France President Emmanuel Macron to be

Chief Guest for 75th Republic Day celebrations

25th anniversary of the India-

France Strategic Partnership.
 National Sports Awards 2023

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

2023 recipients are Shri Chirag
Chandrashekhar Shetty and Shri
Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj in Badminton.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA)

Trophy 2023 awarded to Guru Nanak Dev
University, Amritsar

Arjuna Awards - 26
Egypt’s President Sisi Clinches Third
Term with 89.6% Majority Vote
 Khelo India Para Games 2023

First-ever Khelo India Para Games was

launched in New Delhi.

The official mascot, ‘Ujjwala,’ a sparrow

10th December to 17th December 2023.

 Khelo India Para Games 2023

The inaugural Khelo India Para Games

(KIPG) concluded in New Delhi, with
Haryana emerging as the champions.
 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup

Host country Malaysia

City Kuala Lumpur
Dates 5–16 December
Champions Germany (7th title)
Runner-up France
Third place Spain
 The Khelo India Games are scheduled to
take place in Tamil Nadu in January 2024

January 19th to 31st, 2024

 Surat Diamond Bourse – World’s largest
workspace / world’s largest office building

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse,
the world’s largest center for
international diamond and jewelry
trade.

Surat Diamond Bourse, located at

Khajod village, is the world’s largest
office complex, spanning over 67 lakh
square feet.
 INS Tarmugli, a Fast Attack Craft, commissioned
into Navy at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam

Coastal surveillance
and protection
Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit in
New Delhi on December 12th and 13th, 2023
 Rajasthan.

Bhajan Lal Sharma elected

as Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Deputy Chief Ministers: Diya

Kumari and Prem Chand
Bairwa.
 Madhya Pradesh

Mohan Yadav elected as the new Chief

Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Jagdish Deora and Rajendra Shukla have

been nominated as Deputy Chief
Ministers
 Chhattisgarh

Vishnu Deo Sai -New Chief Minister of

Chhattisgarh

Deputy Chief Arun Sao

Minister Vijay Sharma
 Telangana

Revanth Reddy will be the next

chief minister of Telangana

Deputy Chief Mallu Bhatti

Minister Vikramarka (INC)
(Deputy Chief Minister
Telangana)
Zoram People’s Movement leader
Lalduhoma sworn in as Mizoram CM
PM inaugurates the first Indian Art, Architecture &
Design Biennale 2023 at Red Fort, Delhi
27th WAIPA World Investment Conference in
New Delhi from December 11, 2023
Donald Tusk elected as Poland Prime Minister
Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha member
over allegations of a “cash-for-query” scandal
 Garba of Gujarat inscribed in the List of Intangible
Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by UNESCO

'Garba' dance is the 15th

heritage of India to receive
the status of cultural
heritage of UNESCO.
 Intangible Cultural Heritage of India included by UNESCO

1 Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre Kerala 2008

2 Vedic chanting tradition India 2008
3 Ramlila (performance of India 2008
Ramlila)
4 Ramman (religious festival and Uttarakhand 2009
ritual theatre of the Garhwal
Himalayas of India)
5 Chhau dance Bengal, Jharkhand, 2010
Odisha
6 Kalbelia Rajasthan 2010
7 Mudiyettu Kerala 2010
8 Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh Ladakh, Jammu and 2012
Kashmir
9 Sankirtan (singing, drumming Manipur 2013
and dancing)
10 Jandiala Guru (traditional Punjab 2014
brass and copper craft of
pottery making)

11 Navroz (Persian New Year) 2016

12 Yoga India 2016

13 Kumbh Mela Prayagraj 2017

14 Durga Puja Fifth note of musical 2021

scale. Bengal

15 Garba dance Gujarat 2023

Hornbill Festival began at Naga Heritage Village
‘Kisama’ from December 1 to 10, 2023
 COP28 (28th annual United
Nations (UN) climate meeting)

Organized/Led by - United Nations

Venue - Dubai
 World’s Largest Meditation Center

Swarved Mahamandir in
Umaraha, Varanasi.

Capacity for 20,000 Devotees

 Gajraj System

AI-Based Elephant
Protection on Indian
Railways
Myanmar Surpasses Afghanistan as World’s
Leading Opium Source in 2023: UN Report
 Most Expensive Player in IPL 2024
Player Team Base Final
Price Price
Mitchell Starc Kolkata Knight Riders 2.00 24.75
(AUS) (KKR)
 Noted Hindi Writer Pushpa Bharati
to Receive 33rd Vyas Samman

“Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein.”

 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3
Moon Mission
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Awarded to
Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad”
 2023 JCB Prize for Literature

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan

For his novel ‘Fire Bird’

 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023

Goa from November 20 to 28, 2023

1) Opening Film: “Catching Dust” United

Kingdom.

2) Closing Film: “The Featherweight”

America Film.
 International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023

Award Winner
Golden Peacock Best Film Endless Borders

Best Actor-Male Pouria Rahimi Sam (Endless Borders)

Best Actor (Female) Melanie Thierry (Party of Fools)

Best Director Stephan Komandarev (Blaga’s Lessons)

Special Jury Award Rishab Shetty (Kantara - Kannada film )

Best Debutant Director Reger Azad Kaya (When the Seedlings Grow)

Best Web Series Panchayat Season 2

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Douglas

 ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 54th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

“Drift,” directed by Anthony Chen

India announces one-day state mourning
following demise of Kuwait emir Sheikh Nawaf
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 Breaking the Mould

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

governor Raghuram Rajan & Co Author
Economist Rohit Lamba
 Booker Prize 2023

Paul Lynch who is an Irish author

won the 2023 Booker prize for his
fifth novel ‘Prophet Song’.
Uttar Pradesh bags First Prize for
Best State in Inland Fisheries

India-Born Author Nandini Das Wins

2023 British Academy Book Prize
 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2022
Presented to COVID-19 Warriors

The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for the year

2022 was jointly awarded to the Indian
Medical Association (IMA) and Trained Nurses
Association of India.
 Miss Universe 2023

Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palcios

Crowned 72nd Miss Universe 2023
 Cyclone in India 2023

Name given by the

Sl.No Cyclone Name
Country
1 Mocha Yemen ( BOB)
2 Biparjoy Bangladesh ( Arabian )
3 Tej India ( Arabian )
4 Hamoon Iran ( BOB )
5 Midhili Maldives (BOB )
6 Michaung Myanmar ( BOB)
Central Sector Scheme for providing drones
to the Women’s Self Help Groups(SHGs)

COP28 Summit in Dubai from 30

November to 12 December 2023
Justice Fathima Beevi, first female
Judge of Supreme Court of India,
passes away at age of 96
Sheetal Mahajan becomes the first woman to
skydive from 21,500 feet near Mount Everest
“AI Safety Summit 2023”, world’s first
Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit, held in
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
 Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, India

All 41 Workers Evacuated In

Uttarakhand Tunnel After 17 days.

Hyderabad-based Navayuga
Engineering Company Limited.
 PM Modi To Launch PM-PVTG Mission And Viksit
Bharat Sankalp Yatra On Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas

Birth anniversary celebration of the revered

tribal freedom fighter, Birsa Munda,
observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.
 Kozhikode and Gwalior Join
UNESCO Creative Cities Network

Kozhikode: The City of Literature

Gwalior: The City of Music

Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Elected Chairman
of Shree Somnath Trust for Five-Year Term
 India Flags Off First International Cruise Liner

Vessel Costa Serena, the first

International Cruise Liner in
India from Mumbai.

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and

Waterways (MoPSW) - Sarbananda
Sonowal
 World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly 2024

India is set to host the prestigious

World Telecommunication
Standardisation Assembly (WTSA) in
2024, marking a significant step
towards the advancements of 5G and
6G networks.
Afghanistan Closes Its Embassy In
India Permanently

UAE Inaugurates World’s Largest

Single-Site Solar Power Plant
ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 Kicks
Off In South Jakarta, Indonesia
IIT Madras Sets Its First International
Campus On Zanzibar Island In Tanzania
Pedro Sanchez Re-Elected As
Spanish Prime Minister
 Anish Shah to Assume Presidency of FICCI

FICCI stands for the Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry. It
is the oldest and largest industry body in
India,
India’s CAG Girish Chandra Murmu
elected vice-chair of UN external
auditors’ panel

Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS officer Alok

Sharma Named New Chief Of SPG
Heeralal Samariya Appointed as the New
Chief Information Commissioner
 Indian Women’s Hockey Team Wins
Gold at Asian Champions Trophy 2023

India displayed exceptional prowess

by defeating Japan 4-0 in the final match.

Final - Ranchi
 Sultan of Johor Cup 2023 ( Hockey )

Champions Germany (2nd title)

Runner-up Australia
Third place India

Host - Malaysia
 Asian Para Games 2023

The Asian Para Games 2023 was

held in Hangzhou, China from
October 22 to 28.

Feifei, a 'Divine Bird,' will be the

mascot for the 4th Asian Para
Games in Hangzhou, China
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 214 167 140 521

2 IR Iran 44 46 41 131

3 Japan 42 49 59 150

4 South 30 33 40 103
Korea

5 India 29 31 51 111
 37th National Games 2023 in Goa from
October 26 to November 9, 2023

Mascot named 'Moga'

which represents an
Indian bison
Standings Teams Gold Silver Bronze Totals Medals

1 Maharashtra 80 69 79 228

2 Services 66 27 33 126

3 Haryana 62 55 75 192

Madhya
4 37 36 39 112
Pradesh
Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards
Championship 2023 for Record 26th Time

Australia Won the ICC Cricket

World Cup 2023 by 6 Wickets
Saudi Arabia To Host 2034 FIFA World Cup
 Operation Ajay
Operation Ajay is a mission launched by
the Indian government to evacuate its
citizens from Israel during the ongoing
conflict with the Hamas group in Gaza.
 Global Hunger Index 2023

India ranked 111th out of 125 countries

Published on an annual basis by Concern

Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
 Uttar Pradesh declares Gangetic
dolphin as a state aquatic animal

The government of India declared it

the National Aquatic Animal in 2009.
 India’s First Semi-High-Speed Regional
Rail Service ‘Namo Bharat’

Previously known as RapidX

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's
first high-tech sports training centre for Divyangjan, named
after former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
India's first solar roof cycling track
'Healthway' inaugurated in Hyderabad
 India-Bangladesh SAMPRITI-XI 2023

SAMPRITI-XI aims to enhance defense

cooperation between India and Bangladesh.

Umroi, Meghalaya on October 3, 2023.

Appointment of Lieutenant General
Raghu Srinivasan as BRO chief

Dr. Mohammed Muizzu wins the

Maldives presidential election
Gujarat’s Dhordo Awarded
UNWTO’s Best Tourism Village
2023
 World Heritage Site – UNESCO

Santiniketan Becomes India's 41st

World Heritage Site ( 2023 )

Location - West Bengal

Hoysala Temples now India’s 42nd

UNESCO’s World Heritage site ( 2023 )

Location - Karnataka
 Women’s Reservation Bill 2023

Bill Name Nari Shakti Vandan Bill

128th Constitution Amendment
Bill No.
Bill
Introduced on 19 September 2023 (Lok Sabha)

Passed in Lok Sabha 20 September 2023

Passed in Rajya Sabha 21 September 2023

 President Assent 29 September 2023

106th Constitutional Amendment

Act No. after assent
Act

Articles inserted 330A, 332A and 334A

33% of seats are reserved for

Main provision women in Lok Sabha and state
assemblies.
Validity 15 years

After the completion of the new

When Implemented
census and delimitation process
 G20 Summit 2023 – New Delhi

Year G-20 Summit 2023

Host Country India
Venue Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Bharat Mandapam International
Held in
Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC)
Date September 9-10, 2023
Edition 18th Meeting
 G20 is now G21

The African Union will be admitted as a

full member at the 18th summit of the
G20.

Members - 55 member states

African Union HQ – Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia
 Aarogya Maitri Cube

India has built the world’s first portable

disaster hospital, called the “Aarogya
Maitri Cube”.
 India’s Largest Home-Built Nuclear Plant Starts Operations

The largest domestically constructed

nuclear facility in India, a 700 MW
nuclear power plant situated in
Kakrapar, Gujarat, has initiated
operations at its full capacity.
 World’s longest platform.

Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji

Hubbali Station of Karnataka.
 PM Modi Inaugurates Asia’s Largest
Helicopter Manufacturing Facility In
Karnataka’s Tumakuru.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

helicopter factory
 NISAR Mission

NISAR is an earth-observing satellite

planned to be launched in 2024.

It stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic

Aperture Radar.

Launch date January 2024 (planned)

 European Space Agency’s Juice mission
launches to search for life on Jupiter’s moons

Jupiter Icy Moons

Explorer mission (Juice)
 Durand Cup 2023

Mohun Bagan SG defeats East

Bengal 1-0 at Durand Cup finals

132nd edition
 World Athletics Championship 2023

Held at Budapest, Hungry.

India Medals Gold - 1

Silver- 0
Bronze - 0
Total - 1
Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the
men's javelin throw at 2023 World
Athletics Championships.

First Indian to win a gold medal in the

World Athletics Championships with a big
throw of 88.17m.
 Rajni trophy 2023 (Cricket tournament)

Champions 2023 : Saurashtra

Runner Up 2023 – Bengal

 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

Edition – 15th

Winner – Germany ( 3rd Title)

Runner Up – Belgium

Host - Bhubaneswar and

Rourkela from January 13 to 29
 India won the title of SAFF Championship 2023

The Indian men's football team beat Kuwait

5-4 in a thrilling penalty shootout.

South Asian Football Federation

 Grand Slam Tennis 2023
Event Surface Men’s Singles Women’s Singles

Australian Open Hard

Novak Djokovic Aryna Sabalenka
111th edition
Serbian Belarus

French Open Clay Novak Djokovic Iga Świątek

127th edition Serbian Poland

Wimbledon Carlos Alcaraz Marketa Vondrousova

Grass
136th edition Spain Czech Republic

US Open Hard Novak Djokovic Coco Gauff

143rd edition Serbian USA
 Chess World Cup 2023

Held – Baku, Azerbaijan

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) beats R.

Praggnanandhaa in tie-breaks to
win the title
 World Archery Championships 2023:

World Archery Championships

2023 was held in Berlin,
Germany.

31st July to 6th August 2023

India Topped the Medal Tally

with 4 Medals ( 3G + 1B)
 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Host countries Australia

New Zealand
Dates 20 July – 20 August

Spain wins the title with 1-0

victory over England
 Squash World Cup 2023

Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Egypt retains World Squash

Championship 2023

Beat Malaysia
KIIT-hosted 1st Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav
Comes to an End in Odisha
ICC World Test Championship Final 2023: Australia
Crowned as new ICC World Test Champions
 3rd Khelo India University games 2023 - UP

Punjab University topped

the KIUG 2023 medals
tally with 26 gold, 17 silver
and 26 bronze medals
The mascot of the 3rd edition of Khelo
India University Games is named Jitu,
which represents Swamp
Deer (Barasingha) - the state animal of
Uttar Pradesh.
IPL 2023 final: Chennai Super
Kings Beats Gujarat Titians
Champion – CSK ( 5th title )
 Women's Premier League 2023

Winner - Mumbai Indians

Runner Up - Delhi Capitals

 Santosh Trophy 2023

Winner - Karnataka

Runner Up – Meghalaya
Tharman Shanmugaratnam Wins
Singapore Presidential Election
 Operation Dost - 2023

Launched By : Indian Govt.

To Help Turkiye & Syria

Hit By 7.8 Magnitude Intense

Earthquake
Deakin University (Australia) has become
the first foreign university - To Open
International Branch Campus in GIFT City.
 Operation Kaveri

Operation Kaveri is a codename for

India's evacuation effort to bring back its
citizens stranded in Sudan amid intense
fighting between the army and a rival
paramilitary force there.
Finland becomes 31st member of NATO in Brussels ceremony
 Titan

A deep-sea submersible named Titan, operated

by OceanGate Expeditions, met a devastating
end during its mission to explore the century-
old wreck of the Titanic.
Oman Creates History as First Foreign
Government to Promote Country through Yoga
Turkey’s President Erdogan seals election
victory to enter third decade in power
 Ganga Vilas Cruise

Prime Minister of India flagged off the world’s

longest river cruise, MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi.

It is the world’s longest river cruise.

UP , Bihar , Jharkhand ,Kolkatta , Dhaka & Assam

Mumbai's Churchgate railway station to be renamed
after first Indian RBI governor CD Deshmukh
 Operation Karuna 2023
India launches ‘Operation Karuna’ to assist
cyclone-hit Myanmar.

Cyclone Mocha - Affected part of Bangladesh

and Myanmar .

Name Given by - Yemen

Bengaluru becomes the first Indian city to
join the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF)
PM lauds nation’s first Water Metro in Kochi
PM inaugurates Sai Hira Global Convention
Center in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh
CERT-In issues alert on 'Akira' ransomware
Lavasa, India's first private hill station ( Near Pune ) , sold to
Darwin Platform Infrastructure for Rs 1.8 thousand crore
TN govt launches India's first-ever
night street racing circuit in Chennai
 ‘Namoh 108’

New variety of lotus flower with 108

petals, named ‘Namoh 108’.

It was developed by Lucknow-based

CSIR-National Botanical Research
Institute (NBRI).
India’s First 3D-Printed Post Office
Inaugurated In Bengaluru
India's first underwater metro
successfully runs under Hooghly
river, Kolkata
Rahul Navin Takes Charge as Director of
Enforcement Directorate
 R Madhavan Nominated as
President of FTII Pune

Film and Television Institute

of India (FTII), Pune.
 Jaya Verma Sinha

Jaya Verma Sinha 1st Woman

Chairperson to Head the
Railway Board
 Central Vigilance Commissioner

Praveen Kumar Srivastava

 Competition Commission Of India

Chairperson of Competition
Commission of India (CCI)

Ravneet Kaur
Manoj Soni to take oath as UPSC chairman
Janardan Prasad appointed new Director-
General of Geological Survey of India
 Ajay Banga

Ajay Banga, who is of Indian origin, has

been officially selected as the new
President of the World Bank.
New director of the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) -
Praveen Sood
 New Development Bank (NDB)

New Development Bank (NDB) has

announced that former Brazilian
President Dilma Vana Rousseff has been
elected as the new President of the Bank.
Rakesh Pal appointed as
25th Director General of
Indian Coast Guard

Centre appoints IPS officer

Manoj Yadava as DG
Railway Protection Force
Justice Prakash Shrivastava
appointed as NGT chairperson
 Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

Mr. SS Dubey
 Parminder Chopra

Parminder Chopra appointed as CMD of

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) – 1st
Woman.
 CEO of Niti Aayog

Government appointed
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam as the
new CEO of Niti Aayog.
Important Summits & Conference
 15th BRICS summit 2023

Hosted by South Africa in Johannesburg

Theme - BRICS and Africa

Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ethiopia, and

Argentina joined the BRICS fold, amplifying
the group's representation across the Middle
East, Africa, and South America.

Full membership will take effect on January 1,

2024
 World Coffee Conference 2023

India will host the 5th World Coffee

Conference (WCC) 2023 in Bengaluru
 G20 Global Food Regulators Summit

G20 Global Food Regulators Summit being

held in New Delhi on 20th and 21st July;
being held in India for the first time
 108th Indian Science Congress - Nagpur

2023 Theme - 'Science and Technology

for Sustainable Development with
Women's Empowerment'.
 Iran Becomes Full Member of SCO

As the current chair of the SCO,

India hosted the summit for 2023
(virtual meeting )

Total Members - 9
3rd Forum on India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC Summit)

In 2023, it was the third FIPIC summit to

be held in Papua New Guinea
 42nd & 43rd ASEAN Summit 2023

Host City : Indonesia

2022 - Cambodia
Ranking in Different Indexes 2023
 Henley Passport Index 2023

India -80th

Top Position: Singapore

 International Intellectual Property Index 2023

India’s ranked 42nd

1. USA

Released by : US Chambers of Commerce

 World Happiness Index 2023

India – 126 / 146.

Rank 1 - Finland

The last in rank is Afghanistan.

Published by the UN Sustainable Development

Solutions Network (SDSN)
 Global Gender Gap Report 2023

Published By World Economic Forum (WEF)

Rank 1 - Iceland

India 127th / 146

 World Press Freedom Index 2023

Published by -Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

India s Rank – 161/180

Top country –Norway

 Logistic Performance Index 2023

Published by - World Bank

India’s rank – 38 out of 139 countries

Important Awards & Honours
 'Saraswati Samman' in 2022

Tamil writer Sivasankari was

honored with the prestigious
'Saraswati Samman' in 2022 for
her memoirs, "Surya Vamsam."
 Damodar Mauzo gets 57th Jnanpith Award

Damodar Mauzo, a Goan short story writer,

novelist, critic, and scriptwriter in Konkani, has
been awarded the 57th Jnanpith Award

India’s highest literary honor.

 Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar 2023

Asha Bhosle to receive Lata

Deenanath Mangeshkar
Puraskar 2023
 International Prize in Statistics 2023

C Radhakrishna Rao, an Indian-

American statistician

Legendary statistical scientist CR Rao dies

 PM Narendra Modi receives Egypt’s highest
honour ‘Order of the Nile’

PM Modi in Egypt: What is the

Heliopolis Memorial for Indian
soldiers who fought in World War
1.
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 to be conferred on
Gita Press, Gorakhpur
 President Droupadi Murmu Honoured with
Suriname’s highest civilian award

Grand Order of
the Chain of the
Yellow Star
 PM Modi gets France’s highest award, set to
attend Bastille Day Parade as chief guest

Grand Cross of the

Legion of Honour
 65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2023

Awardee Name Country

1. Korvi Rakshand Bangladesh

2. Eugenio Lemos Timor-Leste

3. Miriam Coronel- Philippines

Ferrer

4. Dr Ravi Kannan R. India

Modi conferred Lokmanya Tilak National
Award in Pune, Maharashtra
Narendra Modi conferred With Papua
New Guinea and Fijis Highest Honour
 Greece’s Grand Cross of the Order of Honour

PM Modi is the first Indian prime

minister to be conferred with the
Grand Cross of the Order of
Honour
 Wildlife Conservation Award 2023.

Aliya Mir, a prominent sociologist and the

first woman from Jammu and Kashmir to
work for Wildlife animals, has been
awarded the wildlife conservation award
2023.
 Miss India 2023

Rajasthan's Nandini Gupta has been

crowned Femina Miss India 2023.
 95th Academy Award 2023 / Oscar Award

Best Original Song’ At Oscar 2023

“Naatu Naatu” : 1st India Film Song to win OSCAR Award

Movie : RRR

Composed by M. M. Keeravani

Lyricists : Chandrabose
The Oscar-winning short documentary

'The Elephant Whisperers'

Important Days
 Worlds AIDS Day 2023

Theme -“Let Communities Lead!

December 1
 Indian Navy Day 2023

Theme -“Operational Efficiency,

Readiness, and Mission Accomplishment
in the Maritime Domain.”

December 4
 World Soil Day 2023

Theme -‘Soil and Water, a

Source of Life’

December 5
 Mahaparinirvan Diwas 2023

Death anniversary of Dr. B.R.

Ambedkar

December 6
 International Human Rights Day 2023

Theme -“Freedom, Equality, and

Justice for All.”

December 10
 National Mathematics Day – December 22

Birth anniversary of
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The SASTRA-Ramanujan Awards for 2022
and 2023 were presented, respectively,
to Yunqing Tang and Ruixiang Zhang,
both mathematicians at the University of
California in Berkeley, at the SASTRA
campus ( TN)
 Kishan Diwas / National Farmers’ Day

Birth anniversary of Chaudhary

Charan Singh

5TH Prime Minister of India.

December 23
 Good Governance Day 2023

Birth anniversary of former Prime

Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

December 25
National Press Day 2023 – 16th Nov

Theme - “Media in the Era of Artificial

Intelligence,”.

Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas 2023 – 15th Nov

 Nobel Prize 2023
Field Nobel Prize Winners
Katalin Kariko and Drew
Physiology/Medicine
Weissman

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc

Physics
Krausz and Anne L’Huillier

Moungi Bawendi, Louis

Chemistry
Brus and Alexei Ekimov

Literature Jon Fosse

Peace Narges Mohammadi

Economic Sciences Claudia Goldin

 69th National Film Awards 2023
Best Feature Film Rocketry
Best Popular Film RRR
Providing
Wholesome
Entertainment
Nargis Dutt Award The Kashmir Files
for Best Film on
National Integration
Best Actor Allu Arjun, Pushpa
Alia Bhatt, Gangubai
Best Actress Kathiawadi and Kriti
Sanon, Mimi
 19th Asian Games 2023

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 201 111 71 383

2 Japan 52 67 69 189
South
3 42 59 89 190
Korea
4 India 28 38 41 107
Uzbeki
5 22 18 31 71
stan
 Chandrayaan-3's

India declares August 23 as National Space

Day in honor of Chandrayaan-3's moon
landing.

Landing Point Chandrayaan-3 - 'Shivshakti‘

Landing Point Chandrayaan-2 - 'Tiranga

Point'.
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov wins
International Booker Prize for “Time Shelter”
GI Tag 2023
Aditya L1
Budget 2023
Economic Survey 2023