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1. Test, ODI & Overall Cricketer of the Year: Kohli Sweeps ICC Awards
Ask Virat Kohli to walk on water and he will say, how many miles? The star batsman has once again created history. He has now become the first cricketer ever to make a clean-sweep of individual honours at the ICC annual awards, clinching the Test, ODI and overall Player of the Year trophies. But guess what, that's not all. He has also been named the captain for ICC Test and ODI teams of the year.
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2. Truth of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’: 56% Funds Spent On Publicity
'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' was one of the major initiatives undertaken after the Modi government came to power. But, four years down the line, the government has spent as much as 56 percent of the programme's allocated funds on publicity alone. A further 19 percent were never released.
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3. India’s High Fiscal Deficit Cause of Concern: Gita Gopinath at WEF
"We need to fix that." The International Monetary Fund's first woman chief economist Gita Gopinath, who was speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, has flagged the risk associated with India's "high" fiscal deficit – and said it needs to be fixed.
Gopinath also pointed out a slower pace of growth of the global economy – with the IMF cutting the estimate of global growth this year from 3.7 percent to 3.5 percent.
Here’s what Gopinath said at the sidelines of the forum.
4. Economic or Social? Saharanpur Youth Divided Over 10% Quota
The Quint's Chaupal journey on the 10 percent quota Bill is up and running. After Rohtak, let's take you to Saharanpur where Anthony Rozario talked to the students.
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5. Show the Josh! This Republic Day, Send a ‘Sandesh to a Soldier’
Republic Day is round the corner and this 26th January, we give you the opportunity to send a sandesh to a soldier as a token of gratitude. You can write a letter or record a message. Mail your sandesh to myreport@thequint.com or WhatsApp at 9999008335.
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