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| 2451. |
Name the NRI scientist who has been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award. |
| Answer» Swiss-based NRI scientist Dr Rajendra Joshi has been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. The Indian Ambassador to Switzerland Sibi George handed over the award citation signed by the President to Dr Joshi at his residence in Switzerland. | |
| 2452. |
Who has been appointed as the new BCCI's ad-hoc Ethics Officer? |
| Answer» Justice (Retd.) DK Jain, who is the newly appointed ombudsman for the BCCI, will also be its ad-hoc Ethics Officer. The mandate of the Ethics Officer is to look into matters of conflict of interest involving players, coaches and officials. Justice Jain is already looking into Hardik Pandya-KL Rahul chat show controversy due to which the duo served provisional suspension. The Rule 39(1) of the new BCCI Constitution states: "The BCCI shall appoint an Ethics Officer at the Annual General Meeting for the purpose of guidance and resolution in instances of conflict of interest. The Ethics Officer shall be a retired Judge of a High Court so appointed by the BCCI after obtaining his/her consent and on terms as determined by the BCCI in keeping with the dignity and stature of the office. The term of an Ethics Officer shall be one year, subject to a maximum of 3 terms in office. | |
| 2453. |
Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize. He is a __________. |
| Answer» Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize, worth $1.4 million, for his work blending science and spirituality. Gleiser, 60, is the first Latin American to win the award. Previous winners of the award, started in 1972 by late global investor Sir John Templeton, include the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa. | |
| 2454. |
Name the Indian-origin politician who created history in the House of Commons of Canada as the first non-white leader of a major opposition party in the country. |
| Answer» Indian-origin Jagmeet Singh made history in the House of Commons, a component of Canada's Parliament, as the first non-white leader of a major opposition party in the country. Singh, 40, the leader of the New Democratic Party, was elected in federal by-elections held on February 25. Singh's first words as an elected lawmaker were about last week's terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand. | |
| 2455. |
Name of the Indian shuttler who placed in top 10 in the latest World Badminton Rankings? |
| Answer» Kidambi Srikanth remains the best placed Indian in the men's rankings at seventh. He is followed by Sameer Verma (14th), H S Prannoy (24th), Subhankar Dey (43rd), Parupalli Kashyap (48th), Ajay Jayram (52nd) and Sourav Verma (53rd). | |
| 2456. |
Who get Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for Men's Player of the Year, recently? |
| Answer» Kiwi captain Kane Williamson got Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for Men's Player of the Year on 21 March 2019. Williamson also got the Test Player of the Year award and the Redpath Cup for First Class batting. | |
| 2457. |
Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of PhonePe? |
| Answer» India's fastest growing payments platform PhonePe appointed Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan as its brand Ambassador. PhonePe is the official co-presenting sponsor for VIVO IPL 2019. It is planning to launch a series of new advertisements with a mass appeal by its ambassador on the benefits of digital payments. It will help PhonePe to create awareness about the benefits of digital payments across India. It will simplify digital payments for millions of Indians with innovation and trust in a very short span of time. | |
| 2458. |
Name the English actor who has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of MG Motors for India. |
| Answer» Actor Benedict Cumberbatch was appointed as the brand ambassador of Morris Garages (MG Motors) for its India operation. MG Motor will launch its first car named 'Hector' which is a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in India by the end of 2019. The vehicle will be manufactured at the Halol Plant in Gujarat, which was previously owned by General Motors. | |
| 2459. |
Name the former India hockey captain, who was appointed in Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Standing Committee recently. |
| Answer» Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh along with 13 Indian Olympic Association (IOA) members, have been named in various Standing Committees of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its 38th General Assembly which held in Bangkok.Sardar Singh has been appointed in the athletes standing committee, Rajeev Mehta who is IOA's secretary general appointed in the culture standing committee, Hockey India secretary general Mohd Mustaque Ahmad is in the media standing committee, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwala and Lalit Bhanot have been appointed in the sports for environment and sports standing committees respectively for four-year term (2019 to 202C). | |
| 2460. |
Who will lead the Indian athletics team in Asian Championships? |
| Answer» Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was named to lead a 39-member Indian athletics team for next month's Asian Championships in Doha, with sprint sensation Hima Das also making the cut in 400m despite her recent below-par show. National record holders, Mohd Anas (400m), Jinson Johnson (800m and 1500m), Dharun Ayyasamy (400m hurdles), Avinash Sable (3000m steeplechase), Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (shot put) and Annu Rani (javelin throw) as well as Dutte Chand (200m) were also among those named in the team. | |
| 2461. |
Name the Indian American who sworn in as judge of District of Columbia Court? |
| Answer» Neomi Jehangir Rao, a prominent Indian-American lawyer, has been sworn in as U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. She has become the second from the community to be a part of the powerful court considered next only to the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
| 2462. |
Who is the author of the book "The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi Squandered A Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy"? |
| Answer» 'The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi Squandered A Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy' book released by economic commentator and Congress member Salman Anees Soz. This book is the evaluation of P.M Modi's impact on Indian economy in 5 years. The book has been published by Penguin Random House India. | |
| 2463. |
Who launched the book titled 'Every Vote Counts-The Story of India's Elections'? |
| Answer» Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari launched the book titled 'Every Vote Counts-The Story of India's Elections'. The author of this book is former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. | |
| 2464. |
Name the 1st cricketer who reach 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League. |
| Answer» Chennai Super Kings Suresh Raina has become the first ever cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League. The 32-year-old left-handed batsman achieved the feat after scoring 15 runs in the IPL 2019 opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore. | |
| 2465. |
Who has been conferred with the prestigious Global Teacher Prize for 2019? |
| Answer» Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order has been conferred with the prestigious Global Teacher Prize for 2019 at a ceremony in Dubai hosted by Hollywood actor, Hugh Jackman. Peter Tabichi gives away 80% of his monthly income to the poor. The award recognises 'exceptional' teacher's commitment to pupils in a remote part of Kenya's Rift Valley. | |
| 2466. |
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee to Deepen Digital Payments. The head of the committee is; |
| Answer» Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through Financial Technology. The committee would submit its recommendations within 3 months. This announcement was made by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das at the first event of Financial Technology (Fintech) Conclave, which was organized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. | |
| 2467. |
Who was named as the Ambassador of Karnataka LS Elections? |
| Answer» Silver Medalist in Paralympic high jump, Girish Gowda has been appointed as the ambassador of Karnataka Lok Sabha Elections 2019. He represented India in men's high jump F-42 category during 2012 Summer Paralympics games held in London, where he clinched the silver medal. With this, he became the first Indian to win medal in this category. | |
| 2468. |
Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Morocco? |
| Answer» Shambhu S Kumaran a 1995 batch of Indian Foreign Service officer appointed as next India's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. Shambhu S Kumaran a 1995 batch of Indian Foreign Service officer appointed as next India's Ambassador to Kingdom of Morocco. He will succeed Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya. | |
| 2469. |
Naresh Goyal,who recently resigned from the board was founder of which airlines? |
| Answer» Naresh Goyal, the founder of Jet Airways (India) Ltd, has resigned from the board of the troubled airline after a meeting with the airlines board of directors. The lenders will immediately pump in about Rs.1,500 crore into Jet Airways by way of issue of appropriate debt instruments against security of assets. A bidding process will be initiated by lenders for issuing shares to a new investor in Jet Airways in June. | |
| 2470. |
Who has been appointed as the coach of the Indian men's basketball team? |
| Answer» Veselin Matic, who took Iran to an Asian Games bronze medal in 2010, is set to be appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men's basketball team. The Serbian's name had been cleared by the sports ministry. A veteran international coach, Matic helped Iran qualify for its first ever World Championship (2010) with victory in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. | |
| 2471. |
Who has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area? |
| Answer» Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area.He will succeed Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Jan 1987 and he is an Anti-Submarine Warfare specialist. He has experience as Executive Officer of missile corvette INS Kirpan, and missile destroyer INS Mysore. He also holds his experience as command of missile corvette INS Kora, missile frigate INS Shivalik and the aircraft carrier INS Viraat. Also, he is a recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service. | |
| 2472. |
Who was re-elected as the President of Comoros? |
| Answer» Azali Assoumani was re-elected as the President of Comoros after defeating his closest rival, Mahamadou Ahamada in the election held by the electoral commission of the Indian Ocean Archipelago. 66 years old, Azali Assoumani who first took office in 2016, was credited with 60.77 percent votes whereas Mahamadou Ahamada got only 14.62 percent votes. The Comoros is a volcanic archipelago off Africa's east coast, in the warm Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique Channel. | |
| 2473. |
Who has been appointed as Special Central Police Observer for the States of West Bengal and Jharkhand by the Election Commission of India? |
| Answer» Election Commission of India has appointed Sh K K Sharma as Special Central Police Observer for the States of West Bengal and Jharkhand and Sh Mrinal Kanti Das as Special Central Police Observer for States of Tripura and Mizoram. Sh K K Sharma, an Indian Police Service officer of 1982 batch and is a Retd DG Border Security Force. Sh Mrinal Kanti Das, an Indian Police Service officer of 1977 batch and is a Retd DGP Manipur. Both these officers were allocated to supervise the deployment and other security issues in their respective states. | |
| 2474. |
Who won 2018 Turing Award, the Nobel Prize of computing along with Yoshua Bengio, and Yann LeCun? |
| Answer» The 2018 Turing Award, known as the "Nobel Prize of computing" has been given to Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun - sometimes called the 'godfathers of AI', for their work developing the AI subfield of deep learning. The trio believed in the potential of AI and brought to the world the innovations such as neural networks, self-driving cars, facial recognition, CNN and much more. About Turing Award: Initiated in 1966, this annual award is named after British mathematician Alan M. Turing, whose work laid the foundation for computer science and artificial intelligence. It honors the individual for contributing major technical importance in the computer field. | |
| 2475. |
Recently, N.K. Singh launched the book "Indian Fiscal Federalism". Who is the author of the book? |
| Answer» The Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India, N.K. Singh launched the book "Indian Fiscal Federalism". The book has been written by Dr. Y. V. Reddy, former Governor of RBI and Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India along with Dr. G. R. Reddy, Advisor (Finance) to the Government of Telangana. | |
| 2476. |
Who has been conferred with the prestigious Bodley Medal by the University of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries? |
| Answer» Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen was awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries. The medal is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the fields in which the Bodleian is awarded are, including literature, culture, science, and communication. | |
| 2477. |
Rajesh Pendharkar has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding of which Naval Area? |
| Answer» Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area.He will succeed Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM.He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Jan 1987 and he is an Anti-Submarine Warfare specialist.He has experience as Executive Officer of missile corvette INS Kirpan, and missile destroyer INS Mysore. He also holds his experience as command of missile corvette INS Kora, missile frigate INS Shivalik and the aircraft carrier INS Viraat. Also, he is a recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service. | |
| 2478. |
Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Benin? |
| Answer» Shri Abhay Thakur, a 1992 batch of Indian Foreign Service officer has been designated as the Ambassador of Benin. Earlier, High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Ashok R. Mirchandani, concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Benin as India does not have a Resident Diplomatic Mission in Benin. | |
| 2479. |
Name the Actress who will be honoured with Career Achievement Award at the 2019 Peabody Awards. |
| Answer» Rita Moreno will be honoured with the Career Achievement Award at the 2019 Peabody Awards, which will be bestowed on 18th May at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The award is presented by Mercedes Benz in the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony, co sponsored by Coca-Cola Co.She will be the second recipient of the award followed by Carol Burnett.With this achievement, she will have the "PEGOT" status by winning a Peabody, two Emmys, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. She also honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. | |
| 2480. |
Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Hitachi Payment Services? |
| Answer» Rustom Irani, the CEO of Cash Business of Hitachi Payment has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. (Hitachi Payments). He will succeed Loney Antony. Rustom served as the Chief Operations Officer of Hitachi Payment Services, before assuming the role of the CEO of the company's Cash Business in April 2018. He worked with MindTree as the Senior Vice President in the IMTS business, also worked with Sify, Yahoo India, and Citibank India's Technology Division. | |
| 2481. |
Vijay Chandok has been appointed as MD and CEO of __________. |
| Answer» Executive Director of ICICI Bank, Vijay Chandok has been appointed as MD and CEO of ICICI Securities, a subsidiary of ICICI bank. He will succeed Shilpa Naval Kumar. At present, he is on the boards of ICICI Bank UK PLC and ICICI Bank Canada and is the Chairman of ICICI Investment Management Company. Under his leadership, ICICI Bank has won several awards including 'India's Best Bank in SME Financing' (private sector) in 2008 by Dun & Bradstreet and 'Excellence in SME Banking in Asia Pacific, Central Asia and Gulf Region' in 2009 by the Asian Banker Award. | |
| 2482. |
Mahesh Singh is appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding of ___________. |
| Answer» An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Rear Admiral Mahesh Singh takes charge as the Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area. Mahesh Singh is a post graduate from Defence Services Staff College and he had headed Navigation and Direction School at Kochi and the Maritime Warfare Centre at Vishakhapatnam. He was a commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 1987 and he is a recipient of the Nao Sena Medal. | |
| 2483. |
Filmmaker Rima Das appointed as the ambassador of TIFF's 'Share Her Journey'. She belongs to the state of; |
| Answer» Assam filmmaker Rima Das has been appointed as the official ambassador of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)'s 'Share Her Journey' campaign. TIFF launched the five years 'Share Her Journey' campaign in 2017 with an aim to increase participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera. She has won several national and international awards for her film 'Village Rockstars', which is India's official entry to Oscars 2019 and Dublin Film Critics Circle Jury Award for Best Director of her film 'Bulbul Can Sing'.Recently Rima Das was honoured with ICC NE Excellence Award by Indian Chamber of Commerce at North East Business Summit at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi. | |
| 2484. |
Who has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet? |
| Answer» Rear Admiral Suraj Berry has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet. He will succeed Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, who will be the next (24th) chief of naval staff. He was commissioned on 1st January 1987 and is a specialist in Gunnery and Missile Warfare. He has experience as a Commanding officer in the missile vessel INS Nirbhik, missile corvette INS Karmuk, stealth frigate INS Talwar, and the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. Also, He is a recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2006 for the Tsunami Relief operations in Sri Lanka/ Maldives and the Nau Sena Medal in 2015. Under his supervision, Eastern Fleet participated in various bilateral exercises, like INDRA-18 with the Russian Navy, the 25th edition of SIMBEX with the Singapore Navy and JIMEX-18 with the Japanese Navy. | |
| 2485. |
Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title? |
| Answer» Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title by beating Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured the second position. Charles Leclerc was finished at the third position and became Ferrari's youngest ever race winner at the age of 21. | |
| 2486. |
Who has named as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield? |
| Answer» Eicher Motors Ltd. has appointed Vinod K. Dasari as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield. He will also join the board of Eicher Motors as executive director with immediate effect. He stepped down as MD and CEO of Ashok Leyland on March 31. He takes over from Siddhartha Lal, who will continue as the MD of Eicher Motors. The company also plans to invest Rs.700 crore in capital expenditure for 2019-20. The planned expenditure will include completion of construction work of the Technology Centre, Phase-2 of the Vallam Vadagal plant in Tamil Nadu and towards the development of new platforms and products. | |
| 2487. |
Name of the comic character which became the first Inductee of Comic-Con Museum's Character Hall of Fame. |
| Answer» Batman becomes the first Inductee of Comic-On Museum's Character Hall of Fame in a ceremony at 50th Annual Comic-Con International in San Diego, USA on 17th July 2019. Batman is a fictional character of DC Comics. Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. | |
| 2488. |
Who is the author of the book "Gandhi: The Writer"? |
| Answer» The book "Gandhi: The Writer" was authored by Bhabhani Bhattacharya, who wrote social-realist fiction. He is described as belonging to the social realism school of Indo-Anglian literature. His writings exhibit the influence of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Unlike other social realists like Premchand, Bhattacharya adopted a pedagogical approach to making novels out of ideas, utilizing satire and making his ideas more tangible through situational examples. | |
| 2489. |
Who has taken charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International Cricket Council (ICC)? |
| Answer» Manu Sawhney took over as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sawhney has been working alongside the outgoing CEO David Richardson for the last six weeks to ensure a smooth transition within the organisation. Richardson will remain with the ICC until July as originally planned to oversee the delivery of the upcoming Men's Cricket World Cup 2019. | |
| 2490. |
Who is the author of the non-fiction book titled India Positive? |
| Answer» Popular author Chetan Bhagat announced the launch of his new non-fiction book titled India Positive. The book comprises essays examining a gamut of subjects such as education, employment, Goods and Services Tax (GST), corruption and casteism. Reportedly, India Positive published by Westland Publications will be released in May this year. The book also consists of tweets that highlight and touch upon the current issues that need focus. | |
| 2491. |
UN Appoints whom as investigation Head for Myanmar? |
| Answer» The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Nicholas Koumjian of the United States as the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar. International criminal justice lawyer Nicholas Koumjian will serve as the first head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism (IIM) for Myanmar, which was established by the Human Rights Council in September 2018 and welcomed by the UN General Assembly in December 2018. | |
| 2492. |
Garuda Prakashan launched the book named 'Saffron Swords- Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders'. The author of the book is; |
| Answer» The Indian Publishing company, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, launched its book 'Saffron Swords- Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders's. Written by Manoshi Sinha Rawal, it is a book on 52 unsung warriors of India from the last 1300 years. | |
| 2493. |
Who won the ETPrime 'Global Indian Woman of the Year'? |
| Answer» Indra Nooyi wins ETPrime 'Global Indian Woman of the Year'. Whereas GIC India's Alice Vaidyan wins ETPrime 'Woman CEO of the Year'; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wins ETPrime 'Business Woman of the Year'. And Meera Sanyal won ET Prime 'Lifetime Achievement' award posthumously. | |
| 2494. |
India has successfully test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile in Odisha. The name of the missile is; |
| Answer» India has successfully test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from a test range in Odisha. The all-weather missile, has a 1,000-kilometre strike range. It can be launched from multiple platforms and is designed to carry conventional and nuclear warheads. The missile has been developed by Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a lab under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and can be launched from multiple platforms. | |
| 2495. |
Who became the first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Health and Safety Committee? |
| Answer» Bibhu Kalyan Nayak became the first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Health and Safety Committee by the world governing body. A native of Bhubaneswar, Nayak has extensively trained in Sports Traumatology and Sports and Exercise Physiology from National Institute of Sports Medicine at Havana, Cuba & National Sports Centre at Madrid, Spain. He will serve a two-year term. | |
| 2496. |
Name the Rifle Shooter,who won gold medal, broke Junior World Record and Asian Record in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event. |
| Answer» In 12th Asian Airgun Championship, Shreya Agarwal won gold medal and breaks Junior World Record and Asian Record in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event by scoring 252.5 points surpassing China's Rooseux Zhao who set record last year by scoring 252.4. | |
| 2497. |
Who won men's singles title at the 2019 Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament? |
| Answer» Former world champion, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark has won the men's singles title at the 2019 Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament on March 31. In the final, he defeated Kidambi Srikanth by 7-21, 20-22 in New Delhi. This was Srikanth's fourth defeat to Axelsen in five encounters since March 2017. And also, it was Srikanth's first final in a BWF world tour event in 17 months. He had last won a title at the 2017 French Open. | |
| 2498. |
Who has been chosen as the Glenfiddich's Emerging Artist of the Year 2019? |
| Answer» Vadodra-based artist Raju Baraiya has been chosen as the Glenfiddich's Emerging Artist of the Year 2019. He will represent India at the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence (AiR) programme where he will spend three months at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Scotland with artists from around the world. Baraiya will also be awarded Rs 10 lakh, which includes an international allowance of Rs 1,20,000 per month and a work allowance of Rs 5,00,000; besides being given a solo show at Art District XIII Gallery in New Delhi. Baraiya's work takes inspiration from observing and diagnosing the rural in relation to the urban and vice-versa. His practice springs out of this shift from a strong rural background to an urban one. The artist has been deriving imagery from these seemingly ambiguous notions of the urban and the rural, and the complexities between the two spaces create a common meeting ground for him to explore through an impression he holds of them. With his art, he aims to translate the ever evolving image of this convergence. | |
| 2499. |
Who won the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award? |
| Answer» Vikram Patel, a psychiatrist and professor of global health at Harvard Medical School, has won the prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. Mr.Patel has led research generating knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental health problems in low and middle-income countries and pioneered approaches which utilise community resources for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems in India with global impact. Laureates received a $100,000 cash honorarium and will be formally presented with their awards on October 24, 2019, at the annual Canada Gairdner Awards Gala in Toronto. | |
| 2500. |
Who becomes the first Indian to enter top-10 in men's PSA (Professional Squash Association) rankings? |
| Answer» Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian male squash player to enter the top 10 in the PSA (Professional Squash Association) world rankings. He has moved up two places to a career-high ranking of tenth and is currently the only Asian in the top-10. Ghosal made it to the quarter-finals of the 2018-2019 PSA World Championships in Chicago, USA for the first time in his career. He was also a quarter-finalist at the prestigious Grasshopper Cup in Zurich, Switzerland. In the women's rankings, Joshna Chinappa continued to be the best-ranked Indian, moving up to the 15th position. Earlier, Dipika Pallikal had broken into the top-10 in 2012 and once again in 2014. | |