Gurukul Jhajjar Archeological Museum is a place of pride for the town. It is the biggest museum in Haryana. The committed and passionate effort of Swami Omanand Saraswati in collecting antiques from various parts of the country brought this museum into being in 1959. The huge museum has antique coins and beautiful variety of idols.

Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and chief of Supreme court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) in 2017, Vinod Rai has penned a book titled as, “Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings with BCCI” in which the former bureaucrat encapsulates his 33-month stint at the BCCI.

Plastids

Plastids are characteristic organelles of plants only. Plants are autotrophic and show the process of photosynthesis due to the presence of green coloured plastids called chloroplasts.

Surat, Gujarat is the first Indian city to get a road built from processed steel slag (industrial waste).

SMILE Scheme for Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launched the SMILE (Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise) scheme on February 12, 2022.

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has launched an initiative “AVSAR” to encourage the talent of women, artisans and craftsmen and provide them with the right opportunities. AVSAR stands for ‘Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans Of The Region’. Under “AVSAR” (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans Of The Region), which is an initiative of AAI, an opportunity to help the indigent to mobilize their households into functionally effective self-earned groups for self-reliance and self-dependence, has been provided.

AVSAR- Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans Of The Region

'Tomb of Sand' becomes first Hindi novel to get shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. In the history of the International Booker Prize, the novel 'Tomb of Sand', authored by Geetanjali Shree.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent for the 11th time in a row. The reverse repo rate has also been kept unchanged at 3.35 per cent. This is the first bi-monthly policy for the current financial year 2022-23.