15th April 2023 Current Affairs | Daily Five Current Affairs
(1) Which player holds the record for the fastest 100 wickets in IPL history?
(A) Amit Mishra
(B) Piyush Chawla
(C) Umesh Yadav
(D) Kagiso Rabada
(D) Kagiso Rabada
Punjab Kings fast bowler Kagiso Rabada etched his name in the IPL record books as he became the fastest to pick 100 wickets in the T20 league in terms of matches played.
Kagiso Rabada, a player of the Punjab Kings team in IPL becomes the fastest bowler to get 100 wickets in IPL. He is from South Africa and created this record by taking the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha in a match played against Gujarat Titans. Kagiso Rabada achieved his 100 IPL wickets by playing just 64 matches. The previous record was in the name of Lasith Malinga who achieved 100 IPL wickets in 70 matches.
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(2) The tallest Ambedkar statue in India has been unveiled in which state? भारत की सबसे ऊंची अम्बेडकर प्रतिमा का अनावरण किस राज्य में किया गया है?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Telangana
(C) Haryana
(D) Punjab
(B) Telangana
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will unveil a 125-feet-tall statue of Dr B R Ambedkar on the banks of Hussainsagar, marking the latter's 132nd birth anniversary.
The 132nd birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar who is considered the architect of the Indian Constitution is being celebrated across the country on April 14. On the birthday of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated his 125 feet tall statue, which is believed to be the tallest statue of Ambedkar in India. This statue has been designed by renowned sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar and his son Anil Ram Sutar in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This statue has been built by KPC Projects Limited. Its total cost is Rs 146.50 crore.
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(3) In which city was the first AIIMS of North-East India inaugurated? उत्तर-पूर्व भारत के पहले एम्स का उद्घाटन किस शहर में हुआ था?
(A) Guwahati
(B) Shillong
(C) Gangtok
(D) Agartala
(A) Guwahati
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated northeast's first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), built at a cost of Rs 1,123 crore. The super-speciality hospital will provide healthcare to people from Assam and other northeastern states.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated the first AIIMS in the Northeast in Assam's Guwahai, built at a cost of ₹ 1,123 crore, to the nation.
The super-speciality hospital will provide healthcare not only to people in Assam but also to other northeastern states.
He also virtually inaugurated three medical colleges at Nalbari, Nagaon and Kokrajhar.
The 500-bed tertiary care teaching hospitals with 24 undergraduate departments in the three medical colleges will start with 100 annual MBBS student intake, taking the total MBBS student intake to 1500 in Assam.
He also laid the foundation of the ₹ 546 crore Assam Advanced Healthcare Innovation Institute (AAHII), a joint initiative of the state government and IIT Guwahati.
AAHII aims to promote inventions and innovations in medicine and healthcare, nurturing multidisciplinary research and development in frontier areas of medicine by marrying engineering with healthcare.
The Prime Minister also launched the distribution of 1.1 crore Ayushman cards to beneficiaries who will be able to avail cashless healthcare medical treatment benefits up to ₹ five lakh with these cards.
(4) In which country did External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar inaugurate the bridge built by India? विदेश मंत्री डॉ. एस जयशंकर ने किस देश में भारत द्वारा निर्मित पुल का उद्घाटन किया?
(A) Japan
(B) Bhutan
(C) Mozambique
(D) USA
(C) Mozambique
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar began his engagements in Maputo, Mozambique by meeting with President of Assembly Esperança Bias. They discussed the historic cooperation between the two countries and reiterated India’s support for Mozambique’s sustainable development. The conversation focused on counter terrorism, disaster resilience and green growth.
Dr Jaishankar also virtually inaugurated the Buzi Bridge, constructed as part of 132 km Tica-Buzi-Nova-Sofala Road project. The bridge has been by built by India. He said, the bridge is a practical example of India Mozambique solidarity and friendship.
Mozambique is a southern African nation with a long coastline along the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Maputo and its currency is the Mozambican medical.
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(5) With which country has Bahrain resumed its diplomatic relations recently? बहरीन ने हाल ही में किस देश के साथ अपने राजनयिक संबंध फिर से शुरू किए हैं?
(A) Israel
(B) Qatar
(C) Syria
(D) Egypt
(B) Qatar
Qatar and Bahrain have announced that they will resume their diplomatic ties after over two years since the Arab boycott of Qatar was lifted.
Two years after the Arab boycott was lifted, Qatar and Bahrain have announced the resumption of their diplomatic relations. In January 2021, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt ended Qatar's three-and-a-half-year ban, except for Bahrain. Diplomatic relations between the two countries began during a meeting held in the capital of Saudi Arabia. Bahrain is an island country located in Western Asia.
