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1. Recently which Indian architect has been announced to be honored with the "Royal Gold Medal 2022"?

- Balkrishna Doshi

• Balkrishna Doshi, a well-known architect from Pune, Maharashtra, has been awarded the "Royal Gold Medal 2022".
• The "Royal Gold Medal" is the United Kingdom's highest architectural honor.

2. On which day "International Animal Rights Day" has been celebrated recently?

- December 10

• "International Animal Rights Day" is observed every year on 10 December to draw attention to concerns such as human atrocities and illegal trafficking of animals.
• For the first time in the year 1998, "International Animal Rights Day" was celebrated on the initiative of the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR).

3. Who has recently won the title of "FIDE World Chess Championship"?

- Magnus Carlsen

• The "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021" was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• Norway's Magnus Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the final match of "FIDE World Chess Championship 2021".

4. Recently who has been announced to be appointed as the new head of UNICEF?

- Katherine Russell

1. US White House senior official Katherine Russell has been announced as the new head of UNICEF

• UNICEF: United Nation Children's Fund
• Established: 11 December 1946
• HQ: New York
• President: Henrietta H. Fore (Next-> Catherine Russell)

5. Who has been ranked first in the list of most powerful women of India recently released by Fortune India?

- Nirmala Sitharaman

• The current Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has topped the list of India's most powerful women released by Fortune India.
• Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani has been ranked second in the list of India's most powerful women released by Fortune India.
• World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan is at third place in this list.

6. Who has been won the "Ramanujan Prize 2021" recently?

- Neena Gupta

1. Indian Mathematician 'Neena Gupta' has been announced to be conferred with 'Ramanujan Prize 2021' for Young Mathematicians for her outstanding work in Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra.
2. Professor Neena Gupta has become the third woman to receive the "Ramanujan Prize".
3. The "Ramanujan Prize" is awarded every year to an eminent mathematician below 45 years of age.

What is the "Ramanujan Prize"?

• The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries is a mathematics prize given annually by the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Italy.
• The prize is named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
• It was established in 2004 and was first awarded in 2005.

7. Which program has been recently launched by the National Commission for Women (NCW) for the safety of women in cyberspace?

- 'We Think Digital'

• To ensure the safety of women in cyberspace, National Commission for Women (NCW) has launched the 'We Think Digital 'Program has been launched.
• Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW): Rekha Sharma
• The 'National Commission for Women' works under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• Women and Child Development Minister: Smriti Zubin Irani

8. Which National Research Seminar has been launched by NITI Aayog and Bharti Foundation to meet the challenges faced by the people belonging to the education category?

- 'Convoke 2021-22'

1. 'Convoke 2021-22' is a national research symposium aimed at addressing the challenges in providing education and strengthening its quality with a special focus on all teachers, academicians, school heads across India. Through this platform, school teachers/principals of government schools and teachers of Bharti Foundation Network will be encouraged to use research-based solutions.

• NITI Aayog: The National Institution for Transforming India
• Established: 01 January 2015
• Chairman: PM of India
• Vice-Chairman: Rajiv Kumar
• CEO: Amitabh Kant

9. Who has been honored with the "Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award" recently?

- Azim Premji

1. Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro and founder of Azim Premji Foundation, has been honored with the "Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award" for the incomparable work done for social welfare.
2. The "Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award" was jointly instituted by Christian Medical College Vellore (CMC) and the US-based Vellore CMC Foundation.

• Wipro
• Founded: 29 December 1945
• Founder: Mohamed Premji
• HQ: Bangalore
• Chairman: Azim Premji

10. Recently, under which rule, climate change was discussed in the Indian Lok Sabha, on which there will be no need for voting?

- 'House Rule 193'

What is 'House Rule 193'?

• Discussion under Rule 193 does not involve a formal motion before the House. Hence no voting can take place after a discussion on matters under this rule.
• The member giving notice may make a brief statement and such members who have previously informed the Speaker may be allowed to take part in the discussion.
• The discussing member does not have the right to reply. At the end of the discussion, the Minister concerned gives a short reply.

11. On which day "International Mountain Day" has been celebrated recently?

- December 11

• The theme of "International Mountain Day" 2021: Sustainable Mountain Tourism
• International Mountain Day is celebrated every year on 11 December to promote awareness for mountain communities around the world.

12. Which state has retained the top position in the "India Skill Report 2022" released by 'Wheebox' recently?

- Maharashtra

• The theme of "India Skills Report 2022" 2021: "Rebuilding and Restructuring the Future of Work"
• This is the NOVA edition of "India Skill Report".
• Maharashtra has again topped the "India Skill Report 2022" with the highest survey of employable talent.
• According to this report, Uttar Pradesh is second, Kerala, third, West Bengal, fourth, and Karnataka is in fifth place.

13. With which educational institution has recently been signed by the Ministry of Defense for better capacity building of military school teachers?

- IIT, Gandhinagar

• Ministry of Defense has tied up with the Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gandhinagar for better capacity building of Sainik School Teachers.
• Current Union Defense Minister: Shri Rajnath Singh

14. Recently under whose chairmanship the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed in a virtual way in the first "Summit for Democracy"?

- Joe Biden

• Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi addressed in a virtual way at the first "Summit for Democracy" by US President Joe Biden.

15. How many medals have been won by the Indian contingent in the recently concluded 4th "Asian Youth Para Games 2021"?

- 41

• A total of 41 medals including 12 Gold, 15 Silver, and 14 Bronze medals have been won by the Indian contingent in the 4th "Asian Youth Para Games 2021".
• The "Asian Youth Para Games 2021" was organized in the city of Rifa, Bahrain.
• The fifth edition of "Asian Youth Para Games" will be organized in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan in 2025.

16. Which scheme has been recently launched by North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) for North Eastern artisans?

- 'Atamnirbhar Hastshilpkar Scheme'

17. On which day 'Nobel Prize Day' was celebrated recently?

- December 10

All important facts about Nobel Prize:-

All important facts about Alfred Bernhard Nobel:

• Each year the Nobel Foundation honors "those who, during the previous year, have provided the greatest benefit to mankind" and who have brought the greatest benefit to mankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace" following the wish expressed by the Swedish scientist Alfred Bernhard Nobel before his death in 1895.
• Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896 in Italy at the age of 63.
• Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and a great philanthropist by profession.
• Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in the year 1867.

All important facts about Nobel Prize:-

• Each year the Nobel Prize is awarded 5 (Physics, Chemistry, Medical Sciences, Peace and Literature) and 1 (Economics) in a total of 6 fields.
• Every year the Nobel Prizes are announced in October and are awarded at the Nobel Prize Ceremony on 10 December, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel.
• The Nobel Prize was not awarded during World War II from 1940 to 1942.
• The Nobel Prize in Economics was instituted by the Central Bank of Sweden in 1968 to commemorate its 300th anniversary, and the first prize for economics was awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisk (Norway) and Jan Tinbergen {Netherlands (Dutch)} |
• The first Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Medical Sciences, Peace, and Literature was awarded in the year 1901 on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel.
• The Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Medical Sciences, Literature, and Economics is awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
• The Nobel Prize consists of a gold medal, a certificate, and 10 million Swedish krona (approximately US$ 1,145,000).
• In each award, a maximum of three people can be awarded in one year and if three people are selected for the same award, then it is decided by the committee that how much amount is to be given as a prize.
• In 1974, it was decided by the Awards Committee that the Nobel Prize would not be awarded posthumously, and before that only two posthumous awards have been awarded. The Nobel Prize posthumously has been awarded to two persons, the first Nobel Prize in Literature to 'Erik Axel Karlfeldt' in 1931 and the second time the Nobel Prize for Peace to Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Given in 1961.
• The youngest Nobel laureate Pakistani social activist 'Malala Yousafzai' became in the year 2014 at the age of just 17. Malala Yousafzai is the youngest woman as well as the youngest Nobel laureate in both women's and men's categories. Talking about the youngest Nobel laureate only in the male category, Australian-born British physicist 'William Lawrence Bragg' (25 years old).
• The oldest Nobel Prize-winning American scientist is 'John B. Goodenough' who achieved this feat in chemistry in the year 2019 at the age of 97.
• The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize is Madam Curie, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity in the field of physics.
• The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize twice is Madame Curie, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity in the field of physics and in the field of chemistry in 1911 for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium. was done.

So far 4 people have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice and one organization has been awarded the Nobel Prize thrice:-

(a). Madame Curie, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1903 for "discovery of radioactivity" in the field of physics and in 1911 for "discovery of the elements radium and polonium" in the field of chemistry.

(b). Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his contributions to the "understanding of the nature of chemical bonds" and in 1962 for "advocacy against nuclear weapons and war".

(c). John Bardeen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for his "invention of the transistor" and in 1972 for his "theory of superconductivity" in the field of physics.

(d). Frederick Sanger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1958 for "the structure of the insulin molecule" and in 1980 for "determination of the base sequence of nucleic acids".

List of institutions/organizations who have received Nobel Prize more than once:-

(a). The International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the most three times (1917, 1944, 1963).

(b). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize twice (1954, 1981).

List of first Nobel Prize recipients in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics:-

(a). The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1901.

(b). The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to Jacobus H. van 't Hoff'.

(c). The first Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Emil von Behring in 1901.

(d). The first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Sully Prudhomme in 1901.

(e). The first Nobel Prize in Peace was awarded in 1901 to Henri Dunant (founder of the Red Cross) and Frédéric Passy (founder of the French Peace Society).

(f). The first Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Tinbergen {Netherlands (Dutch)}.

List of all Indians who won Nobel Prize:-

Indian citizens (born in India and represented India for the award):

1. The first Nobel laureate of Asia and India is Rabindra Nath Tagore, who was given in the field of literature in 1913 for his book 'Gitanjali'.

2. In the field of physics in 1930, Indian scientist C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work and discovery on the "scattering of light".

3. In the field of economics in 1998, Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in "welfare economics".

4. In 2014, Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the field of peace "for his struggle against the oppression of children and youth and for the right of all children to education".

Born in India (winners who are born in India and of Indian origin but have represented another country for the award):

1. In the field of medicine in 1968, "Research on the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis" was awarded to Hargobind Khurana, who was a resident of the United States of America (USA) and represented the same.

2. In the field of physics in 1983, Subramaniam Chandrasekhar was awarded the Nobel Prize in the field of physics for "theoretical study of physical processes of the importance of the evolution and structure of stars", who was a resident of the United States of America (USA) and represented the same.

3. In 2009, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, who was a resident of the United Kingdom (UK) and represented the same for "studying the structure and function of the ribosome".

4. In the field of economics in 2019, Abhijit Banerjee was awarded the Nobel Prize in the field of economics "for his experimental work to remove global poverty" who lived and represented the United States of America (USA).

Settled in India (Winners who are not citizens of India were born in any other country but settled in India):

1. In 1989 Nobel Prize was awarded to the Dalai Lama, who was born in Tkteser, Tibet, and settled in India, for "his persistent non-violent resistance to reclaim the independence of his people" in the field of peace.

Got Indian Citizenship (Winners who were born in another country and got Indian citizenship):

1. Mother Teresa, born in Skopje (now Macedonia), belonging to an Albanian family, who lived in India with Indian citizenship from 1950 to 1997, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her social service work.

Overseas Citizens of Indian Origin (Winners whose families belong to India but have themselves got foreign citizenship):

1. Vidyadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (V. S. Naipaul), born in Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, who belongs to an Indian family, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

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Note: From 1937 to 1948, the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 5 times but he was not selected for this award even once.

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