DAILY CA: 12 MAY

 DAILY CA: 12 MAY

1.       SOUTH KOREA, FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY JOINS IN NATO CYBER DEFENCE GROUP

·         South Korea became the first Asian country joins in North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCDCOE).

·         Now, the total NATO CCDCOE has 32 countries as its official members which includes 27 NATO member countries and 5 five non-NATO states as contributing participants.

·         South Korea has participated in the Locked Shields 2022, the largest and most complex annual international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world.

·         The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an inter governmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European states.

·         Headquarter: Brussels, Belgium.

 

2.       ROYAL GOLD MEDAL 2022 FOR ARCHITECTURE

·         The Indian Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi was bestowed with the prestigious Royal Gold Medal 2022, one of the world’s highest honours for architecture, by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, United Kingdom (UK).

·         He was given Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018 which is considered as Nobel Prize in Architecture and he will be the only Indian Architect to hold both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and Royal Gold Medal.

3.       MARCOS JR. WINS 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN PHILIPPINES

·         Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Junior, a son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos claims the victory in 2022 Presidential Election of Philippines with more than 30.8 million votes.

·         Philippine is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.Capital City: Manila

 

4.       NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY 2022 – MAY 11

·         National Technology Day is annually observed across India on 11th May to commemorate the achievements of scientists, researchers, engineers and others involved in the field of science and Technology and to celebrate the major technological advancements of India. 

·         National Technology Day commemorates the day on which India successfully conducted the Pokhran nuclear test (Pokhran II) code-named Operation Shakti on 11th May 1998. 

·         The theme of National Technology Day 2022 is ‘Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future’.