Famous Women Personalities- 2023-24 (Part-4)

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Famous Women personalities/ Current affairs 2024

1. Who has won the title of ‘Femina Miss India 2023’?

Ans: Nandini Gupta

(Facts: Nandini Gupta has become India’s 59^th Miss India, Nandini Gupta is resident of Kota city of Rajasthan. Miss India 2022- Sini Shetty.)

2. Who has become the first woman director of the ‘Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras- Zanzibar campus’?

Ans: Preeti Aghalayam

(Facts: IIT- Madras becomes the first IIT in the India to launch an international campus, which is being built in Zanzibar, Tanzania)

3. Who has been appointed as the first woman permanent representative of India to the United Nations (UN)?

Ans: Ruchira Kamboj

4. Which position has Nirmala Sitharaman got in the list of 100 most powerful women in the world released by Forbes?

Ans: 32^nd

(Facts: Issuer- Forbes, Top- Ursula Van der (President of the European Union)

India’s first full-time Finance Minister- Nirmala Sitharaman)

5. Who has become the first Asian woman to win the ‘Best Actress’ Award at the Oscar Awards 2023?

Ans: Michelle Yeoh (Hong Kong)

(Facts: Michelle Yeoh won this Award for the film – The Everything Everywhere All at Once)

6. Who has become the first woman loco pilot in Asia to operate ‘Vande Bharat Express Train’?

Ans: Surekha Yadav

7. Which female Weightlifter has been banned by NADA for 4 years for the banned anabolic-androgenic steroid Drostanolone ?

Ans: Sanjita Chanu

8. Who won the title of ‘Mrs. Universe India 2023’?

Ans: Madhuri Patle

9. Which Indian actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Hyundai Motor India Limited?

Ans: Deepika Padukone

10. Who has been appointed as Managing Director of ‘NIVEA India’?

Ans: Geetika Mehta

11. Which squash player has won the title of ‘Scottish Junior Open U19’?

Ans: Anahat Singh

(Facts: Event- Edinburgh (Scotland), Runner-up Robin McAlpine)

12. Who has become the youngest player to play in the FIFA women’s Football World Cup in 2023?

Ans: Casey Phair

13. Who has become the first woman wrestler from India to win the second consecutive ‘Under-20 World Wrestling Championship’ in 2023?

Ans: Antim Panghal

14. Who has become the first woman IPS officer of ‘Arunachal Pradesh’?

Ans : Tenzing Yangki

15. Which woman has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2023 in the field of medicine?

Ans: Katalin Kariko (Hungary)

(Facts: Karolinska Institute has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Catalin Kariko and Drew Weissman.

Why was it given? – For his discoveries related to nucleoside base modifications, which enabled the development of effective mRNA  vaccines against Covid19.)

16. Who has been Awarded the ‘Nobel Peace Prize 2023’?

Ans:Nargis Mohammadi (Iran)

(Facts: ‘Nobel Peace Prize 2023’ awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to Iranian activist Nargis Mohammadi)

17. Who has been awarded the ‘Nobel Prize 2023 in the field of Economics’?

Ans: Claudia Goldin (USA)

(Facts: Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research that improves Discrimination between Men and Women in Labour Market.)

18. Who has become the new principal Director of ‘All India Radio and News Services Division’?

Ans: Dr. Vasudha Gupta

 Facts: She has given above 33 years of service in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting dedicatedly, including her tenure as Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB). In COVID-19 pandemic her remarkable achievements was the creation of a feedback dashboard for the Government of India, through various media platforms which resulted in transparent government.

19. Who has won the title of ‘Divine Miss International India 2023’?

Ans: Praveena Anjana

20. Who has been appointed as the next Director of Indian Oil ?

Ans: Rashmi Govil

(Facts: Indian oil Corporation- Headquarter- New Delhi, Established- 30 June 1959)

21. Who has become the first woman Director General of ‘Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)’?

Ans: Kanchan Devi

22. Who has become the first woman officer to be actively developed in the world’s highest battlefield Siachen?

Ans: Captain Shiva Chauhan

23. Who has become the first Indian woman to be appointed in the ‘International Table Tennis Federation Foundation (ITTF)’ Governing Board?

Ans: Vita Dani