current affairs 16 August 2022

1st ever Women’s IPL Season to be held in March 2023.

• BCCI official has confirmed that the first ever Women’s IPL will be starting from March 2023.
• This will be held in a one-month window and in all likelihood with five teams.
• The BCCI officials have also discussed that the March window has been found for the tournament after the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.
• BCCI president: Sourav Ganguly; BCCI secretary: Jay Shah; BCCI Headquarters: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

London home of Dadabhai Naoroji received Blue Plaque honour.

• The south London home of Dadabhai Naoroji has been honoured with a commemorative Blue Plaque.
• The red-brick home now has a plaque which mentions: Dadabhai Naoroji 1825-1917 Indian Nationalist and MP lived here.
• He was born in Mumbai, who known as the grand old man of India.
• The Blue Plaque scheme is run by the English Heritage charity and honours the historic significance of particular buildings across London.

Space Kidz India unfurled Indian flag 30 kilometers above earth.

• Space Kidz India has unfurled the Indian flag about 30 kilometres above the Earth on Independence Day (15th August).
• The flag was sent to an altitude of 1 lakh 6 thousand feet above the planet on a balloon that unfurled it. Space Kidz India:
• This organization is creating 'young scientists for the country.
• The organization has launched a satellite into Low Earth Orbit.
• AzadiSAT was developed by 750 girl students from across India to mark the 75 years of Independence.

Razorpay, the only Indian company to be listed on "Forbes Cloud 100 List".

• Razorpay has become the first Indian company to be named in the 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 List in the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world.
• The ranking has been published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
• Razorpay has entered the list for the second time, placed at 49th for being a Financial Solutions Software.
• The list has been topped by Stripe (CEO: Patrick Collison).

Meghalaya to host Second edition of North East Olympics in October.

• Meghalaya is ready to host the upcoming second edition of the North East Olympics from 30th October to 6th November in Shillong.
• The first edition of Games was held in Manipur in 2018 with 12 disciplines.
• This edition of the Games will be special as Meghalaya is celebrating the 50th year of its Statehood.
• In this edition, about 4,000 participants from eight North Eastern States will be competing in 18 disciplines at 13 venues spread across Shillong.