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PIB Gist 8
➢ PIB Gist : April Month 8
➢ PIB Gist : March Month 10
Most Important Current Affairs 14
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of May 14
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of April 21
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of March 28
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of February 33
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of January 43
➢ Most Important Current Affairs of December 2022 52
National Current Affairs 58
➢ National Current Affairs of May 58
➢ National Current Affairs of April 59
➢ National Current Affairs of March 60
➢ National Current Affairs of February 61
➢ National Current Affairs of January 62
➢ National Current Affairs of December 63
International Current Affairs 64
➢ International Current Affairs of May 64
➢ International Current Affairs of April 65
➢ International Current Affairs of March 66
➢ International Current Affairs of February 67
➢ International Current Affairs of January 67
➢ International Current Affairs of December 69
Current Affairs Related to States in India 71
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of May 71
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of April 72
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of March 73
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of February 74
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of January 75
➢ Current Affairs Related to States in India of December 77
Union Territories of India 80
➢ Union Territories of India of May 80
➢ Union Territories of India of February 80
➢ Union Territories of India of December 80
New Appointments: National 80
➢ New Appointments: National of May 80
➢ New Appointments: National of April 81
➢ New Appointments: National of March 82
➢ New Appointments: National of February 83
➢ New Appointments: National of January 84
➢ New Appointments: National of December 85
New Appointments: International 86
➢ New Appointments: International of May 86
➢ New Appointments: International of April 86
➢ New Appointments: International of March 86
➢ New Appointments: International of February 86
➢ New Appointments: International of January 87
➢ New Appointments: International of December 87
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings 87
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of May 87
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of April 87
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of March 88
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of February 88
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of January 89
➢ Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of December 90
Banking Current Affairs 91
➢ Banking Current Affairs of May 91
➢ Banking Current Affairs of April 92
➢ Banking Current Affairs of March 93
➢ Banking Current Affairs of February 95
➢ Banking Current Affairs of January 96
➢ Banking Current Affairs of December 97
Economy/Financial Current Affairs 98
➢ Economy/Financial Current Affairs of May 98
➢ Economy/Financial Current Affairs of April 99
➢ Economy/Financial Current Affairs of March 99
➢ Economy/Financial Current Affairs of February 100
➢ Economy/Financial Current Affairs of January 100
➢ Economy Current Affairs of December 101
Business Current Affairs 102
➢ Business Current Affairs of May 102
➢ Business Current Affairs of April 102
➢ Business Current Affairs of March 103
➢ Business Current Affairs of February 103
➢ Business Current Affairs of January 104
➢ Business Current Affairs of December 104
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organizations 105
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of May 105
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of April 105
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organizations of March 106
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organizations of February 106
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of January 106
➢ India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of December 106
Defense Current Affairs 107
➢ Defense Current Affairs of May 107
➢ Defense Current Affairs of April 107
➢ Defense Current Affairs of March 107
➢ Defense Current Affairs of February 108
➢ Defense Current Affairs of January 108
➢ Defence Current Affairs of December 109
Equipment’s 110
➢ Equipment’s of March 110
➢ Equipment’s of February 110
➢ Equipment’s of January 110
➢ Equipment’s of December 111
Awards & Recognition 111
➢ Awards & Recognition of May 111
➢ Awards & Recognition of April 112
➢ Awards & Recognition of March 112
➢ Awards & Recognition of February 113
➢ Awards & Recognition of January 113
➢ Awards & Recognition of December 114
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) 115
➢ Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of May 115
➢ Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of April 116
➢ Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of March 116
➢ Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of February 117
➢ Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of January 117
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) 118
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) on May 118
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of April 118
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of March 119
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of February 119
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of January 120
➢ List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of December 120
Books & Authors 122
➢ Books & Authors of May 122
➢ Books & Authors of April 122
➢ Books & Authors of March 122
➢ Books & Authors of February 123
➢ Books & Authors of January 123
➢ Books & Authors of December 123
Sports Current Affairs 124
➢ Sports Current Affairs of May 124
➢ Sports Current Affairs of April 125
➢ Sports Current Affairs of March 125
➢ Sports Current Affairs of February 126
➢ Sports Current Affairs of January 127
➢ Sports Current Affairs of December 129
Science & Technology 131
➢ Science & Technology of May 131
➢ Science & Technology of April 131
➢ Science & Technology of March 132
➢ Science & Technology of February 132
➢ Science & Technology of January 133
➢ Science & Technology of December 133
Schemes/ Apps 134
➢ Schemes/ Apps of May 134
➢ Schemes/ Apps of April 135
➢ Schemes/ Apps of March 136
➢ Schemes/ Apps of February 136
➢ Schemes/ Apps of January 136
➢ Schemes/ Apps of December 137
Committees in News 138
➢ Committees in News of May 138
➢ Committees in News of April 138
➢ Committees in News of March 138
➢ Committees in News of February 138
Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in news 138
➢ Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in News of May 138
➢ Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in news of January 138
Important Days 139
➢ Important Days of May 139
➢ Important Days of April 140
➢ Important Days of March 141
➢ Important Days of February 142
➢ Important Days of January 142
➢ Important Days of December 143
Obituaries (National/International) 144
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of May 144
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of April 144
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of March 145
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of February 145
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of January 145
➢ Obituaries (National/International) of December 146
Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners 147
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of May 147
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of April 147
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of March 148
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of February 149
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of January 149
➢ Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of December 150
PIB Gist
PIB Gist : April Month 10. The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, unveiled the digital version of the
1. Combined Commanders’ Conference held in Bhopal, Employability Skills curriculum for students enrolled in
Madhya Pradesh: the theme ‘Ready, Resurgent, Relevant India’s Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) at the Future Skills
2. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Forum in New Delhi. The Future Skills Forum – is an
Bharat Express train between Bhopal and New Delhi at Rani initiative of the Future Right Skills Network (FRSN) a
Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh collaborative effort by QUEST Alliance, Accenture, Cisco,
3. The entire team of HAL praised for highest-ever revenue and J.P. Morgan.
generation from operations of around Rs.26,500 Crores 11. report of State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2021-22
(provisional and unaudited) for FY 2022-23 as against Five states – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan,
Rs.24,620 for the previous FY. and Telangana – are in the Front Runner category, while
4. The Sagarmala Programme is an initiative by the Shipping four states – Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Punjab –
Ministry to utilise India’s 7,500 km of coastline and are in the Achiever category. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
advantageous location in the Indian Ocean Region. Assam, and Chandigarh are the top-performing states in
Recently Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways their respective state groups. Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh showed the most improvement since the last
(MoPSW) recently released the draft Sagarmala Innovation
and Startup Policy for feedback from stakeholders index.
12. Indiahandmade Portal is an e-commerce portal launched
concerned.
by the Indian Government with the aim of empowering
5. Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri
artisans and weavers by providing them a platform to sell
Sarbananda Sonowal recently launched the App Version of their products directly to customers.
National Logistics Portal (Marine) ‘Sagar-Setu’. 13. The unified portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics launched
6. Union Cabinet recently approved the National Medical to instill the efficiency, transparency and accountability in
Devices Policy, 2023, which aims to reduce India’s heavy department users with twin objective to cater the need of
import dependence in this sector ( 75-80% currently). pharma and chemical industry for synergistic growth of the
7. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), in collaboration with drugs & pharma sector and boosting economy for “Aatma
Airtel, announced the launch of WhatsApp Banking Nirbhar Bharat”
Services for IPPB customers in New Delhi. 14. Prime Minister recently approved the National Quantum
8. Indian Railways is rapidly progressing to accomplish Mission (NQM) at a total cost of Rs.6003.65 crore from
Mission100Percent Electrification and become the largest 2023-24 to 2030-31.
green railway network in the world. During 2022-23, IR has 15. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri
upgraded 530 Kms with automatic signaling as compared to Narendra Singh Tomar recently launched the SATHI (Seed
218 Kms during 2021-22, registering an increase of 143.12%. Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory)
Large number of Digitally Interlocked Stations have been Portal and Mobile App. It has been developed by the NIC in
created from old lever frame to computer based operating collaboration with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and
system. Electronic Interlocking is being adopted on a large Farmers Welfare on the theme of ‘Uttam Beej – Samriddh
scale to derive benefits of digital technologies in train Kisan’.
operation and to enhance safety. 16. Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Ladakh'wood carving.
17. The ICDRI’s theme is the “Delivering Resilient and Inclusive
9. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) was launched on
Infrastructure: Pathways for Risk Informed Systems,
8th April 2015 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with
Practices and Investments”
the aim to facilitate easy collateral-free micro credit of up to
The global conference was organized around three pillars-
₹10 lakh to non-corporate, non-farm small and micro
• The first pillar is Delivering Resilient Infrastructure –
entrepreneurs for income generating activities.
Inclusive and Risk Informed Systems.
Three products, dubbed “Shishu,” “Kishore,” and “Tarun,”
• The second pillar is Delivering Resilient Infrastructure –
were developed by MUDRA in response to the funding and
Providing Reliable Services through Resilient
growth requirements of the recipient micro-units. Infrastructure Assets.
• Shishu: Providing coverage for loans up to Rs. 50000 • The third pillar is Delivering Resilient Infrastructure –
• Kishore: Loans beyond Rs. 50,000 and up to Rs. 5 lakh Realizing Finance and Investments for Infrastructure
are covered. Resilience
• Tarun: loan above Rs 5 Lakh up to Rs. 10 lakh. 18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently released the figures
Since the PMMY’s establishment in April 2015, around of the 5th cycle of India’s Tiger Census revealing that tiger
40.82 crore loans totaling a sanctioned sum of Rs. 23.2 lakh numbers have once again increased in the country. 3167 is
crore have been made available. the present tiger population.
19. For the first time in India, the government has conducted will be implemented over a five-year period as Central
the first-ever census of water bodies. sector scheme with a financial provision of Rs. 1228.70 Cr.
The census was launched under the centrally sponsored 27. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India has
scheme, “Irrigation Census” in convergence with the 6th introduced a new scheme “Marketing and Logistics
Minor Irrigation Census in order to have a comprehensive Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from
national database of all water bodies. 24,24,540 water North -Eastern Region (PTP-NER). TRIFED, the nodal
bodies have been enumerated in the country, out of which agency under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, continues to
strive in endeavors to improving the quality of the life of the
97.1% (23,55,055) are in rural areas and only 2.9% (69,485)
tribal people, while preserving their age-old traditions.
are in urban areas. 28. The Ministry of Rural Development's Deendayal
Top 05 States in terms of number of water bodies are West Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission
Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Assam (DAY-NRLM) launched “Sangathan Se Samridhhi–
which constitute around 63% of the total water bodies in the Leaving no Rural Woman Behind”, a national campaign
country. 29. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the 5th round of
20. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, has launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka
three new resources aimed at fostering innovation and Aam Nagrik (UDAN) to further enhance the connectivity to
creativity among India's youth. The launch event introduced remote and regional areas of the country and achieve last
the ATL Tinkering Curriculum, Equipment Manual, and the mile connectivity.
Calendar of Activities for 2023-24. 30. The Prime Minister will launch nine campaigns under the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav-Inclusive Development
21. Samudrayaan Project was launched in September, 2021
(Samaveshi Vikaas) theme led by the Ministry of Rural
under Deep Ocean Mission with a budgetary outlay of Rs
Development.
119 Crores. India will send three personnel to 6,000 metre 31. The government is planning to develop more than 250
depth in a vehicle called Matsya 6000 for the exploration of projects with a ropeway length of over 1,200 km in five
deep-sea resources like minerals. MATSYA 6000 vehicle is years under Parvatmala Pariyojana. The scheme was
being designed and developed by Chennai-based National launched in Union Budget 2022-23.
Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) which is an 32. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will participate in a
autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. programme marking 20 years of completion of the
22. The Stand Up India Scheme was established on 5 April SWAGAT initiative in Gujarat. SWAGAT (State Wide
2016 to foster entrepreneurship and employment Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology) was
development at the grassroots level. The seventh started by the Prime Minister in April 2003, when he was the
Chief Minister of Gujarat.
anniversary of the Stand Up India scheme is being
33. Total enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana crossed 5.20
celebrated recently. Over 40 thousand 700 crore rupees crore mark as on 31 March 2023. The scheme enrolled more
have been sanctioned under Stand Up India Scheme to than 1.19 crore new subscribers in FY 2022-23 as compared
more than 1 lakh 80 thousand 630 accounts since inception to 99 lakh in the last financial year.
of the Scheme. 34. The 10th edition of IN-SLN bilateral maritime exercise
23. The Government said that over 1 lakh 60,000 farmers have SLINEX-23 is scheduled at Colombo from 03 - 08 April 2023.
received benefits during the Biotech-KISAN scheme in the 35. The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force
last one year (USAF) kicked off the first phase of Exercise Cope India 23.
24. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit The joint military exercise is being held at Air Force Stations
Shah will launch ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda and Agra.
36. Exercise Orion, a bilateral military drill between the Indian
Kibithoo, a border village in Arunachal Pradesh
Air Force and the French Air and Space Force (FASF) started
25. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Mr. Pushkar Singh
at the Mont-de-Marsan airbase in France recently
Dhami launched ‘A-HELP’ (Accredited Agent for Health
37. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will be participating in Exercise
and Extension of Livestock Production) programme in INIOCHOS-23, a multi-national air exercise hosted by the
the State of Uttarakhand Greece Air Force from April 24 to May 4
26. The Union government has drawn up the country’s first 38. The 7th edition of joint military exercise “AJEYA
animal pandemic response plan in collaboration with the WARRIOR-23” between India and the United Kingdom
World Bank, which will be implemented as a central was recently started at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom.
government scheme to deal with outbreaks. This project 39. The National Health Accounts Estimates report for India
will be a part of World Bank funded Animal Health System (2019-20) has been released, revealing various health
Support for One Health (AHSSOH) project under the aegis outcomes.
of National One Health Mission. The collaborative project • The share of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) in
Total Health Expenditure in 2019-20 was 47.1.
• This indicates that almost half of the healthcare 4. Bureau of India Standards (BIS) has prohibited the sale of
expenses were borne by individuals directly from their hallmarked gold jewelry or gold artefacts without 6 digit
pockets, which is a cause of concern. alphanumeric Hallmark Unique Identification Number
• The percentage increase in Government Health (HUID) after 31st March 2023.
Expenditure’s share in the country’s total GDP between Hallmarking was started by the BIS in the year 2000.
2014-15 and 2019-20 was 0.22%. Mandatory hallmarking was implemented in 288 districts of
• The percentage increase in Government Health the country with effect from June 23, 2021, through the
Expenditure’s share in Total Health Expenditure Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order,
between 2014-15 and 2019-20 was 12.4%. 2022
• The percentage increase in the share of health sector 5. The Central Government has launched a High Price Day
spending in General Government Expenditure between Ahead Market and Surplus Power Portal (PUShP) – an
2014-15 and 2019-20 was 1.08%. initiative to ensure greater availability of power during the
• This indicates that the government is allocating more peak demand season
funds towards the healthcare sector, which is a positive 6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted an
sign. ‘Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC)’ status to Indian
• The percentage increase in the share of primary Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) recently.
healthcare in Current Government Health It was earlier classified as ‘Investment and Credit Company
Expenditure between 2014-15 and 2019-20 was 4.6%. (ICC)’
7. Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022: Findings
• The percentage increase in government spending on
health between 2018-19 and 2019-20 was 12%. This • Total milk production in the country during 2021-22 is
221.06 million tonnes.
indicates that the government has increased its
spending on healthcare significantly. • In the current year 2021-22, the milk production has
registered an annual growth rate of 5.29%. Top five
major milk producing States are Rajasthan (15.05%),
PIB Gist : March Month Uttar Pradesh (14.93%), Madhya Pradesh (8.06%),
1. Centre releases guidelines for celebrities, social media Gujarat (7.56%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.97%).
influencers. The guidelines called “Endorsements Know- • In 2021-22, the total egg production in the country is
hows!" state that endorsements must be made in simple, 129.60 billion nos which has increased by 6.19% as
clear language, and terms such as “advertisement," compared to previous year.
“sponsored," “collaboration" or “paid promotion". The • Total five major egg producing States are Andhra
guidelines aims to ensure that individuals do not mislead Pradesh (20.41%), Tamil Nadu (16.08%), Telangana
their audiences when endorsing products or services and (12.86%), West Bengal (8.84%) and Karnataka (6.38%).
that they are in compliance with the Consumer Protection • The total meat production in the country is 9.29 million
Act and any associated rules or guidelines. tonnes for the year 2021-22 with an annual growth rate
2. The Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income of 5.62%.
Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund I is India’s largest • The total five major meat producing States are
social impact fund specifically formed for completing Maharashtra (12.25%), Uttar Pradesh (12.14%), West
stressed and stalled residential projects. Bengal (11.63%), Andhra Pradesh (11.04%), and
The Fund is sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, Telangana (10.82%).
Government of India, and is managed by SBICAP Ventures • The total wool production in the country during 2021-
Ltd., a State Bank Group company. 22 is 33.13 thousand tonnes which has decline by
It is a Category-II AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund 10.30% as compared to previous year.
registered with SEBI • The top five major wool producing States are Rajasthan
SWAMIH has so far provided final approval to about 130 (45.91%), Jammu and Kashmir (23.19%), Gujarat
projects with sanctions worth over Rs 12,000 crore. (6.12%), Maharashtra (4.78%) and Himachal Pradesh
Launched in 2019 (4.33%).
The Fund has completed 20,557 homes • The per-capita availability of milk is 444 gram/day
Aims to complete over 81,000 homes in the next three years during 2021-22 increased by 17 gram/day over previous
across 30 tier 1 and 2 cities. year.
3. Ministry of Defence, recently signed contracts with 8. Invest India, the Board appointed Ms. Manmeet K Nanda,
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro IAS, West Bengal Cadre (2000 Batch) as the Managing
Limited (L&T) for procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Director & CEO (Addl charge) of Invest India until a full time
Aircraft. regular appointment.
The HTT-40 is a turbo prop aircraft possessing good low 9. National Crop Insurance Portal’s digitized claim settlement
speed handling qualities and provides better training module namely DigiClaim under the ambit of Pradhan
effectiveness. Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Launched in 2016 and is being administered by the Ministry support India to transition towards low carbon sustainable
of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. growth and achieve its ambition of net zero by 2070. To
It replaced the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme enhance the impact of PAT, a program namely DEEP
(NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance (Demonstration of Energy Efficient Project) is being
Scheme (MNAIS). implemented.
10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved 17. The Department of Food and Public Distribution(DFPD) is
a subsidy of Rs.200 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 12 refills envisaging a new and unified scheme to strengthen the PDS
per year to be provided to the beneficiaries of Pradhan technology components by standardization of its operation
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY). and implementation of data driven decision making
Launched in May 2016 to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum through the data analytics.
gas This scheme aims to transform the entire PDS IT ecosystem
Government has also fixed a target of providing piped gas by leveraging the usage of Cloud and new age technology
to 21 lakh homes in 50 districts. which shall be named as Scheme for Modernization and
11. A function was held to commemorate the success of Reforms through Technology in Public Distribution System
“SWAYATT”, an initiative to promote Start-ups, Women -SMART-PDS
and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions on 18. MSME Competitive (LEAN) Scheme launched. Under the
Government eMarketplace (GeM) in New Delhi. scheme, MSMEs will implement LEAN manufacturing tools
first launched in February 2019 like 5S, Kaizen, KANBAN, Visual workplace, Poka Yoka etc
12. BHAVISHYA is a Portal for Pension Payment and Tracking under the able guidance of trained and competent LEAN
System is being integrated with Pension Seva portal of SBI Consultants to attain LEAN levels like Basic, Intermediate
and will enable Pensioners to get all information and and Advanced.
services at one place with single login in the form of the 19. Agrometeorological Advisory Services (AAS) being
newly created “Integrated Pensioners’ Portal” rendered for the benefit of farmers in the country under the
(https://ipension.nic.in) to ensure “Ease of Living for the ‘Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa’ (GKMS) scheme. The Agro-
elder citizens”. meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the GKMS is
13. Anubhav’ is an online initiative that enables submission and operated to prepare biweekly weather based bulletins
display of commendable work done by retiring employees. 20. An umbrella scheme Research, Education and Training
Initially this facility is being provided only to retiring Central Outreach (REACHOUT) is being implemented by the
government employees. Ministry of Earth Sciences for capacity building.
It is an initiative of the Department of Pensions & It consists of the following sub-schemes:
Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public R&D in Earth System Science (RDESS)
Grievances & Pensions, Government of India International Training Centre for Operational
14. NISAR was envisioned by NASA and ISRO eight years ago Oceanography (ITCOocean)
in 2014 as a powerful demonstration of the capability of Program for Development of Skilled manpower in Earth
radar as a science tool and help us study Earth’s dynamic System Sciences (DESK)
land and ice surfaces in greater detail than ever before. 21. The Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East
The spacecraft will orbit the Earth in a sun synchronous Region (PM-DevINE) Scheme was announced as a new
orbit of 747 Km with an inclination of 98.4 degree for a 12- Central Sector Scheme in the Union Budget 2022-23. About
day repeat cycle. PM-DevINE Scheme
NISAR an Earth-observation satellite, is being jointly The Scheme with 100% Central funding, will have a total
developed by the National Aeronautics and Space outlay of Rs. 6,600 crore for the 4 year period from 2022-23
Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research to 2025-26.
Organisation (ISRO). NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a Low PM-DevINE scheme will be implemented by the Ministry of
Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory. Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) through
15. India has been ranked 10th in Medical Tourism Index (MTI) North Eastern Council or Central Ministries/agencies or
for 2020-2021 out of 46 destinations of the world by Medical State Government agencies.
Tourism Association. 22. The Government of India recently announced the sites for
16. Power Minister launches the iDEEKSHA Portal, a platform setting up of 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and
designed to serve as a one-stop-shop for all energy Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks for the Textile industry. The
efficiency and decarbonisation needs of Indian energy- Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat,
intensive industries. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and
STAR Rating Programme Maharashtra.
This program is for multi-door refrigerators, table and wall- 23. Under Namami Gange Program, the development of river
mounted fans, pedestal fans, and induction hobs. front on Narayani River in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar
This program is expected to save approximately 11.2 billion has been undertaken and two Ghats have been constructed
units of electricity by 2030 and will enable the reduction of at a total cost of Rs. 6.62 crore
CO2 emission close to 9 million tonne by 2030 and shall
The Narayani River, also known as Gandaki River, is one of 29. World Forestry Day or International Day of Forests is
the major rivers in Nepal. observed every year on 21 March. Theme- Forests and
It is a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India Health
24. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has 30. National Zoological Park, New Delhi (Delhi Zoo) celebrated
launched an ambitious project to digitize the research World Sparrow Day on March 20 . Theme- I Love Sparrows
material in its possession. 31. World Consumer Rights Day is observed annually on 15
25. The Central Government has launched the National Rabies March. Theme- “Empowering consumers through clean
Control Programme (NRCP) for prevention and control of energy transitions”.
Rabies. 32. Deepak Mohanty has been appointed as the Chairperson of
• Provision of rabies vaccine & rabies immunoglobulin the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
through national free drug initiatives (PFRDA). The Centre has also appointed Mamta Shankar,
• Training on appropriate animal bite management, IES (1993), Senior Economic Advisor in the Department of
prevention and control of rabies, surveillance and Food and Public Distribution to the post of Whole-Time
intersectoral coordination Member (economics) in PFRDA.The Pension Fund
• strengthening surveillance of animal bites and rabies Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) was
deaths reporting creating awareness about rabies established in 2003
prevention 33. India’s biggest youth summit- ‘National Youth Conclave’ is
26. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate being organized by the Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA,
Change launched the Aravalli Green Wall Project, a major Department of Youth Affairs and National Institute of
initiative to green the 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Urban Affairs (NIUA).
34. The (FLNAT) under Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram
Hill Range in four states at a function organised to celebrate
(New India Literacy Programme ) was held recently across
the International Day of Forests at Tikli Village in Haryana.\
10 States and UTs in the country to assess the basic
27. Government has launched a new Centrally Sponsored
Reading, Writing and Numeracy skills of the neo-literates.
Scheme namely, “New India Literacy Programme” (NILP) New India Literacy Programme
for implementation during five years from the FYs 2022-23 35. India recently welcomed a new report by the
to 2026-27. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, saying it
• The programme aims to cover 5 crore learners during endorses the country's call for equity and climate justice.
five years under Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Major Findings
component. 36. The report recognizes the interdependence of climate,
• The centrally sponsored ‘New India Literacy ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies; the
Programme’ (NILP) for the implementation during five value of diverse forms of knowledge; and the close linkages
years (from 2022-23 to 2026-27) started on April 1, between climate change adaptation, mitigation, ecosystem
2022. health, human well-being and sustainable development,
• The programme aims to cover 5 crore learners during and reflects the increasing diversity of actors involved in
five years under Foundational Literacy and Numeracy climate action.
component. 37. The report reinforces the scientific view that CO2 is the
• The programme has five objectives: foundational primary GHG and needs to be drastically reduced.
38. The report mentions that for every 1000 GtCO2 emitted by
literacy and numeracy, critical life skills, vocational
human activity, global surface temperature rises by 0.45°C
skills development, basic education and continuing
(best estimate, with a likely range from 0.27 to 0.63°C).
education. 39. The remaining carbon budgets from the beginning of 2020
• The programme had financial outlay of Rs.1037.90 are 500 GtCO2 for a 50% likelihood of limiting global
crore out of which Rs.700.00 crore is Central share and warming to 1.5°C and 1150 GtCO2 for a 67% likelihood of
Rs.337.90 crore is State share. limiting warming to below 2°C. Reaching net zero CO2 or
• The scheme aims to cover a target of 5.00 crore non- GHG emissions primarily requires deep and rapid reductions
literates in the age group of 15 years and above. in gross emissions of CO2, as well as substantial reductions
• The beneficiaries under the scheme are identified of non-CO2 GHG emissions.
through door to door survey on Mobile App by the 40. The Report notes that Climate change has caused
surveyors in the States/UTs widespread adverse impacts and related losses and
28. World Water Day is observed on March 22, every year, to damages to nature and people that are unequally
highlight the importance of water and inspire efforts to distributed across systems, regions and sectors
conserve it. Theme- “accelerating change to solve the water • The Report also notes that without urgent, effective,
and sanitation crisis”. and equitable mitigation and adaptation actions,
climate change increasingly threatens ecosystems,
biodiversity, and the health and wellbeing of current • The Automated Air Defence Control & Reporting
and future generations. System ‘Project Akashteer’ will empower the Air
• Accelerated mitigation and implementation of Defence units of the Indian Army with an indigenous,
adaptation actions in the near-term would reduce state-of-the-art capability, to effectively operate in an
projected losses and damages for humans and integrated manner.
ecosystems. • Akashteer will enable monitoring of low level airspace
• The Synthesis Report echoes Prime Minister’s vision for over the battle areas of Indian Army and effectively
“LiFE”, or Lifestyle for Environment, which is a global control the Ground Based Air Defence Weapon
mass movement for promoting environmental friendly Systems
lifestyle to protect and preserve the environment. 46. The Defence Ministry recently signed a contract with Bharat
41. The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Electronics Limited BEL Hyderabad for the procurement of
Implementation released the Women and Men in India two Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems ‘Project
2022 report recently. Himshakti’ at an overall cost of approximately three
Major Findings thousand crore rupees.
• The report noted that the sex ratio at birth increased by 47. Indian Navy is participating in SEA DRAGON 23 exercise in
three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19. waters off Guam, USA which has been scheduled from 15-
• The Women and Men in India 2022 report revealed that 30 March 23. Exercise Sea Dragon 23
women are severely lagging behind men in labor force • The Sea Dragon is an annual, multinational anti-
participation rates. submarine warfare (ASW) exercise conducted by the
• The report showed that the Labor Force Participation United States Navy.
Rate for those above 15 years of age has been • Participating Countries: India, USA, Japan, Canada and
increasing since 2017-2018. South Korea
• The low participation rates for women could be due to 48. The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the
social factors, educational qualifications, and gender 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour
exercise recently at Jodhpur Military Station, India.
discrimination in terms of wages and opportunities at
49. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
the workplace.
conducted two consecutive successful flight tests of Very
• The Women and Men in India 2022 report also features
Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile.
India’s age and sex structure.
• VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System
• The population growth, which has been on a downward (MANPAD) meant for neutralising low altitude aerial
trend since 1971, is projected to fall further to 0.58% in threats at short ranges.
2036. • It has been designed and developed indigenously by
• The report notes that the population pyramid will Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad in collaboration
undergo a shift, with the base of the pyramid narrowing with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry
down while the middle is broadened. Partners.
• The age-specific fertility rate has improved, with the • The missile incorporates many novel technologies
number of live births in the 20-24 years and 25-29 years including Dual-band IIR Seeker, miniaturised Reaction
age group between 2016 and 2020 reducing from 135.4 Control System and integrated avionics.
and 166.0 to 113.6 and 139.6, respectively. • The propulsion is provided by a dual thrust solid motor
42. Ministry of Tourism organised a roundtable interaction with 50. The third edition of the multilateral exercise La Perouse is
heads of mission in New Delhi as a run up to first Global scheduled to be conducted in the Indian Ocean Region from
Tourism Investor’s Summit 13 to 14 March 2023.
43. The Civil-20 India 2023 Inception Conference kicked off its 51. Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS
first plenary session in Nagpur, Maharashtra, with the Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise
theme of “Balancing Development with Environment”. (MPX) with French Navy (FN) ships FS Dixmude.
44. An international conference on “Shared Buddhist 52. Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX for
Heritage” will be held with focus on India’s civilizational the year 2023, conducted across the expanse of IOR over a
connect with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization duration of four months from Nov 22 - Mar 23, culminated
(SCO) nations 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi recently in the Arabian Sea.INS Trikand is participating in
45. The Ministry of Defence signed three contracts – two with the International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023
(IMX/CE-23) being held in the Gulf region.
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and one with NewSpace
53. The maiden Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 between
India Limited (NSIL) – at a total cost nearly Rs 5,400 crore.
Indian Army and French Army will be conducted at Pangode
About the project
Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
Most Important Current Affairs

Most Important Current Affairs of May
Mann Ki Baat 100th Episode: PM Modi addresses 100th
episode of Mann Ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio program 'Mann
ki Baat' reached a significant milestone on Sunday, April 30th,
with the broadcast of its 100th episode. The program, which
started in October 2014, has become an essential component of
the Indian government's outreach program and has addressed
various social groups, including women, youth, and farmers.
Broadcast at the UN Headquarters in New York:
The 100th episode of 'Mann ki Baat' was historic as it was
broadcast live in the United Nations headquarters in New York.
This program's significance has spurred community action and Celebrations marking the occasion:
has become a key pillar of the government's citizen outreach
To celebrate the 100th episode of 'Mann ki Baat', the Union
program. Ministry of Tourism has planned "100 days of action" through its
Arrangements for mass outreach: Yuva Tourism Clubs. Additionally, the Uttar Pradesh unit of the
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made elaborate BJP made elaborate arrangements for its airing at 55,000
arrangements for the Sunday special episode, and ministries of centers at the booth level. Union Home Minister Amit Shah
the Central government and state units have planned several rolled out a commemorative postage stamp to mark the 100th
programs to mark the historic feat. The party left no stone edition of 'Mann Ki Baat,' and a commemorative Rs 100 coin was
unturned to make the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat an unveiled to mark the momentous event in the valedictory
unprecedented mass outreach program. session.
Broadcast arrangements in India and overseas: Survey reveals popularity:
The BJP has made arrangements at around four lakh places Ahead of the 100th episode, an IIM Survey found that nearly 96
across the country for people to hear PM Modi's address. The percent of the population is aware of PM Modi's monthly radio
party president, J P Nadda, has overseen the entire exercise to program 'Mann ki Baat.' The program has reached 100 crore
make it a historic success. Overseas Indians around the world people who are aware and have listened to the program at least
also listened to 'Mann Ki Baat', the party said in a statement. once. The report states there are 23 crore regular listeners of the
'Non-political' event: program and it has cited powerful and decisive leadership and
The BJP made arrangements for the broadcast of the 100th emotional connection with the audience as reasons for its
episode of PM Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' in 2000 enclosures at the popularity.
booth level across Odisha and appealed to people and other
political parties, like the BJD and Congress, to listen to it. The World Press Freedom Index 2023: India ranks 161 out of 180
party emphasized that 'Mann ki Baat' is purely non-political. countries
World Press Freedom Index 2023
According to the latest report from global media watchdog
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), India has slipped to the 161st
position out of 180 countries in the 2023 World Press Freedom
Index. The report was released by RSF, and it indicates a decline
in India's ranking for press freedom.
There are more than 100,000 newspapers (including 36,000
weeklies) and 380 TV news channels currently operating in the
country. Since January 1, 2023 one journalist was killed in the
country while 10 journalists are behind bars. This year’s report 9 Portugal
shows the number of countries deemed “satisfactory” for their 10 East Timor
treatment of journalists rising slightly, but so does the number
where the situation is “very serious”.
Bottom 10 Countries in the List:
What is World Press Freedom Index?
Rank Countries
The World Press Freedom Index is based on five different factors
that are used to calculate scores and rank countries. These five 171 Bahrain
sub-indicators include the Political indicator, Economic 172 Cuba
indicator, Legislative indicator, Social indicator, and Security 173 Myanmar
indicator. Scores are calculated for each of these indicators and
174 Eritrea
used to determine the overall ranking of countries in terms of
press freedom. 175 Syria
176 Turkmenistan
World Press Freedom Index 2023: India
• India's rank in the Security indicator category is particularly 177 Iran
concerning, as it has fallen to 172 out of 180 countries in the 178 Vietnam
2023 World Press Freedom Index. This means that only 179 China
eight countries have a worse ranking than India when it
180 North Korea
comes to ensuring the safety and security of journalists.
• In terms of this parameter, India is ranked worse than all The World’s 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2023 by Forbes
other countries except for China, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan,
Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, and Myanmar, with Myanmar International soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo ($136 million),
having the lowest ranking. Lionel Messi ($130 million) and Kylian Mbappe ($120 million)
• India's performance in the World Press Freedom Index is are the top three highest-paid athletes. Ronaldo leads the way
also poor compared to other countries in South Asia. with an estimated haul of $136 million, including $46 million
Bangladesh ranks slightly worse than India at 163, while
from his playing salary and bonuses and $90 million from
Pakistan ranks ahead of India at 150.
endorsements, appearances, licensing income and other
• Surprisingly, even Afghanistan, where the Taliban
government is known to restrict independent journalism, business endeavors. Mbappé, who at age 24 comes in at No. 3
has a better ranking than India, at 152. Bhutan has a much with $120 million, and Johnson, who lands at No. 6 with $107
better ranking at 90, while Sri Lanka is ranked at 135. million, make eye-popping debuts in the top ten.
World Press Freedom Index 2023: Globally Forbes calculates on-field earnings based on prize money,
• Nordic countries like Norway, Ireland, and Denmark ranked salaries and bonuses, while off-field earnings are an estimate of
top three respectively while Vietnam, China, and North sponsorship deals, appearance fees and memorabilia and
Korea were the bottom three countries on the index.
licensing income. It also includes cash returns from businesses
• Russia, where the government has largely completed its
that are operated by the athlete. The world’s ten highest-paid
quelling of independent media, fell nine places to 164th.
Despite the Russian invasion and its own issues with athletes collectively made $1.11 billion before taxes and agents’
oligarchs, Ukraine rose 27 places to 79th. fees over the last 12 months, the highest total ever.
Top 10 Countries in the List: The Top Ten
Rank Countries Athlete Earnings (USD)

1 Norway Cristiano Ronaldo $136 million
2 Ireland
Lionel Messi $130 million
3 Denmark
Kylian Mbappé $120 million
4 Sweden
5 Finland LeBron James $119.5 million
6 Netherlands Canelo Álvarez $110 million
7 Lithuania Dustin Johnson $107 million
8 Estonia Phil Mickelson $106 million
Stephen Curry $100.4 million The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, with four of
Roger Federer $95.1 million the 16 awards for journalism across 15 categories going to local
Kevin Durant $89.1 million outlets reporting on corruption among local officials. The
Pulitzers are regarded as the highest honor that a U.S.-based
journalist or organization can receive. The awards were
Pulitzer Prizes 2023 Announced: Check The Complete List Of
announced by Marjorie Miller, the administrator of the Pulitzer
Winners
Prizes. There are 22 Pulitzer categories. In 21 of those categories
Pulitzer Prizes 2023 the winners receive a $15,000 cash award and a certificate.
2023 Pulitzer Prizes: JOURNALISM
Category Winner Description

Associated Press, for the
work of Mstyslav Chernov, Courageous reporting from the besieged city of Mariupol that bore witness
Public Service
Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa to the slaughter of civilians in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant
For revealing a secretly recorded conversation among city officials that
Breaking News Staff of the Los Angeles included racist comments, followed by coverage of the rapidly resulting
Reporting Times turmoil and deeply reported pieces that delved further into the racial issues
affecting local politics.
For sharp accountability reporting on financial conflicts of interest among
Investigative Staff of The Wall Street officials at 50 federal agencies, revealing those who bought and sold stocks
Reporting Journal they regulated and other ethical violations by individuals charged with
safeguarding the public’s interest.
For deeply reported and compelling accounting of the Trump
Explanatory Caitlin Dickerson of The administration policy that forcefully separated migrant children from their
Reporting Atlantic parents, resulting in abuses that have persisted under the current
administration.
For reporting that revealed how a former Mississippi governor used his
office to steer millions of state welfare dollars to benefit his family and
friends, including NFL quarterback Brett Favre. John Archibald, Ashley
Anna Wolfe of Mississippi
Local Reporting Remkus, Ramsey Archibald and Challen Stephens of AL.com, Birmingham
Today, Ridgeland, Miss.
For a series exposing how the police force in the town of Brookside preyed
on residents to inflate revenue, coverage that prompted the resignation of
the police chief, four new laws and a state audit.
For unflinching reporting that captured the complex consequences of life
National Caroline Kitchener of The
after Roe v. Wade, including the story of a Texas teenager who gave birth
Reporting Washington Post
to twins after new restrictions denied her an abortion.
For their unflinching coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including an
International
Staff of The New York Times eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha and
Reporting
the Russian unit responsible for the killings.
For evocative individual narratives about people struggling with the
Eli Saslow of The Washington
Feature Writing pandemic, homelessness, addiction and inequality that collectively form a
Post
sharply-observed portrait of contemporary America.
For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama’s
Kyle Whitmire of AL.com, Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told
Commentary
Birmingham through tours of its first capital, its mansions and monuments–and through
the history that has been omitted.
Andrea Long Chu of New For book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using
Criticism
York magazine multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society’s most fraught topics.
Category Winner Description
Nancy Ancrum, Amy Driscoll,
For a series of editorials on the failure of Florida public officials to deliver on
Luisa Yanez, Isadora Rangel
Editorial Writing many taxpayer-funded amenities and services promised to residents over
and Lauren Costantino of the
decades.
Miami Herald
Illustrated For striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen
Mona Chalabi, contributor,
Reporting and analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic
The New York Times
Commentary power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
For unique and urgent images from the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of
Breaking News Photography Staff of Ukraine, including the devastation of Mariupol after other news
Photography Associated Press organizations left, victims of the targeting of civilian infrastructure and the
resilience of the Ukrainian people who were able to flee.
Feature Christina House of the Los For an intimate look into the life of a pregnant 22-year-old woman living on
Photography Angeles Times the street in a tent–images that show
Whose investigation into her father’s troubled past revealed a larger story
of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school
Staff of Gimlet Media,
Audio Reporting in Canada, including other members of Walker’s extended family, a
notably Connie Walker
personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative
reporting.
2023 Pulitzer Prizes: BOOKS, DRAMA & MUSIC
Category Title and Author

Fiction “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper)
Fiction “Trust” by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books)
Drama “English” by Sanaz Toossi
“Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power” by Jefferson Cowie (Basic
History
Books)
Biography “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” by Beverly Gage (Viking)
Memoir or
“Stay True” by Hua Hsu (Doubleday)
Autobiography
Poetry “Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020” by Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
“His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” by Robert Samuels
General Nonfiction
and Toluse Olorunnipa (Viking) (Moved by the Board from the Biography category.)
Music “Omar” by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
Madraid Open 2023: Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended Women’s singles: A. Sabalenka
Madrid Open trophy
Men’s doubles: K. Khachanov & A. Rublev
Madraid Open 2023: Women’s doubles: V. Azarenka & B. Haddad Maia
Carlos Alcaraz has successfully defended his Madrid Open
tennis trophy by beating a very good Jann-Lennard Struff in About the Madrid Open:
three sets 6-4 3-6 6-3. The victory in just over an hour took the The Madrid Open is a professional tennis tournament that takes
19-year-old's winning streak to 10 matches and gave him a place annually in Madrid, Spain. The tournament is part of the
second consecutive title after victory last month in Barcelona. ATP Tour and the WTA Tour, which are the men's and women's
Alcaraz beat Rafael Nadal and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on his professional tennis circuits, respectively. The Madrid Open is
way to the Madrid final a first in a clay court tournament and will one of the most prestigious tennis events in the world, and it is
climb to No. 6 in the world. held at the Caja Magica, which is a multi-purpose stadium with
three clay courts.
Here are the winners of different categories: The Madrid Open features both men's and women's singles and
Category Winner doubles competitions. The event is known for attracting the best
Men’s singles: C. Alcaraz Garfia players in the world, including top-ranked players like Rafael
Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Serena Williams. The tournament is
played on clay courts, which is a surface that is commonly used Following a quiet T20I series, Fakhar was at the forefront of his
in many European tennis tournaments. side’s success in the subsequent ODI showdowns. Chasing 289
The Madrid Open was first held in 2002, and it has since become in the first match in Rawalpindi, the batter enjoyed a 124-run
one of the most significant tennis events in the world. The opening stand with Imam-ul-Haq in a supreme display of control
tournament is known for its state-of-the-art facilities, including and counter-attacking play, eventually securing a five-wicket
the Caja Magica stadium, which has retractable roofs on all three win thanks to 117 runs in 114 balls. Fakhar overcame fellow
courts. The Madrid Open has also introduced innovative nominees Mark Chapman (New Zealand) and Prabath
initiatives, such as using blue clay courts in 2012, which Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) in the global vote, and commenting on his
generated controversy among players and fans alike. success in April.
Argentina’s Lionel Messi wins Laureus sportsman of the year

2023
Laureus World Sports Awards 2023

Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to victory in the 2022 World
Cup as their captain, was honored with the Laureus Sportsman
of the Year award at a ceremony held in Paris. In addition to
that, Messi accepted the World Team of the Year award on
behalf of the Argentina men’s football team, who won the
championship in Qatar. Messi also became the first athlete to
scoop both the World Sportsman of the Year Award and the
World Team of the Year Award in the same year.
Laureus World Sports Awards: Full awards list
Why Naruemol Chaiwai?
Award Winner Naruemol Chaiwai celebrates winning the ICC Women’s Player
World Sportsman of the Year Award Lionel Messi of the Month for April following a consistent spell of high scoring
World Sportswoman of the Year Shelly-Ann Fraser- across Thailand’s historic ODI series victory against Zimbabwe,
Award Pryce which the hosts won 3-0. Chaiwai emerged victorious from
Argentina Men’s Kavisha Egodage of UAE, and Kelis Ndhlovu of Zimbabwe in the
World Team of the Year Award voting process, and becomes the first Thai player to be named
Football Team
ICC Player of the Month.
World Breakthrough of the Year
Carlos Alcaraz
Award
RBI Announces Withdrawal of ₹2000 Banknotes from
World Comeback of the Year Award Christian Eriksen
Circulation
World Sportsperson of the Year with Catherine
a Disability Award Debrunner RBI Announces Withdrawal of ₹2000 Banknotes from
World Action Sportsperson of the Circulation
Eileen Gu The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a significant decision
Year Award
to withdraw the ₹2000 denomination banknotes from
Laureus Sport for Good Award TeamUp
circulation. Although these banknotes will no longer be issued,
they will retain their status as legal tender. The move comes as
Fakhar Zaman, Naruemol Chaiwai crowned ICC players of the objective of introducing the ₹2000 banknotes has been
the month for April fulfilled, and other denominations now adequately meet the
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the winners currency requirements of the economy.
of the ICC Player of the Month awards for April 2023. Fakhar Reasons for Withdrawal
Zaman of Pakistan wins the ICC Men’s Player of the Month The introduction of ₹2000 banknotes in November 2016 was a
award, and Thailand skipper Naruemol Chaiwai secures the ICC response to the withdrawal of legal tender status for ₹500 and
Women’s Player of the Month after both produced dominant ₹1000 banknotes. This measure aimed to fulfill the urgent
match-winning performances for their countries in the One-Day currency requirements at the time. However, the printing of
International (ODI) format. ₹2000 banknotes was halted in 2018-19 as their purpose had
Why Fakhar Zaman? been served. Furthermore, the RBI noted that the usage of
₹2000 banknotes for transactions was not common.
Declining Circulation India achieved a remarkable feat by winning all the available
Approximately 89% of the ₹2000 banknotes were issued before gold medals at the tournament.
March 2017 and have now reached their estimated life-span of
4-5 years. Consequently, the total value of ₹2000 banknotes in South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship 2023 Results
circulation has decreased from ₹6.73 lakh crore at its peak on (All Finals)
March 31, 2018, to ₹3.62 lakh crore, constituting only 10.8% of
the total notes in circulation as of March 31, 2023. The reduction Event Winners Runners-Up
in circulation and limited usage further prompted the decision to U-19 Ankur
withdraw the ₹2000 banknotes. Boys Bhattacharjee Payas Jain (India)
Clean Note Policy Singles (India)
The withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes aligns with the RBI's "Clean U-19 Divyansh Ridoy Mohutasin
Note Policy." This policy aims to maintain the quality of currency Boys Srivastava/Jash Ahmed/Bawm Ramhim Lian
in circulation and promote efficiency in the banking system. The Doubles Modi (India) (Bangladesh)
RBI had previously undertaken a similar withdrawal of notes U-19
Suhana Saini Yashashwini Ghorpade
from circulation in 2013-2014. Girls
(India) (India)
Singles
Procedures for the Public
To facilitate the withdrawal process, the RBI has provided U-19 Yashaswini Mishka Mohamed
guidelines for the public. Individuals can deposit ₹2000 Girls Ghorpade/Suhana Ibrahim/Fathimath Dheema
banknotes into their bank accounts or exchange them for Doubles Saini (India) Ali (Maldives)
banknotes of other denominations at any bank branch. Deposits U-19 Payas Akhyar Ahmed
can be made in the usual manner, without any restrictions, Mixed Jain/Yashaswini Khalid/Fathimath Dheema
subject to existing instructions and statutory provisions. Doubles Ghorpade (India) Ali (Maldives)
U-15 Priyanuj
Exchange Process
Boys Bhattacharya Abhinand (India)
In order to ensure operational convenience and minimize
Singles (India)
disruption to regular banking activities, individuals can
PB
exchange their ₹2000 banknotes for banknotes of other U-15 Hasib Abul
Abhinand/Priyanuj
denominations. This exchange can be done up to a limit of Boys Hashem/Rahman Mohd.
Bhattacharya
₹20,000/- at a time at any bank, starting from May 23, 2023. The Doubles Mahtabur (Bangladesh)
(India)
RBI's 19 regional offices and other banks will be involved in this U-15
Jennifer Varghese
exchange process. Girls Avisha Karmakar (India)
(India)
Singles
Timeline and Legal Tender Status
U-15 Jennifer Sushmita
While the RBI has initiated the withdrawal process, it Girls Varghese/Avisha Khadka/Subhashree
emphasizes that the ₹2000 banknotes will remain legal tender. Doubles Karmarkar (India) Shrestha (Nepal)
Individuals have until September 30, 2023, to exchange or U-15 Mohammed Akram Md.
Abhinand/Jennifer
deposit their ₹2000 banknotes in their bank accounts. After this Mixed Shafiullah/Kavindya Tamadi
Varghese (India)
date, banks may stop accepting ₹2000 banknotes for exchange, Doubles Alagiyawadu
although they can still be deposited into bank accounts.
Italian Open 2023: Daniil Medvedev Triumphs
South Asian Youth TT Championship 2023: India bags 16 Italian Open 2023
gold medals Daniil Medvedev defeated Holger Rune 7-5, 7-5 in the final of
the 2023 Italian Open. Medvedev, the world No. 2, won his first
South Asian Youth TT Championship 2023
clay-court title and sixth ATP Masters 1000 crown. Rune, the
The South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship 2023, a
world No. 10, was playing in his first Masters 1000 final. In
three-day international event, came to a close on May 17 in women’s Singles, Elena Rybakina defeated Anhelina Kalinina
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Over 100 athletes from six 6-4, 1-0 (retired) in the final of the 2023 Italian Open . The match
countries, including Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri was delayed by rain for over four hours, and Kalinina was forced
Lanka, and Nepal, participated in the championship. Lt. General to retire after sustaining a left thigh injury while trailing 6-4, 1-0.
KT Parnaik (Retd.), the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, graced
the closing ceremony as the Chief Guest at the Dorjee Khandu Here are the results of the 2023 Italian Open :
Indoor Stadium in Itanagar. On the final day, the host nation
Category Winner Runner-up IIFA Awards 2023 Announced: Check The Complete List Of
Men’s Winners
Daniil Medvedev Holger Rune
Singles The 23rd season of the International Indian Film Academy
Women’s Awards, also known as IIFA, has made its return. Produced by
Elena Rybakina Anhelina Kalinina
Singles Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., this annual
Robin Haase and award ceremony recognizes outstanding contributions in the
Men’s Hugo Nys and Jan
Botic van de Bollywood film industry, including films, stars, filmmakers, and
Doubles Zieliński
Zandschulp technicians. Since its establishment in 2000, the IIFA awards
Women’s Storm Sanders and Coco Gauff and have been held in different countries worldwide. The inaugural
Doubles Elise Mertens Jessica Pegula ceremony took place on June 24, 2000, at the Millennium Dome
in London, and the 22nd edition was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Check out the winners from IIFA 2023
Category Winner
Best Film Drishyam 2
Best Director R Madhavan for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Hrithik Roshan for Vikram Vedha
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Mouni Roy for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Anil Kapoor for Jugg Jugg Jeeyo
Outstanding Achievement for Fashion in Cinema Manish Malhotra
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema Kamal Haasan
Best Adapted Story Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak for Drishyam 2
Best Original Story Perveez Sheikh and Jasmeet Reen for Darlings
Outstanding Achievement in Regional Cinema Marathi film Ved directed by Riteish Deshmukh
Best Debut (Male) Shantanu Maheshwari for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Babil Khan for Qala
Best Debut (Female) Khushali Kumar for Dhoka Around the Corner
Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal for the song Rasiya from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for the song Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Music Direction Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One –
Best Lyricist
Shiva
Best Cinematography Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Screenplay Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Dialogue Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Choreography for title track Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Sound Design Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Editing Drishyam 2
Best Special Effects (Visual) Brahmastra: Part one – Shiva
Best Background Score Vikram Vedha
Best Sound Mixing Monica O My Darling
Goan writer Damodar Mauzo gets 57th Jnanpith Award Award, India’s highest literary honor. Mauzo is the second Goan
to receive the award, after Ravindra Kelekar in 2008. Mauzo’s 25
57th Jnanpith Award
books have been published in Konkani and one in English. Many
Damodar Mauzo, a Goan short story writer, novelist, critic, and
of his books have also been translated in different languages.
scriptwriter in Konkani, has been awarded the 57th Jnanpith
Mauzo’s famous novel ‘Karmelin’ received the Sahitya Akademi
Award in 1983. Renowned poet Gulzar was present during the • Camera d’Or: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, directed by
function held at the Raj Bhavan near Goa capital Panaji. Thien An Pham
About the Damodar Mauzo • Short Film Palme d’Or: 27, directed by Flóra Anna Buda
• Mauzo was born in 1944 in the village of Aldona, Goa. He • Queer Palm: Monster
began writing short stories in the early 1960s, and his work • Honorary Palme d’Or: Michael Douglas
has been translated into English, French, Portuguese, and
other languages. IPL 2023 final: Chennai Super Kings Beats Gujarat Titians
• Mauzo’s work often deals with the lives of ordinary people IPL 2023 final
in Goa, and he is known for his realistic portrayal of social Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinched their fifth Indian Premier
and economic issues. His stories have been praised for their League (IPL) title, equaling a record with Mumbai Indians.
insightfulness and compassion. They secured a five-wicket victory over the Gujarat Titans (GT)
• He studied at the University of Bombay, where he received amidst a backdrop of fireworks and jubilant celebrations. CSK’s
a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. After graduating, he
captain, Dhoni, received the IPL trophy and subsequently
worked as a journalist for a few years before becoming a handed it over to Rayudu and Jadeja. Opting to bat first, the
full-time writer.
Gujarat Titans managed to score 214 for four, with B Sai
• Mauzo’s first short story, “The End of the Night,” was
Sudharsan playing an outstanding innings of 96 runs off 47 balls.
published in 1965. Since then, he has published over 25
However, due to the rain interruption, CSK’s target was adjusted
books, including novels, short story collections, and essays.
to 171 runs to be chased in 15 overs.
His work has been translated into English, French,
Portuguese, and other languages. IPL 2023-Full list of Award Winners
• Mauzo is a recipient of numerous awards, including the • Eden Gardens and Wankhede Stadium share the award for
Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Shri, and the Padma the Best Venues of the Season.
Bhushan. He is also a member of the Sahitya Akademi and • Shubman Gill wins Orange Cap (890) award.
the Goa Konkani Academy. • Mohammad Shami wins Purple Cap (28) award.
• Mauzo’s work is a valuable contribution to the world of • Ajinkya Rahane wins Fairplay of the Season award.
literature. His stories are insightful, compassionate, and • Rashid Khan wins Catch of the Season award.
beautifully written. He is a true master of the short story, • Faf du Plessis wins Longest Six of the Season (115m) award.
and he is a worthy recipient of the Jnanpith Award. • Shubman Gill wins Most Fours (84) award.
• Shubman Gill wins Most Valuable Player of the Season
Cannes Film Festival 2023 awardee’s list award.
Cannes Film Festival 2023 • Shubman Gill wins Dream11 Gamechanger of the Season
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival has come to a close, with the award.
76th annual celebration of cinema awarding the coveted • Glenn Maxwell wins Super Striker of the Season award.
Palme d’Or to Justine Triet’s crime drama Anatomy of a Fall. • Yashasvi Jaiswal wins Emerging Player of the Year award.
French director Justine Triet became the third female director to IPL Final Match awardee’s:
win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for her film Anatomy • Devon Conway wins Player of the Match award
of a Fall, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top • MS Dhoni wins Catch of the Match award
prize at Cannes Film Festival 2023. • Sai Sudharsan wins Longest Six award
Justine Triet, who had previously been nominated for Sibyl in • Sai Sudharsan wins the Maximum Fours award
2019, won the prize over veteran directors like Hirokazu Kore- • Sai Sudharsan wins Most Valuable Asset of the Match award
eda, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders, all of whom have at least one • Sai Sudharsan wins Gamechanger of the Match award
Palme d’Or under their belts. She joins New Zealand’s Jane • Ajinkya Rahane wins Electric Striker of the Match award
Campion and France’s Julia Ducournau as only the third woman
to have won the competition that this year included a record
Most Important Current Affairs of April
seven female directors.
Madrid Spain Masters 2023: Check the complete list of
Full list of Cannes 2023 winners
winners
• Palme d’Or: Anatomy Of A Fall, directed by Justine Triet
• Grand Prix: The Zone Of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer Madrid Spain Masters 2023
• Jury Prize: Fallen Leaves, directed by Aki Kaurismaki Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, an Indonesian badminton player,
• Best Director: Tran Anh Hung for The Pot-Au-Feu emerged victorious in the Women's singles category at the
• Best Screenplay: Monster, written by Yuji Sakamoto Madrid Spain Masters 2023 finals. She defeated PV Sindhu from
India, marking her first BWF World Tour title and her first win
• Best Actress: Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses
over PV Sindhu in eight matches. The tournament took place at
• Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho, Perfect Days
Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur in Madrid, Spain from March
28th to April 2nd, 2023, as part of the Spain Masters Mathias Christiansen Praveen Jordan &
Mixed
championship. The 2023 Spain Masters was the eighth event of & Alexandra Bøje Melati Daeva
Doubles
the 2023 BWF World Tour. (Denmark) Oktavianti (Indonesia)
The Madrid Spain Masters 2023 is a globally recognized
Forbes billionaire 2023 list: Mukesh Ambani become richest
badminton competition classified as a Super 300 event. The
sports owner
prize money for the tournament amounted to USD 210,000,
making it a highly lucrative event. The Spanish Badminton Forbes billionaire 2023 list
Federation organized the tournament with the approval and Mukesh Ambani has been named the richest sports owner in the
regulation of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Forbes billionaire 2023 list, with a net worth of $83.4 billion,
surpassing Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles
Winners & Runners Of Madrid Spain Masters 2023
Clippers, whose net worth is $80.7 billion. It's interesting to note
Category Winner Runner-Up that despite a 3% fall in Reliance Industries' share value over the
Men's Kenta Nishimoto Kanta Tsuneyama past year, Ambani's net worth has still increased, indicating the
Singles (Japan) (Japan) strength and diversity of his business interests.
Women's Gregoria Mariska Mukesh Ambani's net worth as of March 10, 2023, was $83.4
PV Sindhu (India) billion, making him the world's richest sports owner, while Steve
Singles Tunjung (Indonesia)
Lee Fang-Chih & Lee Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, had a net worth
Men's He Ji Ting & Zhou of $80.7 billion, making him the planet's second-wealthiest team
Fang Jen (Chinese
Doubles Hao Dong (China) owner. In recent years, Reliance Industries, owned by Ambani,
Taipei)
has been expanding its presence in the sports industry, having
Women's Liu Sheng Shu & Tan Chen Fang Hui & Du
purchased a franchise in the inaugural Women's Premier League
Doubles Ning (China) Yue (China)
and owning cricket teams in South Africa and the UAE. This
indicates the company's continued commitment to growing its
presence in the sports industry.
Here's are the the 20 richest sports team owners:
Rank Name Citizenship Team Net Worth

1 Mukesh Ambani India Mumbai Indians $83.4 Billion
2 Steve Ballmer US Los Angeles Clippers $80.7 Billion
3 Rob Walton US Denver Broncos $57.6 Billion
4 François Pinault & family France Stade Rennais F.C. $40.1 Billion
5 Mark Mateschitz Austria New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Racing, RB Leipzig $34.7 Billion
6 James Ratcliffe UK OGC Nice $22.9 Billion
7 Masayoshi Son Japan Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks $22.4 Billion
8 David Tepper US Carolina Panthers, Charlotte FC $18.5 Billion
9 Daniel Gilbert US Cleveland Cavaliers $18 Billion
10 Steve Cohen US New York Mets $17.5 Billion
11 Robert Pera US Memphis Grizzlies $15.5 Billion
12 Jerry Jones US Dallas Cowboys $13.3 Billion
Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado
13 Stanley Kroenke US $12.9 Billion
Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Arsenal FC
14 Shahid Khan US Jacksonville Jaguars, Fulham FC $12.1 Billion
15 Stephen Ross US Miami Dolphins $11.6 Billion
16 Philip Anschutz US Los Angeles Kings, LA Galaxy $10.9 Billion
17 Robert Kraft US New England Patriots, New England Revolution $10.6 Billion
18 John Malone US Atlanta Braves $9.2 Billion
19 Hasso Plattner & family Germany San Jose Sharks $8.6 Billion
20 Tilman Fertitta US Houston Rockets $8.1 Billion
Bimonthly RBI monetary policy: MPC keeps repo rate determination to achieve self-rule and break free from British
unchanged at 6.50% subjugation.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced its bimonthly Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 2023
monetary policy and kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day 2023 marks 104 years since the
cent. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously tragic incident that is seen as a turning point in Indian History. It
decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent,
was this that led to Gandhi's full commitment to the cause of
governor Shaktikanta Das said, announcing the statement of
Indian nationalism and independence from Britain.
monetary policy, the first in the current financial year. Economic
activity remains resilient, and real GDP growth is expected to Causes of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre- Why people's are
have been 7 per cent in FY 22-23. The RBI Governor also said gathered in Jallianwala Bagh?
that the withdrawal of accommodation and that the repo rate The British military officer, General Dyer, on April 13, 1919
hike has been paused only for this meeting. The next meeting of entered the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) with his troops, where
the MPC is scheduled during June 6-8, 2023.
people had gathered to peacefully protest against the arrest of
Bimonthly RBI monetary policy: RBI Rates the two nationalist leaders, Satya Pal and Dr Saifuddin
● Policy Repo Rate: 6.50% Kitchlew. Without so much as a warning to the people to
● Standing Deposit Facility (SDF): 6.25% disperse, he ordered his troops to fire at the unarmed crowd.
● Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 6.75% The onslaught lasted ten minutes till their ammunition was
● Bank Rate: 6.75%
exhausted, after which the British soldiers left. A total of 1,650
● Fixed Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35%
rounds were fired, and more than 500 people were killed and
● Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): 4.50%
● Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): 18.00% murdered. The exact number of casualties remains unknown.
On the morning of Baisakhi, Colonel Reginald Dyer had
Bimonthly RBI monetary policy: Key points announced the implementation of a curfew throughout
● All members of the MPC unanimously voted to keep the
Amritsar and a ban on all processions that even prohibited a
policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent.
group of 4 or more people to meet publicly. At about 12:40 PM,
● Real GDP growth for 2023-24 is projected at 6.5 per cent
with Q1:2023-24 at 7.8 per cent; Q2 at 6.2 per cent; Q3 at 6.1 Dyer received confidential information about the meeting
per cent; and Q4 at 5.9 per cent taking place at Jallianwala Bagh that may result in riots and
● Retail inflation is expected to moderate to 5.2 per cent in protests.
FY2023-24 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre- General Dyer's Orders
● The standing deposit facility (SDF) would remain General Dyer had issued orders to his troops to shoot at the
unchanged at 6.25 per cent, and the marginal standing protesters without warning. He later defended his actions by
facility, i.e., the MSF rate, and the bank rate at 6.75 per cent. saying that he wanted to teach the Indians a lesson and that he
● The RBI’s MPC has raised the repo rate by 250 bps in the last would have used even more force if he had more troops at his
11 months, from May 2022. disposal. There were about 25,000 people present there at the
time of the firing. Some tried to escape while some choose to
The Monetary Policy Committee jump in the solitude well built in the premises of Jallianwala
All members of the MPC – Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Dr. Ashima Bagh. The troops were ordered to start shooting from the most
Goyal, Prof. Jayanth R. Varma, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael densely crowded spot to harm the maximum number of people.
Debabrata Patra and Shri Shaktikanta Das. Section 45ZB of the
amended RBI Act, 1934 provides for an empowered six- Who take revenge of Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
After the tragedy, Sardar Udham Singh avenged his people by
member monetary policy committee (MPC) to be constituted
killing the British officer serving as Governor General of Punjab,
by the Central Government by notification in the Official
Michael O'Dwyer. He was Born on December 26, 1899, Udham
Gazette. The first such MPC was constituted on September 29,
Singh was a member of the Ghadar Party and the Hindustan
2016. The present MPC members, as notified by the Central Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). The assassination of
Government in the Official Gazette of October 5, 2020. Michael O'Dwyer, the ex-lieutenant governor of Punjab,
brought him widespread notoriety. Singh carried out the murder
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 104th Anniversary in retaliation for the 1919 slaughter at Jallianwala Bagh in
Amritsar. The recognized martyr (born Sher Singh) was born to
On April 13, 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in
Tehal Singh, a manual laborer, and Narain Kaur, a housekeeper,
Amritsar, Punjab, which is remembered as a tragic event and a
in the vicinity of Pilbad, some 130 miles from British India's
symbol of the atrocities committed against the Indian people Lahore. His older brother Sadhu was two years older than him,
during the British colonial era. The massacre played a significant making him the youngest. They lost both parents at an early
role in India's fight for independence, as it increased the nation's age, both to separate mishaps.
The Memorial Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Ground
In 1951, a memorial was built at Jallianwala Bagh to Henriette Ishimwe from Rwanda was selected as the ICC
commemorate the victims of the massacre. The park, which Women's Player of the Month. This is Shakib's second time
covers an area of approximately 6.5 acres, contains a museum winning the Player of the Month award, with his first win being
that displays artefacts related to the incident. Every year on in July 2021.
April 13, people gather at the park to pay their homage to the ICC Men’s Player of the Month, March 2023 – Shakib Al Hasan
victims. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre remains a dark chapter Shakib Al Hasan, an experienced all-rounder, has been awarded
in India's history, and its impact can still be felt today. The the prestigious ICC Men's Player of the Month award for March
incident served as a catalyst for India's freedom struggle and 2023 due to his outstanding performances. He beat out tough
inspired many Indians to fight for their independence. competition from Asif Khan of UAE and Kane Williamson of New
Zealand. Shakib was a bright spot for Bangladesh in the three-
India ranks 5th in countries with most AI investment match ODI series against England, where he emerged as the
Stanford University's AI Index report states that India is highest run-scorer and wicket-taker for the team. In
ranked fifth in terms of investments received by startups Bangladesh's only victory in the series, he scored 75 runs off 71
offering AI-based products and services in 2022. AI startups in balls and took four wickets to earn the Player of the Match
India received a total investment of $3.24 billion, surpassing award in the hosts' 50-run win.
countries such as South Korea, Germany, Canada, and ICC Women’s Player of the Month, March 2023 – Henriette
Australia. However, India is still behind the US, China, the Ishimwe
UK, and Israel in terms of AI investments received. ICC has announced Rwanda's Henriette Ishimwe as the ICC
According to the same report, AI startups in India received a Women's Player of the Month for March 2023. Ishimwe
cumulative funding of $7.73 billion from 2013 to 2022, which outperformed other strong contenders, including Sibona Jimmy
places it sixth among the countries with the highest AI and Ravini Oa from PNG, to clinch the award. Ishimwe, who is
investments during that period. However, nearly 40% of this just 19 years old, has already played almost 50 T20Is for Rwanda
funding was received in the year 2022 alone. and showcased her all-round skills in March. She began the
The AI Index report by Stanford University revealed that 54% of Nigeria Cricket Federation Women’s International Twenty20
the researchers working on Large Language Models (LLMs) are Tournament with a splendid performance, contributing with
from American institutions. Nonetheless, for the first time, both bat and ball against Ghana. After scoring a quick 32 off 22
researchers from Canada, Germany, and India contributed to balls, she took four wickets for just four runs to help Rwanda
the development of LLMs last year. limit Ghana to 41 runs.
About the Stanford University's AI Index report Harmanpreet Kaur & Suryakumar Yadav named Wisden T20I
The AI Index is an independent initiative at the Stanford Institute player of 2022
for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), led by the AI
The Indian duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur
Index Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of experts
has added another feather to their outstanding crown after
from across academia and industry. The annual report tracks,
bagging the Wisden Almanack's leading cricketer in the World
collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial
awards. Suryakumar won the honour of Wisden Almanack's
intelligence, enabling decision-makers to take meaningful
action to advance AI responsibly and ethically with humans in leading T20I cricketer while Harmanpreet Kaur became the first
Indian woman to win the Cricketer of the Year award.
mind.
The AI Index collaborates with many different organizations to Overview of the news:
track progress in artificial intelligence. These organizations The year 2022 in T20Is was almost like a net session for
include: the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Suryakumar. Wherever he went, he amassed runs for fun: a total
Georgetown University, LinkedIn, NetBase Quid, Lightcast, and of 1164 of them at a stunning strike rate of 187.43. This included
McKinsey. The 2023 report also features more self-collected 68 sixes, something no T20I batter has ever done in a calendar
data and original analysis than ever before. This year’s report year. His two centuries and nine half-tons — including three in
included new analysis on foundation models, including their the 2022 T20 World Cup alone — helped India win 28 of their 40
geopolitics and training costs, the environmental impact of AI games last year. His standout knock in 2022 of the 55-ball 117 at
systems, K-12 AI education, and public opinion trends in AI. The Nottingham, his maiden T20 hundred.
AI Index also broadened its tracking of global AI legislation from As for Harman, she is one of the five Cricketers of the Year
25 countries in 2022 to 127 in 2023. announced in the 2023 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. A well-
deserved honour for the champion of Indian women's cricket in
Shakib and Ishimwe clinch ICC Player of the Month awards 2022, having led the Women in Blue to a 3-0 ODI series win on
for March 2023 English soil, the first since 1999, and a Silver medal finish at the
ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2022 Commonwealth Games. She piled on 754 ODI runs,
The ICC has revealed the winners of the ICC Player of the Month including an unbeaten 143 in the England ODIs and 524 T20I runs
awards for March 2023, with Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh — spoke for itself as she continues to make history and rewrite
being named as the ICC Men's Player of the Month, while it with her talent and commitment to the sport.
Asha Bhosle to receive Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar According to the report, Bengaluru has been recognized as one
Puraskar of the fastest-growing cities in the Asia Pacific region. The city is
commonly referred to as the "Garden City" and the "Silicon
Asha Bhosle, the renowned singer, will be honored with the
Valley of India" due to its thriving technology sector.
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award, which was established by
the Mangeshkar family and trust in memory of Lata World's Wealthiest Cities Report 2023:
Mangeshkar. The award ceremony will take place on April 24, Henley & Partners compiled the World's Wealthiest Cities
which is the anniversary of their father's death. Asha Bhosle, Report 2023, covering 97 cities worldwide. The report utilized
who is Lata Mangeshkar's younger sister, will be the recipient of data from wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth, which
the award. tracks the financial activities of high-net-worth individuals
The Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar is an annual award holding designations like Founder, Chairperson, CEO, and
given to someone who has made a significant contribution to Director. The report also took into account the number of
the nation, its people, and society. The award was first expensive homes in each city, as stated on the Henley & Partners
presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. website.
Here are the top 15 cities ranked in the World's Wealthiest
Cities Report 2023, along with the number of high-net-worth
individuals:
1. New York City, United States - 340,000
2. Tokyo, Japan - 290,300
3. The Bay Area, United States - 285,000
4. London, United Kingdom - 258,000
5. Singapore, Singapore - 240,100
6. Los Angeles, United States - 205,400
7. Hong Kong, SAR China - 129,500
8. Beijing, China - 128,200
9. Shanghai, China - 127,200
10. Sydney, Australia - 126,900
11. Chicago, United States - 124,000
12. Toronto, Canada - 105,200
Other Awardee's 13. Frankfurt, Germany - 102,200
According to the press note issued by the Mangeshkar family, 14. Zurich, Switzerland - 99,300
veteran ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas will receive the Master 15. Houston, United States - 98,500
Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar for contribution to Indian In terms of Indian cities, Mumbai ranked 21st with 59,400 high-
music; Gauri Theaters of Prashant Damle fan foundation for net-worth individuals, while Delhi ranked 36, Bengaluru is at 60,
Best Drama of the Year ("Niyam Va Ati Lagu"); Sadguru Seva Kolkata is at 63, and Hyderabad is at 65.
Sangh Trust for yeoman Social Service; Granthali Prakashan
with the Vagvilasini Puraskar for contribution to literature; India Ranks Fourth in Global Military Expenditure: SIPRI
actor-director Prasad Oak with the Vishesh Puraskar for Report
contribution to cinema and and drama; and actor Vidya Balan
with the Vishesh Puraskar for contribution to cinema. Released by: - Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI)
New York City tops the list of world’s wealthiest cities 2023 The theme of the report: - Military Spending across the Globe
According to a recent report by London-based consultancy Major Findings
Henley & Partners, New York City has been ranked as the world's a) Global - According to the Stockholm International Peace
wealthiest city in 2023. The second and third spots were claimed Research Institute (SIPRI), global military expenditure has
by Tokyo in Japan and Silicon Valley's Bay Area, respectively. reached a new record high of $2240 billion, increasing by 3.7%
Notably, Mumbai made it to the 21st spot while Delhi, in real terms in 2022. Europe witnessed its most substantial
Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Hyderabad were also mentioned in year-on-year increase in military spending in at least 30 years.
the report. The United States, China, and Russia, which are the three largest
military spenders, contributed 56% of the total global military
India and World’s wealthiest cities 2023:
The rankings were based on the number of resident millionaires expenditure in 2022. These findings were released by SIPRI in its
latest report on global military spending.
(rounded off to the nearest 100) as of December 31, 2022.
b) India specific - India's military expenditure in 2022 amounted
Interestingly, the top 10 cities were dominated by those in the
to $81.4 billion, which is the fourth-highest in the world. This
United States and China, with no European city featuring in the
represents a 6% increase compared to the previous year's
list, except for London.
spending.
Highlights of Report: - demonstrate exceptional courage, integrity, and service to their
communities. Established in 1957, the award was named after
1) Top 5 ranks:-
the late Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, who was
1. United States
known for his honest leadership and dedication to public service.
2. China
3. Russia The award is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Asia" and
4. India is administered by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation,
5. Saudi Arabia based in Manila, Philippines.
The award is given in six categories, namely government
Parameters of ranking: - Budgetary spending on Defence service, public service, community leadership, journalism,
India’s rank: - 4th creative arts, and peace and international understanding.
India’s rank in the previous year:- 3rd due to substantial Recipients of the award receive a certificate, a medal, and a cash
increases in Russian spending. prize.
Dalai Lama Gets 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award In Person The Ramon Magsaysay Award has recognized individuals and
After 64 Years organizations from various fields, including social work,
education, the arts, and science, among others. The award has
After a 64-year wait, members of the Ramon Magsaysay Award
become one of the most prestigious honors in Asia and has
Foundation personally presented the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay
helped raise awareness of the significant contributions of
Award to the Dalai Lama at his residence. The award was the
individuals and organizations in promoting social justice, human
first international recognition given to the spiritual leader for his
rights, and democratic values in the region.
exceptional leadership of the Tibetan community's courageous
fight in safeguarding their sacred religion, which serves as the List of Indian recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award:
foundation of their culture and way of life. The award was given
by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in the Philippines Year of
Name Category
in August 1959. Award
Susanna B Afan, the President of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Vinoba Bhave 1958 Community Leadership
Foundation, along with Foundation Trustee Emily A Abrera, had Jayaprakash
1965 Public Service
the honor of meeting with the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize Narayan
recipient, in person to present the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Mother Peace and International
1962
Award, 64 years after it was awarded to him. Teresa Understanding
The office of the Tibetan spiritual leader has reported that his Journalism, Literature, and
elder brother, Gyalo Thonden, had accepted the Magsaysay Satyajit Ray 1992
Creative Communication Arts
Award on behalf of the Dalai Lama in Manila, Philippines, in M.S.
August 1959. Following his exile from Tibet in 1959, the Dalai 1986 Public Service
Swaminathan
Lama has resided in India. Arvind
2006 Emergent Leadership
Who is Dalai Lama? Kejriwal
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and Shanta Sinha 2003 Community Leadership
is regarded as one of the most important figures in Tibetan Rajendra
2001 Community Leadership
Buddhism. The title "Dalai Lama" is a combination of the Singh
Mongolian word "dalai," meaning ocean, and the Tibetan word Kulandei
2012 Community Leadership
"lama," meaning guru, teacher, or mentor. The Dalai Lama is Francis
believed to be the reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bezwada
2016 Emergent Leadership
bodhisattva of compassion, and is responsible for leading the Wilson
Tibetan people in spiritual and secular matters. Journalism, Literature, and
The current and 14th Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, who was born Ravish Kumar 2019
Creative Communication Arts
in Tibet in 1935. He was recognized as the Dalai Lama at the age Note: This list includes only individuals who were born in India
of two and was enthroned in 1950. In 1959, he fled Tibet or have Indian nationality.
following a failed uprising against Chinese rule and has since
been living in exile in India. The Dalai Lama is a Nobel Peace India Climbs 6 Spots to 38th in World Bank's Logistics
Prize laureate and has been a vocal advocate for nonviolence, Performance Index 2023
human rights, and religious harmony throughout his life. He is
widely respected and admired for his teachings, wisdom, and According to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India's rank
compassion, and has followers all over the world. in the 7th edition of the World Bank's Logistics Performance
Index 2023 has improved by 6 positions, and it now stands at
About the Ramon Magsaysay Award 38th among 139 countries. The ministry further stated that India
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award that has shown significant progress in 4 out of 6 LPI indicators.
recognizes individuals and organizations in Asia who
India's Performance in World Bank's Logistics Performance Category Winner
Index 2023: Key Points
Best Film (Critics') Badhaai Do
● The government claimed in an official statement that
India's improved logistics infrastructure is evidence of the Best Actor (Male) Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do
country's global standing. Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
● They attribute this development to their concentrated Best Actor (Critics') Sanjay Mishra for Vadh
effort on reforming logistics infrastructure.
Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and
● The government also mentioned that the PM GatiShakti Best Actress (Critics')
Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
National Master Plan, launched in October 2021, is
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai
responsible for this update. Best Director
Kathiawadi
● The plan aims to address the evolving requirements of
Best Actor in a
logistics due to factors such as e-commerce, urbanization,
Supporting Role Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg Jeeyo
energy preferences, and the need to establish sturdy supply
(Male)
chains. Best Actor in a
● Additionally, the Ministry stated that India's ranking was Supporting Role Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai Do
improved due to the implementation of the National (Female)
Logistics Policy (NLP), which provides guidance for States Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One -
or UTs in developing logistics policies. Best Music Album
Shiva
● The NLP focuses on promoting energy-efficient Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini
transportation modes and the use of greener fuels to Best Dialogue Vashishtha for Gangubai
minimize carbon emissions. Kathiawadi
● Moreover, the Commerce Ministry mentioned that the Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary
government invested in trade-related infrastructure, Best Screenplay and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for
including both soft and hard infrastructure, to connect port Badhaai Do
gateways on both coasts to economic zones in the Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary
hinterland. Best Story
for Badhaai Do
Logistics Data Bank project by NICDC Best Debut (Male) Ankush Gedam for Jhund
The Ministry stated that the Logistics Data Bank project by Best Debut (Female) Andrea Kevichusa for Anek
NICDC, which involves the use of RFID tags on containers and Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev
has been implemented in the Western region of India since 2016, Best Debut Director
Barnwal for Vadh
and expanded to a Pan India level in 2020, has resulted in
Lifetime
significant improvements in cross-border trade facilitation. Prem Chopra
Achievement Award
Additionally, the project fosters competition among ports by
Amitabh Bhattacharya for Kesariya
offering data on performance benchmarking, congestion, dwell Best Lyrics
from Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
time, speed, and transit time analysis, according to the Ministry.
Best Playback Singer Arijit Singh for Kesariya from
The Ministry also recognized that initiatives such as Sagarmala
(Male) Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
and Bharatmala have been instrumental in enhancing India's
Best Playback Singer Kavita Seth for Rangisari from Jug
logistics efficiency.
(Female) Jugg Jeeyo
RD Burman Award
68th Filmfare Awards 2023 Announced: Check The Complete Jahnvi Shrimankar for Dholida from
for Upcoming Music
List Of Winners Gangubai Kathiawadi
Talent
On April 27, 2023, the 68th edition of the Hyundai Filmfare DNEG and Redefine for Brahmastra:
Awards took place at the Jio World Conventional Centre in Best VFX
Part One - Shiva
Mumbai. This year's ceremony was co-hosted by Salman Khan, Best Editing Ninad Khanolkar for An Action Hero
Ayushmann Khurrana, and Maniesh Paul, marking Salman
Best Costume Sheetal Sharma for Gangubai
Khan's first time as a host for the event. The awards were
Design Kathiawadi
presented in collaboration with Maharashtra Tourism. The
Best Production Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray
award ceremony was a platform for many up-and-coming artists
Design for Gangubai Kathiawadi
to achieve their dreams of receiving the prestigious Black Lady
Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee for
trophy. Best Sound Design
Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
Here's a list of winners of the Filmfare Awards 2023: Best Background Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
Score for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Category Winner
Kruti Mahesh for Dholida from
Best Film Gangubai Kathiawadi Best Choreography
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Category Winner Professional Photographer of the Year Award
Best Sudeep Chatterjee for Gangubai ● Shri Sasi Kumar Ramachandran
Cinematography Kathiawadi Special Mention Awards in the Professional category
Best Action Parvez Shaikh for Vikram Vedha ● Shri Dipjyoti Banik
● Shri Manish Kumar Chauhan
Most Important Current Affairs of March ● Shri R S Gopakumar
● Shri Sudipto Das
ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Australia clinch 6th Women's ● Shri Umesh Harishchandra Nikam
T20 World Cup title Amateur Photographer of the Year Award
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final ● Shri Arun Saha
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final: Australia won the Women's Special Mention Awards in the Amateur category
T20 World Cup for the sixth time when they beat South Africa ● Shri C S Sreeranj
by 19 runs in the final at Newlands. Opening batter Beth Mooney ● Dr Mohit Wadhawan
anchored the Australian innings, scoring an unbeaten 74 in a ● Shri Ravishankar S L
total of 156 for six. Victory for the Aussies is their sixth in ● Shri Subhadip Bose
Women's T20 World Cup history and completes a hat-trick of ● Shri Tharun Adurugatla
tournament wins under captain Meg Lanning after their
triumphs in 2018 and 2020. Australia’s previous victories came Jury for 8th National Photography Awards
in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020. Shri Vijay Kranti, Chairman of Jury for the awards informed the
audience that a total of 9 entries were received for Lifetime
ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Key Awards
● Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner is the winner of the ICC Player Achievement Award while 12 were entered in the category on
of the Tournament award. The outstanding Gardner took recommendation of Jury members. He further informed that
ten wickets and smashed 110 runs in Australia’s triumphant 462 entries with a total of 4,535 images were received for the
campaign, playing a huge part in helping the team to a sixth Professional category. These entries were received from 21
Women’s T20 World Cup title. States and 4 Union Territories. In the Amateur category, 874
● Beth Mooney is Player of the Match for her excellent half- entries with 6,838 images were received from 24 States and 6
century. Beth Mooney top-scored with 74*. Union Territories.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Brief scores Members of the Jury for 8th National Photography Awards
● Australia 156-6 in 20 overs (B. Mooney 74 not out; S. Ismail ● Shri Vijay Kranti, Chairman
2-26, M. Kapp 2-35) vs South Africa 137-6 in 20 overs (L. ● Shri Jagdish Yadav, Member
Wolvaardt 61). ● Shri Ajay Aggarwal, Member
● Result: Australia won by 19 runs ● Shri K. Madhavan Pillai, Member
● Toss: Australia ● Ms. Ashima Narain, Member, and
● Shri Sanjiv Misra, Photographic Officer, Photo Division,
8th National Photography Awards Member Secretary
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Oscars awards 2023: Check the complete list of winners
Murugan presented the 8th National Photography awards in
New Delhi. A total of thirteen awards were presented during the Oscars 2023: The 95th Academy Awards (Oscars Awards 2023)
are finally announced and the fans are excited to know how India
ceremony today including 6 each in the Professional and
fares at Oscars Awards 2023. The Academy Awards, or Oscars
Amateur category. The theme for the Professional category was
Awards 2023, which were originally held in 1929, recently
“Life and Water”, while in the Amateur category the theme was
celebrated their 95th anniversary. The Oscars Awards 2023 will
“Cultural Heritage of India”. be held on March 13 IST in Los Angeles’ Dolby theatre. It was
A total of 13 awards were presented comprising of one Lifetime hosted by popular late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel.
Achievement Award with cash prize of Rs.3,00,000; one award
each in Professional Photographer of the Year category and Oscars awards 2023- Here is the complete list of winners
Oscars Awards 2023 full winner list is given below.
Amateur Photographer of the Year category with cash prize of
Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.75,000 respectively; and 5 Special Mention Category Winners
Awards in both Professional and Amateur categories with cash Oscars Awards 2023 Best Everything Everywhere All At
prize of Rs.50,000/- and Rs.30,000/- each respectively. Picture Once
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Michelle Yeoh (Everything
Winners of the 8th National Photography Awards Actress Everywhere All at Once)
Lifetime Achievement Award Oscars Awards 2023 Best
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
● Ms Sipra Das Actor
Category Winners the world are Bhiwadi, which is a suburb of Delhi, and Delhi,
Daniel Kwan and Daniel which was not far behind at 92.6. At the same time, 39 out of 50
Oscars Awards 2023 Best cities in the list of most polluted cities are from India.
Schienert (Everything
Director 10 most polluted countries in the world
Everywhere All at Once)
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Everything Everywhere All at Rank 10 most polluted countries in the world
Film Editing Once 1 Chad
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 2 Iraq
“Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
Original Song 3 Pakistan
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 4 Bahrain
Top Gun: Maverick
Sound 5 Bangladesh
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 6 Burkina Faso
Women Talking
Adapted Screenplay 7 Kuwait
Everything Everywhere All at 8 India
Oscars Awards 2023 Best
Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel 9 Egypt
Original Screenplay
Schienert 10 Tajikistan
Avatar: The Way of Water Key points of the reports:
Visual Effects
Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand
Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio' met the World Health Organization (WHO) PM2. .5 guideline
Animated Feature Film
(annual average of 5 Aug/m3 or less).
Jamie Lee Curtis in 'Everything Countries that meet WHO PM2.5 guidelines
Actress in a Supporting
Everywhere All at Once' Australia
Role
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Ke Huy Quan in 'Everything Estonia
Actor in a Supporting Role Everywhere All at Once' Finland
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 'Navalny' by Daniel Roher,
Grenada
Documentary Feature Odessa Rae, Diane Becker,
Film Melanie Miller and Shane Boris Iceland
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 'An Irish Goodbye' by Tom New Zealand
Live Action Short Film Berkeley and Ross White
‘World Air Quality Report’ 2022: About India
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 'All Quiet on the Western 1. In India, the transport industry is responsible for 20–35% of
Cinematography Front' by James Friend the country's PM2.5 pollution. The use of biomass fuels,
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and industrial facilities, and coal-fired power plants are other
Annemarie Bradley for 'The contributors to air quality degradation.
Makeup and Hairstyling
Whale' 2. Among the top 50 most polluted cities worldwide, Delhi
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Ruth Carter for 'Black Panther: comes in at number four. The city with the highest pollution
Costume Design Wakanda Forever' in Lahore, Pakistan, followed by Hotan, China. Rajasthan's
Oscars Awards 2023 Best 'All Quiet on the Western Bhiwadi is ranked third.
International Feature Film Front' - Germany 3. According to the data, Delhi's PM2.5 concentration is about
'The Elephant Whisperers' by 20 times higher than the recommended amount.
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet 4. The research makes a distinction between "big" Delhi and
Documentary Short Film
Monga the capital city of New Delhi because Delhi has historically
Oscars Awards 2023 Best The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, been the most polluted capital in the world. Both cities rank
Animated Short Film and the Horse among the top 10, but N'Djamena, in Chad, has the dubious
Oscars Awards 2023 Best distinction of being the world's most polluted capital.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Original Score 5. Pollution levels have decreased in NCR areas including
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Faridabad.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Design 6. According to the data, Gurugram had a 34% decrease in PM
2.5 levels and Faridabad saw a 21% decrease from the
India 8th most polluted country in the world: Swiss firm average levels observed in prior years.
IQAir Report 7. There has been an 8% decrease in Delhi.
8. The research claims that pollution levels have significantly
According to the 'Global Air Quality' study published by the
decreased in 31 cities, including 10 cities in Uttar Pradesh
Swiss company IQAir, India fell from the fifth to the eighth
and 7 cities in Haryana.
most polluted nation in the world in 2022. The research shows
9. According to the survey, there has been an increase in
that the PM2.5 level in the most polluted Indian cities is 53.3. The
pollution in 38 cities and towns overall compared to the
two Indian cities that made the list of the most polluted cities in
national average over the previous years.
The survey placed Kolkata as the most polluted of the six major ● Barcelona, Spain
cities, followed by Delhi. Chennai, on the other hand, was said ● Timisoara, Romania
to be the cleanest, with pollution there "only" 5 times the WHO- ● Sylt, Germany
recommended safe threshold. Since 2017, pollution levels in the ● Berat, Albania
major cities of Hyderabad and Bengaluru have been higher than ● Budapest, Hungary
average. ● Vienna, Austria
● Brisbane, Australia
TIME list of World’s Greatest Places of 2023 Released, 2 ● Kangaroo Island, Australia
Indian Places Makes the list
● Dominica
2 Indian places grabs spot in list of World’s Greatest Places of ● Mexico City, Mexico
2023 ● Guadalajara, Mexico
India's Mayurbhanj and Ladakh, which have been chosen for ● Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
their endangered tigers and historic temples, as well as their ● Pantanal, Brazil
adventures and cuisine, respectively, are two of the 50 locations ● Medellín, Colombia
which are featured in the TIME Magazine's list of World's ● Ollantaytambo, Peru
Greatest Places in 2023. Check out the entire TIME Magazine's ● Roatán, Honduras
list of World’s Greatest Places of 2023. ● Ladakh, India
TIME magazine’s list of World’s Greatest Places of 2023: Key
● Mayurbhanj, India
Points
● Kyoto, Japan
● As TIME Magazine revealed its list of the "World's Best
● Nagoya, Japan
Places of 2023," the Mayurbhanj region of Odisha and the
Union Territory of Ladakh both made the cut. ● Isan, Thailand
● Although the travel industry is back in full force in 2023, it ● Phuket, Thailand
was noticed that there have been some significant changes ● Jeju Island, South Korea
in the way and places we visit. ● Luang Prabang, Laos
● The magazine asked its global network of journalists and ● Giza and Saqqara, Egypt
contributors for suggestions of locations, keeping an eye ● Chyulu Hills, Kenya
out for those offering novel and interesting experiences, in ● Musanze, Rwanda
order to construct this list of the World's Best Places. ● Rabat, Morocco
● The senior editor at TIME, Emma Barker Bonomo, was ● Dakar, Senegal
reported by CNN as saying that the list highlights two ● Loango National Park, Gabon
current major trends in travel: sustainability and ● Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone
authenticity. ● The Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
● Many of the places on this list are figuring out ways to allow ● Aqaba, Jordan
tourists to visit with less of an impact on the environment. ● Jerusalem, Israel
● And many have catered to tourists' yearning for distinctive, ● Sharjah, UAE
regional encounters by providing native-led tours or ● Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
carefully selected homestays.
Global Terrorism Index – India ranked 13th, topped by
TIME list of World’s Greatest Places of 2023 Afghanistan
Below is the list of TIME Magazine's list of World's Greatest
Places of 2023: Afghanistan remains the country most impacted by terrorism
● Tampa, Florida for the fourth consecutive year, despite attacks and deaths
falling by 75 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively, the tenth
● Willamette Valley, Oregon
Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report showed. India ranked 13th
● Rio Grande, P. R.
on the index, marking only a marginal decrease from the
● Tucson, Arizona
previous year. In spite of being among the 25 worst-hit nations
● Yosemite National Park, California
on the index, Indian respondents desisted from selecting war
● Bozeman, Montana
and terrorism as the biggest threat to their daily safety.
● Washington, D.C.
● Vancouver, Canada What Is Global terrorism index(GTI):
● Churchill, Manitoba ● The Global Terrorism Index is an annual ranking produced
● Dijon, France by the Institute for Economics and Peace. As even the
● Pantelleria, Italy definition of terrorism is hotly debated, it is essential to
● Naples, Italy highlight that the methodologies used to measure
● Aarhus, Denmark terrorism are also contested.
● St. Moritz, Switzerland
● The Global Terrorism Index ranks 163 countries on four 2022. Pakistan was in 4th position in terms of the number of
indicators weighted over five years. These four factors are: terrorism deaths, after Burkina Faso, Mali and Somalia.
the number of terrorist incidents per year, the number of
fatalities caused by terrorists per year, the number of South Asia: GTI score: Most Affected With The Terrorism:
injuries caused by terrorists per year, and total property ● South Asia remains the region with the worst average GTI
damage caused by terrorism per year. score.
● The index provides a comprehensive summary of the key ● It recorded 1,354 deaths from terrorism in 2022, a decrease
global trends and patterns in terrorism since 2000. It of 30 % when compared to the previous year.
produces a composite score in order to provide an ordinal ● Afghanistan and Pakistan remain amongst the ten
ranking of countries on the impact of terrorism. countries most affected by terrorism in 2022.
● The GTI is based on data from the Global Terrorism
Database (GTD) which is collected and collated by the The List of Deadliest terrorist groups:
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates were the deadliest terrorist
Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of groups in the world in 2022, followed by al-Shabaab,
Maryland. Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam
wal Muslimeen (JNIM).
World Happiness Report 2023

World Happiness Report 2023
The 2023 World Happiness Report has been released, and it
shows that Finland remains the happiest country in the world
for the sixth year in a row. Denmark, Iceland, Israel, and the
Netherlands are the next happiest countries, with other
European countries such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and
Luxembourg also making the top 10. The rankings are based on
data from the main life evaluation question in the Gallup World
Poll, which measures how happy citizens perceive themselves
to be.
Top 10 country in the list of 2023 World Happiness Report:
India: Key findings of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI):
● India was listed among countries with a “high” impact of Rank Country
terrorism and ranked 13th. 1 Finland
● India was among the 25 worst terror-hit countries and 2 Denmark
among 56 of the 120 nations surveyed with no respondents
3 Iceland
selecting war and terror as the biggest threat to their daily
4 Israel
safety.
● The report lists the Communist Party of India (Maoist) as 5 Netherlands
the 12th deadliest terror group in 2022. 6 Sweden
Pakistan: Global Terrorism Index (GTI): 7 Norway
Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is the rebel group with the 8 Switzerland
largest growth rate in Pakistan, where terror-related deaths 9 Luxembourg
have increased by 120%. The number of people killed as a result 10 New Zealand
of terrorism in Pakistan increased dramatically to 643, which is
126 India
the second-largest rise in the past year, as the number was 292
India's position in the World Happiness Report?
in the previous year. The number of deaths due to terrorism in
India's position in the World Happiness Report has improved
Afghanistan in the same year was 633. As a result of the rapid
from 136 to 126, although it is still behind its neighboring
increase in deaths, Pakistan has climbed four spots to rank sixth
countries such as Nepal, China, and Bangladesh. Despite having
on the index.
the world's fastest-growing economy, India's ranking in the
Top five countries with the highest impact of terrorism: report has consistently been low, leading some to question how
Global deaths from terrorism: it can be ranked lower than countries in turmoil.
● It fell by 9 % to 6,701 deaths, from 38 % in 2015. How Russia and Ukraine are ranked?
● The West African Country of Burkina Faso had the largest Despite the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, both
number of deaths globally, increasing from 759 to 1,135 in countries rank higher than India in the World Happiness Report,
with Russia ranked 70th and Ukraine ranked 92nd. The report ● The report also includes Amitabh Bachchan, Hritik
indicates that both countries experienced increased levels of Roshan, and Shah Rukh Khan in the top 10 most valuable
kindness in 2020 and 2021, but in 2022, Ukraine saw a sharp rise celebrities.
in benevolence while it declined in Russia. ● Former cricketer MS Dhoni is ranked sixth with a brand
value of over $80 million, while Sachin Tendulkar has
Most unhappy countries of the world?
entered the top 10 for the first time, ranking eighth with a
The World Happiness Report has ranked Afghanistan as the
brand value of $73.6 million.
least happy country out of the 137 nations surveyed. The
● For the first time, South Indian stars Allu Arjun and
report also highlighted other nations such as Lebanon,
Rashmika Mandanna have made it to the list of India's top
Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo as being
25 most valuable celebrities.
among the unhappiest countries, largely due to factors such as
● Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu tied
high levels of corruption and low life expectancy.
at the 23rd spot with a brand value of $26.5 million,
About the World Happiness Report:
according to the report.
The World Happiness Report is an annual report published by
the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions
2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships: Check the
Network. It ranks countries based on how happy their citizens
list of Winners
perceive themselves to be and provides analysis of the factors
that contribute to happiness, such as income, social support, IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023
and life expectancy. The report is based predominantly on data India emerged as a dominant force at the 13th edition of the IBA
from the main life evaluation question in the Gallup World Poll. Women's World Boxing Championship 2023, held in New
The first report was published in 2012 and it has been released Delhi. The event concluded with four Indian female boxers
annually since then, typically in March. securing gold medals in different weight categories. Saweety
The World Happiness Report assesses happiness levels across Boora, Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen, and Lovlina Borgohain
the world based on various criteria, including both domestic and were the top performers in their respective categories,
global factors. Although India has improved its ranking in the contributing to India's historic success in the competition. This
report, it still remains quite low compared to many neighboring was the second time India achieved such a remarkable feat, the
countries. The report gauges happiness based on feedback from first being in the 2006 event. The 13th edition of the Women’s
a nationally representative sample of individuals regarding their World Boxing Championship 2023 was organised by the
current life satisfaction levels. International Boxing Association (IBA) and took place from
India's most valuable celebrity of 2022 March 15 to March 26, 2023.
India's most valuable celebrity of 2022 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships: Check the
According to a report by Kroll, a corporate investigation and risk list of Winners
consulting firm, actor Ranveer Singh has been named India's
Weight Class Athlete Name Country Medal
most valuable celebrity of 2022, surpassing cricketer Virat
Kohli who held the top spot for five years. The report titled Welterweight Yang Liu China Gold
"Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2022: Beyond the Flyweight Wu Yu China Gold
Mainstream" reveals that Singh's brand value is $181.7 million. Lovlina
Virat Kohli, who previously held the top spot, has fallen to the Middleweight Borgohain (75 India Gold
second position with a brand value of $176.9 million, according kg)
to the Kroll report. Kohli's brand value has been decreasing for Huang Hsiao- Chinese
Bantamweight Gold
the past two years since he resigned as the captain of the Indian wen Taipei
men's cricket team. In 2020, his brand value was over $237 Nitu Ghanghas
Minimumweight India Gold
million but steeply declined in 2021 to $185.7 million, resulting in (48 kg)
his current second-place ranking. Nikhat Zareen
Light flyweight India Gold
Other celebrities in the list: (50 kg)
● The Kroll report reveals that Akshay Kumar and Alia Bhatt Light
have maintained their positions as the third and fourth most Yang Chengyu China Gold
welterweight
valuable celebrities in India, with brand values of $153.6 Light Anastasiia
million and $102.9 million, respectively. Russia Gold
middleweight Demurchian
● Deepika Padukone has moved up two ranks to the fifth Featherweight Irma Testa Italy Gold
spot with a brand value of $82.9 million, and has since Light Saweety Boora
become the brand ambassador of Qatar Airways and India Gold
heavyweight (81 kg)
PotteryBarn.
Heavyweight Khadija Mardi Morocco Gold
Weight Class Athlete Name Country Medal • 100 labs to be setup for 5G services based application
Lightweight Beatriz Ferreira Brazil Gold development to realize a new range of opportunities,
business models, and employment potential.
• 500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants under GOBARdhan
Most Important Current Affairs of February
(Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme to
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UNION BUDGET 2023-24 be established for promoting circular economy at total
investment of Rs 10,000 crore. 5 per cent compressed
The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt.
biogas mandate to be introduced for all organizations
Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in
marketing natural and bio gas.
Parliament today. The highlights of the Budget are as follows:
• Centre to facilitate one crore farmers to adopt natural
PART A farming over the next three years. For this, 10,000 Bio-
• Per capita income has more than doubled to ₹1.97 lakh in Input Resource Centres to be set-up, creating a national-
around nine years. level distributed micro-fertilizer and pesticide
• Indian economy has increased in size from being 10th to 5th manufacturing network.
largest in the world in the past nine years. • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0, to be launched
• EPFO membership has more than doubled to 27 crore. to skill lakhs of youth within the next three years covering
• 7,400 crore digital payments of ₹126 lakh crore has taken new age courses for Industry 4.0 like coding, AI, robotics,
place through UPI in 2022. mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft skills.
• 11.7 crore household toilets constructed under Swachh • 30 Skill India International Centres to be set up across
Bharat Mission. different States to skill youth for international
• 9.6 crore LPG connections provided under Ujjwala. opportunities.
• 220 crore covid vaccination of 102 crore persons. • Revamped credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs to take
• 47.8 crore PM Jan Dhan bank accounts. effect from 1st April 2023 through infusion of Rs 9,000 crore
• Insurance cover for 44.6 crore persons under PM Suraksha in the corpus. This scheme would enable additional
Bima and PM Jeevan Jyoti Yojana. collateral-free guaranteed credit of Rs 2 lakh crore and also
• Cash transfer of ₹2.2 lakh crore to over 11.4 crore farmers reduce the cost of the credit by about 1 per cent.
under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. • Central Processing Centre to be setup for faster response
• Seven priorities of the budget ‘Saptarishi’ are inclusive to companies through centralized handling of various forms
development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and filed with field offices under the Companies Act.
investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth • The maximum deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings
power and financial sector. Scheme to be enhanced from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 lakh.
• Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program with an outlay of ₹2200 • Targeted Fiscal Deficit to be below 4.5% by 2025-26.
crore to be launched to boost availability of disease-free, • Agriculture Accelerator Fund to be set-up to encourage
quality planting material for high value horticultural crops. agri-startups by young entrepreneurs in rural areas.
• 157 new nursing colleges to be established in co-location • To make India a global hub for 'Shree Anna', the Indian
with the existing 157 medical colleges established since Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad will be supported as
2014. the Centre of Excellence for sharing best practices, research
• Centre to recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for the and technologies at the international level.
740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, serving 3.5 lakh • ₹20 lakh crore agricultural credit targeted at animal
tribal students over the next three years. husbandry, dairy and fisheries
• Outlay for PM Awas Yojana is being enhanced by 66% to • A new sub-scheme of PM Matsya Sampada Yojana with
over Rs. 79,000 crore. targeted investment of ₹6,000 crore to be launched to
• Capital outlay of Rs. 2.40 lakh crore has been provided for further enable activities of fishermen, fish vendors, and
the Railways, which is the highest ever outlay and about micro & small enterprises, improve value chain efficiencies,
nine times the outlay made in 2013-14. and expand the market.
• Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF) will be • Digital public infrastructure for agriculture to be built as
established through use of priority Sector Lending shortfall, an open source, open standard and inter operable public
which will be managed by the national Housing Bank, and good to enable inclusive farmer centric solutions and
will be used by public agencies to create urban support for growth of agri-tech industry and start-ups.
infrastructure in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. • Computerisation of 63,000 Primary Agricultural Credit
• Entity DigiLocker to be setup for use by MSMEs, large Societies (PACS) with an investment of ₹2,516 crore
business and charitable trusts to store and share documents initiated.
online securely.
• Massive decentralised storage capacity to be set up to help • Transition from manhole to machine-hole mode by
farmers store their produce and realize remunerative prices enabling all cities and towns to undertake 100 percent
through sale at appropriate times. mechanical desludging of septic tanks and sewers.
• Sickle Cell Anaemia elimination mission to be launched. • iGOT Karmayogi, an integrated online training platform,
• Joint public and Private Medical research to be encouraged launched to provide continuous learning opportunities for
via select ICMR labs for encouraging collaborative research lakhs of government employees to upgrade their skills and
and innovation. facilitate people-centric approach.
• New Programme to promote research in Pharmaceuticals • More than 39,000 compliances reduced and more than
to be launched. 3,400 legal provisions decriminalized to enhance Ease Of
• Rs. 10 lakh crore capital investment, a steep increase of 33% Doing Business.
for third year in a row, to enhance growth potential and job • Jan Vishwas Bill to amend 42 Central Acts have been
creation, crowd-in private investments, and provide a introduced to further trust-based governance.
cushion against global headwinds. • Three centres of excellence for Artificial Intelligence to be
• Aspirational Blocks Programme covering 500 blocks set-up in top educational institutions to realise the vision of
launched for saturation of essential government services “Make AI in India and Make AI work for India”.
across multiple domains such as health, nutrition, • National Data Governance Policy to be brought out to
education, agriculture, water resources, financial inclusion, unleash innovation and research by start-ups and academia.
skill development, and basic infrastructure. • One stop solution for reconciliation and updation of identity
and address of individuals to be established using
• Rs. 15,000 crore for implementation of Pradhan Mantri
DigiLocker service and Aadhaar as foundational identity.
PVTG Development Mission over the next three years
• PAN will be used as the common identifier for all digital
under the Development Action Plan for the Scheduled
systems of specified government agencies to bring in Ease
Tribes.
of Doing Business.
• Investment of Rs. 75,000 crore, including Rs. 15,000 crore
• 95 per cent of the forfeited amount relating to bid or
from private sources, for one hundred critical transport
performance security, will be returned to MSME’s by
infrastructure projects, for last and first mile connectivity
government and government undertakings in cases the
for ports, coal, steel, fertilizer, and food grains sectors.
MSME’s failed to execute contracts during Covid period.
• New Infrastructure Finance Secretariat established to
• Result Based Financing to better allocate scarce resources
enhance opportunities for private investment in
for competing development needs.
infrastructure.
• Phase-3 of the E-Courts project to be launched with an
• District Institutes of Education and Training to be outlay of Rs. 7,000 crore for efficient administration of
developed as vibrant institutes of excellence for Teachers’ justice.
Training.
• R & D grant for Lab Grown Diamonds (LGD) sector to
• A National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents to encourage indigenous production of LGD seeds and
be set-up for facilitating availability of quality books across machines and to reduce import dependency.
geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device
• Annual production of 5 MMT under Green Hydrogen
agnostic accessibility.
Mission to be targeted by 2030 to facilitate transition of the
• Rs. 5,300 crore to be given as central assistance to Upper economy to low carbon intensity and to reduce dependence
Bhadra Project to provide sustainable micro irrigation and on fossil fuel imports.
filling up of surface tanks for drinking water.
• ₹35000 crore outlay for energy security, energy transition
• ‘Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions’ to be set up in and net zero objectives.
a digital epigraphy museum, with digitization of one lakh
• Battery energy storage systems to be promoted to steer the
ancient inscriptions in the first stage.
economy on the sustainable development path.
• ‘Effective Capital Expenditure’ of Centre to be Rs. 13.7 lakh
• 20,700 crore outlay provided for renewable energy grid
crore.
integration and evacuation from Ladakh.
• Continuation of 50-year interest free loan to state
• “PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness,
governments for one more year to spur investment in
Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth” (PM-
infrastructure and to incentivize them for complementary
PRANAM) to be launched to incentivize States and Union
policy actions.
Territories to promote alternative fertilizers and balanced
• Encouragement to states and cities to undertake urban
use of chemical fertilizers.
planning reforms and actions to transform our cities into
• ‘Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible
‘sustainable cities of tomorrow’.
Incomes’, MISHTI, to be taken up for mangrove plantation
along the coastline and on salt pan lands, through
convergence between MGNREGS, CAMPA Fund and other • Amending IFSCA Act for statutory provisions for
sources. arbitration, ancillary services, and avoiding dual regulation
• Green Credit Programme to be notified under the under SEZ Act
Environment (Protection) Act to incentivize and mobilize • Recognizing offshore derivative instruments as valid
additional resources for environmentally sustainable and contracts.
responsive actions. • Amendments proposed to the Banking Regulation Act, the
• Amrit Dharohar scheme to be implemented over the next Banking Companies Act and the Reserve of India Act to
three years to encourage optimal use of wetlands, enhance improve bank governance and enhance investors’
bio-diversity, carbon stock, eco-tourism opportunities and protection.
income generation for local communities.
• Countries looking for digital continuity solutions would be
• A unified Skill India Digital platform to be launched for
facilitated for setting up of their Data Embassies in GIFT
enabling demand-based formal skilling, linking with
IFSC.
employers including MSMEs, and facilitating access to
• SEBI to be empowered to develop, regulate, maintain and
entrepreneurship schemes.
enforce norms and standards for education in the National
• Direct Benefit Transfer under a pan-India National
Institute of Securities Markets and to recognize award of
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to be rolled out to
provide stipend support to 47 lakh youth in three years. degrees, diplomas and certificates.
• At least 50 tourist destinations to be selected through • Integrated IT portal to be established to enable investors to
challenge mode; to be developed as a complete package for easily reclaim the unclaimed shares and unpaid dividends
domestic and foreign tourists. from the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority.
• Sector specific skilling and entrepreneurship development • To commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a one-time
to be dovetailed to achieve the objectives of the ‘Dekho new small savings scheme, Mahila Samman Savings
Apna Desh’ initiative. Certificate to be launched. It will offer deposit facility upto
• Tourism infrastructure and amenities to be facilitated in Rs 2 lakh in the name of women or girls for tenure of 2 years
border villages through the Vibrant Villages Programme. (up to March 2025) at fixed interest rate of 7.5 per cent with
• States to be encouraged to set up a Unity Mall for partial withdrawal option.
promotion and sale of their own and also all others states’ • The maximum deposit limit for Monthly Income Account
ODOPs (One District, One Product), GI products and Scheme to be enhanced from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 9 lakh for
handicrafts. single account and from Rs 9 lakh to Rs 15 lakh for joint
• National Financial Information Registry to be set up to account.
serve as the central repository of financial and ancillary • The entire fifty-year interest free loan to states to be spent
information for facilitating efficient flow of credit, on capital expenditure within 2023-24. Part of the loan is
promoting financial inclusion, and fostering financial conditional on States increasing actual Capital expenditure
stability. A new legislative framework to be designed in and parts of outlay will be linked to States undertaking
consultation with RBI to govern this credit public specific loans.
infrastructure. • Fiscal Deficit of 3.5% of GSDP allowed for States of which
• Financial sector regulators to carry out a comprehensive
0.5% is tied to Power sector reforms.
review of existing regulations in consultation with public Revised Estimates 2022-23:
and regulated entities. Time limits to decide the • The total receipts other than borrowings is Rs 24.3 lakh
applications under various regulations would also be laid crore, of which the net tax receipts are Rs 20.9 lakh crore.
down. • The total expenditure is Rs 41.9 lakh crore, of which the
• To enhance business activities in GIFT IFSC, the following capital expenditure is about Rs 7.3 lakh crore.
measures to be taken. • The fiscal deficit is 6.4 per cent of GDP, adhering to the
• Delegating powers under the SEZ Act to IFSCA to avoid dual Budget Estimate.
regulation. Budget Estimates 2023-24:
• Setting up a single window IT system for registration and • The total receipts other than borrowings is estimated at Rs
approval from IFSCA, SEZ authorities, GSTN, RBI, SEBI and 27.2 lakh crore and the total expenditure is estimated at Rs
IRDAI. 45 lakh crore.
• Permitting acquisition financing by IFSC Banking Units of • The net tax receipts are estimated at Rs 23.3 lakh crore.
foreign bank. • The fiscal deficit is estimated to be 5.9 per cent of GDP.
• To finance the fiscal deficit in 2023-24, the net market
• Establishing a subsidiary of EXIM Bank for trade re-
borrowings from dated securities are estimated at Rs 11.8
financing. lakh crore.
• The gross market borrowings are estimated at Rs 15.4 lakh reduction of the maximum personal income tax rate to 39
crore. per cent.
PART – B • The limit for tax exemption on leave encashment on
retirement of non-government salaried employees to
DIRECT TAXES
increase to Rs. 25 lakh.
• Direct Tax proposals aim to maintain continuity and
stability of taxation, further simplify and rationalise • The new income tax regime to be made the default tax
various provisions to reduce the compliance burden, regime. However, citizens will continue to have the option
promote the entrepreneurial spirit and provide tax relief to to avail the benefit of the old tax regime.
citizens. • Enhanced limits for micro enterprises and certain
• Constant endeavour of the Income Tax Department to professionals for availing the benefit of presumptive
improve Tax Payers Services by making compliance easy taxation proposed. Increased limit to apply only in case the
and smooth. amount or aggregate of the amounts received during the
• To further improve tax payer services, proposal to roll out a year, in cash, does not exceed five per cent of the total gross
next-generation Common IT Return Form for tax payer receipts/turnover.
convenience, along with plans to strengthen the grievance
• Deduction for expenditure incurred on payments made to
redressal mechanism.
• Rebate limit of Personal Income Tax to be increased to Rs. MSMEs to be allowed only when payment is actually made
7 lakh from the current Rs. 5 lakh in the new tax regime. in order to support MSMEs in timely receipt of payments.
Thus, persons in the new tax regime, with income up to Rs. • New co-operatives that commence manufacturing
7 lakh to not pay any tax. activities till 31.3.2024 to get the benefit of a lower tax rate
• Tax structure in new personal income tax regime, of 15 per cent, as presently available to new manufacturing
introduced in 2020 with six income slabs, to change by companies.
reducing the number of slabs to five and increasing the tax • Opportunity provided to sugar co-operatives to claim
exemption limit to Rs. 3 lakh. Change to provide major payments made to sugarcane farmers for the period prior to
relief to all tax payers in the new regime.
assessment year 2016-17 as expenditure. This expected to
provide them a relief of almost Rs. 10,000 crore.
• Provision of a higher limit of Rs. 2 lakh per member for
cash deposits to and loans in cash by Primary Agricultural
Co-operative Societies (PACS) and Primary Co-operative
Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (PCARDBs).
• A higher limit of Rs. 3 crore for TDS on cash withdrawal to
be provided to co-operative societies.
• Date of incorporation for income tax benefits to start-ups
to be extended from 31.03.23 to 31.3.24.
• Proposal to provide the benefit of carry forward of losses on
change of shareholding of start-ups from seven years of
incorporation to ten years.
• Deduction from capital gains on investment in residential
house under sections 54 and 54F to be capped at Rs. 10 crore
Total Income (Rs) Rate (per cent) for better targeting of tax concessions and exemptions.
Up to 3,00,000 Nil • Proposal to limit income tax exemption from proceeds of
From 3,00,001 to 6,00,000 5 insurance policies with very high value. Where aggregate
From 6,00,001 to 9,00,000 10 of premium for life insurance policies (other than ULIP)
issued on or after 1st April, 2023 is above Rs. 5 lakh, income
From 9,00,001 to 12,00,000 15
from only those policies with aggregate premium up to Rs.
From 12,00,001 to 15,00,000 20 5 lakh shall be exempt.
Above 15,00,000 30 • Income of authorities, boards and commissions set up by
statutes of the Union or State for the purpose of housing,
• Proposal to extend the benefit of standard deduction of
development of cities, towns and villages, and regulating,
Rs. 50,000 to salaried individual, and deduction from family
or regulating and developing an activity or matter,
pension up to Rs. 15,000, in the new tax regime. proposed to be exempted from income tax.
• Highest surcharge rate to reduce from 37 per cent to 25 per • Minimum threshold of Rs. 10,000/- for TDS to be removed
cent in the new tax regime. This to further result in and taxability relating to online gaming to be clarified.
Proposal to provide for TDS and taxability on net winnings • Basic customs duty reduced on acid grade fluorspar
at the time of withdrawal or at the end of the financial year. (containing by weight more than 97 per cent of calcium
• Conversion of gold into electronic gold receipt and vice fluoride) to 2.5 per cent from 5 per cent.
versa not to be treated as capital gain. • Basic customs duty on crude glycerin for use in
• TDS rate to be reduced from 30 per cent to 20 per cent on manufacture of epicholorhydrin reduced to 2.5 per cent
taxable portion of EPF withdrawal in non-PAN cases. from 7.5 per cent.
• Income from Market Linked Debentures to be taxed. • Duty reduced on key inputs for domestic manufacture of
• Deployment of about 100 Joint Commissioners for disposal shrimp feed.
of small appeals in order to reduce the pendency of appeals • Basic customs duty reduced on seeds used in the
at Commissioner level. manufacture of lab grown diamonds.
• Increased selectivity in taking up appeal cases for scrutiny • Duties on articles made from dore and bars of gold and
of returns already received this year. platinum increased.
• Period of tax benefits to funds relocating to IFSC, GIFT City • Import duty on silver dore, bars and articles increased.
extended till 31.03.2025. • Basic Customs Duty exemption on raw materials for
• Certain acts of omission of liquidators under section 276A of manufacture of CRGO Steel, ferrous scrap and nickel
the Income Tax Act to be decriminalized with effect from cathode continued.
1st April, 2023. • Concessional BCD of 2.5 per cent on copper scrap is
• Carry forward of losses on strategic disinvestment including continued.
that of IDBI Bank to be allowed. • Basic customs duty rate on compounded rubber increased
• Agniveer Fund to be provided EEE status. The payment to 25 per cent from 10 per cent or 30 per kg whichever is
received from the Agniveer Corpus Fund by the Agniveers lower.
enrolled in Agnipath Scheme, 2022 proposed to be exempt • National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD) on specified
from taxes. Deduction in the computation of total income is cigarettes revised upwards by about 16 per cent.
proposed to be allowed to the Agniveer on the contribution
made by him or the Central Government to his Seva Nidhi Legislative Changes in Customs Laws
account. • Customs Act, 1962 to be amended to specify a time limit of
nine months from date of filing application for passing final
INDIRECT TAXES order by Settlement Commission.
• Number of basic customs duty rates on goods, other than
• Customs Tariff Act to be amended to clarify the intent and
textiles and agriculture, reduced to 13 from 21.
scope of provisions relating to Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD),
• Minor changes in the basic custom duties, cesses and Countervailing Duty (CVD), and Safeguard Measures.
surcharges on some items including toys, bicycles,
CGST Act to be amended to raise the minimum threshold
automobiles and naphtha. of tax amount for launching prosecution under GST from
• Excise duty exempted on GST-paid compressed bio gas one crore to two crore; to reduce the compounding
contained in blended compressed natural gas.
amount from the present range of 50 to 150 per cent of tax
• Customs Duty on specified capital goods/machinery for amount to the range of 25 to 100 per cent; decriminalise
manufacture of lithium-ion cell for use in battery of certain offences; to restrict the filing of
electrically operated vehicle (EVs) extended to 31.03.2024
returns/statements to a maximum period of three years
• Customs duty exempted on vehicles, specified automobile
from the due date of filing of the relevant return/statement;
parts/components, sub-systems and tyres when imported and to enable unregistered suppliers and composition
by notified testing agencies, for the purpose of testing and/ taxpayers to make the intra-state supply of goods through
or certification, subject to conditions. E-Commerce Operators (ECOs).
• Customs duty on camera lens and its inputs/parts for use
in manufacture of camera module of cellular mobile phone Fund Allocation for Ministry
reduced to zero and concessional duty on lithium-ion cells • Ministry of Defence-594 lacs Cr.
for batteries extended for another year. • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways-2.70lacs Cr.
• Basic customs duty reduced on parts of open cells of TV • Ministry of Railways-2.41 lacs cr.
panels to 2.5 per cent. • Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution-
• Basic customs duty on electric kitchen chimney increased 2.06 lacs cr.
to 15 per cent from 7.5 per cent.
• Ministry of Home Affairs- 1.96lacs Cr.
• Basic customs duty on heat coil for manufacture of electric
• Minsitry of Chemicals and Fertlizers- 1.78 Lacs Cr.
kitchen chimneys reduced to 15 per cent from 20 per cent.
• Ministry of Rural Development- 1.60 lacs Cr.
• Denatured ethyl alcohol used in chemical industry
exempted from basic customs duty. • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare-1.25 lacs Cr.
• Ministry of Communications-1.23 lacs Cr.
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65th Grammy Awards Bonnie Raitt wins for 'Just like That'
Performance
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Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy
The Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles played host to the 65th Performance
Best Traditional Pop
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Vocal Album
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Album
30, 2022. November 15, 2022 saw the announcement of the Best
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South African comedian Trevor Noah, who served as host once Recording
more this year. Best Contemporary
Snarky Puppy – Empire Central
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Best Metal Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony
• The biggest night in music made a comeback to Los Angeles Performance Iommi – Degradation Rules
on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena, with Trevor Noah serving Best Rock Song Brandi Carlile – Broken Horses
as host once more.
Best Rock Album Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9
• Lizzo, Bad Bunny, Brandi Carlile, Harry Styles, and others
Best Alternative
performed at this year's show. Wet Leg – Chaise Lounge
Music Performance
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Migos rapper who was shot and killed in November, one of Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Music Album
the glories of country music, who passed away in Best R&B
Muni Long – Hrs & Hrs
November, and Christine McVie, the Fleetwood Mac Performance
vocalist who passed away in October. Best Traditional R&B
Beyoncé– Plastic Off the Sofa
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Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
week. R&B Album
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Adele (seven nominations), and Kendrick Lamar (eight Best Rap
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Performance Wait for U
acquire the elusive and prestigious EGOT status.
Best Rap Song Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
• She won her first Grammy for her reading of her biography
Best Country Solo
"Finding Me" on audiobook. Willie Nelson – Live Forever
Performance
• As the first transgender woman to get a Grammy in the best
Best Country
pop duo/group performance category, Kim Petras created Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde –
Duo/Group
Grammy history. Never Wanted to Be That Girl
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and Brandi Carlile with six. Solo Endangered Species
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Song of the Year Lizzo - About Damn Time
Best New Artist Samara Joy
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Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & • Navin Reuben Dawson - Chimaera
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Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra –
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• Subadra Ilan - An Enticing Career As of January 27, 2023, non-food credit growth was up
16.7% from the prior corresponding period. In order to
reduce the CPI, we must never waver. World Happiness Index 2023 Country Wise List
• As the policy likely defied expectations of a dovish turn,
The World Happiness Index 2023 Report will mark its tenth
bonds declined, with the yield on benchmark 10-year notes
anniversary with this year's Globe Happiness Reflect, which uses
jumping by as far as four basis points to 7.36%, while the
data from international surveys to show how people rank their
currency was trading higher.
lives in more than 150 countries. In these dark times, there is a
• In 12 cities, RBI will roll out a prototype programme for coin-
glimmer of optimism revealed by the World Happiness Index
operated machines that use QR codes.
2023. The pandemic not only caused anguish and suffering, but
• After the RBI policy announcement, the Sensex was trading it also led to a rise in social assistance and charitable giving.
almost 300 points higher and the Nifty was up 0.6%.
• Current account deficit will remain eminently controllable Happiness Population in
RANK Country
and moderate in the second half of 2022–2023: RBI Index 2023 2022
Governor 1 Finland 7.842 5,554,960
• In 2022 and thus far this year, the Indian Rupee has 2 Denmark 7.62 5,834,950
remained the least volatile of its Asian counterparts: RBI 3 Switzerland 7.571 8,773,637
Governor 4 Iceland 7.554 345,393
• According to the RBI Governor, a rate increase of 25 bps is
5 Netherlands 7.464 17,211,447
acceptable at this time, and monetary policy should remain
6 Norway 7.392 55,11,370
flexible and responsive to inflation.
7 Sweden 7.363 10,218,971
• According to the RBI, retail inflation will be 6.5% instead of
6.7% in FY23 and 5.3% in FY24. 8 Luxembourg 7.324 642.371
• Estimated growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) for 9
New
7.277 48,98,203
FY23 was raised to 7% from 6.8%. Zealand
• The RBI anticipates 6.4% GDP growth for 2023–2024. 10 Austria 7.268 90,66,710
• Rate adjustment for the SDF (Standing Deposit Facility) to 136 India 3.819 14,06,631,776
6.25% from 6%.
• Early trading sees the Indian rupee gain 4 paise to 82.66 World Happiness Index 2023: Key Highlights
against the US dollar as traders assess Jerome Powell's • Finland was named the world's happiest country for the fifth
remarks and wait for the Reserve Bank of India to announce year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report.
its policy. • The Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the UN
has published a new report, which was made public two
days prior to the yearly International Day of Happiness.
• It rates 150 countries (146 in 2023) based on factors such as
GDP, life expectancy, and other quality-of-life indicators.
• The ranking, now in its eleventh year, assigns a score
between 0 and 10 based on an average of data gathered
over three years and a mathematical formula.
• According to a yearly UN survey released, Russia is not
having a happy year as it drops in the global happiness
rankings again this year.
• According to factors that contribute to happiness, such as
GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy,
social freedom, charity, and lack of corruption, the World
Happiness Report ranks 156 nations.
Here are the inflation rate projections by the RBI Monetary
5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022: Maharashtra topped the
Policy:
medal tally
• FY23 Inflation Rate Projection: 6.5%
• Inflation FY23: 6.5% The fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games conclude on
• Inflation Average (Jan-March FY23): 5.6% February 11. In the Khelo India Youth Games - 2022,
• Inflation FY24 Projection: 5.3% Maharashtra was the overall champion by securing a total of
• Real GDP Growth FY24: 6.4% 161 medals including 56 gold, 55 silver and 50 bronze medals.
On the other hand, Haryana has been at the second position by Governor of Jharkhand C P Radhakrishnan,
getting a total of 128 medals including 41 gold, 32 silver and 55 Governor of Himachal
bronze. Host Madhya Pradesh finished third with 96 medals Shiv Pratap Shukla,
Pradesh
including 39 gold. Governor of Assam Gulab Chand Kataria,
Khelo India Youth Games Governor of Andhra Pradesh S. Abdul Nazeer,
• The Games were hosted in Madhya Pradesh from 31
Change of states of some current governors
January 2023 to 11 February 2023. For the first time water
sports namely Kayaking Canoeing, Canoe Salam and State Name
Fencing were part of this edition of Khelo India Games. It Governor of Andhra Pradesh Justice (Retd) Biswa
was organized in eight different cities of the state. appointed as Governor of Bhusan
• These eight host cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Chhattisgarh Harichandan
Gwalior, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Mandla and Balaghat. Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed
• Over 5,000 athletes from 36 states and union territories of Anusuiya Uikye
as Governor of Manipur
India participated in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022. Governor of Manipur appointed as
La. Ganesan
Where athletes competed for 973 medals – 295 gold, 295 Governor of Nagaland
silver and 383 bronze – in 27 sports. The participation of girls Governor of Bihar appointed as
in these games was about 40 percent. Phagu Chauhan
Governor of Meghalaya
Governor of Himachal Pradesh Rajendra
Khelo India Youth Games: Medal Tally
appointed as Governor of Bihar Vishwanath Arlekar
Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig (Dr) B D Mishra
1 Maharashtra 56 55 50 161 appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh (Retd)
2 Haryana 41 32 55 128 Governor of Jharkhand appointed as
Ramesh Bais
3 Madhya Pradesh 39 30 27 96 Governor of Maharashtra
4 Rajasthan 19 10 19 48
How are Governors appointed?
5 Delhi 16 22 26 64
• Article 153 of the Constitution says “There shall be a
6 Kerala 15 12 19 46 Governor for each State.”
7 Manipur 13 9 12 34 • According to Article 155 "the Governor of a State shall be
8 Tamil Nadu 12 19 21 52 appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and
9 Odisha 11 8 11 30 seal".
10 Punjab 11 7 15 33 • Under Article 156, "the Governor shall hold office during
the pleasure of the President", but his term shall be five
President Draupadi Murmu named new governors in 12 years.
states and 1 UT • Articles 157 and 158 lay down the qualifications and terms
of office of the Governor.
President Draupadi Murmu named new governors in 12 states
and 1 UT Age and eligibility
President of India Droupadi Murmu appointed 13 new • The Governor must be a citizen of India and must have
Governors while accepting the resignations of Bhagat Singh completed 35 years of age.
Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and of Radha Krishnan • The Governor should not be a member of Parliament or
State Legislature, and should not hold any other office of
Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh on 12 February. Following is
profit.
the complete list of new governors who have been appointed.
• The position of Governor is envisaged as a political head
These appointments will take effect from the dates they assume
who has to act on the advice of the Council of Ministers of
charge of their respective offices :-
the State.
The fresh appointments
Here are some Constitutional Articles related to Governor:
State Name • Article 153- Governors of states
Governor of Arunachal Lt. General Kaiwalya • Article 154- Executive power of state
Pradesh Trivikram Parnaik (Retired) • Article 155- Appointment of Governor
Governor of Sikkim Lakshman Prasad Acharya, • Article 156- Term of office of Governor
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star-studded ceremony saw the German ant-war film All Quiet Supporting Actor Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
on the Western Front winning seven awards, including the two
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documentary All That Breathes from India was a nominee for the
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Screenplay Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Directorate of Film Festivals. Mumbai will host the 2023
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival ceremony. Alia
Editing Everything Everywhere All At Once, Paul
Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor and Best Actress
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Cinematography All Quiet On The Western Front, James
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Best Navalny (Daniel Roher)
Documentary Category Winner
Best Film The Kashmir Files
Category Winner 13 members of Parliament (MP) have been nominated for the
Film Of The Year RRR Sansad Ratna Awards 2023. The Jury Committee of eminent
Parliamentarians and civil society, chaired by Arjun Ram
Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor
(Brahmastra Part One: Meghwal (State Minister of Parliamentary Affairs) and Co-
Shiva) Chaired by T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election
Commissioner of India) has nominated eight MPs from Lok
Best Actress Alia Bhatt (Gangubhai
Khatiawadi) Sabha and five from Rajya Sabha for the Sansad Ratna Awards
2023. These nominations are based on cumulative performance
Critics Best Actor Varun Dhawan (Bhediya)
in questions, private members' bills and members' debates from
Critics Best Actress Vidya Balan (Jalsa)
the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha till the end of the Winter
Best Director R Balki (Chup) Session 2022.
Best Cinematographer PS Vinod (Vikram Vedha) Notably: The 13th Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 will be presented
Most Promising Actor Rishab Shetty (Kantara) on March 25 in the national Capital.
Best Actor In A Supporting Role Manish Paul (Jugjugg Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 nominated from Lok Sabha
Jeeyo) 1. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (INC, West Bengal),
Best Playback Singer (Male) Sachet Tandon (Maiyya 2. Gopal Chinayya Shetty (BJP, Maharashtra),
Mainu – Jersey) 3. Sudhir Gupta (BJP, Madhya Pradesh) and
Best Playback Singer (Female) Neeti Mohan (Meri Jaan – 4. Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra)
Gangubhai Khatiawadi) 5. Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand),
Best Web Series Rudra: The Edge Of 6. Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, West Bengal),
Darkness (Hindi) 7. Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC, Andaman Nicobar Islands),
Most Versatile Actor Anupam Kher (The 8. Dr Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (BJP, Maharashtra),
Kashmir Files)
Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 from Rajya Sabha
Television Series Of The Year Anupamaa
1. Smt Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan (NCP, Maharashtra)
Best Actor In A Television Zain Imam for Fanaa (Ishq 2. Dr. John Brittas (CPI-M, Kerala),
Series Mein Marjawaan) 3. Dr. Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD, Bihar),
Best Actress In A Television Tejasswi Prakash (Naagin) 4. Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (Samajwadi Party, UP) and
Series 5. Smt Chhaya Verma (INC, Chhattisgarh)
Dadasaheb Phalke Rekha
International Film Festival Two Parliamentary Committees of Lok Sabha nominated for
Awards 2023 for Outstanding Sansad Ratna Award 2023
Contribution In The Film 1. Rajya Sabha's Standing Committee on Tourism, Transport,
Industry and Culture, chaired by Vijay Sai Reddy
Dadasaheb Phalke Hariharan 2. Lok Sabha's Parliamentary Committee on Finance, chaired
International Film Festival by Jayant Sinha
Awards 2023 for Outstanding
Lifetime Achievement Award
Contribution In The Music
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award: T K
Industry
Rangarajan, (Former Rajya Sabha MP for two terms and a
About the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Senior CPIM Leader).
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the
field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Some facts about Sansad Ratna Awards:
Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted on the suggestion of Dr
organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and APJ Abdul Kalam to honour top performing Parliamentarians.
Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for their "outstanding He himself inaugurated the first edition of the award ceremony
contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema" in 2010 in Chennai. So far, 90 top performing parliamentarians
and is selected by a committee consisting of eminent have been honoured and all of them have received the award
personalities from the Indian film industry. The award comprises individually. K. Srinivasan is the Founder Chairman of the
a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash Sansad Ratna Award Committee and Ms. Priyadarshini Rahul is
prize of ₹1,000,000 (US$13,000). the Chairman.
Sansad Ratna award 2023: Check the list of nominated MP’s
Most Important Current Affairs of January
Sansad Ratna award 2023
Mascot, torch and anthem of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 The 80th edition of 2023 Golden Globes show, hosted by
unveiled in Bhopal Jerrod Carmichael, airs live on NBC and Peacock. The 80th
Khelo India Youth Game 2022:- Golden Globe Awards is the first edition of the annual spectacle
The anthem, mascot and a 'smart torch' for the fifth edition to be on TV since an ethics, finance and diversity scandal
of the youth games were unveiled by chief minister Shivraj Singh involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group
Chouhan, Union MoS sports Nisith Pramanik and state sports behind the awards, led NBC to decide not to air the 2022
minister at a glittering event in Bhopal on Saturday evening. ceremony. As in years past, the show will hand out honors in
The highlight was a drone show that created magic in Bhopal's
both film and TV categories.
night sky with hundreds of drones forming a sprinting cheetah,
maps of India and Madhya Pradesh and 'Khelo India Youth Follow below for updates as winners are announced:
Games 2022' The Games will be organised in eight districts of
Madhya Pradesh from January 30, with Malkhamb and water Category Winners
sports making their debut. Best TV Series, Musical or
The 5th KIYG 2022 will be held from January 30 to February 11. “Abbott Elementary”
Comedy
There are 27 sporting disciplines on the schedule, with over
Best Performance by an Actor in Kevin Costner,
6,000 athletes competing. 'Hindustan Ka Dil Dhadka Do' - this
is the heartpounding anthem of the Khelo India Youth Games a TV Series, Drama “Yellowstone”
2022. And cheetah Asha, who was named by PM Narendra Steven Spielberg, “The
Best Director, Motion Picture
Modi, the Games mascot. Fabelmans”
About Khelo India Martin McDonagh,
The importance of sports and fitness in one’s life is invaluable. Best Screenplay, Motion Picture “The Banshees of
Playing sports inculcates team spirit, develops strategic & Inisherin”
analytical thinking, leadership skills, goal setting and risk taking. Best Motion Picture, Non-
A fit and healthy individual leads to an equally healthy society “Argentina, 1985”
English Language
and strong nation.
Best Performance by an Actress
Sports is an extremely important component for the overall Cate Blanchett, “Tár”
development of our nation. India, in the last few years has made in a Motion Picture, Drama
steady progress in the field of sports. This tremendous potential Best Performance by an Actress
Zendaya, “Euphoria”
needs to be showcased at a global platform. It’s time we inspire in a TV Series, Drama
young talent, give them top-notch infrastructure and training of Best Performance by an Actor in
the highest level. We need to inculcate a strong spirit of Austin Butler, “Elvis”
a Motion Picture, Drama
participation in sports that enables players to demonstrate their
“Guillermo del Toro’s
true potential. Only then can India realise its dream of becoming Best Motion Picture, Animated
a sports super power. Pinocchio”
The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the Michelle Yeoh,
sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong “Everything
framework for all sports played in our country and establish India in a Motion Picture, Musical or
Everywhere All at
as a great sporting nation. Comedy
Once”
Best Performance by an Actor in
Colin Farrell, “The
a Motion Picture, Musical or
Banshees of Inisherin”
Comedy
Quinta Brunson,
in a TV Series, Musical or
“Abbott Elementary”
Comedy
Best Performance by an Actor in Jeremy Allen White,
a TV Series, Musical or Comedy “The Bear”
Best Original Song, Motion “Naatu Naatu,”
Picture “RRR”
Best Original Score, Motion Justin Hurwitz,
Picture “Babylon”
Golden Globes Winners 2023 announced Henley Passport Index 2023, Japan retained its top position
According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Japan has The ranking, published by London-based immigration
retained its position as the most favourible passport in the consultancy Henley & Partners, uses data from the
International Air Transport Association to rank 199
world, allowing visa-free entry to 193 global destinations. which
passports’ access to 227 travel destinations. The methodology
the country tops for the fifth consecutive year. Singapore and differs from other passport indexes like one published by
South Korea came in a joint second on the ranking, followed by financial advisory Arton Capital, which put the United Arab
Germany and Spain, and then a slew of other European nations. Emirates in pole position. The ranking is based on data from the
International Air Transport Association, which maintains the
Where does India rank? world’s largest database of travel information, and it is
The Indian passport was ranked 85th, giving visa-free entry to enhanced by extensive, ongoing research by the Henley &
Partners Research Department.
59 destinations worldwide. In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, the
country ranked at 82nd spot, 84th, 85th and 83rd respectively. United States R’Bonney Gabriel crowned 71st Miss Universe
2022
Indian passport holders can travel visa-free to 59 destinations
like Bhutan, Indonesia, Macao, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Miss Universe 2022
The United States candidate R’Bonney Gabriel has crowned
Thailand, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Uganda,
Miss Universe 2022 at a ceremony held in New Orleans, Mexico.
Iran and Qatar. However, some countries require visa-on-arrival. The crown was presented to her by India's Harnaaz Kaur
Sandhu who had won the 2021 title. She was handed a bouquet
India's Neighbouring country
of flowers, draped in the winner's sash and crowned with a tiara
66. China (80 destinations) onstage at the 71st Miss Universe Competition. The second
100. Sri Lanka (42 destinations) runner-up was Miss Dominican Republic, Andreina Martinez.
101. Bangladesh (41 destinations) Miss Curacao, Gabriela Dos Santos, and Miss Puerto Rico,
Ashley Carino, rounded out the top five finalists.
103. Nepal (38 destinations)
106. Pakistan (32 destinations) Indian participant
Divita Rai of India reached the top 16, but she was unable to
Here’s the list of the top 10 strongest passports in the world: advance further. India's participation in the 71st Miss Universe
1. Japan (193 destinations) was restricted to the top 16 since she was unable to make it into
the top 5. Ms. Rai, a native of Mangaluru, who could not make it
2. Singapore, South Korea (192 destinations)
to the top-5 cut, hails from a family in Thiruvail. Daughter of
3. Germany, Spain (190 destinations) Dilip Rai and Pranita Rai, Ms. Divita studied in Mumbai. She was
4. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg (189 destinations) adjudged Liva Miss Diva Universe 2022 and got qualified for the
5. Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden (188 destinations) Miss Universe contest. Only two Indians before Ms. Sandhu had
won the title of Miss Universe— actors Sushmita Sen in 1994
6. France, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom (187 destinations)
and Lara Dutta in 2000.
7. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States,
About Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel
Czech Republic (186 destinations)
According to Miss Universe, Gabriel is a former high school
8. Australia, Canada, Greece, Malta (185 destinations) volleyball player and graduate of the University of North Texas.
9. Hungary, Poland (184 destinations) A short bio posted on the organization's website said she is also
10 Lithuania, Slovakia (183 destinations) CEO of her own sustainable clothing line. The 28-year-old
Gabriel is a fashion designer from Houston, Texas.
List of 10 countries that fall in the bottom 10:
100. Sri Lanka/Sudan (42) Critics Choice Awards 2023 full winners list: RRR bags two
more awards
101. Bangladesh/Kosovo/Libya (41)
102. North Korea (40 destinations) 28th Critics Choice Awards
The 28th Critics Choice Awards were held, and once again, SS
103. Nepal, Palestinian territory (38 destinations)
Rajamouli’s RRR has made India proud, as the film scored two
104. Somalia (35 destinations) awards. RRR won Best Song award for Naatu Naatu, as well as
105. Yemen (34 destinations) Best Foreign Language film. RRR was also nominated for Best
106. Pakistan (32 destinations) Director, Best Picture and Best Visual Effects.
107. Syria (30 destinations) The American Canadian Critics Choice Association CCA show
Who shows for the finest In cinematic achievement. The Critics
108. Iraq (29 destinations) Choice Movie award Formerly known as the Broadcast Film
109. Afghanistan (27 destinations) Critics Association award was held. Critics Choice Awards
Winner 2023 shows were hosted by Chelsea Handler.
About the Henley Passport Index:
Indian Movie
The 28th Critics Choice Awards were held, and once again, SS • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Giancarlo
Rajamouli’s RRR has made India proud, as the film scored two Esposito, “Better Call Saul”
awards. RRR won Best Song award for Naatu Naatu, as well as • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Jennifer
Best Foreign Language film. RRR was also nominated for Best Coolidge, “The White Lotus”
Director, Best Picture and Best Visual Effects. • Best Comedy Series: “Abbott Elementary”
Critics Choice Movie Awards
Other Category
The Critics Choice Movie awards were given according to the
• #SeeHer Award: Janelle Monáe
nominees selected. You can see the Critics Choice Movie awards
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeff Bridges
list in the given. The list is given according to the movie, series
etc.
• Best Animated Series: “Harley Quinn” Mukesh Ambani Number 1 Among Indians And 2 Globally On
• Best Foreign Language Series: “Pachinko” Brand Guardianship Index
• Best Comedy Special: “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” Brand Guardianship Index 2023
• Best Talk Show: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” Billionaire Mukesh Ambani ranked No.1 among Indians and
• SeeHer Award: Janelle Monáe second globally on the Brand Guardianship Index 2023,
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeff Bridges overtaking the likes of Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Google’s
• Best Picture: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Sundar Pichai. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang topped the list
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Everywhere All at Once” 3 Satya Nadella Microsoft
• Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: 4 Shantanu Narayen Adobe
Wakanda Forever” 5 Sundar Pichai Google
• Best Young Actor or Actress: Gabriel LaBelle, “The 6 Punit Renjen Deloitte
Fabelmans” Estee Lauder
7 Fabrizio Freda
• Best Acting Ensemble: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Companies
• Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Natarajan
8 Tata
Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Chandrasekaran
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley, “Women Talking” 9 Piyush Gupta DBS
• Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, “Top Gun: 10 Huateng Ma Tencent
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sustainable manner, by balancing the needs of all
Critics Choice Super Award 2023 stakeholders — employees, investors, and the wider
The Critics choose super award 2023 for the films and the society.
television series you can see in the given below. In this above 2. The Brand Guardianship Index includes ‘equity’ factors,
section you see the various actors and their award. But now you which reflect current perceptions, ‘performance’ factors
can see the Indian movie and the best song award which goes to which reflect the tangible results of these perceptions, and
an RRR movie. The movie was made by SS Rajamouli. The list of ‘Investment’ factors which support future performance.
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Parakram Diwas 2023 celebrates as Netaji Subhas Chandra to suffer third-degree burns. Although the authorities
Bose Birth Anniversary announced his death in 2017, there are still a number of
rumours about his whereabouts.
Parakram Diwas 2023:
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti or Netaji Jayanti is a Exam related facts
national event celebrated in India as Parakram Diwas on • Netaji started a newspaper called “Swaraj”.
January 23 to mark the birth of prominent Indian freedom • He had written a book called “The Indian Struggle”. The
fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. This year nation celebrates book covers the Indian Independence movement between
126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. For the 1920 and 1942.
first time, Netaji Jayanti was celebrated as Parakram Divas in • The term “Jai Hind” was coined by Netaji Subhash Chandra
2021 on the occasion of his 124th birthday. In West Bengal, Bose.
Jharkhand, Tripura, and Assam, it is a recognised holiday. On • With the slogan “Give me blood and I will give you
this day, the Indian government honours Netaji. freedom”, he awakened the country towards fighting
Importance of Parakram Diwas: against the British
The purpose of the holiday is to recall and honour Netaji's Padma Awards 2023 Winners List Announced: Check All
tremendous devotion to the country and his unwavering spirit. Padma Winners
He was crucial to the cause for Indian independence. Netaji was
a prominent nationalist, politician, and freedom fighter. This Padma Awards 2023 Winners List
day has been designated to encourage Indians, especially young Padma Awards 2023 winners List: The Government of India has
people, to aspire to his strength, perseverance, selflessness, and announced the Padma Awards 2023 Winners List. According to
patriotic fervour despite oppression. He oversaw the Indian the Padma Awards website, the Padma Awards are India’s
National Army (Azad Hind Fouj). He was the founder-head of the highest civilian honors after the Bharat Ratna, seeking to
Azad Hind Government. “recognize achievements in all fields of activities or
disciplines where an element of public service is involved”.
About Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose These Awards are distributed by the President of India at
• Netaji’ was born on January 23, 1897, in Cuttack in Odisha. ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan
He acquired a degree in philosophy and was later selected usually around March/ April every year.
for the Indian Civil Services. He refused to join as he did not For the year 2023, the President has approved conferment of
want to serve the British Government. 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the
• Later, in 1919, he travelled to England to complete the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 6
Indian Civil Service (I.C.S. ), finishing fourth in his class with Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri
the highest English score. He didn't want to work for the Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes
British government, therefore in 1921 he resigned and went 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/Non Resident India
back to India. (NRI)/Person of Indian Origin (PIO) /Overseas Citizen Of India
• Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, who later served as his (OCI) and 7 Posthumous awardees.
political mentor, encouraged Netaji to join the Indian Notably: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished
National Congress (I.N.C.) when he returned to India. service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order)
Netaji joined the Indian National Congress in 1921. and Padma Shri (distinguished service).
• He regarded Swami Vivekananda as his spiritual guru and Padma Awards 2023 Highlights
was greatly affected by his ideas. Bose was elected • ORS icon Dilip Mahalanabis (Medicine), Samajwadi Party
president of the All India Youth Congress in 1923 and later founder and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam
served as president of the Congress in 1938 and 1939. Singh Yadav (Public Affairs), and architect Balakrishna
• Bose was a great student and a true Indian nationalist. At Doshi (Others-Architecture) have been picked to be
the Scottish Church College, part of the University of awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
Calcutta, Netaji Bose earned a B.A. in philosophy. • Mahalanabis pioneered the wide use of ORS (Oral
• During World War II, in Southeast Asia, Netaji formed and Rehydration Solution) which is estimated to have saved
led a 5,000-man force known as the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian more than 5 crore lives globally. Mahalanabis demonstrated
National Army) under the slogan ‘Delhi Chalo’ In order to the effectiveness of ORS while serving in Refugee camps
garner popular support in his home state of Bengal, he also during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, having
founded a new political party. returned from USA to serve.
• According to government reports, on August 18, 1945, a
plane crash near Tohuku, Japanese Taiwan, caused Netaji
Padma Vibhushan Winners List
S. No Name Field State / Country
1 Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) Others - Architecture Gujarat
2 Shri Zakir Hussain Art Maharashtra
3 Shri S M Krishna Public Affairs Karnataka
4 Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) Medicine West Bengal
5 Shri Srinivas Varadhan Science & Engineering United States of America
6 Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
Padma Bhushan Winners List
7 Shri S L Bhyrappa Literature & Education Karnataka
8 Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla Trade & Industry Maharashtra
9 Shri Deepak Dhar Science & Engineering Maharashtra
10 Ms. Vani Jairam Art Tamil Nadu
11 Swami Chinna Jeeyar Others - Spiritualism Telangana
12 Ms. Suman Kalyanpur Art Maharashtra
13 Shri Kapil Kapoor Literature & Education Delhi
14 Ms. Sudha Murty Social Work Karnataka
15 Shri Kamlesh D Patel Others - Spiritualism Telangana
Padma Sri Winners List

16 Dr. Sukama Acharya Others - Spiritualism Haryana
17 Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga Art Madhya Pradesh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
18 Shri Premjit Baria Art
and Diu
19 Ms. Usha Barle Art Chhattisgarh
20 Shri Munishwar Chanddawar Medicine Madhya Pradesh
21 Shri Hemant Chauhan Art Gujarat
22 Shri Bhanubhai Chitara Art Gujarat
23 Ms. Hemoprova Chutia Art Assam
24 Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) Public Affairs Tripura
25 Ms. Subhadra Devi Art Bihar
26 Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula Science & Engineering Karnataka
27 Shri Hem Chandra Goswami Art Assam
28 Ms. Pritikana Goswami Art West Bengal
29 Shri Radha Charan Gupta Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
30 Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta Science & Engineering Telangana
31 Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain (Duo) Art Rajasthan
32 Shri Dilshad Hussain Art Uttar Pradesh
33 Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate Social Work Maharashtra
34 Shri C I Issac Literature & Education Kerala
35 Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi Literature & Education Punjab
36 Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia Social Work Tripura
37 Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene Social Work Assam
Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala
38 Trade & Industry Maharashtra
(Posthumous)
39 Shri Ratan Chandra Kar Medicine Andaman & Nicobar Islands
40 Shri Mahipat Kavi Art Gujarat
41 Shri M M Keeravaani Art Andhra Pradesh
42 Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) Trade & Industry Gujarat
43 Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune Art Maharashtra
44 Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
45 Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr Art Odisha
46 Shri Anand Kumar Literature & Education Bihar
47 Shri Arvind Kumar Science & Engineering Uttar Pradesh
48 Shri Domar Singh Kunvar Art Chhattisgarh
49 Shri Risingbor Kurkalang Art Meghalaya
50 Ms. Hirabai Lobi Social Work Gujarat
51 Shri Moolchand Lodha Social Work Rajasthan
52 Ms. Rani Machaiah Art Karnataka
53 Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi Art Chhattisgarh
54 Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande Literature & Education Maharashtra
55 Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane Social Work Maharashtra
56 Shri Antaryami Mishra Literature & Education Odisha
57 Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa Art Karnataka
58 Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal Science & Engineering Gujarat
59 Shri Uma Shankar Pandey Social Work Uttar Pradesh
60 Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar (Duo) Art Madhya Pradesh
61 Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi Medicine Puducherry
62 Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti Medicine Telangana
63 Shri Ramesh Patange Literature & Education Maharashtra
64 Ms. Krishna Patel Art Odisha
65 Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai Art Tamil Nadu
66 Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval Social Work Kerala
67 Shri Kapil Dev Prasad Art Bihar
68 Shri S R D Prasad Sports Kerala
69 Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri Art Karnataka
70 Shri C V Raju Art Andhra Pradesh
71 Shri Bakshi Ram Science & Engineering Haryana
72 Shri Cheruvayal K Raman Others - Agriculture Kerala
73 Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai Science & Engineering Canada
74 Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
75 Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa Art Gujarat
76 Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy Literature & Education Telangana
77 Shri Mangala Kanti Roy Art West Bengal
78 Ms. K C Runremsangi Art Mizoram
79 Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan (Duo) Social Work Tamil Nadu
80 Shri Manoranjan Sahu Medicine Uttar Pradesh
81 Shri Patayat Sahu Others - Agriculture Odisha
82 Shri Ritwik Sanyal Art Uttar Pradesh
83 Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry Art Andhra Pradesh
84 Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar Social Work Andhra Pradesh
85 Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma Sports Manipur
86 Shri Nekram Sharma Others - Agriculture Himachal Pradesh
87 Shri Gurcharan Singh Sports Delhi
88 Shri Laxman Singh Social Work Rajasthan
89 Shri Mohan Singh Literature & Education Jammu & Kashmir
90 Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh Public Affairs Manipur
91 Shri Prakash Chandra Sood Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
92 Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie Art Nagaland
93 Dr. Janum Singh Soy Literature & Education Jharkhand
94 Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin Others - Spiritualism Ladakh
95 Shri S Subbaraman Others - Archaeology Karnataka
96 Shri Moa Subong Art Nagaland
97 Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram Social Work Tamil Nadu
98 Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon Art Maharashtra
99 Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
100 Shri Dhaniram Toto Literature & Education West Bengal
101 Shri Tula Ram Upreti Others - Agriculture Sikkim
102 Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy Medicine Tamil Nadu
103 Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma Medicine Delhi
104 Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia Art Maharashtra
105 Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) Social Work Arunachal Pradesh
106 Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz Art Jammu & Kashmir
Note: * In Duo case, the Award is counted as one.
About the Padma Awards categories were based on overall performances and
Instituted in 1954, these civilian awards, are generally achievements throughout the calendar year, with winners
announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year, and announced across ICC digital channels.
these awards seek to recognize ‘work of distinction’ and is given
ICC awards winners for 2022
for distinguished and exceptional achievements/service in all
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
fields/disciplines, such as, Art, Literature and Education, Sports,
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Nat Sciver (England)
Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs,
• Men's Test Cricketer of the Year: Ben Stokes (England)
Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc.
All nominations received for Padma Awards are placed before • Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam
the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the • Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver
Prime Minister every year. The Padma Awards Committee is • Men's T20 International Cricketer of the Year:
headed by the Cabinet Secretary and includes Home Secretary, Suryakumar Yadav (India)
Secretary to the President and four to six eminent persons as • Women's T20 International Cricketer of the Year: Tahlia
members. The recommendations of the committee are McGrath (Australia)
submitted to the Prime Minister and the President of India for
approval.
ICC annual awards 2022 announced: Check the complete list

of Winners
ICC annual awards 2022
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced its first
individual award winners in the ICC Awards 2022, naming the
stars honoured in the Associate, Emerging and T20I categories
following a global vote conducted among the specialist panel of
media representatives, the ICC Voting Academy and global fans
who voted for their favourite stars. Winners in the 13 individual
• Australian Open, one of the world’s major tennis
championships (the first of the four annual Grand Slam
events), held at the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne
Park in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian Open is
managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis
Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the
Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in
November 1905 and the first for women in 1922. The
facility is now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre,
and was a grass court.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
• Novak Djokovic has won his 10th Australian Open
championship and record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title
overall by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final at Rod
• Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Marco Jansen Laver Arena.
(South Africa) Republic Day 2023: Uttarakhand tableau wins first prize
• Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Renuka Singh
Republic Day 2023: Uttarakhand tableau wins first prize
(India)
Uttarakhand tableau which showcased the state’s wildlife and
• Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year: Gerhard Erasmus religious sites at the 74th Republic Day parade has won the top
(Namibia) prize. Uttarakhand’s tableau showcased the state’s wildlife and
• Women's Associate Cricketer of the Year: Esha Oza (India) religious sites during the ceremonial parade at Kartavya Path on
• David Shepherd Trophy: Richard Illingworth (England) January 26. In the foreground of the tableau, reindeer, deer
• Spirit of Cricket Award: Aasif Sheikh (Nepal) and various birds were shown roaming in the world-famous
Corbett National Park. The central part of the tableau depicted
Australian Open 2023: Check the complete list of winners the state animal of Uttarakhand, musk deer, national bird
peacock and ghoral. Jageshwar Dham, a group of 125 small and
Australian Open 2023:
big ancient temples in Manaskhand’s Almora district, and
• Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of popular deodar trees were shown in the rear part of the tableau.
men's singles match of the Australian Open 2023. Djokovic Uttarakhand won the first prize for its tableau, followed by
wins 10th Australian Open and 22nd grand slam. He levels Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in the second and third
Rafael Nadal with his 22nd Grand Slam title. In the Women’s positions respectively. The tableau of Maharashtra on Azadi ka
Singles category, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Amrit Mahotsav presented “Sade Tin Shaktipithe” and “Nari
Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's Shakti”, while that of Uttar Pradesh showcased Ayodhya
singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open. Deepotsav.
• The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis
tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January Republic Day 2023: Other winners in different categories:
2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the • Gujarat’s tableau emerged as the numero uno in the
55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. There popular choice segment.
is a total prize pot of AUD $76.5 million (around £43.3m) • Army’s Punjab Regiment has been adjudged the best
marching contingent among the three services, while the
for the Australian Open 2023.
Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) marching
Table showing Winners in all categories: contingent won the top prize among the CAPFs and other
auxiliary forces.
Category Winner Runner-Up • Among the ministries and departments, the tableau of the
Men’s Stefanos Tsitsipas Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Eklavya Model Residential
N. Djokovic (Serbia)
Singles (Greece) Schools) won the best prize.
Women’s A. Sabalenka E. Rybakina • The Central Public Works Department’s tableau on
Singles (Belarus) (Kazakhstan) biodiversity conservation and ‘Vande Bharatam’ dance
Men’s J. Kubler & R. Hijikata H. Nys (Monaco) & J. group earned a special prize.
Doubles (Australia) Zieliński (Poland) • The IAF’s marching contingent emerged as the winner
Women’s B. Krejčíková & K. S. Aoyama & E. among the three services in the popular choice category.
Doubles Siniaková (Czechia) Shibahara (Japan) • Among the tableaux from states and union territories,
Mixed L. Stefani & R. Matos R. Bopanna & S. Mirza Gujarat won the first prize in the category, followed by
Doubles (Brazil) (India) Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra in that order. Kutchi
embroidery and decoration, known for its mirror work,
History of Australian Open traditional ‘bhungas’ and renewable energy production
were the focus elements in the Gujarat tableau. The village
of Modhera, famous for its Sun Temple, and being India’s • Ravi Modi: The owner of Vedant Fashions, named after his
first round-the-clock solar-powered village was also only son. The manufacturer of Indian ethnic wear — known
showcased in the tableau. for the Manyawar brand — went public in 2022. His total
• Among the central ministries and departments, the tableau worth is about $3.6 billion.
by the CAPF, the Ministry of Home Affairs, emerged as the • Nirmal Minda: The Chairman and MD of UNO Minda
best in the popular choice segment. (formerly Minda Industries), has the net worth of $2600
How these tableau selected? crore.
Three panels of judges were appointed for assessing the • Rafique Malik: Having listed Metro Brands last December,
performance of the marching contingents from the three Rafique Malik figures on No. 89 with $2.22 billion. The
services, those from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and privately held company is known for its brands such as
other auxiliary forces, and tableaux from various states and Mochi, Metro and Walkway.
union territories, and various ministries and departments.
Citizens voted in an online poll on MyGov for their favourite The returnees on India’s 100 richest list:
tableaux and marching contingents in the popular choice • Among the four returnees on the list is Anand Mahindra
category. The poll for the popular choice was conducted with a net worth of $2.2 billion or Rs 17,768.08 crore.
between January 25 and 28. Bhadresh Shah (Rs 15,345.16 crore), Anu Aga (Rs 18,010.37
crore) and Joy Alukkas (Rs 25,036.84 crore) are also among
Most Important Current Affairs of December 2022 the returnees on the rich list.
India’s 100 Richest 2022: Gautam Adani tops Forbes rich list • Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma was a notable name
among the drop-offs, who saw shares of his One97
India’s 100 Richest 2022: Communications tank amid the global tech rout. The cutoff
The Forbes 2022 list of India’s 100 richest is finally here, for the top 100 was $1.9 billion this year.
according to which, the combined wealth of India’s 100 richest
grew by $25 billion to touch a colossal $800 billion. Top 10 Reserve Bank of India implements 4 tiered regulatory norms
names in the list: for UCB
RANK NAME NET WORTH (in Rupees) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a four-tiered
1 Gautam Adani Rs 1,211,460.11 crore regulatory framework for categorisation of Urban Co-operative
Banks (UCBs). Besides, the central bank has come out with
2 Mukesh Ambani Rs 710,723.26 crore norms pertaining to the net worth and capital adequacy of these
3 Radhakishan Damani Rs 222,908.66 crore banks.
4 Cyrus Poonawalla Rs 173,642.62 crore The Reserve Bank of India had constituted the Expert
5 Shiv Nadar Rs 172,834.97 crore Committee on Urban Co-operative Banks, under the
Chairmanship of Shri N. S. Vishwanathan, former Deputy
6 Savitri Jindal Rs 132,452.97 crore Governor, Reserve Bank to examine the issues in urban
7 Dilip Shanghvi Rs 125,184.21 crore cooperative banking sector and to review regulatory/
8 Hinduja Brothers Rs 122,761.29 crore supervisory approach for strengthening the sector. Based on the
9 Kumar Birla Rs 121,146.01 crore recommendations of the Expert Committee, RBI had released
the Revised Regulatory Framework for Urban Co-operative
10 Bajaj Family Rs 117,915.45 crore Banks (UCBs) on July 19, 2022. The four-tiered regulatory
New Faces on India’s 100 richest list: framework, based on size of deposits of the UCBs, will come into
• Falguni Nayar: With a net worth of $4.8 billion, as per the force with immediate effect.
Forbes data, Nayar is on the 44th spot in the list. RBI has now categorized Urban Co-Operative Banks in India
• Rekha Jhunjhunwala: The wife of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, into four tier depending upon the deposit with the bank:
who is fondly remembered as India’s very own Warren • Tier 1: UCB are those banks having deposits up to Rs 100
Buffet. At the 30th spot, Rekha Jhunjhunwala, 59, has crore operating in a single district or having branches in
replaced her husband on the list. She has a net worth of $5.9 contiguous districts.
billion. • Tier 2: UCBs with deposits more than Rs.100 crore and up
• Nehal Vakil: The representative of the third generation of to Rs.1000 crore.
the Vakil family that is running Asian Paints, which was • Tier 3 – UCBs with deposits more than Rs.1000 crore and up
founded in 1942. The family’s total worth is $.52 billion. to Rs.10, 000 crore.
• Venu Srinivasan: The founder of the TVS group, one of the • Tier 4 – UCBs with deposits more than Rs.10, 000 crore.
largest two-wheeler manufacturers in the world, is also a
Minimum Net worth Requirement of the banks
new entrant on the list this year. He is also the recipient of
• The minimum net worth (have a minimum capital and
Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the
reserves) requirement for the Tier 1 UCBs operating in
country.
single districts shall be Rs 2 crore.
For other UCB it shall be Rs 5 crore.
• Those UCBs which do not meet the requirement, have to The decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor
achieve the minimum net worth of ₹2 crore or ₹5 crore in a Shaktikanta Das headed six-member Monetary Policy
phased manner in five years. The banks will have to achieve Committee (MPC) has been announced. In the consecutive fifth
the 50% minimum net worth requirement in three years and hike this year, the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee has raised
the remaining 50% in next two years. the repo rate by 35 basis points (bps) to 6.25 per cent with
What is Urban Cooperative Banks? immediate effect, making loans expensive. The policy rate is
Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) are registered as cooperative now at the highest level since August 2018. The RBI has
societies under the provisions of, either the State Cooperative maintained policy stance at ‘withdrawal of accommodation’.
Societies Act of the State concerned under the provisions of the RBI Repo Rate: Consequently, the various rates are as under
or the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002. There is a
• Policy Repo Rate: 6.25% (Changed)
duality of control over the UCB. It is regulated by the Registrar
• Standing Deposit Facility (SDF): 6.00% (Changed)
of Cooperatives and also by the RBI. UCB registered under the
State Cooperative Societies Act are regulated and supervised by • Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 6.50% (Changed)
the Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS) of the State • Bank Rate: 6.50% (Changed)
concerned. UCB which are set up under the Multi State • Fixed Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35%
Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 are regulated by the Central • Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): 4.50%
Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS). • Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): 18.00%
Regulation of banking function Key Points of the Monetary Policy:
The Banking Regulation Act 1949 was made applicable on these • RBI has maintained consumer price index (CPI) inflation
banks from 1 March 1966. The Reserve Bank regulates and forecast for FY23 at 6.7%. Real FY23 GDP forecast lowered
supervises the banking functions of UCBs under the provisions to 6.8% from 7%.
of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. • Inflation expected to be above 4% in the next 12 months.
• Standing Deposit Facility rate, Marginal Standing Facility
Earthshot Prize 2022 rate also increased by 35 basis points each to 6% and 6.5%
Earthshot prize 2022: • India’s retail inflation fell to a three-month low of 6.77% in
India’s Greenhouse-in-a-box was among the five winners October, down from 7.41% in September. However,
announced by the Prince of Wales, Prince William, in Boston, remained above the RBI’s tolerance band for the 10th
United States. It is a sustainable solution for small-scale farmers consecutive row.
developed by an Indian startup, Kheyti, in Telangana which has • Equities open flat with a negative bias as Sensex dips over
won one million pounds ($1.2 million). Co-founder and CEO of 55 points, Nifty falls 0.2% ahead of RBI’s policy decision.
Kheyti, Kaushik Kappagantulu, said that he had launched the • Liquidity conditions are set to improve. Weighted average
solution for at least 100 million local smallholder farmers who lending rate is up 117 bps in May-October.
are most impacted by climate change. The aim of greenhouse-
The Monetary Policy Committee:
in-a-box is to reduce costs and increase yields which in turn
Section 45ZB of the amended RBI Act, 1934 provides for an
would help protect the livelihoods of these farmers.
empowered six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) to
About the Earthshot prize: be constituted by the Central Government by notification in the
Founded by Prince William this was the second edition of the Official Gazette. The first such MPC was constituted on
Earthshot prize which has also been dubbed the ‘Eco Oscars’ and September 29, 2016. The present MPC members, as notified by
witnessed the presence of several celebrities who walked the the Central Government in the Official Gazette of October 5,
green carpet. Kheyti won the prize in the Protect and Restore 2020, are as under:
Nature category which saw hundreds of entries from across the 1. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India—Chairperson, ex
world. officio;
2. Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in charge of
Here are the 2022 Earthshot Prize winners:
Monetary Policy—Member, ex officio;
• Mukuru Clean Stoves tackles clean air in Kenya
3. One officer of the Reserve Bank of India to be nominated by
• Kheyti is protecting and restoring nature in India
the Central Board—Member, ex officio;
• The Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network is
4. Prof. Ashima Goyal, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of
helping revive Australia’s oceans
Development Research —Member;
• Notpla’s circular solution to waste in the U.K.
5. Prof. Jayanth R. Varma, Professor, Indian Institute of
• The 44.01 Project in Oman is turning CO2 into rock Management, Ahmedabad—Member; and
6. Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Senior Advisor, National Council of
RBI Monetary Policy 2022: RBI Repo Rate Hike by 35 bps to Applied Economic Research, Delhi—Member.
6.25%
RBI Monetary Policy 2022:
United Nations: “Diwali Stamp-Power of One” awarded to season will take the opportunity to look back at what’s changed
four veteran diplomats and a US lawmaker over the past decade, as well as highlighting the inspiring
women who have made a difference.
Diwali Stamp-Power of One Awards:
Four veteran diplomats and a US lawmaker have been honoured Time Magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr
with this year’s annual ‘Diwali- Power of One’ award here for Zelensky and “Spirit of Ukraine”
their efforts in working towards a peaceful and secure world.
Time magazine named President Volodymyr Zelensky as well
The award, which is also known as the ‘Oscars of Diplomacy’, is
as “the spirit of Ukraine” as its 2022 person of the year, for the
presented to former top diplomats of the United Nations or a resistance the country has shown in the face of Russia’s invasion.
member state for their effort to help form a more perfect, Zelensky shares the 2022 title with “the spirit of Ukraine,” which
peaceful and secure world for all.” Felsenthal said was embodied by the “countless individuals
Award Winner 2022: inside and outside the country” who fought behind the scenes,
including everyday people such as chefs and surgeons.
• Former Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN
The Time magazine editor Edward Felsenthal wrote that “spirit
Kaha Imnadze, of Ukraine” referred to Ukrainians around the world, including
• Former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the UN many who “fought behind the scenes” against the Russian
Keisha McGuire, invasion. The magazine said Mr Zelensky had inspired
• Former Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN Ukrainians and was recognised internationally for his courage in
Georgi Velikov Panayotov, resisting the Russian invasion.
• Former Permanent Representative of Benin to the UN Jean-
Other categories winners:
Claude do Rego,
• Former Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of the US • Time Heroes of the Year: Women in Iran were named the
House of Representatives Eliot Lance Engel. Time Heroes of the Year. Iranian women who are
protesting for over three months against the custodial
BBC Releases 100 Most Influential Women’s List: 4 Indian death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She was arrested for
women’s in the list not wearing hijab publicly and she died while in the custody
BBC Releases 100 Most Influential Women’s List: of the Iranian morality police. Her death has triggered a
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has published the mass protest from the Iranian women against public
list of 100 most influential women in the world and has wearing of Hijab and the morality police.
included women from several areas such as politics, science, • Time’s Entertainer of the year: The South Korean K-pop
sports, entertainment, and literature. The BBC’s 100 most band Blackpink were recognised as.
influential women’s list also includes four Indians: Actress • Athlete of the Year: American baseball player Aaron
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, author Geetanjali Shree, engineer
Judge.
and astronaut Sirisha Bandla, and social worker Sneha
Jawale. • Icon of the Year: Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh .
Some of the notable names included in the BBC 100 most Named the Indian who featured time person of the Year:
influential women’s lists: • Mahatma Gandhi is the only Indian to be named TIME
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Person of the Year, having been given the honour in 1930.
• Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottle, The magazine described him as ‘Saint Gandhi’ and later
• Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, named him as one of the 25 Political Icons of all time.
• Music star Billie Eilish, • The tradition of naming Time person of the year started in
• Actress and disability activist Selma Blair, 1927. Initially it was named the Time Man of the Year. Other
• Iranian climber Elnaz Rekab who recently made waves in past winners have included the former dictator of
Iran for competing in South Korea without wearing a
Germany, Adolf Hitler in 1938, and Russian President
headscarf.
Vladimir Putin, who was 2007’s Person of the Year.
• From sport, Iranian climber Elnaz Rekab who recently
made waves in her home country for competing in South • Time first presented its Person of the Year award in 1927.
Korea without wearing a headscarf. Last year’s honoree was Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk,
• Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur who became the first Arab who has since made major headlines with his high-profile
or African woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open purchase of Twitter.
era.
About the BBC Releases 100 Most Influential Women’s List: IPL remains the most searched query on Google in India on
The BBC most influential women’s list is celebrating its 10th 2022
season, as well as the 90th anniversary of the BBC World Service
Google released its “Year in Search 2022” report, which
and the centenary of the BBC. The theme for 100 Women’ in
2022 is progress and the related set of programmes for the highlights the topics that generated the most interest and were
most frequently searched on the website this year. India’s search
trends have changed noticeably since last year, according to the Cup will be held across three different countries, the United
list, which is published annually for various nations. States, Canada and Mexico.
Year in Search 2022: Key points 2022 FIFA World Cup Awards:
• The Indian Premier League (IPL), which was also the most • Top 4 team Rankings: Argentina (Winner), France (2nd),
searched sporting event in the nation, came out on top of all Croatia (3rd) and Morocco (4th)
2022 trending search results in India. • Golden Boot Award: Kylian Mbappe (France); (8 Goals)
• CoWIN, a government website portal that streamlines
• Golden Ball Award: Lionel Messi (Argentina); (7 goals and
COVID-19 vaccine registration and appointment scheduling
registering 3 assists)
and issues digital vaccine certificates, followed IPL.
• Golden Glove Award: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
• The FIFA World Cup, which began on November 20 in
Qatar, ranked third among trending topics in searches in • FIFA Young Player Award: Enzo Fernandez Enzo
India. Sports competitions, the Asia Cup and the ICC Men’s Fernandez
T20 World Cup, respectively, took the fourth and fifth • FIFA Fair Play Award: England
spots. • Silver Boot Award: Lionel Messi
• Bollywood blockbuster Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva • Bronze Boot Award: Olivier Giroud (France)
earned the sixth spot on the list, while KGF: Chapter 2 came • Silver Ball Award: Kylian Mbappe
in at number nine. • Bronze Ball Award: Luka Modric (Croatia)
• Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson for the BJP who has since
Hurun Global 500 rankings: India ranked 5th in the list of
been suspended, was among the top-searched individuals
valuable companies
in India in 2022.
• Droupadi Murmu, the president of India, was subsequently 2022 Hurun Global 500 list
followed by Rishi Sunak, the new prime minister of the India, with 20 of the most valuable companies in the world, has
United Kingdom, and Lalit Modi. moved into the fifth position among countries that are home to
• In terms of news events, Google headlined that the demise the world’s top 500 firms. Last year, it ranked ninth with eight
companies. The US continued to top the charts, according to the
of Lata Mangeshkar, Sidhu Moose Wala, Queen
2022 Hurun Global 500 list. The list, released by the Hurun
Elizabeth and Shane Warne were the most searched
Research Institute, is a compilation of the 500 most valuable
topics.
non-state-controlled companies in the world. Companies were
• People also took interest in the Russia-Ukraine war, UP ranked according to their market capitalisation (for listed
Elections, and Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. companies) and valuations for non-listed companies.
• Depicting a logical transition in annual trends, the most
popular “near me” searches were for “movies near me,” Key points in the ranking:
“water parks near me,” swimming pools near me,” and • Of the 20 Indian companies featuring on the list this year, 11
other travel and outing-related terms. In contrast, searches are based in Mumbai, four in Ahmedabad and one each in
Noida, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
for “COVID test near me,” “Oxygen cylinder near me,” and
• With a $202-billion valuation, Reliance Industries (RIL)
“COVID hospital near me” were made last year.
topped the charts of Indian companies, while it ranked 34th
in the world. It was followed by Tata Consultancy Services
FIFA World Cup 2022 concludes ($139 billion) and HDFC Bank ($97 billion).
FIFA World Cup 2022: • The list also saw the entry of four companies — Adani
FIFA World Cup 2022: Messi’s Argentina clinched their 3rd Transmission, Adani Green Energy, Adani Enterprises and
World Cup trophy from six final appearances in history, seeing Adani Total Gas — led by billionaire Gautam Adani, with a
off France 4–2 on penalties (3–3 after extra time) to win the total valuation of $173 billion.
biggest prize in men’s football. It had won two in 1978 and 1986 • The other new entrants in the list from India include ITC
($52 billion), Avenue Supermarts ($33 billion), Axis Bank
under Diego Maradona. Lionel Messi had come close to
($33 billion), Bajaj Finserv ($32 billion) and Larson &
winning in 2014 but La Albiceleste lost the final 0-1 to Germany.
Toubro ($32 billion).
The only similarity from Messi’s 2014 campaign in Qatar was his
• Interestingly, 50 per cent or 250 companies in the Hurun
Golden Ball award for Player of the Tournament award. He
Global 500 companies have presence in India.
became the first player to win two World Cup Golden Balls.
Notably: The 22nd edition of the World Cup just ended and for Tops global charts:
another 4 years for the next World Cup. Also, The 2026 World • Globally, Apple retained the title of the most valuable
company in the world with a market cap of $2.4 trillion and
Microsoft came second ($1.8 trillion), while Alphabet, the • Community Leadership: Ratan Tata, an eminent
parent company of Google, displaced Amazon to take the industrialist
third place. • Science and Technology: Dr Marthanda Varma Sankaran
• China came in second with 35 companies, followed by Valianathan, renowned cardiologist and Padma Vibhushan
Japan (28) and the UK (21). India and Canada moved up to awardee
the fifth place with 20 companies each, adding eight and • Science and Technology: Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, Scientific
three companies, respectively, overtaking France and Advisor to the Government of India
Germany. • Spiritual Leadership: Vishakha Hari Harikatha artiste.
About Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence
Jos Buttler & Sidra Ameen named as ICC Player of the Award:
Month award for November 2022 • The Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence
Award was instituted by SIES in 1998 in memory of late seer
England’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Jos Buttler was of Kanchi, Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi. This award is
named ICC men’s Player of the Month for the first time given annually in the field of Public eminence, Community
following his stupendous show in November. Pakistan’s Sidra leadership, Science and Technology, Social thinkers and the
Ameen became the second successive winner of the women’s International category.
Player of the Month award from the country, thanks to her • SIES was set up in 1932 by M. V. Venkateshwaran in
brilliant performance in the ODI series win over Ireland. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
ICC Men’s Player of the month award for November: Jos Gamosa, Tandur Redgram, and Ladakh apricots get GI tags
Buttler from Assam
Buttler, who is one of the destructive batters in white-ball cricket
GI tags from Assam:
in the world, beat Adil Rashid and Shaheen Shah Afridi to win
The Assam Gamosa, the Telangana Tandur Redgram, and a
the ICC Player of the Month award for his brilliant performance
Ladakh apricot variety are just a few of the items that have
in the crunch semi-final match against India and leading England
received the Geographical Indications (GI) label from the
to their first T20 World Cup title since 2010.
government. The overall number of GI has reached 432,
England opener smashed 73 from 47 balls against New Zealand,
according to a statement made on Wednesday by the ministry
and then 80 from 49 balls, as well stitched unbeaten 170-run
of business and industry.
partnership with Alex Hales during England’s victory in the semi-
final against India before making a valuable 26 in the final GI tags from Assam: Key Points
against Pakistan to guide the side to T20 World Cup title. • Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and
Kerala are the top five states with the greatest number of
ICC Women’s Player of the month award for November: Sidra
GIs, it was said.
Ameen
• The government approved spending of Rs 75 crore for three
Sidra Ameen beat Ireland’s Gaby Lewis and Thailand’s
years for GI promotion at awareness programmes,
Natthakan Chantam to win the ICC Women’s Player of the
supporting the promotion of GIs.
Month for her outstanding performance against Ireland in the
ODI series, where she amassed 277 runs in three matches at What is GI tag?
home. She became the second Pakistani cricketer after • A GI is primarily a produced product (handicrafts and
Mohammad Rizwan (September) to win this award. industrial goods), an agricultural product, or a natural
product that comes from a specific geographic region. Such
Ex-Vice President Venkaiah Naidu receives SIES award for a name typically carries a guarantee of quality and
public leadership originality, which is mostly attributed to the location of its
origin.
Former vice president Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with
the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National What are the popular products with GI tags?
Eminence Award (SIES). The award was presented during the • The well-known products that have the GI tags include
event held at Shanmukhananda auditorium, King’s Circle in Basmati rice, Darjeeling tea, Chanderi fabric, Mysore silk,
Mumbai, Maharashtra. The awards are given in the fields of Kullu shawl, Kangra tea, Thanjavur paintings, Allahabad
public leadership, community leadership, science and surkha, Farrukhabad prints, Lucknow zardozi, and Kashmir
technology, and social thinkers who have made outstanding walnut wood carving.
contributions in their respective fields. The SIES was set up in
1932 by M. V. Venkateshwaran in Mumbai. PETA India’s 2022: Sonakshi Sinha named as ‘Person of the
Year’ title
Other Awardees in various categories:
• Public Leadership: Arif Mohammed Khan Governor of Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Shortlist for 2021-22:
Kerala
1. A Play for the End of the World: Jai Chakrabarti (Knopf, • Her international goal tally for the 2021-22 season was 20
2021) in 19 matches, beating the record of 13 scored by Jimmy
2. Manual for a Decent Life: Kavita A. Jindal (Linen Press, Greaves in 1960-61.
2020)
About Beth Mead
3. Two and a Half Rivers: Anirudh Kala (Niyogi, 2021) Bethany Jane Mead was born on 9th May 1995. She is an
4. A Sky Full of Bucket Lists: Shobhana Kumar (Red River, English Professional footballer who plays forward for the
2021) women’s super league club Arsenal and the England national
5. Osmosis: Debarshi Mitra (Hawakal Publishers, 2020) team. At UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, she became the Golden
6. The Elegant Nobody: Jagari Mukherjee (Hawakal Boot Winner, Player of the Tournament, and top assist provider,
Publishers, 2020) leading England to win a major tournament for the first time.
7. My City is a Murder of Crows: Nikita Parik (Hawakal
Publishers, 2022) Forbes annual list, PV Sindhu among top 25 highest-paid
8. I Want a Poem and Other Poem: Jerry Pinto (Speaking female athletes
Tiger Books, 2021) Forbes annual list: India’s badminton star, PV Sindhu is the only
9. The Earthspinner: Anuradha Roy (Mountain Leopard Indian sportsperson to feature in the top 25 of Forbes’ annual list
Press, 2021) of the world’s highest-paid female athletes. Sindhu, the 2016
10. Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation: Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, occupies the 12th spot in the
Sudeep Sen (Pippa Rann Books&Media, 2021) list. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka tops the list. For the third
11. Love Without a Story: Arundhati Subramaniam (Bloodaxe straight year, Osaka tops Forbes’ annual list of the World’s
Books, 2021) highest-paid female athletes. The list is dominated by tennis
About the Awards: players once again.
• The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize was started in 2018 List of 10 highest paid female athletes of the year:
to annually recognise literary and social accomplishments. 1. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Tennis – $51.1 million
In 2020, the award was won by Raj Kamal Jha, Chief Editor, 2. Serena Williams (USA) – Tennis – $41.3 million
The Indian Express, for The City and The Sea (2019, Penguin 3. Elieen Gu (China) – Skiing – $20.1 million
Books), and in 2019, it was awarded posthumously to Kabir 4. Emma Raducanu (UK) – Tennis – $18.7 million
for One Hundred Poems of Kabir, translated by 5. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – Tennis – $14.9 million
Rabindranath Tagore. 6. Venus Williams (USA) – Tennis – $12.1 million
7. Coco Gauff (USA) – Tennis – $11.1 million
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 Award 8. Simone Biles (USA) – Gymnastics – $10 million
Beth Mead has been awarded the BBC Sports Personality of 9. Jessica Pegula (USA) – Tennis – $7.6 million
the Year for 2022 as she was the player of the tournament and 10. Minjee Lee (Australia) – Golf – $7.3 million
top scorer at Euro 2022. Beth Mead defeated Germany in the
finals at Wembley to win England’s first major women’s FIFA officially announced the 2022 world rankings
football trophy. The 27-year-old competed against Ben Stokes FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association):
and Ronnie O’Sullivan for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year FIFA has officially announced the 2022 world rankings, and
for 2022 award. Brazil hold on to their No. 1 spot and 22nd FIFA Men’s World Cup
Beth Mead Awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 2022 Champions Argentina ranked 2nd. Morocco has improved
Award- Key Points from 22nd to 11th in the FIFA world ranking, following their
• Beth Mead defeated eight-time champion Germany with achievements at the 2022 FIFA Global Cup.
her six goals and five assists at the Wembley finals. Who are the big climbers?
• England secured their first major trophy for the first time • Morocco are the big winners as the Atlas Lions surged up 11
since 1966. spots to 11th in the world. The job Walid Regragui did was
• They also won the team of the year and coach of the year sensational and they were the darlings of the 2022 World
for Sarina Wiegman. Cup.
• England’s Cricketer Ben Stokes was second with winter • Japan also moved up four spots to 20th, while the USA and
Olympics curling champion Eve Muirhead Third.
Switzerland each moved up three spots with the Americans
• Seven-time snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan,
ranked 13th in the world and Switzerland in 12th.
gymnast Jessica Gadirova, who won the floor title and
• Australia moved up 11 spots to 27th as the Socceroos
1,500 m athletics World Champion Jake Wightman were
shocked us all by reaching the last 16 at the World Cup,
also shortlisted for the award.
where they gave eventual champs Argentina a really tough
• Beth Mead won the player of the tournament and won the
game.
Golden boot with six goals and five assists.
• Cameroon moved up 10 places to 33rd, thanks largely to
• She has been also named Arsenal’s player of the season.
their famous victory against Brazil in the group stage.
FIFA rankings top 10: 2. Argentina 1838.38
Ranking Country Points 3. France 1823.39
106. India 1192.09 4. Belgium 1781.30
1. Brazil 1840.77 5. England 1774.19
National Current Affairs

National Current Affairs of May country, as per the new regulations by the National Medical
Commission (NMC).
• PM Modi inaugurates 91 FM transmitters in 18 states and 2
• Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a training program
union territories to improve radio connectivity in border
regions and aspirational districts, benefiting 2 crore on legislative drafting in New Delhi. The program aims to
additional people. create a better understanding of the principles and
• India's Agriculture Minister launched the Millets Experience practices of legislative drafting among officers of
Centre in New Delhi to promote the adoption of millets Parliament, State Legislatures, various ministries, statutory
among the public, in collaboration with NAFED. bodies, and other government departments.
• Indian Army inducts five women officers in Regiment of • The University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched a
Artillery after completion of training at OTA Chennai. new website, the UTSAH (Undertaking Transformative
• India's first cable-stayed rail bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, is Strategies and Actions in Higher Education) Portal, and the
part of the Udampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail Link (USBRL) Professor of Practice (PoP) Portal to promote quality
Project, and a timelapse video of its construction has been education in India.
shared by the Union Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw.
• The Meri LiFE app, launched by Union Minister for
• Delhi-based think tank CPR's FCRA registration has been
suspended for 180 days by MHA due to initial breaches of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender
regulations. Yadav, is set to revolutionize the way individuals and
• India to join ICAO's CORSIA and LTAG from 2027, communities track their progress in the global mass
announced at a meeting of the Ministry of Civil Aviation's movement called Mission LiFE.
Consultative Committee. • Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh is set to inaugurate the 8th
• India's Supreme Court has allowed couples to divorce on the All India Pension Adalat in Delhi on May 17. This initiative,
grounds of "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" under organized by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’
Article 142, enabling one party to seek divorce despite Welfare, aims to resolve chronic pension-related cases.
opposition from the other, or for both parties to seek • The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has taken a
mutual consent divorce. significant step towards making the process of striking off
• CBSE adds coding and AI to classes 6-8 curriculum under defunct companies easier and more efficient. This has been
NEP 2020. achieved through the establishment of the Centre for
• UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar launched CU-Chayan, a Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE), which will
user-friendly recruitment portal for Central University centralize the process of striking off companies.
faculty. • Kiren Rijiju has exited as Union Law Minister and will now
• Karnataka tops the National Manufacturing Innovation take up the portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences. Arjun
Survey 2021-22, followed by Telangana and Tamil Nadu, Ram Meghwal has been assigned the independent charge
with the Northeastern states and Bihar having the lowest as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in
innovation in manufacturing. addition to his existing portfolios.
• Shantanu Thakur inaugurates Tuticorin-Maldives Direct • The India Pavilion was inaugurated by Union Minister of
Shipping Service with 'M.V. MSS Galena' vessel. State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. L Murugan, at
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways launched the 76th Cannes International Film Festival in France.
‘Harit Sagar’ Green Port Guidelines 2023 to achieve zero • During the inauguration of the International Museum Expo
carbon emissions. 2023 at Pragati Maidan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has established the emphasized his government’s commitment to
Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE) safeguarding India’s heritage.
to streamline the process of removing companies from the • Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah recently
MCA Register. laid the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the
National Academy of Coastal Policing in Dwaraka, Gujarat.
• Doctors will now have to get a Unique Identification
• Union Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the Centre of
Number (UID) to be able to practice medicine in the
Excellence on Sustainable Land Management (CoE-SLM) at
the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education established by a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs
(ICFRE) in Dehradun. in 1963.
• The upcoming inauguration of the new parliament building ● The Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways,
will feature an important addition, as Prime Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, introduced the "Sagar Setu" mobile
Narendra Modi will place a significant golden sceptre near application for the National Logistics Portal Marine.
the Speaker’s seat, announced Union Home Minister Amit ● The Rajya Sabha approved the Competition Amendment
Shah. Bill, 2023, aimed at modernizing the two-decade-old anti-
• The Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati trust law to align with changes in the economy.
Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh, recently launched the ‘SAMARTH ● India developed a mathematical model to estimate the
Campaign on Promoting Digital Transactions in 50,000 prevalence of tuberculosis cases, providing data months
Gram Panchayats’ under the AzadiKaAmritMahotsav in before the WHO's annual estimates, presented at the 36th
Lucknow. Under the SAMARTH Campaign, the government Stop TB Partnership Board meeting in Varanasi.
seeks to foster the adoption of digital transactions in 50,000 ● India is expected to become the world's second-largest
Gram Panchayats across India. solar manufacturer by 2026.
• Ministry of Ayush and Minority Affairs have joined hands to ● India elected to UN Statistical Commission Narcotic Drugs
promote and help the development of the Unani System of & Programme Coordinating Board of Joint UN Program,
Medicine in India. The Ministry of Minorities Affairs has showing increasing global presence.
granted RS 45.34 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas ● During his visit to Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra
Karyakram (PMJVK), which is a centrally sponsored Modi launched the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat
scheme. Express.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed that a new ● PM Modi launched the International Big Cats Alliance
consulate would be constructed in Brisbane during his (IBCA) to conserve seven species of big cats including tigers,
address at the Community Event in Sydney. lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, snow leopards, and
• The Indian government has introduced a series of measures clouded leopards.
aimed at promoting the adoption of environmentally ● EC grants national party status to AAP based on electoral
friendly technology in the shipping sector. These initiatives performance in four states.
include offering financial assistance and focusing on ● Union Home Minister Amit Shah to present the
upgrading ports. 'Maharashtra Bhushan' Award to social worker Appasaheb
• The Ministry of Finance has announced the launch of a Dharmadhikari on April 16 in Navi Mumbai.
special ₹75 coin to commemorate the inauguration of ● 3D-printed post office being built in Bengaluru, India,
India’s new parliament building. Prime Minister Narendra expected to cost 30-40% less than traditional building and
Modi will unveil the coin on 28 May, coinciding with the to be completed within 30 days.
celebration of India’s 75 years of independence. ● Union Minister Parshottam Rupala launched the Animal
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Assam’s first Pandemic Preparedness Initiative (APPI) and Animal Health
Vande Bharat Express train. System Support for One Health (AHSSOH) project on April
• Nepal has decided to allow India’s Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam 14, 2023, at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi.
(SJVN) Limited to develop a second hydropower project in ● PMJDY accounts record a surge of ₹50,000 crore, with total
the country. balance reaching ₹1.99 lakh crore and addition of 5 crore
• The security responsibility of the prime minister, currently new accounts in FY22-23.
undertaken by the Special Protection Group (SPG), will now ● Tourist train 'Bharat Gaurav' launched from New Delhi to
be overseen by an officer of the Indian Police Service visit cities associated with BR Ambedkar on his 132nd birth
holding the rank of at least an additional director general anniversary. The tour will cover sites in Maharashtra and
(ADG). Bihar and last for seven nights and eight days.
● Union government to introduce 'Vande Metro' by Dec 2023
National Current Affairs of April to connect major cities and provide cost-effective
transportation.
● PM Modi inaugurated the Vande Bharat Express train ● The 16th Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in
service between Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Madhya Bangladesh was opened by High Commissioner Pranya
Pradesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi. Verma in Kushtia, attended by local MP Mahbubul Alam
● PNGRB has amended regulations to introduce a unified Hanif. IVAC aims to provide easy visa application access to
tariff for natural gas pipelines, with the aim of "One Nation, Kushtia residents and nearby areas traveling to India.
One Grid and One Tariff." ● Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh
● The PM inaugurated the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of launched the YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi, which aims to
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which was connect and identify potential young Start-Ups.
● India has surpassed China to become the world's most ● The 'Catch the Rain 2023' campaign was introduced by
populous nation with 142.86 crore people, according to the President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi. The campaign's
latest United Nations data. central idea is the sustainability of drinking water sources.
● The Union Cabinet approved the National Quantum ● PM Narendra Modi dedicated the World`s longest railway
Mission, aimed at propelling India into a leading position in platform of 1.5 kilometers at Sri Siddhaarooda railway
the quantum technology sector and promoting economic station in Hubballi in the state of Karnataka.
growth through its development. ● The first methanol-powered buses in Bengaluru will be
● The Indian government released the Animal Birth Control unveiled by Union Minister for Road and Transport, Nitin
Rules, 2023, in accordance with the Supreme Court's Gadkari.
guidelines on a writ petition regarding the Animal Welfare ● AAHAR 2023: The objective of Aahar 2023, which was put
Board of India and the People for Elimination of Stray together with the help of the Union Ministry of Food
Troubles, which prohibited relocating dogs. Processing Industries, the Agriculture and Processed Food
● The Ministry of Finance announced a new Rs 100 coin to Produacts Export Development Authority (APEDA), and
mark the 100th edition of the radio program, Mann Ki Baat, other organisations, is to showcase the hospitality
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. industry's potential and showcase technologies, goods, and
● NHAI's special purpose vehicle, NHLML, plans to develop services to both domestic and foreign consumers.
10,000 km of optic fiber cables infrastructure across India by ● Indian Railways has set a target of becoming a 'net-zero
2025. carbon emitter' by 2030.
● India's aviation safety oversight has met global standards, ● Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US has Narendra Singh Tomar on 15 March 2023, inaugurated
reaffirmed the country's Category One rating. “AgriUnifest” in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
● During his two-day visit to Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra ● Government to set up 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and
Modi is set to inaugurate India's first-ever water metro that Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks with a total outlay of Rs. 4,445
connects 10 islands surrounding Kochi using battery- crores. The Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana,
operated electric hybrid boats. Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
● India proposed a G20 park in Delhi, based on the theme of and Maharashtra.
"One Earth, One Family, One Future," to symbolize global ● A 70-foot tall statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar will be
unity in development. unveiled in Latur city, Maharashtra.
● The Indian Government has taken steps for National ● PM, Modi, inaugurated the International
Medical Devices Policy to implement the PLI Scheme for Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area Office and
medical devices and establish 4 Medical Devices Parks in Innovation Centre in the country.
Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar ● India is aiming to become a leader in the global shipbuilding
Pradesh. industry by launching the Green Tug Transition
● Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'NAMO Programme (GTTP) and setting a goal of becoming a
Medical Education and Research Institute' in Silvassa town, 'Global Hub for Green Ship' building by 2030.
located in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ● An Indian delegation led by the Department of Commerce
and Daman and Diu. recently participated in the second round of negotiations
● India initiated Operation Kaveri to evacuate its citizens from for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
the unrest-stricken Sudan. (IPEF) in Bali, Indonesia. Representatives from 13 other
● Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that Prime countries also took part in the discussions covering all four
Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Games
pillars of the IPEF: Trade, Supply Chains, Clean Economy,
in Goa in October 2023.
and Fair Economy. India was involved in talks related to the
latter three pillars.
National Current Affairs of March ● The Real-time Performance Monitoring Dashboard of
● Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the 'Kol Janjati MoPSW called 'Sagar Manthan' was virtually launched by
Mahakumbh' organized on the occasion of Shabri Mata Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and
Janm Jayanti at Satna, Madhya Pradesh. Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.
● Chief Minister Eknath Shinde confirmed that Aurangabad ● The Agriculture Minister of India, Narendra Singh Tomar,
city will be renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and has introduced a new platform called 'DigiClaim' on the
Osmanabad city will be called Dharashiv. national crop insurance portal.
● The Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela is organized every year by the ● Income Tax Department launched a mobile application
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and this year called "AIS for Taxpayer".
it will be held in New Delhi. ● The Union Cabinet approved an increase in the dearness
allowance and dearness relief by 4 per cent to 42 per cent,
benefiting 47.58 lakh central government employees and • PM Narendra Modi dedicated the HAL Helicopter Factory
69.76 lakh pensioners. to the nation in Tumakuru.
● For the upcoming 2023-24 season, the Indian government • Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the 36th
has increased the minimum support price (MSP) for raw Surajkund International Crafts Mela at Faridabad,
jute by Rs 300 to Rs 5,050 per quintal. Haryana.
● PM Modi has recently launched an app called "Call Before • Reliance Jio in collaboration with GSMA has unveiled a
You Dig" to prevent uncoordinated digging that can cause nationwide Digital Skill initiative. This collaborative effort
damage to underground utility assets, such as optical fibre intends to provide rural women and people from low-
cables. income groups with training based on their specific needs.
● Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Vedic • The Yuva Sangam registration portal was launched in New
Heritage portal in New Delhi. Delhi. The Yuva Sangam is an initiative of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to build close ties between the youth of the
Northeast Region and the rest of India under the spirit of
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Aljamea-
tus-Saifiyah, Arabic Academy of the Dawoodi Bohra
Community in Mumbai.
• Meta, announced its partnership with the ministry of
electronics and information technology (MeitY) for the G20
stay safe online campaign.
• The "Digital Payments Utsav," a comprehensive campaign
aiming at encouraging digital payments throughout India.
• India is the highest milk producer in the world contributing
twenty-four per cent of global milk production in the year
2021-22.
● India's first quantum computing-based telecom network • The Minister for Communications, Electronics &
Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw
link has been made operational between Sanchar Bhawan
inaugurated AMRITPEX 2023 - National Philatelic
and National Informatics Centre office in New Delhi.
Exhibition.
● The government increased the maximum age for Pension
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the 200th birth
Fund Regulatory and Development Authority's (PFRDA) Anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, who
ombudsman from 65 to 70 years. founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National
National Current Affairs of February
Aadi Mahotsav on 16th February 2023 at Major Dhyan
• Azad Engineering Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based Chand National Stadium, New Delhi.
market leader in engineering, has been approved as the first • Twelve more cheetahs will be flown in from South Africa.
Indian company to supply critical rotating parts for nuclear • Jal Jan Abhiyan was inaugurated virtually on Abu Road in
turbines. the Sirohi district of Rajasthan.
• India will be invited as the focal country at the Madrid • The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has
recently launched a chatbot to help people get an answer to
International Book Fair in 2025, the Ambassador of Spain
their queries related to the Aadhaar card. It is called
to India, Jose Maria Ridao said. Spain is the theme country
"Aadhaar Mitra".
at the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair. The Madrid • Advancing India’s cyber-preparedness, KAVACH-2023, a
International Book Fair is an annual event held in the Buen national level hackathon was launched to identify
Retiro Park in Madrid. innovative ideas and technological solutions for addressing
• Haj pilgrimage quota has been restored to the original Haj the cyber security and cybercrime challenges of the 21st
quota which stands at 1,75,025. century.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone • Agricultural and Process Food Export Development
of a ₹450 crore nano urea plant and township of the Indian Authority (APEDA) is participating in the 28th edition of
Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) in Deoghar, Gulfood 2023 which will be held in UAE.
Jharkhand. The nano urea plant will be the fifth such plant • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘Barisu
in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kannada Dim Dimava cultural festival at Talkatora
Stadium in Delhi.
world's first nano urea plant in Gujarat in 2021. According
• The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud announced that
to Union Minister Amit Shah Nano Urea will benefit farmers
the Supreme Court has launched “neutral citations” of
and it is already being exported to five countries.
judgments to ensure a uniform pattern of citing its Yogi Adityanath has informed us that all preparations for
decisions. the arrival of the Prime Minister and the launch ceremony in
• Power Minister RK Singh launched South Asia Distribution Varanasi should be finished.
Utility Network (SADUN) which aims to modernise
• The President of India Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the
distribution of utilities in South Asia via knowledge sharing
18th National Jamboree of the Bharat Scouts and Guides
among discoms. SADUN is a joint initiative of the Ministry
of Power, USAID and PFC. Singh said that all the member at Pali, Rajasthan on 4th January 2023. The President of
nations would benefit from the synergy, exchange of India noted that the Bharat Scouts and Guides is the largest
experiences and the sharing of vision-enabled by the voluntary, non-political, uniformed youth organization and
network. educational movement in the country.
• India has taken over the leadership of the Asia Pacific
National Current Affairs of January Postal Union (APPU) in January 2023. Dr Vinaya Prakash
• Coffee shipments from India, Asia's third-largest Singh will take over the charge of Secretary General of the
producer and exporter, rose 1.66 per cent to 4 lakh tonne Union for a tenure of 4 years. This is the result of the
in 2022 on rise in instant coffee exports and re-exports. elections during the 13th APPU Congress held in August-
Exports stood at 3.93 lakh tonne in 2021. In value terms, September 2022.
coffee export was higher at Rs 8,762.47 crore in 2022 as • Silent Valley National Park in the last month identified 141
against Rs 6,984.67 crore in the previous year. India ships
species of birds of which 17 were new species of birds. A
both Robusta and Arabica varieties, besides instant coffee.
• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah has total of 175 species of birds have been spotted in Silent
laid the foundation stone of the Central Detective Training Valley. The bird survey was conducted at Silent Valley on
Institute (CDTI) at Devanahalli in Karnataka and the 27th, 28th, and 29th of December 2022 and marked the
inaugurated the residential and administrative complexes 30th Anniversary of the first bird survey in Silent Valley.
of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The residential The bird survey was first conducted in the last week of
complexes of ITBP inaugurated by Shri Amit Shah include December 1990, however, due to Covid-19, the anniversary
Residential Quarters, Joint Building, Barracks for 120
could not be celebrated in December 2020.
Jawans, Staff Officers’ Mess and Officers' Mess.
• Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
• The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine
Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the three-day 'North
(NCISM) and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic
East Krishi Kumbhar-2023' and took part in the 49th
Sciences (CCRAS), the two prominent institutions under the
Foundation Day celebration of the ICAR Research Complex
Ministry of Ayush, Government of India for regulating
for NEH Region, Umiam. The Minister inaugurated the
medical education and conducting scientific research
administrative cum academic block office and Girl’s Hostel
respectively, have launched ‘SMART’ (Scope for
of the College of Agriculture at Kyrdemkulai, Ri Bhoi
Mainstreaming Ayurveda Research in Teaching
district.
Professionals). The program aimed to boost scientific
• India's first-ever coal gasification-based Talcher Fertilizer
research in priority healthcare research areas through
Ayurveda colleges and hospitals. Plant in Odisha will be ready to be dedicated to the nation
by October 2024.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dr. Syama
• The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 convention in Indore,
Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and
Madhya Pradesh, was formally opened by PM Modi.
Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS) at Joka in Kolkata via video
• Prime Minister has launched the government’s
conferencing. SPM-NIWAS has been set up with a budget of
Aspirational Block Programme (ABP), which is aimed at
Rs 100 crore, on 8.72 acres of land at Joka, Diamond
improving the performance of blocks lagging on various
Harbour Road, Kolkata, West Bengal.
development parameters.
• The President of India Droupadi Murmu inaugurated
• Dr. Jitendra Singh released the theme for the "National
Samvidhan Udyan, Mayur Stambh, National Flag Post,
Science Day 2023", titled "Global Science for Global
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, and Maharana Pratap at Raj
Wellbeing" at National Media Centre.
Bhavan, Jaipur on 3rd January 2023. The President of India
virtually inaugurated the Transmission System for Solar • Amit Shah inaugurated the 'Jai Hindi' Light and Sound
Energy Zones in Rajasthan and laid the foundation stone Show at Red Fort.
for the 1000 MV Bikaner Solar Power Project of SJVN • Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Tripura
Limited. Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, inaugurated the School of
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch the world's longest Logistics, Waterways and Communication in Agartala.
river cruise, "Ganga Vilas" from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to • The world's longest river cruise, the MV Ganga Vilas
Dibrugarh, Assam on 13th January 2023. Chief Minister launched by PM Modi. The Ministry of Culture has
organized a grand curtain raiser cultural program 'Sur • National Logistic Portal (marine) (NLP) It is a one-stop
Sarita'-Symphony of Ganga' on the launch event of the platform aimed at connecting all the stakeholders of the
world's longest river cruise. logistics community using IT.
• Digital India Startup Hub, through the Software
Technology Parks of India, shall set up India’s first Centre National Current Affairs of December
of Excellence in Online Gaming at Shillong by March 2023.
• India will formally take over the G-20 presidency from 1st
• New addition to Vande Bharat Train will run between
December 2022
Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam.
• The world’s leading full-stack debt support and risk
• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has mitigation platform has inaugurated India’s first
submitted a pre-feasibility report to the Central Electricity Innovation Lab (SIL) dedicated to the debt collection
Authority of India for the ‘Upper Siang Multipurpose segment of banking industries in India and the Middle
Storage’, India’s largest hydel power project to date to East.
come up in Arunachal Pradesh. This will be 11 gigawatt • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates the
(GW) project. India may spend ₹1.13 trillion to build the two-day long 65th Foundation Day celebrations of the
Upper Siang multi-purpose storage project at Yingkiong in Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in New Delhi.
Arunachal Pradesh. During the event, DRI said it will take the opportunity of its
• SPIC MACAY, in association with the Ministry of Culture founding day to organise Regional Customs Enforcement
and the New Delhi Municipal Council, presents "Shruti Meeting (RCEM) for effectively engaging with partner
Amrut," a new instalment of its wildly popular "Music in the Customs organisations and International agencies like
Park" series. World Customs Organisation, INTERPOL for
• PM Modi shared snippets titled “Your Exam, Your enforcement-related issues.
Methods-Choose Your Own Style” from the Exam • India’s total coal production went up by 11.66 per cent to
Warriors Book and has urged students to share how they 75.87 million tonnes in November 2022 from 67.94 million
prepare for exams. tonnes recorded during the corresponding period of last
• The National Council for Education Research and year.
Training (NCERT) has released India's first national • TRAI issued Telecom Tariff (69th amendment) order 2022
assessment regulator, PARAKH, which will work on setting on Tariff for SMS and cell Broadcast alerts disseminated
norms, standards, and guidelines for student assessment through Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) platform
and evaluation for all recognized school boards in the during disasters/non-disasters. During both disasters and
country. non-disasters, the Department of Telecom (DoT)
• On Parakram Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested that TRAI provide a tariff for SMS and cell
participate in a ceremony to name 21 largest unnamed broadcast alerts and messages that TSPs will distribute via
islands of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The islands would be the CAP platform.
named after the 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off India’s sixth
• U-WIN, the programme to digitise India's Universal Vande Bharat Express between Bilaspur (Chattisgarh)-
Immunisation Programme (UIP) has been launched in a Nagpur (Maharashtra) route.
pilot mode in two districts of each state and Union Territory. • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in a
• The six-day mega event “Bharat Parv” Event is to be programme commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth
organized by the Government of India at the Lawns and anniversary, on 13th December, 2022. The programme,
Gyan Path in front of Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st being held in Kamban Kalai Sangam, Puducherry, under
January 2023, as part of the Republic Day Celebrations. the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, witnessed the Prime
• The biennial air show and aviation expo, Aero India 2023, is Minister releasing a commemorative coin and postal stamp
scheduled for February 13–17. Yelahanka Air Force Station in honour of Sri Aurobindo.
in Bengaluru, which has hosted it since 1996, will serve as • Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud virtually
the venue. inaugurated 10 district court digitisation hubs (DCDH) in
• The nation observes the 158th birth anniversary of the Odisha, and said that modernisation of judiciary is the need
freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai, popularly known as Punjab of the hour. The hubs at Angul, Bhadrak, Jharsuguda,
Kesari. Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th January 1865. Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj,
• The Mughal Garden of Rashtrapati Bhavan has been Nayagarh and Sonepur, will take care of digitisation work
called Amrit Udyan. As President Droupadi Murmu on of all 30 districts of the state.
Sunday inaugurated Udyan Utsav-2023. • India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants by
2031, adding nearly 15,000 MW in power generating
capacity, the government told the Lok Sabha. The first of • Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal
these 20 nuclear power plants, a 700 MW unit, is expected launched a host of new initiatives, including the right to
to be commissioned in 2023 at Kakrapar in Gujarat, which repair portal and an NTH mobile app and opened new
already has three atomic power generating units premises of National Consumer Helpline centre in the
operational. national capital. A memorandum of understanding was also
• India will be the first country to auction spectrum for signed between the Consumer Affairs Department and IIT
satellite communication, and it should be designed to (BHU), Varanasi as well launched a capacity building
attract investments in the sector, telecom regulator Trai programme of consumer commissions.
chairman PD Vaghela. • Esports received a huge boost from the Indian government.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers It is incorporated into the nation's mainstream sports
paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 71st death
disciplines. Droupadi Murmu, the President of India,
anniversary on 15th December.
amended the regulations governing eSports in accordance
• Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Prasiddha
with the authority "conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the
Foundation inaugurated Delhi International Arts Festival
Constitution" and requested that "e-Sports be included as
at Kartavya Path with the tag-line – ‘Where Bharat Meets
part of multi-sports events" from the Ministries of
India.
Electronics and Information Technology and Sports.
• Union Steel Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched
India’s first Green Steel Brand “KALYANI FeRRESTA” in • An Indian firm has bagged a contract for providing
New Delhi. consultancy for a capacity building project at Mongla port,
• To raise awareness about the importance of millet, the the second largest seaport in Bangladesh, which will boost
Agriculture Ministry is hosting a Millet food festival in sub-regional connectivity in South Asia. The contract was
Parliament for the members. signed between Mongla Port Authority and EGIS India
• Stock brokerage firm HDFC Securities has launched Roots, Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd. The total project cost under
a dedicated platform providing comprehensive investor Government of India concessional Line of Credit is USD
education and market analysis. 530 million of which PMC contract awarded to EGIS India
• Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has nominated Consulting Engineers Ltd. is for USD 9.60 million.
legendary former athlete PT Usha to the panel of vice- • Smt. Droupadi Murmu has laid the foundation stone of the
chairperson in the upper house of the Parliament. YSRCP project 'Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at
member Vijai Sai Reddy has also been nominated along Bhadrachalam Group of Temples' at Sri Seetha
with her. PT Usha was also elected as the president of the Ramachandra Swamivari Devasthanam, Bhadrachalam in
Indian Olympic Association recently. Telangana.
• India votes for UNSC resolution on the mental health of • President Murmu inaugurated the project “Development
UN peacekeepers has India’s support. According to India’s of Srisailam Temple in the State of Andhra Pradesh” at
Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, as Srisailam Temple Complex, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The
one of the nations that has sent the most troops over the project has been sanctioned and executed under PRASHAD
years scheme viz. National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation
• HDFC borrows USD 400 million from IFC: As part of their and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive of the Ministry
efforts to promote climate goals, of Tourism.
International Current Affairs

International Current Affairs of May • Modi to attend Bastille Day Parade in Paris as Guest of
Honour.
• Santiago Pena of the Colorado Party wins Paraguay's • India tops Sri Lanka's tourism market in April 2023.
presidential election over center-left Efrain Alegre. • Sri Lanka's Supreme Court approves bill decriminalizing
• Australian High Commission in India announced a homosexuality.
government grant for the first time in Kargil, benefiting the • India extends $1bn credit line to Sri Lanka amid economic
region, during a meeting chaired by the Australian high crisis.
commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell. • Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan agreed to extend the
• Sberbank creates GigaChat to rival ChatGPT, with better China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan
communication skills in Russian. to enhance their economic relations and exploit
• First border haat opens in Sylhet division, Bangladesh. Afghanistan's potential as a regional connectivity hub.
• Syria readmitted to Arab League after decade-long • India announced an extension to its $1 billion credit line to
suspension. Sri Lanka for another year.
• Ludovit Odor, a former Vice-Governor of the National Bank
of Slovakia, has been appointed as Slovakia’s new caretaker International Current Affairs of April
Prime Minister.
● UK to join CPTPP, its largest trade deal yet, covering a
• Brazil, known as the world’s leading chicken exporter, has
market of 500 million with a GDP of £9tn.
recently confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian
● Norwegian company Norled has launched the world's first
Influenza (HPAI) in wild birds.
liquid hydrogen-powered ferry. The MF Hydra is a hybrid
• Libya’s political scene has been thrown into turmoil as the
vessel that runs on batteries and liquid hydrogen fuel cells,
nation’s eastern-based parliament voted to remove Prime
approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority.
Minister Fathi Bashagha.
● Georgia becomes first US state to condemn Hinduphobia &
• The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has
anti-Hindu bigotry through legislative resolution,
approved an $82 million loan to support India’s efforts in
recognizing Hinduism's diversity & contributions to
adopting global best practices for animal health American culture.
management. ● In a startling move, the Italian government has announced
• Indian-origin Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado has that it plans to ban the English language and impose heavy
become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the fines on individuals and organizations that continue to use
New York Police Department (NYPD). it. The announcement comes just weeks after the ban on
• The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will showcase a ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI.
dazzling array of films. Scheduled to occur from May 16 to ● China publishes standardized names for 11 locations in
27, 2023. Arunachal Pradesh, staking a claim on the Indian state.
• During the joint meeting of the federal parliament, ● French President Macron invites Indian PM Modi to the
President Ram Chandra Paudel announced that the decade Bastille Day parade to strengthen bilateral ties.
of the 2080s in the Bikram Samvat calendar would be ● Israel launches spy satellite Ofek-13 for advanced
recognized as ‘the Visit Nepal decade’ and that the year intelligence capabilities.
2025 will be designated as a special year for tourism. ● Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters, with 89% in favor,
• Japan is “seriously” evaluating adopting India’s UPI and the ban will start from September 1, 2023.
payments system as both governments look at promoting ● Ruchira Kamboj hands over USD 2 million to UN Trust Fund
digital cooperation by creating interoperability where the for peace and stability in Somalia and Horn of Africa.
digital payments system could bring ease of cross-border ● Jaishankar launched the 'Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' in
payments. Varanasi during his Uganda visit, commending the
• In a bid to strengthen bilateral relations, Indian Railways has Overseas Friends of BJP-Uganda. Uganda will chair the
handed over 20 broad gauge (BG) locomotives to Non-Aligned Movement for 2022-2025.
Bangladesh. ● Ghana approved a highly effective malaria vaccine
• The ‘Tiger Shark 40’ Joint Bangladesh-US Naval drill developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in the
Exercise commenced at BNS Nirvik in Chattogram. The UK. The vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, has exceeded the
main aim of the exercise is to enhance the strategic World Health Organization's target of 75% efficacy.
capabilities of both countries and promote mutual ● Turkey receives its first aircraft carrier, TCG Anadolu, which
exchange of technical and procedural knowledge. is expected to have the world's first primarily unmanned air
• Coventry, a city in the West Midlands of the United wing.
Kingdom, has appointed Jaswant Singh Birdi as its new Lord ● Philippines and US launch largest-ever joint military
Mayor.
exercises, Balikatan, with nearly 18,000 troops, including
• Ireland is on track to become the first country to enforce
live-fire exercises in the South China Sea, to counter China's
mandatory health advisories on alcohol products. The Irish
growing assertiveness in the region.
Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has approved the
● Dr Jaishankar inaugurated the Buzi Bridge virtually, which is
new policy, which will be implemented starting from May
22, 2026. a part of the 132 km Tica-Buzi-Nova-Sofala Road project.
● Nepal has become a founding member of the International
• The World Meteorological Congress has made a
groundbreaking decision to approve a new greenhouse gas Big Cats Alliance.
(GHG) monitoring initiative, according to the World ● Reports suggest Syria has become the world's largest
Meteorological Organization (WMO). narco-state, earning majority foreign currency from
• Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the President of Nigeria on May Captagon production and export.
29. ● WTO Finds India in Breach of Global Trade Rules Over IT
• The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has emerged Product Import Duties Dispute with EU, Japan, and Taiwan.
victorious in the recent election following a tense run-off.
● Cuba's National Assembly confirms Miguel Díaz-Canel for a marine protected areas in the high seas. Also referred to as
new five-year term as President amid economic crisis. the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean’, the treaty to deal
● Dominic Raab, the British Deputy Prime Minister, has with Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).
resigned after an independent investigation found that he ● Xi Jinping began an unprecedented third term as China’s
acted in an intimidating manner toward colleagues. president after he was endorsed by a unanimous vote from
● Mongolia will have its first oil refinery up and running by the 2,977-member National People’s Congress (NPC).
2025. The first phase of the $1.2 billion Indian soft loan- ● Indonesia is all set to move its capital from Jakarta to
funded Mongol Oil Refinery will be finished by the end of Borneo over environmental issues such as being congested,
sinking into seawater, and being prone to earthquakes.
the year.
● Colombia has opened military service to women for the
● To combat the falling value of the Zimbabwean currency,
first time in 25 years.
the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced plans
● Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active
to introduce a gold-backed digital currency.
volcanoes, erupted.
● IIT Madras to establish first international campus in ● Startup-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group
Tanzania, with classes starting in October, located in became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial
Zanzibar. crisis, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, and
left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors
stranded.
● Denmark inaugurates a project to store carbon dioxide
1,800 meters beneath the North Sea, the first country in the
world to bury CO2 imported from abroad.
● An earthquake of 7.1 magnitudes struck New Zealand's
Kermadec Islands region.
● The US Senate Committee has announced the appointment
of Eric Garcetti as the new US Ambassador to India.
● Bhutan will no longer be on the list of United Nations Least
Developed Countries (LDC) and will become only the
seventh country to graduate from the list.
● A bipartisan resolution was passed by the US, formally
recognizing the McMahon Line as the international
boundary between China and India's Arunachal Pradesh.
● Japan's health ministry has approved the country's first ● The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest
abortion pill, the MeFeego Pack, manufactured by British warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the
pharmaceutical Linepharma, in a significant move for forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s
reproductive rights. invasion of Ukraine.
● The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Report 2022 ● Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and his Bangladesh
revealed that Pakistan received loans of $5.58 billion, counterpart Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate the India-
making it the largest recipient of ADB-funded Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline via video conference.
programs/projects in the year 2022. ● Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the first
submarine base of Bangladesh 'BNS Sheikh Hasina' at
International Current Affairs of March Pekua in Cox's Bazar.
● Egypt has become a member of the BRICS New
● The Afghan embassy in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad,
Development Bank (NDB).
announced the reopening of the Torkham border.
● Hindenburg Research's recent report accusing Block Inc.
● The United Kingdom and European Union have unveiled
of ignoring extensive fraud has had a significant impact on
an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol, called the
Windsor Framework. co-founder Jack Dorsey's net worth.
● Ales Bialiatski, a leading defender of human rights in ● The northwestern Kagera region of Tanzania has been
Belarus and a candidate for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, declared an epidemic zone by the country's leaders after
was given a 10-year prison term in Minsk, the Capital of five people died and three others were diagnosed with
Belarus. Marburg viral disease (MVD) at a local hospital.
● The United Nations(UN) inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ ● The Saudi Arabian government has taken a significant
in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie step towards joining the Shanghai Cooperation
outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds Organization (SCO), a regional alliance dominated by
of the world's oceans. The treaty will create a new body to China and Russia.
manage the conservation of marine life and establish
International Current Affairs of February (IIT) Indore, were awarded the prestigious medal by
Egyptian President Abel Fattah Al-Sisi.
• India and the United States launched an Initiative on • World Bank chief David Malpass has announced his
Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) program to
resignation nearly a year early.
enhance their strategic partnership.
• The Spanish government approved a historic law granting
• The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO,
paid medical leave to women suffering from severe
designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage
menstrual pain is the first for any European country.
Site and categorized it as being "in danger" during a
• In a move to boost the transition to electric vehicles (EVs),
committee meeting in Paris.
the European Parliament has approved the law to ban the
• Australia announced it will erase the British monarch from
sale of new gas and diesel cars in the EU, starting in 2035.
its banknotes.
• Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince unveiled The Mukaab, which
• Indian-American Congressman Dr. Ami Bera has been
is a 400-meter-high, wide, and long indoor supercity in the
appointed as a member of House Permanent Selection
center of Riyadh.
Committee on Intelligence.
• Afshan Khan, an Indo-Canadian, has been named the
• A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey followed by
coordinator of the "Scaling Up Nutrition Movement,"
another strong quake which was felt in several provinces in
the region, knocking down a number of buildings, reports according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
said. • The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance adding caste
• India, France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the list of protected classes in the city's municipal code,
announced the creation of a formal trilateral cooperation along with groups like race, religion, and gender identity.
initiative for projects in solar and nuclear energy, the fight Seattle created history by becoming the first US city to
against climate change and joint production of military pass an explicit ban on caste-based discrimination.
hardware. • US President Joe Biden is nominating former Mastercard
• Indian-American student at Harvard Law School, Apsara Chief Executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, after
Iyer has been elected president of the prestigious Harvard its current chief David Malpass announced plans to step
Law Review, becoming the first woman from the down early.
community to be named to the position in the prestigious • The Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) mobile wallet,
publication’s 136-year history. She was elected the 137th Royal Highness The Gyalsey (Prince) Jigme Namgyel
president of the Harvard Law Review, which was founded in Wangchuck has become the first digital citizen of Bhutan.
1887 and is among the oldest student-run legal scholarship • Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said his country has
publications. received $700 million funds from the China Development
• The 6th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bank.
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) Leaders' Meeting is • India and Guyana have agreed to cooperate in the oil and
being hosted by the Comptroller and Auditor General gas sector, including long-term crude purchase from the
(CAG) of India in Lucknow on 6 February. South American country and investment in its upstream
• A 13-year-old girl, Natasha Perianayagam won the title of sector.
"world’s brightest" student. • The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global
• Peru reported the death of 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild organization that monitors financial crime, suspended
birds due to the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks.
Russia's membership after finding that Moscow (Russia)'s
• International Seabed Authority with headquarters in
conflict in Ukraine breached the FATF's principles.
Jamaica has officially designated India as a "Pioneer
Investor".
• As part of "Operation Dost," India is deploying a field International Current Affairs of January
hospital, supplies, and rescue personnel to the earthquake- • Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office for a third term as
stricken countries of Turkey and Syria.
Brazil's president, vowing to fight for the poor and the
• The first-ever woman astronaut of Saudi Arabia will go to
environment and "rebuild the country" after far-right leader
space this year, Saudi woman astronaut Rayyana Barnawi
Jair Bolsonaro's divisive administration. The 77-year-old
will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the
International Space Station (ISS) this year. veteran leftist, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010,
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore Students took the oath of office before Congress, capping a
won AED 1 million by winning the gold medal at the World remarkable political comeback for the metalworker-turned-
Government Summit in Dubai. Niyati Totala and Neel president less than five years after he was jailed on
Kalpeshkumar Parikh of The Indian Institute of Technology controversial, since-quashed corruption charges.
• The 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF), the largest • The United States Parliament has elected Kevin McCarthy
international literary festival in Bangladesh, which was of the Republican Party as the speaker of the House of
postponed three years in a row owing to the Covid-19 Representatives
pandemic, is scheduled for January 5-8, 2023. The Bangla • Manpreet Monica Singh became the first ever female Sikh
Academy in Dhaka's historic grounds will serve as the venue judge in the US.
for the event. • Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again.
• Croatia has switched to the euro and entered Europe’s • "Start Me Up” first-ever orbital launch from the U.K. that
failed.
passport-free zone – two important milestones for the
• Punjabi to be taught as a school curriculum in western
country after joining the European Union (EU) nearly a
Australia.
decade ago. At midnight, the Balkan nation bid farewell to
• United States to extend Title 42, to expel migrants from
its kuna currency and became the 20th member of the
Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the U.S.-
eurozone. It is now the 27th nation in the Schengen zone,
Mexico border back to Mexico .
the world’s largest passport-free travel area, which enables • United States said its ballistic missile submarine, USS
more than 400 million people to move freely around its West Virginia, visited its Indian Ocean military base at
members. Diego Garcia.
• China has appointed Qin Gang, its ambassador to the • European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf
United States and a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, to inaugurated the EU's first mainland orbital launch
be its new foreign minister, as Beijing and Washington complex.
seek to stabilize rocky relations. This decision was made by • India has announced donation of 12,500 doses of
the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing pentavalent vaccines to Cuba.
Committee. Qin, 56, replaces Wang Yi, who has been • New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces
foreign minister for the past decade. resignation. Chris Hipkins will replace Jacinda Ardern as
• China's CRRC Corporation Ltd. Launched a hydrogen urban prime minister.
train, and it is the first in Asia and the second such train in • FITUR is the second most important tourism fair in the
the world. Germany introduced green trains a few months world. FITUR is the global meeting point for tourism
professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and
back. The hydrogen trains have a speed of 160 km per hour
outbound markets in Latin America.The fair is being
and the operational range without refueling is 600 km. The
organized in Madrid, Spain.
trains launched by Germany have a record of 1175 km range
• Janani Ramachandran has emerged as the youngest and
set. The Indian Railway on the other hand is moving fast to
the first queer woman of colour to take oath as the Oakland
induct the 'World's Greenest Train' soon. City Council member in the U.S. state of California.
• The Indian government has proclaimed that they have • President Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam to announce his
identified two lithium mines and one copper mine in resignation.
Argentina and they are moving forward to acquiring it or • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has extended a
taking long term lease. The government of India said that concessional USD 40 million Line of Credit for developing
they had sent a team of geologists to Argentina to assess sporting infrastructure in the Maldives.
and find potential lithium deposits in the month of • India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL) would
November 2022. They have been able to identify a possible
begin supplying diesel to Bangladesh on an experimental
source of lithium and copper deposits in the south American
basis in June of this year.
country.
• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formed a seven-
• US has approved the first-ever vaccine for honey bees member committee, including M C Mary Kom and
which will confer protection from the American foulbrood Yogeshwar Dutt, to probe the allegations of sexual
disease, raising hopes of a new weapon against diseases harassment against Wrestling Federation of India
that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food
president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by top grapplers.
pollination. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• “Nari Shakti” (women power) will be driving the theme of
has permitted a conditional license for a vaccine, developed
this year’s Republic Day tableau of Navy.
by Dalan Animal Health, a US-based biotech company.
• Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic
The vaccine will be supplied on a "limited basis" to
integration, including the development of a common
commercial beekeepers in the US and is expected to be
currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and
available this year.
Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez said in a joint article
they penned.
• Brazil's ministry of health has declared a medical marking a significant step towards what would be a historic
emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country's first, both for the nation and a private company.
largest indigenous reservation bordering Venezuela, • The 20th Edition of the Kathmandu International
following reports of children dying of malnutrition and Mountain Film Festival kicked off in Kathmandu, Nepal.
other diseases caused by illegal gold mining. This year, the festival was scheduled to be held from
• World’s longest calligraphic mural Makkah: The Grand December 8 to 12, 2022. The festival is resuming its physical
Mosque Road in Makkah now features the longest screening after two years, because of the pandemic and is
calligraphic painting in the world, the most recent addition ready to showcase numerous films from across the world.
to the holy city's aesthetic appeal. The 75-metre mural, • Russia has for the first time emerged as top oil supplier to
created by the artist Amal Felemban. India replacing Iraq as refiners last month snapped up oil
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a from Moscow fearing a price cap from Dec. 5 could hit
new federal investment to build and commercialise the
supplies and choke payment avenues.
world's first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum
• According to the French embassy, France will host an
computer.
International conference “Standing with the Ukrainian
• A US Military raid in Somalia killed a key regional leader of
People” in Paris with an aim to coordinate international
the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani.
support for civilian resilience in Ukraine and address the
Ukrainian people’s urgent humanitarian needs.
International Current Affairs of December
• The New Zealand government has passed a law to
• India will provide technical support to Sri Lanka to completely end tobacco smoking by banning youth from
enhance its dairy industry and milk output, buying cigarettes for life. The Smoke Free Environments
• Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female president amid and Regulated Products (Smoking Tobacco) Amendment
a political maelstrom when her predecessor and former Bill has been passed in New Zealand which aims to make
boss Pedro Castillo) New Zealand smoke free by 2025.
• Indian-origin teacher VEENA Nair in Australia has received • The value of global trade is set to reach a new record this
the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science year, increasing by about 12 per cent to an estimated $32
Teaching in secondary schools. trillion, according to a UN report that signaled a slowdown
• FAO ,United Nations, organized an opening ceremony for heading into 2023. “The substantial trade growth during the
the International Year of Millets – 2023 (IYM2023) in last year was largely due to increases in the value of the
Rome, Italy. trade of energy products,” the United Nations
• The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Conference on Trade and Development said in the report.
also called as Conference of Parties (COP-15) commenced • A group of nine rich industrialized nations approved a deal
in Montreal, Canada was scheduled in Kunming, China in to provide Vietnam with $15.5 billion to help the Southeast
October but was shifted to Montreal, Canada due to covid
Asian nation move faster from coal power to renewable
situation in China.
energy, cutting its climate-damaging pollution.
• Japan has announced that it will jointly develop its next-
• United States has announced a nuclear fusion
generation fighter jet Mitsubishi F-X fighter jet with the
breakthrough, a historic step towards the promise of ‘near-
United Kingdom and Italy as it looks to expand defense
limitless’ clean energy and may help the fight to curb
cooperation beyond its traditional ally, the United States.
climate change. US Department of Energy said,
• A Gender Toolkit based on “Enabling gender-responsive
researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National
urban mobility and public spaces” was launched in a
Laboratory (LLNL) in California for the first time produced
session conducted by the World Bank and the Chennai
more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it,
Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority.
something called net energy gain.
• The U.S. The Treasury (United States of America’s
• In an unprecedented move, Iran has been expelled from the
Finance Ministry) has printed the first US banknotes
United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women
(currency notes) with two women’s signatures. The new
(CSW) in a vote on which India abstained. The US proposal
currency notes of $1 and $5 value carry the signature of the
at the UN Economic and Social Council to remove Iran
Secretary of Treasury (American Finance Minister) Janet
from the panel received 29 votes, while there were eight
Yellen and Lynn Malerba. The United States currency
votes against and 16 abstentions in the 54-member elected
notes are popularly called as Greenback.
body.
• Japan is elated and proud of its space startup that
• The Japanese capital local assembly passed a new
successfully launched a spacecraft to the moon recently,
regulation which stated that all new houses in Tokyo built
by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install commander first held the office in a term lasting nearly
solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions. seven years. The 74-year-old won the nomination by one
Currently, Japan stands at fifth spot in the world’s largest vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the
carbon emitters list. Fijian Parliament in Suva.
• Indian-origin Leo Varadkar has returned for a second term • Bomb Cyclone: Bomb Cyclone has thrashed US and
as Ireland’s Prime Minister as part of a job-sharing deal Canada with extreme climate and has trapped the residents
made by the country’s centrist coalition government. His inside their houses with snow and power outages. During
the Christmas season, the bomb cyclone occurred due to a
appointment was confirmed when he received the seal of
low temperature of -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Thousands of
office from President Michael D. Higgins, Ireland’s head of
flights have been canceled and several highways have been
state.
blocked. People are advised not to step outside their homes
• On the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic as it can be life-threatening.
relations between India and Japan, Prime Minister • The Maldives criminal court sentenced former president
Narendra Modi said that the ties between the two countries Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison and fined him $5
have deepened in every sphere, be it strategic, economic million after finding him guilty of corruption and money
or people-to-people contacts. laundering charges related to receiving kickbacks from a
• Use of rupee in foreign trade: In order to facilitate private company. Yameen has denied any wrongdoing.
international trade, Sri Lanka has agreed to utilize the • Antarctica's Biodiversity new research has indicated that
Indian Rupee (INR). It occurs shortly after the Indian more has to be done to safeguard Antarctic ecosystems,
government announced it was looking into ways to include and if we don't make a change, up to 97% of Antarctic
nations who are particularly short on dollars in the Indian species with land-based populations might go extinct by the
rupee trade settlement process. year 2100. The study, which was just released, also
• BF.7, New Covid Variant : The BF.7 sub-variant of discovered that ten crucial techniques to lessen threats to
Omicron that is prevalent in China is thought to be the Antarctica's biodiversity may be implemented with just
cause of the present spike in Covid-19 infections there. This USD 23 million annually.
• Brain-eating amoeba infection reported in South Korea:
isn’t the first time BF.7 has been in the spotlight; back in
For the first time ever, a rare and potentially fatal brain-
October, it began to displace the main variations in the US
eating amoeba has been discovered in South Korea.
and several other European nations.
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare and
• The U.N. Security Council has adopted its first ever
serious infection caused by the amoeba naegleria fowleri,
resolution on Myanmar in 74 years to demand an end to which is commonly found in warm freshwater and soil.
violence and urge the military junta to release all political • Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the
prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms. first metro rail in Dhaka. The metro train was flagged off in
Kyi, 77, has been a prisoner since the army toppled her Dhaka for the first journey between Diabari and Agargaon
government almost two years ago and violently cracked station. The metro rail is part of the Bangladesh project of
down on dissent. Mass Rapid Transit to be completed by 2030.
• The United States is finalizing plans to send the Patriot • India-assisted 720 Megawatts Mangdechhu Hydroelectric
missile defense system to Ukraine. Ukraine has asked its Power Project has been recently handed to Druk Green
Western partners for air defenses, including U.S.-made Power Corporation (DGPC) in Bhutan. With this project,
Patriot systems, to protect it from heavy Russian missile India and Bhutan have successfully completed four mega
bombardment including against its energy infrastructure. hydroelectric power projects. The commissioning of the
The system is part of $1.85 billion in assistance unveiled in project has increased Bhutan's Electrical Power
parallel with a visit to Washington by Ukrainian President Generation Capacity by 44 per cent.
Volodymyr Zelensky. • Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn-in as Israel's prime
• The lower house of the Spanish Parliament approved a minister for a sixth time, leading the Jewish state's most
measure allowing individuals over the age of 16 to change right-wing government to date. Netanyahu, 73, already
their legally recorded gender without the need for medical Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister, has the support of
supervision. According to the law, drafted by the center-left 63 lawmakers in the 120-member Knesset (Israeli
coalition government, minors between the ages of 14 and parliament). In the house, 54 lawmakers voted against his
government.
16 must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians
• Vice President Kamala Harris has named Indian American
and those between the ages of 12 and 13 will require a
Rajeev Badyal to a key national space advisory group,
judge’s permission to make the move.
which is tasked to maintain a robust and responsible US
• Sitiveni Rabuka was confirmed as Fiji’s next Prime
space enterprise and preserve space for current and future
Minister more than two decades after the former military generations. Badyal, vice-president of Project Kuiper of
Amazon, is among the 30 space experts named by Harris to their lives fighting alongside the British throughout the two
the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (UAG). World Wars. Recently, Glasgow City Council approved the
• British Indian Army Memorial will be erected in Glasgow, planning proposal subject to limitations, clearing the way
Scotland, to honour the millions of Indian troops who gave for the memorial's final designs to be created next to
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Current Affairs Related to States in India

Current Affairs Related to States in India of May Bandra-Worli Sea Link, running 17-20 meters below sea
level.
Assam • Devendra Fadnavis unveils statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji
• India's first International Multimodal Logistics Park is being Maharaj in Mauritius and signs MoU to promote trade
constructed in Jogighopa, Assam, at a cost of Rs 693.97 between Mauritius and Maharashtra, emphasizing
crore, with the jetty set to be completed by year-end and Maharashtra's potential as an industrial and investment
the entire project expected to be completed in 2023. destination in India.
• The Maharashtra government, under the leadership of
Goa Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, is set to launch a new
• The smallest state by area, Goa is famous for its beaches initiative called ‘Shasan Aplya Dari’ (government at your
and the relics of its colonial past. It got its statehood on May doorstep).
30, 1987. • The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party
Himachal Pradesh government named cricket great Sachin Tendulkar as
Maharashtra’s ‘Smile Ambassador’ under the state’s
• Himachal Pradesh Cabinet announces Rs 1,500 monthly
‘Swachh Mukh Abhiyan’ to spread awareness about oral
incentive for women in Spiti Valley under Indira Gandhi
health and hygiene across the state.
Mahila Samman Nidhi.
• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Meghalaya
has informed that a ‘Green Hydrogen’ policy would be • Dawki land port inaugurated in Meghalaya to boost India-
formulated to promote the use of green hydrogen and Bangladesh trade.
establish the state as a leading hub for its production. Rajasthan
• Justice Mamidanna Satya Ratna Sri Ramachandra Rao has • Lithium reserves found in Rajasthan's Degana, could meet
officially become the 28th Chief Justice of the Himachal upto 80% of India's demand.
Pradesh High Court.
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka • Tamil Nadu had the highest market borrowings among
• Siddaramaiah was sworn in for his second term as the Chief Indian states for the third year in a row. During April-
Minister of Karnataka, alongside Deputy CM D K February FY23, its gross market borrowings through State
Shivakumar and eight politicians as ministers. Development Loans totaled ₹68,000 crore.
• The recently inaugurated one of India’s biggest Skywalk
Kerala bridges, spanning 570 meters in length and 4.2 meters in
• Global Ayurveda Festival 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram, width, was officially opened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Kerala from Dec 1-5. MK Stalin.
• The Higher Education Minister, R. Bindu has officially
introduced the Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework Telangana
(KIRF), which is designed to evaluate the quality of higher • Telangana government launches 'Geetha Karmikula Bhima'
education institutions in Kerala. insurance scheme for toddy tappers, providing financial
• Kerala, the southern state of India, is set to make history by assistance to the families of those who die due to accidents
declaring itself as the country’s first “total e-governed during toddy collection.
state.” Building upon its reputation as the first fully-literate • Telangana CM lays foundation for Hare Krishna Heritage
state in India Tower in Hyderabad.
Madhya Pradesh • Telangana launches State Robotics Framework to foster
• Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, has become the first robotics ecosystem.
city in India to measure its progress towards achieving the
Uttarakhand
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami recently inaugurated
Maharashtra the National Homoeopathic Convention ‘Homeocon 2023’
• Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) is a Rs 12,721-crore at Doon University, Dehradun.
initiative by BMC with India's first undersea tunnel. The
2.07-kilometer twin tunnels connect Marine Drive to the Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh plans to develop a Disneyland-style theme Karnataka
park, called "Ramaland," in Ayodhya to promote tourism ● Bandipur National Park, located in the southern Indian
and showcase the story of Lord Ram in an entertaining and state of Karnataka, recently completed 50 years as a
educational format. Project Tiger Reserve.
• Uttar Pradesh approves Pharma Park in Lalitpur district to ● Bengaluru, India's tech hub, will witness "Zero Shadow Day"
boost industry. where vertical objects will not cast shadows due to the sun's
• Uttar Pradesh launches pilot "School Health Program" in position directly overhead, according to the Astronomical
Lucknow. Society of India.
• Uttar Pradesh now holds the second position in the country Kerela
in terms of having the maximum number of Geographical ● Eravikulam National Park in Munnar, Kerala, which is
Indication (GI)-tagged goods. home to the Nilgiri tahr, now features a new attraction: a
fernarium located within the park.
Current Affairs Related to States in India of April ● Kerala secures highest number of Geographical Indication
(GI) tags for products among Indian states in FY23. Products
Andhra Pradesh recognized include Attappady Aattukombu Avara,
● Greenfield International Airport in Bhogapuram to be Onattukara Ellu, and Kodungallur Pottuvellari.
inaugurated on May 3 by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan ● KSINC launches solar-powered tourist boat, Sooryamshu,
Reddy, spanning 2,200 acres, works to be completed within equipped with 27 KW solar panels and generators for
24-30 months. passenger lift systems and air-conditioners.
Arunachal Pradesh ● Kerala introduces first-of-its-kind Water Budget to combat
● The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu, acute water scarcity.
inaugurated the newly renovated Shar Nyima Tsho Sum ● Kerala government launches 'One Panchayat, One
Namyig Lhakhang at Gyangkhar, his native village in Playground' project to build high-quality playgrounds in
every panchayat to promote sports culture in the state.
Tawang district.
Madhya Pradesh
Assam
● Gond painting of Madhya Pradesh gets GI tag, recognizing
● Assam set a new Guinness World Record with over 11,000
and protecting the work of tribal artists.
dancers and drummers performing the traditional Bihu
dance and playing the dhol at Sarusajai Stadium in Maharashtra
Guwahati. ● Maharashtra CM declares May 28 as 'Swatantrya Veer
Gaurav Din' to commemorate the birth anniversary of
Bihar
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and promote his ideology.
● Bihar's Thawe Festival held to promote tourism and attract
● Maharashtra Government introduces 4% quota for
visitors to Thawe Durga Temple.
employees with disabilities in promotions.
Goa
Manipur
● The tourism department of the Goa government is set to ● Khongjom Day was commemorated at Khongjom in
hold the 'Heritage Festival 2023' from April 28 to 30 at
Thoubal district of Manipur to honour the soldiers who
Saligao village in North Goa. fought in the 1891 Anglo-Manipuri War.
Gujarat Nagaland
● Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has unveiled a 54-feet-tall ● Nagaland gets its first medical college as National Medical
statue of Lord Hanuman at a temple in Gujarat, India. Commission approves establishment of Nagaland Institute
● Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced the last of Medical Sciences and Research.
week of April as "Swagat Saptah" to celebrate 20 years of
Odisha
the "State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of
● First-ever census in Odisha's Bhitarkanika sight 179 'Near
Technology" (SWAGAT) initiative launched by Narendra
Threatened' mangrove pitta birds.
Modi in 2003.
Rajasthan
Himachal Pradesh ● Rajasthan government declared Sorsan, Khichan, and
● Himachal Pradesh launches Sanjeevani project to support Hamirgarh as conservation reserves, bringing hope for
small dairy farmers and livestock owners. wildlife conservation efforts and ecotourism.
● Himachal Pradesh has made history by becoming the first
Tamil Nadu
Indian state to establish a DNA database specifically for
unidentified bodies.
● Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation develops in the state, which is a global mass movement led by Prime
TN REACH to use unused helipads for intercity connectivity Minister Narendra Modi.
in Tamil Nadu. ● The World Bank has given the nod to provide a loan of $108
● Tamil Nadu's Cumbum grapes awarded Geographical million (about ₹ 889 crores) to assist Assam in its efforts to
Indication tag. improve its disaster preparedness and enhance flood
● Tamil Nadu's Factories (Amendment) Act 2023 for flexible forecasting.
work hours faces opposition over 12-hour shift provision.
Karnataka
Telangana
● The Karnataka Government will build the country's first
● Telangana CM unveils 125-ft bronze Ambedkar statue in
Marina or a boat basin offering dockage, at Byndoor in
Hyderabad to mark his 132nd birth anniversary, becoming
Udupi district to promote coastal tourism in Karnataka.
the tallest statue of Ambedkar in India.
● Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri
Tripura Amit Shah unveiled the statues of Lord Basaveshwara ji
● Tripura wins best-performing state in NE for e-Procurement and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda ji at the State Assembly
at a national workshop in Delhi. premises in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Uttarakhand ● The World Bank has granted a loan of USD 363 million to
● Mana village in Uttarakhand, which was previously the state of Karnataka in India, which will help to provide
recognized as the last Indian village, will now be clean drinking water to two million rural households.
acknowledged as the "first Indian village." ● The Election Commission (EC) in the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh Karnataka has selected Manjamma Jogati, a transgender
● World's first Asian king vulture conservation and breeding folk dancer, as a poll icon to encourage more members of
center, Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (JCBC), to the transgender community to register and vote.
open in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district, with facilities Kerela
for breeding, rehabilitation, and release into the wild. ● The Kerala government and UN Women entered into an
● The city of Ayodhya has been chosen for a two-year pilot
agreement, in order to promote activities that are
project aimed at producing biodiesel from waste. Belgium-
welcoming to women in the State's tourist industry.
based company Vito is expected to launch the project in
● The Kerala government has been fined Rs 10 crore by the
Ayodhya soon.
Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for
their inability to prevent the uncontrolled pollution of the
designated Ramsar sites.
Madhya Pradesh
● Mauganj was declared as 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh
by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya
Pradesh. Mauganj is a tehsil of the Rewa district.
● "Laadli Behna" Yojana, under which qualified women will
get 1,000 rupees every month in support.
● A Namibian Cheetah passed away at Kuno National Park in
MP, India.
Maharashtra
● In Nagpur, Maharashtra, a new project known as "beggar-
free city" has been launched.
West Bengal Manipur
● Kolkata Metro completes the first under-river journey in ● Yaoshang, Manipur's version of Holi, which lasts for five
India. days, has begun. On the full moon of Lamta (February–
March) in the Meitei lunar calendar, the event is observed
Current Affairs Related to States in India of March annually.
Assam Meghalaya
● The foundation stone-laying ceremony for the first-ever ● Conrad Kongkal Sangma was sworn in as the Meghalaya
compressed biogas plant project in northeast India took chief minister for the second successive term.
place at Domora Pathar in Sonapur under the Kamrup
(Metropolitan) district. Nagaland
● Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, ● Salhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu, both from the
inaugurated the 'Mission Lifestyle for Environment' (LiFE) ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, made
history by becoming the first women candidates to be
elected in the state assembly election. In a significant Current Affairs Related to States in India of
milestone, people in Nagaland have elected two women February
candidates after 60 years since it attained statehood. Kruse
Andhra Pradesh
won from Western Angami AC and Jakhalu clinched
• Visakhapatnam set to be the state's new capital.
Dimapur-III constituencies.
● Neiphiu Rio, the leader of the Nationalist Democratic Arunachal Pradesh
Progressive Party (NDPP), took the oath of office as the • Statehood Day in Arunachal Pradesh is a state holiday
fifth Chief Minister of Nagaland. observed on 20th February in the Northeastern Indian state
Rajasthan of Arunachal Pradesh.
● Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the creation of 19 Goa
new districts and 3 new divisions in the state during his • The Government of Goa has launched the Vision for All
discussion on the Finance and Appropriation Bill in the School Eye Health program in partnership with One Sight
Legislative Assembly. Rajasthan will now have 19 new Essilor Luxottica Foundation and Prasad Netralaya.
districts and 3 new divisions, taking the number of districts
to 50 and divisions to 10. Gujarat
• Gujarat Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed a
Sikkim
Bill that provides for up to 10 years in prison to curb paper
● First state of the world to get recognized as an Organic state
leaks in government recruitment exams.
by the World Book of Records (London).
Haryana
Tamil Nadu
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah has presented the
● The government of Tamil Nadu has decided to declare
President's Colour to Haryana Police in recognition of its
Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary as the 18th wildlife
sanctuary in the state. exceptional service.
● A team of scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural • The first nuclear power plant in North India would be built
Research (ICAR) has discovered a new species of Moray Eel in Gorakhpur, Haryana.
fish from the Cuddalore coast in Tamil Nadu. Jammu and Kashmir
Tripura • 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves have been discovered.
● Manik Saha took oath as 13th chief minister for the second Kerela
time as Tripura Chief Minister. • The Kerala government announced a scheme of Rs 200
Uttarakhand crore for developing green hydrogen hubs at Trivandrum
● The International Yoga Festival 2023 was held in Rishikesh and Kochi.
from 1st March to 7 th March 2023. The International Yoga • On February 21, also known as International Mother
Festival 2023 is the main attraction of Bharat Parv this year. Language Day, the Kerala High Court published two of its
● Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarozgar Yojana in the state most recent decisions in Malayalam, making it the first high
at the end of Women Empowerment and Safety Week. court in the nation to do so.
● Uttarakhand launched the country's first "Resham Keet • The Kerala government has launched robotic scavenger,
Bima" program to safeguard its sericulturists. "Bandicoot", to clean sewages in the temple town of
● The government of Uttarakhand has approved a 10% Guruvayur, becoming the first state in the country to use
horizontal reservation for statehood campaigners in state robotic technology to clean all its commissioned manholes.
government positions.
Madhya Pradesh
● Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has
• The seven-day 49th Khajuraho Dance Festival will begin
announced the government will set up a sports university in
with Bharatnatyam and kathak at the temple declared as
the Kumaun region's Haldwani town.
UNESCO heritage. The annual event of the Khajuraho
Uttar Pradesh Dance Festival is being organized by Ustad Allauddin Khan
● Japan's eminent hospitality group Hotel Management Sangeet Evam Kala Akademi and the directorate of culture
International Company Limited (HMI) will be opening 30 in association with the tourism department and the
new properties across Uttar Pradesh. Archaeological Survey of India.
West Bengal Maharashtra

● Merlin Group has partnered with the World Trade Centers • The Maharashtra government announced the Jai Jai
Association to develop a World Trade Center in Kolkata Maharashtra Majha as the state song, which is usually
that will cover an area of 3.5 million square feet.
performed at school cultural events on May 1, second only • Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the IFFCO Nano
to the national anthem. Urea Liquid Plants at Aonla and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh.
• The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival began on 4th February and
will go on till 12th February 2023. The Kala Ghoda Arts Current Affairs Related to States in India of
Festival is Asia's biggest multicultural festival. January
• India’s first air-conditioned double-decker electric bus was
inducted into the fleet of BEST- the civic transport public Arunachal Pradesh
body in Mumbai. • Defence minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the
• The state government of Maharashtra has announced that Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh, along with 27 other
renowned social worker, preacher and reformer Dattatreya infrastructure projects completed by the Border Roads
alias Appasaheb Dharmadikari will be honoured with Organisation (BRO). Built at a cost of 724 crore rupees,
Maharashtra Bhushan award for the year 2022. these projects will hugely augment India’s border
• Foundation Stone laid for the world's largest and unique infrastructure, mostly along the Chinese border, from
Divyang Park - Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur,
Ladakh to Arunachal.
Maharashtra.
• The Election Commission recognized the faction led by Assam
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv • Mongeet is a festival of music, poetry, art, craft, food,
Sena and allocated it the bow and arrow symbol. culinary techniques, indigenous herbs, and culture
• The Churchgate railway station in Mumbai will soon be celebrated in Majuli, Assam.
called as 'Chintamanrao Deshmukh station', named after
• Centre has nominated the maidams of Ahom Kingdom in
the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) CD
Charaideo to seek a UNESCO World Heritage Site tag.
Deshmukh.
Nagaland Chhattisgarh
• Nagaland government has signed a Memorandum of • The Cherchera festival of Chhattisgarh is celebrated on the
Understanding (MoU) with Patanjali Foods Limited for full moon night of the 'Paush' Hindu calendar month.
development and area expansion under palm oil cultivation • A rare orange-colored bat was spotted in the Banana
and processing for Zone-II (Mokokchung, Longleng, and plantation in Parali Bodal village of Kanger Valley National
Mon districts) of Nagaland under the National Mission on Park in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The orange-colored bat is
Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). identified as a ‘Painted Bat’ and is characterized by bright
Odisha orange and black wings.
• India’s first AI Chatbot for the Agricultural sector ‘Ama
Goa
KrushAI’ launched at the valedictory session of ‘Krushi
Odisha 2023’. • The eagerly anticipated Purple Fest, Celebrating Diversity,
the state's first-ever inclusive festival for people with
Punjab disabilities (PwDs), will take place in Goa. Panjim will host
• Punjab Government has organized its first state-level the festival from January 6–8, 2023, with all the fanfare.
‘Prawn Fair’ (Shrimp mela).
• The Union Cabinet has approved the naming of Greenfield
Uttarakhand International Airport at Goa's Mopa as Manohar
• The country's strictest Anti-Copying Law has come into International Airport after former Defence Minister and
force in Uttarakhand. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The airport was
• The Uttarakhand government has signed a contract to inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December
construct a 3.38 km ropeway from Janki Chatti in Kharsali 2022 at Mopa Goa. The airport will be named after the late
to Yamunotri Dham.
Manohar Parrikar to honor his contribution to building
Uttar Pradesh modern Goa.
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan will work under the Aarohini
Gujarat
Initiative Training Programme for the safety and security of
• India's first green hydrogen blending operation in the piped
girls in 746 Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Schools in
natural gas (PNG) network at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat. The
Uttar Pradesh. project is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas (GCL). The
• The Uttar Pradesh government has launched the portal for power generation company stated that the first molecular
the creation of 'Family ID - One Family One Identity', to of green hydrogen from the project was set in motion by P
identify families as a unit for implementing the 'one job per Ram Prasad, Head of Project, Kawas in presence of other
family' proposal. senior executives of NTPC Kawas and GCL. After the start
of blending and operation, NTPC Kawas held an awareness
workshop for township residents with help of GCL officials. • The Kerala Cabinet approved a scheme to ensure those
The foundation stone of the project was laid by the Prime employed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment
Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 30th July 2022. Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) in the poll-bound state
get benefits like pension and medical assistance. With this,
Himachal Pradesh Kerala became the first state to have a welfare board for
• Five-time MLA from Bhattiyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania is the beneficiaries of employment guarantee programmes in
all set to be the next Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh the country.
Assembly. Pathania submitted his nomination papers to • Kerala’s 'Year of Enterprises' Project was recognized as the
Vidhan Sabha secretary Yash Pal in the presence of senior best practices model at the National Conference on Micro
leaders including HPCC president Pratibha Singh. Three Small and Medium Enterprises chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
sets of nomination papers were filed for him. His name was
• Kerala has kicked itself into the Guinness Book of World
proposed by the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Records by taking 4,500 penalty kicks in 12 hours.
and was seconded by the leader of the opposition in the
• Kollam has become the country’s first constitution literate
house and BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur. district.
• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu • R Bindu announced that girls students above the age of 18
announced to set up of Rs 101 crore CM's Sukhashraya years will get maternity leave of 60 days.
Sahayata Kosh for the destitute in the state. Chief Minister • Wayanad becomes the first district in the country to
of Himachal Pradesh informed that 40 Congress MLAs provide basic documents and facilities such as Aadhaar
agreed to contribute Rs one lakh each from their first salary cards, ration cards, birth/death certificates, election ID
for the fund and also requested the MLAs from BJP and cards, bank accounts and health insurance to all
other parties to contribute. tribespeople.
• The Himachal Pradesh government restored the old Madhya Pradesh
pension scheme. • Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the
• Himachal Pradesh celebrates its 53rd Statehood Day with Madhya Pradesh Residential Land Rights scheme
joy and enthusiasm across the state on 25th January 2023. (Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu Adhikar Yojana) to
distribute free leases of residential land to selected
Ladakh beneficiaries. The scheme aims to provide free plots to the
• Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur launched the Unique Land poor living in rural areas for building their houses. The land
Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) in the Union will be offered completely free of cost and along with the
Territory. plot, the benefits of all other schemes will also be delivered.
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya
Karnataka Pradesh, has made a significant statement for the women
• Mysuru and Hampi are the two popular destinations in to launch the "Ladli Bahna Yojana" in the state following
Karnataka to be promoted as a part of the new Tourism the success of the Ladli Laxmi Yojana for the girls. No
policy 'The Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme. matter their caste or status, underprivileged women would
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed title deeds or receive Rs 1,000 each month under this Yojna in order to
‘Hakku Patra’ to over 52,000 eligible beneficiaries from gain financial independence.
the Lambani nomadic tribes residing in northern Manipur
Karnataka. • The Gaan Ngai of the Zeliangrong Community celebrated
in Manipur. The Gaan Ngai festival is one of the major
Kerela festivals of Manipur which is celebrated every year after
• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Indian harvesting. The festival also marks the end of the year when
Library Congress in Kannur, Kerala. The inauguration event the farmers have stored their foodgrains in their granaries.
of the Indian Library Congress was organized by the During the festival, the Zeliangrong Community shows
People's Mission for Social Development and Library their gratitude by offering the Almighty a good harvest and
Council. praying for a better and prosperous life in the coming year.
• Kerala Chief Minister(CM) Pinarayi Vijayan has • Imoinu Day is celebrated in Manipur as a part of the Meitei
inaugurated the Palm leaf Manuscript Museum with Cultural ritual. The traditional festival of Imoinu Day is
modern audio-visual technology at the renovated Central celebrated on the 12th day of the Meitei Lunar Month of
Archives, Fort area in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Wakching. Every year on this day, people of the valley serve
Museum, promoted as “World’s First Palm-Leaf dishes in odd numbers as part of the Imoinu Eratpa ritual.
Manuscript Museum” was set up by the Archives They regard Imoinu Eratpa as a goddess of health,
Department in association with the Kerala Museum of prosperity, abundance, and order of domesticity in
History and Heritage at a cost of Rs 3 crore. Manipur.
• Kerala becomes the first state in the country to go fully Nagaland
digital in its banking service.
• The third edition of the two-day Orange Festival has been now be handled by the state police, according to a
organized in Nagaland's Rusoma village to mark the statement by the Chief Minister’s Office.
harvest of organic oranges in the district. • Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) has
Odisha approved the 30 percent horizontal reservation to domicile
• Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik inaugurated an women of the state in the government jobs bill.
'International Craft Summit' in Jajpur. • Luminous Power Technologies revealed that it has
Punjab planned to build India’s first green energy-based solar panel
• Union Territory Administrator, Banwari Lal Purohit has manufacturing plant in Uttarakhand which will be
inaugurated northern India’s largest floating solar power operational by the end of this year. The location of the new
project of 2000kWp worth Rs 11.70 crore at waterworks, India’s first green energy-based solar panel is Rudrapur.
Sector 39, Chandigarh. He also inaugurated a 500kWp
floating solar project with fountains at Dhanas Lake. West Bengal
• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched the • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a
'School of Eminence', an ambitious project of the Punjab new campaign "Didi'r Surakha Kavach" for her party,
government. Trinamool Congress. The campaign "Didi'r Surakha Kavach"
Rajasthan ahead of the panchayat polls due in April. The "Didi'r
• Rajasthan becomes the first state to have a policy for Surakha Kavach" will begin on 10th January 2023.
Blindness Control with the objective of 'Right to Sight',
Under the campaign of Nirogi Rajasthan. Current Affairs Related to States in India of
Tamil nadu December
• Octave 2023 is a festival being held under the aegis of the
South Zone Culture Centre, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu to Assam
showcase the indigenous art and culture of Northeast India. • As the growth in the tourism sector is vital for socio-
Octave 2023 was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Governor R N economic development in a state, the Assam State Cabinet
Ravi. led by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma approved the proposal
Telangana for grant of industrial status to the tourism sector in the
• The sole centre in India with a focus on healthcare and life state.
sciences will be created in Hyderabad as the World • Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the
Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial second version, the flagship scheme Orunodoi of the state
Revolution (C4IR Telangana). government aimed at providing financial security to
• Woxsen University has launched Project Aspirations with financially disadvantaged families
its firm belief in developing its ecosystem and empowering
the community around the campus. Woxsen University has Gujarat
conceptualized the project for the ambitious girls of Classes • A polling booth located in a remote forest area of Gir
IX-XII, Telangana Model School & Junior College. Under Somnath district in Gujarat recorded 100 per cent voting
Project Aspiration, students are selected by the school after its lone voter cast his vote in the first phase of the state
principal to take part in the "Train the Trainer" workshop Assembly elections. The area is part of Una Assembly
which commenced in December 2022. constituency, which went to polls along with 88 other seats
Tripura in the state. The Election Commission (EC) had set up a
• The Election Commission (EC) is focusing on 929 polling polling booth at Banej village located inside Gir forest so
booths across Tripura, setting a target of 92 per cent voter that the only voter there can exercise his franchise.
turnout in the assembly elections due early this year. These • Bhupendra Patel took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat
booths recorded a voter turnout of less than 89 per cent,
for a second straight term in Gandhinagar. He was
which was the average across 3,328 booths in the 2018
assembly polls. The EC is also working on ‘Mission Zero Poll administered oath as the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat by
Violence’ to make the assembly elections peaceful. Governor Acharya Devvrat.
• The 'Saharsh' will be extended to all government and Karnataka
aided schools in Tripura from the second week of January. • Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that a
Uttarakhand National Youth festival is poised to be hosted at Hubballi-
• The Uttarakhand government has decided to abolish the Dharwad twin cities, which will be inaugurated by Prime
revenue policing system in the state. The Pushkar Singh Minister Narendra Modi. The National Youth Festival will
Dhami government has also announced that revenue be organized on January 12 in connection with the birth
villages will be brought under the regular policing system. anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
Law and order in 1,800 revenue villages of Uttarakhand will Himachal Pradesh
• Congress leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has took oath as • The 'Spice Coast' in the far north of Kerala, better known as
the New Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh at historic North Malabar, bask in myriad colours and the pomp and
ridge ground in Shimla. Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh splendour of the cultural extravaganza titled 'Bekal
Agnihotri also took oath with him. Governor Rajendra International Beach Festival'. Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to both. Vijayan has inaugurated the 10-day first international beach
festival, that captures the wholeness and the essence of the
Odisha district’s cultural and artistic uniqueness and displays the
• The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival, the largest open-air theatre rich cultural diversity and grandeur of the country, at the
festival began after a gap of two years, in Bargarh at the majestic Bekal Beach Park.
Odisha. The vibrant Dhanu Yatra is associated with the
Telangana
culture of Odisha. The Festival is being held from December
• The Election Commission informed TRS president and
27 to Jan 6, 2023. Several artists from 130 cultural troupes
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao that it has accepted
from across the country are scheduled to perform during
the name change of his party from Telangana Rashtra
the festival. Around 3,000 artistes of 130 cultural troupes Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi. In a letter to TRS, the
from across the country is participating in the festival. EC cited a letter that the party sent to the poll body on
However, Kansa is the central attraction of the Dhanu Yatra. October 5 requesting its name change.
Goa Uttarakhand
• Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in partnership with • Uttarakhand Government is planning for genetic
Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Goa enhancement of Badri Cow through sex-sorted semen and
government will organize the International Lusophone embryo transfer technology with the aim to increase its
Festival in Goa from 3-6 December. It will be inaugurated productivity. The Badri breed derived its name from the
by the Chief Minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant at Durbar Hall holy shrine of Char Dham at Badrinath. It is found only in
in Raj Bhavan. the hill districts of Uttarakhand and was earlier known as
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Mopa the ‘pahadi’ cow.
International Airport in Goa, which has been named after • World Class Kayaking Canoeing Academy to be set up at
former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The new airport, Tehri in Uttarakhand. The Union Minister of Power and New
which is about 35 km from capital city Panaji, can handle 44 & Renewable Energy R.K.Singh announced the World Class
lakh passengers annually. Its capacity can be raised to over Kayaking Canoeing Academy. Chief Minister Pushkar
3 crore passengers per year after expansion plans in the Singh Dhami also inaugurated the National Championship
"Tehri Water Sports Cup" at Tehri Lake.
future.
• ‘Goa Liberation Day’ is celebrated on December 19 to Meghalaya
commemorate the state’s liberation from Portuguese rule • The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a policy aimed at
in 1961. As part of Operation Vijay, the Indian armed forces addressing the issues of mental health and social care
used the armed forces trifecta with the help of local through collaborative engagement with communities. The
resistance movements to eradicate European rule from the Meghalaya Mental Health & Social Care Policy was
country. approved at the cabinet meeting, chaired by the Chief
Minister. In 2014, the Centre launched the first-ever
Kerala National Mental Health Policy in an attempt to provide
• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the universal psychiatry care.
country’s first chartered gateway, and a business jet • The Meghalaya government in partnership with startup
terminal at the Cochin International Airport. With this, TechEagle has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery hub and
Cochin airport has become the fourth airport in the country network which is aimed at providing universal access to
to operate a private jet terminal. healthcare for the people in the state.
• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's constituency has • The Meghalaya government, which has adopted a ‘Jan
achieved a new record recently. It has become the only Andolan’ (people’s movement) against Tuberculosis
constituency in India to have a library in all the wards. CM received an award for best practices in controlling the
Vijayan's constituency Dharmadam has achieved the disease that affects 2.6 million people in India every year.
position of complete library constituency in India, the first The award for Best Practice in Advocacy, Communication
in India. Out of the total 138 wards in the constituency, there and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) in Tuberculosis control
were no libraries in 63 wards. Dharmadam reached the was presented to representatives of the health department
achievement with the opening of libraries in these wards at a national workshop, aimed at ending TB infections, in
too. the national capital.
Maharashtra most important festivals in Madurai which many devotees
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has attend.
announced that the state will establish a separate Divyang • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin inaugurated the
department for the welfare of differently-abled persons statue of Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar at the
with a fund allocation of 1,143 crore rupees. renovated house of Bharathiyar at Varanasi via video
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone conference on 11th December. Stalin also released a
and inaugurate projects worth Rs 75,000 crores in souvenir on his centenary. Bharathiyar’s 141st birth
Maharashtra. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, PM anniversary celebrates on the behalf of State Government
Modi inaugurated Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat in various places in the State.
Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, • The Tamil Nadu government has announced that all those
covering a distance of 520 Kms and connecting Nagpur and who are eligible for benefits (other than minor children)
Shirdi. under various government schemes are required to submit
• Maharashtra assembly has passed the Lokayukta Bill
proof of possession of an Aadhaar number or undergo
2022, which brings the chief minister and council of
Aadhaar identification.
ministers under the ambit of the anti-corruption
• The ‘Friends of Library’ programme, under which books
ombudsman. The bill was passed without discussion as the
would be directly given to those who are unable to access
opposition had staged a walkout over the alleged scam in
the Teachers Entrance Test. Deputy Chief Minister state-run libraries, was introduced by the Tamil Nadu
Devendra Fadnavis termed the bill a historic legislation. government. The project will be helpful to people with
Cabinet Minister Deepak Kesarkar introduced the Bill which disabilities, seniors, kids, and hospital in-patients, among
has a provision to bring the Chief Minister and the cabinet others, who are unable to visit a library. Volunteers will hand
under the purview of the anti-corruption ombudsman. over the books to such people from the libraries.
• The Tamil Nadu Government, issued a notification
Madhya Pradesh declaring Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages in
• Madhya Pradesh government: According to Madhya Madurai district the first biodiversity heritage site in the
Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a huge State. The site comprising 139.63 hectares in Arittapatti
statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will
village (Melur block) and 53.8 hectares in Meenakshipuram
be installed and a research centre will be built as part his
village (Madurai East taluk) will be known as the Arittapatti
grand memorial in Gwalior. On December 26 at the 'Gwalior
Biodiversity Heritage site.
Gaurav Diwas' function to mark the late leader's 98th birth
• The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has prohibited
anniversary.
devotees from carrying mobile phones inside temples in
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu. The Division Bench of Justice R. Mahadevan
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has inaugurated an and J Sathya Narayana Prasad held that the gadgets divert
industrial park at Eraiyur in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur the attention of the devotees from the purpose of visiting
district. He also laid the foundation stone for the Phoenix the temple. The Tamil Nadu Temple Entry Authorisation
Kothari Footwear Park. The inauguration of the 243.39- Act 1947, and the Rules empower the trustees or any
acre park of the State Industries Promotion Corporation authority in charge of the temple to make regulations for
of Tamil Nadu (Sipcot) followed an announcement in the the maintenance of order and decorum in the temple.
2022-23 budget session that new parks would be set up in
Coimbatore, Perambalur, Madurai, Vellore and Tiruvallur Uttar Pradesh
districts. • UP’s Sania Mirza Clears NDA Exam: Sania Mirza, a
• The Karthigai Deepam Chariot festival was held at Mirzapur resident and the daughter of a TV mechanic,
Thiruparankundram in Madurai, Tamil Nadu after a gap of successfully passed the National Defense Academy
two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of the admission examination (NDA). Sania Mirza is from the
most important festivals in Madurai which many devotees Jasovar village, which is within the jurisdiction of the
attend. Mirzapur Dehat Kotwali Police Station.
• Tamil Nadu is set to become the first state to launch its • Stage is all set in Uttar Pradesh to rename two places after
own Climate Change Mission. It had launched the Green the state government got the approval by Union Home
Tamil Nadu Mission last September and the Tamil Nadu Ministry. The Union Home Ministry has given its consent to
Wetlands Mission this August. A Special Purpose Vehicle– change the names, a Municipal Council in Gorakhpur and a
the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC)–will village in Deoria, both in eastern UP, following
implement the State Climate Action Plan. recommendations from the state government. The ‘no-
• The Karthigai Deepam Chariot festival was held at objection’ certificates were issued by the Union Home
Thiruparankundram in Madurai, Tamil Nadu after a gap of ministry for changing the name of ‘Mundera Baazar’
two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of the municipal council in Gorakhpur district to ‘Chauri-Chaura’
and that of ‘Telia Afghan’ village in Deoria district to ‘Telia • The Bulandshahr prison of Uttar Pradesh was awarded a
Shukla’. five-star rating and the tag 'Eat Right Campus' by the Food
• The Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). The
and Minister of State for Medical Education Mayankeshwar FSSAI team inspected the kitchen's food quality, storage
Sharan Singh inaugurated the ‘E-Sushrut’ Hospital and hygiene on stringent measures, based on which the
Management Information System (HMIS )in 22 state
Bulandshahr prison was given a five-star rating, the 'Eat
medical colleges. The initiative was launched by the state
medical education department in collaboration with the Right Campus' tag in addition to the remark of 'Excellent' by
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). the FSSAI. Bulandshahr Jail is the second prison after
Farrukhabad jail to get this tag from Uttar Pradesh.
Union Territories of India

Union Territories of India of May Union Territories of India of December
Delhi Jammu and Kashmir
• Supreme Court grants Delhi government control over
services, excluding land, police, and law and order. • A first-of-its-kind Tribal Winter Festival was held in the
Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. The festival is
Union Territories of India of February organised by the district administration in collaboration
with various departments at Ketson, the festival witnessed
Jammu and Kashmir
huge public participation. The festival witnessed music,
• Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
dance, and cultural events that left the people enthralled.
inaugurated the 33rd Police-Public Mela at Gulshan Ground,
Jammu. • India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long
constructed on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-
Ladakh Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed
• Yaya Tso, known as birds' paradise for its beautiful lake by the Indian Railways. The longest tunnel is part of the
located at an altitude of 4,820 metres, has been proposed Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL)
as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site (BHS). project.
• The Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh will host the first-ever • With the onset of winter solstice, one of the harshest
frozen lake marathon on 20th February 2023, at an altitude winter periods of 40 days, called Chillai Kalan, has begun in
of roughly 13,862 feet. The first-ever frozen lake marathon Kashmir. Chillai Kalan is a Persian term meaning ‘major
which is of 21-kilometer is India’s first of its kind. The
cold’. The ongoing cold wave is said to reach its peak with
marathon will occur at a height of 13,862 feet and it will be
the first of its kind to ever take place in the globe at this Kashmir’s mountains covered in snow for weeks, and the
altitude. famous Dal Lake also reaching freezing point.
• Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha announced
Delhi three New Schemes- Holistic Development of Agriculture
• Delhi State Council of Educational Research and Training & Allied Sectors, Aspirational Towns, and Aspirational
(SCERT) has organized a 5-day ‘Jeevan Vidya Shivir’ for the Panchayat for J&K Union Territory. The projects which
teachers of Delhi government schools at Thyagaraja have now been approved by the administrative council,
stadium. have an outlay of 5013 crore rupees.
• The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(DCPCR) unveiled "Bal Mitra," a WhatsApp chatbot Ladakh
designed to improve communication between kids and • Ladakh celebrated Losar Festival to mark the Ladakhi New
parents in Delhi.
Year. Losar Festival is celebrated in Ladakh on 24th
• India’s first indigenously developed Train Control and
December 2022. The Losar Festival or the Ladakhi New
Supervision System, the i-ATS (Indigenous–Automatic
Train Supervision) deployed on the Delhi Metro. year is a major socio-religious festival of Ladakh celebrated
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will soon launch India’s first during winter. The Losar Festival will continue for nine days
virtual shopping app called Momentum 2.0 for metro from the new year. People will celebrate by offering prayers
commuters to purchase products, book services and collect in the name of God and goddess. They will also dance and
orders at the destination stations. sing in honor of Ibex and the pilgrimage of Mount Kailash.
New Appointments: National

New Appointments: National of May
S.No. Designation/Post Who is appointed
1 Chairman of the Kolkata Port Rathendra Raman
2 Director of the CBI Praveen Sood
3 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Ashutosh Dixit
4 chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Manoj Soni
5 Brand ambassador for Tripura Tourism Sourav Ganguly
6 President of International Basketball Federation Dr K. Govindaraj
7 President of the Swimming Federation of India R.N. Jayaprakash
8 Chairperson of Internet and Mobile Association of India Harsh Jain
9 Member of Union Public Service Commission Ms Suman Sharma
Constitutional & Other Posts

Replacing
whom
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY
1 Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY
2 senior advocate KV Viswanathan
Chandrachud
India’s representative to International Civil Aviation
3 Angshumali Rastogi
Organization
4 Central Vigilance Commissioner Praveen Kumar Srivastava
CEO’S/Chairman of Companies/Organizations/Banks/ Or Appointments

1 Managing Director (MD) of Bank of Baroda (BOB Debadatta Chand
2 Managing Director (MD) of the Bank of India (BOI) Rajneesh Karnatak
3 Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India (CIL) Polavarapu Mallikharjuna Prasad
4 Wakefit. co’s brand ambassador Ayushmann Khurrana
5 Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) S N Subrahmanyan
6 Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Parminder Chopra
7 Global ambassador of GUCCI Alia Bhatt
8 Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of NIIFL Rajiv Dhar
9 Managing Director of PUMA India Karthik Balagopalan
10 CEO of Twitter Linda Yaccarino
11 Duroflex brand ambassador Virat Kohli
12 Paytm President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Bhavesh Gupta
13 Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board A K Jain
14 IDBI Bank Deputy Managing Director Jayakumar S. Pillai
15 MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank Srikrishnan Harihara Sarma
16 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President R. Dinesh
New Appointments: National of April

1 Vice-Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) Sanjay Jasjit Singh
2 Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) Arun Sinha

S.No. Designation/Post Who is appointed Replacing whom
1 President of the Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Rajasthan Dr. Sheenu Jhawar Dr. Ravi Modani
2 President of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) Sudha Shivkumar
3 Managing Director of Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd. Kenichi Umeda Satoshi Uchida
President, CEO & Managing Director of Honda Motorcycle &
4 Tsutsumu Otani Atsushi Ogata
Scooter India
Kalikesh Narayan Singh
5 President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) Raninder Singh
Deo
6 Chairman of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association Anshuman Singhania
7 Chief Investment Officer of LIC Ratnakar Patnaik PR Mishra
Interim managing director and chief executive officer Karnataka
8 Sekhar Rao Mahabaleshwara M S
Bank
Kaizad Bharucha & Bhavesh
9 Deputy Managing Director & Executive Director of HDFC Bank
Zaveri
10 CEO and managing director of Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd (TEPL) Dr. Randhir Thakur
11 Brand ambassador of Jio Cinema Rohit Sharma
12 Brand ambassador of HSBC India Virat Kohli
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Dynamics
13 A Madhavarao
Limited (BDL)
14 Brand ambassador of Star Sports Rishabh Pant
15 Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BEML Limited Shantanu Roy
16 Chairman of the MMA-1 Federation Mahavir Singh Phogat
17 Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Shreekant M Bhandiwad
Krishnan
18 Chairperson of Nasscom Anant Maheshwari
Ramanujam
19 President of Cycling Federation of India (CFI) Pankaj Singh
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Association of Asset
20 Hari Hara Mishra
Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)
21 Chairperson of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Siddhartha Mohanty
New Appointments: National of March

1 Director General Quality Assurance Lt Gen RS Reen
2 Principal director general of the Press Information Bureau Rajesh Malhotra
3 Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Rashmi Shukla
4 Chairperson of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Jishnu Barua
5 Controller General of Accounts S.S. Dubey

1 Secretary General Shailesh Pathak
2 CEO-Designate of GIL-Chemicals Business Vishal Sharma
3 MD & CEO of Pramerica Life Insurance Pankaj Gupta Kalpana Sampat
4 CEO of Axis Mutual Fund B Gopkumar Chandresh Nigam
5 Managing director and CEO of HUL Rohit Jawa
6 Managing director and CEO of Mohit Joshi Mohit Joshi
7 Interim CEO of LIC Siddhartha Mohanty
8 Chairman-Cum-Managing Director Amitava Mukherjee
9 Chief executive officer of Honeywell International HON Vimal Kapur Darius Adamczyk
10 CEO-designate of TCS K Krithivasan Rajesh Gopinathan
Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Supratim
11 Deepak Mohanty
(PFRDA) Bandyopadhyay
12 Managing director of UCO Bank Ashwani Kumar
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Cotton Corporation of
13 Lalit Kumar Gupta
India (CCI)
Chairman and Managing Director of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation
14 G. Krishnakumar
Limited (BPCL)
15 MD & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Anup Bagchi N S Kannan
16 Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Invest India Manmeet K Nanda
17 Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CEAT Arnab Banerjee
18 AHF Athletes Ambassador from India Salima Tete
non-executive chairperson and independent director of the NDTV board Upendra Kumar
19
of directors Sinha
20 independent director of the NDTV board of directors Dipali Goenka
21 Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Axis Securities Pranav Haridasan B Gopkumar
President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
22 Ajay Singh Sumant Sinha
India (ASSOCHAM).
23 Senior Vice-President of ASSOCHAM Sanjay Nayar
24 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Tata Power Praveer Sinha
25 Cheif Executive Officer of Hero MotoCorp Niranjan Gupta
26 Managing Director of Hitachi Payment Services Sumil Vikamsey
Other’s
1 celebrity endorser Ranveer Singh
2 Hand Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar
3 India's ambassador for She Changes Climate Shreya Ghodawat
4 Viacom 18 brand ambassador MS Dhoni
5 Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt Ltd brand ambassador Virat Kohli
6 Star Sports brand ambassador Ranveer Singh
New Appointments: National of February

Constitutional & Other Posts
1 Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar
1 India Head of Morgan Stanley Arun Kohli Sanjay Shah
CEO of Gujarat Ports Infrastructure Company Limited of the
2 Madhvendra Singh
Gujarat Maritime Cluster
3 Chief Executive Officer Designate Raul Rebello
4 MD & CEO K Satyanarayana Raju L V Prabhakar
5 MD Meenakshi Nevatia S Sridhar
Aniket Sunil Talati & Ranjeet
6 President and Vice President
Kumar Agarwal
7 MD of Jaguar Land Rover India Rajan Amba Rohit Suri
Parameswaran
8 CEO of NITI Aayog BVR Subrahmanyam
lyer
Other’s
1 Brand Ambassador of Puma India Harmanpreet Kaur
2 Member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Shamika Ravi
3 Brand Ambassador of UnCrave Vir Das
4 National Ambassador of UNICEF Ayushmann Khurrana
5 Drug Controller General of India Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi
New Appointments: National of January

1. Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been elevated as Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank with effect from
January 1, 2023 from his current posting as executive director. He started his banking career as a probationary officer in
1991 with Allahabad Bank where he worked in various capacities in different parts of the country.
2. Folk singer Maithili Thakur was appointed the state icon for Bihar by the Election Commission. The singer will create
awareness among the voters for their participation in the electoral process. This recognition will give her (Maithili) more
impetus to spread Bihar's folk music across continents and generate awareness about the importance of participating in
the electoral process.
3. The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) its members have elected Saiyam Mehra as Chairman and
Rajesh Rokde as Vice Chairman of the industry body for a period of two years (2023-24). GJC represents over 6,00,000
industry players comprising manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, laboratories, gemologists, designers and
allied services providers
4. According to the Ministry of Communications, Vinaya Prakash Singh, a former Member (Personnel), Postal Services
Board, was elected as the union's Secretary General and will assume responsibility for the position for a four-year term
following the successful elections held during the 13th APPU Congress, which was held in Bangkok during the months of
August and September 2022.
5. Chetan Sharma was reappointed as the chairman of the senior selection committee by BCCI. Salil Ankola, Shiv Sunar
Das, Subroto Banerjee and Sridharan Sharath are new members of the selection committee.
6. Paytm Payments Bank has received banking regulator RBI's nod to appoint Surinder Chawla as its Managing Director
and CEO.
7. Anurag Kumar was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Electronics Corporation of India Limited
(ECIL).
8. Meta announced the appointment of former Tata CLiQ CEO Vikas Purohit as the director of global business group in
India.
9. Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana.
10. Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited is partnering with international women’s cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as a
‘nutrition sponsor’.
11. Pankaj Kumar Singh was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat
for a period of two years.
12. Praveen Sharma has been selected for appointment as Director in the National Health Authority.
13. Vikram Dev Dutt has been selected for appointment as the next director general in the Directorate of General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA).
14. Naresh Lalwani has taken over as the new General Manager of Central Railway.
15. Air Marshal A P Singh has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force.
16. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recommended the name of Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi as the new
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
17. Nikhat Zareen to represent NMDC as its brand ambassador.

1. Shamalbhai B Patel Chairman Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)
2. Valamjibhai Humbal vice chairman Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)
3. Siddharth Sharma CEO Tata Trusts
4. Aparna Uppaluri Chief operating officer Tata Trusts
5. Prabdev Singh Chief Executive Officer in India JP Morgan Chase & Co.
New Appointments: National of December

1. Prasanth Kumar, CEO, South Asia of GroupM Media (India) Pvt Ltd, : president of the Advertising Agencies Association
of India (AAAI).
2. Institute of Cost Accountants of India(statutory body) said that Vijender Sharma : as the new president and Rakesh
Bhalla as vice-president for 2022-23.
3. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, Professor Emeritus at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), as the part-time chairperson
of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India for a period of three years.
4. Distinguished Scientist of Department of Atomic Energy, K.V. Suresh Kumar : Chairman and Managing Director of
BharatiyaNabhikiyaVidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI)
5. K V Shaji ,Chairman NABARD
president of the Table Tennis Federation of India Meghna Ahlawat (first female President)
new secretary general of the TTFI Patel Nagender Reddy
6. MD, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB Meenesh C Shah
7. Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran has been appointed as the chair of B20 India which represents the entire G20
business community. He will lead the business agenda during India’s G20 Presidency.
8. first woman president , Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha or PT Usha
9. Ajay Patel of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has been elected unopposed as senior vice-president. IOA
10. Justice Dipankar Dutta has took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court
11. Senior cardiologist from Hyderabad, Dr PC Rath, was formally elected president of the Cardiological Society of India
(CSI) for the year 2023-24
12. Major General Mohit Seth has took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Counter Insurgency Force
Kilo.
13. Dinesh Kumar Shukla :Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).
14. Former Supreme Court judge, Hemant Gupta has been appointed as the chairperson of New Delhi International
Arbitration Centre (NDIAC). .
15. Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
16. The Air India management has appointed Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh as the chief of Air India’s low-cost airline
business
17. Former Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir has assumed charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for
Backward Classes (NCBC).
18. Indian tech brand “Noise” has appointed Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador for its smartwatches.
19. Anil Kumar Lahoti : Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board.
20. Shri Ganji Kamala V Rao IAS:Chief Executive Officer of the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
21. Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
22. Lieutenant General Arvind Walia has been appointed as the next Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army
23. Baskar Babu Ramachandran as the MD & CEO of Suryoday Small Finance bank
New Appointments: International
New Appointments: International of May
President/PM/Heads of Countries/Organizations
S.No. Designation/Post Who is Appointed?
1 Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Margherita Della Valle
2 14th President of the World Bank Ajay Banga
3 Domestic Policy Advisor in the Biden administration Neera Tandon
4 Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues in US Geeta Rao Gupta
New Appointments: International of April

1 22nd president of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu
New Appointments: International of March

1 President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu
2 President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong(Võ Văn Thưởng)
3 PM of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
4 President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel
5 CEO of Silicon Valley Bank Tim Mayopoulos
6 Vice President of Nepal Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav
7 President of New Development Bank (NDB) Dilma Vana Rousseff
8 Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf
9 Vice President of UAE Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
New Appointments: International of February

• The Nepal Cricket Association has appointed former Indian cricketer Monty Desai as the head coach of the Nepal national
cricket team.
• An Indian-American, Neal Mohan will become the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alphabet-owned YouTube following
Susan Wojcicki's announcement that she will be stepping down from her role as the head of the video-sharing platform.
• Ruchira Kamboj, India's permanent representative to the UN, has been chosen to serve as the commission's chair during the
62nd session.
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has named Professor Meghana Pandit, a renowned physician of Indian
descent, as its CEO.
• The International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva has chosen the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to serve
as its external auditor for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027, the apex auditor announced. The CAG is Girish Chandra Murmu.
1 Prime minister of Equatorial Guinea Manuela Roka Botey
2 President of Bangladesh Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu
3 President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides
New Appointments: International of January
• Bank of Singapore (BoS), the private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), announced that it has
appointed Jason Moo as its new CEO.
• Sultan al-Jaber to preside over the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai.

1. Prime Minister of Gabon Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze
2. Vice president of Gabon Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda
3. Ministry of Indigenous People (Brazil) Sônia Guajajara
4. Lieutenant Governor in the state of Maryland Aruna Miller
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Chief
5. Clare Lombardelli
Economist.
6. Chief Executive Officer of Cairn Oil & Gas Nick Walker
7. Chief of staff to US President Jeff Zients
8. CEO of Toyota Motor Corp Koji Sato
9. Unilever Chief Executive Officer Hein Schumacher
10. President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel
New Appointments: International of December
1. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin Sushmita Shukla as its First Vice President, and
Chief Operating Officer (COO
2. The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee has named American executive Cindy Hook as
its first CEO.
3. Harvard University named Claudine Gay, a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, as its new president, the first African
American to hold the post at the prestigious university.
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of • The Government of Goa and the Government of
Uttarakhand have come together and signed a
May
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the
tourism landscape of both Goa and Uttarakhand.
• NTPC signed a deal with NPCIL to develop nuclear power
projects in India for clean energy.
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of
• India and Israel signed a MoU on industrial R&D
cooperation, says the Ministry of Science & Technology. April
• MakeMyTrip partners with Microsoft for voice-assisted ● Romania and India have signed their first Defence
booking in Indian languages. Cooperation Agreement, paving the way for expanded
• Ayush Ministry and ICMR collaborate on integrative health military cooperation and joint work in various fields.
research. ● The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has
• The Union Cabinet, signed MoU between the Institute of partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and The Chartered (IIT-Bombay) to develop a touchless biometric capture
Accountants of the Maldives (CA Maldives). system that is easy to use and accessible from anywhere.
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has entered ● IIT Kanpur's SIIC has signed a CSR agreement with
into a partnership with Israel to establish the ‘India-Israel Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, one of
the newly created Defence PSUs, at the Ordnance Factory
Center of Water Technology’ (CoWT).
Kanpur.
• In a significant development highlighting the strengthening
● Nepal and India will sign an agreement to allow cross-
ties between India and Australia, the two nations signed border digital payments through e-wallets to boost trade
crucial agreements on migration and mobility partnership, and tourism between the two countries. Indian tourists in
as well as on the establishment of a Green Hydrogen task Nepal can use Indian e-wallets like BharatPe, PhonePe,
force. Google Pay, and Paytm.
● Cipla signs licensing agreement with Novartis to produce ● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Memorandum
and market Galvus range from 2026. of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Bank of the
● AIIB signs agreement to establish first overseas office in United Arab Emirates for promoting innovation in financial
Abu Dhabi Global Market. products and services.
● Indian Army and Tezpur University signed an MoU on 19th ● The Ministry of Steel has signed 57 Memorandums of
April 2023 for a 16-week Chinese language training course
Understanding (MoUs) with 27 companies for specialty
for Indian Army personnel to be conducted at Tezpur
steel production under the Production Linked Incentive
University.
● India and the UK sign MOU for science and innovation (PLI) Scheme.
collaboration. ● Larsen & Toubro (L&T), an Indian multinational that
● Cummins Inc and Tata Motors have formed TCPL Green specializes in EPC projects, hi-tech manufacturing, and
Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd to produce low-to-zero-emissions services, has signed a binding agreement with McPhy
technology products in India. Energy, a leading electrolyzer technology and
● Shivalik Small Finance Bank has announced a strategic manufacturing company based in France. The agreement
partnership with Arya.ag, a grain commerce platform, to establishes a long-term partnership between the two
provide financing to small farmers against warehouse companies to explore opportunities in the emerging green
receipts. hydrogen market.
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of ● Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan
March
Cricket Association to build the world's third-largest
● India and Australia signed a Framework Mechanism for cricket stadium in Chonp village, Jaipur.
Mutual Recognition of Qualifications that will help ease
the mobility of students and professionals between the two
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of
countries.
● In order to reduce carbon footprint in its operations, Tata February
Steel Mining Limited has signed a memorandum of
• India has welcomed Congo to International Solar Alliance.
understanding with GAIL (India) Limited for supply of
The External Affairs Ministry said the Ambassador of the
natural gas to its ferro alloys plant at Athgarh in Odisha’s
Cuttack district. Republic of Congo, Raymond Serge Bale signed the
● The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) under the Youth International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement in the
Affairs and Sports Ministry; and the National Council of presence of the Joint Secretary (Economic Diplomacy).
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) signed an MoU • The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and
to strengthen value-based sports education amongst the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) signed a
school children and teachers. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up
● A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Research, digital forensic laboratories along with the exchange of
Technology, and Innovation Collaborations between India information and knowledge, technological advancement
and Mexico has been inked. and skill development in the field of digital forensics.
● The Centre and the World Bank have signed two
• Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) has
complementary loans of $500 million each to support and
announced a new partnership with the Indian Institute of
enhance the country’s health sector development.
Through this combined financing of $1 billion, the World Science (IISc) to promote research and development in the
Bank will support India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri- field of on-chip Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection.
Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM- • India and Fiji have signed a pact to exempt visas for holders
ABHIM), launched in October 2021. of diplomatic and official passports. As of now, India has
● The United States and India will sign a memorandum of diplomatic and official passport holders' visa exemption
understanding on semiconductors as both countries discuss pacts with 59 other countries as per the
coordination of investment and continue the dialogue PassportIndia.gov.in website.
around policies to spur private investment. • The Central Water Commission (CWC), Department of
● Punjab National Bank, the nation’s public sector bank, and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga
Central Warehousing Corporation have signed a
Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate financing
Memorandum of Agreement for Development of
under e-NWR (Electronic Negotiable Warehousing
Receipt). International Centre of Excellence for Dams (ICED) under
● The Government of India and the World Bank have signed externally funded Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement
an agreement for the Green National Highway Corridors Project Phase II and Phase III. This MoA will remain valid for
Project, with loan assistance of $500 million against total ten years or till the duration of the DRIP Phase-II and Phase-
project cost of $1,288.24 million (Rs 7,662.47 crore). II Scheme, whichever is earlier, from the date of signing.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of
Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of January
Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute of • IIT Madras Centre of Excellence working with DRDO on
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and The Institute of Advanced Defence Technologies including Combat
Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). The Vehicle Technologies. Indian Institute of Technology
MoU is to provide recognition of the qualification, training Madras (IIT Madras) is operating a Research Centre
of each other's members and admit the members in good dedicated to defence technologies jointly with the Defence
standing by prescribing a bridging mechanism on the Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to
prevailing terms and conditions. develop advanced technologies for the national defence
• Ministry of Rural Development signed an MoU between and security needs of the nation. It was established by
the ministry and Meesho an e-commerce platform owned DRDO but IIT Madras has now taken over and converted it
by Bengaluru-based Fashnear Technologies Private into a centre of excellence.
Limited. • Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik directed the
• India’s lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 has successfully distribution of five kilograms of rice per month free of cost
underwent EMI-EMC (Electro-Magnetic Interference/ to beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS)
for the next one year. The state government has decided to
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility).
provide 5 kilograms of rice under SFSS to the beneficiaries
• Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) said,
free of cost for a period of one year starting from January
it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
2023 to December 2023. The total expenditure of the plan
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), DRDO, for the
will be Rs 185 crore.
Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. • The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a
• Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New partnership with the JSW Group for the upcoming FIH
Zealand, and Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-
largest and the most renowned cancer care hospital and Rourkela, which will kick-off later this month. The group
research centre in India, have signed a Memorandum of supports and promotes Olympics in India and has created
Understanding (MoU) to engage in long-term cooperation an Olympic Training Institute in the Inspire Institute of Sport
in cancer care. as well as has Olympic training centres across the country.
• Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), an aerospace company in The 15th edition of FIH’s flagship event for men will be
India, and EDGE, the top defence company in the UAE, played from 13 January to 29 January in Odisha, India.
inked a Memorandum of Understanding at the International • ISRO and Microsoft signed a MoU to help Indian Space tech
Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). start-ups with technology tools, go-to-market support, and
• CSC Academy, a subsidiary of Common Service Centre e- mentoring to help them scale and become business ready.
Governance Services India Limited, and NIELIT (National Through this MoU, the space tech startups identified by
Institute of Electronics and Information Technology) have ISRO will be onboarded onto the Microsoft for Startups
Founders Hub.
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
enhance digital literacy and skill development in India. • India and Panama have signed MoU to encourage
cooperation in the training of diplomats
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to India on February
• Sony Sports Network, which will air the Australian Open
25–26 will focus on advancing a $5.2 billion agreement
this month across its channels and OTT app SonyLiv. It has
between Germany and India to jointly construct six
roped in sponsors like Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Samsonite as co-
conventional submarines in India. presenting sponsors and Panasonic as an associate sponsor
for the upcoming open.
• Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with chapters of 8 countries of the
Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) at
the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention. The MoUs were
signed with France Metropole Paris, Mauritius, Reunion
Island, Martinique, Sri Lanka, GOPOI International,
Malaysia, and Mauritius.
• The Indian High Commission signed an MoU with the
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka to establish a
Hindi Chair.
• Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority
(WDRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the State Bank of India to help farmers in
getting low-interest-rate loans.
• The Indian Ports Association (IPA) and Research & Ayurveda (REAA), Germany, for five more years to take
Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) signed forward collaborative programmes.
a Memorandum of Agreement for setting up a Centre for • Airbnb signed MoU with the Department of Tourism,
Maritime Economy and Connectivity. Government of Goa, to jointly promote Goa as one of the
• Gogoro along with Belrise Industries (formerly known as most sought-after high potential tourism destinations in
Badve Engineering) has inked a strategic energy India and around the world.
partnership with the Maharashtra government to • The European Union has adopted a plan for a global
establish a battery swapping infrastructure. This follows up minimum 15% tax on big business.
to Gogoro’s earlier announced partnership with Hero • The next World Trade Organization ministerial conference
MotoCorp and Zypp Electric among others. will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in
• The International Hockey Federation (FIH) Partners with February 2024. The UAE and Cameroon were both vying to
JSP Foundation for Hockey Development and Men's host the event
World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland. • Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at the Bhabha Atomic
• The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Research Centre (BARC) signed agreements with MSMEs
Healthcare Providers (NABH) and Healthcare Sector Skill for incubation of newer technologies into commercial
Council (HSSC) signed a memorandum of understanding products.
(MoU). The pact between NABH and HSSC aims at • NTPC signed a non-binding MoU with Tecnimont Private
recognition of the HSSC certificate for NABH accreditation Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group,
and develops training programs for skilling, reskilling, and Italy, to jointly evaluate and explore the possibility to
upskilling required for healthcare professionals. develop a commercial-scale Green Methanol production
• India and Egypt signed an MOU to facilitate content facility at the NTPC project in India.
exchange, capacity building, and Co-Productions between • The tripartite agreement was signed by the central and
Prasar Bharati and the National Media Authority of Egypt. Manipur governments and the Zeliangrong United Front
• South Africa said that it had reached a deal to transfer more (ZUF) rebel group which mostly operated in Manipur.The
than 100 cheetahs to India as part of an ambitious project agreement was signed by senior home ministry officials and
to reintroduce the spotted cats in the south Asian country. the government of Manipur and the representatives of ZUF
The environment ministry said an initial batch of 12 in presence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
cheetahs would be flown to India next month, after eight • Ministry of Power has signed a MoU with the DRDO to
cheetahs arrived from Namibia last September. implement an early warning system for vulnerable hydro
• Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers projects and power stations in hilly regions.
(GRSE) Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding • In conjunction with the Learning Links Foundation, the
(MoU) with Rolls Royce Solutions of Germany for National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS)
manufacture of high-quality marine diesel engines at the was setting up a two-day face-to-face capacity building
former's plant in Ranchi. program , for EMRS teachers to implement the Amazon
Future Engineer Program (LLF).
Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings of • Tata Steel and TuTr Hyperloop signed a Memorandum of
December Agreement (MoA) at IIT Madras to collaborate on the
development and wide-scale use of Hyperloop technology.
• India and Germany signed a comprehensive migration
and mobility partnership, which will facilitate easier access
for people to study, research and work in both countries.
• MoU signed between The National Small Industries
Corporation Ltd. and Walmart Global Sourcing India
Private Limited, to facilitate services to MSMEs in Walmart
Vriddhi program.
• IIT Ropar and the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) of
the Indian Army signed a MoU for setting up a centre of
excellence for studies and applied research in defence and
security at the premier institute.
• In a bid to promote Ayurveda across continents, the All
India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed MoU with the
University of Medical Sciences, Cuba, and extended the
agreement with Rosenberg European Academy of
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Banking Current Affairs of May
Current Affairs related to RBI and Regulatories Bodies
S.No. Name Purpose
RBI has mandated all banks and financial institutions in India to include complete information about the
1 RBI originator and beneficiary in all domestic and international wire transfers to prevent money laundering
and financing terrorism.
2 SEBI SEBI introduces LEI system for listed issuers and financial transactions.
RBI invests incremental reserves in bonds and securities, including US Treasuries, to maintain economic
3 RBI
stability.
RBI collaborates with GFIN for Greenwashing TechSprint to combat ESG-related deception in financial
4 RBI
services.
5 EXIM Exim Bank aims to raise a record $4 billion in FY24 for trade finance and loans to support growth.
RBI has instructed financial institutions and banks to adopt an Alternative Reference Rate, primarily the
6 RBI
SOFR, and end their reliance on the scandal-shrouded LIBOR and MIFOR
RBI has taken significant actions in the financial sector, canceling the certificate of registration of seven
Reserve
7 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and accepting the surrender permits of 14 NBFCs. These moves
Bank of India
aim to regulate and maintain the stability of the non-banking financial institution (NBFI) sector.
Reserve Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the transfer of Rs 87,416 crore surplus to the government for the
8 Bank of India financial year 2022-23. This amount is nearly three times higher than the previous year’s transfer of Rs
(RBI) 30,307 crore.
Reserve announced its economic activity index nowcast, forecasting a strong GDP growth rate of 7.6% for the first
9
Bank of India quarter of the fiscal year 2023-2024 (Q1 FY24).
granted approval for a change in control of HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) due to the
10 SEBI
amalgamation of HDFC Ltd and HDFC Bank Ltd.
instructed financial institutions and banks to adopt an Alternative Reference Rate, primarily the Secured
Reserve
11 Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), and end their reliance on the scandal-shrouded London Interbank
Bank of India
Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Mumbai Interbank Forward Outright Rate (MIFOR) by July 1.
The Reserve has granted approval for the voluntary Scheme of Amalgamation of Maratha Sahakari Bank with The
12
Bank of India Cosmos Co-operative Bank. The merger is set to take effect from May 29, 2023, as announced by the RBI.
The Reserve Announced a penalty of Rs 84.50 lakh on Central Bank of India for its failure to comply with certain
13
Bank of India provisions related to fraud classification and reporting.
According to the RBI annual report, the number of counterfeit Rs 500 notes detected in FY23 saw a 14
Reserve percent increase compared to the previous fiscal year. In FY23, a total of 91,110 pieces of fake Rs 500 notes
14
Bank of India were identified, while 79,669 counterfeit notes were detected in FY22. This surge in fake Rs 500 notes
raises concerns regarding the security and integrity of India’s currency system.
The report notes that the general government deficit moderated to 9.4% of GDP, while the government
Reserve
16 debt stood at 86.5% of GDP. These figures represent a decline from the peak levels of 13.1% and 89.4%
Bank of India
recorded in 2020-21, respectively.
Important Banking Related Current Affairs

S.No. Bank Name Purpose
HDFC Bank launches the digital platform "Smart Saathi" to connect business correspondents and
1 HDFC
facilitators with the bank.
HDFC Bank has launched a retail banking initiative called 'Vishesh' aimed at customers in semi-urban
2 HDFC
and rural areas.
Bank of Recognized as the best bank in managing bad loans, achieving a remarkably low net non-performing
Maharashtra assets (NPAs) ratio of 0.25% during the financial year that ended in March 2023.
Scheme/ App
S.No. Bank Name Name / Mou/ Purpose
Reports
Cashfree to launch ‘Global Collections‘, an international collection service for exporters who hold
1 YES Bank
Payments an account with YES Bank.
AU Small to introduce the Business Cashback RuPay credit card, a novel solution designed to
2 RuPay
Finance Bank fulfill the financial requirements of self-employed clients.
partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL), a government-
Bank of
3 MoU backed information utility appointed by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India,
Baroda
to launch the Electronic Bank Guarantee (BG) system.
Food and grocery delivery company Zomato has announced its partnership with ICICI
4 ICICI Bank MoU
Bank to introduce its own unified payments interface (UPI) offering called Zomato UPI.
Reported impressive financial results for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2023. The
State Bank of bank’s net profit witnessed a significant surge of 83 percent, reaching a record high of
5 Report
India (SBI) Rs 16,694 crore.
Launched ‘Sarathi,’ a revolutionary digital onboarding platform aimed at simplifying

6 Axis Bank Schemes the process for merchants to adopt Electronic Data Capture (EDC) or Point of Sale (PoS)
terminals.
Announced a strategic partnership with Manipal Global Skills Academy to launch the
7 HDFC Bank MoU
Leadership Excellence Program (LXP).
Equitas Small
8 MoU Partnership with IBM Consulting to develop and construct a digital banking platform.
Finance Bank
9 YES Bank Unveiling of its new logo, which forms part of its “refreshed brand identity.”
Other Important Banking Related Current Affairs

• American regulators announced that First Republic Bank had been taken over and that an agreement had been reached to sell
the bank to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Scheduled commercial banks in India reported strong credit growth of 15.4% in FY23, led by personal loans, loans to the services
sector, and agriculture and allied activities, according to RBI data. Personal loans grew 20.6%, primarily due to housing loans.
• RBI and BIS launch G20 TechSprint 2023, a global cross-border payments competition for innovators.
• Fintech GetVantage obtains RBI NBFC license for lending operations.
• AIBEA plans online "Bank Clinic" for customer grievance redressal.
• Public sector banks (PSBs) in India have achieved a significant milestone in the financial year ended March 2023, with their
cumulative profit crossing the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark.
• Indian Bank announced that it has been selected as a Clearing and Settlement Bank by the Indi an Clearing Corporation Ltd
(ICCL).
• The government has approved a new digital reporting and communication system to address loan defaults exceeding Rs 50
crore.
Banking Current Affairs of April

Current Affairs related to RBI and Regulatory authorities
Name Purpose
RBI RBI shares India's IIP data: Non-residents' net claims drop by $12 bn in Q3 2022, while foreign liabilities rise due to trade
credits and loans. Reserve assets make up 64.3% of India's international financial assets as of December 2022.
RBI Neeraj Nigam has been appointed as the new executive director (ED).
RBI introduce a new secured web-based portal called "PRAVAAH" (Platform for Regulatory Application, Validation And
AutHorisation) aimed at simplifying and streamlining the application processes.
SEBI SEBI unveils new logo on its Foundation Day, representing its commitment to economic growth through capital
formation and technology.
RBI RBI issues guidelines for banks and NBFCs on accepting 'green deposits' for financing green projects.
RBI India's central bank may ease its stance on signing a market infrastructure agreement with European regulators, provided
they drop demands to scrutinize and penalize Indian intermediaries like Clearing Corp of India (CCIL).
SEBI Sebi's latest initiative, the ASBA facility for secondary market trading, streamlines the IPO application process by
allowing investors to block funds in their savings accounts, ensuring the safety of their funds and providing greater
liquidity.
RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it has unified the provisioning norms for standard assets across all
categories of urban cooperative banks (UCBs).

India Post has launched WhatsApp Banking Services in New Delhi, enabling customers to access banking
1 Payments Bank services on their mobile phones, such as requesting doorstep services and finding the nearest
(IPPB) Post Office.
Bank of Bank of Maharashtra opens its first dedicated startup branch in Pune, Maharashtra, offering
2
Maharashtra (BoM) comprehensive support during their growth journey.
Fino Payments Fino Payments Bank renews its association with Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2023, becoming their
3
Bank official Digital Banking Partner.
DBS Bank India has launched 'digiPortfolio', a new investment solution available on the bank's
4 DBS Bank digibank platform that offers customized investment options curated by Morningstar. It aims to
provide an easy-to-use, one-stop solution for investors to put money into mutual funds.
SBI plans to introduce new variants of current and savings accounts in FY 2023-24, including two
5 SBI
new types of current accounts and a new savings account called "Parivar" account.
SBI reintroduces Amrit Kalash deposit scheme with 7.6% rate for senior citizens and 7.1% for
6 SBI
others for 400 days.
City Union Bank CUB offers voice biometric authentication for mobile banking app users, with plans to extend it
7
Limited (CUB) to net banking.
AU Small Finance
8 AU Small Finance Bank gets RBI approval as an authorized dealer in foreign exchange.
Bank
SBI is expected to discuss a proposed offering with investment banks from Europe, Japan, and
9 SBI
the United States next week.
has obtained a non-banking finance company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India
10 Jupiter
(RBI), enabling the company to provide credit from its own resources.
S. Bank
Scheme/ App Name/ Mou Purpose
No. Name
to help HDFC Bank raise foreign currency funds, which will be used to support
1 HDFC EXIM Bank of Korea
Korea-related businesses.
Canara Canara Bank and NPCI Bharat BillPay have launched a cross-border bill
2 NPCI Bharat Billpay Ltd
Bank payment service for Indians in Oman to pay bills in India.
Canara Reserve Bank Innovation has introduced a new customer-friendly service called "Digitalised Submission
3
Bank Hub (RBIH) of Form 15G/15H," which is aimed at enhancing customer satisfaction.
Other Banking Current Affairs

● Indian public sector banks transfer Rs 35,012 crore in unclaimed deposits to RBI.
● The National Payments Corporation of India's (NPCI) subsidiary, NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL), has launched the NOCS
platform to provide reconciliation and settlement services for transactions made on the Open Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC) network.
Banking Current Affairs of March

Current Affairs related to Regulatory authorities
Name Purpose
RBI "Har Payment Digital" – with the aim of making every citizen in the country a user of digital payments as part of Digital
Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023.
1 SBI announced the completion of a $1 billion syndicated social loan facility. It is the largest
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) loan by a commercial bank in the Asia Pacific and the
second-largest social loan globally.
2 Kotak ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’
3 SBI has raised Rs 3,717 crore through its third Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 bond issuance in the
current financial year at coupon rate of 8.25 per cent.
4 Suryoday Small announced the launch of 'Blossom Women’s Savings Account' with 7 percent per annum interest
Finance Bank rate with monthly interest credit.
5 IDFC FIRST Bank has become the official banking partner of the Mumbai Indians, a franchise cricket team that
competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
6 ICICI Bank offering a comprehensive bouquet of digital and physical solutions to cater to all banking needs of
startups across their various life stages.
S.No. Bank Name Scheme/ App Name/ Mou Purpose
1 RBL MoU with EXIM bank under the Trade Assistance Programme (TAP) in order to facilitate
cross-border commercial operations.
2 Canara Bank in collaboration with National launched the Rupay Credit Card through UPI using the BHIM app.
Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI)
3 Yes bank National E-Governance Services to issue its first electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG).
Limited (NeSL)
4 IDFC First Crunchfish to launch a pilot project to demonstrate offline retail payments.
Bank
5 Axis Bank Ezetap by Razorpay and MyPinpad introduced a groundbreaking payment solution called "MicroPay"
6 SBI NGO That's Eco Foundation to donate ₹48 lakh for the plantation of 32,000 tree saplings at
Garden City University in Bengaluru.

● Axis Bank completed the acquisition of Citibank’s ● Canara Bank has announced that it sold its stake in
consumer business. The deal, which was announced in Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL), a joint venture with
March 2022, will see India’s third-largest private sector bank State Bank of India (SBI), to SBI for approximately ₹121.29
absorbing Citibank’s consumer businesses, covering loans,
crore. CIBL, which was established in 2003, operates in
credit cards, wealth management, and retail banking
operations in India. Russia and is owned 60% by SBI and 40% by Canara Bank.
● Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC) According to Canara Bank, the sale agreement was
and HDFC Bank, announced the launch of a co-branded executed on November 11, 2022.
travel credit card. Known as the IRCTC HDFC Bank Credit ● ICICI Lombard General Insurance has introduced an
Card, the newly launched co-branded card is available industry-first feature for health insurance policyholders
exclusively on NPCI’s Rupay network.
called 'Anywhere Cashless,' which allows them to receive
● Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI), the life insurance
subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) launched cashless facilities at any hospital, regardless of whether or
a new-age savings solution ABSLI Nishchit Aayush Plan, not it is currently part of ICICI Lombard's hospital network.
which aims to provide financial security to policyholders ● First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company, based in Raleigh,
while also providing long-term savings benefits. North Carolina, has entered a purchase and assumption
● IDFC Mutual Fund has rebranded itself as Bandhan Mutual agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance
Fund.
Corporation (FDIC) to acquire all loans and deposits of the
● National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the
merger of HDFC Ltd and HDFC Bank, which is considered recently failed Silicon Valley Bridge Bank in the United
to be the largest merger in the history of corporate India. States.
Banking Current Affairs of February
Current Affairs related to Regulatory authorities of February
Name Purpose
RBI expand the scope of TReDS platform allowing the use of insurance facilities, permitting entities eligible to undertake
factoring business to participate as financiers on TReDS and allowing secondary market operations on the platform.
RBI a pilot programme to introduce coin vending machines that use QR codes will begin shortly.
RBI 'Financial Literacy Week' started on 13th and will last till February 17, 2023.
RBI second global hackathon - 'HARBINGER 2023 - Innovation for Transformation' with the theme 'Inclusive Digital
Services'

1 SBI 3rd dedicated branch for startup opened in Gurugram.
2 Indian Overseas Bank launched the facility of issuance of e-BG (Electronic Bank Guarantee) scheme in association with
the National e-Governance Services Ltd.
3 Kotak Mahindra Bank 'Kotak fyn', an integrated portal developed to offer comprehensive digital banking and value-
added services to its business banking and corporate clients.
S.No. Bank Name Scheme/ App Purpose

Name/ Mou
1 ICICI BNP Paribas have signed an initial pact to cater to the banking requirements of European
corporates operating in India and Indian companies in the European Union.
2 SBI PayNow for cross-border payments
3 HDFC Lulu Exchange to strengthen cross-border payments between India and Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) region.
4 Saraswat Tagit to implement omnichannel digital banking solutions for its retail and corporate
Bank customers.
5 Karnataka Paisalo Digital entered into a co-lending arrangement to provide financial support to the small
Bank Ltd income segment and to give impetus to the micro and small enterprise segment of
the country.
Other Important Banking Current Affairs
• In Mumbai, an industry first for banks and NBFCs, Mobicule, a specialist in debt collection, has announced the release of its
mCollect Repossession module. As a component of its debt collection and recovery product, the ground-breaking Asset
Repossession Solution is a comprehensive solution that maps all the intricate steps involved in the repossession of an asset.
• New India Assurance (NIA) has launched a ‘Pay as You Drive’ (PAYD) policy, which offers a comprehensive motor insurance
policy that charges a premium based on vehicle usage.
• The Reserve Bank of India said it has cancelled the registration of Pune-based Kudos Finance and Investments and Mumbai-
based Credit Gate for regulatory lapses in lending practices.
• Karnataka Bank was awarded with ‘Prathista Puraskar’ under ‘Digidhan Awards 2021-22’ by Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY), government of India for achieving target with highest percentage in BHIM-UPI transactions in
private sector bank category.
• Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has emerged as the top performer among state-owned lenders in terms of loan growth percentage
during the third quarter of 2022-23, an analysis of the latest financial results of public sector banks showed.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) due to insufficient capital and earning potential revoked the licence of Madhya Pradesh's Garha
Co-operative Bank, Guna.
• The NSE has got the greenlight from the capital markets regulator to launch its Social Stock Exchange.
• Federal Bank has constructed a 100-KWp on-grid solar power plant, at its corporate headquarters in Aluva.
Banking Current Affairs of January
Current Affairs related to RBI and other Regulatory authorities
Bank
Sno. Purpose
Name
1 RBI fifth volume of the Reserve Bank of India’s history is released. Under the guidance of an Advisory
Committee chaired by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, former Member of Parliament and former Principal Adviser
& Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank.
2 RBI The Reserve Bank of India’s Medium-term Strategy Framework for the period 2023-2025 ‘Utkarsh 2.0’
3 Reserve Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) which will provide useful inputs for monetary policy.
Bank of In the January 2023 round, the survey will be conducted across 19 cities. It aims to capture subjective
India assessments of price movements and inflation, based on individual consumption baskets.
9. Reserve will auction ₹16,000 crore of sovereign green bonds (SGrBs) in two tranches.
Bank of
India
10. Reserve told banks and other financial institutions to stop using the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor)
Bank of benchmark as soon as possible and mandatorily by December 31 and move to any Alternative Reference
India Rates (ARR).
11. Reserve issued the list of six credit rating agencies that banks can use for the purpose of risk weighting banks' claims
Bank of for capital adequacy purposes. They are Acuite Ratings & Research Limited, Credit Analysis and Research
India Limited (CARE), CRISIL Ratings Limited, ICRA Limited, India Ratings and Research Private Limited (India
Ratings)\ and INFOMERICS Valuation and Rating Pvt Ltd.
12. SEBI allowed Alternative Investment Funds(AIFs) to participate in the Credit Default Swaps(CDS) market as
protection buyers and sellers in a bid to facilitate the deepening of the domestic corporate bond segment.
13 Reserve 'Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Acquisition and Holding of Shares or Voting Rights in Banking
Bank of Companies) Directions, 2023'.
India
14 RBI has proposed a new set of rules governing loan loss provisioning by banks as it looks to enhance the
resilience of the banking system
15 RBI The sovereign green bonds issued by the Indian government will not have any restrictions on foreign
investment
16 EPFO Nidhi Aapke Nikat program The aim of this program is to reach all the districts of the country on the same
day i.e. 27th of every month.

Sno. Bank Name Purpose
1. Bandhan Bank 'Jahaan Bandhan, Wahaan Trust' campaign along with the bank's brand ambassador Sourav Ganguly.
'Jahaan Bandhan, Wahaan Trust' is an integrated marketing campaign in which the company has
emphasized the 'trust' that the brand has been able to earn in a span of seven years as a bank.
2. Equitas Small The Reserve Bank of India gave its approval to SBI Funds Management Ltd to acquire up to 9.99%
Finance Bank stake in Equitas Small Finance Bank through the schemes of SBI Mutual Fund, the bank said in an
exchange filing. Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund and DSP Mutual Fund have also received RBI's
approval to buy 9.99% stake each in the bank.
3. SBI SBI has raised Rs 9,718 crore through its second infrastructure bond issuance at a coupon rate of
7.70 per cent per annum for the 15-year money. This is the second fund-raising since early December
when it had mopped up Rs 10,000 crore via infra bonds.
4. PNB PNB offers credit cards against Fixed Deposit to customers who don’t meet the eligibility criteria for
regular credit cards.
5. Canara Bank Canara Bank said it plans to sell its stake in Russian Joint Venture(JV) Commercial Indo Bank LLC
(CIBL) to the other venture partner State Bank of India (SBI) for about Rs 114 crore.
Scheme/ App
Name/ Mou
1 Punjab and Sind SBI Card to launch co-brand credit cards for the bank’s customers. PSB has also entered the
Bank (PSB) credit card market as a new product segment in its portfolio as a result of this
collaboration. Three card variants—the PSB SBI Card ELITE, PSB SBI Card
PRIME, and PSB Simply SAVE SBI Card—have been launched by both partners.
This collaboration also marks the entry of PSB into ‘credit cards’ as a new product
segment under the bank’s portfolio.
Scheme/ App
Name/ Mou
2 HDFC Bank Microsoft HDFC Bank as a part of its Future Ready strategy is developing in house IPs as well
as partnering with several companies including FinTechs’ to co -create technology
Ips
3 Axis Bank OPEN provide a fully native digital current account journey for its customers including
SMEs (small and medium enterprises), freelancers, homepreneurs, influencers
and more. This has been the bank’s first-ever partnership with a fintech player to
launch a fully digital current account. Using this account, customers can avail 250+
banking services and claim up to 50 per cent cashback through grab-deals.
1. ICICI Prudential ‘360° Financial digital-first campaign featuring cricketer Suryakumar Yadav
Life Insurance Protection
with ICICI
Prudential Life
Insurance’
2. Axis Bank Max Financial to acquire the remaining 7 percent stake in Max Financial.
3. Axis Bank Indian to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing
Institute of
Science (IISc)
4. State Bank of e-Bank in association with National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)
India (SBI) Guarantee (e-
BG) facility
5. AU Small Finance SwipeUp Bank will provide an opportunity to other bank Credit Cardholders to upgrade
Bank platform their card to one of AU Credit Cards.
• Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) account deposits is 7.2% compounded annually.
Banking Current Affairs of December

Current Affairs related to RBI and other Regulatory authorities
1. RBI It has for now declined to entertain Paytm Payments Services’ (PPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Paytm,
application for an authorisation to provide payment aggregator services for online merchants
2. RBI RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.25 crore on Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, Bombay, for non-
compliance with RBI directions on ‘Discounting of Bills by UCBs – Restricted Letters of Credit‘
3. RBI RBI announced a trial for retail digital rupee (e ₹-R) beginning 1 December, with four banks in as many cities
participating in the pilot programme. While it has identified eight banks for gradual participation in the pilot, the
first phase will begin with four: State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank.
4. RBI A pan-Indian "Financial Literacy and Inclusion survey"found that awareness and knowledge of digital banking are
on par between the rural and urban population nationwide, with the average for both segments being 11.7 on a
scale of 21
5. RBI It put in place a framework to allow overseas subsidiaries and branches of Indian banks and financial
institutions to undertake activities not specifically permitted in the Indian domestic market.
6. RBI Enhanced the capabilities of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by introducing a ‘single-block-and-multiple
debits’ functionality, which allows a customer to enable a payment mandate against a merchant by blocking
funds for specific purposes in his/her bank account which can be debited, whenever needed.
7. RBI Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) to enable MMA to make drawals in
multiple tranches up to a maximum of $200 million from the RBI. This agreement has been signed under the
SAARC Currency Swap Framework.
8. RBI In its bid to extensively use advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse database
and improve regulatory supervision over banks and NBFCs, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is mulling over to
hire external experts.
9. RBI recently said that all leading banks should issue the locker agreement to its holders before January 1, 2023, as
the new locker rules will be implemented from that date.
10. RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated in its annual report on trend and progress of banking in India that the health
of Indian banks continued to improve in 2021–2022 with their balance sheet rising at double digits after a gap of
seven years and their asset quality and capital position improving.
11. RBI The 26th edition of the Financial Stability Report was released by the Reserve Bank of India on December 29. The
Reserve Bank of India publishes a financial stability report (FSR) ) twice in every year.
12. SEBI came out with a uniform format for reporting over-the-counter (OTC) trades in listed non-convertible
securities. The development comes after Sebi observed that information on OTC trades in listed non-convertible
securities provided to the stock exchanges by the investors is incomplete and inaccurate.

13. SBI plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore worth of infrastructure bonds during the current financial year.
14. SBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan exchanged letters of
cooperation in the field of Central Counter Parties (CCPs) with the objective of improving mutual
cooperation.
15. SBI SBI announced that its personal banking advances excluding high value home loans have crossed the ₹
5 lakh-crore mark. The largest lender in the country took a year to book the last ₹ 1 lakh crore of
advances, as against over 15 months for the previous ₹ 1 lakh crore and over 30 months for the previous
₹ 1 lakh crore, as per an official statement.
16. HDFC Bank HDFC Bank announced the launch of its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership
with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’. Known as Parivartan SmartUp Grants.
17. Bank of
bagged an EAG Laureate award in the International Olympiad of Financial Security held at Sochi, Russia
Baroda
18. BOB it plans to sell its majority stake in Nainital Bank.
19. Indian Bank launched its flagship business mentoring program for MSME entrepreneurs ‘MSME Prerana’ in the state
of Rajasthan.
20. Axis Bank Fintech player Spice Money has partnered with Axis Bank to facilitate opening of instant, zero balance
savings or current accounts for rural citizens through its Adhikari network.
Economy/Financial Current Affairs

Economy/Financial Current Affairs of May • India's retail inflation drops to 4.7% in April, lowest in 18
months.
• India's GST revenue for April 2023 hits a record high of ₹1.87
• India's industrial production growth hits five-month low at
lakh crore, up 12% YoY, with details of revenue sources and
contributing factors. 1.1% in March 2023.
• India's manufacturing PMI rose to a four-month high of 57.2 • India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $7.196 billion
in April, indicating an increase in output from the previous in the week ending May 5, 2023, reaching $595.976 billion,
month, according to the S&P Global India Manufacturing which is an 11-month high.
PMI report. • In April, wholesale price-based inflation dropped to -0.92%
• From May 1, 2023, businesses with an annual turnover of Rs on a yearly basis, down from 1.34% in March, according to
100 crore or more will have to upload electronic invoices on the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
the Invoice Registration Portal within seven days of Trade under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
issuance to comply with a new GST rule.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently issued a
• Merchant payments over the Unified Payments Interface
notification clarifying that interest earned from Mahila
(UPI) in India are expected to grow by 40 to 50 percent to
reach $1 trillion by the fiscal year (FY) 2026, according to a Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC) will not be subject to
report by Bain & Company. Tax Deducted at Source (TDS).
• India's unemployment rate hit a four-month high of 8.11% • Paytm’s parent company has announced a new partnership
in April 2023, with urban unemployment increasing to with SBI Card and the National Payments Corporation of
9.81% and rural unemployment slightly decreasing to India (NPCI) to launch the Paytm SBI Card on the RuPay
7.34%. network.
• Fitch affirms India's BBB- rating with a stable outlook. • The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
• PFRDA and CBDT extend PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline to (IREDA) is set to go public with an initial public offering
June 30. (IPO) in the near future. To oversee this significant event,
• E-invoicing will be mandatory for businesses with a turnover
the government has appointed IDBI Capital, BOB Capital,
of Rs 5 crore or more for B2B transactions from August 1, as
per a new mandate by the Ministry of Finance. and SBI Capital as the lead managers for the IPO.
• The Indian government has recently announced a relaxation ● NSE Indices Limited launched India's first Nifty REITs &
in the Tax Collected At Source (TCS) rules for international InvITs Index to track the performance of publicly traded
transactions made using debit or credit cards. Starting from REITs and InvITs.
July 1, 2023, individuals conducting international ● Bilateral trade between India and the US rose 7.65% to
transactions up to Rs 7 lakh will be exempt from the 20 $128.55 billion in FY 2022-23, making the US India's top
percent TCS levy. trading partner, according to provisional data from the
• The IRDAI has recently announced the relaxation of norms commerce ministry.
for surety bonds, a type of insurance policy that protects ● The Finance Ministry has released time series data
parties involved in transactions or contracts from potential indicating a significant increase in net direct tax collections,
financial losses resulting from breaches or non- which rose by 160% to reach Rs 16,61,428 crore in 2022-23
performance. from Rs 6,38,596 crore in 2013-14.
• India’s total forex reserves reached $593.48 billion during ● India's wholesale inflation eased in March 2023 to 1.34%
the week ending on May 19, 2023, representing a decrease YoY from 3.85% in the previous month, indicating economic
of $6.052 billion from the previous week. stability.
• India’s GDP is expected to grow in the 6-6.5 per cent range ● India to appeal against WTO ruling on import duties for tech
in FY24, according to Bank of Baroda’s economic research products challenged by EU, Japan, and Taiwan.
department (ERD). ● UAE is India's second most significant export destination.
• The latest report by SBI Ecowrap indicates that India’s GDP India's overall exports increased by 6% in FY22-23. US
(gross domestic product) is expected to grow at a rate of remained the top export destination.
● CBIC to replace fortnightly currency exchange rate
7.1% in FY23.
notification system with daily publishing on customs portal
• The urban unemployment rate in India has continued its
for importers and exporters.
downward trajectory, reaching 6.8% in the January to
March 2023 quarter.
Economy/Financial Current Affairs of March
Economy/Financial Current Affairs of April ● The amount of various subsidies and sops transferred to
recipients through direct benefit transfer (DBT) has
● India's unemployment rate rises to 7.8% in March 2023, a
reached almost Rs 5.5 trillion so far in the current fiscal
three-month high: CMIE data.
year, FY23, almost on par with FY21's total and falling just
● GST revenue collection for March 2023 rises by 13% to Rs
13% shy of FY22's total achievement.
1.60 lakh crore, marking the third consecutive monthly
● India’s purchasing managers' index (PMI) declined to a 4-
increase.
month low at 55.3 in February owing to a rise in input costs,
● UPI set a new record with 8.7 billion transactions worth Rs
according to the S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI
14.05 trillion in March 2023.
report.
● The Ministry of Finance announced that the Pradhan Mantri
● The gross goods and service tax (GST) revenue collection in
MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) has sanctioned 41 crore loans the month of February 2023 stood at Rs 1,49,577 crore, up
amounting to ₹ 23.2-lakh crore in the past eight years.
around 12% on an annual basis.
● India and Malaysia can now trade using INR alongside other ● Joblessness as measured by the CMIE All India
currencies, as per the Ministry of External Affairs, following unemployment rate remained elevated in February 2023
the launch of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023. The move aims and rose to 7.45% from 7.14% in the previous month.
to promote the rupee as a global currency and reduce ● India’s digital payments market is at an inflection point and
transaction costs for businesses. is expected to increase more than threefold from the
● Foreign investments from Mauritius in Indian capital current US$3 trillion to US$10 trillion by 2026.
markets declined sharply in FY22-23, while Norway and ● Finance Ministry has tweaked the anti-money laundering
Singapore gained popularity, according to National law by bringing cryptocurrencies and other virtual digital
Securities Depository data. assets trade under its ambit.
● India's gold imports dropped 30% to $31.8 billion during ● India's Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation eased
Apr-Feb 2023 due to high customs duty and global below the 4 per cent-mark in February and was recorded at
economic uncertainties, according to commerce ministry 3.85 per cent, data released by the Ministry of Commerce
data. and Industry showed.
● India's March retail inflation falls below central bank's ● India's retail inflation for February slows down to 6.44
tolerance level for the first time in 2023, easing to 5.66% percent as against 6.52 percent in January 2023, according
from 6.44% in February, according to NSO data. to data published by the Ministry of Statistics and
● India's employment rate improved marginally by 0.3% in Programme Implementation on March 13.
the March quarter, with the rate rising to 36.9% and the ● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted banks from
number of unemployed individuals decreasing by nearly 18 countries to open Special Vostro Rupee Accounts
two million. (SVRAs) to settle payments in rupees.
● CRISIL expects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) Economy/Financial Current Affairs of January
growth to touch 6% in fiscal 2024, compared with 7%
estimated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) for fiscal • According to a government announcement, India's goods
2023. and services tax receipts increased 15% year over year in
● The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has December to Rs 1.49 lakh crore ($18.07 billion), suggesting
increased the interest rate on employees' provident fund robust economic activity throughout the holiday season. In
(EPF) deposits for the financial year 2022-23. At its meeting, November, revenue from goods and services taxes totaled
the retirement fund body has fixed the interest rate at 8.15 Rs. 1.46 lakh crore.
per cent. • The Reserve Bank of India said SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC
● The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has Bank remain domestic systemically important banks (D-
issued a circular stating that merchants conducting SIBs). D-SIBs are those interconnected entities whose
transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) using failure can impact the whole of the financial system and
Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) will be charged an create instability. In addition to the usual capital
interchange fee of 1.1% on the transaction amount for conservation buffer, D-SIBs will need to maintain
amounts over Rs 2,000.
additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1).
● During the ASSOCHAM Annual Session 2023, Mr. Piyush
• India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed a
Goyal, who serves as the Union Minister of Commerce and
Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, record 7.82 billion transactions in December, worth a total
and Textiles, declared that India's merchandise and of INR 12.82tn ($174.6bn). This represents an increase of
services exports are expected to surpass US$ 760 billion in 7.12% in volume and 7.73% in value compared to November.
the present fiscal year, which will end on March 31, 2023. On a year-on-year basis, volume and value increased by
● A recent report by GlobalData suggests that the fixed 71% and 55% respectively.
communication services revenue of India is set to • Unemployment rate in India rose to 8.30 per cent in
experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of December 2022, the highest in 16 months, according to
6.4%, with an estimated increase from $10.2 billion in 2022 data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
to $13.9 billion in 2027. It was 8 per cent in the month of November. While urban
unemployment rose to 10.09 per cent in December, from
Economy/Financial Current Affairs of February 8.96 per cent in November, rural unemployment moved to
• India's unemployment rate fell to 7.14% in January, the 7.44% from 7.55%, the data revealed
lowest in four months, from 8.30% in the previous month, • India's economy is expected to grow 7.0% in the current
data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy financial year, according to the first advance estimates by
(CMIE) showed. the National Statistical Office (NSO). New Delhi had
• Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has launched India’s pegged India's growth at 8.7% in the last fiscal year that
first public issue of municipal bonds intending to raise up to ended March 31, 2022.
Rs 244 crore to fund a solar power project. This would be the • In a major development, India has surpassed Japan in
first time a municipal body is targeting individual investors terms of auto sales last year to become the third-largest
in India. auto market globally for the first time. India’s total sales of
• The Centre said that around 39 crore loans have been new vehicles stood at around 4.25 million units, based on
extended under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana till 27th of preliminary results, topping the 4.2 million sold in Japan.
January 2023. The scheme was introduced in 2015.
• Retail inflation declined to a one-year low of 5.72 per cent
• India’s consumer inflation hit a three-month high in January
in December 2022, mainly due to softening prices of food
at 6.5%, reversing its downtrend because of higher food
items.
prices.
• The phased roll-out of E20 (20 per cent ethanol blending in
• The government has said that it proposes to set up a Bima
Sugam portal to address the existing protection gap across gasoline) will begin on April 1..
life, health and general insurance businesses in the country. • The Union Cabinet has approved the incentive scheme
• Gross direct tax collections grew 24 per cent to Rs 15.67 with financial outlay of Rs 2,600 crore for the promotion
trillion so far this fiscal, the finance ministry said. of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in order to help India transactions (person-to-merchant) for the current financial
fulfil its most pressing development requirements, pledged year.
up to $25 billion over the course of the next five years to • In December 2022, the wholesale price-based inflation fell
support social development, climate change, and to 4.95 percent.
infrastructure development in India under the PM Gati • India becomeS the first major economy to move to a
Shakti project. T+1(trade plus one) market settlement cycle.
Economy Current Affairs of December According to the Finance Ministry data, the Net Direct tax
collection for FY 2022-23 stood at 11,35,754 crore rupees,
• India’s milk production has registered a monumental registering a growth of 19.81 percent.
growth in the last eight years as it has increased by 83 • The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) received in-
Million Tonnes. In 2013-14, the production was 138 Million principle approval from Sebi to set up a Social Stock
Tonnes which increased to 221 Million Tonnes in 2021-22. Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment.)
• Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for the month of • The Centre for Economics and Business Research
November 2022 stood at Rs 1,45,867 crore, according to (CEBR)predicted that India will become the third-largest
the data shared by finance ministry. The revenue for the economy by 2037. 14th edition of the report noted that
month of November are 11% higher than the GST revenue over the next five years, the annual rate of GDP growth is
in the same month last year, which itself was Rs 1,31,526 expected to average 6.4%. After that, the growth is
crore. expected to average 6.5% in the subsequent nine years.
• National Stock Exchange’s subsidiary NSE Indices has • The government's fiscal deficit in end-November touched
said it has launched one more index under the Nifty Bharat 59 per cent of the full year Budget Estimate on increased
Bond Index series. :measures the performance of a capital expenditure and slow growth in non-tax revenue. In
portfolio of ‘AAA’ rated bonds issued by government actual terms, the fiscal deficit, which is the difference
owned entities maturing in a specific year between expenditure and revenue, was Rs 9.78 lakh crore
• IDFC Asset Management Company Limited (AMC), has during the April-November period of 2022-23. In the
received regulatory clearances from regulators for its corresponding period last year, the deficit was 46.2 per cent
proposed change in ownership. for IDFC AMC’s acquisition of the Budget Estimates of 2021-22.
by a consortium comprising Bandhan Financial Holdings • Production of eight infrastructure sectors increased by 5.4
Limited (BFHL), GIC (GIC), and ChrysCapital (CC). per cent in November against a 3.2 per cent growth in the
• India will be the first country in the world to receive $100 same month last year on a better show by coal, fertiliser,
billion from remittances during 2022, the World Bank has steel, cement and electricity segments. Crude oil, natural
said. Though remittances to the rest of the South Asian gas and refinery products, however, recorded negative
countries declined by 10%, it rose by 12% in India’s case. growth in November this year. The production growth of
• Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the renewables arm of eight key sectors slowed down to 0.9 per cent in October.
Adani Group, has commissioned its third wind-solar hybrid • The central government hiked interest rates on various
power plant at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. small savings schemes including senior citizen savings
• Retail inflation of India has been eased to 5.88% in scheme during the January to March quarter but kept the
November 2022 from 6.77% in October. It is the first time in rate for Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Sukanya
this Financial Year when the inflation rate came within the Samriddhi scheme unchanged for this period. The rates on
tolerance band of RBI i.e. 2 to 6%. the various instruments have been raised between 20 to 110
• The wholesale price-based inflation declined to a 21- basis points and now range from 4.0 % to 7.6%.
month low of 5.85 per cent in November on easing prices of
food, fuel and manufactured items. After remaining in
double digits for 19 months, the wholesale price index
(WPI) based inflation declined to 8.39 per cent in October.
The inflation was 14.87 per cent in November 2021.
• India’s overall trade deficit for goods and services in
November this year has fallen to $11.11 billion, lower than
year-ago and month-ago levels. Moreover, thanks to a
recovery in exports, India’s monthly merchandise trade
deficit came down to a six-month low of $23.81 billion.
• The Gross collection of Direct Taxes has registered a
growth of 25.90 percent which stood at 13,63,649 crore
rupees in the financial year 2022-23. The Gross collection in
the corresponding period stood at 10,83,150 crore rupees.
Business Current Affairs
Business Current Affairs of May • Paytm Money, a subsidiary of One97 Communications, the
parent entity of Paytm, has recently announced the launch
• Dialog Axiata and Bharti Airtel have signed a term sheet to of a bonds platform for retail investors in India.
merge their Sri Lankan subsidiaries, giving Airtel a stake in • Google Pay, in collaboration with the National Payments
Dialog and access to a larger customer base in Sri Lanka. Corporation of India (NPCI), has announced the integration
• NPCI International Payments Limited has partnered with of RuPay credit cards onto the Unified Payments Interface
PPRO to expand the reach of RuPay cards and UPI globally, (UPI) platform.
targeting PPRO's clients including payment service • Gupshup.io, a conversational engagement platform, has
providers and global merchant acquirers. unveiled a groundbreaking solution that enables UPI
• Airtel Payments Bank partnered with NPCI to offer face payments for feature phone users through its native app
authentication for Aadhaar-enabled Payment System called GSPay.
(AePS) at its five lakh banking points, along with three other • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian
banks. government have recently signed a loan agreement worth
• Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has sold its $141.12 million to support the development of high-quality
Myanmar port, Coastal International Terminals, for $30 internal infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh (AP).
million following a recommendation by the Risk Committee • PhonePe, a Digital payment service provider announced
in October 2021. that it has become the first digital payments app to enable
• Visa has launched a new feature in India that allows users to the linkage of 2 lakh Rupay credit cards to the Unified
make online payments without a CVV number for tokenised Payments Interface (UPI).
credit and debit cards, using a two-factor authentication • International Gemological Institute (IGI), the world’s largest
process, only available for domestic transactions in India. certification player for lab grown diamonds and the second
• BharatPe rebrands PAYBACK India as 'Zillion' loyalty largest certification player for natural diamonds, has been
program. fully acquired by global private equity firm Blackstone.
• London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to establish tech
center in Hyderabad, India, creating 1,000 jobs. Business Current Affairs of April
• European Union regulators gave the green light for
● RIL to hire former MD of GCMMF, RS Sodhi, to expand its
Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, one
of the world’s largest gaming firms. grocery business in India and strengthen its consumer
brands, with a focus on fruits and vegetables.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted
● PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian fintech, has launched
approval to the proposed merger of Credit Suisse Group AG
a new consumer-facing app called Pincode aimed at
and UBS Group AG.
strengthening its e-commerce initiatives.
• The German retailer, METRO AG, has announced the full
● ADB to invest Rs 150 crore in TPDDL through non-
completion of the sale of its Indian cash and Carry business
convertible debentures and approves USD 2 million grant
to Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), which operates the for pilot BESS integration.
retail empire of Reliance Industries Ltd.
● Solar Energy Corporation of India has been granted
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed plans to invest Miniratna Category-I CPSE status by the Ministry of New
$12.7 billion into cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, and Renewable Energy. SECI is a key implementing agency
aiming to meet the increasing demand for cloud services in for renewable energy schemes/projects of the ministry
the country. aimed at fulfilling India's international commitments.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT ● WhatsApp launches 'Stay Safe with WhatsApp' safety
services company, has expanded its partnership with campaign to educate users about product features for
Google Cloud and unveiled a new offering called TCS online safety and messaging experience.
Generative AI. ● As per Brand Finance, MRF Ltd. has been ranked as the
• In a significant development, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. second-strongest tyre brand in the world.
(BSNL) has awarded advance purchase orders worth ● Tata Steel to build a 10-tonnes-per-day pilot plant in Odisha
₹15,700 crore to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and ITI Ltd to produce methanol using blast furnace flue gases,
for the deployment of 100,000 4G sites. potentially leading to sustainable methanol production in
• According to data from China’s General Administration of India by combining CO2 and hydrogen.
Customs, in the first quarter of this year, China exported ● Apple opened its first official store in Mumbai, India.
1.07 million vehicles, a 58% increase compared to the same Located at the Jio World Drive mall in the Bandra Kurla
period in 2022, becoming the world’s largest exporter of Complex area, the store is the first of the two outlets Apple
cars, surpassing Japan. to open in India.
● The state-owned railway company Rail Vikas Nigam • Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, has launched a
Limited (RVNL) was in focus as the Indian Government new cricket-focused fantasy sports app named CrickPe
upgraded its status to a ‘Navratna’ Central Public Sector ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.
Enterprise (CPSE) from a ‘Miniratna’ category. • After Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) withdrew from
● Reliance General Insurance partners with YES Bank to acquiring Bisleri International, Ramesh Chauhan, the
become the first to accept RBI's e-Rupee for premium
chairman of the company, announced that his daughter
payments.
Jayanti Chauhan will now lead the bottled water company.
Business Current Affairs of March • SJVN Ltd, a state-owned company, has secured Rs 915
crore in 'GREEN' financing from Japan Bank for
• Reliance Jio has climbed up to number two rank — up from
International Cooperation (JBIC) to support its 90 MW
fifth place last year — in a list of the top 10 strongest
telecom brands in the world. Omkareshwar floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh and
• Tata group-owned Air India's order for a record 470 aircraft 100 MW Raghanesda solar project in Gujarat.
from Airbus and Boeing Co will be at a list price of $70 • Herbalife, a leading global nutrition company, has teamed
billion. up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to
• Air India, owned by the Tata group, will discontinue the become an official partner of the TATA Indian Premier
Vistara brand on completion of its merger with Tata SIA League (IPL) for the 2023 season.
Airlines Ltd.
• India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is shortly to be Business Current Affairs of February
connected to comparable networks in Indonesia,
Mauritius, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This • The Adani Group acquired the strategic Israeli port of
occurs a week after Singapore's PayNow launched a cross- Haifa for USD 1.2 billion and vowed to transform the
border connection for real-time digital payments. skyline of this Mediterranean city as part of its decision to
• A 300-acre plot adjacent to Bengaluru's international invest more in the Jewish nation, including opening an
airport has been agreed upon by Foxconn, a Taiwanese artificial intelligence lab in Tel Aviv.
company that assembles iPhones, as the location for its • Adani group's flagship company Adani Enterprises has
largest technology manufacturing campus in India. been removed from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
• Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta • In the process of the adoption of the Central Bank of Digital
Platforms' impending release to researchers of a new large Currency (CDDC), Reliance Retail started accepting digital
language model called LLaMA (Large Language Model
rupees or e-rupee for payments at its store.
Meta AI).
• The government has approved conversion of over Rs 16,133
• India's top oil firm IOC will set up green hydrogen plants at
crore interest dues of debt-ridden Vodafone Idea into
all its refineries as it pivots a Rs 2-lakh crore green transition
plan to achieve net-zero emissions from its operations by equity, after receiving a firm commitment from Aditya Birla
2046. Group to run the company and bring necessary investment.
• Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, • PhonePe announced the debut of a service that will enable
has launched an "All Women Production Line" with 100 per its Indian users who are travelling overseas to pay foreign
cent female employees at its Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu. businesses using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted an 'Infrastructure • Airtel Payments Bank announced the availability of its
Finance Company (IFC)' status to Indian Renewable Energy current account, BizKhata, which offers small businesses
Development Agency (IREDA). and business partners across the nation fast activation and
• Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to acquire Seagen to limitless transactions.
reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor • Edelweiss General Insurance has rebranded itself as Zuno
cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. General Insurance Limited (Zuno GI), which is a new age
• Competition Commission of India said that it has cleared digital insurer with an aspiration to reimagine and redefine
Reliance Industries Ltd's Rs 2,850 crore acquisition of the Insurance to make it easy, friendly, and transparent.
Indian business of German retailer Metro AG.
• MobiKwik has become the first fintech apps to support
• Microsoft strikes a deal to make Xbox PC video games
RuPay Credit Cards on UPI.
available on the Boosteroid cloud gaming platform, its
latest move to appease antitrust regulators scrutinising its • During 2021-22, India received foreign inward remittances
purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard. of USD 89,127 million which was the highest ever inward
• To prevent further turmoil in the global banking system, remittances received in a single year
Swiss authorities have orchestrated a shotgun merger • China's Alibaba Group has sold its remaining stake in Indian
between UBS and Credit Suisse, with UBS agreeing to buy digital payments firm Paytm for about 13.78 billion rupees
its rival for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.23 billion) and assuming ($167.14 million) through a block deal, stock exchange data
up to $5.4 billion in losses. showed.
• GA Infra Pvt Ltd, a leading infrastructure company in India, • India was among the top five markets, globally, in terms of
has been awarded the contract for designing and equity fundraising.
constructing the country’s first National Metro Rail • PVR-Inox merger has been approved by the National
Knowledge Centre. The centre will be located at the Company Law Tribunal.
Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station in Delhi and built on a • The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. instructed members of the Unified Payments Interface
• A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by (UPI) ecosystem to allow non-resident account types such
Rolls-Royce Marine North America and Kalyani Strategic as non-resident external (NRE)/ non-resident ordinary
Service Limited (KSSL), a 100% subsidiary of Bharat Forge, (NRO) accounts having international mobile numbers to
to investigate the possibility of KSSL serving as an in- get onboarded and transact through UPI. To begin with,
country provider for propeller sales in the Indian market. NPCI will be enabling transactions from mobile numbers
• Bill Gates has acquired a minority stake in Heineken having country codes of Singapore, Australia, Canada,
Holding NV, the controlling shareholder of the world’s Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, USA, Saudi Arabia, United
second-largest brewer, for about $902 million. Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, along with the
• Infosys, announced that it will expand its collaboration with current domestic country code.
Microsoft, to help accelerate enterprise cloud • Paytm Payments Bank said it has received final approval
transformation journeys worldwide, via an exchange filing. from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill
• Philips Domestic Appliances has announced the change of Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU).
its company name to Versuni. • The collaboration between Adani Enterprises and Ashok
• The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and Leyland, India, and Ballard Power, Canada marks Asia’s
PayNow of Singapore will be integrated, to facilitate first planned hydrogen-powered mining truck.
quicker and more affordable cross-border remittance • LIC has launched LIC Jeevan Azad Plan.
transfers. • Mastercard announced the expansion of its signature
• Vikramaditya Singh Khichi appointed to a panel to advise Girls4Tech, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
the administrator of debt-ridden Reliance Capital (RCap). Math) education program in India. The Girls4Tech is
• Amazon announced that it will join the Indian supported by Mastercard Impact Fund and in partnership
government’s ONDC (Open Network for Digital with the American India Foundation (AIF).
Commerce) platform, and as part of its initial collaboration • Bharti Airtel Group announced that it will be investing Rs
will integrate its Smart Commerce and logistics services 2,000 crore for setting up a large hyperscale data centre in
with the ONDC network. Hyderabad.
• Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta and manufacturing behemoth • PhonePe has raised $350 million in funding from General
Foxconn announced their joint venture's plans to build a Atlantic. It is owned by Walmart.
semiconductor and display manufacturing facility in • Lenders have transferred the entire Rs 9,234-crore Jaypee
Gujarat's Dholera Special Investment Zone.
Infratech loan to newly constituted National Asset
• India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy
Reconstruction Company (NARCL). This is the maiden
Services (TCS) announced that it has won a deal to digitally
acquisition by the government-promoted bad loan bank
transform Telefonica Germany’s specific operations.
that was set a year ago.
• Microsoft Corp. will be making a $10 billion worth
Business Current Affairs of January investment in OpenAI, the research lab behind the famous
• Zerodha-backed GoldenPi Technologies has become the ChatGPT and DALL-E.
first online bond platform provider to receive a debt
brokerage license from market regulator Securities and Business Current Affairs of December
Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The Bengaluru-based • Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Tata Sons announced that
fintech firm expects this development to spur greater trust they have agreed to merge Air India and Vistara, with SIA
in online bonds and debentures investment space. getting a 25.1 per cent stake in the merged entity at an
• BharatPe received in-principle authorisation from the investment of Rs 2,058.5 crore ($250 million) in Air India
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as an online as part of the transaction.
payment aggregator (PA). • News Broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV)
• India's fastest payment app PayRup was launched in India promoter firm RRPR Holding announced that it has
on 9th January 2023. PayRup is built with the finest transferred shares constituting 99.5 percent of its equity
technology of web 3.0. capital to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial
• China's Alibaba Group sold a 3.1% stake in Indian digital (VCPL). The transfer of shares will give Adani Group control
payments firm Paytm for a total of $125 million through a over a 29.18 percent stake in NDTV. They are also open to
block deal offer for another 26 percent stake in the media film.
• Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) acquisition of two digital first • Reliance Jio announced it has launched True 5G services in
brands — OZiva and Wellbeing Nutrition — is in line with Andhra Pradesh. The 5G services were launched in
the premiumisation trend with an increasing number of Tirumala, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Guntur
FMCG players foraying in the high growth wellness and districts. Apart from their existing investment of Rs 26,000
nutrition category, which has gained prominence amongst crore, additionally Jio has invested over Rs 6,500 crore for
consumers in the post-pandemic world. deploying 5G network in Andhra Pradesh. By December
• IPL surpasses $10 billion valuation: The Indian Premier 2023, Jio True 5G services will be made available in every
League (IPL), whose total valuation has surpassed $10 town, taluka, mandalam and village of Andhra Pradesh.
billion, has evolved into a decacorn. A D and P Advisory
• Rupay-based credit card on UPI platform: By March 2023,
report made public on Tuesday states that the league is
State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank want to
currently worth $10.9 billion. Notably, it has shown a
start issuing RuPay credit cards over the UPI. Currently, the
startling 75% rise since 2020.
• Reliance Projects and Property Management Services — a RuPay credit card segment on the UPI platform is live with
subsidiary of telecom major Reliance Jio — has deposited three public sector banks—Union Bank of India, Punjab
Rs 3,720 crore in an SBI escrow account to acquire mobile National Bank, and Indian Bank—and one private sector
tower and fibre assets of Reliance Infratel. Reliance Infratel bank—HDFC Bank.
has fibre assets of about 178,000 route kilometres and • Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of
43,540 mobile towers across the country. The National Reliance Industries Ltd signed definitive agreements to
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) gave an approval to Jio for acquire 100 percent equity stake in Metro Cash and Carry
the acquisition of Reliance Infratel (RITL). India Pvt Ltd, which operates under the ‘Metro India’
• Goldsikka with technology support from Hyderabad- brand, for a cash consideration of Rs 2,850 crore.
based startup, Opencube Technologies has launched its • Tata Motors to complete the acquisition of Ford India's
first Gold ATM at Begumpet and described it India’s first manufacturing plant at Sanand through its subsidiary on
Gold ATM and world’s first Real Time Gold ATM. This ATM 10th January 2023. The company has announced that its
can dispense gold coins in different denominations ranging arm Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd (TPEML) would
from 0.5 gm to 100 grams.
acquire Ford India Pvt Ltd (FIPL) Sanand Plant in Gujarat
• Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani is to control 64.71% of
for Rs 725.7 crore.
New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) as the founders have
• The Adani Group informed stock exchanges that it has
decided to sell most of the shares. The founders of NDTV,
Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy have decided to acquired additional 27.26 per cent equity stake in NDTV
transfer most of the shares in the company giving Gautam from founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy. The
Adani his conglomerate control of about 65% of NDTV. The billionaire Gautam Adani-backed Adani Group acquired
decision comes after four months after Gautam Adani shares from Roys at Rs 342.65 per share which was 16.55 per
announced his takeover of the news channel. cent higher than the open offer price of Rs 294 per share.
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India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of May
S.No. Name of Organization GDP Growth of India predicted
1. Morgan Stanley India’s economic recovery has gained significant momentum, positioning the country as
a key contributor to global GDP growth, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley.
With various indicators pointing towards a robust and broad-based recovery, India is
expected to contribute 16% to global GDP growth over the period of 2023-2024.
2. World Economic Situation India’s economy is projected to grow by 6.7% in the calendar year 2024.
and Prospects report
released by the United
Nations,
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of April

1 World Bank 6.3%
2 Asian Development Bank (ADB) 6.4%
3 IMF 5.9%
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organizations of March
1 Moody's 5.5%
2 OECD 5.9%
3 S&P Global Ratings 6%
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organizations of February

1 Morgan Stanley 6.2%
2 IndiaRatings (Ind-Ra) 5.9%
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of January

1. World Bank 6.9
2. UN 5.8
3. IMF 6.1
India’s GDP Reports by Different Organization of December

1. IMF, World Economic Outlook report 6.8% (2022-23)
2. Nomura 5.2% in 2023–24 (FY24)
3. World Bank cut its 2022-23 (FY23) 6.9%,
4. UNCTAD 5.7 percent (FY23)
5. OECD 6.9 per cent
6. S&P 7.0 per cent
ICRA (Investment & Credit Rating Agency of India Indian economy will grow 12–13% infirst quarter (Q1) ofnew
7.
Limited) fiscal year, i.e. FY23.
8. Asian Development Bank 7% FY23
9. Fitch Ratings 7%FY23
10. Goldman Sachs 7.2% fy23
11. Moody’s Global Macro Outlook 2022-2023 7.7% FY23
12. India Ratings 6.9% FY23
13. Morgan Stanley 7% FY23
14. RBI 7.0% FY23 (1 October change)
15. Nomura 4.7%FY 23
16. FICCI 7%fy23
Organisation for Economic Co-operation &
17. 6.9 per cent for FY23
Development (OECD)
Defense Current Affairs
Defense Current Affairs of May Defense Current Affairs of April
• Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Delhi led by RAdm ● The 10th annual SLINEX-2023 bilateral maritime exercise
Gurcharan Singh arrived in Singapore for the ASEAN India between India and Sri Lanka has commenced in Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
Maritime Exercise 2023 from May 2nd to May 8th.
● Sukhoi-30s from India will participate in a dogfighting
• BRO is holding "Ekta Evam Shradhanjali Abhiyan" as part of
exercise with American F-15 Strike Eagles in an exercise
its 64th BRO Day Celebrations to honor its Karmyogis for
called 'Cope India'.
their contributions to nation-building. ● Andaman & Nicobar command, which is India's sole tri-
• IAF's Shivangi Singh, the first woman pilot to fly the Rafale services unit, held a collaborative military drill named
fighter jet, will participate in Exercise Orion in France. Exercise 'KAVACH.'
• Indian Navy and DRDO conduct first successful test of ● Greek and Indian Air Forces to conduct joint training
locally-made Air Droppable Container 'ADC-150' from IL exercise with Su-30, F-16, and Rafale fighter jets for ten
38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa. days over Greece and the Mediterranean Sea starting April
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh opens Indian Air Force 18th.
Heritage Centre in Chandigarh. ● Wing Commander Deepika Misra, the first female Air Force
officer to receive a gallantry medal, was awarded the Vayu
• 'Buland Bharat' exercise showcases integrated training in
Seva Medal for gallantry by the President of India on
Arunachal Pradesh. Independence Day and recently received the award from
• Border Roads Organisation Project Dantak aids Bhutan's the Air Chief Marshal.
infrastructure development. ● 38 countries, including NATO Allies and partners,
• INS Magar, the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large), was participated in the annual cyber defense exercise “Locked
decommissioned by the Indian Navy after 36 years of Shields,” hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence
service on May 06 at the Naval base in Kochi. Centre of Excellence in Estonia with over 3000 participants.
• Indian Air Force receives indigenous loitering munitions by ● "AJEYA WARRIOR-23" joint military exercise held in UK,
TASL for precision strikes. with participants from India and UK until May 11th.
• India's first C295 aircraft completes inaugural flight in Spain.
• Indian and Thai Navies conduct 35th Indo-Thai CORPAT in Defense Current Affairs of March
Indian Ocean. • For the first time, India’s indigenously-made light combat
• The ASW Corvette, INS Kavaratti, has reached Batam, aircraft Tejas will be participating in an international
Indonesia to participate in the 4th India-Indonesia Bilateral multilateral air exercise — Exercise Desert Flag VIll — in the
exercise, Samudra Shakti-23. UAE.
• Jyotiraditya Scindia. In an address during the curtain raiser • The Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in Exercise Shinyuu
Maitri with the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF).
event for Wing India 2024 in New Delhi.
• The Indian warship INS Trikand has arrived in Bahrain for
• India’s defence sector as the value of defence production in
her first participation in the International Maritime
the country crossed ₹1 lakh crore for the first time.
Exercise organized by the US-led Combined Maritime
• The Indian Navy’s sixth and final Kalvari class submarine, Forces, a 34-nation naval group.
Vaghsheer, has begun its sea trials. • Indian Army and the French Army will hold their first joint
• India has taken an initiative to aid those affected by Cyclone military exercise, FRINJEX-23, at Pangode Military Station
Mocha in Myanmar by launching “Operation Karuna.” in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Marking a significant milestone in the growing defense • The Indian Navy's exercise, called the “Theatre Level
cooperation between India and the Kingdom of Saudi Operational Readiness Exercise for 2023” (TROPEX-23),
Arabia, the INS TARKASH and INS SUBHADRA have arrived culminated in the Arabian Sea after running for four
at Port Al-Jubail to commence the second edition of the months from November 2022 to March 2023.
naval exercise, ‘AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2023.’ • Indian Navy's indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS
Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise
• The Sapta Shakti Command of the Indian Army recently
(MPX) with French Navy (FN) ships FS Dixmude, a Mistral
conducted the highly anticipated exercise ‘Sudarshan
Class Amphibious Assault Ship and FS La Fayette, a La
Shakti 2023’. Fayette Class Frigate, in the Arabian Sea.
• Indian Ocean Area will host the third edition of the • In Aero India, the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has received
multilateral exercise La Perouse. the Indian Technical Standard Order (ITSO) authorisation
• Operation Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour training from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for its
exercise, in Jodhpur Military Station in India. indigenously developed Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and
• The Indian Navy deployed a P8I aircraft to Guam, USA, to Flight Data Recorder (FDR). CVR and FDR are popularly
known as 'black boxes'.
participate in the third edition of 'Exercise Sea Dragon 23', a
• A joint counter-terrorism exercise Tarkash between
coordinated multi-lateral Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
National Security Guard (NSG) and US Special
exercise for Long Range MR ASW aircraft organized by the
Operations Forces (SOF) culminated in Chennai, after four
US Navy.
weeks of intense training and joint anti-terror exercises.
• The Indian Navy's top gunnery school, INS Dronacharya,
• India and Japan has kick started an exercise ‘Ex Dharma
will be presented with the President's Colour in honor of its Guardian’ at Camp Imazu in Shiga Province, Japan from
outstanding services. February 17 to March 2, 2023.
• The Union home ministry has announced a 10 per cent • The Indian Air Force has developed an innovative solution
reservation for former Agniveers in vacancies in the Central 'Vayulink' that would aid pilots in dealing with bad weather
Industrial Security Force (CISF), just after taking a similar and also provide jammer-proof uninterrupted
initiative for jobs for them in the BSF. communication with the base station. The data link
• A two-day workshop on "Human Factors Engineering in communication uses the Indian Regional Navigation
Military Platforms" was inaugurated by the Chief of Satellite System (IRNSS) that is also known as NAVIC, to
Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on March 15 in New send radio communication to the base station when the
Delhi. signals are low.
• The annual bilateral maritime exercise called Konkan 2023 • Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has
was conducted between the Indian Navy and the Royal signed an MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the
domestic manufacture and supply of its Long-Range
Navy from 20th to 22nd March 2023 off the Konkan coast in
Artillery Weapon System (LORA) for the Indian Tri-
the Arabian Sea.
services.
• The Indian Defence Ministry has recently signed two
• The fourth iteration of the biennial training exercise
contracts with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) worth DUSTLIK (2023) will be held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand,
more than Rs 3,700 crore, with the aim to enhance the from February 20, 2023 through March 5, 2023, as part of a
operational capabilities of the Indian Air Force. military-to-military exchange programme between the
• Recently, during the on-going tensions between India and Indian Army and the Uzbekistan Army.
China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian Army • In commemoration of India’s late Chief of Defence Staff
and Air Force carried out a 96-hour joint exercise named General Bipin Rawat, a bell has been placed at Nepal’s
'Vayu Prahar' in the eastern region. revered Shree Muktinath Temple.
• The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract worth • Malabar multilateral naval exercise will be hosted by
over Rs 1,700 crore with BrahMos Aerospace Private Australia for the first time this year, which includes
Limited (BAPL) for the procurement of Next Generation participation from India, Australia, Japan, and the United
Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (Long range) (NGMMCB- States.
LR) and BrahMos Missiles under the Buy (Indian) Category.
Defense Current Affairs of January
Defense Current Affairs of February • On the occasion of Chillai Kalan in the Kashmir Valley, 44
• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is celebrating its 47th Bn CRPF organized a function “Jashn – e – Chillai Kalan" on
Raising Day on 1st February 2023. From a modest 26/12/2022 at HMT Complex, Zainakote, Srinagar. During
beginning with just seven surface platforms in 1978, the ICG this competition, 54 participants (including 12 Female
today has 158 ships and 78 aircraft and is likely to achieve participants) from Schools/colleges & other educational
the targeted force levels of 200 surface platforms and 80 institutions were present along with their guardians &
aircraft by 2025. teachers. All the participants were awarded with
• A joint training exercise “Exercise Trishakri Prahar” was appreciation certificates, prizes and the winners and runner
ups of each event were awarded with the trophies.
conducted in North Bengal from 21 January to 31 January
• Defence Research and Development Organisation
2023. The exercise aimed to practice the security forces'
(DRDO) Headquarters in New Delhi has marked the 65th
battle preparedness using the latest weapons and
Foundation Day of the Organisation, which is celebrated
equipment in a networked, integrated environment, on 1st January every year. DRDO Chairman Dr S V Kamat
involving all arms and services of the Army, the Indian Air addressed the DRDO fraternity on the occasion. He
Force, and CAPFs. The exercise culminated on 31 January reaffirmed DRDO's commitment towards R&D excellence
2023 with an Integrated Fire Power Exercise in Teesta Field and briefed about the development of cutting edge
Firing Ranges. technologies for self-reliance in defence.
• Captain Shiva Chauhan from the Corps of Engineers has • Indian Army has organized the second edition of the
been posted at a frontline post in Siachen Glacier, in first Hackathon named “SAINYA RANAKSHETRAM 2.0” from
such operational deployment of an woman Army officer at October 2022 to January 2023.
the world's highest battlefield. The officer was posted at • ‘Exercise Cyclone – I‘ first joint exercise between the special
the Kumar post, located at an altitude of around 15,600 feet forces of the Indian and the Egyptian Army.
in Siachen, for a three-month stint after she underwent • AMPHEX 2023 - The "largest" biennial tri-services
rigorous training. The training included endurance training, amphibious exercise was conducted from January 17 to
ice wall climbing, avalanche and crevasse rescue and 22.
survival drills. • PRALAY Indian Air Force (IAF) Exercise in the
• India will deploy a platoon of women peacekeepers to UN northeastern sector of India.
Mission in Sudan. This will be India's largest single unit of • Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX)
women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since it deployed the - This operational level exercise is conducted biennially and
first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007. The witnesses participation not only by all Indian Navy units but
Indian contingent, comprising two officers and 25 Other also of Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard
Ranks, will form part of an Engagement platoon and assets.
specialize in Community outreach, though they will be • "Ops Alert" Border Security Force programme to enhance
performing extensive security-related tasks as well. The security along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan in
deployment in Abyei will also herald India's intent of the Kutch region of Gujarat and Barmer in Rajasthan.
increasing significantly the number of Indian women in • 'Veer Guardian 2023' – inaugural bilateral air exercise
Peacekeeping contingents. between the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-
• BPCL has announced the launch of Low Smoke Superior Defence Force has concluded in Japan.
Kerosene Oil (SKO) for the Indian Army. • PM Modi released special ₹ 75 Coins on the Occasion of
• DRDO has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to completion of 75 years of National Cadet Corps (NCC).
carry out logistic operations in the Himalayan frontier.
• iDEX has signed its 50th SPRINT contract with Sagar Defence Current Affairs of December
Defence for Autonomous Weaponised Boat Swarms for
the Indian Navy. • In a first, four US Army officers part of the 11th Airborne
• Su-30MKI pilot Squadron Leader Chaturvedi will be Division were promoted high up on Nanda Devi, India’s
assigned to the Veer Guardian 2023 in Japan. second-highest Himalayan peak, during the 18th edition of
• India successfully carried out a test launch of the tactical India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ in
ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range, Uttarakhand. Capt. Cerruti, Lt. Russell, Lt. Brown and Lt.
Chandipur, Odisha coast. Hack became the first four USArmy Officers to be
• The DAC has accorded approval for procurement of promoted in the Himalayas during Yudh Abhyas Exercise.
HELINA Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, launchers and • Indian Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps carried out
associated support equipment which will be integrated to Exercise Sudarshan Prahar in the deserts of Rajasthan.
the Advanced Light Helicopter. • 12th Edition of Exercise Agni Warrior, a bilateral exercise
• The DAC cleared the proposal for procurement of between the Singapore & Indian Army, which had
VSHORAD (IR Homing) missile system under design and commenced at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali (Maharashtra).
development by the DRDO. • To mark the 51st anniversary of India’s victory in the
• "Veer Guardian-2023" joint air exercise between India and Longewala battle during the 1971 war, Parakram Diwas
Japan. celebrated at Jaisalmer Military Station and Longewala War
• Aadi Shaurya - Parv Parakram Ka Tribal Dance Festival Memorial in Rajasthan on December 5.
and Military Tattoo at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New • The 7th edition of Exercise Sangam, a joint Naval Special
Delhi on 23 January. Forces exercise between Indian Navy MARCOs and US
• 'Kamla Devi' the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) which is designed, Navy SEALs commenced in Goa
built, and delivered by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and • The Bangladesh Navy is hosting the first-ever
Engineers (GRSE) Ltd to Indian Coast Guard was International Fleet Review at Inani of Cox’s Bazar . Naval
commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal. commanders, ships from some 30 countries including the
• Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the Indian Army's 117 Engineer United States, China, India and the neighbouring
Regiment will be the first woman officer to be posted on a Myanmar would participate in the international gathering.
foreign assignment at the Border Roads Organisation Indian Navy ships Kochi, Kavaratti and Sumedha will
(BRO). The officer will be sent to Bhutan as part of Project participate in this.
Dantak. • 39th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-
• 21st edition of "Varuna" the bilateral naval exercise INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the
between India and France commenced on the western Indonesian Navy is being conducted at Belawan,
seaboard. Indonesia.
• Indian Army’s Airawat Division conducted Ex Sanchaar • Indian Army inaugurated its first) for soldiers.
Bodh in extensive obstacle ridden terrain of Punjab.
• 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training exercise
“KAZIND-22” is conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya)
• 16th Edition of Indo-Nepal joint training Exercise “SURYA
KIRAN-XVI” at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi
(Nepal),
• Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japanese Air Self Defence Force
(JASDF) are set to hold their maiden bilateral air exercise,
“Veer Guardian 23”, at Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base
in Japan.
• Indian Air Force successfully tested the extended range
version of the BrahMos Air Launched Missile against the
Ship Target in the Bay of Bengal from the SU-30 MKI fighter
jet.
Equipment’s
Equipment’s of March
EQUIPMENT BUILDER IMP. FACTS
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems
DRDO
(ATAGS)
70 HTT-40 HAL Trainer aircraft
Dornier aircraft HAL
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers "most silent ship in the
INS Androth
(GRSE) country"
Other Defence Current Affairs
● Every year on March 10, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day is observed to mark the CISF's founding in
1969. This year, the 54th CISF Raising Day celebrated to appreciate the efforts and contributions of Central Industrial Security
Force.
Equipment’s of February
41 indigenous modular bridges L&T
SWARM drones New Space Research
"SURAJ" Garuda Aerospace Solar Powered
Equipment’s of January
K-9 Vajra Larsen & Toubro self-propelled howitzers, Technology transferred from South
Korean defence major Hanwha Defence
Fuselage TBAL first of six AH-64 Apache attack helicopters ordered by the Indian
Army.
fifth Kalvari class Mazagon Dock
submarine Vagir Shipbuilders Limited
Equipment’s of December
3-D Printed House Dwelling Military at Ahmedabad Cantt. The dwelling unit has been constructed in
Unit (with Ground plus One Engineering collaboration with MiCoB Pvt Ltd incorporating the latest 3D Rapid
configuration Services (MES) Construction Technology
high-tech strategic bomber United States is capable of carrying a nuclear payload and can be flown without a crew
– the B-21 Raider on board. The next-generation stealth bomber was rolled out at arm’s
manufacturer Northrop Grumman’s facility in California. The US Air
Force plans to buy at least 100 of the B-21 aircraft, which comes with a
$700m price tag per plane.
Nuclear-capable ballistic India has successfully conducted night trials, capable of striking targets at
missile Agni V, ranges more than 5,000 kilometers with very high degree of accuracy. The
missile test firing was conducted from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the
Odisha coast. This was the latest test in the Agni missile series.
All 36 Rafale aircraft were delivered to India by France, with the last one touching down. India
and France struck an intergovernmental agreement wherein Paris
committed to pay India 60,000 crore rupees for 36 Rafale fighter jets in
2016.
the ‘Pralay’ ballistic missile Defence Research The Indian armed forces are now set to procure that can hit the target
and Development from 150 to 500 km. had successfully conducted the maiden flight test of
Organisation the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr A P
(DRDO) J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha in December 2021.
Indian Navy’s sailboat INSV has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa for participating
Tarini in the 50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023.
Scorpène submarine, Vagir Mazagon Dock has been delivered to the Indian Navy
of Project – 75 Kalvari Class Shipbuilders
submarines Limited (MDL)
Mumbai.
‘Arnala’ Garden Reach The Indian Navy launched first of the eight indigenously-built anti-
Shipbuilders and submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), at the shipbuilding
Engineers (GRSE), facility of L&T in Chennai’s Kattupall.
kisan drones Drone has received the Type Certification and RPTO (Remote Pilot Training
manufacturer Organisation) approvals from the Director General of Civil Aviation for
Garuda Aerospace the indigenously designed.
Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition of May
S.No. Name of Award Winner
1 MBE by King Charles III Dr M.N. Nandakumara
2 Leipzig Book Prize Maria Stepanova
Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges
3 World Press Freedom Prize
Mohammadi
4 "Shatabdi Purush" (Man of the Century) Pandit Ramkishan
5 Palme d'Or Michael Douglas
6 Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award Yogi Adityanath
7 Sagar Shreshtha Sammaan Cochin Port Authority (CPA)
8 Govind Swarup Lifetime Achievement Award Prof Jayant V. Narlikar
Best Long Documentary Award” at the South Asian Film Festival
9 documentary “Gauri”
of Montreal 2023
10 France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur N Chandrasekaran
11 Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Georgi Gospodinov’s captivating novel, “Time
12 2023 International Booker Prize
Shelter,”
The Dag Hammarksjold Medal is the highest honor awarded to
13 Shishupal Singh, Sanwala Ram Vishnoi
UN peacekeepers
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries,
14 Skoch SILVER Award 2023
Chandigarh
Awards & Recognition of April

1 Order of the White Eagle Volodymyr Zelensky
2 Young Urologist of the Year Award Dr. Nitya Abraham
3 International Prize in Statistics Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
4 Best Production/Process Development award Bharat Biotech
5 Maratha Udyog Ratna Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre
6 Business Leader of the Decade Award Kumar Mangalam Birla
7 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award Raj Subramaniam
8 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 Utsa Patnaik
9 The Grand Cross award Angela Merkel
10 Santokbaa Humanitarian Award Sonam Wangchuk
11 lifetime achievement award by the Telugu Association of London Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti
12 Order of Australia (AO) Ratan Tata
13 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Alessandra Korap
14 'Latin Women of the Year' Shakira
15 Global Gold Award Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)
16 Immigrant Achievement Award Neeli Bendapudi
Awards & Recognition of March

1 Marconi Prize Hari Balakrishnan
2 Best adventure tourism award by The India Today Tourism Survey Jammu & Kashmir Tourism
3 Government Leadership Award 2023 India
4 Business Standard Banker of the Year 2022 Sashidhar Jagdishan
5 Porter Prize 2023 Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry
6 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature Vinod Kumar Shukla
7 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) best airport for 2022 Delhi Airport
Central Board Of Irrigation And Power (CBIP) Award 2022 for 'Best
8 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
Contribution in Solar Energy’
Central Board of Irrigation and Power Award 2022 for the ‘best- Odisha Power Transmission Corporation
9
performing transmission power sector’ Limited (OPTCL)
10 2023 Laureate of The Pritzker Architecture Prize Sir David Alan Chipperfield
Indian Ministry of Tourism and
11 The International Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023
Government of India
12 32nd Vyas Samman Pagalkhana
13 "Governor of the Year" for 2023 Shaktikanta Das
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport
14 World Airport Awards
(IGIA)
15 Saraswati Samman award for the year 2022 Sivasankari
16 Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) Ratan Tata
Mindy Kaling, also known as Vera Mindy
17 2021 National Humanities Medals
Chokalingam
18 Sangita Kalanidhi award Bombay Jayashri
19 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award Aasif Sheikh
20 2023 Abel Prize Luis Caffarelli
21 Kerala Jyothi M T Vasudevan Nair
22 wildlife conservation award Aliya Mir
23 Children's Champion Award 2023 Tapoban
24 lifetime achievement award by the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal
Awards & Recognition of February

1 Lifetime Achievement Honour Dr Manmohan Singh
2 FIH President's Award VK Pandian
3 Hurun India’s award VP Nandakumar
4 ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award K.M. Mammen
5 'ATD Best Awards 2023' NTPC Limited
6 Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award A.B.K. Prasad
7 UNESCO Peace Prize Anela Merkel
8 Akbar Kakkattil Award Subhash Chandran’s novel Samudrashila
‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ campaign, launched by the UN
9 2nd Annual Anthem Awards
Development Programme (UNDP)
10 Swaraj Trophy Kollam district panchayat
National Geographic's "Pictures of the Year"
11 Karthik Subramaniam
competition
12 Jnanappana Award - 2023 V. Madhusoodanan Nair
13 World Mother Language Award Dr. Mahendra Kumar Mishra
14 EY Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) 2022 Sajjan Jindal
Best International Film at the Hollywood Critics
15 ‘RRR’
Association Film Awards
Awards & Recognition of January

1. 27 people have been awarded pravasiya Bhartiya samman
2. UN-Habitat's World Habitat Awards 2023 Odisha, for Jaga Mission. The Jaga mission is the land
titling and slum upgrading program that aims at
empowering the lives of slum dwellers
3. Odakuzhal Award 2022 Ambikasuthan Mangad for short stories titled Pranavayu
4. Award for Global Leadership Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud
5. Overall Championship’ at Padma Tarang University of Kerala
6. Platinum Award in the Digital Empowerment of Citizens e-NAM
Category in Digital India Awards 2022
7. Actress Aparna Sen was honored with the lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th Edition of
the Jaipur International Film Festival
8. UN medals. Over 1,000 Indian peacekeepers serving with the United
Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
9. Golden Globes Best Original Song, Motion Picture “Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
10. Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 K Venu for his autobiography ‘Oranweshananthinte
Katha.’
11. ‘Golden Kailasha’ Naanera A Rajasthani film directed by Deepankar Prakash
12. “Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport” award New Goa Manohar International Airport
13. ISA Award Dr Sanduk Ruit for Service to Humanity, a top civilian award
of Bahrain.
14. Inclusive Finance India Awards 2022 ESAF Small Finance Bank
15. Best Small Bank award Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited
16. 28th Critics Choice Awards RRR won Best Song award for Naatu Naatu, as well as Best
Foreign Language film.
17. vIndian Achievers Award has been given to R Vishnu Prassad
18. Anik Dutta directed film Aparajito (The Undefeated) got the best scriptwriting award while Ketaki Narayan was judged
the best actress for her role in Krishnendu Kalesh directed film Prappeda (Hawk’s Muffin) at the Asian Film Competition
section at the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangladesh.
19. Hindustani vocalist Padma Vibhushan, Dr. Prabha Atre was conferred with the the Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Lifetime Achievement Award.
20. Union Home Minister Amit Shah awarded the Aska Police Station of Ganjam, district of Odisha as the number one police
station in the country.
21. Jeevan Raksha Padak Jaipal Singh, Surendra Kumar, Bhuda Ram Saini
Awards & Recognition of December

Other Important Awards
1. South Korea’s Mina Sue Choi was crowned Miss Earth 2022 at Cove Manila, Okada Hotel, Parañaque City.| Miss Fire
2022 is Andrea Aguilera of Columbia, Miss Water 2022 is Nadeen Ayoub of Palestine, and Miss Air 2022 is Sheridan
Mortlock of Australia.
2. Filmmaker SS Rajamouli won the Best Director Award for RRR at the New York Film Critics Circle 2022.
3. Canara Bank : ‘Banker’s Bank of the Year Award 2022’’ for India segment at the Global Banking Summit held in
London.
4. Cardiologist and director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research C.N. Manjunath, writer
Krishnappa G. and social activist and businessman S. Shadakshari have been selected for the Nadoja Award given by
Kannada University in Hampi.
5. Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), Maharashtra-based organisation : Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organised
by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) at the ongoing COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
6. US President Joe Biden has recognised Indian-American and a longtime Houstonian, Krishna Vavilala, with the
Presidential Lifetime Achievement (PLA) Award
7. Jammu and Kashmir: 1st prize in the category for Ayushman Bharat health account ID generation and 2nd prize in the
category for Teleconsultation conducted during the celebration of Universal Health Coverage Day 2022.
8. SpiceJet : ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by GMR Delhi Airport Awards for being the top performer among the
self-handling airlines
9. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has nominated ‘RRR’ in the Best Picture: Non-English language and
Best Original Song Naatu Naatu. At Golden Globe Awards
10. Mrs World 2022: Sargam Koushal. India won Mrs World 2022 title after 21 years Las Vegas after defeating competitors
from 63 other nations.
11. National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) won IEI (Institution of Engineers, India) Industry Excellence
Award 2022 in Chennai.
12. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative
“DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data
13. The Gujarati-language Chhello Show (The Last Show), which is India’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Awards or
Oscars awards in the International Feature film category, has been shortlisted for next year’s Academy Awards.
Meanwhile, the track Naatu Naatu from SS Rajamouli’s RRR has been shortlisted in the Best Original Song Category.
14. Rohini Nayyar prize: Sethrichem Sangtam, who helped triple the incomes of 1,200 marginalised farmers in Eastern
Nagaland
15. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) won GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award 2022, .
16. NHPC Limited : ‘Best Globally Competitive Power Company of India-Hydropower and Renewable Energy Sector’ at
PRAKASHmay 15th Enertia Awards 2022.
17. Professor Thalappil Pradeep, Indian Scientist, IIT, Madras received VinFuture special Prize in Hanoi. for the innovation
of a low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic and other heavy metals from groundwater.
18. Kura Pokkhir Shunye Ura (The Golden Wings of Watercocks) of Bangladesh and Upon Entry of Spain won the Best Film
Award at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival.
19. Indian cyclist Swasti Singh has been honoured with the prestigious 30th Ekalabya Puraskar for the year 2022. by IMFA's
charitable wing, IMPaCT.
20. KR Gouri Amma national award: Noted Cuban social worker and human rights advocate, Aleida Guevara
21. Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards, also known as "the Oscars of Education," recognition to IIT Madras .
22. Prabhu Chandra Mishra has been awarded Atal Samman Award for his excellence in field of science & research.
23. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), selected the anti-drug & illicit liquor campaign ‘Nijaat’ of
Chhattisgarh police for 'Leadership in Crime Prevention' award in the institutional category.
Summit and Conference

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 75th Amrut Mahotsav of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan via
video-conferencing. Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan was established at Rajkot in 1948 by seer Shri
Dharmajivandasji Swami.
• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been announced as the Secretariat for Science 20 (S20), the G20 summit’s science
working group.
• As part of India's G20 presidency, the Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Railways, Shri
Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the "Stay Safe Online" campaign and the “G20 Digital Innovation Alliance” (G20-DIA).
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International)

Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of May
Summits Held Nationally
S.No. Name of Summit/Events Venue
1 Science 20 Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep
2 Foreign ministers meet Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Goa
3 Youth20 event (Y20) on climate change Kashmir University
4 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Startup Forum New Delhi
5 76th World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland
6 The Second G20 Anti-corruption Working Group Meeting Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Summits Held Internationally

1 ‘Machines Can See 2023’ Dubai
2 42nd ASEAN Indonesia
3 Petersberg Climate Dialogue Berlin, Germany
4 6th Indian Ocean Conference-2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
5 ASEAN Tourism Forum Laos, Vietnam
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of April
1 G20 EMPOWER Alliance Kerela
2 Youth20 Consultation IIT, Kanpur
3 Gaj Utsav-2023 Kaziranga National Park
4 Food Conclave-2023 Telangana
5 G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) Varanasi
6 India Steel 2023 Goregaon, Mumbai
7 "India-Russia Business Dialogue" New Delhi
8 Quad Sydney
9 One Earth One Health Pragati Maidan, Delhi
10 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) New Delhi

1 Global Buddhist Summit New Delhi
2 United Nations 2023 Water Conference New York
3 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Washington D.C.
4 G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment Sapporo, Japan
5 8th meeting of the India-Thailand Defence Dialogue Bangkok
6 India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue's London
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of March

1 Raisina Dialogue Delhi
2 All India Women's Folk Art Conference Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi, Mumbai
3 Yoga Mahotsav 2023
4 International Ayurvet conclave Rishikul
5 National Youth Conclave 2023
6 One World TB Summit

1 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Gangtok, Sikkim
2 International Dharma Dhamma Conference 2023 Bhopal, MP
3 Asean-India Business Kuala Lumpur
4 23rd Commonwealth Law Conference Goa
5 B20 Conference Gangtok, Sikkim
6 Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference New Delhi
7 International Ayurvet conclave
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of February
1 30th National Child Science Congress Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2 Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 Lucknow, UP
3 2nd Indian Rice Congress 2023 Cuttack, Odisha
4 DHARA, Driving Holistic Action for Urban Rivers Pune, Maharashtra
5 SemiconIndia Conference of Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Ecosystem’ New Delhi
6 UIC World Security Congress Jaipur

1 Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting 2023 Guwahati, Assam
2 World Government Summit 2023 Dubai
3 12th World Hindi Conference Nadi, Fiji
4 I2U2 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) of January

1. Indian Science Congress's 108th edition was officially inaugrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rashtrasant
Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is hosting the five-day 108th session of ISC as it commemorates its centennial.He
emphasised the nation's expanding energy requirements and urged the scientific community to develop any advances in
the area that would help the nation.
2. Ministry of Jal Shakti organized the "1st All India Annual State Minister Conference on Water" with the theme of "Water
Vision@2027" in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 5th and 6th January 2023. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivaraj
Singh Chouhan, and Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat felicitated the occasion.
3. Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister for Science and Technology, launched the Geospatial Hackathon to encourage
innovation and start-ups in India's geospatial ecosystem.
4. The first 15 meetings of the Business 20 (B20) India Inception Meeting will be held in Gandhinagar from January 22nd
to 24th, 2023.
5. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the 2nd International Conference on the theme ‘Use of Technology
and Elections Integrity’ in New Delhi.
6. The inaugural India Stack Developer Conference was held on January 25 in New Delhi.
7. Khadi Fest- 23 was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) Mr. Manoj Kumar
in Mumbai.

8. Puducherry Lieutenant governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan said that the first G-20 meeting will be held in
Puducherry on 31st January. The G20 logo for the meeting was released by Lieutenant Governor Dr. Tamilisai
Soundararajan at a function held at Beach Road Gandhi Tidal. Dr. Tamisai thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
giving all the states the opportunity to host the G-20 meetings. He released stickers, posters and badges and also
inaugurated a selfie booth in the presence of Chief Minister Rengasamy.
9. India will host 'The Voice of Global South' Summit on January 12-13. The ‘Voice of Global South Summit’ under the theme
‘Unity of Voice, Unity of Purpose’ envisages bringing together countries of the Global South to share their perspectives
and priorities on a common platform.
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports)
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) on May
S.No. Name Organization Important facts
RBI's FY22-23 report focuses on sustainable growth and reducing carbon
‘Currency and
1 RBI emissions, addressing climate change's macroeconomic impacts,
Finance’
financial stability implications, and mitigation strategies.
PEAK Matrix For the seventh year in a row, Accenture has secured the number one
2 Everest Group
Service Provider spot in the rankings
Mumbai has moved up to the sixth rank among 46 global cities in terms
3 Knight Frank India
of annual price growth of high-end residential properties
The Billion Dollar The Billion Dollar Death Trade: International Arms Networks that Enable
4 United Nations
Death Trade Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
Indian Institute of
Financial Times
5 Management Kozhikode The debut in FT Rankings places IIM Kozhikode at the 72nd position
Rankings 2023
(IIMK)
NITI Aayog’s
The southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana emerged as
6 annual health NITI Aayog
the top performers
index
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of April

India Justice state of Karnataka has achieved the top rank among the 18 large and
1 Tata Trusts
Report (IJR) 2022 mid-sized states with populations over one crore.
includes five Indian-origin women executives who have attained
'100 Most
prominent positions in the financial services industry. These women
Influential
2 Barron's are Anu Aiyengar from J.P. Morgan, Rupal J. Bhansali from Ariel
Women in US
Investments, Sonal Desai from Franklin Templeton, Meena Flynn from
Finance'
Goldman Sachs, and Savita Subramanian from Bank of America.
2023 TIME100
3 TIME Shah Rukh Khan won the 2023 TIME100 Reader Poll.
Reader Poll
4 tiger census data the tiger population in India has reached 3,167 in 2022
State Energy
5 Efficiency Index Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Telangana
(SEEI)
Freedom in the
6 World 2023 Freedom House Tibet is the country with the least freedom in the world
Report
world's "most
7 criminal World of Statistics Venezuela has been ranked top
countries"
Jagan Mohan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh is the richest among them
Wealth of Chief
8 ADR with assets worth ₹510 crore, while Mamata Banerjee, the Chief
Minister
Minister of West Bengal, has the lowest assets worth around ₹15 lakh.
100 Most
9 Influential People Time Magazine SRK, Rajamouli
of 2023
digital payment Chennai has become one of the leading cities for digital payment
10 Worldline India
report transactions in 2022 in the country.
Rajasthan topped the country in terms of person days generation
MGNREGA MIS Ministry of Rural
11 under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
report Development
Scheme.
Inclusive Rural
report on women Transformation and
12
in agriculture Gender Equality Division
(ESP) of FAO
Logistics
13 Performance World Bank India ranks 38th
Index
Census of Water West Bengal has the highest number of water bodies in India, while
14 Ministry of Jal Shakti
Bodies Sikkim has the lowest.
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of March

India has ranked 42nd among 55 leading global
1 International IP Index U.S. Chambers of Commerce
economies
2 ILO-UNICEF report ILO-UNICEF
Electoral Democracy
3 V-Dem Institute India at 108th spot
Report
4 Wealth Report 2023 Knight Frank
India fell from the fifth to the eighth most polluted
5 'Global Air Quality' IQAir
nation in the world in 2022.
Stockholm International Peace India is still the world's largest importer of military
6 Arms Importer
Research Institute (Sipri) equipment
human rights practices
7 United States State Department
in India
2023 M3M Hurun India is ranked third in terms of the number of
8 Hurun
Global Rich List billionaires
QS World University The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi has been
9 QS
Rankings ranked among the top 50 engineering institutions
10 Passport Index Arton Capital India's Mobility Scores have decreased
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of February

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), is the
Indian Institutional
1 top government college in India for pursuing the Master of
Ranking Framework (IIRF)
Business Administration (MBA) course
Global Leader Approval PM Narendra Modi has been pegged as the world's most popular
2 Morning Consult
survey leader with an approval rating of 78 per cent.
World's Most Admired
3 Fortune Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been named
Companies
Global Quality India's national accreditation system under the Quality Council of
4
Infrastructure Index India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world
ICAO’s Aviation Safety
5 ICAO India ranks 55th.
Oversight Ranking
Genuine Impact
6 Lionel Messi is the highest paid athlete in 2021-22
Newsletter
International Energy Asia will use half of the world's electricity for the first time by
7 IEA annual report
Agency 2025.
Swiss air tracking
8 IQAir Mumbai has been ranked as the most-polluted city in India.
index
India emerged as 7th biggest nation ready to adopt crypto in
Hedgewithcrypto
9 Hedgewithcrypto 2023. Australia is the biggest country when it comes to the
Research
adoption of cryptocurrency in 2023.
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of January
1. Reporters without 1668 journalist killed
borders
2. Avtar Chennai is India's top city for women's employment. Pune, Bengaluru,
Hyderabad, and Mumbai are the next best cities for women's
employment.
3. Power Grid ranked 1st in Services Sectors across categories Gross Block, Value
Corporation of India Addition, Net Profit, Net Worth, Dividend Declaration, and Contribution
to the Central Exchequer and has also been ranked 3rd among the Top 10
profit-making Closes.
4. Delhi most polluted city in India in 2022
5. Henley Passport Henley & Partners Indian passport was ranked 85th, Japan rank 1
Index
6. "Survival of the Oxfam India The richest one per cent of Indians own over 13 times more wealth than
Richest: The India the bottom 50 per cent
Supplement''
7. The Global Risks World Economic
Report 2023 Forum
8. World of Statistics Shah Rukh Khan took the fourth position in the list of eight richest actors
of the world
9. Global Firepower Global Firepower India is ranked fourth in the index.
Index
10. ‘IT Services 25’ Brand Finance Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys grew their brand value to retain
their positions as the second and third most valuable IT services brands.
11. India@100: Ernst & Young Indian economy will reach GDP size of US$26 trillion by 2047
Realizing the
potential of a
US$26 trillion
economy
12. ‘Global 500 – 2023’ Brand Finance Reliance Jio has been ranked as the strongest brand in India and placed
ninth among the world’s strongest brands.
13. India Mobile Mobile Premier Uttar Pradesh (UP) has emerged as the top location for mobile gamers,
Gaming Report League (MPL) followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar, and West Bengal.
2022
14. Global 500 2023 Brand Finance Amazon has become the most valued brand, overtaking Apple.
15. Hindenburg Hindenburg Research Malpractices at adani enterprise.
report LLC
16. Bloomberg Bloomberg Gautam Adani has fallen out of the exclusive group of the top 10
Billionaires Index wealthiest billionaires in the world after losing $36 billion of his wealth.
List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) of December

Name Organization Important facts
State of Global WMO (World is to support monitoring and management of global freshwater resources
Water Resources Meteorological in an era of growing demand and limited supplies. The report gives an
Report 2021 Organization) overview of river flow, as well as major floods and droughts. It provides
insights into hotspots for changes in freshwater storage and highlights the
crucial role and vulnerability of the cryosphere (snow and ice).
global aviation International Civil According to DGCA officials, India has jumped to the 48th position in the
safety ranking Aviation Organization global aviation safety ranking by the International Civil Aviation
(ICAO Organization (ICAO). Four years ago, the country was ranked at the 102nd
position
Name Organization Important facts
highest risk for mass Early Warning Project India is ranked 8th among the countries that are at the highest risk for mass
killing in 2022 and killing in 2022 and 2023. India has seen a drop in rank from second position
2023 in the earlier year. Pakistan is estimated to have about a one in six chance
of experiencing a new mass killing in 2022 or 2023
GroupM’ end-of-year forecast, India is expected to surpass Brazil to become the
eighth-largest advertising market in 2023. In ‘This Year, Next Year 2022’,
GroupM has ranked India as the ninth-largest advertising market globally
16th edition of Billionaires Gautam Adani, HCL Technologies’s Shiv Nadar, and Happiest
Forbes Asia’s Heroes Minds Technologies’ Ashok Soota are the three Indians who have been
of Philanthropy list named in the 16th edition of the annual list
Passport Index 2022 Arton Capital India was ranked at 87th position in the world’s strongest passport list.
Countries with the weakest passports are Afghanistan (38) Syria (39), Iraq
(40), Pakistan (44). The UAE has the strongest passport in the world
“The World’s 100 Forbes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran
Most Powerful Mazumdar-Shaw and Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar are among six Indians
Women”. who have made it
grievance redressal Administrative Reforms Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) topped the list
index and Public Grievances
Department (DARPG
Worldwide Cost of Economist Intelligence New York and Singapore are the most expensive cities in the world,
Living Index Unit’s (EIU)
2022 Global Food British weekly The a deterioration in the global food environment for the third year,
Security Index Economist threatening food security. In this report, South Africa overtook Tunisia to
(GFSI) (11 th edition) become the most food-secure country in Africa.
Social Progress Institute for Puducherry has the highest SPI score of 65.99 in the country, attributable
Index (SPI) for Competitiveness and to its remarkable performance across components like Personal Freedom
States and Districts Social Progress and Choice, Shelter, and Water and Sanitation. Lakshadweep and Goa
Imperative closely follow it with scores of 65.89 and 65.53, respectively. Jharkhand and
Bihar scored the lowest, 43.95 and 44.47, respectively.
• India’s electric vehicle (EV) value chain revenue pool is • Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan has become the
expected to reach a size of $76-100 billion by 2030, only Indian to be named in an international list of 50
potentially translating to $8-11 billion profit pool, according greatest actors of all time by a prominent British
to a report by Bain & Company. magazine.
• The United Nations has recognised the Namami Gange • YouTube’s creative ecosystem supported more than
initiative to rejuvenate India’s sacred River Ganga as one of 750,000 full-time equivalent jobs in India in 2021 and added
the top 10 World Restoration Flagships to revive the more than Rs 10,000 crore to the GDP of the nation. The
natural world. The award was received by G Ashok Kumar, business also disclosed that Courses, a new product that will
Director General, Namami Gange, at the 15th Conference provide viewers a greater learning experience and creators
of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal,
a new opportunity to monetize their work, would launch in
Canada.
beta in 2023.
• Union Minister for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh
• India is ranked fifth on the global list of the best cuisines for
has revealed that India had jumped from 7th to 3rd in global
2022, according to Taste Atlas. The ranking is based on
scientific publications and scholarly output, according to a
audience votes for ingredients, dishes, and beverages.
report by America’s National Science Foundation. India
also ranks third globally in the number of PhDs produced Italy's food came in first place followed by Greece and
annually. Spain. India received 4.54 points and the best rated foods of
• Three new cultural sites in India, including the iconic Sun the country include "garam masala, malai, ghee, butter
Temple at Modhera, historic Vadnagar town in Gujarat, garlic naan, keema", the rating said. It has a total of 460
and rock-cut relief sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura, have items in the list. Furthermore, the best restaurants to try
been added to the tentative list of UNESCO world heritage Indian cuisine are Shree Thaker Bhojanalay (Mumbai),
sites. The UNESCO website describes a tentative list as an Karavalli (Bengaluru), Bukhara (New Delhi), Dum Pukht
“inventory of those properties which each State Party (New Delhi), Comorin (Gurugram) and 450 others,
intends to consider for nomination”. according to the list.
• Punjab ranks second in the country in average monthly • The Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs,
income per agricultural household. The fact came to light Hardeep Singh Puri launched draft guidelines for a new
in a data provided by Union Minister of Agriculture and ranking system of cities based on finance and beauty. The
Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar in the ongoing competition is aimed at identifying and promoting
session of Rajya Sabha. financially happy cities and improving municipal finances.
Books & Authors

Books & Authors of May
Name of Book Author
“Made In India: 75 Years of Business and Enterprise” Amitabh Kant
Droupadi Murmu: From Tribal Hinterlands to Raisina Hills Kasturi Ray
The Indian Metropolis: Deconstructing India’s Urban Spaces Feroze Varun Gandhi
Guts Amidst Bloodbath Aditya Bhushan
The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life Ruskin Bond
Supreme Court on Commercial Arbitration Dr.Manoj Kumar
NTR-A Political Biography Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla
Books & Authors of April

Name of Book Author
"Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire" Nandini Das
Gandhi: Siyasat aur Sampradaiykta (‘ Gandhi: Politics and Communalism’) Piyush Babele
“The Great Bank Robbery: NPAs, Scams and the Future of Regulation” Pattabhi Ram & Sabyasachee Dash
“The Banker to Every Indian” State Bank of India (SBI)
'Sachin@50 - Celebrating A Maestro' Boria Majumdar
"Crosscourt" Jaidip Mukerjea
"Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey Through Opium's Hidden Histories" Amitav Ghosh
'Saurashtra Tamil Sangam Prashasti' Somnath Sanskrit University
"Reflections" Narayanan Vaghul
Books & Authors of March

Name of Book Author
“The Book of Bihari Literature” Abhay Kumar
‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story - From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’ Sajjan Singh Yadav
"Mundaka Upanishad: The Gateway to Eternity" Dr. Karan Singh
As Good as My Word KM Chandrasekhar
India’s Struggle for Independence – Gandhian Era P. Jyothimani
Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform Rachna Biswat Rawat
Snakes In the Ganga: Breaking India 2.0 Shri Rajiv Malhotra and Mrs. Vijaya Viswanathan
A Matter of the Heart: Education in India Anurag Behar
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (illustrated) Shrimant Kokate
Azaad Ghulam Nabi Azad
Name of Book Author
Pyre Perumal Murugan's
Phoolange Lekhnath Chhetri
War and Women Dr M A Hasan
Why Can't Elephants be Red?? Vani Tripathi Tikoo
Books & Authors of February

Name of Book Author
'The Best of Satyajit Ray' Penguin Random House India
Victory City Salman Rushdie
Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux Sujan Chinoy, Vijay Chauthaiwala, and Uttam Kumar Sinha
Books & Authors of January

Name of Book Author
“Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary” Kaki Madhava Rao
“The World: A Family History of Humanity” Simon Sebag Montefiore
'Human Anatomy' in Hindi Manav sharir Rachna Vigyan Dr AK Dwivedi
Ambedkar: A Life Shashi Tharoor
"Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom," Sanjeev Sanyal
"Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking" Tamal Bandyopadhyay
‘Njaan Sakshi’ K.K. Abdul Gaffar’s
Jadunama Arvind Mandloi
"Braving A Viral Storm: India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Story" Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir
"Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom" Sanjeev Sanyal
Irrfan Khan: A Life in Movies Shubhra Gupta
‘Come! Let’s Run’ Ma. Subramanian
'COACHING BEYOND: My Days with the Indian Cricket Team' R. Kaushik & R. Sridhar
“India’s Knowledge Supremacy: The New Dawn” Dr Ashwin Fernandes
Books & Authors of December

Name of the Book Author
The Chipko Movement: A People’s History Shekhar Pathak
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne Katherine Rundell’s
Miracles of Face Yoga’ Mansi Gulati
Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama
Fit At Any Age Air Marshal PV Iyer
The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the Voyage’ Commodore Ranjit B Rai
19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India , C
“Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond
Rangarajan
Sports Current Affairs
Sports Current Affairs of May Hockey
• Odisha extends sponsorship for Indian hockey teams for ten
Cricket {National Game of Australia, Bermuda, England,
more years from 2023 to 2033.
Jamaica No. of Players: 11
Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom
Badminton / Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting
hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free
• Indian badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and
hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, Leg bye, Nelson,
Chirag Shetty won India's first men's doubles gold at the
Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
Badminton Asia Championships, defeating Malaysia's Ong
• Mark Nicholas chosen as next president of MCC, to take
over from Stephen Fry in October. Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.
• Babar Azam broke the record for the fastest player to score • Omar Rashid appointed Chair of Badminton Asia's
5000 runs in One Day International cricket in 97 innings, Technical Officials Committee.
during Pakistan's fourth match against New Zealand. The
previous record was held by Hashim Amla, who achieved it Other Sports Current Affairs
in 101 innings. • Indian sailor Commander Abhilash Tomy (retd.) to end 236-
• Mastercard replaces BharatPe as ICC's global sponsor. day solo non-stop yacht race around the world.
• Yuzvendra Chahal becomes first Indian bowler to take 300 • Belgian snooker player Luca Brecel claimed his first world
wickets in T20 cricket with 4 wickets for 17 runs against title by defeating Mark Selby 18-15 in a thrilling final at the
Sunrisers Hyderabad. Crucible in Sheffield.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced • FIDE and Tech Mahindra's Global Chess League will be held
that Adidas will be the new kit sponsor of the Indian team. in Dubai for its inaugural edition in association with Dubai
• Ambati Rayudu, the Chennai Super Kings’ star batter, Sports Council.
announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League. • Former 100m world champion sprinter from the United
States of America, Tori Bowie, died at the age of 32. The
Important Terms associated: tennis American was crowned world champion in 2017 and won
• Kasumi Ishikawa, a three-time Olympic medalist in table three Olympic medals at the Rio Games in 2016.
tennis from Japan, has announced her retirement. • Neeraj Chopra won the Doha Diamond League 2023 with an
• Andy Murray, has won his first tournament since 2019 by 88.67 m throw.
defeating Tommy Paul, in the final of the ATP Challenger • Praveen Chithravel sets national record in men's triple jump
event in Aix-en-Provence. at Havana meet.
• V. Prraneeth, a 15-year-old chess player from Telangana,
Football {National Game of Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel, achieved the title of Grandmaster, becoming the sixth from
Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11 the state and the 82nd in India.
Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free • The traditional game of Gatka is set to receive a major boost
Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe on a national level as it has been officially included in the
Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick}
37th National Games-2023.
• AIFF declares June 23 as 'AIFF Grassroots Day' in honor of
• Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has claimed
Pradip Kumar Banerjee.
number one ranking in men’s javelin for the first time.
• Football Club Barcelona (FC Barcelona) has become the
champions of Spain for the 27th time in the club’s 123-year
history.
• The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy, which is widely regarded as
the most prestigious and recognized sporting symbol
worldwide, has been revealed as a prominent feature of the
official brand for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Grand Prixes
• Sergio Perez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, with
Max Verstappen finishing in second place.
• Max Verstappen wins Miami Grand Prix for second
consecutive year.
• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the 2023 Monaco Grand
Prix.
• The highly anticipated third edition of the Khelo India ● Bhubaneswar will host the third edition of the four-team
University Games (KIUG) has commenced in Uttar Pradesh. Intercontinental Football Cup from June 9-18. India,
• World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Lebanon, Mongolia, and Vanuatu will participate. India has
never played against Mongolia and Vanuatu, but has a
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the Grand
record of six matches against Lebanon.
Chess Tour (GCT) at the Museum of the History of Polish ● FIFA has selected Argentina to host the under-20 soccer
Jews. World Cup after revoking the hosting rights from Indonesia.
• India has won the title of NSC-CAVA Women’s Volleyball ● Odisha FC won the Hero Super Cup 2023 Final by defeating
Challenge Cup held in Kathmandu. Bengaluru FC 2-1.
Sports Current Affairs of April Grand Prixes

● Max Verstappen wins Australian Grand Prix 2023, Hamilton
Cricket {National Game of Australia, Bermuda, England, second, Alonso third.
Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom Badminton / Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting
hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free ● Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu banned for 4 years by
hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, Leg bye, Nelson, NADA after failing drug test at National Games.
● Aman Sehrawat won India's 1st gold medal in men's 57kg
Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
freestyle wrestling at the 2023 Asian Wrestling
● Kim Cotton made history by becoming the first woman to
Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
umpire in a men's international match between two full-
member teams on April 5th during the T20I match between Sports Events |Tournaments Current Affairs
Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Dunedin. Other Sports Current Affairs
● Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh ● India wins both men's and women's categories at 4th Asian
have been awarded honorary life membership of the Kho Kho Championships in Assam's Tamulpur.
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). ● Brazilian artist Dante Akira Uwai has won the Winter Youth
● According to the latest FIFA rankings, the Indian men's Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 medal design competition.
football team has climbed up five spots and is now ranked ● Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, a teenager, defeated former
at 101. world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of
Uzbekistan in the World Chess Armageddon Asia & Oceania
● David Warner becomes fastest IPL batsman to reach 6,000
event, securing the championship and qualifying for
runs.
Armageddon's Grand Finale in September.
● Kagiso Rabada became the fastest bowler to take 100 ● Evans Chebet of Kenya won the 127th Boston Marathon
wickets in the IPL. men's race with a time of 2:05:54, followed by Gabriel Geay
● Gary Ballance, a left-handed batsman, has retired from all of Tanzania and Benson Kipruto of Kenya.
forms of cricket after playing for both Zimbabwe and ● Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum collapsed after winning the
England in a career that spanned 13 years. London Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 1 minute, and 25
● David Warner became the most capped overseas captain in seconds, missing the world record by only 16 seconds.
Indian Premier League (IPL) history when he walked out for ● Indian racing talent Jaden Pariat secures podium position at
the toss for Delhi Capitals against Kolkata Knight Riders ROKiT British F4 Championship's opening round.
during an IPL 2023 game in Delhi. Sports Current Affairs of March
Cricket {National Game of Australia, Bermuda, England,
Important Terms associated: tennis
● Daniil Medvedev won his fourth Miami Open title by beating
Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom
Jannik Sinner in the final. hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free
Football {National Game of Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel, Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11
● Indian Premier League (IPL) team Royal Challengers
Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free
Bangalore (RCB) partnering with Equitas Small Finance
Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe Bank as their banking partner for the IPL 2023 season.
Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick} ● In the final of the Irani Cup 2022/23, Team Rest of India
● FIFA withdrew Peru's hosting rights for the FIFA U-17 World secured their 30th title win in the Indian domestic
Cup 2023™ due to concerns over the country's ability to tournament, continuing their dominant performance.
meet the requirements. ● Tim Paine, the former captain of the Australian test cricket
● At the Ordinary Congress of European Soccer's governing team, has announced his retirement from cricket after
body held in Lisbon, Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected as playing his last Sheffield Shield first-class match for
the UEFA president unopposed. Tasmania against Queensland.
● In the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 final, held at Badminton / Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting
the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, the Mumbai Indians ● Mirabai Chanu has bagged the 2022 ’BBC Indian
won against the Delhi Capitals by seven wickets. Sportswoman Of The Year’ award after a public vote.
● Shakib Al Hasan has surpassed Tim Southee to become ● Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the popular
the leading wicket-taker in T20I cricket during the second Indian doubles badminton pair, secured their first doubles
T20I match against Ireland in Chattogram. title of 2023 by winning the Swiss Open Super 300 finals.
Important Terms associated: tennis Other Sports Current Affairs

● Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with the
● Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open in his professional
Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation
tennis debut by defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4, in the final
(ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking
game between two former No. 1s.
score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram.
● Rohan Bopanna, a 43-year-old Indian tennis player, and his
● India’s top triple-jumper Aishwarya Babu has been banned
Australian partner Matthew Ebden have become the
by the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) disciplinary
oldest duo to win an ATP Masters 1000 title.
panel for four years for using a prohibited anabolic steroid.
● Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin broke the national record in the
Football {National Game of Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel,
men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps
Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11
Competition.
Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free
● The Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi will host
Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe
the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023 from
March 15–26. Mahindra has been named the title sponsor of
● Argentina's Lionel Messi has bagged the Best FIFA men's this competition by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI),
player prize for 2022. while MC Mary Kom and Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar
● Manchester United ended their 6-year trophy drought have been named as brand ambassadors. The third time in
when they defeated Newcastle United 2-0 to win the history, India is serving as the host country.
Carabao Cup in Wembley. ● Pankaj Advani, the Indian cue sports champion, has
● Karnataka ended their 54-year wait to win the Santosh retained his Asian Billiards title in the 100-up format after
Trophy national football championship, beating defeating his compatriot Brijesh Damani 5-1 in the final
Meghalaya 3-2 in a pulsating final at the King Fahd held at Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF)
International Stadium in the Saudi Arabia capital. Services Academy.
beat Punjab 2-0 in the playoff to finish third. ● Lashinda Demus, a runner from the United States, has
● Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president until been awarded an Olympic gold medal at the age of 40,
2027 by acclamation, after highlighting his strong financial more than a decade after the 2012 London Games.
performance as a reason for keeping a CEO in their position
for life. Sports Current Affairs of February
● On March 29, the Premier League inducted former Cricket {National Game of: Australia, Bermuda, England,
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and ex- Jamaica No. of Players: 11
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger into its Hall of Fame. Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom
Grand Prixes hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free
● Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, Leg bye, Nelson,
Prix from pole position, leading almost the entire race as he Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
opened the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles. • Aaron Finch retires from International Cricket.
● At the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix of the 2023 Formula One • Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has
season, Sergio Perez displayed a dominant performance announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
and earned his first win. • Gary Ballance, who represented England 42 times across
all three formats, scored a superb century for Zimbabwe on
Hockey the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies in
● Hockey Madhya Pradesh was named the winner of the Bulawayo.
13th Hockey India Senior Women National • Indian batter Shubman Gill was named ICC Men's Player of
Championship in 2023 after defeating Hockey the Month for January following a series of impressive
Maharashtra 5-1 in the championship game in Kakinada, innings in the ODI format, while England U-19 skipper
Andhra Pradesh. Grace Scrivens became the youngest player to be named
● Rani Rampal, a prominent player on the Indian hockey for the women's honour.
team, has achieved a significant milestone as the first • BCCI's Chief selector Chetan Sharma has resigned from his
woman in the sport to have a stadium named after her. The post following a sting operation conducted by a TV news
MCF Rae Bareli has renamed the hockey stadium to 'Rani's channel, where he shared internal information about the
Girls Hockey Turf' in her honor. team and selection process.
• Indian batter Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive Hockey
buy at the inaugural Women's Premier League auction in • The central ice hockey team of the Indo-Tibetan Border
Mumbai. Police (ITBP) has won the 12th edition of the Ice Hockey
• Hyundai Motor India Ltd has signed on two more women Association of India (IHAI) National Ice Hockey
cricketers named Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh Championship for men- 2023 organized in Leh, Ladakh.
Thakur, to its roster of brand ambassadors. Bhatia and
Other Sports Current Affairs
Thakur will join Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and
• Gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a 21-month ban
Jemimah Rodrigues. for failing a dope test conducted by the International
• Sania Mirza has been roped in as mentor of Royal Testing Agency.
Challengers Bangalore for the inaugural Women's Premier • Indian Olympian Aditi Ashok won the 2023 Magical Kenya
League (WPL). Ladies Open Title with a final-round score of 74.
• Tata Group has secured the title sponsorship rights for the • DS Penske’s Jean-Eric Vergne won Formula E’s first race in
Women's Premier League (WPL) for five seasons (BCCI). India as Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein extended his
• Virat Kohli became the sixth and the fastest batter in the championship lead with fourth place in Hyderabad.
world to score 25,000 runs across formats during the • After winning the 24th NordWest Cup 2023 at Bad
second Test against Australia, which India won by six Zwischenahn in Germany and defeating German IM Ilja
wickets. Schneider, Indian chess player Vignesh NR became the
• England Test captain Ben Stokes became the player to hit 80th Grandmaster of India.
• Indian teen Tilottama Sen won the bronze medal in the
the most number of sixes in the history of Test cricket,
women’s 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo in
surpassing England coach and former New Zealand
Egypt.
cricketer Brendon McCullum in the match against New
• India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won the men’s 10m air
Zealand. rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo.

Sports Current Affairs of January
• Top-seeded Spanish player, Carlos Alcaraz won his first Cricket {National Game of: Australia, Bermuda, England,
title since his milestone U.S. Open triumph by beating Jamaica No. of Players: 11
Cameron Norrie in straight sets at the Argentina Open Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom
tennis Tournament. hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free
Football {National Game of: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel, Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11 • The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced
Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free that Yo-Yo Test and Dexa will be a part of the selection
Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe criteria. BCCI has also discussed the player’s availability,
Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick} workload management, and fitness parameters in the team
• The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that review meeting along with the roadmap of the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2023. ICC Cricket World Cup is scheduled in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) won the hosting of the
October and November, and it is to be hosted by India.
2027 Asian Nations Cup, for the first time in its history,
• Saurashtra's Jaydev Unadkat made a slice of Ranji Trophy
since its inception in 1956.
history, becoming the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the
• Kerala has crowned to their bulging cabinet of national opening over. The left-arm pacer destroyed Delhi by adding
football trophies, putting on a show in the final of the two more in the next over in a career-best eight-wicket haul
National Beach Soccer Championships and overwhelming in the Elite Group B match in Rajkot. Unadkat's hat-trick
Punjab 13-4, to win the title, at Dumas Beach, Surat. victims included opener Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal and
• France defender Raphael Varane is retiring from young Delhi captain Yash Dhull, all of whom departed for
international football, ending a 10-year career with Les duck.
Bleus. • Australia’s Belinda Clark has become the first female
• Real Madrid has won the Club World Cup for a record- cricketer to have a statue cast in her honour, a bronze
extending fifth time after beating Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal 5- sculpture of the trailblazing former captain unveiled outside
Sydney Cricket Ground. Clark played 15 tests and over 100
3 in the final in Rabat, Morocco.
limited overs matches between 1991-2005, and became the
• Paris Saint-Germain's and former Real Madrid defender
first cricketer to score a double-hundred in one-day
Sergio Ramos has announced that he is retiring from
internationals when she made an unbeaten 229 against
international football. Denmark in 1997.
• Dwaine Pretorius Proteas all-rounder has retired from • India beat England in the first-ever ICC U-19 Women’s T20
international cricket. World Cup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
• Suryakumar Yadav has become the fastest player to reach • Murali Vijay has announced his retirement from all forms of
1,500 runs in T20 International cricket. international cricket.
• Harry Brook received the ICC Men’s Player of the Month • New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has announced that
award after a blistering run of scores that helped England outstanding women's cricketer will be honoured with the
claim a historic World Test Championship (WTC) series inaugural Debbie Hockley Medal at this year's annual
victory in Pakistan. cricket awards ceremony.
• Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner bagged the ICC Women’s
Player of the Month award for her contributions with bat
and ball in the T20I series against India. • Sania Mirza announces her retirement.
• In Cricket, India scripted history by defeating Sri Lanka by • Novak Djokovic has defeated America’s Sebastian Korda
the largest ever margin of 317 runs in the third and final ODI in a nerve-wracking final to win the Adelaide International
in Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala. Previous record of a win by men’s singles title.
a largest ever margin was with the New Zealand, for 290- • At Adelaide International 1, Aryna Sabalenka won the
run win over Ireland in 2008. women’s singles by defeating Linda Noskova of the Czech
• Virat Kohli became the fifth-highest run-scorer in history of Republic.
ODI cricket with 12,652 runs in 268 ODIs at an average of
57.78, with 45 tons and 65 half-century, overtaking Sri Football {National Game of: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel,
Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene to enter into top-five. Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11
• Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free
Women's IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years. Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe
• Shubman Gill hits double hundred and become only the Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick}
eighth and the youngest player (23 years) in ODI history. • Gareth Bale has announced his retirement from
• Hashim Amla ended his 22-year playing career, with his professional football at the age of 33.
legacy secure as one of South Africa’s all-time cricketing • France team captain Hugo Lloris has announced his
greats. decision to retire from international football at the age of
• The Rwanda fast bowler, Geovanis Uwase has been 36.
suspended by ICC from bowling in international cricket with • Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup for the first
immediate effect after her action was found illegal at time since the competition was revamped and moved to
Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. Saudi Arabia with a 3-1 victory over Real Madrid.
• Indian captain Rohit Sharma has shattered a long-standing
record held by MS Dhoni to become India's most prolific six- Hockey
hitter in the history of ODI cricket. • Hockey Haryana's women's team won the Khelo India
• International Cricket Council (ICC), reportedly lost nearly Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers after
$2.5 million in online scam last year. defeating Madhya Pradesh (2-0) in the final at
• The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) 92.2 million Bhubaneswar. In the final match, Pooja and Gurmail Kaur
followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok scored a goal each for Haryana to end the contest in their
and YouTube makes it the most followed international favour.
sports federation on social media, according to a study • In Hockey, Madhya Pradesh defeated Odisha 6-5 to clinch
from BCW Sports. Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men’s Under-18 Qualifiers
title in Bhubaneswar. In a thrilling final, Jamir Mohammad
was the star of the final, scoring a hat-trick, while Ali
Ahmed, Mohammad Zaid Khan and captain Ankit Pal
scored one goal each for Madhya Pradesh.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday
inaugurated one of the largest hockey stadiums in India in
Rourkela ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023. Built
at an estimated cost of ₹261 crore, the stadium, located in
Sundargarh district, has been christened as Birsa Munda
Hockey Stadium Complex. It has been built in 50 acres in a
record 15 months-time with a seating capacity of 20,000.
The stadium also has practice centres adjacent to it with
certified turfs and lighting. The State has also built a World
Cup village, which has 225 rooms to house the players and
officials, within nine months.
• ‘Hockeyverse’ a new metaverse product which Hockey Sports Current Affairs of December
India claims marks a first for a national sports federation,
has been launched across the governing body’s social media Cricket {National Game of: Australia, Bermuda, England,
platforms and is designed to enhance the tournament Jamaica No. of Players: 11
experience for fans around the world. Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, Bottom
• Germany beat Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Chinaman, Flick, Free
the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, Hit wicket, Leg bye, Nelson,
Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Night watchman, Pinch hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.}
• The third T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the
Badminton / Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting
Blind will be held from December 5 to 17, 2022 in India.
• Akane Yamaguchi and Viktor Axelsen won the Malaysia
The participating countries of the World Cup 2022 are
Open Super 1000 women’s and men’s singles titles in
Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lanka and India. Former India batter Yuvraj Singh is the
• Shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand won the India
brand ambassador of the tournament.
Open Badminton Championship 2023 by defeating
• Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has surpassed former batter
Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles. In the
Women’s Singles category, An Seyoung of South Korea Mohammed Azharuddin to become the sixth-highest run-
won the title by defeating Japanese Akane Yamaguchi. getter for his country in ODI cricket.
• Former England skipper Joe Root became only the third
Other Sports Current Affairs cricketer in history to score 10000 runs and pick up 50
• Former World rapid champion K. Humpy produced a wickets in Test cricket.
superlative performance to claim India’s first-ever silver • Rehan Ahmed becomes England’s youngest-ever Test
medal from the World blitz chess championship that Cricketer to debut in the final match between Pakistan and
concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Humpy defeated China’s England.
Zhongyi Tan to win Silver in the 17th and final round. • The Indian national blind cricket team won the T20 World
• Nineteen-year-old Kolkata-based chess player, Koustav Cup for the Blind for the third time in a row. They defeated
Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster. He is also the Bangladesh at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium by a
tenth GM from West Bengal. Koustav earned his first GM commanding score of 120 runs. The Indian captain, Ajay
norm in October 2021 at a Grandmasters’ chess tournament Kumar Reddy
in Bangladesh • Sam Curran breaks all the records and became the most
• Pranesh M became India's 79th Grandmaster, having expensive cricketer ever to be bought by any franchise of
completed his three norms prior to this event. IM Pranesh M the Indian Premier League (IPL).
emerged as the winner of the Rilton Cup, the first
tournament of the FIDE Circuit. The 16-year-old from Football {National Game of: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Israel,
India, seeded 22nd, made a clean sweep of the field in Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11
Stockholm, winning eight games and finishing a full point Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, Free
ahead of IM Kaan Kucuksari (Sweden) and GM Nikita
Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Kick, Toe
Meshkovs (Latvia).
• Anahat Singh won the Girl’s U-15 squash title at British
• FIFA has announced that Stephanie Frappart of France will
Junior Open Tournament.
be the first woman to referee a men’s’ World Cup match
• Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league is to
• Famous Footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has sensationally
take place at Chandigarh University, Punjab.
joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on a two and a half year
• Falak Mumtaz, an 11-year-old girl from Jammu and
deal worth 200 million euros per season.
Kashmir has bagged a gold medal in National Sqay
Championship. • Deepika Padukone unveiled the FIFA World Cup trophy in
• Laxman Rawat of PSPB emerged victorious in the Qatar later this month, according to reports.
'Baulkline' NSCI All India Snooker Open. • Belgium captain Eden Hazard has announced his
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan retirement from international football after Belgium’s early
inaugurated the fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth exit from the FIFA World Cup 2022. .
Games (KIYG) at a mega function to kick start the Khelo • France footballer Karim Benzema has announced his
India Youth Games that will see participation from nearly retirement from International football.
6,000 athletes from across the country in 27 disciplines. • Morocco was rewarded by FIFA with hosting rights for the
• Dutch player Anish Giri, five times the runner-up in Wijk next Club World Cup in February, with an expanded 32-
aan Zee, has won the 85th edition of Tata Steel Chess. team edition set to launch in 2025.
Hockey {National Game of: India, Pakistan No. of Players: 11 tournaments. The 15th edition of the esteemed event will
Important Terms Associated: Advancing, Bully, Center Pass, take place in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13
Dribble, Drive, Flagrant Foul, Flick, Free Hit, Striker, Tackle, to January 29, 2023.
Undercutting, Dodge, Drag Flick, Grip, Hacking, Penalty • Goa will host India’s first ever World Table Tennis (WTT)
Corner, Wall Pass} series event from February 27 to March 5. The top tier WTT
• The Indian women Hockey team led by Captain Savita Star Contender Goa 2023 will take place at the Shyama
Punia beat Spain 1-0 in the final to win the inaugural FIH Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium, located at the Goa
Nations Cup played at Valencia, Spain. The winning goal University Campus. Stupa Analytics, a homegrown sports
was scored by Gurjit Kaur of India. analytics firm, will be the tournament host with active
support from the Goa government.
Tennis
• Hyderabad Strikers has crowned as champions of 4th Other Sports Current Affairs
Tennis Premier League (TPL) 2022 beating Mumbai Leon • National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA India) is hosts an
Army (41-32) and was crowned champions of the event for Inclusion Conclave for the first time to sharpen the focus on
the 2nd year in a row anti-doping education and processes for athletes with
disabilities..
Badminton • Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil won International
• World No 3 Sukant Kadam smashed his way to a gold Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President’s Cup held in
medal at the recently concluded Peru Para-Badminton Cairo, Egypt.
International, defeating ace shuttler defeated Singapore’s • World champion American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-
Chee Hiong Ang. India won 14 medals in total (6 gold, 1 Levrone and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis won
silver and 7 bronze). the World Athlete of the year awards.
• Indian swimmer Chahat Arora set a national record in the
Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting
women’s 100-metre breaststroke at the FINA World
• Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won silver at the
Swimming Championships 2022 in Melbourne, Australia.
2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia.
• According to the World Athletics, Tokyo Olympics gold
She beat the Tokyo 2020 champion Hou Zhihua of China.
medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra of India was the
China’s Jiang Huihua took home the gold medal
most written about track and field athlete in 2022,
Sports Events |Tournaments Current Affairs displacing the Jamaican legend Usain Bolt from the top lists.
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced
• Sixteen-year-old Aditya Mittal has become India’s 77th
chess Grandmaster during an ongoing tournament in that Viacom18 Media Private Limited (Viacom18) has
Spain. The Mumbai player, who had secured three GM secured the exclusive media rights to broadcast the
norms, crossed 2,500 ELO points mark during the sixth Olympic Games Paris 2024, plus non-exclusive rights to the
round of the ongoing Ellobregat Open tournament in Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024, in
Spain. He drew the game against Spain’s No.1 Francisco Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
Vallejo Pons to achieve the feat. and Sri Lanka.
• Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said one • Puma has roped in Bollywood actor and entrepreneur
thousand Khelo India centres will be opened by the 15th of Anushka Sharma as its brand ambassador.
August next year across the country. He added that out of
these one thousand centres, 733 centres have been
already sanctioned.
• Karnataka shooter Divya T.S has secured her first women’s
10m air pistol national title at the 65th National Shooting
Championship Competitions in Pistol events held in
Bhopal. Olympian, Manu Bhaker has won the junior
women’s air pistol, after defeating Esha Singh (Telangana).
Rhythm Sangwan has won the gold medal in the Youth
category.
• Tata Steel Limited signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Hockey India on December 13,
2022 to become an Official Partner of the FIH Odisha
Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela.
The FIH Men’s World Cup is the pinnacle of men’s hockey
Science & Technology
Science & Technology of May ● Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace test-fires fully
3D-printed cryogenic engine.
• IIT Madras researchers develop GBMDriver, a machine ● India approves Space Policy 2023 to strengthen the
learning-based computational tool for improved detection Department of Space and ISRO's activities, aiming for self-
of cancer-causing tumours in the brain and spinal cord. reliance in space technology.
• ISRO launches START: Online space training for students. ● NASA's TEMPO instrument launched to monitor air
• In a groundbreaking moment for Saudi Arabia, the pollutants, providing high-resolution observation of air
country’s first astronauts in decades have embarked on a quality from space.
journey to the International Space Station (ISS). Sponsored
● ESA launched Juice mission to explore Jupiter and its moons
by the Saudi Arabian government, a female stem cell
using Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Communication
researcher named Rayyanah Barnawi.
established after successful separation.
• Garuda Aerospace, a leading drone manufacturer, has
● DRDO inaugurated the largest Industry Academia Centre of
joined hands with Naini Aerospace, a subsidiary of
Excellence in India at IIT-Hyderabad. The centre will
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), under the
conduct long-term research for DRDO and collaborate with
administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, to
IIT-H to execute projects in 3-5 years.
establish a joint development partnership.
• Axiom Space, a private space habitat company, recently ● IIT Indore, NASA-Caltech and University of Gothenburg
launched their latest mission, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), to the designed a cost-effective camera setup to capture
International Space Station (ISS). multispectral images of four chemical species in a flame
• Microsoft has launched Jugalbandi, a generative AI-driven using a single DSLR camera, replacing the need for a
multilingual chatbot accessible via popular messaging complicated system with four cameras.
platform, WhatsApp. ● Elon Musk announced the launch of an AI platform called
• The International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) in "TruthGPT" to compete with Microsoft and Google's
Germany, the AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’, situated at C- offerings, seeking maximum truth and safety, criticizing
DAC, Pune, achieved an impressive global ranking of 75th Microsoft-backed OpenAI and accusing Larry Page of not
on the esteemed Top 500 Global Supercomputing List. taking AI safety seriously.
• Infosys, a leading IT services company, has launched Topaz, ● NASA's Lucy mission captured views of four Jupiter Trojan
a comprehensive suite of services, solutions, and platforms asteroids, despite being 330 million miles away from the
that harness the power of generative Artificial Intelligence spacecraft, using its highest resolution imager, L'LORRI.
(AI) technologies. ● Kenya's first operational Earth observation satellite "Taifa-
• The Indian Space Research Organisation is collaborating 1" was launched by SpaceX along with 50 payloads from
with the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, an other countries on April 15th, 2023.
autonomous research institute, to build the X-Ray ● ISRO to launch Singapore's TeLEOS-2 satellite on April 22
Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) that is scheduled to be via PSLV, marking the rocket's 55th mission.
launched later this year. ● China successfully launches Fengyun-3 meteorological
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved satellite using Chang Zheng-4B carrier rocket to monitor
yet another milestone as its geosynchronous satellite severe weather conditions on its 471st Chang Zheng rocket
launch vehicle (GSLV) rocket, GSLV-F12, successfully family launch.
placed the navigation satellite NVS-01 into orbit. ● Singaporean satellites TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4 launched
by India's PSLV along with seven other payloads for
Science & Technology of April experiments.
● IIT Kanpur's C3iHub launches Cybersecurity Skilling
● Chinese company Space Pioneer successfully launched its Programme with support from Government of India.
Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit, marking the first time a liquid-
● 1800 Indian scientists and educators criticize the National
fueled rocket has been launched into orbit by a Chinese
Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for
firm, and the first time a startup has reached orbit on its
removing Darwin's theory of evolution from science
initial attempt. The rocket enabled Beijing Tianbing
textbooks for classes 9 and 10.
Technology to launch a small satellite named "Love Space
● NASA scientists have successfully extracted oxygen from
Science" to a polar orbit around Earth.
● ISRO has accomplished the Reusable Launch Vehicle simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment, which could
Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) at the pave the way for future human colonies on the Moon.
Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka. ● Sara, the world's first robotic check-in assistant, has been
● NASA selects four astronauts for Artemis II Moon Mission unveiled by Dubai-based airline Emirates.
after 50 years, including the first woman and black ● IIT Bombay's SHUNYA team secured second place in the
astronauts, Christina Koch and Victor Glover. They will orbit Solar Decathlon Build Challenge in the US with their zero-
the Moon in late 2022 or early 2025, preparing for future energy house designed to address air pollution in Mumbai's
crew to make a touchdown. climate.
Science & Technology of March ● The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
● Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is when your heart successfully launched its heaviest rocket, LVM3, for the
rate increases very quickly after getting up from sitting or sixth consecutive time from the Sriharikota spaceport.
lying down. It can get better with changes to your lifestyle, ● This summer, the National Aeronautics and Space
but some people may need treatment with medicines. It's Administration (NASA) is preparing four individuals to live
on Mars on June 2023.
also known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
● In just 30 seconds, a cost-effective and portable 3D paper-
● The CE-20 cryogenic engine, which will power the nation's
based device developed by researchers at IIT Madras can
rocket for the third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, had a
detect milk adulteration.
flight acceptance hot test that was successfully completed,
● The Punjab and Haryana Court recently utilized the
according to the Indian Space Research Organisation assistance of an AI chatbot called ChatGPT to make a
(ISRO). decision regarding a bail application in a criminal case,
● SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-6 mission to orbit en route marking the first time an Indian court has done so.
to the International Space Station, with a Russian ● India has established a new design lab in Ahmedabad that
cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two aims to facilitate space sector start-ups in converting their
NASA crewmates for the flight. inventive concepts into practical models at a faster pace.
● Researchers trying to uncover the secrets of Earth's
geology have revealed the fifth layer of the planet. Seismic Science & Technology of February
waves generated by earthquakes have revealed new • IBM has partnered with NASA to gain new findings on
insights about the deepest parts of Earth’s inner core. The Earth’s climate through the power of AI technology.
fifth layer is made of iron and nickel, the same materials • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Ashok Leyland
that comprise the rest of the inner core. unveiled India’s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine
● The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has (H2-ICE) technology solution for heavy duty trucks.
received the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite from the • Google has unveiled an experimental conversation AI
U.S. space agency. service called "Bard", as it races to catch up with the wildly
● SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral popular chatbot ChatGPT from the Microsoft-backed firm
Space Force Station with 40 more internet satellites for rival OpenAI.
OneWeb, followed by the landing of the rocket’s first stage • NASA's "all-electric" plane X-57 is soon set to take off, the
booster back at the Florida spaceport. US space agency.
● GPT4, the most recent release of OpenAI's large language • Chinese search engine Baidu revealed its plans of launching
model, which powers popular apps like ChatGPT and the a ChatGPT-style AI chatbot called ‘Ernie Bot’.
new Bing, has been announced. • Nitin Gadkari unveiled Skye UTM, which is the most
● Svaya Robotics, a Hyderabad-based company, has cutting-edge unmanned traffic management system in the
partnered with two DRDO labs, the Research and world, which is capable of handling 4,000 flights per hour
Development Establishment in Pune (R&DE) and Defence and 96,000 flights per day.
Bio-engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory in Bengaluru • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(DEBEL), to create India's first quadruped robot and and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), jointly
wearable exo-skeleton. developed an Earth-observation satellite, called NISAR
● During the 'Adobe Summit', software giant Adobe unveiled (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), got a send-off
new generative AI advancements in its Experience Cloud ceremony at the American space agency’s Jet Propulsion
that seek to revolutionize the way companies provide Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
customer experiences. Adobe customers can effortlessly • Antaris announced that the world's first satellite fully
switch between Sensei GenAI services and current features conceived, designed, and manufactured using the
company's end-to-end cloud platform, JANUS-1 has
within their workflows while using Adobe Experience Cloud,
successfully reached orbit. JANUS-1 rode on the Indian
according to the company's statement.
Space Research Organization's (ISRO) SSLV-D2 rocket.
● In the latest preview of Bing and Edge, Microsoft has added
• Lexi, a ChatGPT-powered AI chatbot, has arrived in India.
a new functionality called 'Bing Image Creator', which
Velocity, a financial technology firm, launched the chatbot
enables users to generate an image based on their written
to assist e-commerce owners by presenting them with
description by utilizing an enhanced version of Open AI's
business information in a simplified manner. Velocity
DALL-E model. insights, Velocity's proprietary analytics platform, has been
● NASA and ISRO have collaboratively built an earth science linked with the chatbot.
satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture • Serum Institute of India will be setting up Dr. Cyrus
Radar). Poonawalla Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Infectious
● India has seen a surge in daily Covid-19 infections, with 349 Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness in the Indian Institute
cases of the newly detected XBB1.16 variant. of Public Health, Hyderabad.
• India’s first hybrid sounding rocket by private players was • NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope
successfully launched from Pattipulam village in the has discovered its first new exoplanet. The planet has been
Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. Martin Foundation, in labelled as LHS 475 b.
association with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International • MSN Group launched the 'world’s first’ generic Palbociclib
Foundation and Space Zone India, launched the Dr. APJ tablets indicated for advanced breast cancer therapy under
Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission- 2023. the brand Palborest.
• Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao informed that • Astronomers from McGill University and the IISc have
the World Health Organisation will set up an mRNA used data from the GMRT in Pune to detect a radio signal
(messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine hub in Telangana. originating from atomic hydrogen in an extremely distant
• Artifact, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered galaxy.
personalized news feed application by Instagram co- • NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have signed off it was
founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is available to launched on July 24, 1992.
everyone, along with new features. • The first instance of solo electromagnetic waves has been
• A new type of wheat has been developed by the Indian discovered by Indian researchers using Mars Atmosphere
Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to address issues and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission of NASA.
brought on by changing weather patterns and rising • A team of scientists at Bengaluru’s Jawaharlal Nehru Centre
temperatures. This brand-new HD-3385 wheat variety may for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), who were
be sown early, evades the effects of heat waves, and is working on nitride-based materials has used their
ready for harvest by the end of March. background for developing hardware for neuromorphic
computing. They have used Scandium Nitride (ScN) to
Science & Technology of January develop a device mimicking a synapse that controls the
• ISRO, National Centre for Earth Sciences (NCES), and the signal transmission as well as remembers the signal.
Andhra University (AU) have researched and concluded that • iNCOVACC the first nasal vaccination produced in India
constant rip current zones at blue flag-certified Rushikonda against Covid-19.
beach and RK Beach have become a danger to the beach • The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or
visitors. Between 2012 to 2022, over 200 people drowned in JUICE is the next venture of humanity into the outer Solar
the sea at various beaches in and around Visakhapatnam System. It will be conducting thorough examination of
and 60 percent of deaths occurred in RK Beach. Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and its three
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today inaugurated moons with oceans including Ganymede, Callisto, and
"National Genome Editing & Training Centre" at National Europa.
Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) Mohali, • Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) handed over to ISRO,
Punjab.The Minister also, at the same time, inaugurated a the Visible Line Emission Coronagraph (VELC), the
4-day International Conference on Food and Nutritional primary payload on board Aditya-L1, which is India's first
Security 2023: - iFANS dedicated scientific mission to study the Sun.
• National Council of Science Museums hosted Astro
Tourism - A Sky Gazing event at Delhi's India Gate in Science & Technology of December
collaboration with the Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library. • Three Indian-origin women are among 60 people who
• Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited have been selected as Australia’s Superstars of STEM. This
(CMPDIL) has invented a "System and Method for year among those recognised as Superstars of STEM
Controlling Generation and Movement of Fugitive Dust" include three Indian-origin women: Neelima Kadiyala, Dr
and obtained a patent for the same. Ana Baburamani, and Dr Indrani Mukherjee. Female
• A 'green' comet from the outer solar system will pass scientists of Sri Lankan descent have also been chosen for
through our area of space for the first time in 50,000 years distinction, in addition to Indians.
this month. • Ladakh is all set to have India’s first Dark Night Sky
• IG Drones in Odisha's Sambalpur has developed a 5G- Reserve at Hanle village in Changthang region.
enabled drone that is capable of vertical take-off and • Google’s Jigsaw subsidiary is launching a new anti-
landing. misinformation project in India, aimed at preventing
• Airtel-backed OneWeb successfully launched and deployed misleading information that has been blamed for inciting
40 satellites onboard a SpaceX launcher. violence. The initiative will use “prebunking” videos
• Five-year National Urban Technology Mission to be • IIT Madras Researchers have developed an ‘Ocean Wave
spearheaded by the ministry of housing and urban affairs Energy Converter’ that can generate electricity from sea
to infuse technological improvements in municipal waves. The trials of this device were successfully completed
providers and infrastructure of 4,500 city native bodies during the second week of November 2022. The product
within the nation. has been named ‘Sindhuja-I,’ which means ‘generated
• Shukrayaan I, the ISRO Venus mission. from the ocean.’
• ISRO signed MoU with incubator and accelerator Social spacecraft to track nearly all the water on the surface of the
Alpha, to launch the SpaceTech Innovation Network Earth.
(SpIN), focused on innovation curation and venture • Country’s maiden human space flight mission,
development for the space domain. Gaganyaan, is targeted to be launched in the fourth quarter
• Ladakh has approached the Indian Institute of Remote of 2024. In view of the paramount importance of crew
Sensing (IIRS), a unit of Indian Space Research safety, two uncrewed flights are scheduled, before the final
Organisation (ISRO) for developing “Spatial Data human space flight- ‘H1 mission’, to demonstrate the
Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh”. performance of the crew escape system and parachute-
• A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried into space the first ever based deceleration system for different flight conditions.
Arab-built lunar spacecraft. It was launched from the Cape • Vainu Bappu 40-inch telescope, several stellar discoveries
Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Rashid of the telescope were highlighted. The celebrations were
Rover was built by Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space held on the 15th and 16th of December 2022 in Kavalur,
Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Tamil Nadu. The telescope set up by Professor Vainu
is being delivered by the HAKUTO-R lander, engineered by Bappu has played a significant role in astronomy with major
Japanese lunar exploration company ispace.
discoveries like the presence of rings around the planet
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully
Uranus, a new satellite of Uranus, the presence of an
conducted a joint hypersonic vehicle trial along with the
atmosphere around Ganymede which is a satellite of
Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS).
Jupiter.
According to the country’s premier space research agency,
the joint hypersonic vehicle trial matched with the • ISRO forthcoming Chandrayaan 3 mission will carry
predetermined targets. scientific instruments of the United States of America.
• To promote the use of ‘NAVigation with the Indian • IIT Kanpur is ready with an artificial heart that would be of
Constellation’ (NavIC), the Indian version of GPS, the great help to people with acute cardiac problems.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will introduce • Bharat Biotech's "iNCOVACC" is the world's first
the L1 frequency in all its future satellites. Intranasal vaccine for COVID to receive approval for the
• The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration primary 2-dose schedule, and as a heterologous booster
(NASA) and the French space agency Centre National dose..
d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) have jointly launched the • To create the SwasthGarbh app, IIT Roorkee and AIIMS
newest Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) New Delhi worked together.
Schemes/ Apps
Schemes/ Apps of May
Name Ministry Year Purpose
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya
Ministry of Chemicals & making quality generic medicines available at
Janaushadhi Pariyojana 2008
Fertilizers affordable prices to all
(PMBJP)
Ministry of Health and Family provide free access to health insurance coverage
Ayushman Bharat 2018
Welfare for low income earners in the country
To prepare strategy for intervention through
industry associations to sensitize, encourage and
National SC-ST Hub Scheme Ministry of MSME 2023
enable the SC/ST owned units for participation in
Public Procurement Process.
Ministry of Housing and Urban to develop smart cities across the country, making
Smart Cities Mission 2015
Affairs them citizen friendly and sustainable.
Faster Adoption and to encourage electric and hybrid vehicle purchase
Ministry of Heavy Industries 2015
Manufacturing of Electric by providing financial support
Khelo India Scheme Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports 2018 To promote mass participation in sports
SAKSHAM (Stimulating
Advanced Knowledge for Online training for all health professionals
Union Health Ministry 2023
Sustainable Health nationwide.
Management)
Aims to empower mobile phone users by
Union Ministry for
Sanchar Saathi Portal 2023 providing essential services, such as tracking and
Communications
blocking lost mobile phones
Production Linked Incentive
covers laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, servers and
(PLI) Scheme for the IT hardware Union Cabinet 2023
ultra-small form factor devices.
segment
Ministry of Ayush and the
Integrative Health Scheme Ministry of Health & Family 2023 for the well-being of the public
Welfare
Union Ministry of Fisheries, Initiated the fifth phase of the Sagar Parikrama
Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase-V 2022
Animal Husbandry & Dairying Yatra in Karanja, Raigad, Maharashtra.
Aims to promote the competitiveness of Indian
Advance Authorization Scheme Ministry of Commerce and products in the global market by providing duty
2004
(AAS) Industry exemptions on imported raw materials required
for the manufacture of export products
Initiative to screen and provide standard care to 75
’75/25′ initiative
Union Health Ministry 2023 million individuals suffering from hypertension
and diabetes by 2025
With the aim of transforming waste into wealth,
“Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Minister of Housing and Urban
2023 this nationwide campaign encourages cities to
Shehar” campaign Affairs
establish Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (RRR) Centres.
The government, in collaboration with the RBI,
has proposed a modification to the Foreign
Liberalised Remittance Scheme RBI 2023
Exchange Management (Current Account
Transaction) Rules.
NEP SAARTHI – Student
with the aim of involving students in the
Ambassador for Academic
University Grants Commission 2023 implementation of the National Education Policy
Reforms in Transforming Higher
(NEP) 2020.
Education in India
The workshop will take place at the Convention
National e-Vidhan Application Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 2023
Hall, The Hotel Ashok, in New Delhi.
GRSE Accelerated Innovation The aim of this initiative is to identify and promote
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Nurturing Scheme – 2023 2023 innovative solutions for technological
Engineers
(GAINS 2023) advancements in shipbuilding by startups.
To further enhance the connectivity to remote
UDAN 5.1 Ministry of Civil Aviation 2023 areas of the country and achieve last mile
connectivity through helicopters.
Department of Science and The program aims to strengthen research and
Technology and the Ministry of innovation in the country by addressing major
IMPRINT India scheme 2023
Human Resource Development in engineering and technology challenges across ten
India crucial domains.
The fourth meeting of the National Level Steering
Atal Bhujal Yojana Ministry of Jal Shakti 2020 Committee (NLSC) of the Atal Bhujal Yojana was
held in New Delhi.
Telangana State has achieved a significant
Department of Financial Services milestone in financial inclusion by attaining 100%
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 2014
Ministry of Finance coverage of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY)
Schemes/ Apps of April

This program aims to train rural poor youth and
Captive Employer initiative
provide employment opportunities through 19
under the Deen Dayal Ministry for Rural
2023 captive employers who will offer training in different
Upadhyaya Grameen Development
sectors, including hospitality, textiles, retail, and
Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
telecommunications.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Ministry of Finance 2014 Financial Inclusion
Yojana
Global Engagement Scheme Ministry of Culture to promote Indian Folk Arts and Culture abroad
Marketing and Logistics
Development for Promotion of to strengthen livelihood opportunities for tribal
Ministry of Tribal Affairs 2023
Tribal Products from North - artisans of North East
Eastern Region (PTP-NER)
national mission for clean abatement of pollution and conservation and
Ministry of Jal Shakti 2014
ganga (nmcg) rejuvenation of National River Ganga
Ministry of Rural
Development's Deendayal
'Sangathan Se Samriddhi' to mobilize a significant number of women into Self
Antyodaya Yojana-National 2023
campaign Help Groups (SHGs).
Rural Livelihoods Mission
(DAY-NRLM)
SATHI (Seed Traceability,
Ministry of Agriculture and to address the issues of seed production, quality
Authentication, and Holistic 2023
Farmers Welfare identification, and certification.
Inventory)
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Ministry of Rural Development 2015 to provide housing for the rural poor in India
(Gramin)
to provide a comprehensive insurance cover against
Pradhan Mantri fasal bima Ministry of Agriculture and
2016 failure of the crop thus helping in stabilizing the
yojana Farmers Welfare
income of the farmers.
Regional Connectivity Scheme of upgrading under-
Ministry of Civil Aviation serviced air routes. Its goal is to make air travel
UDAN 5.0 2017
(MoCA) affordable and improve economic development in
India.
Schemes/ Apps of March

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Ministry of Petroleum and provide deposit free LPG connections to women
2016
(PMUY) Natural Gas from poor households
National Rabies Control
2023 to prevent and manage cases of Rabies.
Programme (NRCP)
Schemes/ Apps of February

Ministry of New and to promote the use of renewable energy in the agricultural sector and
PM-KUSUM 2019
Renewable Energy offer the benefits of solar farming to Indian farmers.
Namami Gange Till twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Mission-II 2026 rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
Schemes/ Apps of January

Deendayal Ministry of Rural 2011 The Prajjwala Challenge has been launched to invite ideas,
Antyodaya Yojana- Development solutions, and actions that can transform rural development. It will
National Rural provide a platform where ideas are invited from individuals, social
Livelihood Mission enterprises, start-ups, the private sector, civil society, community-
(DAY-NRLM) based organizations, academic institutions, incubation centers,
investors, etc having the potential to transform the rural economy
"VIRAASAT" Ministry of Textile Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India
National Green Ministry of New and 2021 energy-independent before completing 100 years
Hydrogen Mission Renewable Energy
‘Broadcasting I&B Ministry 2023 Under the scheme, eight lakh DD Free Dish DTH set top boxes
Infrastructure and (STBs) will also be distributed to people living in remote, tribal,
Network LWE, border areas and ‘aspirational’ districts
Development (BIND)’
Pradhan Mantri Garib Ministry of Consumer 2023 free foodgrains will be provided under PMGKAY for the year 2023
Kalyan Ann Yojana Affairs, Food & Public to all PHH and AAY beneficiaries, as per entitlement under NFSA
(PMGKAY) Distribution
MAARG (Mentorship, Commerce Ministry 2023 a portal to facilitate mentorship for start-ups
Advisory, Assistance,
Resilience, and
Growth)
‘Aarogya Maitri’ 2023 India will provide essential medical supplies to any developing
country affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crisis
Padho Pardesh Ministry of Minority 2006 has discontinued the scheme of interest subsidy on education loans
Affairs for overseas studies for students belonging to minority
communities
Atal Pension Yojana Ministry of Finance 2015 Govt. backed pension scheme primarily targeting unorganisd
sector.
Schemes/ Apps of December

Bureau of Indian 2022 The signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the top
Standards (BIS) six engineering institutes of India for introducing Indian
standards as an integral part of the curriculum.
Doctor Apke Dwar’ REC 2022 REC’s CSR initiative for procurement, operation and maintenance
of 10 Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) at Sadar Hospital, Aarah,
Bhojpur District Bihar.
DigiYatra app Civil Aviation 2022 The Central government on December 1 launched its facial
recognition system at Delhi, Bangalore and Varanasi airports,
which will allow domestic passengers to seamlessly travel without
an identification card.
One District One UP Govt 2022 The Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious has received praise
Sport (ODOS) at the national level for helping in the revival of traditional crafts
in the state.
Rooftop Solar Central Government announced that it has extended till 31
Programme March, 2026. The subsidy under the programme will be available
until the target under the Programme is achieved now. The
government has advised all residential consumers to not pay any
additional charges to any vendor on account of fee for application
on the National Portal or any additional charges for net-
metering/testing which are not prescribed by the respective
distribution company.
SWAMIH Invest 2019 The government has put in an additional Rs 5,000 crore to help
Fund-I the stressed realty investment platform achieve its final close at
Rs 15,530 crore. The fund set up under the Special Window for
Affordable and Mid-Income Housing is India’s largest social
impact fund, which said the government recently infused Rs 5,000
crore.
New India Literacy Ministry of 11th March, approved a new scheme for the next five years to cover all the
Programme Education (MoE) 2022 aspects of adult education to align with new National Education
Policy (NEP).
AYURSWASTHYA Ministry of Ayush 2022 The issued a notification regarding the status of the centres of
Yojana excellence scheme. Financial assistance is provided to eligible
individual organizations/institutes for establishing and upgrading
their functions & facilities and/or for research & development
activities in AYUSH under the scheme.
'Prahari' Mobile app Home Ministry 2022 Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the and Manual of
Border Security Force (BSF) in New Delhi.
Committees in News
Committees in News of May ● India implements Kirit Parikh committee's
recommendations to change the pricing model of domestic
• The Supreme Court-appointed Expert Committee recently
natural gas, linking prices monthly to 10% of the
made a significant announcement regarding the Adani-
international price of the Indian crude basket, resulting in a
Hindenburg controversy. According to the committee, it is
10% decrease in prices for PNG, CNG, and industrial use.
currently unable to determine whether SEBI’s handling of
the alleged securities law contravention by the Adani Group ● IOA appoints ad-hoc committee, including Bhupender
or other companies constitutes “regulatory failure.” Singh Bajwa and Suma Shirur, to oversee Wrestling
• National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has Federation of India's office ahead of elections. A retired
established an 11-member Cheetah Project Steering High Court Judge will also join to ensure impartial and
Committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and transparent voting.
Climate Change, and Rajesh Gopal, secretary general of
Global Tiger Forum, has been appointed as its chairman. Committees in News of March
• Renowned Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani, ● The Supreme Court ordered an experts committee to be
Chairman and CEO of Reliance Industries, has been set up, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, AM
appointed to the Advisory Committee to the President of Sapre, after a batch of PILs was filed on the recent Adani
the Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Group shares crash triggered by the US-based short-seller
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Hindenburg Research’s allegations of fraud.
(UNFCCC). ● The Indian government has formed a committee led by
finance secretary TV Somanathan to explore ways to
Committees in News of April address concerns raised by government employees over the
● Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry forms committee National Pension System (NPS).
to tackle incomplete real estate projects, chaired by Committees in News of February
Amitabh Kant.
• Babita Phogat, a former wrestler, joined the oversight
● Indian govt forms committee to enhance pension benefits
committee established to look into the claims made against
of govt employees under NPS, chaired by finance secretary
the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
with three other members.
Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in news

Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in News of May
• AFSPA, which stands for the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act, is a controversial legislation in India that grants special
powers and immunity to the armed forces deployed in
“disturbed areas.” It was enacted by the Indian Parliament
in 1958 to combat separatist movements and insurgencies
in certain regions of the country.
Institutes/ Bodies/ Acts in news of January
• UNGA adopted a resolution titled ‘Education for
Democracy’ that reaffirms the right of everyone to
education.
• The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has listed
Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global
terrorist.
Important Days
Important Days of May
Date Day & Theme
• Labour Day
May 1 • Maharashtra Day
• Gujarat Day
• World Tuna Day
May 2
• World Asthma Day (first Tuesday of May)
May 3 World Press Freedom Day
• Coal Miners Day
May 4
• International Firefighters Day
May 5 World Portuguese Language Day
May 7 World Athletics Day & Athletics for All - A New Beginning
• World Thalassaemia Day & Strengthening Education to Bridge the Thalassaemia Care Gap
May 8
• World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day & "Everything we do comes from the heart."
May 10 International Day of Argania or International Day of the Argan Tree
May 11 National Technology Day & ‘School to Startups- Igniting Young Minds to Innovate’
• International Day of Plant Health (IDPH)
May 12
• International Nurses Day & ‘Our Nurses. Our Future.’
May 13 World Migratory Bird Day ( held twice a year on the second Saturday of May and October)
15-21 May UN Global Road Safety Week | Theme: sustainable transport
May 15 International Day of Families | Theme: Demographic Trends and Families’
• International Day of Living Together in Peace
May 16 • The International Day of Light
• National Dengue Day
• World Telecommunication Day | Theme: “Enabling the least developed nations through information and
May 17 communication technologies.”
• World Hypertension Day 2023 | Theme: ‘Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer.’
International Museum Day | Theme: “Museums, Sustainability, and Well-being.”
May 18 Global Accessibility Awareness Day
World AIDS Vaccine Day
• World Bee Day | Theme: Engaging in Pollinator-Friendly Agricultural Production.
May 20th
• Metrology Day | Theme: Measurements supporting the global food system
• International Tea Day
May 21st
• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity |Theme: From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity
• International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 23
• World Turtle Day
May 24 Indian Commonwealth Day | Theme: Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future
May 25 to 31 International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
May 25 World Thyroid Awareness Day
May 27 59th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru
May 29th International Day of UN Peacekeepers | Theme: Peace begins with me
May 30th World Vape Day
May 31 World No Tobacco Day | Theme: We need food, not tobacco
Important Days of April
Date Day & Theme
World Autism Awareness Day & "Contribution of Autistic Individuals at Home, at Work, in the Arts, and
2 April
Policymaking."
1-7 April Prevention of Blindness Week
4 April International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action & "Mine Action Cannot Wait"
5 April International Conscience Day
6 April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) & "Scoring for People and the Planet."
7 April World Health Day & "Health For All"
10 April World Homeopathy Day & One Health, One Family

● National Safe Motherhood Day
11 April
● Jyotirao Phule Jayanti
12 April The International Day of Human Space Flight
● Ambedkar Jayanti
14 April
● World Chagas Disease Day & Time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care
15 April World Art Day
● World Voice Day
16 April
● Save the Elephant Day
17 April World Hemophilia Day
18 April World Heritage Day
19 April World Liver Day & “Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up, fatty liver can affect anyone.”
20 April
Chinese Language Day & "Chinese Wisdom for a Green World"
(usually)
● National Civil Service Day & Viksit Bharat (विकसित भारत) aimed at 'Empowering Citizens and Reaching the
21 April Last Mile'
● World Creativity and Innovation Day
22 April International Mother Earth Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day & ‘Indigenous Languages’
● The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
24 April ● National Panchayati Raj Day
● World Day for Laboratory Animals
24 - 30 April World Immunization Week
● World Malaria Day (WMD) & “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”
25 April
● International Delegate's Day
● International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
26 April
● World Intellectual Property Day & Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity
27 April International Girls in ICT Day & “Digital Skills for Life"
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 & "A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental
28 April
principle and right at work."
● World Dance Day
29 April
● World Veterinary Day & “Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in the Veterinary Profession"
30 April International Jazz Day
30 April Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Important Days of March
Date Day & Theme
● World Civil Defence Day & “Uniting the world’s leading specialists for the safety and
security of future generations”
1 March ● World Seagrass Day
● Zero Discrimination Day & “Save lives: Decriminalise”
● The Civil Accounts Day
3 March ● UN World Wildlife Day & "Partnerships for wildlife conservation"
● National Safety Day & ‘Our Aim – Zero Harm’
4 March ● National Security Day & ‘Nurture young minds - Develop safety culture’
● World Obesity Day & ‘Changing Perspectives: Let’s Talk About Obesity'
5 March ● International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
● International Women's Day & "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality"
8 March
● No Smoking Day & “Stopping smoking improves your brain health”
9 March(second Thursday in ● World Kidney Day & "Kidney Health for Everyone - Preparing for the Unexpected,
March) Supporting the Vulnerable"
10 March ● The International Day of Women Judges & "Women in Justice, Women for Justice"
● International Day of Action for Rivers & "Rights of Rivers,"
14 March
● International Day of Mathematics & "Mathematics for Everyone,"
● International Consumer Rights Day & "Empowering Consumers Through Clean Energy
15 March Transitions."
● International Day To Fight Islamophobia
16 March ● National Vaccination Day
17 March ● World Sleep Day & 'Sleep is Essential for Health'
● Global Recycling Day & "Creative Innovation"
18 March
● Ordnance Factory Day
● World Oral Health Day & 'Be Proud of Your Mouth’
20 March
● The International Day of Happiness & Be Mindful, Be Grateful, Be Kind
● World Poetry Day & Always be a poet, even in prose
● International Day of Forests or World Forestry Day
21 March ● World Down Syndrome Day & With Us, Not For Us
● International Nowruz Day 2023
● International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 March ● World Water Day & Accelerating the change to solve the water and sanitation crisis
● Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs' Day
23 March ● World Meteorological Day & The Future of Weather, Climate, and Water Across
Generations
● World Tuberculosis Day
24 March ● International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
● International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
25 March
● Earth Hour ( last Saturday of March )
26 March Purple Day of Epilepsy
27 March World Theatre Day
21 to 27 March Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
30 March International Day of Zero Waste
● The International Day of Drug Checking
31 March ● World Backup Day
● Transgender Day of Visibility
Important Days of February
Date Day & Theme
1-7 February World Interfaith Harmony Week
2nd February World Wetlands Day & It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration
4th February International Day of Human Fraternity
4th February World Cancer Day
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) & "Partnership with Men and Boys to
6th February
transform Social and gender Norms to End FGM"
7 February Safer Internet Day & ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.’
10 February World Pulses Day & ‘Pulses for a Sustainable Future’
10 February The National Deworming Day
International Day of Women and Girls in Science & “Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance (IDEA): Bringing
11 February
communities Forward for sustainable and equitable development.”
11 February World Unani Day & “Unani Medicine for Public Health"
12 February National Productivity Day & “Productivity, Green Growth, and Sustainability: Celebrating India’s G20 Presidency.”
13 February World Radio Day & “Radio and Peace”
13 February Sarojini Naidu's birth anniversary
15 February International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) & ‘Better Survival’
17 February Global Tourism Resilience Day
18 February World Pangolin Day
19 February Soil Health Card
20 February World Day of Social Justice & "Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice"
21 February International Mother Language Day & “Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education”
22 February World Thinking Day & ‘Our World, Our Peaceful Future’
22 February World Scout Day
24 February Central Excise Day
27 February World NGO Day
28 February National Science Day
Important Days of January

Date Day & Theme
January 1 Global Family Day
January 4 World Braille Day
January 6 World Day of War Orphans
January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or NRI Day
January 10 World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Diwas
January 12 National Youth Day
10th January Startup India Innovation Week
2023 to 16th
January 2023
11th to 17th Road Safety Week
January 2023
14th January The Armed Forces Veterans Day
since 1953
15th January Indian army day
16th January National Startup Day
19 January 18th National Disaster Response Force day
Date Day & Theme
24 January International Day of Education & “to invest in people, prioritize education”
National Girl Child Day & "Self Defence Training for Girls."
25th January National Voters’ Day & ‘Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure’
26th January International Customs Day & ‘Nurturing the next generation: Promoting a culture of knowledge-sharing
and professional pride in Customs.’
January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28 Data Protection Day, or Data Privacy Day & ‘Think Privacy First’
January 29 World Leprosy Day & “Act Now. End Leprosy.”
January 30 Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas
January 30 World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (World NTD Day) & "Act Now. Act Together. Invest in Neglected
Tropical Diseases".
Important Days of December

Date Day & Theme
1 December World AIDS Day.
1st December 58th BSF Raising Day
December 2 The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 2 International Computer Literacy Day.
2 December National Pollution Control Day
December 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 4 Navy Day in India
4th December International Cheetah Day and Wildlife Conservation Day in New Delhi.
December 4 International Day of Banks
December 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 5 World Soil Day |theme for 2022 World Soil Day is ‘Soils: Where Food Begins’.
December 6 India observed as Mahaparinirvan Divas to mark the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
December 7 International Civil Aviation Day |theme “Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development”.
December 7 Armed Forces Flag Day
8th December The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter Day | This year marks the 38th
Anniversary of the regional group.
December 9 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
Prevention of this Crime |2022 marks its 74th anniversary.
December 9 International Anti-Corruption Day .
December 10 Human Rights Day
December 11 International Mountain Day | theme : ‘Women Move Mountains.’
December 11 Every year UNICEF Day is celebrated every year.
December 12 International Day of Neutrality is commemorated.
12 December International Universal Health Coverage Day is celebrated annually.
14December The National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated every year.
December 18 International Migrants Day
December 18 National Minorities Rights Day is commemorated on every year in India.
December 20 International Human Solidarity Day (IHSD)
19-25 Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Good
December2022 Governance Week celebrations from at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Minister also launched a five-day
“Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore”.
Date Day & Theme
December 22 National Mathematics Day |marked to recognise and celebrate the works of Srinivasa Ramanujan. This year
nation celebrates his 135th birth anniversary of Ramanujan.
December 23 Farmers’ Day or Kisan : also marks the birth anniversary of the ‘Champion of Indian Peasants’ and the fifth
Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh.
December 24 National Consumer Day or Bharatiya Grahak Diwas.
December 25 In honour of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Vihari Vajpayee’s birthday, “Good Governance Day“.
25th December Gwalior Gaurav Diwas is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
26th December Veer Bal Diwas 2022 on the occasion of the Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
December 27 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on serves the purpose of creating awareness about epidemics.
Obituaries (National/International)
Obituaries (National/International) of May
S.NO. Person Died Profession/Famous In?
'Singer/Musician (National-International)
1 Tina Turner Queen of Rock’n’Roll
Actor/Director/Producer (National-International)
2 Sarath Babu Veteran actor
Author/Journalist/Activist/Painter (National-International)
3 Arun Gandhi Activist
Sportsmen/Sportswomen (National-International)
4 Antonio Carbajal Footballer
5 A.R. Khaleel Footballer
Others (National-International)
6 N. Gopalakrishnan Scientist
7 Srichand Parmanand Hinduja chairman of Hinduja Group
8 Karumuttu T Kannan Chairman & Managing Director of Thiagarajar Mills Ltd
Obituaries (National/International) of April

Politician (National-International)
1 Jagarnath Mahto Politician
2 Parkash Singh Badal Politician
3 Trilochan Kanungo Politician
4 Chandan Ram Dass Politician
1 Jalabala Vaidya Theatre Artist
2 Uttara Baokar Actor
3 Allu Ramesh Actor
4 Mamukkoya Malayalam actor
1 Tarek Fatah Pakistani-Canadian journalist
1 Salim Durani Indian cricketer
1 Keshub Mahindra Chairman Emeritus of Mahindra & Mahindra and India's oldest billionaire
2 Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury public health activist and veteran fighter of the Liberation War
Obituaries (National/International) of March
1 Satish Kaushik Actor-writer-director
2 Sameer Khakhar Actor
3 Pradeep Sarkar Filmmaker
4 Vareed Thekkethala Actor
1 Sasthipada Chattopadhyay Bengali novelist and short story writer
1 Chandrashekhar Dasgupta Diplomat
2 A.M. Ahmadi CJI
3 Gordon Moore American businessman
Obituaries (National/International) of February

S.No. Person Died Profession/Famous In?
1 Shanti Bhushan Former Union law minister and eminent jurist
2 Pervez Musharraf Pakistan’s former president
3 Om Prakash Kohli Governor
'Singer/Musician/Dancer’ (National-International)
1 Vani Jayaram Playback Singer
2 Burt Bacharach Songwriter
3 Balipa Narayan Bhagwat Yakshgana Singer
4 Kanak Rele Mohiniattam Exponent
1 K. Vishwanath Director
2 Javed Khan Amrohi Actor
3 Lalitha Lajmi Filmmaker
4 Shahnawaz Pradhan Actor
5 Nandamuri Taraka Ratna Actor
6 Subi Suresh Actor
1 K.V. Tirumalesh Kannada writer
2 B.K.S. Verma Painter
1 Elena Fanchini Skier
2 Tulsidas Balaram Footballer
1 TCA Ramanujam retired chief commissioner of income taxes
Obituaries (National/International) of January

Person Died Profession/Famous In?
1. Sharad Yadav Politician
2. Keshari Nath Tripathi Governer
3. Mukarram Jah Bahadur The last Nizam of Hyderabad
4. J Jamuna Parliamentarian and actor
5. Sumitra Sen Rabindra Sangeet exponent
6. Ray Cordeiro Disc jockey
7. David Crosby Father of American folk-rock
8. Gina Lollobrigida Actress
9. Gianluca Vialli Footballer
10. Sabir Ali Athlete
11. Pope Benedict XVI Religion
12. R Krishnakumar Businessman
13. Walter Cunningham Astronaut
14. Ronald E. Asher linguist and educator specialised in Dravidian languages
15. Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia ‘father of laparoscopic surgery in India’
16. AD Damodaran Scientist
17. Lucile Randon French nun
18. Prabhaben Sobhagchand Shah Social worker
19. Nilamani Phookan Assamese poet
20. Harjeet Singh Arora Former Vice Chief of Air Staff
21. Dr Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi Architect
Obituaries (National/International) of December

Person Died Profession/Famous In?
1. Jiang Zemin former President of China
2. Dominique Lapierre Freedom at Midnight Authors
3. Prof Yoginder K Alagh renowned economist, academic and a former Union minister
4. Gen Miroslaw Hermaszewski Poland’s only cosmonaut
5. Sulochana Chavan Renowned Marathi Lavani singer
6. Vikram Gokhale Veteran Bollywood actor
7. Grant Wahl Highly-regarded American soccer journalist
8. , George Cohen England’s 1966 World Cup-winning Footballer
9. Edson Arantes do Nascimento Brazilian football legend
(Pelé)
10. Vikram S Kirloskar India’s automotive industry stalwart and Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice chairperson,
11. Lance Naik, Bhairon Singh BSF veteran and hero of the 1971 India-Pakistan War
Rathore
12. H.R. Keshava Murthy Senior gamaka exponent
13. Heeraben Modi (Hiraben Modi) Mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, passed away
14. Arata Isozaki Pritzker-winning Japanese architect
Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners
Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of May • The honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra
Modi, was present at the unveiling ceremony of the bust of
• Arabian Travel Market 2023 begins in Dubai with Indian Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima, Japan.
tourism promotion. • The Ministry of Education and the World Bank held a unique
• AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns of AI dangers. workshop on School-to-Work Transition under the STARS
• India surpasses Saudi Arabia as the largest supplier of Program.
refined fuels to Europe, according to Kpler data, due to • Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier from Nepal who
Europe's reduced access to Russian oil. lost both his legs, made history by successfully climbing
• The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has recommended Mount Everest using prosthetic legs.
Santiniketan, the cultural site in West Bengal, India, for • Tipu Sultan’s fabled sword was found in the private
inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. bedchamber as it has now broken all auction records for an
• Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana has been chosen to Indian object for Bonhams in London by fetching over GBP
inspire and support the Indian contingent participating in 14 million at its Islamic and Indian Art sale this week.
the upcoming Special Olympics for individuals with • The first-ever Urban Climate Film Festival, which aspires to
intellectual disabilities, set to take place in Berlin from June employ the powerful medium of film to enlighten audiences
16 to June 25. about the environmental, social, and economic impacts of
• A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), climate change on urban settlements, is going to take place
the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the in New Town, Kolkata from 3rd to 5th June 2023.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has highlighted • Veer Savarkar Jayanti is celebrated all over India to
the challenges faced in reducing maternal deaths, commemorate Vinayak Damodar “Veer” Savarkar on 28th
stillbirths, and newborn deaths globally. The report shows may. He is known as one of the Indian freedom fighters,
that, in 2020-2021, there were a combined 4.5 million Savarkar is known for performing multiple activities for the
deaths of this kind, with India leading a list of 10 countries development of the Hindu community across the country.
that account for 60% of the total. • The University of Edinburgh and the Indian consulate in the
• WHO ends global health emergency for mpox after 10 UK have collaborated to create the first open access course
months. in Hindi language. This program named Climate Solutions
• India operationalizes Sittwe Port in Myanmar. was created with the help of translators and developed in
• The Lal Bahadur Shastri International (LBSI) Airport here conjunction with the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
has become the first in India to have a reading lounge. and the government of India.
• Cyclone Mocha hits Bangladesh after rapid intensification.
• Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has been featured on the Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of April
latest cover of TIME magazine.
● British-Hindu Murugesvaran 'Subby' Subramaniam has
• Tungnath, located in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, is not only
been appointed as Warrant Officer of the UK's Royal Air
one of the highest Shiva temples in the world but also the Force, the aerial warfare and space force announced.
highest among the five Panch Kedar temples. ● Anjali Sharma becomes the first Indian woman to scale
• Pasang Dawa Sherpa, also known as Pa Dawa, successfully Mount Kilimanjaro in South Africa wearing a traditional
reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 26th time Gaddi dress (Luanchadi) promoting Gaddi culture on
• Pune, India – In a groundbreaking development, MIT-World mountain peaks.
Peace University (WPU) has unveiled Asia’s first-ever ● Benarasi Paan, featured in Amitabh Bachchan's "Khaike
subsea research lab. Paan Benaras Wala," was granted the Geographical
• The initial batch of 10 start-up companies participating in Indication (GI) tag on April 3, 2022, along with three other
the 50 start-ups exchange program between India and Varanasi-based products: Banarasi Langda Mango,
Bangladesh. Ramnagar Bhanta (Brinjal), and Adamchini Rice.
• According to government and industry sources, India is ● Chhattisgarh's Nagri Dubraj, an aromatic rice variety, has
planning to lodge a complaint with the World Trade been granted a geographical indication (GI) tag by the
Organisation about the European Union‘s proposal to levy Geographical Indication Registry.
tariffs ranging from 20% to 35% on high-carbon goods. ● Pandit Ravi Shankar's 103rd birth anniversary is being
• Tropical Cyclone Fabien moved southeast of Diego Garcia. celebrated. He promoted Indian music worldwide and
• Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount collaborated with musicians globally. He was awarded the
Everest for the 27th time. Bharat Ratna in 1999.
• A 5,000-year-old tree in Chile has been officially recognized ● The Mircha rice variety from West Champaran district of
as the world’s oldest. Bihar has recently been granted the GI tag.
● A woman in Guangdong, China, died from a rare strain of ● Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who
bird flu, the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, not common promised to make a real impact to the community and treat
in humans, with no evidence of human-to-human people with compassion, has taken oath as the first Justice
transmission. of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts. Mehta
● Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary identified as a new tiger area in will serve as the first Justice of the Ayer District Court.
India by recent census report, with photographic evidence ● Arun Subramanian, an attorney, has been appointed as the
captured for the first time. first Indian American judge of the Manhattan Federal
● NCRTC has named India's first semi-high-speed regional rail District Court in New York.
services as 'RAPIDX' to operate on RRTS corridors in the ● The world’s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has
National Capital Region. been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and
● India-Spain Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra. Named ‘Bahu Balli’,
held its 12th session, with officials discussing collaborations the bamboo crash barrier underwent “rigorous testing” at
in key sectors such as renewable energy, shipping, tourism, various government-run institutions like the National
infrastructure, and more. Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX) in Pithampur, Indore.
● Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve and Indian ● FinEMPOWER, a new initiative from BSE and UN Women
Highways Management Company signed an MoU for a India, was introduced at the Bombay Stock Exchange
FASTag-based payment system at forest entry points. (BSE).
● Indian-origin academic Neeli Bendapudi is among five co- ● The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has launched the
chairs appointed by the Association of American "Learning Science via Standards" initiative to promote
Universities (AAU) to lead a task force to improve research science learning among school students.
and academic partnerships between US and Indian higher ● The Vande Bharat Express is now being driven by Surekha
education institutions. Yadav, the first female locomotive pilot in Asia. From
● Rowan Wilson became New York's first Black chief judge Solapur to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminal (CSMT)
after being confirmed by the State's Senate. in Maharashtra, Yadav ran the Vande Bharat Express.
● Udai Tambar, an Indian-origin CEO working on youth ● Connaught Plaza in Delhi will host a Flower Festival
development services in the United States, have been beginning from, March 11. It aims to emphasise the diversity
selected to serve as members of New York City's newly of G20 participants and invited nations. Japan, Singapore,
formed racial justice advisory board. and the Netherlands are among the G20 nations taking
● Arjun Vajpai is the first Indian man to summit Mt. part.
Annapurna 1, the world's tenth highest peak. ● Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled
Rs 1,18,500 crore budget for Jammu & Kashmir Union
Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of Territory for the next financial year.
March ● The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
Shaktikanta Das, initiated the establishment of a
● “Chip 4” alliance - Japan, the United States, South Korea, "Greenfield Data Centre" and an "Enterprise Computing &
and Taiwan. Cybersecurity Training Institute" in Bhubaneswar, Odisha,
● The Ajanta Ellora International Festival 2023 was held during a foundation stone laying ceremony.
from 25th February to 27 th February in Aurangabad, ● India's External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, inaugurated
Maharashtra. the "Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential To Be There" exhibition
● The World Book Fair began in New Delhi where books from at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi.
all genres from children to students to adults are showcased ● Sampanna Ramesh Shelar, a Bachelor of Physical
for everyone. Education student, has set a new record by becoming the
● India has joined a global initiative started by the US and the fastest Indian in the under-21 category to swim across the
UAE to boost funding and assistance for the development Palk Strait, from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Dhanuskodi
of climate-smart agriculture and food systems. in Tamil Nadu.
● The government e-Marketplace (GeM) held a celebration ● Google Doodle: Kitty O'Neil, a famous American
to celebrate "SWAYATT," a programme to support start- stuntwoman and actress who was deaf from a young age,
ups, women, and youth advantage through e-Transactions was commemorated by Google on her 77th birthday
on GeM, which has been a major success. SWAYATT is a anniversary with a doodle featuring her in a yellow
programme that seeks to increase the benefits of e- jumpsuit.
Transactions on government e-Marketplaces (GeM) for ● The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has
startups, women, and young people. partnered with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, the
● Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan French Development Agency (AFD), and the European
announced that two Australian universities Wollongong Union to organize the first-ever Urban Climate Film Festival
and Deakin are set to establish campuses in Gujarat's 'GIFT as part of the CITIIS program under U20 engagement
City'. events.
● As part of the ‘Drowning Prevention Awareness’ • At ELECRAMA 2023, the largest solo electrical exhibition in
campaign, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Krishna the world held at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, the
Prakash swam from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves, Ministry of Power, Government of India displayed a number
Mumbai. of advances in the energy sector.
● Lt. Manmeet Colon, who is of Indian origin and a Sikh • Divya Kala Mela 2023 is a unique event showcasing the
woman officer, has recently taken up the position of products and craftsmanship of Divyang
assistant police chief in the state of Connecticut, becoming entrepreneurs/artisans from across the country and has
the first-ever person of Asian descent to hold the position. been started in Mumbai.
● To commemorate the 69th anniversary of its official
inauguration by Vice President Dr. S Radhakrishnan on Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of
March 29, 1954, the National Gallery of Modern Art in New January
Delhi will host its first-ever "Spring Fiesta" in 2023.
• A team of astronomers led by scientists at the Indian
Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of Institute of Astrophysics and their international
collaborators decided to study the most massive globular
February
cluster system in our galaxy, Omega Centauri. They have
• An international sand artist named Sudarsan Pattnaik detected strange hot stars in the cluster using the
made a sand sculpture of the late singer Lata Mangeshkar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) image on AstroSat.
at Puri Beach in the state of Odisha to commemorate her They have found that these hot stars emitted much less
first death anniversary. ultraviolet radiation than expected from theoretical models
• Visva-Bharati University was founded by Rabindranath in and in comparison, with stars of another globular cluster,
1921. It will soon receive the UNESCO 'heritage" tag. M13 has similar overall properties.
• Google honored PK Rosy who became the first female lead • India's first underwater metro service, The Kolkata Metro
in Malayalam cinema with a doodle. Rail Corporation (KMRC) said that the East-West Metro
Corridor project, is expected to be completed by December
• The Government of India has launched a mobile app
2023. With this, another feather is being added to the crown
“KhananPrahari” and a web app Coal Mine Surveillance
of Kolkata Metro, the first metro railway in the country.
and Management System (CMSMS) for reporting
Kolkata Metro, which started its journey in 1984, is being
unauthorized coal mining activities expanded to cover the whole city and its outskirts. The
• A new beetle species have been discovered in India, underwater metro, which will be running through the
according to a paper published in the New Zealand-based Hoogly river will connect the twin cities of Howrah and
journal Zootaxa. The beetle is important for forensic Kolkata.
science as it helps detect the time of death of an animal or • Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah
human. Omorgus Khandesh is necrophagous and is also inaugurated Mega Dairy at Mandya in Karnataka. The
called a keratin beetle. mega dairy inaugurated at a cost of Rs 260 crore would
• Centre has banned Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force process 10 lakh liters of milk per day and the will have the
(JKGF), and the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). Harwinder capacity to increase it upto 14 lakh liters per day. 10 lakh
Singh Sandhu alias Rinda, who was one of the liters of milk is processed, prosperity reaches the homes of
masterminds behind an attack on the intelligence lakhs of farmers. There are 15,210 village level cooperative
headquarters of the Punjab Police in 2021, was declared a dairies in Karnataka, in which about 26.22 lakh farmers
terrorist. deliver their milk daily and through 16 district level dairies,
Rs 28 crore is deposited into the accounts of 26 lakh farmers
every day.
• 50 electric buses were launched in Delhi with support under
the FAME India Phase II scheme of the Ministry of Heavy
Industries. In 2019, the government approved Rs 10,000
crore for a period of three years. Out of total budgetary
support, about 86 percent of the fund has been allocated for
incentives so as to create demand for electric vehicles.
• Ghaziabad-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay section (762 KM)
becomes the longest fully automatic block signalling
section of Indian Railways. In order to increase line capacity
to run more trains on existing High Density Routes of Indian
Railways, Automatic Block Signalling (ABS) is a cost
effective solution. Indian Railways has been rolling out
Automatic Block signalling on a mission mode.
• The TRF came into existence in 2019 as a proxy outfit of the • Michele Santelia has achieved a world record by typing
Lashkar-e-Taiba, a proscribed terrorist organisation. Home copies of 81 books backwards, a technique that he calls
Ministry said that TRF is recruiting youth through online 'mirror writing', as per a report by the Guinness World
mediums for the furtherance of terrorist activities. Centre Records (GWR).
has declared The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist • Regional carrier Flybig commenced its services from
organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Itanagar to Guwahati.
Act, UAPA. • Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal
• The Ministry of Culture has informed the parliament that
handed over the 9th to 10th century Nataraja Idol to the
fifty of India's 3,693 centrally protected monuments have
Archeological Department official in Chittorgarh Fort in
been missing. The submission of the missing report was
Rajasthan.
done by the Ministry of Culture on 8th December 2022 to
the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, • India's first STEM Innovation and Learning Center (SILC) is
Tourism, and Culture as part of a report titled 'Issues inaugurated under the scheme of Vanavil Mandram at the
relating to Untraceable Monuments and Protection of Government Higher Secondary School, MMDA Colony,
Monuments in India.' Many monuments and sites were lost Chennai by the American India Foundation (AIF).
to activities like urbanization, the construction of dams and • The Jammu and Kashmir Government is set to host their
reservoirs, and even encroachment. 14 Monuments have first SARAS Fair 2023 from 4th February to 14th February
been lost due to rapid urbanization; 12 monuments are 2023.
submerged by reservoirs while 24 are untraceable. There • East Coast Railways‘ Visakhapatnam railway station has
are total of 50 monuments missing. received the prestigious ‘Green Railway Station
• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Certification’ with the highest Platinum rating. The
Dairying Parshottam Rupala inaugurated 29 Mobile certificate has been awarded by the Indian Green Building
Veterinary Units (MVU) and a Centralized call center in Council (IGBC).
Thiruvananthapuram. It is a major step for benefit of the • 'Cyber Sangini' Programme - Oppo India and the
livestock farmers in Kerala.
Government's Common Service Centre (CSC) Academy
• The International Kite Festival 2023 has began on 8
have announced training 10,000 women in cybersecurity
January in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The festival is being
and cyber wellness in the country. The initiative of the
organised by Gujarat Tourism on the G20 theme of 'One
partnership between Oppo India and CSC is to empower
Earth, One Family, One Future'.
• MS Dhoni and drone market Garuda Aerospace have rural and semi-urban women.
launched a a surveillance drone named ‘Droni.’ Droni is a • The Indian Railways has also introduced the Ideal Train
battery-operated quadcopter surveillance drone. Profile to maximize the capacity utilization and revenue
• Vidisha, became the first district ever in India for on-ground generation in reserved mail express trains by regularly
implementation of groundbreaking 5G use cases proposed analyzing the demand pattern of every single train.
by startups • PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo and
• “Soul of Steel” a new challenge to test high-altitude CARE, have launched ‘She Feeds the World’ program in
endurance will be launched in India. Spearheaded by India to strengthen the role of small-scale women
venture CLAW Global, it will take place in Uttarakhand. producers through sustainable training and economic
• India's deepest underground station, will be on the Pune support.
Metro.
• María Branyas Morera has likely become the world's oldest Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners of
living person at 115, a Guinness World Records.
December
• Jammu & Kashmir becomes the first union territory in
India to completely switch to a digital method of • The Tamil Nadu Government, issued a notification
administration. declaring Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages in
• Jammu and Kashmir’s governments have declared the Madurai district the first biodiversity heritage site in the
union territory as a "Free Area" for purposes of the State.
Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious • The world’s largest active volcano erupted in Hawaii for
Diseases in Animals Act 2009.
the first time in four decades. Mauna Loa erupted at 11.30
• The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) of the Patna circle
pm according to the U.S. Geological Survey
has unearthed 1200 years old two miniature votive stupas
• ‘Yaanam,’ a non-feature film, was screened under the
near the Sarai Tila mound on the "Nalanda Mahavihara"
Indian Panorama section at the 53rd edition of the
grounds in the Nalanda district.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change International Film Festival at Goa. It is based on the
(MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji under Schedule III of the autobiographical book “My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of Behind the Mangalyaan Mission” by former space
protected plants. chairman Padma Bhushan Dr K. Radhakrishnan
• The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced Fritilloria cirrhosa as ‘vulnerable’, and Dactylorhiza
that their 2022 word of the year is “gaslighting” or as hatagirea as ‘endangered’.
Merriam-Webster defines it, “the act or practice of grossly • A first-of-its-kind Tribal Winter Festival was held in the
misleading someone especially for one’s own Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir
advantage.” • The Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar has got A grade
• The Himalayan Yak has been approved as a ‘food animal’ by scoring 3.85 points in National Assessment and
by the FSSAI. Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading, thereby becoming
• Airline EasyJet and Aircraft Engine maker Rolls-Royce the only University in India to get this score. GNDU is the
announced that they have successfully tested a hydrogen- only State/Central/Private University in India to get this
powered aircraft engine, which is described as the World’s score. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is the only
First for aviation. other educational institution with a higher grade of 3.89 in
• Nagpur Metro has successfully created a Guinness World the country.
Record by constructing the longest double-decker viaduct • India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long
(metro) is 3,140 meters and was achieved by the Wardha constructed on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-
Road in Nagpur. Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed
• The Mandous: second cyclone of the post monsoon by the Indian Railways. The longest tunnel is part of the
season formed over southwest Bay of Bengal and hit the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL)
east coast in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra project.
Pradesh • With the onset of winter solstice, one of the harshest
• Oxford Dictionaries word of the year 2022: “goblin mode” winter periods of 40 days, called Chillai Kalan, has begun in
meaning the term as “a type of behavior which is Kashmir.
unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy,
typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.
• The national capital has got its first transgender councillor
after Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP), Bobby Kinnar has won
the civic polls from Sultanpuri-A ward. Bobby Kinnar (38)
was given a ticket from Sultanpuri A (ward 43) seat.
• The ‘dream crew’ for the first civilian mission to the moon
has been announced and it includes Indian actor Dev Joshi.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has informed that
Indian actor Dev Joshi, K-Pop star T.O.P. will be among the
eight people who will join him on a flyby around the moon
on a SpaceX spaceship.
• Three medicinal plant species found in the Himalayas have
made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species :
Meizotropis pellita assessed as ‘critically endangered’,

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