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By admin: Feb. 6, 2022

Lata Mangeshkar no more

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Bharat Ratna and legendary singer Lata Mangeskar died on 6 February 2022 at the Breach Candy hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra due to multiple organ failure after  recovering from Covid. She was 92 years old.

She was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 28 September 1928.

Lata Mangeskar was also popularly called the “Nightingale of India” melody queen etc . She was a playback singer who has  sung in 36 languages with more than 50,000 songs , but majority of her songs were in Hindi and Marathi.

Awards and Achievements 

• She was the second singer after M.S.Subbulakshmi to get the highest civilian award of India ,Bharat Ratna . She got the award in 2001.

• She got Padma Vibhushan in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 1969.

• In 1989 she got the highest award in cinema, the Dada Shaeb Phalke award .

• She received  National Film awards in 1972,75,1990.

• In 1993 Filmfare Lifetime achievement Award .

• Filmfare award for best female singer  in 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1993 and 1994.

• IIFA Lifetime achievement award in 2000.

• The government of France conferred her with the” Officer of the Legion of Honour” in 2009, which is the country’s highest civilian award

• She  was the member of the Parliament from 1999-2005 as the President  nominated  her to the Rajay Sabha 

• She was the first Indian to perform at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall of London in 1974.

• Her first recorded song for the  marathi film Kiti Hasaal was in 1942 when she was 13 years old .

• Her first recorded Hindi song  was for the film  Aap Ki Seva Mein ,released in 1946.

•  Mangshkar’s last full film album was “Veer-Zaara” in 2004.

African Union Summit Meeting 2022

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The 35th African Union Summit meeting was held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on 5-6 February 2022.

The theme of the summit was “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent, Strengthening Agro-food systems, health and social protection systems for the acceleration of human, social and economic capital development.'’ 

African Union 

It was founded in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity. It focuses on integrating African states to drive Africa’s growth and economic development. 

• It has 55 member countries of Africa . 

• Total countries in Africa is 55.

• Its headquarters is at Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

India won the ICC-U19 World Cup 2022

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India lifted a record fifth International Cricket Council Under -19 (ICC U19) World Cup title after defeating England by 4 wickets in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, played on 5 February 2022..

• The 14th Edition of the ICC U19 World Cup was held in the West Indies from 14 January to 5 February 2022 in a 50 -50 overs format. 16 countries participated in the tournament. 

• The Indian team captained by Yash Dhull  became the fifth Indian captain after  Mohammad Kaif(2000), Virat Kohli(2008), Unmukt Chand(2012) and Prithvi Shaw(2018), to hold the winner’s trophy.

• The captain of the England team is Tom Prest.

• The coach of the Indian team is Hemant Kanitkar.

• The player of the final was the India  all rounder ,Raj Angad  Bawa and The Player  of the series was  Dewald Brevis of South Africa . 

• The first U19 World Cup was played in 1988 as McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, It was hosted by Australia and 8 teams competed in the event . It was won by Australia. 

• The second world cup was held in South Africa in 1998, under the name of the ICC-U19 world cup. 16 teams participated in the event.

• Since then the ICC U-19 world cup is held every two years with 16 teams.