• The ‘Sun Temple’ of Konark is in the State of Odisha.
• The name Konark derives from the combination of the Sanskrit/Odia language words Kona (corner or angle) and Arka (the sun).
• It is dedicated to the Hindu 'god Surya'.

• Dadasahed Phalke award was instituted in 1969.

• Dadasahed Phalke is known as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’. He made first full length film of India titled Raja Harishchandra in 1913.

• The award comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of Rs. 10 Lakh.

• Devika Rani was the first recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1969.

• Amitabh Bachan awarded this award in 2018 which was 66^th Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

• It is presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

* Kailasa temple in the Ellora Caves is the largest rock-cut monument in the world.

* The Ellora Caves are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and is celebrated for its Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples and monuments.

* These temples and monuments were carved from the local cliff rock in the 6th to 8th century CE.

* It is located in Maharashtra.

* Its construction is generally attributed to the eighth century Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.

* The temple architecture shows traces of Pallava and Chalukya styles.

● Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee was awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

● He is currently working as the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

● Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer are also awarded nobel prize in 2019, for their work alleviating global poverty.

The World Trade Organisation was established in 1995.

• It’s headquarters are located at Geneva, Switzerland.

• The WTO has 164 members (including European Union) and 23 observer governments.

• GATT was converted to WTO in 1995; GATT was established after WWII by Breetton Woods Conference.

• WHO is not a United Nations agency but both maintains strong relation and work culture.

• It cooperates with the IMF and World Bank in terms of making cohesiveness in making global economic policies.

* Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her book ‘the god of small things’.

* It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins. The book explores how small things affect people's behaviour and their lives.

* In November 2011, she was awarded the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing and she was also featured in the 2014 list of Time 100 most influential personalities of the world.

* Some of her other important works are- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, The End of Imagination, The Cost of Living, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Power Politics, The Checkbook, and the Cruise Missile, etc.