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| 2801. |
Who won the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix title? |
| Answer» Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton secures a record-breaking seventh win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was penalised for dangerous driving. | |
| 2802. |
Who won the Men's Singles in 2019 French Open tennis recently? |
| Answer» The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 123rd edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the Men's Singles and won his 12th French Open title. Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the Women's Singles Category after defeating Marketa Vondrousova. | |
| 2803. |
Who launched Swachh Survekshan 2020 League in New Delhi recently? |
| Answer» Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Swachh Survekshan 2020 League(SS League 2020) in New Delhi. It will be a cleanliness assessment of cities and towns in India on quarterly basis.It will be conducted under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban (SBM-U). It will be integrated with Swachh Survekshan 2020, the 5th edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban India to be conducted between January - February 2020. It is aimed at "sustaining the on ground performance of cities along with continuous monitoring of service level performance on cleanliness". | |
| 2804. |
Abhishek Singh was appointed as the Chief Marketing officer of; |
| Answer» Delhi based Merchant service and UPI payments app, BharatPe have recently appointed Abhishek Singh as its Chief Marketing Officer. Abhishek Singh played an important role in building World's largest furniture retailer IKEA's India setup in August 2018 at Hyderabad,Telangana. He previously worked as a marketing head in IKEA, IPL franchises and Tata Group. | |
| 2805. |
Who tops in the ATP Rankings? |
| Answer» Serbia's Novak Djokovic has topped in the recently released ATP Rankings. Rafael Nadal who has recently won the 12th Roland Garros title is at 2nd position. Austrian Dominic Thiem, whom Nadal beat in final, keeps his fourth place behind Switzerland's Roger Federer. Russian Karen Khachanov jumped two spots into a personal best of ninth rank. | |
| 2806. |
RBI constitutes six-member panel to review ATM interchange fee structure. It was led by; |
| Answer» The Reserve Bank of India constituted a six-member committee to review the ATM interchange fee structure with a "view to increase the ATM deployment in the unbanked areas". The committee will be led by V G Kannan, Chief Executive, Indian Banks Association. It aims to review the existing structures and patterns of costs, charges and interchange fees for ATM transactions. To review the overall patterns of usage of ATMs by cardholders and assess the impact, if any, on charges and interchange fees. To assess the entire gamut of costs in respect of the ATM ecosystem. | |
| 2807. |
Who has been appointed as the deputy leader of BJP in the Lok Sabha? |
| Answer» The BJP has constituted its Parliamentary Party Executive Committee with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the party and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as Deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha. | |
| 2808. |
Which Indian is the sole one to feature on the Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes? |
| Answer» Indian skipper Virat Kohli is again the only Indian in the Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes. The list, announced on June 11, 2019, is topped by Argentinean football star Lionel Messi. | |
| 2809. |
Who has been named as acting Central Vigilance Commissioner? |
| Answer» Sharad Kumar has been named as acting Central Vigilance Commissioner as current (CVC) K V Chowdary completed his tenure at the anti-graft body. | |
| 2810. |
Who is appointed as pro-tem speaker of Lok Sabha? |
| Answer» Virendra Kumar, a seven-time MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh chosen as the pro tem speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. He was MoS in the ministry of women and child development He was also in the minority affairs ministry in the previous government. He is likely to be administered the oath of office at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 17, the day where newly elected Lok Sabha commences its first session. He became a member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare. He served as a member and chairman of various committees. He studied a Ph.D. started his political career in 1977. | |
| 2811. |
Who has been elected as the new president of Kazakhstan? |
| Answer» Interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has won the 2019 Presidential election of Kazakhstan with 70.96% of the vote. He was recognised as the elected president by the Central Election Commission (CEC) and will take an oath of office June 12. Earlier, on 20th March 2019, Tokayev took office as the Interim President of Kazakhstan & succeeded Nursultan Nazarbayev who served as the President from the country's independence in 1992 until his resignation. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of state, commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. | |
| 2812. |
Who has been appointed China's new Ambassador to India? |
| Answer» China has appointed veteran diplomat Sun Weidong as its new envoy to India. He is an expert in South Asian affairs and worked closely with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his tenure in Beijing as the Indian ambassador from 2009 to 2013. Sun, who also served as the ambassador to Pakistan, is currently the Director General of the Policy and Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry. He will succeed Luo Zhaohui, who has been appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. | |
| 2813. |
Who were re-appointed as the Principal Secretary (PS) and Additional Principal Secretary (Addl PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank? |
| Answer» Nripendra Misra and Pramod Kumar Mishra were re-appointed as Principal Secretary (PS) and Additional Principal Secretary (Addl PS) respectively to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank. The approval was given by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) with effect from May 31, 2019. On May 28, 2014, Nripendra Misra, 1967-batch retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the Principal Secretary to the PM.P K Mishra, a 1972-batch retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, had served as the Principal Secretary to PM Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat between 2001 and 2004. He was the Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture between December 1, 2006, and August 31, 2008, and was also appointed as the chairman of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission for a five-year-term after his retirement. | |
| 2814. |
Name the renowed author who has been conferred with the 54th Jnanpith Award. |
| Answer» Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian Literature in English. He was conferred the award by former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. | |
| 2815. |
Name the Union Minister launched the "e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes". |
| Answer» Shri Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs launched the "e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes". It is organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs. These e-governance initiatives serve their purpose of the betterment of tribal communities across the nation. Ministry of Tribal Affairs officials to prepare a Databank of the previous beneficiaries of the schemes of the ministry on a priority basis. He emphasized that the officials of the ministry have to achieve the target of completion of its tasks before time.Smt. Renuka Singh, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs made great initiatives for the Scheduled Tribes welfare schemes will be proved as a milestone. | |
| 2816. |
Name the student, who topped in the 2019's JEE Advanced examination. |
| Answer» Kartikey Gupta Chandresh from Maharashtra has become the all India topper in JEE Advanced exam this year. As per the official notification released by JEE Advanced, a total number of 1,61,319 candidates appeared in both papers 1 and 2 in JEE (Advanced) 2019. A total of 38705 candidates have qualified JEE (Advanced) 2019. | |
| 2817. |
Zonel Sougaijam, who has been included in the Facebook Hall of Fame 2019, he belongs to which Indian state? |
| Answer» Zonel Sougaijam, a 22-year-old engineer from Manipur was awarded $5000 by Facebook for detecting a WhatsApp bug that violated the privacy of a user. Mr. Sougaijam detected that during a voice call through WhatsApp, the bug used to allow the caller to upgrade it to a video call without the authorization and knowledge of the receiver. Mr. Sougaijam's name is currently at the 16th position in a list of 94 people, in the 'Facebook Hall of Fame' for this year. | |
| 2818. |
Who led Indian Delegation to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet held In Fukuoka, Japan? |
| Answer» G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet was held in Fukuoka, Japan on 8-9 June.The Indian side was led by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman which was comprised of Subhash C. Garg, Finance Secretary & Secretary Economic Affairs, Dr. Viral Acharya, Deputy Governor of RBI and other officers The ministers have called for the creation of a digital tax for multinational technology companies in order to prevent tax evasion and to modernise policies. | |
| 2819. |
Who inaugurated the exhibition 'Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe'? |
| Answer» Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) of Culture & Tourism, Government of India inaugurated the exhibition titled 'Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe'.It was inaugurated at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi on 13 June 2019. It is the first of its kind to be held in New Delhi that will present his artistic oeuvre in four distinct phases. | |
| 2820. |
Name the director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, who received Member of the Order of Australia (OAM) recently . |
| Answer» Seven Indian-origin Australians have been honoured for their outstanding contributions in the field of medicine, music, education and finance in Australia.In the field of Medicine, Jayashri Kulkarni , The Director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre and Winita Hardikar received Member of the Order of Australia (OAM). Artist Jayshree Ramachandran( Melbourne ) also awarded Member of the Order of Australia .Shashi Kant Kochchar for charitable initiatives and Arun Kumar for the service to the financial planning sector were also awarded.Krishna Dhana Nadimpalli (Canberra) for the service to multi-culturalism and Maha Sinnathamby (Brisbane ) for the contribution to the property industry and the community received the OAM. | |
| 2821. |
Nirmala Sitharaman and __________ will be the first recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. |
| Answer» Jawaharlal Nehru University conferred its Distinguished Alumni Award to Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. They will be the first recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Nirmala Sitharaman is the Finance Minister of India. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the External Affairs minister of India. | |
| 2822. |
The third Indian woman cricket player to feature in Kia Super League (KSL) is; |
| Answer» Young cricketer of India, Jemimah Rodrigues has become the third Indian woman cricket player to feature in Kia Super League (KSL) after Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. She will play in the fourth and final edition of the KSL. She plays for Yorkshire Diamonds in Women's Super League.She represented India in 10 ODIs and 25 T20Is. | |
| 2823. |
Who won 'Save Water Hero Award' in Maharashtra? |
| Answer» Social activist Makarand Tilloo won 'Save Water Hero Award'. This award presented to him in order to encourage his efforts to raise awareness about water conservation in the city. The ceremony was held in Pune, Maharashtra. He is a Laughter Yoga trainer and motivational speaker and its campaign to save water by replacing leaking taps with new ones. | |
| 2824. |
Who won the Femina Miss Grand India 2019 title? |
| Answer» Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh was crowned Femina Miss Grand India 2019. | |
| 2825. |
Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as the first female president of which country? |
| Answer» In Slovakia, anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as country's first female president. Caputova scored a convincing victory against Smer-SD candidate Maros Sefcovic. Her allies from the Progressive Slovakia/Together party hope to use the momentum to unseat the ruling party in a 2020 general election. | |
| 2826. |
Who has been declared as a 'wilful defaulter' by Kolkata-based UCO Bank? |
| Answer» Chairman of the Yash Birla group, Yashovardhan Birla, also known as Yash Birla, has declared a 'wilful defaulter' by Kolkata-based UCO Bank. UCO Bank claimed that one of Yashovardhan's group companies, Birla Surya, defaulted on loans of Rs 67.65 crore. As per the UCO bank's statement given to the media, Yash Birla was sent several notices regarding the repayment of the loan. His company was given a credit limit of Rs. 1 billion to manufacture multi-crystalline solar photovoltaic cells. | |
| 2827. |
Who chaired the fiifth Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog? |
| Answer» Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog today at Rashtrapati Bhavan, keeping up the spirit of new motto of Modi 2.0 Government - "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwaas". The Vice Chairman, Members, CEO and senior officers of the NITI Aayog will take part in the proceedings of the Governing Council meeting. | |
| 2828. |
Name the company which offers first-of-its-kind EMI insurance. |
| Answer» India's largest and fastest growing consumer lending technology company ZestMoney, partnered with Digit Insurance to offer EMI insurance to the company's five million customers. The policy will cover EMI cost in the event of hospitalization, death or permanent disability. The insurance product is specifically designed for ZestMoney's customers which can be availed while applying for a loan on the digital platform. | |
| 2829. |
Who has taken oath as pro-tem Speaker of Lok Sabha? |
| Answer» Dr Virendra Kumar, seven-time Lok Sabha MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh took oath as Pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha on June 17, 2019. Kumar will preside over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha and administer the oath of office to the newly elected Lok Sabha MPs. He will also oversee the election of the Lok Sabha Speaker. | |
| 2830. |
Suman Rao won Femina Miss India World 2019 Title. She hails from which Indian state? |
| Answer» Suman Rao from Rajasthan won Femina Miss India World 2019 Title. The ceremony held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. Suman Rao is a CA Student who is studying at Rajasthan.Chhattisgarh's Shivani Jadhav an engineer crowned management student Shreya Shanker. The judges were designer duo Falguni Shane Peacock, Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponce de leon, actors Huma Qureshi, Chitrangda Singh, Aayush Sharma, choreographer-filmmaker Remo D'Souza, sprinter Dutee Chand and football captain Sunil Chhetri. | |
| 2831. |
The Government of India (GoI) has constituted a committee to review existing marketing structure in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing in India. Who is the head of the committee? |
| Answer» The Government of India (GoI) has recently constituted a 5-member committee to review existing marketing structure in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing in India. The committee, headed by economist Kirit Parikh, will look into issues related to definition or quality standards of LPG being marketed. Its terms of reference also include scope for liberalizing government policies for private participation. The committee is expected to submit its report by end-July. Based on the LPG control order, domestic LPG should be supplied to oil-marketing companies (OMCs) only. The committee will also identify the grey areas that might allow private entities like Reliance Industries to sell subsidized cooking gas. | |
| 2832. |
Who has won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne? |
| Answer» Peter Gilchrist of Singapore defeated India's Sourav Kothari (Kolkata) to win the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia. Multiple times world billiards champion Peter Gilchrist was at his best to defeat Sourav Kothari with 1500-706.Kothari entered into the final of Pacific International Billiards after getting the thumping win over Dhvaj Haria in Semi-Finals.Sourav Kothari defeated Peter Gilchrist of Singapore 1134-944 in 2018 WBL World Billiards Championship title. | |
| 2833. |
Who was appointed as the CEO of e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) mission in Assam? |
| Answer» The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam is Anand Prakash Tiwari. It will help in effective monitoring and resolution of cases registered with Foreigner Tribunal.It will help to strengthen the Judiciary in the disposal of cases and assist the Police organization in faster detection, prosecution and detention. The main aim of the project is to maintain a statewide biometric and biographic data in order to capture the illegal migrants' data to computerize data flow for all the stakeholders. Along with this, it will also help in the legalization of eligible beneficiaries for welfare schemes. | |
| 2834. |
Indian Government has appointed Padmaja as the next High Commissioner of India to which nation? |
| Answer» The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, announced the appointment of Ms. Padmaja as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Tuvalu with the residence in Suva. She is currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji and also serving (concurrently accredited) as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Nauru. She succeeds Shri Vishvas Vidu Sapkal. | |
| 2835. |
Inger Andersen was appointed as the Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme. She belongs to which country? |
| Answer» Inger Andersen, Denmark's Economist and Environmentalist, took over as United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Executive Director, headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya, for 4 years. She was nominated for the post by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres and approved by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in February 2019. She succeeded Joyce Msuya of Tanzania. Andersen was the Director General (DG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) between January 2015 and May 2019. She held various leadership roles at the World Bank as Vice President of the Middle East and North Africa, Vice President for Sustainable Development and Head of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers Fund Council. | |
| 2836. |
Name the Squash player who made a record for the most number of national titles. |
| Answer» Joshna Chinappa made a record for the most number of national titles after beating her Tamil Nadu state-mate Sunayna Kuruvilla. Joshna broke an age-old landmark set by Bhuvneshwari Kumari who held the record for 27 Years winning consecutive titles from 1976 to 1991. | |
| 2837. |
Who are the two female scientists to head India's 2nd Moon mission Chandrayaan-2? |
| Answer» For the first time, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed two women scientists - Ritu Karidhal (as mission director) and Muthayya Vanitha (as project director) - to head the India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2. ISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that close to 30 percent of the ISRO team working on Chandrayaan 2 are women. Ritu Karidhal was referred as the 'Rocket Woman of India'. She became famous with the launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission where she was the deputy operations director. Muthayya Vanitha received the Best Woman Scientist award in 2006 by the Astronomical Society of India. | |
| 2838. |
Name the 8-year old Indian girl who has honoured in UAE's waste recycling campaign. |
| Answer» Nia Tony, an eight year old Indian girl was honoured during the 22nd edition of the Emirates Recycling Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for her role in keeping the environment clean by collecting paper wastes. The campaign was organized by the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), a non-governmental professional working group based in UAE. The eco-warrior, Tony was honoured with Eco Champions of Recycling award for her role in saving the environment. | |
| 2839. |
Who won the 119th US Open title recently? |
| Answer» Gary Woodland won the 119th US Open, capturing his first Major title after defeating two-time defending champion Brook Koepka. | |
| 2840. |
Who was appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? |
| Answer» The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, notified that Sanjeev Kumar Singla, a 1997 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer, was appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in Level-14 with effect from June 14, 2019. He was the PS to PM since 2014. But was recently appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Israel. A 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Gujarat cadre, Rajeev Topno, was also appointed as the Private Secretary to PM Modi "on a co-terminus basis or until further orders. | |
| 2841. |
To which sports federation, Debendranath Sarangi was appointed as President? |
| Answer» Debendranath Sarangi, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the 1977 batch was re-elected as president of Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) while Dronacharya awardee and national coach Cyrus Poncha was made secretary-general. They were elected unopposed for a period of four years from 2019 to 2023.The SRFI also have Director of coaching, Dhiraj Singh and Former SRFI president N Ramachandran will be the Patron of SRFI. | |
| 2842. |
Who won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship? |
| Answer» Peter Gilchrist from Singapore has won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship at the Yarraville Club. In the final, he defeated India's Sourav Kothari. | |
| 2843. |
Who has been named as the new speaker of Lok Sabha? |
| Answer» Om Birla has been named as the new Lok Sabha Speaker by the NDA. He is elected Member of Parliament from Kota, Rajasthan. Om Birla will file nomination for Lok Sabha speaker elections today. As soon as the new Speaker is appointed, Virendra Kumar's role will cease to exist. | |
| 2844. |
Who introduced "The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019" in Lok Sabha? |
| Answer» The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on 25 July. The Bill was introduced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. 16 of the offences that are punishable with fine or imprisonment, or both has been recategorised as it empowers the adjudicating officers, who are appointed by the central government, may now levy penalties instead. The ordinance prohibits a company from issuing shares at a discount, except in certain cases. It also says that a company can not commence business unless it files a declaration within 180 days of incorporation or files a verification of its registered office within 30 days of incorporation. The companies must register charges such as mortgages on its property within 30 days of creation of charge. | |
| 2845. |
Who becomes most expensive bowler in World Cup history? |
| Answer» Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan endured the ignominy of becoming the most expensive bowler in World Cup history during their match against hosts England at Old Trafford here. Rashid Khan, the world's No.3 ODI bowler, leaked 110 runs off nine overs as England racked up a gigantic 397 for six after electing to bat. | |
| 2846. |
Name the Indian Chess Grandmaster, who won the 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship in Xingtai, China in the blitz event. |
| Answer» Nihal Sarin, a 14-year-old Indian Chess Grandmaster has secured a win at the 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship in Xingtai, China in the blitz event. He scored eight points from nine rounds of the event which meant that he ended the tournament with a lead of a full point.Sarin has recently crossed the 2600 Elo points to become the third youngest player to achieve it.Vietnam GM Le Quang Liem secured the second spot and Indian Srinath Narayanan was placed third. | |
| 2847. |
Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Hero MotoCorp Ltd, recently? |
| Answer» India's leading two wheeler company, Hero MotoCorp Ltd, appointed Colombian professional footballer, Yerry Fernando Mina Gonzalez(2D) as its new brand ambassador. Yerry Mina has the record for most goals in a single World Cup by a defender at the 2018 FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup, France. Hero MotoCorp became the first Indian two-wheeler company to set-up a manufacturing base in Latin America when it commenced operations at Villa Rica, in Cauca province, Colombia in 2016. It has a capacity of 80,000 units of two-wheelers production. | |
| 2848. |
Who addressed a gathering of businesspersons and industrialist in Mumbai? |
| Answer» The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev addressed a gathering of businesspersons and industrialist in Mumbai and invited Indian Investments in the Russian Far East. India Russia business tie has been hugely tilted favouring defence sector traditionally. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. | |
| 2849. |
Name the Indian delegate, who participated in the 12th session of Conference of States Parties to the Convention to Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 2019 held in New York. |
| Answer» Mrs Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment participated in the conference. | |
| 2850. |
Name of the Indian engineer who wins Innovation for Sustainable Development Award. |
| Answer» Indian engineer Nitesh Kumar Jangir whose low-cost neonatal breathing device saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns. India won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General's Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London. Nitesh Kumar Jangir created Saans as a breathing support device to avoid deaths of premature babies from respiratory distress syndrome due to a lack of immediate access to complex medical equipment. He received his award in the People category alongside 14 other innovators from across the 53 member-countries of the Commonwealth. The main aim is to ensure that babies don't lose their lives due to the lack of access to a piece of technology. | |