DAILY GK 11 AUG

 DAILY GK 11 AUG

1.         MANISHA KALYAN & SUNIL CHHETRI NAMED 2021-22 AIFF FOOTBALLERS OF THE YEAR

·           Indian Men’s Football Team (The Blue Tigers) captain Sunil Chhetri was named the 2021-2022 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Men’s Footballer of the Year for the seventh time.

·           In the Women’s Category,  Manisha Kalyan bagged her maiden award for the 2021-22 season.

·           Martina Thokchom was named the 2021-22 Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year

·           Vikram Partap Singh was named 2021-22 Men’s Emerging Footballer of the Year.

·           Sunil Chhetri has scored 84 goals for India in 129 appearances and became the third highest goal scorer among active international football players only behind Portugal’s Christiano Ronaldo (117) and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (86).

2.         WORLD WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ AWARD 2022 BY JCIHK

·           Kerala’s based entrepreneur Sangeetha Abhayan, has won the World Women Entrepreneurs’ Award 2022 instituted by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong (JCIHK)

·           She was awarded for her handloom and handicrafts startup’s performance in tune with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

·           Sangeetha’s online platform named ‘eWe’ (Empowering Women Entrepreneurs), topped among the competitors for its adherence to UN’s sustainable development goals that aim at curbing climate changes as well.

 

3.         AARYA WALVEKAR CROWNED MISS INDIA USA 2022

·           Indian American Aarya Walvekar from Virginia, The United States of America (USA) has been crowned Miss India USA 2022 at the annual beauty pageant held in New Jersey, USA. 

·           Akshi Jain from Washington was crowned Mrs India USA 2022 and Tanvi Grover from New York was crowned Miss Teen India USA 2022. 

 

4.         XXII COMMONWEALTH GAMES HIGHLIGHTS

·           The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games (CWG) or Birmingham 2022 was held at Birmingham, England (United Kingdom) from July 28 to August 8, 2022.

·           In CWG 2022, India stood at 4th position with a total medal tally of 61, consisting of 22 Gold, 16 Silver, and 23 Bronze medals.

·           It was India’s 18th appearance at the event.

·           The Indian contingent was led by PV Sindhu and men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh in the opening ceremony of CWG 2022. 

·           India Completed 200 CWG Gold Medals; 4th Nation to Achieve This Milestone

·           Australia topped the Gold Medal count in CWG history with 1003 gold medals, followed by England with 773 Gold Medals in second place and Canada in third with 510 Gold Medals. 

 

5.         SERENA WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM TENNIS

·           Tennis legend Serena Williams announced her retirement after the U.S. Open, which will be conducted in late August 2022  into early September 2022.

·           Serena Williams is an American tennis player. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

 

6.         ICC AWARDS MEMBERSHIP STATUS TO CAMBODIA, UZBEKISTAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

·           The International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded membership status to three countries –Cambodia and Uzbekistan from Asia, and Cote D’Ivoire from Africa during ICC Annual Conference in Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK).

·           The three countries were all awarded Associate membership status, taking ICC’s total members to 108 countries, including 96 Associates.

·           ICC Headquarters-Dubai,Chairman- Greg Barclay

 

7.         WORLD LION DAY 2022 – AUGUST 10

·           World Lion Day is annually observed on 10th August across the globe to spread awareness about the lions and efforts for their conservation and protection.

·           The Lions (Panthera Leo) supposedly wandered amiably in the jungles of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East some three million years ago.