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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

13 May 2022

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

25-member Bangladesh Mukti Jodhas Visits Eastern Air Command Headquarters

  • As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations, a delegation of 25 Bangladesh Mukti Jodhas (Freedom Fighters) involved in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation visited Headquarters of Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force in Shillong.
  • Air Marshal A. P. Singh, Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) interacted with the brave Mukti Jodhas and praised their role and efforts towards the liberation of Bangladesh during the 1971 Bangladesh war. They were accompanied by F. R. Kharkongor, Commissioner and Secretary of Arts and Culture Department, Government of Meghalaya.
  • This visit is being undertaken as part of the Golden Jubilee of the Liberation War of 1971 and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations and provides an opportunity for members of the delegation to relive the moments of the Liberation War.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

ICICI Bank Ties up with Santander for India-UK Business Ease

  • One of India's leading private sector banks, ICICI Bank, tied up with Santander bank in Britain in a pact aimed at facilitating the banking requirements of corporates operating across both countries. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between ICICI and Santander UK Plc, signed in Mumbai, is designed to establish a framework of partnership between the banks to meet the financial service requirements of corporate customers operating within the India-UK corridor.
  • ICICI Bank will provide banking solutions across trade, cross-border payments, supply chain, treasury solutions and retail banking to the UK corporates operating in India and Santander UK will support Indian corporates and new age businesses for their banking requirements in the UK.

Morgan Stanley Slashes India's Growth Forecasts

  • American brokerage Morgan Stanley cut its India growth estimate by 30 basis points for 2022-23 and 2023-24 on global headwinds, and warned that macro stability indicators like inflation are set to "worsen" going ahead.
  • It expects India to clock a real GDP growth of 7.6% in the current fiscal, as against its earlier estimate of 7.9% and 6.7% in FY24 against 7% forecast earlier. Many analysts have been worried about the impact on the GDP growth as a result of the ongoing geopolitical events. Global slowdown, surging crude oil prices, and weak domestic demand would take a toll on Asia's third-largest economy, said Morgan Stanley.

Biggest White Diamond Ever Auctioned 'The Rock' Sold for $18.8 Million

  • The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million Swiss francs ($18.8 million), far short of the record for such a jewel.
  • The 228.31-carat stone, larger than a golf ball, was sold by Christie's auction house in Geneva. The world record for a white diamond still stands at $33.7 million, fetched in the Swiss city in 2017 for a 163.41-carat gem.
  • The Rock, a perfectly symmetrical pear-shaped diamond, was in the hands of an unnamed owner from North America. It was bought by a telephone bidder following the action at the Hotel des Bergues.
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SPORTS

Sherpa Woman Climbs Everest for 10th Time, Breaks Own Record

  • Lakpa Sherpa and several other climbers took advantage of favorable weather to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit. He said she was in good health and was safely descending from the peak. Sherpa, 48, never got a chance to get a formal education because she had to start earning a living by carrying climbing gear and supplies for trekkers. A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak for 10th time.
  • A native of Nepal, Sherpa lives in the U.S. with her three children in West Hartford, Connecticut. Another Nepalese Sherpa guide, Kami Rita, reached the summit for the 26th time, breaking his own record for the most climbs of Everest.

Jyothi Yarraji Breaks 100m Hurdles National Record at Cyprus International Meet

  • A month after her national record effort was not counted due to wind assistance beyond legal limit, 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji smashed the NR while winning an event in Cyprus with a timing of 13.23 seconds. The 22-year-old Andhra athlete won the gold in Cyprus International Meet at Limassol under a head wind speed of 0.1m/s. The old national record of 13.38 seconds was in the name of Anuradha Biswal since 2002.
  • In 2020 also, Jyothi had run below Biswal's national record time as she clocked 13.03 seconds at the All India Inter-University Athletics Championships in Moodbidri, Karnataka. But it was also not counted as NR as National Anti-Doping Agency did not test her at the meet and there was no technical delegate from the Athletics Federation of India.

Brendon McCullum Appointed as England Test Coach

  • Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, was confirmed by the ECB as England Men's new Test head coach, on a four-year deal. McCullum, who will step down from his role as Kolkata Knight Riders' head coach at the end of the ongoing IPL, played 101 Tests for New Zealand between 2004 and 2016, scoring 6453 runs at 38.64 with a highest score of 302 against India in 2014, which remains the only triple-century made by a New Zealander.
  • Although he has never before taken charge of a red-ball team in his coaching career, McCullum was New Zealand captain for 31 Tests from 2013 until his retirement, earning plaudits for a positive approach which was also instrumental in the white-ball team's run to the World Cup final in 2015. In 2020, he also coached Trinbago Knight Riders to the Caribbean Premier League title.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Rajiv Kumar is New Chief Election Commissioner

  • The government appointed senior-most Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as Chief Election Commissioner. He succeeded Sushil Chandra. Rajiv Kumar took charge as the Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 1, 2020. Prior to assuming charge in the Election Commission, Kumar had been the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board. He joined as the PESB chairman in April 2020.
  • Kumar, an officer of the 1984 batch of the Indian Administrative Service of the Bihar/Jharkhand cadre, superannuated from the IAS in February 2020.
  • He has been credited for being instrumental in conceiving and implementing mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector. Streamlining of the National Pension System (NPS) was also effected under him benefitting approximately 18 lakh central government employees.

LS Speaker Om Birla Launches Kalam Website to Encourage Vernacular Literature

  • Lok Sabha (LS) Speaker, Om Birla launched the one-of-its-kind literary initiative Kalam website of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) to support and encourage vernacular literature. The aim of Kalam is to popularize Hindi literature and provide a platform for veteran and young authors and poets to talk about their writings and love for vernacular literature.
  • Prabha Khaitan Foundation is the custodian of the jewels of literary creations in the Hindi language and Kalam scripts successful sessions enriching the literary heritage of the nation. The hallmarks of Kalam, one of the prized literary verticals of Prabha Khaitan Foundation have a nationwide reach, global identity, and a niche audience. It is a non-profit trust founded by the Late Dr. Prabha Khaitan in the early 1980s. Based in Kolkata, West Bengal, it is dedicated to promoting performing arts, culture, education, literature, gender equality and women's empowerment.
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DEFENCE

IAF Test-fires Extended-range BrahMos from Sukhoi Fighter

  • Six years after India was inducted into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully fired the maiden "extended range" version of the BrahMos air-launched missile from Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The missile achieved a direct hit on the designated target in the Bay of Bengal region.
  • The "extended range' version means the missile can travel a distance farther than 300 km. Before India joined the MTCR, the Russian technology of the BrahMos was restricted as the MTCR limits the export of missile technology which can travel beyond 300 kilometres.
  • Sukhoi jets fitted with existing version of Brahmos (300-km range) are based at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu and are mandated for a maritime role guarding the sea lane of communication.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

World Oldest Chess Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh Dies

  • Yuri Averbakh, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for a decade, trained world champions and was the last surviving participant in one of the greatest competitions in history, died in Moscow. He was 100 — the first grandmaster to reach that age. Yuri Lvovich Averbakh was born on Feb. 8, 1922, in Kaluga, a small town about 100 miles southwest of Moscow. His father worked for the forestry service, and his mother was a teacher. When Averbakh was 3, the family moved to Moscow, where they shared an apartment with two other families.
  • He learned to play chess at the age of 7 but was not particularly interested in the game at first; growing to 6 feet, 2 inches tall, he preferred volleyball, hockey, skiing and boxing. Everything changed one day when he was 13: He heard a lecture on chess by Nikolay Grigoriev, a master who won the Moscow Championship four times in the 1920s. The lecture, in which Grigoriev showed some chess problems he had composed, had a huge effect on Averbakh's thinking about the game.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Subsidised Meals Scheme for Attendants of Patients in Government Hospitals in Telangana

  • The Telangana government launched the subsidised meal programme of 'Rs. 5 per meal' to attendants of patients at state-run hospitals. After launching the scheme at Osmania General Hospital, state Health Minister T. Harish Rao and Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali served the attendants. As part of the programme, three meals a day would be provided to attendants of patients in 18 major government hospitals at Rs. 5 per meal.
  • The Telangana State Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMSIDC) will act as the nodal department in implementing the scheme and will arrange for provision of three meals a day to attendants through the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation.
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Releases Book 'Modi@20'

  • Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu released the book "Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery". Comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu said that as the latter took the freedom struggle out of the hands of the elite to turn it into a mass movement, the former converted developmental initiatives into a mass movement.
  • He said that Modi put to effective use his valuable learnings to write a development script for his state of Gujarat as its chief minister and scaled up the same at national level as the Prime Minister. He said Modi's vision, his dreams and 'Mission India' have been shaped by his extensive travels and insightful, experiential journey.
  • Lauding the efforts of the Prime Minister, Shah said PM Modi presented an excellent example of how schemes can be made for the last person of society in a sensitive manner, and how they can be made available to the people.
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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Supreme Court Puts Sedition Law on Hold

  • In a historic order, the Supreme Court asked the Centre and states not to register any cases of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code pending an exercise to review the colonial law. It said courts will provide relief to such accused taking into account its order as also the stand taken by the Centre to reconsider the law due to its glaring abuse.
  • During the hearing, the Centre had opposed the suggestion to stay the operation of the sedition law under Section 124A IPC. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta instead proposed that future FIRs under Section 124A IPC will be filed only after scrutiny by Superintendent of Police in pending cases courts can be directed to expeditiously consider bail.
  • But the Bench -- which had asked the Centre to clarify if all sedition cases filed across India could be kept in abeyance till the review of Section 124A of the IPC was completed -- didn't agree with Mehta's submission.
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