DAILY DOSE 13TH JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Meta appoints Vikas Purohit as head of global business in India
- Meta announced the appointment of former Tata CLIQ CEO Vikas Purohit as the director of the global business group in India in January 2023.
- Purohit will lead Meta’s strategic relationship with various brands to boost the adoption of digital tools for revenue growth.
- He started his career at Aditya Birla Group.
- Arun Srinivas is the Director and Head of Ads Business for Meta in India.
2) Avani Chaturvedi becomes 1st IAF woman pilot to participate in wargame
- First female fighter pilot, squadron commander Avani Chaturvedi, will participate in the inaugural air exercise Veer Guardian 2023.
- The exercise aims to improve air defence cooperation between Japan and India.
- For the first time an Indian Air Force (IAF) female fighter pilot will participate in aerial war games.
- The exercise will be hosted by the Japan at the Hyakuri Air Base in Jan 2023.
3) Aparna Sen receives ‘Lifetime Award’ at Jaipur Film Festival
- Aparna Sen was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 15th Edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival on 11 January 2023.
- Aparna Sen debuted in Satyajit Ray’s Teen Kanya in 1961.
- She is a Director and actress who also works in Bengali cinema and has received nine National Film Awards.
- The Indian government had honored Aparna Sen with Padma Shri in 1986.
4) Airtel-backed OneWeb launches 40 satellites with SpaceX
- Airtel-backed OneWeb successfully launched 40 satellites onboard a SpaceX launcher on January 9.
- OneWeb initially sought to deploy a complete 648 satellites to allow its community of satellite-based web connectivity all over the world.
- OneWeb is a communications company that aims to build broadband satellite Internet services.
- OneWeb CEO: Neil Masterson
- OneWeb Founder: Greg Wyler
5) Thiru S. Nadesan awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023
- Thiru Kumar Nadesan has been awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award for his contribution towards community welfare in Jan 2023.
- He had initiated a fundraiser to assist stranded Indians in Sri Lanka during the Covid outbreak.
- He actively promotes business & cultural exchanges between India and Sri Lanka.
- He is the 2nd member of the Indian diaspora from Sri Lanka to receive the honor.
6)14th edition of the World Spice Congress (WSC) to be held in Mumbai
- The 14th edition of the World Spice Congress (WSC), is to be held in Mumbai from 16-18 February 2023.
- It aims to open up newer opportunities to promote international trade of Indian spices.
- Union Minister Piyush Goyal will also distribute the trophies and Awards for Excellence in Exports of Spices on 17th February 2023.
- The WSC is organized by the Spices Board of India.
7) Gabon names first female vice president and new Prime Minister
- Gabon’s President Ali Bongo on 9 Jan 2023 appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice-president.
- Former minister, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, will replace Ossouka Raponda and form a new government in the country.
- Ossouka Raponda was named budget minister – in 2012, becoming the first woman to hold that position since 1956.
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