DAILY GK 14,15 MAY
1.
IDMC
REPORT: 71.1 MILLION INTERNALLY DISPLACED WORLDWIDE IN 2022
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According to the ‘Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023
(GRID 2023): Internal Displacement and Food Security’ released jointly by
the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
(IDMC), the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the globe
reached 71.1 million in 2022, an increase of 20% from 2021.
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The overall number of
people internally displaced by conflict and violence to more than 62.5 million,
a rise of 17% since 2021.
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8.7 million people were
internally displaced by the end of 2022 as a result of disasters including
floods and starvation, an increase of 45% from 2021.
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The Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Headquarters-
Geneva, Switzerland
2.
RBI:
BANKS TO COMMENCE ‘100 DAYS 100 PAYS’ CAMPAIGN FOR RETURN OF UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS
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Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) banks are set to commence a ‘100
Days 100 Pays’ campaign, where they will trace and settle the top 100
unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district within 100 days.
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The banks will commence
the campaign on June 01, 2023.
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As per the RBI data, at
the end of February 2023, the total amount of unclaimed deposits transferred to the RBI by Public Sector Banks in
respect of deposits that have not been operated for 10 years or more was Rs
35,012 crore.
3.
ASI
GOVIND SWARUP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2022
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Professor
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, an eminent
astrophysicist and past president of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
was awarded the first ASI GovindSwarup
Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his outstanding contributions to the
field of Astronomy and Astrophysics in India.
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Professor Jayant Vishnu
Narlikar is the founding director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and
Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune, Maharashtra.
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The ASI GovindSwarup
Lifetime Achievement Award for Astronomy and Astrophysics has been instituted
by ASI and is awarded to senior scientists of eminence once in two years.
4.
DYLAN
THOMAS PRIZE 2023
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Nigerian writer ArinzeIfeakandu,
28 years was announced as the winner of the 2023 Swansea University Dylan
Thomas Prize, for his debut book ‘God’s Children Are Little Broken Things’,
a stunning short fiction collection in English language.
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Dylan Thomas Prize is one
of the United Kingdom’s (UK) most prestigious literary prizes, one of the
world’s largest literary prizes for young writers, which is named after the
Swansea-born writer, Dylan Thomas, and celebrates his 39 years of creativity
and productivity.
5.
LINDA
YACCARINO IS NEW TWITTER CEO
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Elon Musk, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Tesla and SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies
Corporation), officially announced Linda
Yaccarino, as the new CEO of Twitter, and she would succeed Elon Musk as
the CEO of both Twitter and X Corp, a technology company.
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Yaccarino is the first
female Twitter CEO and also the first to
come from a non-tech background.
6.
WORLD
MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 2023 – MAY 13
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United Nations (UN)’s
(backed campaign) World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is annually observed across
the globe on 2 occasions (2 peak days each year), the 2nd Saturday in May and
in October, to raise awareness about the importance of migratory birds and
their conservation.
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World Migratory Bird Day
2023 was observed on 13th May & 14th October 2023.
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The Theme
of World Migratory Bird Day 2023 is “Water: Sustaining Bird Life”.
