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1. Important Books and Authors ❖ The Securities and Exchange Board of

(December 2023) India (SEBI) has approved the
❖ India’s Moment: Changing Power appointment of former Coal India chief
Equations around the World --- Mohan Pramod Agrawal as the chairman of
Kumar the BSE.

❖ Pranab, My Father: A Daughter ❖ Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly

Remembers --- Sharmishtha
Mukherjee.
❖ 'Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems' --
Sukrita Paul Kumar
❖ Malayala Novelinte Desa Kalangal ---
E.V. Ramakrishnan
❖ RESILIENT INDIA: How Modi
Transformed India's Disaster
Management Paradigm --- Bluekraft
Digital Foundation
officially signed the agreement to be
the brand ambassador of Tripura
tourism.
❖ Prime Minister of Poland --- Donald
Tusk
❖ Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
announced the appointment of Tarun
Bajaj as an Independent Director on its
Board for a period of five years.
❖ Chief Minister of Telangana --- Revanth
Reddy

2. Important Appointment ❖ Lalbiaktluanga Khiangte, a 1988-batch

(December 2023)
❖ Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief
Anish Dayal Singh was appointed as
the Director General of Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
❖ The Union Government has
announced the appointment of Justice ❖ Chief Minister of Mizoram ---
Shree Chandrashekhar as the Acting
Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High
Court.
Jharkhand IAS officer, has been
appointed as the new chief secretary
of the Jharkhand.
❖ Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh ---
Mohan Yadav
Lalduhoma
❖ Chief Minister of Rajasthan - Bhajan Lal
Sharma

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❖ Lieutenant General RC Tiwari has been ❖ The Centre appointed Nina Singh as
appointed as the new Eastern Army
Commander.
❖ Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh ---
Vishnu Deo Sai
❖ The Israeli government approved the
appointment of Reuven Azar as the
new Ambassador to India.
❖ Veera Rana has been appointed as
Chief Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh
State.
❖ Jithesh John has been appointed as
Executive Director of the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
❖ Vice Chief of Naval Staff - Dinesh
Tripathi
❖ United Arab Emirates' Mohammed Al
Ramsi has been appointed Chairman of
World Radiocommunication
Conference 2023 (WRC 23).
❖ Chairman of Max Life Insurance ---
Rajiv Anand
the first woman Director General of
the Central Industrial Security Force
(CISF).
3. Important Award and Honour
(December 2023)
❖ Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development for
2023 has been jointly awarded to
Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad.
❖ The Indian Navy's premier technical
training establishment, INS Shivaji, has
received the original 'Vir Chakra'
awarded to late Vice-Admiral Benoy
Roy Chowdhury for his gallant actions
during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
❖ Noted Tamil writer N Rajasekaran
(Devi Bharathi) won the Sahitya
Akademi Award for 2023 for his novel
‘Neervazhi Paduum’.
❖ Noted Kannada writer Lakshmisha
Tolpadi has been chosen for the
prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi
Award-2023.

❖ Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K
Pandurang K Pole appointed former
Indian cricketer Suresh Raina as youth
voter awareness Ambassador for the
Union Territory.
❖ Noted writer E.V. Ramakrishnan won
the prestigious Kendra Sahitya
Akademi Award for 2023.
❖ The sixth edition of the Rabindranath
Tagore Literary Prize was awarded to

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poet-critic Sukrita Paul Kumar for her
book, 'Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems
❖ A former child refugee from Somalia
has been named as this year's winner
of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen
Refugee Award.
❖ Terminal 2 of Bengaluru's
Kempegowda International Airport has
been globally recognized as one of the ❖ Indian men's hockey team midfielder
most beautiful airport terminals by
Prix Versailles.
➢ It was also awarded the prestigious
'World Special Award for Interiors
2023'.
❖ Lalithambika VR was conferred the
‘Légion d’Honneur’ for her
engagement in space cooperation
between France and India.
❖ A former child refugee from Somalia
has been named as this year's winner
of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen
Refugee Award.
❖ Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed
Akhtar will be felicitated with the
Padmapani Lifetime Achievement
Award at the Ajanta-Ellora Film
Festival.
❖ Kabir Bedi was awarded the “Order of
Merit of the Italian Republic” (Merito
della Repubblica Italiana).
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❖ The SASTRA-Ramanujan Awards for
2022 and 2023 were presented,
respectively, to Yunqing Tang and
Ruixiang Zhang.
❖ Telugu writer Patanjali Sastry has won
the award for his short story collection
'Rameswaram Kakulu’.
Hardik Singh and women's side captain
Savita won the FIH Player of the Year
and Goalkeeper of the Year (women)
awards respectively.
❖ Indian Actress Aastha Rawal has won
the 5th edition of the Miss Continental
International Award (2023) pageant
held in India for the very first time.
❖ The men’s doubles badminton pair of
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag
Shetty have been conferred with the
2023 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
Award – India’s highest sporting
honour.
❖ Dr. Dharavath Naik Dharavath has
recently been honored with the
prestigious Visionary Leader Icon 2023
Award for Social Responsibility And
Awareness (AASRAA).
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❖ Meghalaya's Lakadong turmeric has
been awarded the Geographical
Indication (GI) tag.
❖ Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) and the Chandrayaan-3 team
have been awarded "Outstanding
Contribution to Brand India" at the
19th India Business Leader Awards
(IBLA).
❖ Bikaner House in New Delhi has been
received the UNESCO Asia Pacific
Award Merit 2023.
❖ Sam Altman, co-founder of OpenAI,
has been named the CEO of The Year
2023 by Time Magazine.
❖ The Ministry of Power, Government of
India has been awarded the Special
Appreciation Medal for Excellence in
Display, at India International Trade ❖ Indian Navy Day - 4th December
Fair 2023.
❖ Three heritage projects from Punjab
and Haryana, namely the Rambagh
Gate & Ramparts in Amritsar, Pipal
Haveli in Gurdaspur, and Church of
Epiphany in Gurugram, have secured
prestigious spots among the UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural
Heritage Conservation.
➢ While the Rambagh Gate in
Amritsar received the Award of
Excellence, the Church of Epiphany
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in Gurugram, Haryana, earned the
Award of Merit.
❖ The Vijayawada railway station has
been awarded a platinum certificate
by the Indian Green Building Council
(IGBC) for enhancing environmental
standards and providing eco-friendly
services to passengers.
4. Important Days And Themes
(December 2024)
❖ World Aids Day - 1st December
➢ Theme - Let communities lead
❖ International Day of persons with
disabilities - 3rd December
➢ Theme - United in action to rescue
and achieve the SDGs for, with and
by persons with disabilities.
❖ World Soil Day - 5th December
➢ Theme - Soil and Water: A Source
of Life
❖ International volunteer economic and
social development - 5th December
➢ Theme - The collective action: If
everyone did.
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❖ International Civil Aviation Day - 7th
December
➢ Theme - Advancing innovation for
global aviation development.
❖ International Human Solidarity Day -
20 December
❖ Kisan Divas - 23 December

❖ Armed forces Flag Day - 7th December ❖ International Bio Diversity Day - 29
December
❖ International anti corruption day - 9th
December
➢ Theme - UNCAC at 20: Uniting the 5. Important Sports Affairs
World Against Corruption. (December 2023)
❖ Australia's captain Pat Cummins has
❖ Human Rights Day - 10 th December been named as the ICC Men's Player of
➢ Theme - Freedom, Equality and the Month for December 2023.
Justice for All. ➢ India's Deepti Sharma has been
awarded the ICC Women's Player of
❖ International Mountain Day - 11th the Month Award.
December
➢ Theme - Restoring Mountain ❖ Haryana won the Vijay Hazare Trophy
Ecosystems. 2023 title by defeating Rajasthan.

❖ International universal health coverage ❖ Indian tennis legends Vijay Amritraj

day - 12th December and Leander Paes made history as they
became the first Asian men to be
❖ International Migrants Day - 18th inducted into the International Tennis
December Hall of Fame.

❖ Minority Rights day - 18th December
➢ Theme - Celebrating Diversity and
Inclusion.
❖ Arabic language day - 18th December
❖ Goa Liberation day - 19 December
❖ FIFA Club World Cup 2023 Winner -
Manchester City Defeats Fluminense
❖ The Khelo India Para Games 2023
wrapped up in New Delhi with Haryana
winning the inaugural title by securing
105 medals: 40 gold, 39 silver and 26
bronze.

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❖ Indian hockey team midfielder Hardik ❖ Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur
Singh was named the men's FIH Player
of the Year at the FIH Hockey Star
Awards 2023.
❖ Indian women's hockey team captain
Savita Punia won third consecutive FIH
Goalkeeper of the Year at the FIH
Hockey Star Awards 2023.
❖ Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka
were honoured as the International
Tennis Federation's 2023 ITF World
Champions.
❖ Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala won
the bronze medal in the Men’s 25m
rapid fire pistol event at the
International Shooting Sport
Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final
Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2023.
❖ The Indian under-15 girls' doubles pair
of Jennifer Varghese and Divyanshi
Bhowmick won the country's first-ever
silver medal at the World Youth TT
Championships.
❖ Hockey Punjab claimed the Gold medal
after their penalty shootout triumph
over defending Champions Hockey
Haryana in the Final of the 13th
Hockey India Senior Men National
Championship 2023.
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launched the logo, jersey, mascot,
torch and theme song for the Khelo
India Youth Games Tamil Nadu. The
mascot of the games is Veera Mangai
Velu Nachiyar.
❖ Sony Sports Network has appointed
Bollywood’s Gen Z superstar and youth
icon Kartik Aaryan as their brand
ambassador for football.
❖ Sports entrepreneur Vita Dani has
become the first Indian to be inducted
as a governing board member of the
International Table Tennis Federation's
(ITTF) Foundation.
❖ Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen
Patnaik inaugurated India's largest
state-of-the-art sports science centre
at the Kalinga Stadium.
❖ Vaishali Rameshbabu has become
India’s 84th grandmaster after
surpassing 2500 rating during the 2023
IV Elllobregat Open.
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6. Important Schemes and Projects
(December 2023)
❖ Himachal Pradesh government has
introduced “Rajiv Gandhi Swarozgaar
Yojana-2023” (RGSY-2023) scheme.
❖ The Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Kashipur launched an executive
post graduate certificate programme
in Rail Management.
❖ AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal
and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant
Mann launched the "Bhagwant Mann
Sarkar Tuhade Dwar" scheme.
❖ IndusInd Bank announced the launch
of its 'Indus Solitaire Program,' a
community banking initiative
meticulously crafted for the diamond
industry.

❖ The Ministry of Textiles launched a ❖ Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

mobile application "Pat-Mitro" to
provide jute farmers with important
information about MSP and agronomy.
❖ Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan
Rane launched three sub-schemes
under the aegis of the RAMP
programme.
➢ These are MSME Green Investment ❖ Life Insurance Corporation of India
and Financing for Transformation
Scheme (MSE GIFT Scheme), MSE
Scheme for Promotion and
Investment in Circular Economy
(MSE SPICE Scheme) MSE Scheme
on Online Dispute Resolution for
Delayed Payments.
❖ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched
‘DigiELV’, the End of Life Vehicle
Certificate of Deposit (CD) Trading
Platform and Meta Materials Circular
Markets (MMCM) in New Delhi.
has launched ‘Viksit Bharat @2047:
Voice of Youth’.
❖ Amazon Pay recently launched a video
sign language Know Your Customer
(KYC) service for hearing and speech-
impaired customers.
(LIC) recently launched Jeevan Utsav.
❖ The Ministry of Panchayati Raj
launched a Geographic Information
System based application "Gram
Manchitra".
❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched an initiative to increase the
number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras from
10,000 to 25,000.
❖ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
introduced ‘AMA Bank’ service in the

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state’s gram panchayats where banks
do not have branches.
❖ The Union Minister for Women and
Child Development, Smriti Irani,
launched the National Outreach
Programme on Anganwadi Protocol for ❖ The Indian Navy deployed a guided
Divyang Children.
❖ Indian Railways has introduced a state-
of-the-art technology called 'Gajraj
Suraksha' to prevent accidents
involving elephants on railway tracks.
❖ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath launched Hot Cooked Meal
Scheme to provide hot, solid food to
children aged 3 to 6 years.
7. Miscellaneous Current Affairs
(December 2023)
❖ The Central Government has officially
designated Raja Bhoj International
Airport in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, as
an authorized Immigration Check Post
for entry into or exit from India.
❖ The Collins Dictionary has announced
its word of the year.
➢ The word ‘Permacrisis’ has been
Named Collins Dictionary's Word of
the Year 2022.
❖ Dictionary publisher Oxford University
Press has chosen Rizz, as its Word of
the Year 2023.
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❖ Women and Child Development
Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated
National Programme on Anganwadi-
cum-Crèches.
missile destroyer to the Gulf of Aden
after a piracy incident involving the
MV Ruen.
❖ Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
inaugurated the International Gita
Seminar and Geeta Mahotsav at
Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra,
Haryana.
❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched the second edition of Kashi
Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh.
❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse
in Gujarat.
❖ Karnataka has signed a letter of intent
with Meta to raise awareness among
students and educators on online
safety and digital citizenship.
❖ The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out
successful firing trials of its in-house
designed and developed SAMAR air
defence missile system during
Astrashakti 2023 exercise at
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Suryalanka Air Force Station in Andhra
Pradesh.
❖ Two time Gussies Award Winner
Navalt of India has launched the
fastest solar electric boat in the
country – the Barracuda, with a top
speed of 12 knots (22 km/h, 14 mph).
❖ The Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi
has approved the proposal to declare
Surat Airport as an International
Airport.
❖ The Government of India has decided
to map and document all villages
under Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar
(MGMD) Programme.
❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi
unveiled the statue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort in
Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district.
❖ India was re-elected to the
International Maritime Organisation
(IMO) Council with the highest tally,
and the term of council will be for the
biennium 2024-25.
❖ The Competition Commission of India
(CCI) has approved acquisition of
shareholding in Delanord Investments
by Abu Dhabi Ports Company.
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8. Important Summits
(December 2023)
❖ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra
Modi inaugurated the Global
Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
(GPAI) Summit at Bharat Mandapam,
New Delhi.
❖ 40th Coast Guard Commander
Conference - New Delhi
❖ INTERPOL General Assembly 91st
Meeting - Vienna, Austria
❖ 3rd India Internet Governance Forum
(IIGF) under the theme of "Moving
Forward–Calibrating Bharat’s Digital
Agenda' Calibrating Bharat’s Digital
Agenda". - New Delhi
❖ The 18th Annual Meeting of the IGF
was held under the theme, ''The
Internet We Want - Empowering All
People'', in Kyoto, Japan.
❖ 27th World Investment Conference
hosted by Invest India with the theme
of "Empowering Investors: IPAs
Pioneering Future Growth" - New Delhi
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9. India's Rank in various Reports and revealing India's position at 49th
Index (December 2023) among 64 economies.
❖ Hyderabad has ranked first in the
country for food adulteration cases,
according to the data released by the
National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB).

❖ India has been ranked 7th in Climate

Change Performance Index (CCPI)
2023.

❖ Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru have

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secured the 153rd, 154th, and 156th
positions, respectively, in Mercer's
global quality of living ranking for
2023.

❖ The National Crime Records Bureau Thanks

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❖ The University of Delhi (DU) has been
featured as the most sustainable
Indian institute in the QS World
University Rankings: Sustainability
2024. Globally, the university has
ranked at 220.

❖ The International Institute for

Management Development (IMD)
unveiled its 2023 World Digital
Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR),

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