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 * Today February 17, 2022 (1197 Aquarius 5) Today's highlights in history. According to the calendar, February 17th is the 48th day of the year (49th in leap years).  There are 317 days until the end of the year. *

 * 🌹🔻The significance of today 🌹🔻 *

 

 * World Human Spirit Day *

 * World Information Governance Day *

 * Champion Crab Race Day *

 * Random Acts of Mercy Day *

 * National Cabbage Day *

 * National General Science Day *

 * National Indian Pudding Day *

 * 🌐History Events🌐 *

 

 * 🌐197 * - `` Battle of Lagdanam - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats his rival Claudius Albinus and establishes complete control of the empire.

 * 🌐1500 * - `` `Battle of Hemmingstead.```

 * 🌐1600 * - `` Philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned alive in Rome for his anti-religious activities.

 * 🌐1753 * - `` Sweden made the transition from the Julian calendar to the Georgian calendar.  After March 1 came February 17.```

 * 🌐1814 * - `` `War of the Mormons.```

 

 * 🌐1867 * - `` The first ship sailed through the Suez Canal.```

 * 🌐1871 * - `` `The Franco-Prussian War was won and the Prussian army paraded through Paris.```

 * 🌐1887 * - `` `The golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign was celebrated.  The VJT Hall in Thiruvananthapuram was built to commemorate this

 * 🌐1911 * - `` The first self-starter Cadillac car was released by General Motors engineers in the United States.```

 * 🌐1933 * - `` Newsweek Magazine first published.```

 * 🌐1938 * - `` The first color television show was held in London.```

 * 🌐1936 * - `` `Phantom comics have been released.```

 * 🌐1947 * - `` Voice of America, radio broadcasting begins in the Soviet Union.```

 

 * 🌐1959 * - `` The first meteorological satellite, Vanguard-2, was launched to measure the distribution of clouds .```

 * 🌐1962 * - `` More than 300 people die in a storm in Hamburg, West Germany.```

 * 61969 * - `` Goldmaire becomes Israel's first female Prime Minister. ''`

 * 🌐1979 * - `` China-Vietnam War begins .```

 * 🌐1995 * - `` The UN-led ceasefire between Peru and Ecuador marks the end of the war.

 * 🌐1996 * - `` `World champion Gary Kasparov defeats Deep Blue Supercomputer in a chess match in Philadelphia.```

 * 🌐2000 * - `` Microsoft's Windows 2000 released.```

 

 * 🌐2008 * - `` Kosovo declares independence from Serbia .```

 * 🌐2018 * - `` Roger Federer becomes world number one in tennis.  He is the oldest ranked player in the history of men's tennis

 * 🌹Birthdays🌹 *

 * 🌹 Jomon t.  John * - `` Jomon T. John (born 17 February 1982) is a Malayalam film cinematographer.  Joman made his film debut as a co-producer of Thanneermathan Dinangal.  Jomon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography in 2015 for his films Nee-Na, Ennu Ninte Moideen and Charlie.

 * 🌹 Lixie Joseph * - `` Lixie Joseph (born 17 February 1990) is an Indian athlete.  Competed at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships - Women's Heptathlon.  The winner of the competition was Swapna Barman and her teammate Purnima Hembram won bronze.

 * 🌹 Agnia Barto * - `` Agnia Barto (February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1906 - April 1, 1981) was a Soviet Russian poet and children's writer.  Their poems were all about love and revolution.  Some of the children's poems were published under the two names Agni Barto and Powell Barto: `` `

 

 * 🌹 Azeem Trivedi * - `` Azeem Trivedi (born 17 February 1987) is a freelance cartoonist and anti-corruption and Internet freedom activist from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.  He was a participant in the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare.  He was arrested by the Mumbai police on a complaint that the cartoons displayed by Trivedi during the protest were in contempt of the Constitution and the national emblem.  He also published the cartoons on the Internet

 * 🌹 Allison Hargreaves * - `` Allison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 - 13 August 1995) was a British mountaineer.  On May 13, 1995, they climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.  The mission was completed without the help of anyone else or the oxygen cylinder.  In addition to Mount Everest, they have conquered the Alps and the 6812 m high Ama Dabal in Nepal.  On August 13, 1995, Hargreaves died in a hurricane while returning from capturing Mount K2, the second highest peak in the world.

 

 * 🌹 AB.  De Villiers * - `` Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African cricketer who plays for the South Titans.  A.B.  He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.  He was succeeded by Graeme Smith as captain of the South African team

 * 🌹 Ed Sheeran * - `` A unique musical genius loved by critics and connoisseurs alike in the British music world.  Ed Shearer (born 17 February 1991) has been the subject of much global attention since the genius of the music world, Elton John, acknowledged the genius of this blessed artist.  Ed Sheeran has already proved his mettle as a singer and songwriter.  His album was nominated for Best Music Album at the 57th Grammy Awards.  `` `

 * 🌹Michael Jordan * - `` Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born 17 February 1963) is a famous basketball player.  Known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, the Jordan American basketball team also won the NBA.  The league was also a key factor in attracting global attention.  Apart from being an outstanding athlete, he was also noted for his skillful marketing of sportsmanship.  Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and has led his team to six NBA titles.  Won the crown.  He was also a member of the "dream team" that won gold for the United States at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

 * 🌷memories🌷 *

 * 🌷Jiddu Krishnamurthy * - `` Jiddu Krishnamurthy (May 12, 1895 - February 17, 1986) was a famous philosopher, lecturer and writer.  Annibasant Jiddu was appointed chairman of the Order of the Star in the East.  In 1929 he left the Society and adopted his own way.  His thoughts and lectures have been compiled and published.  Freedom from the known "Education and the Significance of Life", "The First and Last Freedom" and "The Legacy of Change"  His most important books are:

 

 * 🌷Ved Prakash Sharma * - `` Ved Prakash Sharma is a popular Hindi novelist and screenwriter.  He has authored over one hundred and fifty novels.  Born in Meerut on June 10, 1955, Ved Prakash Sharma was noted for his horror novels.  Initially focusing on absurd novels and horror novels, Sharma wrote 23 horror novels.  In 1992, on the first day of the release of Sharma's novel Wardiwala Gunda, 1.5 lakh copies were sold.  Many of his novels were made into films.  In 1985, the novel Bahu Mange Insaf was made into a film

 *🌹 ‌Akbar Kakattil * - `` Akbar Kakattil (July 7, 1954 - February 17, 2016) was a  short story writer and novelist.  The characteristic of this writer is his sweet style with humor.  He has written several short stories, novels and essays and has won several awards, including the Kerala Sahitya Award (twice. School Diary - 1992, A Family Story from the North - 2003) and the Mundasseri Award.  He was instrumental in shaping a movement in Malayalam called 'Adhyapaka Kathakal'.  The service stories written by Akbar under the title Chapter 30 are considered to be the first teacher service story in Malayalam.  He was the Vice President of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi

 

 * 🌷Agnon Samuel Joseph * - `` Agnon Samuel Joseph (July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a prominent 20th century Hebrew novelist and short story writer.  He shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature with Nellie Sachs

 *🌷N.  Sreedharan * - `` N was one of the early organizers of the Communist Party in Central Travancore and a former member of the CPI (M) State Secretariat.  Sreedharan (1928 - 17 February 1985).  He is a N.S.  Was known as .```

 *🌹 Jeronimo * - `` Jeronimo (1829-1909) was an Arizona-born Chirikahua Apache-Indian tribal leader.  Jeronimo has participated in numerous campaigns against whites in Mexico and the United States.  In 1906, Geronimo published a memoir entitled Geronimo's Story of His Life.  In 2011, US-led Osama bin Laden's assassination operation was dubbed Operation Geronimo.

 * 🌷Moliere * - `` Jean-Baptiste Pokവെlin (15 January 1622 - 17 February 1673), better known as Stage Molie, was a famous French playwright who ushered in the modern era of European theater.  He was a French playwright and actor.  His works are excellent examples of prose drama in the form of comedy.  He is considered one of the most accomplished comedians in Western literature.

 *🌹 Siebert Tarash * - `` Seabert Tarash (born 5 March 1862 - 17 February 1934) was a Prussian (German) native who made significant contributions to chess in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Tarash authored several authentic books on chess.  In the preface to The Game of Chess (1931), he writes: "Chess makes people as happy as love and music."  A doctor by profession, Tarash also worked in the theoretical fields of chess

 * 🌹 Vasudev Balwant Fadke * - `` Vasudev Balwant Fadke (4 November 1845 - 17 February 1883) was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary from Maharashtra.  With the help of the Koli, Bhil and Dhangar communities of Maharashtra, a revolutionary group called Vasudev Ramoshi was formed.

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🔺 17 February 2022 Current Affairs

Question 01. Recently, who has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee of Administrators to govern the Table Tennis Federation of India.

Answer: Geeta Mittal

Q 02. Recently Paisabazaar has tied up with whom to offer Paisa On-Demand Credit Card?

Answer: With RBL Bank

Question 03. In the recent Saubhagya scheme, which state has topped the solar electrification scheme.

Answer: Rajasthan

Question 04. Recently Bank of Baroda will acquire what percentage stake of Union Bank of India in IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company.

Answer: 21 percent

Question 05. Recently, Union Energy Minister R. Of. Singh will tell India by when will India use zero diesel in agriculture and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.

Answer: By 2024

Question 06. Recently who has been made the chairman of CBSE.

Answer: Vineet Joshi

Question 07. Recently who has been selected as ICC Player of the Month for January 2022.

Answer: Keegan Peterson and Heather Knight

Question 08. Recently which Indian mining company will manufacture semiconductors in India.

Answer: Vedanta

Question 09. Recently when International Child Cancer Day 2022 has been celebrated.

Answer: 15th February

Question 10. Recently who has become the first Indian consumer goods company?

Answer: Dabur India‌‌

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