Tori Bowie
Nationality: USA
Profession: Athlete/three-time Olympic medalist
Died in May 2023
Aged: 32
As per World Bank’s annual report World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refuges and Societies, 184 million people (2.3% of world population) are migrants.
Kenya launched its first ‘Taifa-1’ earth observation satellite.
Taifa-1 means Nation One.
Taifa-1 will operate for five years
Launched from rocket of Space X
Space X belongs to USA
Launching Date: 15 April 2023
In April 2023, the JUICE probe has been launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spacecraft.
JUICE is a mission to explore Jupiter's icy, ocean-rich moons.
JUICE will enter Jupiter's orbit by July 2023.
About Jupiter
It is the largest planet in our solar system
It rotates about once every 10 hours
It has 79 satellites
It is the fifth planet
It is larger than the earth
Renowned San Francisco drag performer Heklina passed away on 4 April 2023 in England.
Daniil Medvedev won Miami Open 2023 by defeating Jannik Sinner.
Daniil Medvedev is a tennis player belongs to Russia.
Jannik Sinner belongs to Italy.
Note: Miami Open is usually held between March and April in the USA
Saudi Arabia will send its first-ever woman astronaut on a space mission in 2023.
Rayyana Barnawi will be the first Saudi woman into space.
Australia will remove the British monarch from its currency notes on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture.
British monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Announced made on 2 February 2023.
Australian Open 2023 (grand slam tennis tournament)
Edition: 111th (55th in Open Era)
Venue: Melbourne Park (Australia)
Final held: 29 January 2023
Men's singles title winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women's singles winner: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
A plan is under way in Japan to launch the world's first "wooden" satellite in 2023