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Art & Culture

‘Dhanu Yatra’ begins in Odisha’s Bargarh

The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival, considered to be the world’s largest open-air theatre, began in the Western Odisha town of Bargarh.

• Dhanu Yatra is the 11-day festival of the masses.
• The ‘Dhanu Yatra’, which marks the victory of good over evil, came into existence in Bargarh in 1947-48 as part of the celebration of the country’s Independence and is held annually.
• “The vibrant Dhanu Yatra is associated with the culture of Odisha.
• The plays in the festival start with the dethroning of Emperor Ugrasen of Mathura by angry Kansa over the marriage of his sister Devaki with Vasudev.
• The festival concludes with the death of demon king Kansa and restoration of the throne to Ugrasen.

Polity & Governance

Government gives official recognition to Esports

The Government of India gave Esports a major boost by integrating it with mainline sports disciplines in the country.

• E-Sports is now part of multi-sports events.
  • The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is the nodal ministry for esports in multi-sports events.
  • The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is the nodal ministry to oversee the online gaming industry. 
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) too is going big on popularising e-Sport with Singapore being confirmed to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in June next year.

Economy

Payment system operators to report fraud on RBI's DAKSH from Jan 1

In order to automate the payments fraud management process, the fraud reporting module will be migrated to DAKSH --- the Reserve Bank's advanced supervisory monitoring system -- from January 1.

• DAKSH is a web-based end-to-end workflow application through which RBI will monitor compliance requirements in a more focused manner to further improve the compliance culture in supervised entities like banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), etc.