Zero to Hero – Current Affairs

Last 6 Months

Topic-wise Current Affairs

(for CGL 2023 PRE)

Gagan Pratap Sir

Most Important Topics :

1. SPORTS

2. APPOINTMENTS

3. BOOKS & AUTHORS

4. AWARDS & PRIZES

5. MILITARY EXERCISE

6. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

(Approx 80% Current Affairs are asked from these 6 topics in

SSC Exams, Learn them by heart)
- Gagan Pratap Sir
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 1. SPORTS

➢ 16th Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) :

• Event- India

• Winner - Chennai Super Kings

• Runner up- Gujarat Titans

• Orange Cap (Most Runs) -Shubham Gill

• Purple Cap (Most Wickets)- Mohammed Shami

• Player of the match in Final -David Conway

• Most Valuable Player - Shubham Gill

• Emerging Player -Yashasvi Jaiswal

• Fair Play Award -Delhi Capitals

➢ 1st Women’s Premier League 2023 (WPL) :

• Event- Maharashtra

• Winner- Mumbai Indians

• Runner up- Delhi Capitals

• Purple Cup (Most wickets)- Hayley Mathews

• Orange Cup (Most runs) – Meg Lanning

• Emerging Player of the year- Yastika Bhatia

• Player of the year- Natalie Sciver Brunt

• Most Valuable Player- Hayley Matthews

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 ➢ Chess Grandmaster :

• 77th Aditya Mittal (Mumbai)

• 78th Koustav Chatterjee (Kolkata)
• 79th Pranesh M (Tamil Nadu)
• 80th Vignesh NR (Chennai)
• 81st Sayantan Das (West Bengal)
• 82nd Vuppala Prraneeth (Telangana)

Grand Prix Winner

F1 Baharain Grand Prix Max Verstappen
➢ Grand Prix : Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sergio Perez
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Sergio Perez
Miami Grand Prix Max Verstappen

➢ Grand Slam Tournaments 2023 (Tennis):

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

a) Australian Open : Women’s Singles Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

b) French Open : Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland)

➢ 5th Khelo India Youth Games:

• Event: Madhya Pradesh
• Mascot : Asha (Cheetah)
• Theme: Hindustan ka dil dhadka do
• 1st- Maharashtra, 2nd – Haryana, 3rd – Madhya Pradesh

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 ➢ ICC Player of the Month :

Month Male Female

December 2022 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Australia)
January 2023 Shubham Gill (India) Grace Scrivens (England)
February 2023 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Australia)
March 2023 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) Henriette Ishimwe (Rwanda)
April2023 Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) Narumol Chaiwai (Thailand)
May 2023 Harry Tector (Ireland) Thipatcha Putthawong (Thailand)

➢ Sports Venues (Upcoming):

33rd Summer Olympic Games (2024) Paris
25th Winter Olympic Games (2026) Italy
23rd Commonwealth Games (2026) Victoria (Australia)
23rd FIFA (2026) USA, Mexico, Canada
8th Women’s T-20 World Cup South Africa
19th Asian Games (2023) Hagzhou, China
20th Asian Games (2026) Nagoya, Japan

➢ Badminton:

➢ Madrid Masters 2023

• Men’s Singles - Kenta Nishimoto

• Women’s Singles - Gregoria Mariska

➢ Swiss Open 2023

• Men’s Singles - K. Watenbe
• Women’s Singles - P. Chongwang

➢ All England Open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Lai Xi Feng
• Women’s Singles -An Xi Yong

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➢ BWF World Championships 2022 (Tokyo)

Men’s Singles - Viktor Axelsen

Women’s Singles - Akane Yamaguchi

➢ Uber Cup

• Winner -South Korea Runner up – China

➢ Thomas Cup

• Winner – India Runner up- Indonesia

➢ Football

➢ Santosh Trophy (Edition-76th, Venue-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

• Winner -Karnataka Runner up -Meghalaya

➢ Hero Super Cup 2023

• Winner - Odisha FC Runner up- Bengaluru FC

➢ FIFA World Cup 2022 (Venue - Doha, Qatar - 22nd edition)

• Winner- Argentina Runner up -France

➢ Tennis

➢ Italian open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Daniil Medvedev

• Women’s Singles -Elena Rybakina

➢ Madrid Open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Carlos Alcaraz

• Women’s Singles - A. Sabalenka

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➢ MISCELLANEOUS :

• FIH’s President Award : V Karthikeyan Pandian

• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award : Lionel Messi

• Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

• Asian Billiards 2023 – Pankaj Advani

• BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022- Beth Mead

• BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year 2022- Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

• BCCI appointed Adidas as new kit sponsor of Indian cricket team.

• Neeraj Chopra secured number 1 ranking in Men’s javelin throw.

• India won three silver medals in Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023.

• Babar Azam became the fastest player to score 5000 ODIs runs.

• Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won Doha Diamond League 2023.

• Kagiso Rabada became the fastest player to take 100 IPL wickets.

• India won four medals in the Archery World Cup 2023 held in Antalya, Turkey.

• FIFA rankings 2023, Argentina became the number one team.

• India reached 100th position in FIFA rankings 2023.

• England’s Sam Curran has become the most expensive player in the history of

IPL.

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 2. APPOINTMENTS

1. President of New Development Bank – Dilma Rousseff

2. Executive director of RBI - Neeraj Nigam

3. Secretary General of FICCI - Shailesh Pathak

4. Director General of SSB – Rashmi Shukla

5. Vice Chief of Naval Staff – Sanjay Jasjit Singh

6. Vice Chief of Army Staff – Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar

7. President of FIFA – Gianni Infantio

8. Principal Director General of PIB – Rajesh Malhotra

9. CEO of Niti Aayog – BVR Subrahmanayam

10. National Security Advisor – Ajit Doval

11. Deputy National Security Advisor – Pankaj Kumar Singh

12. CEO of You Tube – Neal Mohan

13. Controller General of Accounts(CGA) – S.S. Dubey

14. National Ambassador of Children’s Rights – Ayushmann Khurana

15. Chief Economist of OECD – Clarie Lombardell

16. Chairman of Railway Board – Anil Kumar Lahoti

17. MD & CEO of Paytm Payment Bank – Surinder Chawla

18. Chairman of UPSC – Manoj Soni

19. Central Vigilance Commissioner – Praveen Kumar Srivastava

20. Chairman of NASSCOM – Anant Maheshwati

21. Chairman of National Technical Research Organisation – Arun Sinha

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22. Chairman of NABARD – Shaji K V

23. Chairperson of Law Commission – Rituraj Awasthi

24. 50th Chief Justice of India – D.Y. Chandarchud

25. 10th Chairman of ISRO – S. Somnath

26. Chairman of DRDO – Samir V Kamet

27. Chief Election Commissioner of India – Rajiv Kumar

28. President of Financial Action Task Force – T Raja Kumar

29. 1st Woman Chairperson of SEBI – Madhabi Puri Buch

30. Chief of Defence Staff – Lt G Anil Chauhan

31. Attorney General of India – R. Venkataramani

32. Principal Scientist of Aditya L-1 Mission – Sankarasubramanian

33. President of Indian National Congress – Mallikarjun Kharge

34. Chief Economist of IMF – Pierre- Olivier Gourinches

35. G-20 Sherpa – Amitabh Kant

36. Chairman of C20 – Mata Amritanandamayi

37. Permanent Representative of India to the UN – Ruchira Kamboj

38. Chairman of NALSA – D.Y. Chandrachud

39. Chairman of National Highway Authority of India – Santosh Kumar Yadav

40. President of BCCI – Roger Binny

41. President of International Hockey Federation – Tayyb Ikram

42. 1st female President of Table Tennis Federation of India – Meghna Ahlawat

43. President of All India Football Federation- Kalyan Choubey

44. CEO of FSSAI – Ganji Kamala V Rao

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45. CEO of Sansad TV – Utpal Kumar Singh

46. Chief Scientist of WHO – Jeremy Farrar

47. Director General of CRPF – Sujoy Lal Thaosen

48. Principal Scientific Adviser – AK Sood

49. Executive Director for India at IMF – K Subramanian

50. Director of NCERT – Dinesh Prasad Saklani

51. New CEO of IndiGo – Pieter Elbers

52. Chief Economic Advisor – V Anantha Nageswaran

53. MD of SBI – Alok Kumar Choudhary

54. President of Hockey India – Dilip Tirkey

55. President of Badminton Association of India – Hemant Biswa Sharma

56. Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) – Shashi Sinha

57. Director of Intelligence Bureau – Tapan Kumar Deka

58. Chief of RAW – Samant Kumar Goel

59. Chairman of ICC – Greg Barclay

60. MD & CEO of Air India – Campbell Wilson

61. Chairman of CBDT – Nitin Gupta

62. MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange – Ashish Kumar Chauhan

63. Foreign Secretary of India – Vinay Kwata

64. Chairman of IRDAI – Debasish Panda

65. Director General of International Labour Organisation- Gilbert Houngbo

66. Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research – Raghuvendra Tanwar

67. Chief Economist of World Bank – Indermit Gill

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68. Director General of Geological Survey of India – Dr. S Raju

69. Brand Ambassador of Uttarakhand – Prasoon joshi

70. CEO of KVIC – Vinit Kumar

71. Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) – Dileep Sanghani

72. Chairperson of CBSE – Nidhi Chibber

73. Director General of Civil Aviation- Vikram Dev Dutt

74. Drugs Controller General of India - Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi

75. President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

(ASSOCHAM) – Ajay Singh

76. Chairperson of Competition Commission of India – Ravneet Kaur

77. Chairman of SAIL – Amrendu Prakash

78. CEO of the Tata Trusts – Siddharth Sharma

79. MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange – Sundararaman Ramamurthy

80. President of World Bank – Ajay Banga

81. CEO of Twitter – Linda Yaccarino

82. Chairman and MD of BPCL – G. Krishnakumar

83. CBI Director – Praveen Sood

84. Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board – Dinesh Kumar Shukla

85. Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission – Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty

86. Brand Ambassador of UNICEF India – Ayushman Khurana

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➢ New Chief Ministers :

• CM of Gujarat :- Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel

• CM of Himachal Pradesh :- Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

• CM of Karnataka -Siddaramaiah

• Deputy CM of Karnataka - DK Shivakumar

• CM of Meghalaya - Conrad K Sangma

• CM of Nagaland - Neiphiu Rio

• CM of Tripura – Dr. Manik Saha

➢ New Governors :

• Andhra Pradesh :- Justice S. Abdul Nazeer

• Arunachal Pradesh :- Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik

• Assam :- Gulab Chand Kataria

• Bihar :- Rajendra Arlekar

• Chhattisgarh :- Biswabhusan Harichandan

• Himachal Pradesh :- Shiv Pratap Shukla

• Jharkhand :- C. P. Radhakrishnan

• Maharashtra. :- Ramesh Bais

• Manipur :- Anusuiya Uikey

• Meghalaya :- Phagu Chauhan

• Nagaland :- La. Ganesan

• Sikkim :- Lakshman Acharya

• Ladakh :- B. D. Mishra

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➢ New Cheif Justices :

• Allahabad High Court :- Pritinker Diwaker

• Andhra Pradesh High Court :- Akula Venkata Sesha Sai ( Acting )

• Bombay High Court :- Nitin Madhukar Jamdar ( Acting )

• Calcutta High Court :- T. S. Sivagnanam

• Chhattisgarh High Court :- Ramesh Sinha

• Gauhati High Court :- Sandeep Mehta

• Gujarat High Court :- Ashish Jitendra Desai ( Acting)

• Himachal Pradesh High Court :- M. S. Ramachandra Rao

• Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court :- N. Kotiswar Singh

• Jharkhand High Court :- Sanjaya Kumar Mishra

• Kerala High Court :- Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

• Madras High Court :- Sanjay V. Gangapurwala

• Manipur High Court :- M. V. Muralidaran (Acting)

• Patna High Court :- K. Vinod Chandran

• Rajasthan High Court :- Augustine George Masih

• Tripura High Court :- Aparesh Kumar Singh

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 3. BOOKS & AUTHORS

• “Pandit. Deendayal Upadhyaya: Dispersions of Thought” and “Pandit Deendayal

Upadhyaya: Integral Humanism” - B. Dharmalingam

• A Matter of the Heart: Education in India - Anurag Behar

• As Good as My Word: A Memoir - K.M. Chandrasekhar

• Azaad - Dr Karan Singh

• Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform - Rachna Biswat Rawat

• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj - Shrimant Kokate

• Collective Spirit, Concrete Actions - Shashi Shekhar Vempati

• Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire - Nandini Das

• Crosscourt - Jaidip Mukerjea

• Gandhi: Siyasat aur Sampradaiykta - Piyush Babele

• India’s Struggle for Independence- The Gandhian Era: 1915- 1948 - Dr Justice P.
Jyothimani

• Just Aspire: Notes on Technology, Entrepreneurship and the Future – Ajai

Chowdhry

• Made In India: 75 Years of Business and Enterprise -Amitabh Kant

• Mundaka Upanishad: The Bridge to Immortality - Dr Karan Singh

• My Life as a Comrade - K.K. Shailaja

• NTR-A Political Biography - Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla

• Partitioned Freedom - Ram Madhav

• Reflections - Narayanan Vaghul

• RINGSIDE – Up, Close, and Personal on India and Beyond - Dr Vijay Darda

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• Sachin@50 – Celebrating a Maestro - Boria Majumdar

• Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamprashastih - Launched by Prime Minister Modi

• The Book of Bihari Literature - Abhay Kumar

• The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life -Ruskin Bond

• The Great Bank Robbery: NPAs, Scams and the Future of Regulation - Pattabhi
Ram & Sabyasachee Dash

• War and Women - Dr M. A. Hasan

• ‘Njaan Sakshi’ (me as the witness) - K.K. Abdul Gaffar

• Ambedkar: A Life -Shashi Tharoor

• Braving A Viral Storm - Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir

• Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary - Kaki Madhava Rao

• Chronicle of Central Command – Savdhaan - Lt Gen Vivek Kashyap

• Come! Let’s Run - Ma. Subramanian

• Human Anatomy -Dr Ashvini Kumar Dwivedi

• India’s Knowledge Supremacy: The New Dawn - Dr Ashwin Fernandes

• Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom - Sanjeev Sanyal

• Spare – J. R. Moehringer

• The Last Heroes – Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom – Palagummi Sainath

• The Poverty of Political Economics: How Economics Abandoned the Poor -

Meghnad Desai

• The World: A Family History – Simon Sebag Montefiore

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 4. AWARDS & PRIZES

➢ 68th Filmfare Awards 2023

Best Film Gangubai Kathiawadi

Best Film (Critics) Badhaai Do

Best Actor (Male) Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do

Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi

Best Actor (Critics) Sanjay Mishra for Vadh

Best Actress (Critics) Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do &

Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Best Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi

Best Music Album Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva

Lifetime
Achievement Prem Chopra
Award

Best Debut (Male) Ankush Gedam for Jhund

Best Debut Female Andrea Kevichusa for Anek

Arijit Singh for Kesariya (Male)

Best Playback Singer
Kavita Seth for Rangisari (Female)

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 ➢ Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2023

Best Film The Kashmir Files

Film of the Year RRR

Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor for Brahamsatra

Best Actress Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi

Most Promising Actor Rishab Shetty for Kantara

Sachet Tandon for Maiya Menu

Best Playback Singer
Neeti Mohan for Meri Jaan

Outstanding Contribution In The Rekha

Film Industry

Best Web Series Rudra- The Edge of Darkness

Critics Best Actor Varun Dhawan for Bhediya

Best Director R Balki for Chup- Revenge of The Artist

Television Series of The Year Anupamaa

Most Versatile Actor Of The Year Anupam Kher for The Kashmir Files

Best Actor In A Television Series Zain Imam for Fanaa- Ishq Mein
Marjawaan

Best Actress In A Television Tejasswi Prakash for Naagin

Series

Outstanding Contribution In The Hariharan

Music Industry

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 ➢ PADMA AWARDS 2023
Padma Vibhushan (6)

S.NO Name Field State/Country

1. Shri Balkrishna Doshi Architecture Gujarat

(Posthumous)

2. Shri Zakir Hussain Art Maharashtra

3. Shri S M Krishna Public Affairs Karnataka

4. Shri Dilip Mahalanabis Medicine West Bengal

(Posthumous)

5. Shri Srinivas Varadhan Science & Engineering United States of

America

6. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

(Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan (9)

S. NO Name Field State/Country

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

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 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

➢ Important Padma Shri Awards : (Total 91 Awardees)

• S R D Prasad :- Kalarippayattu coach

• K Shanathoiba Sharma :- Thang-Ta master

• Gurcharan Singh :- Cricketer

• Raveena Tandon :- Actress

• Mangala Kanti Roy :- Folk musicians Sarinda player

• Coomi Nariman Wadia :- India’s first female conductor of choral music

• Moa Subong :- Inventor of 2 musical instruments, Bamhum and Tikzik and a new

music genre Howey.

• Ritwik Sanyal :- Dhrupad Player

• Pareshbhai Rathwa :- Pithora painter

• Subhadra Devi :- Madhubani Painting

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➢ MISCELLANEOUS :

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Meera Syal

Arts) Fellowship

Highest-paid athlete in the world in 2023 Cristiano Ronaldo

Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award Yogi Adityanath

Laureus World Sportsman Of The Year 2023 Lionel Messi

2023 Pulitzer Prize Associated Press

First ASI GovindSwarup Lifetime Achievement Professor Jayant

Award 2022 Vishnu Narlikar

Highest French Civilian Honour- “Chevalier de la N Chandrasekaran

Légion d’ Honneur“ Tata Sons Chairman

Best Long Documentary Award” Gauri

International Booker Prize 2023 Georgi Gospodinov

Power Grid Corporation

Global Gold Award
of India Ltd. (PGCIL)

Femina Miss India World 2023 Nandini Gupta

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award Raj Subramaniam

Ramon Magsaysay Award Dalai Lama

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 Order of Australia Ratan Tata

Goldman Environmental Prize Alessandra Korap

Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 Kashmir’s Aliya Mir

Bangabandhu Sheikh
SAARC literary award
Mujibur Rahman

2023 Abel Prize Luis Caffarelli

Renowned Tamil Writer

Saraswati Samman 2022
Sivasankari

RBI Governor
Governor of the Year” for 2023 by Central Banking
Shaktikanta Das

Vyas Samman 2022 Gyan Chaturvedi

Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023 Sir David Chipperfield

Lifetime Achievement National Photography Award Ms Sipra Das

BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year for 2022 Mirabai Chanu

Indira Gandhi
Cleanest airport in the Asia Pacific region by
International Airport
international grouping ACI
(IGIA)

2023 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award Vinod Kumar Shukla

Best adventure tourism destination award Jammu and Kashmir

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 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2019 Prem Kumar Mallick

Marconi Prize 2023 Hari Balakrishnan

Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2022 Sajjan Jindal

Best Actor award at the 76th BAFTA Awards Austin Butler

UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast Angela Merkel

Prestigious President’s Colour Award Haryana Police

Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award Journalist A.B.K. Prasad

FIH President’s Award 2023 V Karthikeyan

Odisha State Disaster Management

Subhash Chandra Bose Disaster
Authority (OSDMA) and Lunglei Fire
Management Award 2023
Station (LFS) Mizoram

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal

Total 11 children got this award
Puraskar

Number one police station ranking Aska police station, Ganjam district,
2022 Odisha

The most distinguished scientist of the

R Vishnu Prassad
year 2022

Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport

Goa Manohar International Airport
Award

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 Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel from USA

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

Thiru Kumar Nadesan
2023

Best Original Song Awards at Golden SS Rajamouli’s film RRR won Best
Globes Original Song for Naatu Naatu

UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards

Odisha
2023

Jalna district police and Nagpur city

Best Police Unit award 2021
police in Maharashtra

Assam highest civilian award ‘Assam

Dr. Tapan Saikia
Baibhav’

Atal Samman Award Prabhu Chandra

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna 2022 Sharath Kamal

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement

Spanish Film Director Carlos Saura
Award 2022 at 53rd IFFI Goa

Bihari Puraskar Madhu Kankariya & Madhav Hada

West Bengal’s Lakshmir Bhandar

SKOCH Award
scheme

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 5. MILITARY EXERCISES

Defence Exercise Countries Location

Sangam Navy of India and USA Goa

KAZIND 2022 India and Kazakhastan Umroi, Meghalaya

Army exercise
India and Nepal Saljhandi , Nepal
“SuryaKiran-XVI”

Air combat
India and Japan Japan
“Veer Guardian 23”

Armed forces of India and

Agni Warrior 2022 Maharashtra
Singapore

Air Exercise “Pralay” Indian Air Force (IAF) Air bases in the northeast

Army Exercise
India and Egypt Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
“Cyclone-I”

Tri service exercise Indian Army, Indian Navy

Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
“AMPHEX 2023” and Indian Air Force

Border Security Force Kutch district of Gujarat and

“Ops Alert” exercise
(BSF) Barmer in Rajasthan.

Naval Exercise
India and France
‘Varuna 2023′ Goa Coast

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 All Arms and services of the
Trishakti Prahar North Bengal
Indian Army

TARKASH India and USA Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Joint Military Exercise

India and Uzbekistan Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
DUSTLIK 2023

Joint military exercise

Indian and Japan Japan
‘Dharma Guardian

School of Artillery at the

Indian Army’s
Devlali field firing
Exercise Indian Army
ranges, in Devlali,
“Topchi 2023”
Nashik, Maharashtra

Joint Air Exercise

India and Japan Japan
Shinyuu Maitri

Joint Military Exercise Pangode Military Station,

India and France
FRINJEX-23 Kerala

International
Maritime Exercise/
Multinational Gulf region
Cutlass Express
2023 (IMX/CE-23)

TROPEX 2023 Indian Navy Arabian Sea

Maritime Partnership
India and France Eastern Indian Ocean
Exercise (MPX)

Exercise Chetak
Indian Army Bathinda , Punjab
Chaukas

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Multilateral exercise India, France, Japan and
Indian Ocean Region
La Perouse Australia

Exercise Bold Jodhpur Military Station,

India and Singapore
Kurukshetra 2023 India

Joint exercise
India and Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
“Khanjar” 2023

Naval Exercise
India and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
“Al-Mohed-Al Hindi”

Exercise Sea Dragon

India and USA Guam Island
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Field Training
Exercise Africa-India Pune, Maharashtra
(Ex AFINDEX-2023)

Bilateral maritime
Konkan coast in the
exercise India and United kingdom
Arabian Sea
“Konkan 2023”

Line of Actual Control

Indian Army and the Indian Air
Vayu Prahar (LAC) in eastern
force
command

Indian Armed forces (Army,

Andaman and Nicobar
Exercise KAVACH Navy, Air Force) and Indian
Islands
Coast Guard (ICG)

Naval Exercise
India and Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka
SLINEX 2023

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 Security exercise
Indian Navy Mumbai, Maharashtra
‘Prasthan’

India, France, Germany,

Greece, Italy, Netherlands,
Multilateral Air
United Kingdom, Spain and France
Exercise – ‘Orion’
the United States of America
(USA)

Exercise RSRE
(Regional Search Kakinada, Andhra
Indian Coast Guard
and Rescue Pradesh
exercise)

Cope India Exercise Kalaikunda Airbase,

India and USA
2023 West Bengal

Multi-national Air
Exercise – India and Greece Greece
INIOCHOS-23

Coastal Security
Exercise Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Coast of West Bengal
“Sagar Kavach”

Bilateral Exercise India and United Kingdom

Salisbury
Ajeya Warrior 2023 (Britain)

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 6. GOVERNEMENT SCHEMES
➢ STATE-WISE :

State Scheme

1. Sanitation workers’ development programme

2. Pudhumai Penn’ Scheme

Tamil Nadu 3. ‘TN REACH’ Initiative

4. Anaivarukkum IITM (IIT-M for All)

5. Thiranari Thervu Thittam

1. ‘Vanikaran’ project

2. One Panchayat, One Playground

Kerala
3. Technology Transfer Scheme

1. Orunodoi 2.0 scheme

2. Ayushman Asom Scheme

Assam
3. Digitising Asom, a community project

4. Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana

1. Rythu Bandh (Phase 10)

Telangana 2. Geeta Karmikula Bima Scheme

3. Cool Roof Policy 2023-2028

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 1. “One District One Sport” scheme

2. Aarohini Initiative Training Programme

Uttar Pradesh
3. “One Family, One ID”

4. UP Global City campaign

1. Mukhyamantri Krishak Byaaj Maafi Yojana-2023

2. ‘Mukhyamantri Sikho Kamao Yojana’

Madhya
Pradesh 3. Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana’

4. Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights scheme

(Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu Adhikar Yojana)

1. Mukhya Mantri Sukh Aashray Scheme

Himachal
Pradesh
2. Project Sanjeevani

Andhra
1. Niramaya Health Insurance Scheme
Pradesh

1. ‘Chief Minister’s Skill Upgradation and Global Employment

Scheme‘ (“Mukhya Mantri Kaushal Unnayan aur Vaishavik
Rozgar Yojana”)

2. A-HELP (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of

Livestock Production) Programme
Uttarakhand
3. ‘Resham Keet Bima’ scheme

4. India’s First Insurance Scheme for Sericulture

5. CM Single Women Empowerment Self Employment Scheme

Odisha 1. ‘Mo Ghara‘ Scheme

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 Goa 1. Heli-Tourism Service

Sikkim 1. Mero Rukh Mero Santati (Plant a Tree, Leave a Legacy)

Maharashtra 1. Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana

1. Shared school bus system

Meghalaya 2. Prime tourism vehicles

3. Agriculture response vehicle scheme

1. Supersite Realtime Pollution Factors Gathering Mechanism

Delhi
2. ‘100 Days to Beat Plastic’ Campaign

Punjab 1. Schools of Eminence

➢ CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES :

• Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) :

By Ministry of Information & Broadcasting - The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs has recently approved Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network
Development (BIND) scheme, worth over ₹2,500 crore, will focus on expanding
and upgrading the infrastructure of Prasar Bharati, as well as improving the digital
content and distribution network.

• National Green Hydrogen Mission :-

The Union Cabinet, led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the
National Green Hydrogen Mission. The mission aims to make India a global hub for
the production, utilization, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. The
initial outlay for the mission will be Rs. 19,744 crore.

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• Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) :

This is an integrated food security scheme launched by the Central Government of

India in January 2023.The program is operated by the Department of Food and
Public Distribution under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution. But the nodal ministry is Ministry of Finance.

• Womaniya Initiative :

The Government e Marketplace (GeM) has launched a new initiative called

“Womaniya on GeM” to empower women entrepreneurs and women self-help
groups (WSHGs) to sell their products directly to various government ministries,
departments, and institutions.

• PARAKH Initiative : By NCERT

PARAKH :- Performance Assessment Review and Analysis of Knowledge for

Holistic Development
The Government of India recently launched PARAKH to assess the performance of
secondary and higher secondary students. PARAKH is a Part of National Education
Policy, 2020.

• PM PRANAM Scheme :

The government has launched the PM PRANAM Scheme, which is aimed at

reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and promoting alternatives to fertilizers.
It was launched under the GOBAR DHAN Scheme.

PRANAM - Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment, and

Amelioration of Mother Earth.

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• Digital India Mobile Van :

The Digital India Mobile Van was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology. The main objective of the mobile van is to spread
awareness of Digital India initiatives and also to spread the word about the G20
Digital Economy Working Group. Lucknow was the first destination of the mobile
van where the G20 DEWG’s first meet is held. The main purpose is “Jan Andolan".

• Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman: PM – VIKAS :

The scheme was announced by Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman during
the Budget presentation. By this the Government of India is trying to boost its
economic status and keep the age-old arts and traditional crafts alive by different
means.

• NAMASTE Scheme : National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem

By Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) as a joint initiative of the

MoSJE and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). In the Union
Budget 2023, the Government of India allocated Rs 100 crores for the NAMASTE
scheme. The scheme aims to provide an alternate livelihood to sanitation workers.

• MISTHI Scheme : Launched to “preserve Mangrove forests”.

By Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

• Amrit Dharohar Scheme: The scheme will aim to conserve wetlands. The scheme
is to be implemented in the next three years.

• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 :

The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana runs under Skill Development Ministry
and is implemented by the National Skill Development Corporation. During this, the
GoI will open 30 Skill India International Centres.

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• Jal Jan Abhiyan :

This will be implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Brahma Kumaris
organization. The main objective of the campaign is water conservation.

• Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) :

The Union Health Minister recently announced that 9,082 Janaushadhi Kendras are
being operated under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
The target is to increase the numbers to 10,000 by December 2023. This was
launched in November 2008 to provide quality generic medicines at affordable
prices to everyone.

• VAIBHAV Fellowship Scheme : By Ministry of Science and Technology

This is launched in honor of National Science Day, which is celebrated on February

28th. The new initiative aims to enhance the research capability of India’s higher
education institutions by promoting academic and research collaborations with top-
performing institutions from around the world.

• Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) :

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has launched this scheme in 57
Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) throughout India. This flagship initiative is
launched under NEP 2020.

• Integrated Pensioners’ Portal :

Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State, Personnel, announced that the
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has decided to create a new
“Integrated Pensioners’ Portal” by combining all pension portals such as Pension
Disbursing Bank portals, ANUBHAV, CPENGRAMS, CGHS, etc. at the Bankers
Awareness Workshop in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

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• Har Payment Digital :

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a new mission called “Har Payment
Digital” as part of its efforts to make every Indian a user of digital payments.Also, the
central bank has started an initiative to adopt 75 villages and transform them into
digital payment-enabled villages.

• Vibrant Village program :

Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the Vibrant Village program at Kibithu, a remote
village near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh. This program aims to
transform rural areas into self-sufficient and prosperous communities. It will cover
the border areas of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and
Ladakh.

• Smart Cities Mission :-

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has extended the deadline of its Smart
Cities Mission to June 2024. The Smart Cities Mission was began in 2015, chose 100
cities through a competitive process between January 2016 and June 2018. These
cities were given a five-year timeframe from the date of their selection to finish their
proposed projects.

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