DAILY GK 24-25 NOV
1.
INDIA ELECTED TO UN PANEL OF EXTERNAL
AUDITORS
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Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller
and Auditor General (CAG) of India, was elected as the Vice-Chair of the United Nations (UN) Panel of External Auditors for
2024.
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The Panel has elected Pierre
Moscovici, First President of Cour des comptes, French Republic, as its Chair for 2024
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The announcements were made during the 63rd session of the Panel held at the UN Headquarters in New York
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The Panel of External Auditors comprising of
Heads of 12 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) globally, oversees the external audit of the
UN Secretariat, Funds and Programmes, and Specialized Agencies.
2.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS ATP TITLE
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Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Jannik
Sinner (Italy)
to win the men’s singles title in Nitto
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) finals 2023, held in Turin,
Italy.
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This marks Novak Djokovic’s 7th
ATP finals title, which includes 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, and
2023.
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With this, Djokovic broke Roger Federer’s record of six ATP Finals titles.
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Rajeev Ram(United States of America-USA) and
Joe Salisbury(United
Kingdom-UK) won the ATP Finals men’s
doubles 2023 title by defeating Marcel Granollers(Spain) and Horacio
Zeballos (Argentina) in the finals.
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Iga Swiatek(Poland) defeated Jessica Pegula(U.S.A) to win the women’s singles title at the 2023 GNP
Seguros Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals.
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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP):Headquarters – London
3.
UN WORLD TOILET DAY 2023- NOVEMBER 19
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The global campaign theme of
World Toilet Day 2023 is, “Accelerating
Change”.
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The hummingbird is the symbol of World Toilet
Day 2023, because
a toilet is small but mighty, just like a hummingbird.
