DAILY GK 22-23 OCT 2024
1. BRICS SUMMIT
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16th BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia under chairmanship of
Vladimir Putin
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Theme, “Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global
Development and Security,”
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BRICS is an international organization made up of five major
emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
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This organization was started in 2006
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BRICS began as BRIC, a term coined in a 2001 report by
economist Jim O’Neill, referring to Brazil, Russia, India, and China. First
summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009
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South Africa joined in 2010, leading to the name change to
BRICS.
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The 15th BRICS Summit, held in Johannesburg, marked a
significant milestone with the group’s expansion by inviting six new members:
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
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1st BRICS Summit – Yekaterinburg, Russia (2009)
2. EGYPT DECLARED MALARIA-FREE
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Egypt has been officially declared ‘malaria-free’ by the World
Health Organization (WHO)
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This achievement makes Egypt the second country in the world
to receive this certification in 2024, following Cabo Verde.
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Egypt is the third country in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean
Region to receive malaria-free certification, joining the United Arab Emirates
(2007) and Morocco (2010).
3. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) 69TH
MEMBER
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Israel has become the newest non-regional member of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB).
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Israel officially joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as
its 69th member and 20th non regional member
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The ADB, established in 1966, serves as a major financial
institution aimed at promoting social and economic development across Asia and
the Pacific.
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ADB headquarter The Manila, Philippines
4. ASIA CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT 2024
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The Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES), a cornerstone event of
the annual Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW), is held on the 11th
edition in Singapore.
5. MEMORIAL FOR UNSUNG HEROES OF
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ‘SATARK PARK’
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The Indian
Army (IA) inaugurated its first memorial, “Satark Park”
in Pune (Maharashtra), dedicated
to honouring Military Intelligence
(MI) personnel who lost their lives in service.
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The
memorial is inspired by MI’s motto
“Sada Satark” (always alert).
6. INDIAN NAVY & BAJAJ ALLIANZ
LIFE SIGNED MOU
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The Indian Navy (IN) has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pune(Maharashtra) based
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited (BALIC),
marking a significant initiative to enhance the welfare of its civilian personnel.
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This initiative aligns with the IN’s declaration of the 2024 as ‘Year
of Naval Civilians,’ aimed at enhancing the work environment and
welfare measures for civilian staff
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BALIC will offer a diverse range of life insurance products
under this partnership, including term insurance and other plans tailored to
meet the varied life goals of naval civilians.
7. INDIAN ARMY LAUNCHES DETONATION
DEVICE “AGNIASTRA”
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Indian Army (IA)’s
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General UpendraDwivedi launched the “Agniastra,” a
multi-target portable detonation device
(WEDC), during the Army Commanders
Conference (ACC) held in Gangtok, Sikkim.
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WEDC
was created to improve the safety and reliability of executing multiple-target
detonations, addressing shortcomings of older systems like the
Exploder Dynamo Capacitor.
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The
device significantly increases the operational range to 2.5
kilometers, compared to the limited 400-meter range of its
predecessor. This allows for greater tactical flexibility.
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WEDC
can operate in both wired and wireless modes.
8. INDIA AND OMAN CONDUCT JOINT NAVAL
DRILL
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The India-Oman bilateral naval exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr, held
from off the coast of Goa
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It is held in two phases Harbour Phase and Sea Phase
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Oman is the first Gulf country with which all three wings of
India’s defense forces—Army, Navy, and Air Force—hold joint exercises.
9. EXERCISE ‘SWAVLAMBAN SHAKTI’
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The Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps of the Southern Command is
currently conducting ‘Exercise SWAVLAMBAN SHAKTI’ at the Babina Field Firing
Ranges near Jhansi
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The XXI Corps or Sudarshan Chakra Corps, a strike corps of
the army, is headquartered in Bhopal.
10. SINGAPORE INDIA MARITIME BILATERAL
EXERCISE (SIMBEX)
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It is held in two phases
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Harbour phase held at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in
Visakhapatnam
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Sea Phase: Bay of Bengal
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SIMBEX, initially began as ‘Exercise Lion King’ in 1994
11. INDIA’S FOURTH NUCLEAR-POWERED
BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN)
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India’s fourth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
(SSBN), designated S4, was officially launched into the water at the Ship
Building Centre in Visakhapatnam
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INS Chakra was designated as S1, followed by INS Arihant as
S2, and INS Arighaat as S3.
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The INS Arihant (the first of its class) carries K-15 nuclear
missiles with a range of 750 km.
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INS Arighaat and S4* are upgrades and exclusively carry K-4
ballistic missiles.
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The formal name for S4* still pending.
12. 129MN
INDIANS LIVES IN EXTREME POVERTY IN 2024: WB REPORT
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The World Bank (WB)’s ‘Poverty,
Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024-Pathways Out of the Polycrisis‘ reveals
that India has 129 million citizens living in
extreme poverty as they are surviving on less than Rs 180 (USD 2.15) per day.
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This figure marks a significant decline from 431 million in 1990
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Individuals
are classified as extremely poor if they
earn less than Rs 180 (USD 2.15) daily.
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The
increased poverty threshold of USD 6.85 (around
Rs 576) for middle-income countries results in more individuals below this line
compared to 1990.
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Less than 1% of the population aged 15 and above has no formal education,
linking education levels directly to poverty rates.
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A
significant decrease of 38 million individuals in
poverty was noted in 2021 after a surge in previous years, attributed to Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth.
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By 2030, an estimated 622 million
people (7.3% of the
global population) are expected to live in extreme poverty, with only 69
million projected to escape this status
from 2024 to 2030.
13. IRENA’S REPORT ON SOLAR POWER GENERATION
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According to the report titled “Renewable
Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2024” released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in
collaboration with the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), 347 GigaWatts (GW)
of photovoltaic (PV) capacity were
added to power generation globally in 2023.
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This marks an increase of 74% compared to 2022.
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As
per the report, China alone constituted 63% (216.9
GW) of the new PV capacities added in year 2023.
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The
year 2023 witnessed the largest ever increase in jobs in renewable energy
sector i.e. from 13.7 million (in 2022) to 16.2 million (in 2023).
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Globally, 7.1
million jobs were created in solar PV in 2023(increased
significantly from 4.9 million in 2022), which accounted 44% of
the world’s total RE workforce.
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The
report has estimated that 1.02 million jobs were
created in RE in 2023.
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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)Headquarters- Abu Dhabi, (UAE)
14. INDIA RANKS AMONG TOP 6 IN
GLOBAL 6G PATENT FILINGS
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According to various studies, India ranks among
the top 6 countries globally in filing
patents related to 6G technology, indicating the potential
influence of India on the 6G standard-setting process.
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This progress made by India is in
alignment with the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s vision
to make India a front-line contributor in the design, development and
deployment of 6G technology by 2030.
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According
to the official data from MaxVal, a global
Intellectual Property (IP) management firm, India has
been ranked at 6th spot with 188 6G-related
patents, based on the Government of India (GoI)’s data.
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China emerged as the top player
in global patent filings with 6,0016G-related patents,
followed by the United States of America (USA) (3,909
patents); South Korea (1,417 patents); Japan (584
patents); and the European Union (EU) (214).
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Another
analysis was made by the UK-based U Switch, a price
comparison platform for broadband and mobile services, ranked India at 4th position with 265 6G
patents in April, 2023.
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China (4,604), the USA (2,229) and
South Korea (760) have emerged as the top 3 countries in terms of maximum
number of 6G-related patents.
15. ECONOMIC FREEDOM
OF THE WORLD: 2024 ANNUAL REPORT
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The 2024 Economic Freedom of the World Report measures how
much economic freedom people have in 165 countries.
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5 top ranked countries for economic freedom in 2022 were Hong
Kong, Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the United States.
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India Rank is India 84th
16. NASA’S
SPACECRAFT EUROPA CLIPPER TO JUPITER MOON
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National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) launched its Europa Clipper spacecraft
under the Europa mission to Jupiter
and its moon Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 known moons.
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This marks NASA’s 1st mission
dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth.
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NASAAdministrator– Bill Nelson
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Headquarters– Washington DC
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Established– 1958
17. ISSF WORLD CUP FINAL 2024
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India
finished 9th on the medal tally of the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final
Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun 2024 with 4 medals (2 Silver and 2 Bronze).
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China
topped the medal tally with 8 medals (5 Gold and 3 Bronze)
followed by Italy with 5 medals (1
Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze) and Germay
with 3 Medals (1 Gold and 2 Silver).
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ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun was held in Dr Karni Singh Range, New Delhi,
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India’s SonamMaskar secured
the silver medal in the women’s 10m air
rifle event
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VivaanKapoor
won the silver medal in Men’s Trap (Shortgun) event
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AkhilSheoran
won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Position Men
final
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Anantjeet
Singh Naruka won the bronze medal in the men’s
skeet event with a total of 43 points.
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ISSF is the world governing body of
shooting events at the Olympic Games.
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President – Luciano Rossi
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Headquarters– Munich, Germany
18. ICC WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP 2024
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New Zealand’s Women’s Cricket team won
their first–ever International
Cricket Council (ICC) 9TH Women’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup title, by
defeating South Africa’s Women’s
cricket team by 32 runs in the
finals of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium
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The New Zealand team (known as Kiwis)
was captained by Sophie Devine and South Africa Team
(known as Proteas) was captained by Laura
Wolvaardt.
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The
winning team (New Zealand) received a cash prize of USD 2.34
million (Rs 19.6 crore).
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Player of the tournament(POT): Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
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Player of the match(POM) (Finals): Amelia Kerr
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Amelia
Kerr became the 1st player in history to bag both the POT and POM in the
Women’s T20 World Cup.
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Suzie Bates became the most-capped player in
international matches (334 appearances), breaking Indian
legend MithaliRaj’s record (333 appearances).
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The
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, organised by ICC, is the biennial international
championship for women’s Twenty20 International cricket.
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The
first edition of the tournament was held in England in 2009.
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As
of 2024, Australia is the most successful team of
the event which has won the title six times (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020,
2023); while England (2009), West Indies (2016) and New Zealand (2024) have
once.
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The
10th edition of the tournament will be hosted by England in 2026.
19. SAKSHI MALIK MEMOIR TITLED
‘WITNESS’
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Sakshi Malik, former Indian freestyle wrestler, and Olympic bronze medalist, has
unveiled her memoir titled “Witness” co-authored by journalist Jonathan Selvaraj,
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Sakshi
Malik won the bronze medal in 58 kg category at the 2016 Rio Olympics (Brazil)
and became the 1st Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.
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Government
of India (GoI) honoured her with ArjunaAward(wrestling)
in 2016; Padma Shri(Sports) in 2017.
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She
has also won the Gold in 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham,
England and 2017 Commonwealth Championships held in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
20. TENNIS HALL OF FAME CLASS 2025
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Maria Sharapova Russian and twins Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) were named to the International Tennis Hall of
Fame’s Class of 2025.
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Bob and Mike Bryan are celebrated as the most successful
doubles team in tennis history.
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Their career boasts 16 Grand Slam titles, an Olympic gold
medal, and a record 438 weeks as the world No. 1 team.
