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• The insurer will pay for any damages that the insured is legally liable for under the
Fatal Accidents Act, 1855, if an employee (other than a paid driver) is killed or
injured while using the insured vehicle (Upon payment of premium
Rs.25/employee).
• The compulsory cover of IMT-29 shall be provided as an inbuilt coverage under the
Compulsory Motor Third Party Liability Section of Private Car Package/ Bundled
Policies and under standalone policies insuring Compulsory Motor Third Party
Liability.
• The employees travelling in or driving the employer’s motor vehicle will be covered
under the insurance with the payment of premium of Rs.50/employee.
• The maximum number of employees covered under the insurance equals the
maximum licensed seating capacity of the vehicle.
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Kasaragod Becomes 1st District in India to
Declare Official Tree, Flower, Bird, Species
• The Kasaragod district of Kerala became the first district in India to
officially designate its official tree, flower, bird and species
• The district’s flower, ‘Periya Polathali‘ (Malabar river lily), was declared as
its official flower. Discovered in 2012, these white and red flowers grow
near the red sand hills of Kasargod.
• Under this scheme, eligible parents will get Rs 11,000 at the time of birth
of the girl child and later the girl child will receive Rs 51,000 on clearing
class XII.
IBM:
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Arvind Krishna
• Headquarters –New York, United States of America
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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Conferred with
Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2023
• Narges Mohammadi, Iranian women’s rights campaigner and the
2023 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, will be conferred with the
Harmony Foundation’s Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social
Justice 2023.
• The 19th Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice Award
(2023) Ceremony is scheduled for November 26, 2023, in
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• She has fought against the oppression of women in Iran for 30 years and
opposes the death penalty in a country that reports most state executions.
• She has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted 5 times. In total, she
has been sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes by the Iranian
regime.
• She has also authored a book titled “White Torture: Interviews with Iranian
Women Prisoners” in 2022.
• In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for her fight against the
oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and
freedom for all.
• She became the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the 2nd
Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, who won in 2003.
• In 2023, she was also awarded the Olof Palme Prize, the PEN/Barbey
Freedom to Write Award, and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize.
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• Jina Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested
for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory hijab (headscarf) law in September
2022. She died 3 days after arrest.
• Her death under suspicious circumstances led to the massive women led
protests in Iran.
• The women are protesting under the slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ i.e.
Iranian Women Protest Movement against the hijab law and other
discriminatory laws.
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• The first prize in 1988 was awarded jointly to South African Nelson
Mandela and Russian Anatoly Marchenko.
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Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Launched
Ashok Tandon’s New Book “The Reverse Swing”
• Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas(MoPNG) launched a book
titled “The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to Cooperation”
authored by Ashok Kumar Tandon, a veteran journalist
and political commentator.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Wins
US Grand Prix 2023
• Max Verstappen, the Belgian-Dutch driver of Red Bull won the
Formula 1 (F1) United States Grand Prix 2023 held at the Circuit
of The Americas in Austin, Texas, The United States of
America(USA)
• This also marks Verstappen’s 15th win out of 17 races of the 2023
season, in this 15 he won 11 races in a row.
• The day also aims to promote the action to eliminate the use of lead in
paint.