CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The India badminton open has been held in our country since 2008.

Detailed explanation-2: -The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008. India Open was upgraded to a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, w.e.f. 2023. Earlier, it was categorized as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events as per new BWF events structure from 2018.

Detailed explanation-3: -The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament. Played annually, it developed after the success of the world’s first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 2022 India Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 16 January 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Badminton World Federation (BWF; originally the International Badminton Federation), the world governing body of the sport, was formed in 1934. Badminton is also popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and Denmark. The BWF’s first world championships were held in 1977.