• FIFA was established in France.

• FIFA was founded at Paris, in 1904 and it is the highest governing body of football.

• Presently its headquarters are located at Zurich, Switzerland.

• Presently its membership comprises of 211 national associations.

• It has six regional confederations which are as follows-

Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania, and South America.

• The Pritzker Architecture Prize is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.

• This award was instituted in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy.

• The award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation.

• Global Economic Prospect Report is released by World Bank.

• The major Indices released by World Economic Forum is as follow-

- Global Competitiveness Report

- Global Gender Gap Index

- Global IT Report

- Global Risk Report

- Global Manufacturing Index

- Social Mobility Index

- Global Human Capital Index

NITI Ayog stands for National Institution for Transforming India.

• Prime Minister acts as the chairman of NITI Ayog and Amitabh Kant is the present CEO of NITI Ayog.

• The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015

• It is premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the government of India.

• Vision Document, Model Land Leasing Law, APMC Reforms etc. are some major initiatives of NITI.

Bhartendu Harishchandra is known as the father of modern Hindi Literature.

• His major poetry creations are- Bhakta Sarvagya, Prem Malika, Madhumukul, Varsha Vinod, Vinay prem Pachasa, etc.

• The period from 1857 to 1900 is known as the Bharatendu era due to the vast literary contribution of Bharatendu.

• He wrote: “Andher Nagari, Chaupat Raja, taka ser bhaaji, take ser khaja”.

• Surekha Shankar Yadav is the first female driver of Indian Railways.

• She became India's first female train driver in 1988 when she drove a local train for Central Railways.

• She became Asia's first woman train driver to drive the Deccan Queen on 8 March, 2011 from Pune to CST.

• International Renewable Energy Agency was founded in 2009. It is an intergovernmental organisation that acts as principle platform for international cooperation on renewable energy developments.

• The headquarters of International Renewable Energy Agency is located in Abu Dhabi.

• Minorities Rights Day is observed on 18 December in India.

• The Minorities Rights Day is celebrated by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).

• Ministry of Minority Affairs was established on 29 January 2006.

• It was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• Six religious communities of India namely Muslims, Christians,Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains have been notified as minority communities in India.

* The World Migratory Bird Day 2023 will be observed worldwide on May 13 this year, with the aim of focussing on the conservation of migratory birds.

* According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) website, the World Migratory Bird Day 2023 will focus on ‘Water and its importance for migratory birds’.

* Hence, option D is correct.

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* World Immunization Week is observed annually across the globe in the last week of April to highlight the collective action needed and to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.

* World Immunization Week 2023 is observed from 24^th to 30^th April 2023

* Hence, option A is correct.