DAILY GK 26-27 APRIL 2025
1.
BWF PRESIDENT
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Khunying Patama Leeswad
trakul of Thailand was
elected as the new President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for
the 2025-2029 term at the 86th BWF Annual General
Meeting (AGM) held in Xiamen, China.
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With
this, Leeswad trakul becomes the second woman to
serve as president
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The 87th BWF AGM is
scheduled to be held in April or May 2026 in Horsens, Denmark.
·
Etienne Thobois of France,
was confirmed as the Deputy President-elect of BWF.
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The
2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, USA.
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BWF Headquarters: Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
2.
COUNTRY MD OF YOUTUBE INDIA
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YouTube, a
subsidiary of the USA based Alphabet Inc., appointed Gunjan Soni as
the Country Managing Director (MD) for YouTube India.
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She
succeeded Ishan Chatterjee
3.
PM OF TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO
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Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar leader of the United National Congress (UNC), was elected as
the 9th Prime Minister (PM)
of Trinidad and Tobago
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She
succeeded the incumbent PM, Stuart Richard Young of
the People’s National Movement (PNM)
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She served as the 6th PM of Trinidad and Tobago from May
26, 2010, to September 9, 2015, and remains the nation’s first and
only female PM.
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In 2012,
the Government of India (GoI) honoured her with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas
Indian Award), the highest Indian award for Overseas Indians, for her
contributions to public service.
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Capital – Port of Spain
4.
CANADA PRIME MINISTER
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The Liberal Party, led by Canada Prime Minister (PM),
Mark Carney won Canada’s federal election against Pierre
Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party.
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Mark
Carney, sworn in as the first unelected PM of Canada in
March 2025 after the resignation of former PM Justin Trudeau.
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He was
the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.
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He worked
as governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank
of England (2013-2020)
5.
INDIA’S 107th
NATIONAL PARK
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Similipal Tiger Reserve (TR) located in Mayurbhanj district in Orissa as a
National Park (NP) has become India’s 107th National
Park (NP)
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This
newly declared NP is now the largest NP in Odisha
6.
INDIA LAUNCHES FIRST
INDIGENOUS HPV TEST KITS FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
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Union
Minister of state Jitendra Singh Minister of State for
Science and Technologylaunched its first Made-in-India Human
Papilloma Virus (HPV) test kits for cervical
cancer screening.
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The two
kits are Truenat HPV-HR Plus by Goa-based
Molbio Diagnostics and Patho Detect by Punebased
Mylab Discovery Solutions.
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According to WHO, 1
out of every 5 women globally suffering from cervical cancer is
Indian, and 25% of global cervical cancer deaths occur
in India.
7.
1ST INDIAN COMPANY
TO CROSS RS.10 LAKH CRORE IN TOTAL EQUITY
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) reported
record annual consolidated revenues of Rs.1,071,174 crore (approximately
USD 125.3 billion) for the fiscal year 2024–25(FY25), marking a 7.1%
year-on-year(YoY) increase.
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With
this, RIL achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first
Indian company to surpass Rs.10 lakh crore in total equity .
8.
INTER MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
TO FRAME NMM
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The
Government of India(Go) has set up an inter-ministerial
committee to design the broad frame of the proposed National Manufacturing Mission (NMM)
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The
committee will be led by BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief
Executive Officer(CEO) of NITI (National Institution for Transforming India)
Aayog
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NMM initiative
was announced in the Union Budget of 2025-26, aims to
bolster the Make in India program and enhance India’s manufacturing sector.
9.
UNDP JOINED GLOBAL NETWORK
TO HELP COUNTRIES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
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New York
based United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joined
the Santiago Network, an international initiative
developed specifically to supporting vulnerable
countries and communities in tackling the irreversible impacts of loss and
damage caused by the climate change.
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The Santiago Network was established in 2019, which
aimed to bring together organizations, networks, and experts to provide the
implementation of solutions that avert, minimize and address loss & damage
due to climate change.
10.
GREEN AIRPORTS RECOGNITION
(GAR) 2025
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Hong Kong
based Airports Council International
Asia-Pacific &Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) announced the
winners of the ninth Green Airports Recognition (GAR) 2025 during
its Regional Assembly in New Delhi
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Three Indian airports Hubballi Airport (HBX) (Karnataka)
received the Platinum award in the category of airports handling less than 6 million passengers annually, Kempegowda International
Airport (Bengaluru), and Cochin International
Airport Limited (CIAL) (Kochi, Kerala), which were also awarded.
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In ACI Safety category Kempegowda International
Airport received Gold Award
