CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Vinisha Umashankar, a 14-year-old student from Tiruvannamalai, in Tamil Nadu, India, has won the prestigious ‘Children’s Climate Prize for the 2020 Clean Air Category’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The winners of this year’s Children’s Climate Prize are Vinisha Umashankar, 14 years old, and Aadya Joshi, 17 years old, both from India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Children’s Climate Prize is founded by the Swedish energy company Telge Energi. As of 2020, the Children’s Climate Foundation will annually award the prize. The winners receive a diploma, medal and prize money of SEK 100, 000 to continue with the development of their projects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sparsh, a teenager from Patna who opts to go with his first name, has won first prize among five finalists for the Children’s Climate Prize 2022 from hundreds of nominations from all over the world for his innovation, thermal floater, which converts thermal energy from the sun into electrical energy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vinisha Umashankar, a student innovator turned environmentalist from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, has been selected as a “changemaker” and Batonbearer for the ongoing 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay (12-15 January 2022) in India. The young innovator and buddying environmentalist Ms.