Get the Daily and Latest Current Affairs 2026 on our website. These current affairs are Updated by our specialists and are relevant for all competitive tests UPSC, SSC, IAS, Railway-RRB, UPPSC, and Other State Government and Central Jobs/Exams.
Category : Miscellaneous
Published on: September 14 2021
Share on facebook
· Star Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh has become the first professional golfer in the world to receive the coveted 10-year-old Dubai Golden Visa in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the sport.
· The 49-year-old has a long association with Dubai, participated in several tournaments and made many friends in the city.
· During the 2001 Dubai Desert Classic, Jeev set a world record when he completed four rounds while finishing sixth with only 94 puts.
· Jeev, who has won four titles on the European Tour, four on the Japan Golf Tour and six on the Asian Tour, has received a 10-year 'gold card' for being an elite professional athlete.
Important facts
About golf
v Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use different clubs to hit balls in a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
v First played: 15th century, Kingdom of Scotland
v Olympics: 1900 , 1904 , 2016 , 2020
v Equipment: Ball, Club, Tee
ITC becomes the first Indian company to receive global FSA 3.0 certification for wheat and paddy.
Read More....HAL and GE Aerospace sign a landmark agreement for co-production of F414 jet engines in India.
Read More....Government approves ₹91,000 crore Tata Semiconductor SEZ in Dholera, Gujarat.
Read More....Bank of Baroda partners with Reliance Jio to launch ‘bob World Lite’ app for feature phone users.
Read More....India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on April 27.
Read More....Mumbai Cricket Association becomes first state body to introduce annual contracts for domestic cricketers.
Read More....Lok Sabha introduces Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill for women’s reservation and delimitation.
Read More....Scientists discover microorganisms can survive harsh Martian conditions in lab simulation.
Read More....The government collaborates with Femina Miss India for “Vishwa Sutra – Weaves of India for the World”.
Read More....Ministry of Coal to launch 15th Round of Commercial Coal Mine Auctions on April 17, 2026.
Read More....
