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Monday, December 27, 2021

DAILY GK: 25 DEC

 DAILY GK: 25 DEC

1.             WADA REPORT: INDIA RANKED 3RD AMONG DOPE VIOLATORS

·               Russia Tops World Anti Doping Agency(WADA) has published its latest Report titled “2019 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) Report”.

·               India ranked 3rd among dope violators in the world with 152 (17 per cent of the world total) ADRVs.

·               Bodybuilding(57), Weightlifting(25), and Athletics(20) has recorded the more number of dope offenders in India.

·               Russia tops the list with 167 ADRVs, followed by Italy with 157 ADRVs.

 

2.             HARJINDER SINGH APPOINTED INDIA’S ‘CHEF DE MISSION’ FOR 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

·               The Indian Olympic Association  (IOA)  appointed Harjinder Singh as the ‘Chef de Mission’ of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 that will be held from 4-20th February in Beijing, China.

·               The first edition of the Winter Games was held in 1924 at Chamonix, France.

 

3.             DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS FLIGHT-TEST OF AERIAL TARGET ‘ABHYAS’

·               DRDO successfully conducted the flight test of indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) Abhyas, Integrated Test Range (ITR)Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

·               It is Developed by  Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO laboratory along with other laboratories.

·               HEAT provides a high subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with high endurance that meets the requirement of aerial targets of the Indian Armed Forces.

·               The aircraft is controlled by a ground-based controller and an indigenously developed Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) based Inertial Navigation System

 

4.             INDIAN NAVY DECOMMISSIONS INS KHUKRI

·               INS Khukri (Pennant number 49), the first indigenously built Missile Corvette, was decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam

·               The warship was built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MSD) & Commissioned on 23rd August 1989 and had been part of both the Western and Eastern Fleets.

 

5.             VETERAN INDIAN SPINNER ‘HARBHAJAN SINGH’ ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT

·               The senior Indian off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh announced retirement from all forms of cricket.

·               Harbhajan was the 1st Indian Cricketer to take Hat-trick wickets in Test

·               Harbhajan Singh is a 41-year-old cricketer  from Jalandhar, Punjab who took 417 wickets in 103 Tests and is the 4th highest wicket taker for India in Test cricket.

 

6.             BOOK “THE TURNOVER WIZARD – SAVIOUR OF THOUSANDS”

·               “The Turnover Wizard – Saviour Of Thousands”, is an autobiography of Arup Roy Choudhury, the former Chairman and Managing Director(CMD) of NTPC Limited.

·               The book is published by HP Hamilton Limited.

·               Arup Roy Choudhury was appointed as the CMD of  NBCC (India) Limited (formerly National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited) in 2001 and became the  youngest ever CMD of a central public sector enterprise (CPSE).

 

7.             NATIONAL CONSUMER DAY 2021 – DECEMBER 24

·               The day commemorates the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, which received assent from the President of India on 24th December 1986.

·               The theme of National Consumer Day 2021 is “Consumer – Know your Rights”.

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