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Questions of the day: 

Q.1 Which state won the best tableau award? 

Q.2 What is the name of the telemedicine service offered by the Union Health Ministry? 

Q.3 Mark Selby is the World Champion for fourth time, in which sport? 

Q.4 Which country is to play host to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022? 

Q.5 Which Arabian country approved its women to join the Armed Forces? 

Answers: 

1) Uttar Pradesh - Uttar Pradesh’s tableau, based on the theme ‘One District One Product and Kashi Vishwanath Dham’, was adjudged the best among 12 States and Union Territories (UT) at this year’s Republic Day parade, while the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Civil Aviation were declared joint winners among the Ministries and departments. 

2) e-Sanjeevani - The Union Health Ministry’s tele-medicine service called e-Sanjeevani is operational in 31 States/Union Territories.

The digital service has crossed a recent milestone of 3 million consultations, with an average of 35000 patients across the country. The Service includes two variants: one for doctor to doctor and one for outpatient services. Tamil Nadu tops the number of consultations.

3) Snooker - Mark Selby became the World Champion for the fourth time in the game of Snooker. The ace player won the Championship defeating Shaun Murphy at Sheffield, England.

4) India - The FIFA council has approved India to host the 2020 U-17 World Cup from October 11 to 30, 2022. This tournament was earlier scheduled to be held in 2021, but has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic.

5) Saudi Arabia - Women in Saudi Arabia can enter the military, where they can be employed as soldiers, lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants. The plan to allow women into the military was first announced in 2019.