ALL EXAM QUIZ 16.10.2024

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• Nima Rinzee Sherpa, an 18-year-old Nepali climber, created a new world record by becoming the youngest person to climb all 14 of the world's peaks higher than 8,000 metres.
• His historic feat was completed on October 9, when he successfully climbed the 8,027-metre Shisha Pangma in Tibet, culminating his two-year expedition to conquer one of the most difficult mountains on earth.
• Sherpa, who began climbing high mountains when he was 16, climbed all eight thousand mountains in 740 days.

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• Noel Tata has been unanimously appointed Chairperson of Tata Trust, the philanthropic arm of the Tata Group.
• This decision was made during a board meeting following the passing of Ratan Tata at the age of 86.
• Noel Tata, Ratan Tata’s half-brother, serves on the boards of several listed companies, including Tata Steel and Voltas.
• Tata Trusts have a 66% stake in Tata Sons, which controls Tata Trusts effectively and has a bigger role in the affairs of Tata Sons.
• Noel N. Tata has been associated with the Tata Group for 40 years and currently serves on the Board of various Tata Group Companies.
• Noel Tata is the chairman of Tata International, Tata Investment Corporation Ltd.

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• Indian Army rolls out its first overhauled T-90 Bhishma tank.
• The Indian Army has rolled out its first overhauled T-90 Bhishma tank.
• It is known for its firepower, speed, and protection.
• This overhauling process showcases the indigenous maintenance and technical skills developed in the country.
• The T-90 Bhishma is 9.6 meters long and 2.8 meters wide and is approximately 47 tonnes.
• The T-90 Bhishma is equipped with a 125 mm smoothbore gun, which is capable of firing various types of shells.

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• India has become third largest supplier of nutrition and health support to UNICEF.
• According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Indian suppliers rank third among the organization's global suppliers of health and nutrition support for children.
• Indian companies have given UNICEF over six billion dollars' worth of goods and services for its worldwide operations.
• In order to meet children's health and nutritional needs globally, this contribution comprises medications, vaccines, and nutrition supplies.
• Leila Pakkala, director of UNICEF's supply division, stated that Indian providers of children's life-saving products and services are essential to UNICEF's global mission for children.
• Leila Pakkala, the director of UNICEF's supplies division, was in India for the first time on her official visit.

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• Government issued a notification to revoke the President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Before the appointment of the Chief Minister, the government revoked the President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
• President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir was imposed by then President Ram Nath Kovind in 2018.
• After 1996, it was the first time when the president rule had been imposed in the militancy-hit state.
• The National Conference-Congress alliance won the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and is set to form the government.
• Omar Abdullah will be the next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He has been elected as the leader of the alliance.
• The Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 on August 5, 2019.
• Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded a special status to the erstwhile state, was also abrogated on that day.
• President's rule is imposed under Article 356 of the Constitution of India.

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• India got the hosting rights for the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025.
• India has received the hosting rights of the ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 by the International Shooting Federation.
• A squad of 23 Indian shooters will take part in this event.
• The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president, Kalikesh Singh Deo, said that India's stature is growing in shooting.
• It has been a result of a focused and collaborative effort by all stakeholders who are creating a strong ecosystem.
• Hosting events like the ISSF World Cup Final will show India's ability to elevate shooting sport globally.

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• Union Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution will be commemorated with a nationwide “Constitution Glorification Campaign".
• The 75th anniversary will be celebrated on November 26.
• Kiran Rijiju highlighted the government’s initiative to construct Constitution buildings in every district.
• Constitution Day is celebrated on November 26 every year to mark the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1949.
• The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, which came into effect on 26 January 1950.

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• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd became 14th Maharatna CPSE.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been upgraded to 14th Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprises.
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved the up gradation of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to Maharatna CPSE.
• Its upgrade has been recommended by the Inter-Ministerial Committee headed by the Finance Secretary and the Apex Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is a Department of Defense Production, CPSE.
• It has a turnover of 28 thousand 162 crore rupees and a net profit of over seven thousand five hundred crore rupees in 2023-24.

Explanation:

• The Swedish Academy has selected South Korean novelist Han Kang for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Han Kang is the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• She is the second South Korean to win the Nobel Prize after former President Kim Dae-Jung. President Kim Dae-Jung was conferred the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.
• Han Kang will receive her 11 million Kroner prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2024, Alfred Nobel's death anniversary.

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang

• The 2016 International Booker Prize-winning novelist Han Kang was selected by the Swedish Academy “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
• 53-year-old Han Kang, who writes in Korean, published her first poems in a magazine in 1993 and her first short story collection in 1995.
• Her novel ‘The Vegetarian' brought her international recognition and the 2016 International Booker Prize.
• Her important works include Your Cold Hands, Greek Lessons, Human Acts, The White Book, etc.

Explanation:

• Norwegian Nobel Committee Norway has chosen the anti-nuclear weapon Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
• The Norwegian Committee chose the Nihon Hidankyo organisation for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and demonstrate through victims of nuclear weapons testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
• Representatives of the Nihon Hidankyo organisation will receive their 11 million Kroner prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 2024. The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economics are awarded at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nobel Prize-winning Organisation Nihon Hidankyo

• During the Second World War, the United States Air Force dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. A Uranium-enriched atom bomb codenamed "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima on 8 August 1945, and the second plutonium-based bomb codenamed 'Fat Man' was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.
• More than 2 lakh people were killed in the attack, and the survivors suffered the effects of radiation.
• A powerful local grassroots anti-nuclear weapon movement emerged in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, popularly called Hibakusha (a combination of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
• In 1956, the local Hibakusha association, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, formed the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations.
• Nihon Hidankyo is the shortened Japanese name of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations. They are the largest and most influential Hibakusha organisation in Japan.
• Nihon is the Japanese name of Japan.