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  • NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has found water locked inside the asteroid Bennu.
    • It revealed the presence ofhydroxyl molecules that contain oxygen and hydrogen atoms bonded together.
  • The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has appointed Brijendra Pal Singh as the new chairman and President of Film and Television Institute of India.
    • He succeeded Anupam Kher, who had resigned from the post in October.
  • The Delhi High Court has ordered a ban on the sale of online medicines by E-pharmacies across the country. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao has also ordered the central and the Delhi governments to implement the order.
  • The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine amounting to Rs. 1 crore on the Indian Bank for violating the cyber security norms. The penalty was imposed under the provision of Banking Regulations Act 1949.
  • Sascha Bajin, the coach of the world number five Naomi Osaka, became the first-ever recipient of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Coach of the Year Award.
  • The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) India appointed the former SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya as the new Chairman of its board.
    • She will succeed former banker M. V. Nair.

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