DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS

By admin: April 15, 2022

Israel has developed the world's first laser missile defence system: Iron Beam

Tags: Defence International News

Israel has successfully test-fired a laser missile defence system for the first time in the world.

• The name of this missile defence system has been given 'Iron Beam'. This laser-based missile defence system destroyed mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in a single blow.

• Israel also has a missile defence system named Iron Dome, which has proved to be very useful for this. This is a very expensive defence system that costs thousands of dollars for repeated use.

• But the best thing about this iron beam is that it will cost only Rs 267 in one blow.

Rohit Sharma became the second Indian and seventh batsman in the world to score ten thousand runs in T20 cricket.

Tags: Sports

In the 23rd match of the 15th season of the Indian Premier League or IPL, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has achieved the feat of scoring 10000 T20 runs in the match against Punjab Kings.

• He is the second Indian batsman after Virat Kohli to achieve this feat and the seventh batsman in the world.

• Right-handed batsman Rohit Sharma is the seventh batsman in the world who has scored 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.

• But Chris Gayle has achieved the feat of scoring 10000 T20 runs in the shortest innings. This can be seen in the following table:

• Chris Gayle (14562)     --     285 innings

• Shoaib Malik (11698)     --     368 innings

• Kieron Pollard (11430)     --

• Aaron Finch (10444)     --     327 innings

• Virat Kohli (10326)     --     299 innings

• David Warner (10308)     --     303 innings

• Rohit Sharma (10000)     --     362 innings

Shoaib Malik broke record: 

Rohit Sharma has come fifth in terms of the fastest innings to reach 10,000 runs in T20 cricket, leaving behind Shoaib Malik. Rohit achieved the figure of 10 thousand runs in 362 innings while Shoaib Malik achieved this in 368 innings and now he has come to the sixth position.

R Pragyanand won the prestigious Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament

Tags: Sports

16-year-old chess player R Pragyanand has won the prestigious "Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament" in Reykjavik, Iceland.

• The final of this tournament was played between two Indian players, in which R Pragyanand won the competition by defeating compatriot GM D Gukesh in the final round.

• The Indian youngster finished at the top of the Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament by scoring 7.5 points out of a total of 9 points and was ahead by 0.5 points (half a point).

• The first Reykjavik Open chess tournament winner was Abhijit Gupta (2016) followed by Bhaskaran Adhiban who won the title in the 33rd Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament 2018.

Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog Leprosy Yagya Trust International Gandhi Award 2021

Tags: Awards

Dr. Bhushan Kumar from Chandigarh and Sahyog Leprosy Yagya Trust, Gujarat, have been conferred with the International Gandhi Award for Leprosy-2021 by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu at a function in New Delhi.

• The award, instituted by the Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, is given every year.

• The award for the year 2020 was given by Dr. N.S. Dharmashaktu was given the International Gandhi Award in the individual category and the Leprosy Mission Trust in the institutional category.

Kangra tea gets EU GI tag

Tags: National

Kangra tea of Himachal Pradesh has received the GI tag of the European Union. Kangra tea is in great demand in the market due to its many properties.

• It got the GI tag of India in the year 2005 itself.

• In Himachal Pradesh, 2311 hectares of land is under tea.

• Geographical Indication ie GI tag is found about the characteristics of the goods produced in a particular place.

Kangra Tea:

• Due to its medicinal properties and rapidly increasing use in cosmetics, its demand has increased rapidly globally.

• This tea is grown at an altitude of 900 to 1400 metres above sea level. Tea requires annual rainfall of 270 to 350 cm.

Musk set to buy Twitter with $43 billion offer

Tags: International News

Elon Musk, Tesla's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has offered to buy Twitter.

• Twitter informed the stock market on April 14 that Musk sent it a letter on April 13, proposing to buy the rest of the company's shares.

• Musk has offered $54.20 for each Twitter share. The offering comes in at over $43 billion.

• Musk has described this price as his maximum and final offer.

• It is noteworthy that Musk currently owns more than nine percent of Twitter's shares. He is the largest shareholder of the company.