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Current Affairs One Liner: 1 to 31 October 2023

• Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 from October 30 to November 5, 2023
• Culmination of the Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign’s Amrit Kalash Yatra
at Kartavya Path
• National Unity Day : October 31 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth
anniversary
• Home voting facility to senior citizens and Persons with 40 % disabilities
• ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’ : India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise in Otar,
Kazakhstan, from October 30 to November 11, 2023
• Asian Para Games 2023 : India’s medal tally of 111 is the highest ever
• Indian Army celebrated ‘Shaurya Diwas’ on October 27, 2023, in Jammu
and Kashmir
• Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death in Qatar, accused of
spying for Israel
• Tata To Make iPhones In India For Global Market
• Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023 in Ranchi from 27
October to 5 November
• India Launches First Home-Produced Reference Fuel for for developing
engines and assessing their performance.
• ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ : nationwide awareness campaign from 15th
Nov
• European Union (EU) and India conducted their first joint naval exercise
in the Gulf of Guinea
• Ram Temple Idol Consecration On January 22, 2024, PM Modi To Attend
Ceremony
• Unnati Hooda won the women’s singles title at the Abu Dhabi Masters
2023
• NCERT crafted ten special modules on Chandrayaan-3 for students from
grades 1 to 12
• International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from 20th to 28th of November
in Goa
• Amit Shah inaugurated Country’s first Nano DAP plant in Gandhinagar,
Gujarat
• MCQs on United Nations on UN Day : October 24
• 37th National Games 2023 in Goa from October 26 to November 9, 2023

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• International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi
visited India
• Fourth Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, from 22 to 28 October,
2023
• Only electric, CNG, and BS-VI diesel-compliant buses can ply between
Delhi and neighbouring States from 1 November 2023
• Anthurium Festival took place on October 21 and 22, 2023, in Reiek,
Mamit District, Mizoram
• ISRO conducted a successful test of the crew escape system for the
Gaganyaan
• PM Modi launched India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System at
Sahibabad
• Best Tourism Village Award for Dhordo Village by UN World Tourism
Organization
• Stealth destroyer, ‘IMPHAL’ was handed over to the Indian Navy by
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
• Karthikeyan Murali beats World number One Magnus Carlsen in Qatar
Masters Chess tournament
• Indian Navy’s Advanced Light Helicopter reaches Sri Lanka Air Force base
to impart training
• GITEX Global 2023, the world’s largest technology and startup show took
place from October 16th to October 20th at Dubai
• KYC-ECI Mobile App to Know Candidate Criminal Histories
• PM to launch India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on 20th
October
• Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25
has been increased
• Four per cent hike in dearness allowance for Central Government
Employees
• Govt approves bonus for Group C and non-gazetted Group B rank
officials
• 69th National Film Awards: Allu Arjun received Best Actor and Alia Bhatt
and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress Award
• Global Maritime India Summit 2023 from October 17 to October 19 in
Mumbai
• IOC included Twenty-20 cricket and four other sports in the Olympic
Games Los Angeles 2028

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• Christopher Luxon became the Prime Minister of New Zealand
• India will bid to host Olympics in 2036
• Ircon and RITES designated as Navratna Status Central Public Sector
Enterprises
• World Students Day : 15 October 2023 : Birth anniversary of Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam
• Female Labour Force Participation Rate in India improved to 37 per-cent
• T20 Cricket is set to feature in the 2028 Olympics
• Global Hunger Index (GHI) : India is ranked 111th out of 125 countries
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai from October
15 to October 17, 2023
• NHRC celebrated its 30th Foundation Day on October 12
• “Operation Ajay” India launched rescue operation to facilitate the return
of its citizens from Israel
• Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) : Government approves establishment of
an autonomous body
• Government approved royalty rates for mining of Lithium, Niobium, and
Rare Earth Elements (REEs)
• International Day of the Girl Child : October 11
• Gaganyaan Test Vehicle Space flight (TV-D1) is scheduled for launch on
21 October 2023
• World Food India 2023 : 3-5 November at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
• World Mental Health Day : October 10
• ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) : Highlights and important
information
• American Professor Claudia Goldin awarded Nobel Prize in Economics
2023 for research on women’s contributions to the labor market
• India and Tanzania Strengthen Bilateral Ties through Strategic
Partnership
• Assembly elections in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, and Telangana from 7th to 30th November, with the counting
on 3rd December
• Israel-Palestine conflict : Israel orders complete siege on Gaza strip
• Gaganyaan Mission: India’s Crewed Spaceflight in 2024
• Indian Air Force celebrated its 91st anniversary in Prayagraj, Uttar
Pradesh on 8 October 2023

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• India’s first solar roof cycling track “Healthway” inaugurated in
Hyderabad
• Asian Games 2023 : India win record haul of 107 medals – 28 gold, 38
silver and 41 bronze
• Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize 2023
• RBI Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5
percent
• Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta Gupta receives Spinoza Prize in field of
climate change
• Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded Nobel Prize 2023 in Literature
• India and UAE Signed MoU to Boost Investment and Collaboration in
Industry and Advanced Technologies
• ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 : New Zealand defeat England in
Opening match
• Apply for Remote Pilot Certificate to operate drone without Passport
• Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry to three scientists: Moungi G Bawendi,
Louis E Brus, and Alexei Ekimov
• Hangzhou Asian Games : India’s performance on Day 11
• HAL Delivers Twin-Seater LCA Tejas to Indian Air Force
• Nobel Prize 2023 in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne
L’Huillier
• Asian Games 2023 : India’s performance on Day 10 – won two gold, two
silver, and five bronze medals
• PM SVANidhi Scheme : More than 50 lakh Street Vendors covered
• Bihar government released the findings of its Caste-based Survey
• Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize 2023 in Medicine
• RBI extends last date to exchange 2,000 rupee notes till 7th October
2023
• Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri : 2
October
• India’s Solar Mission Aditya L1 moved beyond Earth’s influence
• Dr. Mohamed Muizzu elected President of Maldives

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