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DAILY DOSE 2ND JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS

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DAILY DOSE 2ND JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Brazil’s legendary footballer Pele passes away at the age of 82

  • Brazilian football legend Pele, who won a record three World Cups passed away at the age of 82 on 28th December 2022.
  • Pelé was born in 1940 in Tres Carcass, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • He was the only player to win the World Cup three times.
  • He was named Fifa’s Player of the Century in 2000.
  • He is credited with scoring a world record of 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances.

 

2) Know About: Shriram Finance Ltd

  • Shriram Finance Limited is the largest retail NBFC in India.
  • In November 2022, Shriram Transport Finance Company Limited, Shriram City Union Finance Limited, and Shriram Capital Limited merged to form Shriram Finance Limited.
  • It offers credit solutions for commercial vehicles, two-wheeler loans,and small business loans.
  • Headquarters: Chennai
  • CEO: Umesh G. Revankar
  • Founded: 1979

 

3) PM Modi lags off West Bengal’s first Vande Bharata Express Train

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30th December 2022 virtually flagged off Vande Bharat Express from Howrah Railway Station connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri.
  • He also launched a stretch of Kolkata Metro Purple Line at the function.
  • This is the first Vande Bharata Express to operate in West Bengal.
  • Also, it is the seventh Vande Bharat train in the country operated by the Indian Railways.

 

4) ‘Scotland’ occupies one-third of the island of Great Britain

  • Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
  • Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions.
  • Scotland is the second-largest country in the United Kingdom and accounted for 8.3% of the population in 2012.
  • Capital: Edinburgh
  • Population: 54.5 lakhs (2019)
  • Currency: Pound sterling
  • National animal: Unicorn
  • Monarch: Charles III
  • First Minister: Nicola Sturgeon

 

5) UP govt. inaugurated ‘E-Sushrut’ HMIS in UP medical colleges

  • The Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak and Minister of State for Medical Education Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh inaugurated the ‘E-Sushrut’ Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) in 22 state medical colleges in December 2022.
  • It was launched by the state medical education department in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Adavanced Computing (CDAC).

 

6) Know About: India’s Solar Sector

  • Potential: Solar radiation for 300 days, amounting to about 5,000 trillion kWh.
  • India’s INDC’s commitment: 100 GW of solar power out of 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022
  • Installed solar capacity: 36 GW in 2020
  • Rooftop solar power: 2.1 GW
  • Schemes: National Solar Mission, Krishi Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme

 

7) World Rapid Chess Championships: Magnus Carlsen & Tan Zhongyi win gold

  • World Rapid Chess Championships ended in Almaty in December 2022.
  • Magnus Carlsen won his fourth rapid crown.
  • He had already triumphed in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
  • The second place in the World Rapid went to Vincent Keymer.
  • In the Women’s tournament, Tan Zhongyi of China won gold after defeating local player Dinara Saduakassova in the tiebreaker.

 

8) 2022 FIDE World Blitz Championship: Carlsen & Bibisara wins gold

  • Magnus Carlsen and Bibisara Assaubayeva won the World Blitz Championships in Almaty, in December 2022.
  • Carlsen thus grabbed the triple crown, as he is currently the classical, rapid and blitz world champion.
  • The 18-year-old Assaubayeva, on her part, defended the title she had won in 2021.
  • International Chess Federation (FIDE) Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • President: Arkady Dvorkovich

 

9) BSE appoints Sundararaman Ramamurthy as MD, CEO

  • Ramamurthy will join as the Managing Director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the exchange from January 4, 2023.
  • He has been appointed for a tenure of five years.
  • The position has been vacant since July 2022 when then MD and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan resigned.
  • Until recently he was the MD & Chief Operating Officer in Indian arm of Bank of America.

 

 

 

 

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