January 2023 Current Affairs

● Uttarakhand won the best State Tableau Award of Republic Day Parade
2023 for showcasing the wildlife and religious sites.
● India ranked 85th in the Henley Passport Index 2023 for Quarter 1. Japan
is at Rank One.
● IIT Madras has developed ‘BharOS’ Indigenous Operating System for the
Mobile Phones for replacing Android and Apple ios.
● Himachal Pradesh will be the first Green Energy State by the end of 2025.
● The first edition of Cyclone-1 military exercise has been conducted
between India and Egypt in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
● Kollam district of Kerala became the first district of India to become the
Constitution literate district.
● VARUNA 2023 Naval exercise has been conducted between India and
France.
● Rajasthan became the first state to implement blindness control policy,
to control the blindness.
● “Saharsh” special Education Program launched by Tripura.
● Avani Chaturvedi has become the 1st Indian Air Force woman pilot to fly
Sukhoi fighter jet in Japan in Veer Guardian exercise 2023.
● PM Narendra Modi has launched the World’s longest river cruise (Ganga
Vilas cruise). This cruise was launched from Varanasi and will go to
Dibrugarh, Assam.
● Shiva Chauhan became the first woman officer deployed at Siachen at
over 15,600 ft. Siachen Glacier is the world’s highest battlefield located in
Ladakh.
● Kolkata will get India’s 1st underwater metro train in 2023. This
underwater Metro service will be developed in Hooghly River.
● Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Zuari Bridge, it is the second-largest cable
bridge in India, Goa.
● Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt was the Chief Guest for 74th
Republic Day 2023.
● North India’s largest floating solar project inaugurated at Chandigarh on
Dhanas lake.
● Prime Minister Narendra Modi named 21 islands of the Andaman after
the name of Param Vir Chakra Awardees.
● Kanger Valley National Park is located in Chhattisgarh, recently a rare
“Orange Colour Bat” was spotted here.
● The Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project is being built in Arunachal
Pradesh. Siang River is the tributary of Brahmaputra.
● The World Economic Forum’s centre for the fourth Industrial Revolution
will be set up in Hyderabad.
● Jammu and Kashmir became the first Union territory of India to
completely shift to e-governance mode.
 ● An Indo-Russian joint venture has started manufacturing AK-203 assault
rifles in Uttar Pradesh.
● Surbhi Jakhmola became the 1st woman officer to be posted at Border
and Road Organization.
● Mongeet Festival has been celebrated in Assam.
● Sanjeev Sanyal is the author of the book “Revolutionaries: The Other
Story of How India Won Its Freedom.
● IIT Madras organised the India’s Largest Student-Run Festival “Saarang
2023”.
● Arvind Mandloi is the Author of The Book ‘Jaadunama’. This book is
written by the Veteran Lyricist ‘Javed Akhtar’.
● Joshimath of Chamoli district is declared a landslide-subsidence zone
of Uttarakhand.
● Kerala became India’s first fully digital banking State.
● India became the world’s 3rd largest auto market, overtaking Japan.
● The Book “Ambedkar: A Life” is written by Shashi Tharoor.
● National Genome Editing and Training Centre has been launched in
Punjab.
● World’s first Palm-leaf Manuscript Museum has been opened in Kerala.
● Gaan Ngai festival has been celebrated in Manipur by the Zeliangrong
Community. It is the harvesting festival.
● Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Siyom Bridge in Arunachal
Pradesh.
● 108th Indian Science Congress held in Nagpur. Theme for this year was
“Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women’s
Empowerment”.
● Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has launched
“CM’s Sukhashray Sahayata Scheme”. The scheme will provide higher
education facilities to Needy Children and destitute women.
● IIT Roorkee along with AIIMS Delhi developed SwasthGarbh app for
real-time medical support to pregnant women.
● Cherchera festival celebrated in Chhattisgarh.
● Caste based survey stated by the Bihar Government.

Sports Current affairs of January 2023

● Germany won the title of 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup by
defeating Belgium. This tournament was hosted by India.
● Australian Open 2023: Men’s Single won by Novak Djokovic and
Women’s Single title won by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
● ASHA (Cheetah) has been named the mascot of 5th Khelo India Youth
Games 2023 hosted by Madhya Pradesh.
● Shubman Gill became the youngest player to score a double century in
ODI (149 ball – 208 Runs).
 ● Hyderabad will host the first-ever Formula E World championship race.
● M Pranesh became India’s 79th Chess Grandmaster.
● Viktor Axelsen has won the Men’s Single Title at ‘2023 Malaysia Open.
And the Women’s Single is won by Akane Yamaguchi.
● Belinda Clark became the first Female Cricketer to have a statue cast at
Sydney Cricket Ground.
● Koneru Humpy won a Silver medal in the World Blitz Chess
Championships.

All the important appointment in January 2023

● Chris Hipkins became the Prime Minister of New Zealand after the
resignation of Jacinda Ardern.
● Pankaj Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Deputy National
Security Advisor (NSA). Ajit Doval is the National Security Advisor of
India.
● Claire Lombardelli has been appointed as the Chief Economist of the
OECD (Organization for Economic co-operation and Development),
Headquarter is at Paris.
● Brazil appointed Sonia Guajajara as the first minister of the Ministry of
Indigenous People.
● Lula da Silva elected as the new President of Brazil.
● Vikram Dev Dutt became the Director General of Directorate of General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Awards given in January2023

● Aska police station of Odisha awarded the best Police Station of India.
● R’Bonney Gabriel became the 71st “Miss Universe 2022. She is from the
USA.
● “Naatu Naatu” song of the movie RRR won the “Golden Globe Award”
for Best Original Song. It is the first Indian song to win this award. This
song was composed by M.M. Keeravani.
● Dr. Tapan Saikia has been honoured with ‘Assam Baibhav Award
2022-23.
● Odisha won “World Habitat Award 2023” for its JAGA Mission. JAGA
Mission was for the upgrading of the Slum program.
● Aparna Sen received the lifetime achievement award at Jaipur Film
Fest.
● DY Chandrachud is awarded the “Award for Global Leadership” by
Harvard Law School Center.
 ● Odisha State Disaster Management Authority and Lunglei Fire
Station, Nizoram are the winners of Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda
Prabandhan Puraskar-2023.
● Padma Vibhushan Dr Prabha Atre a Hindustani Vocalist honoured with
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award.

All the important days of January 2023

● World Braille Day is celebrated every year on 4 January.
● 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is celebrated on 9 January 2023. It was
organised in Indore, Madhya Pradesh with the theme of “Diaspora:
Reliable partners for India’s progress in Amrit Kaal”.
● World Hindi Day is observed on 10th of January every year. This year
World Hindi conference 2023 was held in Fiji.
● National Youth Day is celebrated on the 12 January on the birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The Theme of 2023 is “Viksit Yuva –
Viksit Bharat.
● Indian Army Day is celebrated on 15th January every year.
● National Start-up Day is celebrated on 16th January every year.
● Parakram Diwas is celebrated on the 126th Birth Anniversary of Subhash
Chandra Bose on 23rd January 2023.
● National Voters Day is celebrated on 25 January every year, the theme
for 2023 is “Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for sure”.

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