DAILY GK: 24, 25 JUNE
1. DELHI AIRPORT BECOMES INDIA’S 1ST TO RUN ENTIRELY ON HYDRO
AND SOLAR ENERGY
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Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport becomes the
1st airport in India that switched to hydro and solar power.
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This reduces energy emissions by 2 lakh tonnes of
carbon dioxide per year which would satisfy the airport’s goal to achieve the
‘Net Zero Carbon Emissions Airport’ target by 2030.
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In June 2022, 62 electric vehicles will be added to its fleet
of vehicles, thus phasing out all its diesel and petrol vehicles.
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In 2015, the Cochin International Airport in Kerala became
the 1st airport in the world to run using solar energy.
2. INDIA’S COMMUNICATION SATELLITE NSIL’ GSAT-24 SUCCESSFULLY
LAUNCHED
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The New Space India Limited’s (NSIL), GSAT (Geosynchronous
Satellite)-24 satellite was successfully launched through Ariane-5
Rocket/Ariane Flight VA257 by French company Arianespace from the Guiana Space
Centre, in Kourou, French Guiana in South America.
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GSAT24 is built by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
for NSIL.
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Along with GSAT-24, Ariane 5 launcher also carried the
MEASAT-3d satellite for Malaysia.
3. ASIAN TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (ATCC) 2022
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India hosted the Asian Track Cycling Championships (ATCC)
2022 – 41st Senior, 28th Junior Asian & 10th Para Track Cycling
Championships in New Delhi, Delhi.
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The event was organised by the Cycling Federation of India
(CFI) at the Indoor Cycling Velodrome of the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in
New Delhi, Delhi.
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Indian cycling team concluded its season in fifth place with a
total of 23 medals, including 2 Gold, 6 Silver, and 15 Bronze.
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Japan tops the medal tally with 18 gold, 7 silver, and 2 bronze
medals (senior, junior, and para combined).
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With 12 gold, 14 silver, and 3 bronze medals, South Korea
came in second.
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Participants from 15 countries competed at the 41st edition
of the continental championship.
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Ronaldo Singh became the first Indian cyclist to win silver
in a continental championship in the senior category.
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He fought hard against Kento Yamazaki, a skilled rider from
Japan.
4. 2022 IWF YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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16-year-old Gurunaidu Sanapathi, from Andhra
Pradesh(AP), has won the gold medal at the 55 Kg Men event at the 2022
IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) Youth World Championships,
held in León, Mexico.
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He became the first Indian weightlifter to win a Gold Medal
at the IWF Youth World Championships.
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India’ ranked 5th in the medal tally at the event with 4 medals
where the Indian athletes have secured 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1
bronze medal.
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Kazakhstan tops the medal tally with 4 golds, 1 silver and
2 bronze medals.
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India’s Sanapathi won the gold medal in the
55 Kg Men category.
5. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY 2022 – JUNE 23
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International Olympic Day is annually observed across the
world on 23rd June as a day to promote the Olympic Movement. The day also
celebrates the founding of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) at the
Sorbonne, Paris, on 23rd June 1894, where the Olympic games were revived by
Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
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The theme of 2022 International Olympic Day is “Together, For a
Peaceful World” and it is accompanied by #MoveForPeace and #OlympicDay.
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IOC President– Thomas Bach,Headquarters– Lausanne, Switzerland.
6. UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE DAY 2022 – JUNE 23
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United Nations(UN)’s United Nations Public Service Day is
annually observed across the globe on 23rd June to recognise the value and
virtue of the public service to the community.
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The day also highlights the contribution of public service
toward development processes.
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2022 theme of the UN high-level political forum (HLPF) “Building
back better from COVID-19 – Enhancing innovative partnerships to meet the
Sustainable Development Goal”.
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Odisha’s Mo Bus won the UNPS award 2022 .
7. GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX 2022
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According to the Economic Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global
Liveability Index 2022, which examined 173 cities worldwide, Vienna,
Austria’s capital, crowned the “most liveable city” in the world
once again.
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Vienna has recaptured the top spot from Auckland, New
Zealand, which fell to 34th place in 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic
restrictions.
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2ns city is Copenhagen Denmark,3rd Zurich Switzerland,4th
Calgary Canada,5th Vancouver Canada.
8. INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA T20I SERIES
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The Paytm sponsored 5 match Twenty20 International (T20I) was
hosted by India (IND) against South Africa (SA).
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First two matches were won by South African Cricket team led
by Temba Bavuma and 3rd and 4th match was won by Indian cricket team led by
Rishabh Pant and the decider (5th match) was called-off due to rain and the
trophy was shared between both the teams.
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Senior India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was
adjudged the player of the series for his prolific performance with the
ball by picking up a total of 6 wickets in 4 matches.
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Dinesh Karthik: Dinesh Karthik (37 years and
16 days) surpasses MS Dhoni (Former Indian Team Captain was 36 years and
229 days old) to become oldest Indian batsmen to score T20I half-century.
