CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India Today Group Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie was awarded India’s Most Powerful Women in Media award. She received the award at the British Parliament. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the India Today Group.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maintaining her position for the fifth time in a row, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, was featured in the Forbes’ annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.

Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains Who has been awarded India’s Most Powerful Women in Media award at British Parliament? Notes: Renowned journalist Kalli Purie, who is India Today Group Vice-Chairperson, has been conferred the India’s Most Powerful Women in Media award at the famed Confluence Excellence Awards in British Parliament.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nirmala Sitharaman, 5 other Indians in Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2022 list. Ranked at number 36, FM Sitharaman has made it to the Forbes list for the fourth time in a row. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is ranked No. 1 this year.