Feb 2022.
- Google has acquired Siemplify, which is an Israeli cybersecurity startup under a deal worth $500 million. Simplify will be integrated into Google Cloud’s Chronicle operation and will help companies to better manage their threat response.
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- CEO of Google: Sundar Pichai
- Ganjam, a town in Odisha has declared itself a child marriage-free district and it is the first in the state.
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- CM of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik.
- Governor of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal
- Awards and Recognition: South Indian Bank (SIB): It has won UiPath Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for Best Automation under ‘Crisis for business continuity.
- The UJALA program of GOI has successfully completed seven years of distributing and selling LED lights. The UJALA signifies ‘Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All’ and comes under the Ministry of Power.
- Antigua and Barbuda have joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as the 102nd member. They signed the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement, which is a global green energy initiative led by India.
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- Capital of Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John’s
- Currency of Antigua and Barbuda: East Caribbean Dollar
- 19th Meeting of NTCA
- ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ Campaign
- Open Rock Museum inaugurated in Hyderabad
- Hero Future Energies partnered with Ohmium International
- MoU signed between Odisha Gov. and GAIL
Question:
Q.1 Which organization has acquired Siemplify, which is an Israeli cybersecurity startup under the deal worth $500 million?
a. Google
b. Yahoo
c. Microsoft Bing
d. Yandex
a. Google
b. Yahoo
c. Microsoft Bing
d. Yandex
