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Thursday, January 5, 2023

DAILY GK 25,26 DEC

 DAILY GK 25,26 DEC

1.     FORBES HIGHEST PAID FEMALE ATHLETE IN 2022

·       According to the Forbes’s World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2022, Indian Badminton player PV Sindhu is ranked 12th with a total earning of USD 7.1 million. 

·       She is the only Indian and the only badminton player among the top 25 of the list.

·       Naomi Osaka of Japan(Tennis) tops the list with USD 51.1 million(USD 1.1 million on-field and USD 50 million off-field.

·       Serena Williams of United States of America(USA) (Tennis) is ranked 2nd

 

2.     IMF PROJECTS 6.8 PERCENT GROWTH IN CURRENT FISCAL FOR INDIA

·       The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Article IV consultation report projected a growth rate of 6.8 percent for India in the current fiscal year (FY23)

·       IMP has projected 6.1 percent Growth rate in the next fiscal year (FY24).

 

3.     VINFUTURE SPECIAL PRIZE 2022https://affairscloud.com/assets/plugins/wccp-pro/images/transparent.gif

·       Professor Thalappil Pradeep, an Indian scientist from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was awarded the “VinFuture Special Prize 2022” in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

·       He received the “Special Prize for Innovators from Developing Countries” for developing a low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic and other heavy metals from groundwater.

·       He was previously awarded the ‘Padma Shri Award in Science and Engineering in 2020’

·       TheVinFuture Prize serves as the central core of the ‘VinFuture Foundation’, an independent, non-profit organisation.

 

4.     UIDAI GETS DSCI EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR ‘BEST SECURITY PRACTICES IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR’

·       Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been honoured with the Data Security Council of India (DSCIExcellence Award 2022 under ‘Best Security Practices in Government Sector’ category.

·       The award recognises UDAO’s contribution in securing national critical ‘Aadhaar’ infrastructure which provides digital identity based welfare services to residents.

·       DSCI is a not-for-profit industry body on data protection in India established by the National Association of Software and Service Companies(NASSCOM).

 

5.     RABINDRANATH TAGORE LITERARY PRIZE 2021-2022

·       The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22 has been jointly won by Sudeep Sen for his genre and form bender “Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation” and Shobhana Kumar for her haibun collection “A Sky Full of Bucket Lists” .

·       This award was initiated by Peter Bundalo of the United States (US)- based independent and non-profit publishing house Maitreya Publishing Foundation (MPF) to honour the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore.

 

6.     EKALABYA PURASKAR

·       International cyclist Swasti Singh hailing from Odisha has been honoured with the 30th EkalabyaPuraskar for the year 2022 

·       Swasti Singh has won 2 gold and several silver medals at the national level representing Odisha

·       EkalabyaPuraskar was instituted by IMPaCT(Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust) of IMFA, a leading Ferro Alloys producer, in the country, in 1993.

 

7.     PRIME MINISTER OF FIJI

·       SitiveniRabuka, a former military commander, has been chosen as Fiji’s 12th Prime Minister (PM), replacing Frank Bainimarama, who has been in office for 16 years.

·       Mr. Rabuka, who served as PM of Fiji from 1992 to 1999, is being elected to the post for the second term.

·       He is head of the People’s Alliance Party (PAP)

·       Fiji, a small Pacific island, has experienced four coups in the last 35 years.

·       FijiCapital – Suva

 

8.     NATIONAL CONSUMER DAY 2022 – DECEMBER 24

·       National Consumer Day or BhartiyaGrahakDiwas is annually observed across India on December 24 to create awareness about consumer rights and responsibilities.

·       National Consumer Day is also known as National Consumer Rights Day.

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