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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

20 Jan 2023

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Aruna Miller Maryland's First Indian American Lieutenant Governor

  • Aruna Miller made history by becoming the first Indian-American politician to be elected as Maryland's Lieutenant Governor.
  • A daughter of an IBM engineer who migrated to the United States in the 60s, Miller is also an engineer. She came to the US aged 7 in 1972 and made upstate New York her home.
  • Miller contested the elections on a Democratic ticket and won the election. Maryland also elected its first Black governor, Wes Moore. He's the third Black person to be elected governor in US history.
  • Maryland also elected a Black American as its attorney general for the first and a female as comptroller in a first.
  • Miller also served two terms in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2010 to 2018.
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ENVIRONMENT

Rare 'Orange Bat' Spotted in Bastar's Kanger Valley National Park in Chhattisgarh

  • A rare orange-coloured bat was spotted in the Banana plantation in Parali Bodal village of Kanger Valley National Park in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The orange-coloured bat is identified as a 'Painted Bat' and is characterised by bright orange and black wings.
  • The orange-coloured bat is generally found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • In India, the orange-coloured bat was spotted in the Western Ghats, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Odisha, and now in Chhattisgarh.
  • The orange-coloured bat, scientifically known as 'Kerivoula Picta', has black wings, orange wings, and fingers.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Ambani First among Indians, Second Globally on Brand Guardianship Index 2023

  • Billionaire Mukesh Ambani overtook the likes of Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Google's Sundar Pichai to be ranked No.1 among Indians and No. 2 globally on the Brand Guardianship Index 2023.
  • Brand Finance constructs its Brand Guardianship Index in a similar way to the Brand Strength Index that underpins its corporate brand valuations.
  • Brand Finance's Brand Guardianship Index (BGI) 2023 saw the rise of Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, and Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd to 1st and 2nd position respectively.

Jaguar Land Rover President and MD Rohit Suri to Hang Boots

  • Jaguar Land Rover said that Rohit Suri will retire as President and Managing Director of India business with effect from March 31, 2023. Suri is retiring after 14 years in the company.
  • He had joined Tata Motors as Head of Premier Car Division and led the launch of Jaguar and Land Rover in India in 2009.
  • As per Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Overseas Regional Director Martin Limpert, Suri led from the front and played a key role in establishing the marquee brand in India with strong focus on customer centricity and financial and brand strength.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA-JAXA's Geotail Mission for Studying Earth Ends after 30 Years

  • The NASA-JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Geotail spacecraft, which was involved in studying Earth's magnetosphere, the protective magnetic bubble of the planet finally came to an end after 30 long years in orbit.
  • The mission for this operation Geotail ended after the failure of the spacecraft's remaining data recorder. Although the spacecraft survived more than six times longer than it was planned.
  • The Geotail mission was launched on 24 July, 1992 from Cape Canaveral Fla./ Launch Complex 17 A. The spacecraft was launched in Delta 6925 (no. D212). In July 2012, Geotail marked 20 years of continuous operation.
  • The Geotail mission was a joint project of Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and later, from 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA.
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SPORTS

Rawat Clinches NSCI Snooker Open Crown

  • Laxman Rawat of PSPB emerged victorious in the 'Baulkline' NSCI All India Snooker Open, beating fellow PSPB challenger Aditya Mehta 9-6 in a best-of-17-frame final. This was a sweet victory for Rawat, who had finished as the runner-up in the previous edition of the tournament, losing to Sourav Kothari in the final. This win marked Rawat's first major title after 2-3 years.
  • The NSCI Snooker Open Crown is a snooker tournament organized by the National Sports Club of India (NSCI). The tournament is open to players from all over India and features a best-of-17-frame final. The tournament is considered as a major title in Indian snooker and the champion of the tournament is awarded the NSCI Snooker Open Crown.

Netherlands Records Biggest Win in Hockey World Cup History

  • The three-time champion Netherlands defeated Chile by a score of a record-breaking 14-0 to qualify as the first team to the quarter-finals of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup. The Netherlands finished at the top of Pool C with a maximum of nine points after racking up three victories in as many games.
  • This is the largest margin of victory in a World Cup game.
  • Australia previously held the record for the largest margin of victory in a Hockey World Cup match after thrashing South Africa 12-0 in New Delhi.

Punjab U-16 beat Madhya Pradesh by 10 wickets to win Vijay Merchant Trophy

  • Punjab U-16 dominated from start to finish and beat Madhya Pradesh U-16 by 10 wickets in the final of the Vijay Merchant Trophy.
  • Batting first, MP was bowled out for 162 in the first innings with Anmoljeet taking six for 64 in his 46 overs.
  • Punjab scored 238 in the first essay and MP then was bowled out for 172 in their second innings.
  • This time Anmol bowled 37.3 overs, and took five for 93.
  • Punjab chased down the 97-run target in 23.2 overs to win the championship.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

The First G20 Health Working Group Meeting Begins in Thiruvananthapuram

  • The three-day meeting of the first Health Working Group under India's G20 presidency began in Thiruvananthapuram. Union Minister of State for Health, Bharti Praveen Pawar and Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muralidharan addressed the meeting. Ms. Pawar making the inaugural address said that G-20 countries are committed to ensure Universal health care.
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DEFENCE

A First for Indian Army: 108 Women to Hold Command Posts

  • Women officers in the Indian Army are set to climb the career ladder with the force conducting a special selection board to promote 108 of them to the rank of select-grade colonel for the first time in a move aimed at bringing about gender parity, offering them command assignments in select branches, and giving them new hard-earned identities.
  • As many as 244 women officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel were considered by the board for the 108 vacancies.
  • The women officers assessed by the selection board were from the 1992 to 2006 batch and were commissioned in various arms and services including Engineers, Signals, Army Air Defence, Intelligence Corps, Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, and Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Jnanpith Awardee Nilmani Phookan Dies

  • Jnanpith awardee and eminent Assamese litterateur Nilmani Phookan died following prolonged old-age related problems. He was 90.
  • Phookan was among the foremost of the bright literary stars who have enriched Assamese literature.
  • Phookan received the Jnanpith award for the year 2021 for his overall contribution to the field of literature.
  • He is the third recipient of the Jnanpith award in Assam after Birendranath Bhattacharya and Mamoni (Indira) Raisom Goswami.
  • He received the Sahitya Akademi award in 1981 for his book of poems 'Kobita', the Padma Shri in 1990 and the Sahitya Akademi fellowship in 2002.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Wins Best Small Bank Award 2022

  • Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) bagged 'Best Small Bank Award' in the 'Best Banks Survey for the year 2022' done by Business Today-KPMG (BT-KPMG Best banks survey).
  • The bank won this award under the category of banks with the book size of less than Rs. 1 lakh crore. The BT-KPMG is conducting this survey and awarding the best banks for the past 27 years with 37 parameters for declaring a bank as an awardee. TMB, having registered its stellar performance in 2022, came up as topper in the respective category.
  • In a function held in Mumbai, TMB's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer S. Krishnan received the award from Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

Mamata Banerjee Launches 'Medhashree Scholarship' for Minority Students in West Bengal

  • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the BJP-led central government's move to discontinue scholarships for students of backward castes and minority communities.
  • She launched the 'Medhashree' scholarship, under which students belonging to the backward and minority communities will be entitled to an annual grant of Rs. 800, benefiting 2.63 lakh students every year.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Jharkhand Jain Religious Site Won't Be Converted To Tourism Hub

  • The centre and the Jharkhand government decided that the Jain site of Sammed Shikharji will remain a place of pilgrimage and not be converted into a tourism hub, Sammed Shikharji, located on the Parasnath Hill in Giridih district of Jharkhand, is the biggest pilgrimage centre of the Jain community.
  • Members of the community have been protesting against the central and state government's move to promote religious tourism at Parasnath Hill.
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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Uploading of Charge Sheets on Government Websites

  • The Supreme Court refused to direct the investigating agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate, apart from police, to upload the charge sheets on their websites, stating that the charge sheets were not public documents, unlike FIRs.
  • Dismissing the PIL filed by RTI activist and investigative journalist Saurav Das, the Bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice C.T. Ravikumar held that the directions passed in the Youth Bar Association case cannot be extended to charge sheets.
  • In the Youth Bar Association case, the Apex Court had directed the police to upload the FIRs in website within 24 hours, except in sensitive cases such as rape and sexual offences.
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