Current Affairs 23 May: 16-year-old Kamya Karthikeyan conquers Mount Everest, Tejas Shirse sets national record in hurdles race

May 23, 2024 Divya Bharat

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Current Affairs 16 Year Old Kamya Karthikeyan Conquered Everest, Tejas Shirse Set National Record In Hurdles Race

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Ramesh Babu V became a member of CERC. Nepali Sherpa conquered Everest for a record 30th time. At the same time, Indian origin Srinivas R Kulkarni will receive the Shaw Award.

Let us take a look at such important current affairs of today, which are important for students preparing for government jobs…

National

1. 16-year-old Kamya Karthikeyan conquered Everest: On May 23, according to the Indian Navy, 16-year-old Kamya Karthikeyan created a new record by climbing Mount Everest. She became the youngest Indian mountaineer to conquer the world’s highest peak from the Nepal side.

Kamya Karthikeyan, along with her father Commander S Karthikeyan, scaled Mount Everest (8,849m) on May 20.

Kamya Karthikeyan hoisted the tricolour on the summit of Everest at 12:35 pm.
She is a 12th class student at Navy Children School, Mumbai.
Kamya became the second youngest female mountaineer in the world to climb Mount Everest.
Malavath Purna is the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest.
She reached the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 13.
Jordan Romero is the youngest person to reach Mount Everest.
On 25 May 2014, Jordan conquered Mount Everest at the age of 13.

Sports

2. Tejas Shirse sets national record in hurdles race: On May 23, Tejas Shirse won the 110m hurdles race, according to the Sports Association of India (SAI). He set a new national record at the World Athletics Continental Tour Meet 2024 being held in Finland.

21-year-old Tejas Shirse is in the top position in the men’s 110m hurdles.

Tejas Shirse finished the race in 13.41 seconds, missing the Olympic qualification mark of 13.27 seconds by 0.14 seconds. He broke Siddhant Thingalaya’s national record of 13.48 seconds set in 2017. Jyothi Yaraji won the silver medal in the women’s 100m category, equalling her own national record of 12.78 seconds.

International

3. To Lam became the President of Vietnam: On May 22, General To Lam, a member of the Police Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was sworn in as the new President of the country. In the seventh session of the country’s 15th National Assembly (Parliament), General Lam won the majority to become President. He received 472 out of 473 votes.

Born on July 10, 1957, To Lam is from Xuan Cau Village in Vietnam.

On 22 August 1981, To Lam became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
He became a member of the Central Committee in 2011 and joined the Police Bureau in 2016.
Lam has been serving as the country’s Minister of Public Security since 9 April 2016.
Lam was awarded the title of Professor of Security Science in October 2015.
On 20 March, former President Vo Van Thuong resigned from his post.

4. Nepali Sherpa conquers Everest for a record 30th time: On May 22, Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita climbed the world’s highest peak Mount Everest for the 30th time in 30 years. He became the only mountaineer in the world to do so.

54-year-old Kami is also known as Everest Man.

Kami Rita Sherpa climbed via the Southeast Ridge Route and reached the peak at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft).
Kami has reached the summit of Everest twice in 10 days.
Earlier, Kami Rita had reached this peak on 12 May.
Kami Rita is a Sherpa and guides trekkers who come here for the dangerous climb to Mount Everest.
Sherpa is a tribe that resides in the snowy areas of the Himalayas.
Sherpas are known for their mountain climbing skills.
Kami Rita first reached the summit of Everest in 1994 at the age of 25.

APPOINTMENT

5. Ramesh Babu V becomes member of CERC: On May 21, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) appointed Ramesh Babu V as a member. Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to him.

Ramesh holds an M.Tech in Thermal Engineering and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering.

Ramesh Babu V was appointed as Director in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited since May 2020.
Prior to this, Ramesh worked in various positions in NTPC.
Ramesh Babu has 33 years of experience in NTPC Limited.
CERC was established by the Government of India under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998.
CERC was established on 24 July 1998, with its headquarters located in New Delhi.

AWARDS

6. Indian-origin Srinivas R Kulkarni to receive Shaw Prize: On May 21, the Shaw Prize Foundation announced the Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024 to Srinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy in the US. He is known for studying phenomena such as millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae.

In 1978, Srinivas obtained a post-graduation degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and a PhD degree from the University of California.

From 2006 to 2018 he served as director of the Caltech Optical Observatories.
Srinivas R Kulkarni will be given this award at a ceremony organized in Hong Kong on 12 November 2024.
Apart from Srinivas, Swie Le Thein and Stuart Arkin of America will receive this award for Biology.
Peter Sarnak will be awarded the Shaw Prize for Mathematical Sciences.
In 2002, Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong founded the international award ‘Shaw Prize’.
Every year this award is given in the fields of Astronomy, Biology and Mathematics Science.

TODAY’S HISTORY

History of 23 May: On this day in 1951, Tibet signed an agreement with China. With this, China occupied Tibet. In October 1950, China attacked Tibet and defeated its army. After this, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama signed an agreement with 17 points.

Tibetans celebrate Blade Day every year on May 23.

In 2010, the father of the Naxalite movement, Kanu Sanyal, died.
In 2008, India successfully tested the surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-2.
In 1999 Johannes Rau became President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest.
Former President of Peru Alan Garcia was born in 1949.
In 1930, famous Indian historian Rakhaldas Bandopadhyaya died.
In 1919, Queen Mother Maharani Gayatri Devi of the Jaipur Royal Family was born.
In 1420 Jews were expelled from Austria and Syria.

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