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Who won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021

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Gita Press, Gorakpur

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When was Gandhi Peace Prize established

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1995
125th birth anniversary of Gandhi
1 crore award

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Who was the winner of Gandhi Prize in 2020

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (died on Aug 15, 1975)
First President of Bangladesh
Father of Nation Bangladesh
Daughter- Sheikh Hasina (pm of bangladesh)

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Who won the Gandhi Prize in 2019

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Qaboos bin Said Al Said
Arab World longest serving ruler (Oman)

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First WINNER of Gandhi peace prize

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Julius Nyerere

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When did Nelson Mandela win Gandhi Peace Prize

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2001

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When was Gita Press established

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1923

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When did ISRO win Gandhi Peace Prize

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2014

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Who established Gita Press

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Jaya Dayal Goyadka & Hanuman Prasad Poddar

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Monthly magazine of Gita Press

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Kalyan

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7
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Decision to give Gandhi Peace Prize- decided by a jury headed by who

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Modi
CJI
LS Speaker
Leader of Opposition in LS
2 Imminent members of society

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8
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Pulitzer Prize is named after who

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Named after Joseph Pulitzer: died 1911

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When was the Pulitzer Prize established?

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1917

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Pulitzer Prize is given by who

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Columbia University

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How many categories of prizes are awarded under Pulitzer Prize

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22 categories

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9
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Cash prize for Pulitzer Prizes

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$15000

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Pulitzer Board chairs:

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Neil Brown (Pres.- Poynter Institute)
Tommie Shelby (Prof. Harvard + Caldwell Titcomb)

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First Pulitzer Prize was won by who

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Jean Jules Jusserand - 1918

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First Woman to win Pulitzer Prize

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Edith Wharton- 1921

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First Indian to win Pulitzer Prize

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Gobind Behari Lal (1937) - also won Padma Bhushan 1969

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Who won the Norman E Borlaug Award 2023

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Indian Agricultural Scientist Dr. Swati Nayak- at Intl Rice Research Institute

affectionately known as “Bihana Didi” or “Seed Lady” by local communities in Odisha

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Which rice variety did Dr Swati Nayak introduce in Odisha

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Shahabhagi Dhan rice variety

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Dr Swati Nayak became the _ Indian to receive the Norman E. Borlaug Award

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3rd Indian

1st: Aditi Mukherji (2012)
2nd: Mahalingam Govindaraj (2022)

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Norman E. Borlaug Award
is endowed by

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Rockfeller Foundation

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Norman E. Borlaug Award is presented by

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World Food Prize Foundation

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When was Norman E Bourlag awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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1970

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Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 awarded to

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Waheeda Rahman

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Waheeda Rahman is the _ actor to recieve the award

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53rd actor

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16
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With which film did Waheeda Rehman make her debut

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Made her debut with Telugu movie- Rajolu Maraayi
Hindi Debut- CID (1956)

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When was Waheeda Rehman awarded
National Award for Best Female Actor
Padma Shri
Padma Bhushan

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National Award for Best Female Actor (1971- for ‘Reshma aur Shera)
Padma Shri (1972)
Padma Bhushan (2011)

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17
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2020 winner of Dadasaheb Phalke

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Asha Parekh

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2019 winner of Dada Saheb Phalke

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Rajnikant

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2018 winner of Dadasaheb Phalke

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Amitabh Bacchan

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19
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India’s highest recognition in cinema

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Dadasaheb Phalke

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19
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Dadasaheb Phalke
director of India’s first feature film
- which film

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Raja Harishchandra (1913)

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1st recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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Devika Rani

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Only posthumous recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke

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Prithviraj Kapoor (1971) and actor Vinod Khanna (2017)

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First director and founder of CSIR

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
from 1942-54

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When was CSIR est and who is its current DG

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1942
Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

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CSIR is set up under which act

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autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act, 1860

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2022
- given to how many scientister under the age of _ ?

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Given to: 12 scientists under age of 45

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2022

Announced at: inaugural session of which program

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One Week One Lab (OWOL) program

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27
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Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar- how many prizes were given in 2023

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56 prizes to felicitate scientists, technologists and innovators:
3 Vigyan Ratna awards
25 Vigyan Shri
25 Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (max 45 yrs)
3 Vigyan Team awards

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When will Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar be announced annually?

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May 11- National Tech Day

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29
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When was Natioanl Tech Day first observed

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first observed in 1999
named by the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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When will Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar be awarded annually

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National Space Day - aug 23

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Magsaysay Awards 2023
Received by- (Indian)

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Dr R Ravi Kannan

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When did Dr Ravi Kannnan recieve Padma Shri

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Padma Shri recipient (2020)

Also received Mahaveer award in medicine (2013)

Director of the Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC) in Assam

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2023- which year of award ceremony for Magsaysay

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65th

34
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Name all the recipients of Magsaysay award recipients 2023

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Korvi Rakshand (Bangladesh)
Founder of JAAGO Foundation
For developing inclusive education for the underprivileged children in Bangladesh

Eugenio Lemos (Timor-Leste)
is an agriculture expert
Est. org called Permakultura Timor-Lorosa’e (aka Permatil) - in 2001

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (Philippines)
part of the drafting of the country’s first ‘National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security’
co-founded the group called Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators in 2020

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When was the Magsaysay award est

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1957

36
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When is the Magsaysay Award presentd

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Aug 31- Birthday of Magsaysay

36
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Which award is regarded as the Nobel Peace Prize of Asia

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Magsaysay

36
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Magsaysay Award- given by

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Ramon MagsaysayAward Foundation

36
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When did Ramon Magsaysay die

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1957 in an air crash
defeated Huk Movt (communism in Phillipines)

36
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Who set up the Magsaysay Award

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Rockfeller Brothers Fund and Phillipines Government

36
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Dalai Lama recieved Nobel Peace Prize in which year

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1989

36
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When was the 14th Dalai Lama awarded Magsaysay award- that he recently accepted in person

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Was awarded in: 1959
Current and 14th Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso (since 1950)
Award initially accepted by: his elder brother, Gyalo Thonden

36
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1st Indian + 1st ever recipient of Magsaysay Award - community leadership category

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Vinoba Bhave (1958)

37
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Magsaysay is the _ president of Philippines

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7th

37
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When did Mother Teresa
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Satyajit Ray
Mahasweta Devi
win the Magsaysay Award

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Mother Teresa (1962), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1966), Satyajit Ray (1967), Mahasweta Devi (1997)

37
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First Oscars was held in which year

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1929

37
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When was Oscars first telivised

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1953

37
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After which Academy awards ceremony was the 45 second speech rule introduced

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2002, the Academy Awards ceremony lasted a whopping four hours and twenty-three minutes

37
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The youngest Oscar winner ever

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Tatum O Neal

37
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only actors to be awarded an Oscar posthumously

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Peter Finch (Network) and Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

37
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Who became the first woman in history to win the Best Director Award for her film The Hurt Locker (2009)?

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Kathryn Bigalow

38
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Country with the most number of wins for Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, with 10 wins.

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Italy

38
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National Film awards 2023 organised by

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Directorate of Film Festivals

38
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Indian smart cities contest 2022 recived how many nominations

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Received 845 nominations from 80 smart cities

38
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When was Indian Smart Cities Contest launcehd

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2018

38
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Which city was awarded National Smart City Award

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1- Indore
2- Surat
3- Agra

38
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State award for Indian smart cities contest 2022

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1- Madhya Pradesh
2- TN
3- Rajasthan

39
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UT Award for Indian smart cities contest 2022

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Chandigarh

39
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Smart Cities Mission launched in which year

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June 2015

39
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41st recipient of Lokmanya Tilak National Award

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Modi

39
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When is Lokmanya Tilak National Award presented every year

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Aug 1- death anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

39
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Namami Gange Programme
‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government
- luanched in

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2014

39
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Who was awarded Lokmanya Tilak National Award in 2022

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Tessy Thomas

39
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Indian Home Rule Movt- year and leaders

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1916
Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

40
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Swachh Svayu Sarvekshan Award 2023 conducted by

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Central Pollution Control Board

40
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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies declared by UNGA in which year

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7th September: International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Declared by UNGA in 2019
4th Intl. Day in 2023
Theme: “Together for Clean Air.”

40
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National Clean Air Programme
Launched

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2019

41
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National Clean Air Programme goal

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Goal: 20% to 30% reduction in Particulate Matter concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as the base year

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When was Central Pollution Control Board
est

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Est. 1974
Under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Later: entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

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CPCB head

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Tanay Kumar

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Sulabh International was awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize in which year

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2016

45
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CR Rao was awarded Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan in which years

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Padma Bhushan award in 1968
Padma Vibhushan award in 2001

46
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C Rao Credited with developing which statistical techniques:

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Cramer-Rao inequality (lower bound)
Rao-Blackwell Theorem
Information geometry

47
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When was Fields Award est

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1924
Named after: Canadian Mathematician JC Fields

48
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2 Indian origin recipients: of Fields Medal

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Akshay Venkatesh (2018), Manjul Bhargava (2014)

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2022 recipient of Fields Medal

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2022 recipient: Ukrainian Maryna Viazovska

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Father of Modern Comp Science

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Alan Turing

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2023 recipient of Turing Award

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American engineer: Robert Metcalfe

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world’s first atomic bomb exploded in

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New Mexico
Trinity Test- July 1945

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