Current Affairs

The US Congress has recently passed the “Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Bill”. The bill makes it mandatory for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to award 50% of scholarships to Pakistani Women under a Pakistan-based higher education scholarship programme. The scholarships are to be awarded from 2020 to 2022.

Australia has changed its national anthem in a bid to reflect 60,000 years of Indigenous history. Australia woke up to a new year on Friday — and a slightly different national anthem.

MS Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade, chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back former England batter Ian Bell following a disputable runout at Trent Bridge in 2011.

Australia’s Steve Smith has been named the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade, having established himself as one of the best Test batsmen since Don Bradman. 69 Tests, 7040 runs, average 65.79, 26 centuries. Stats from January 1, 2011, to October 7, 2020, the period taken into consideration for the ICC awards.