LAST SIX MONTHS JAN TO JUNE 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS

LAST SIX MONTHS
CURRENT AFFAIRS
JANUARY TO JUNE 2023 PDF
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JAN TO JUNE 2023 IMP DAYS AND THEMES
1ST Jan DRDO Day
Global Family Day
4th Jan World Braille Day
9th Jan Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
10th Jan World Hindi Day

Theme - Traditional Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
12th Jan National Youth Day

Theme - Viksit Yuva, Viksit Bharat
15th Jan Indian Army Day
23rd Jan Prakaram Divas (Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti)
24th Jan National Girl Child Day

Theme - Digital Generation, Our Generation
Uttar Pradesh formation day
Theme - 'Investment and Employment' this year
24th Jan International Education Day

Theme - To invest in people, prioritize education
death anniversary of father of india nuclear programme “Dr. Homi Bhabha”
25th Jan National Voters Day

Theme - Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure
National Tourism Day
28th Jan Lala Lajpat Rai birth anniversary

Data Privacy Day
Theme - Think Privacy first
30th Jan Saheed Diwas (Martyr’s Day)
2nd Feb World Wetlands Day

Theme - It’s time for Wetland Restoration
4th Feb World Cancer Day

Theme - Close the Care Gap
13th Feb World Radio Day

Theme - Radio & Peace
National Women Day

19th Feb Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
20th Feb World Day of Social Justice
Theme - Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh celebrate Foundation Day on Feb 20, since 1987
21st Feb International Mother Language Day
Theme - Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education
28th Feb National Science Day

Theme - Impacts on Education, Skills and Work
1st March Zero Discrimination Day

World Civil Defence Day
3rd March World Wildlife Day

Theme - Partnerships for wildlife conservation
8th March International Women’s Day

Theme - DigitALL : Innovation and technology for gender equality
15th March World Consumer Rights Day

Theme - Empowering Consumers Through Clean Energy Transitions
20th March International Day of Happiness

Theme - Be Mindful, Be Greatful, Be Kind
20th March World Sparrow Day

Theme - I Love Sparrow
21st March International Forest Day

Theme - Forests and Health
22th March World Water Day

Theme - Accelerating Change
23rd March World Meteorological Day

Theme - The future of weather, climate, and water across generations
23rd March Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs Day

This day marks the anniversary of the execution of three Indian freedom fighters
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru in 1931
24th March World TB Day
Theme - Yes! We can end TB
1st April Odisha Foundation Day
RBI Foundation Day
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day

Theme - Contribution of Autistic Individuals at Home, at Work, in the Arts, and
Policymaking
5th April National Maritime Day
7th April World Health Day

Theme - Health for All
10th April World Homeopathy Day
13th April Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919

17th April World Haemophilia Day
Theme - Access for All : Prevention of Bleeds as the Global Standard of Care
18th April World Heritage Day

Theme - Heritage Change
19th April World Liver Day

Theme - Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up, fatty liver can affect anyone
22nd April Earth Day

Theme - Invest in our Planet
24th April National Panchayati raj Day
25th April World Malaria Day

Theme - Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement
26th April World Intellectual Property Day
27th April International Girls In ICT days

Theme – Digital Skills for Life
1st May International Workers’ Day
Theme - A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at
work
63rd foundation day as Gujarat Gaurav Divas and Maharashtra are also celebrated as
‘Maharashtra Din’.
3rd May World Press Freedom Day

Theme - Shaping a Future of Rights
International Leopard Day
8th May World Thalassaemia Day

Theme - Be aware. Share. Care.’
World Red Cross Day
Theme - Everything we do comes from the heart
11th May National Technology Day

Theme - School to Startups-Igniting Young Minds to Innovate
12th May International Nurses Day

Theme - Our Nurses, Our Future
15-21 May 7th UN Global Safety Week

#RethinkMobility
17th May World Hypertension Day

Theme - Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer.’
18th May World AIDS Vaccine Day

International Museum Day
Theme - Museums, Sustainability, and Well-being
22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity

24th May Commonwealth Day
Theme - Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future
31st May World No Tobacco Day
Theme - We need food, not tobacco
1st June World Milk Day

Theme - Enjoy Dairy
26th Nov commemorates birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the “Father of White
Revolution in India”
National Milk Day – 26 Nov
1st June Global Day of Parents
Theme - The power of parenting: raising happy, healthy and hopeful children
2nd June Telangana Formation Day

5th June World Environment Day
Theme - Beat Plastic Pollution
Host Country – Ivory Coast (Africa) in partnership with Netherlands
7th June World Food Safety Day

Theme - Food standards save lives
8th June World Oceans Day
Theme - The Planet Ocean’s Changing Tide
World Brain Tumor Day
12th June World Day Against Child Labour

Theme - Social Justice for All. End Child Labour
The day is launched by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to focus on the
worldwide extinction of child labour
14th June World Blood Donor Day

Theme - Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often
20th June World Refugee Day
Theme – Hope away from Home
21st June International Yoga Day (led by PM Modi at the UN Headquarters)

Theme - Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
23rd June International Olympic Day

Theme - ‘Let’s Move’
International Widow’s Day
26th June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Theme - “People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention
29th June National Statistics Day

Theme - Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for
Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals
State Related Current Affairs
 India’s first green energy-based solar panel manufacturing plant going to established in - In
Rudrapur, Uttarakhand by Luminous Power Technologies
 India’s first suspension bridge Bajrang setu in news to be build in which state of india –
Uttarakhand
 Chhattisgarh CM Baghel announces unemployment allowance for youth for the FY 2023-24
 30th National Child Science Congress began at Science City in Ahmedabad
 Jharkhand launched first survey of migrants
 Inaugural Yuvamanthan Model G20 Summit held in Goa
 Thiruvananthapuram: 1st G20 Health Working Group meeting
 First Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting of G20 will be held in which
city – Bengaluru
 Which of the following state targets to be first ‘green energy state’ by 2025 - Himachal Pradesh
 Gujarat : 2023 International Kite Festival
 Haryana, Faridabad Surajkund mela
 108th Indian Science Congress at Nagpur. Theme “Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development with Women Empowerment
 Wayanad district of which state becomes the first district in the country to provide basic documents
to all tribals – Kerala
 North india largest floating solar plant is going to install in – Punjab
 Mumbai : 14th World Spice Congress (WSC) will be held from 16-18 February 2023
 Amit Shah inaugurates 120-feet-tall polo statue in – Manipur  highest monument in the northeast
 Manipur birthplace of Polo
 First-ever National Genome Editing and Training Centre inaugurated at – National Agri-food
Biotechnology Institute (NABI) Mohali in Punjab
 Maharastra: Jalna and Nagpur Police win ‘Best Police Units’ award
 Wall of Peace Mural opens in – Kerala ( The word ‘peace’ has been embossed on the Wall of Peace in
250 world languages)
 Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district administration launches e-library
 President Murmu inaugurates Samvidhan Udyan in – Jaipur
 PM inaugurates National Institute of Water and Sanitation in – Kolkata
 PM Modi launched world’s longest river cruise in which city - Varanasi
 75th Army Day will be organized in which city this year – Bengaluru
 Which State has become the first fully Digital Banking State in the Country – Kerala
 The success of “Womaniya on Government eMarketplace” was commemorated in which city – New
Delhi
 Which state govt allows menstrual leave in all state universities – Kerala
 Which has become the country's first constitution literate district recently – Kollam
 Govt declares which state as ‘Free area’ for purposes of PCICDA Act 2009 – J&K
 North India’s first nuclear power plant is coming up in which state – Haryana
 Where is the 18th World Security Congress being organised from 21 to 23 February 2023 – Jaipur
 Where will the world's largest disabled park be built - Nagpur, Maharashtra
 India’s First Frozen-Lake Marathon organized in which State/ UT – Ladakh
 What election symbol has been given to the Shiv Sena party of Maharashtra - Bow & Arrow
 Bara Basti village adopted resolutions for clean and fair election. It is located in which state –
Nagaland
 Which state/UT will host India’s First Frozen-Lake Marathon at Pangong Tso – Ladakh
 Amit Shah has presented the President's color to the police of which state – Haryana
 In which city the country's first electric AC double decker bus has been launched – Mumbai
 in which city India's first National Metro Rail Knowledge will be build – Delhi
 Which has launched G20-themed QR codes to celebrate India's G20 chairmanship – Paytm
 India’s first Model G-20 Summit inaugurated by- India’s G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant
 Rajasthan has announced to set up a Zoo for dolphins and rhinos in which sanctuary – Keoladeo
 Rajasthan Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary – 52nd Tiger reserve of India
 PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Arabic Academy in February 2023 in which city – Mumbai
 Supersite and a mobile air quality monitoring station launched by – Delhi
 Which of the following city will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh - Vishakhapatnam
 Which state government launched the country's first new mobility-focused cluster – Telangana
 Which of the following has become the first municipal corporation to launch Green Bond – Indore
 15th Standing Committee of Central Zonal Council meet held in which city – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
 Who chaired CEO Conclave at PLASTINDIA 2023 - Mansukh Mandaviya
 By which year will Uttrakhand become drug free – 2025
 Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary will be declared as the 18th wildlife sanctuary of which state –
Tamilnadu
 How many cities are targeted to achieve a 3-Star Garbage Free rating by Oct 2024 - 1000 Cities
 1300 year old Buddhist stupa found in which state - Odisha’s Jajpur district
 Which state launched the country’s first “Resham Keet Bima” programme - Uttrakhand
 Which of the following became the 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh – Mauganj
 Salhoutuonuo Kruse & Hekani Jakhalu become 1st women MLAs from Which State – Nagaland
 The Ministry of Home Affairs on 25 March 2023, extended the Armed Forces Special
Powers (AFSPA) Act 1958 in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for 6 months
 Sajibu Nongma Panba is a lunar new year celebrated in Manipur
 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling
and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022
 Which state government has declared Gandhamardan Hill Range as Biodiversity Heritage Site –
Odisha
 Which state will get the country's first Electric Pilgrimage Corridor - Uttrakhand
 Temple in which state introduced robotic elephant for performing ritual duties – Kerala
 Ministry of Tourism organizes the 1st Snow Marathon in which state/UT – Jammu
 Which state has become the first state to have robotic scavengers for manhole cleaning – Kerala
 Which state passed a Bill that provides for up to 10 years in prison to curb paper leaks in
government recruitment exams – Gujarat
 Times magazine has released its list of best places in the world for 2023, which Indian places are
included in it - Ladakh and Mayurbhanj (Odisha)
 Country's First Government Mother Milk Bank will be Made for Orphan Children in which State –
Uttrakhand
 Who inaugurated the 8th edition of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi – PM MODI
 Two-day Millets Mahotsav organised at which state – Bihar
 In which state the first Bodoland International Knowledge Festival started – Assam
 North East’s 1st compressed biogas plant unveiled in which state – Assam
 Which State to get India’s first Marina to promote coastal tourism – Karnataka
 Which state CM announced 19 new districts and three new divisions in the state – Rajasthan
 Which state Launched ‘One Panchayat, One Playground – Kerala
 Mahila Nidhi’ is the first ever women’s cooperative fund launched by which state/UT’s – Rajasthan
 Which state’s tea has recently been granted a European Geographical Indication (GI) tag – HP
 Which state has become the first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network – Haryana
 Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently completed 50 years as a Project Tiger Reserve – Karnataka
 Which state inaugurated”Mehngai Rahat Camp” – Rajasthan
 Second phase of caste based census started in which state – Bihar

The first phase of the census took place from June to July 2021
 Who Indian has been named in Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list - Shahrukh Khan
& S S Rajamouli
 According to ADR Report, Who is the Richest CM of India - Jagan Mohan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh
 Shar Nyima Tsho Sum Namyig Lhakhang is inaugurated in which state - Arunachal Pradesh CM
Pema Khandu
 Who becomes the first woman President of TiE Rajasthan - Sheenu Jhawar
 EC first time introduced vote from Home option in which state assembly elections – Karnataka
 Which State has become the first state in the country to adopt water budget – Kerala
 Which State host the Space Economy Leaders’ Meet (SELM) of the G20 Summit – Meghalaya
G20 2023 Theme - Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth · One Family · One Future
 2nd G20 Health Working Group Meeting – Goa (17 – 19 April 2023)
 2nd Women 20 (W20) international Meeting – Jaipur, Rajasthan (13 – 14 April 2023)
 2nd meeting of G20 Development Working Group – Kumarakom, Kerala
 Youth20 (Y20) Consultation Meeting – IIT Kanpur (5 – 6 April 2023)
 Which city of India topped in ranking of Best Public Transport System – Mumbai
 Dogri language spoken in the Which Indian state/UT's – J&K
 Which state will celebrate Savarkar's birth anniversary as 'Swatantrya Veer Gaurav Din’ -
Maharashtra
 Food Conclave-2023 will be organize in which City - Hyderabad

 Where is the tallest statue of BR Ambedkar Unviel – Telangana (125-feet-tall)
 India’s Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Vibrant Village program at Kibithu, a border village
in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Best Tourism Village Competition was launched recently by the Union Ministry of Tourism.
 Bara Basti, Village of Nagaland became the 2nd largest village in Asia has adopted resolutions for
clean and fair election.
 Modhera, a village in the Mehsana district of Gujarat as India's first solar-powered village.
 Dispara Village of Tripura becomes the first modified bio-village in India.
 Kumbalangi became the first ever sanitary napkin free village in the country It is located in the
Ernakulam district of Kerala.
 Jamtara in Jharkhand has become the only district in the country where all gram panchayats have
community libraries.
 Bargarh's Govindpur District To Be Odisha's First Ever 'Birds Village
 Who launched SAMARTH Campaign to Promote Digital Transactions at Gram Panchayat Level -
Giriraj Singh (under the AzadiKaAmritMahotsav in Lucknow)
 Which state government Aims to Formulate Green Hydrogen Policy - Himachal Pradesh
 Northeasts first AIIMS was inaugurated in Assam
 Which state’s CM launched the Machilipatnam port project for economic growth - Andhra Pradesh
 In sugar production this season, which state surpassed Maharashtra at 107.29 lakh tonnes - Uttar
Pradesh
 Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) – Chennai
 Which city bagged the first rank in the National Water Award 2022 – Chandigarh
 Kuno National Park – MP
 Which state has become the first state in the country to approve Good Governance Regulations –
Maharashtra
 In which city was the foundation stone of the National Academy of Coastal Policing Campus laid
down - Dwaraka, Gujarat
 In which state was the women labourers’ convention inaugurated – Kerala
 Which state becomes India’s first fully E – Governed state achieving total E –governance – Kerala
 Which state has recently Commenced removal of Dotted land In the state from prohibited list –
Andhra Pradesh
 Which state gov to legalise more than 6000 illegal colonies in State – MP
 Recently chief minister of which state inaugurated Swadeshi Spicies distribution program – Tripura
 In which city was the statue of the Late Nathuram Mirdha unveiled – Nagaur , Rajasthan
 first state in the country to have a drone surveillance system in all police districts in the state –
Kerala
 Which state expanded Special Development Council (SDC) intervention in tribal areas from nine to
23 districts – Odisha
 Which state became the first in India to launch a welfare fund for MGNREGA Workers – Kerala
 Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurate the National Homoeopathic Convention ‘Homeocon
2023’ – Uttarakhand
 Which city in India recently announced the measurement of progress on the Sustainable
Development Goals – Bhopal
 first state in India to implement the ‘right to walk’ – Punjab
 India's first pod taxi will be run in which state - Uttar Pradesh
 Lithium reserves have been discovered in Degana of which state – Rajasthan
 Which State becomes first state to make digital health cards for children - Uttar Pradesh
 To Promote trade and commerce between India & Bangladesh, Dawki Land Port was inaugurated in
which state – Meghalaya
 The first Pharma Park of Uttar Pradesh has opened in which district - Lalitpur
 UNESCO Recognises Venkatraipur and Noliasahi of Odisha as 'Tsunami Ready
 Who topped the National Manufacturing Innovation Survey 2021-22 – Karnataka

conducted by the Department of Science and Technology and UNIDO
 Which state govt has set up a committee to look into the re organisation of state police – Nagaland
 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of which state won the 1st prize in 24th National Youth Parliament
Competition - West Bengal
 Largest private rail coach factory is inaugurated in which state – Telangana

Inaugurated by – CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao
 Mekedatu dam project is situated in which State – Karnataka (long-running dispute between
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)
 India’s first carbon neutral village being developed in Which State – Maharashtra
 Union Minister Anurag Thakur has flagged off “Bharat in Paris” campaign in New Delhi
 Bolghatty Island is situated in which place – Kochi

Different sessions of the third Framework Working Group meeting under the Finance Track of
India’s G20 Presidency will be held at the Bolghatty Island in Kochi
co-chaired by India and the UK
 Which state get its 7th tiger by clubbing Nauradehi & Durgavati sanctuaries – MP
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary: It is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh and acts as a
corridor for Panna Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve
Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary: It is located in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh and hosts 18
species of mammals
 Which state’s CM renamed prisons and “Reform Homes” as Sudhaar Grah – UP

 Assam’s First Underwater Tunnel To Come Up Under which River – Brahmaputra
connecting Numaligarh and Gohpur
 Which of the following states emerged top achievers in Wind Energy - Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Tamil
Nadu
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy celebrated Global Wind Day in New Delhi
Theme - Pawan – Urja: Powering the Future of India
 India’s first hydrogen-powered train will run in which state – Haryana
 Aurangzeb lane in Delhi is renamed as which of the following - APJ Abdul Kalam lane
 Which of the following is known as Lavender Capital of India and Agri StartUp - Bhaderwah
Bhaderwah as the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution and the destination of Agri-StartUps
 100% achieved household coverage under the Pradhan Mantri Jan dhan Yojana (PMJDY) –
Telangana
 Which state has launched “Operation Clean” to make state drug free – Punjab
 The world’s first 3D printed Hindu temple is being built in – Telangana
 Rail accident involving 3 trains near Bahanagar Baazar station in – Odisha
 Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary – Assam
 Shanan hydropower project located in – Himachal Pradesh
 First state to have its own broadband internet service named “K-Fon” – Kerala
 Which place has been renamed as Sambhajinagar recently – Aurangabad
 Mumbai Churchgate station has been renamed as - CD Deshmukh Station
 What is the new name of Islam Nagar village of Bhopal by Madhya Pradesh government – Jagdishpur
 Which state government has changed the name of Ahmednagar to Ahilya Nagar – Maharashtra
Marking the 298th birth anniversary of Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar
State Related Schemes

 She Feeds the World’ programme: Launched by PepsiCo Foundation and CARE - In the Alipurduar
and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal -- Aims to reach out to more than 48,000 women, men and
children and indirectly benefit 1,50,000 individuals
 NITI Aayog's AIM, CBSE, and Intel India : Change in Education Sector - To bring a change in
the education sector by embedding future skills such as AI and Tinkering in the formal curriculum
 STEM education program in Asia Launched by UNESCO and Solvay ( Belgium multinational chemical
company)
 Project aspiration to empower adolescent girls of classes 9-12, launched by which of the following
state – Telangana
 Who inaugurated India’s First STEM Innovation and Learning Center - The American India
Foundation (AIF)
 SHRESHTA scheme : Union Minister of social Justice and empowerment
 SMILE Scheme 2022 - Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
 NAMASTE Scheme 2022 - Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE)
 Project Vaani : Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park) and
Google have partnered together Aims to map the language diversity of India
 Odisha govt to provide 5 kg rice free of cost for 1 yr under SFSS (State food security scheme)
 Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights Scheme – MP govt
 ‘Year of Enterprises’ Project is a flagship scheme of which Indian state – Kerala
 What is the name given to new Integrated Food Security Scheme by govt – PMGKAY
 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) Scheme came into effect on 1st Jan 2023
 Didir Suraksha Kavach Compaign (Didi's Protective Shield) - Mamta Banerjee
 Where has President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the Samvidhan Udyan – Jaipur
 Recently which ministry has discontinued the Padho Pradesh scheme - Minority Affairs Ministry
 Who Launched India’s First National Assessment Regulator “PARAKH” – NCERT

 Who launched India’s first AI chatbot for agri named ‘Ama KrushAI – Odisha
 How many pilgrimage centers have been selected in Karnataka under the PRASHAD scheme – 4
(Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru, Sri Madhava Vana in Udupi District, Papanash Temple in
Bidar District and Sri Renuka Yallamma Temple in Saundatti in Belagavi District have been selected
under this scheme)
 In which city has PM Modi inaugurated the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 – Bangalore
 Recently which union minister has inaugurated AMRITPEX 2023 - Ashwini Vaishnav
 In which city has President Murmu inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congres recently - Cuttack,
Odisha (theme "Transforming Rice Research".)
 In which city has the CM of Himachal Pradesh laid the foundation stone of 'Himachal Niketan – Delhi
(to provide accommodation facilities to the students and residents of Himachal Pradesh visiting
Delhi)
 ‘Har Gaon Hariyali’ initiative started for plantation in which state/UT of india - Jammu and Kashmir
 Monument Mitra Scheme started under which of the following ministry - Ministry of Tourism
 Khadi Fest-23 Inaugurated in which of the following city – Mumbai
 'MISHTI’ (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes)scheme announced in
Budget 2023, what is 'M’ in this stands for – Mangroves
 Mana Ooru-Mana Badi initiative is related to which of the following state – Telangana (First KG to
PG campus inaugurated)
 ‘Puduman Penn’ scheme is related to which state govt – Tamilnadu
 Govt extended PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan)
scheme till – March 2026
 Which ministry launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ in Goa - MoF&CC
 Home Minister lays foundation stone of nano urea plant in which state – Jharkhand
 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched a DigiClaim, under the ambit of Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
 Which state government has recently launched the Ladli Behna scheme - Madhya Pradesh
 Who launched the mission 'Har Payment Digital' to promote digital payments – RBI
The campaign theme is “Digital Payment Apnao, Auron ko bhi Sikhao
 Recently 'Catch the Rain 2023' Compaign will be launched by - Draupadi Murmu
 Which state has launched a new health program for women "Arogya Mahila“ – Telangana
 Which of the following became 1st state to start insurance scheme for sericulturists – Uttarakhand
 Recently ‘Phuldei utsav’ has been celebrated in the Vidhansabha Bhavan of which state –
Uttrakhand
 3rd Divya Kala Mela inaugurated in which city – Bhopal

 A new initiative called ‘beggar-free city’ has been started in which city – Nagpur
 Which metro became first in country to accept e-rupee for parking fee - Kochi metro
 When was the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana launched - 2008
 Which Union Ministry implements the ‘PM MITRA’ scheme - Ministry of Textiles
 Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Women and Men in India 2022 Report - Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation
 Which ministry has organized the fifth Poshan Pakhwada – MoWCD

Theme - Nutrition for All : Together Towards a Healthy India
 Where has the Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav launched the Aravalli Green Wall Project –
Gurugram, Haryana
 Which ministry Issued PAHCHAN cards to 30.53 lakhs handicrafts artisans - Textile ministry
 Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal launched the Real-
time Performance Monitoring Dashboard ‘Sagar Manthan
 PM Modi dedicated to nation projects worth Rs 17,000 crore in which state - Madhya Pradesh
To enable Panchayats to market their goods and services
 Salokha Yojana is related to which state – Maharashtra
 Which state has bagged National Award For Fasal Bima Yojana – Karnataka
 Recently which state has started a program called ‘A-HELP’(Accredited Agent for Health and
Extension of Livestock Production) – Uttrakhand
 Tribal Affairs Minister launched PTP-NER scheme in which state – Manipur

To strengthen the livelihood opportunities for tribal artisans
 According to the 2022 tiger census, what is the number of tigers in India – 3167
 53rd : Ranipur tiger reserve - UP
 Which State to launch 'Project Sanjeevani' for livestock healthcare - Himachal Pradesh
 Which state/UT has announced to set up the ‘Education Service Selection Commission’ - Uttar
Pradesh
 “CM di Yogshala” program is launched by which state/UT – Punjab
 Which state/UT repealed the ‘Loktantra Prahari Samman Act’ - Himachal Pradesh
 Recently the Chief Minister of which state has launched the School Chalo Abhiyan 2030 – UP
 Which ministry Issued PAHCHAN cards to 30.53 lakhs handicrafts artisans - Textile ministry
 PANKH Abhiyan – Madhya Pradesh
 CHEERAG Scheme – Haryana
 SAHAY Scheme – Jharkhand
 SAFAL Scheme – Odisha
 Aasra Pension Scheme – Telangana
 Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho Scheme – Tripura
 Mukhya Mantri Chiranjeevi Yojana – Rajasthan
 Amma & Bahini Scheme – Sikkim
 Naari ko Naman – Himachal Pradesh
 Har Ghar Gangazal – Bihar
 Mukhyamantri Vriksha Sampada Yojana – Chhattisgarh
 In which state was the ‘Hamar Sughar Laika Abhiyan’ recently launched – Chattisgarh
 Which state Gov aims to formulate Green Hydrogen policy - Himachal Pradesh
 Which state government has launched the online Rural Education Program ‘ Pahal - Uttar Pradesh
 Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve recently seen in news is located in which state – Maharashtra
53rd : Ranipur tiger reserve - UP
 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
(PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched in - May 9, 2015 completed 8 years of their
launch
 Which state government launched panchayat-level medicine scheme – Jharkhand

scheme to make essential medicines available in remote areas
Jharkhand CM: Hemant Soren
 Which state is going to launch campaign to raise awareness about waste collection – Haryana
It is a part of the government’s Clean City-Safe City
 Which State has launched Nand Baba Milk Mission scheme - Uttar Pradesh
 Which state announces free bus travel ‘Shakti’ scheme for Women – Karnataka
 Which state extended 100% subsidy in crop insurance premium for farmers – Meghalaya
 Asia’s largest cluster development scheme launched in which state – Maharashtra
 Who announced monthly pension of Rs. 10,000 for Padma Awards – Haryana CM Manohar Lal
Khattar
besides, free travel facility in Volvo Buses of the State Government
 'Nutri Garden Project’ is related to which state/UT – Lakshadweep
 Which state govt has announced to launch “Didi Café” – UP
 Who launched “Julley Ladakh”(Hello Ladakh) initiative to engage with youths - Indian Navy
to raise awareness about the naval service in the Himalayan region
 Which state’s CM unveiled the ‘One Time Settlement Scheme’s – Delhi

for pending water bills of consumers
 Which state/UT implements the ABADHA scheme – Odisha (launched during 2017-2018)
Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA)
scheme that aims to transform basic infrastructure in Puri town
 Which ministry has launched NANDI (NOC Approvals for New Drugs & Inoculation System) -
Ministry of Fisheries and Dairying
 Which State has Launched ‘Operation Conviction’ For Cow Slaughter & Child Abuse cases – UP
 Which state will start “one-tap_-one-tree” campaign - Uttar Pradesh

The campaign is being launched jointly by the Namami Gange Programme and Rural Water Supply
Department
 Which state government has recently launched the CM Learn & Earn scheme – MP
In the scheme, 703 work areas have been identified for training. At least one lakh youth will be
provided training under the scheme
CAR – 5th Khelo India Youth Games held in Madhya Pradesh
 Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana launched which state Govt – Maharashtra
 What is the purpose of the RBI’s ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign - To reduce the quantum of
unclaimed deposits
 ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’, which was seen in the news, is implemented by which Union Ministry - Ministry
of Jal Shakti (in Delhi)
 The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) registered a record of more than 9 billion transactions last
month amounting to over 14 lakh crore
 PM Swanidhi scheme launched - June 2020 completion of 3 years

Which state launched buses with air purifiers named “Sudha vayu” – West Bengal
 Mo Ghara Scheme – Odisha
 CHHATA Scheme – Odisha
 One Panchayat One Playground – Kerala
 One Family One I'd – UP
 Resham Keet Bima Scheme – Uttrakhand
 100 Days to Beat Plastic Pollution – Delhi
 Gruha Lakshmi scheme – Telangana
 Kalasa-Banduri project – Karnataka
 GOBARdhan scheme – Ministry of Jal Shakti
 Vitthal Rukmini Warkari Bima Chhatra Yojana – Maharashtra
 Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana – Odisha
 First central welfare program to conduct e- KYC through facial authentication – PM Kisan
Arts and Culture

 26th National Youth Festival -2023 : Hubballi-Dharwad twin cities from the 12th-16th of January in
Karnataka .Theme is Vikasit Yuva-Vikasit Bharat
 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Indore, Theme “Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India’s Progress in
Amrit Kaal,” Chief Guest, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the President of Guyana
 2-day ‘Krishi-Mahotsav: Pradarshani Evam Prashikshan’ organized by Department of Agriculture

and Farmers Welfare in which state – Rajasthan
 Ethnic Mamani Festival was organized by the Himalayan Cultural Heritage Foundation (HCHF) and
which of the following state/UT Tourism Department – Ladakh
 Jallikattu is celebrated in which state – Tamilnadu
 Gaan Ngai festival celebrated by the Zeliarong community – Manipur
 Ayyanur & Ammanur festival is related to which tribe – Kota (tribe – Nilgiris)
 International Kite Festival started in which city – Ahmedabad
 In which of the following states is Chherchera festival celebrated - Chhattisgarh
 Where is 8th India International Science Festival (IISF) to be organised – Bhopal
 In which state was the Maghi Mela festival celebrated recently – Punjab
IMP Festivals
 Mandu Festival - Madhya Pradesh
 Belum Caves Festival - Andhra Pra
 Lai Haroba Festival – Manipur
 Baksa Bird Festival - West Bengal
 Zo Kutpui Festival - Mizoram
 Dhanu Jatra Festival - Odisha
 Madhavpur Fair – Gujarat
 Modhera Dance Festival – Gujarat
 Chariot Festival - Tamil Nadu
 Chhath Puja – Bihar
 Gangaur – Rajasthan
 Karavali Festival - Karnataka
 Magh Bihu - Assam
 Chapcharkut Festival - Mizoram
 Innovation Festival - Arunachal Pr
 Nagoba Jatra - Telangana
 Konark Dance Festival – Odisha
 Hornbill Festival – Nagaland
 Losar Festival – Ladakh
 Nowshera Folk Festival – Jammu Kashmir
 Saras Food Festival 2022 – New Delhi
 Amur Falcon Festival & Sangai – Manipur

 Wangala Festival – Meghalaya
 Kati Bihu Festival – Assam
 Nuakhai Juhar – Odisha
 Temple in which state introduced robotic elephant for performing ritual duties – Kerala
 Which state organized First State-Level ‘Shrimp Mela’ – Punjab
 Khajuraho dance festival is organized in which state - Madhya Pradesh
 Millet Festival began in which city – Mumbai
 PM Modi will inaugurate “Barisu Kannada Dim Dimava” festival in which state - New Delhi
 Divya Kala Mela 2023 is being organised in which City – Mumbai
 The first Culture Working Group meeting will be held in which city – Khajuraho, MP
 Kala Ghoda art festival is celebrated in which city – Mumbai
 Where is the 36th Surajkund International Crafts fair 2023 being organised – Haryana
 NIUA organised first Urban Climate Film Festival in which city – Delhi
 14th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav begins in which city - Bikaner
 In which city Attukal Pongala festival is celebrated - Thiruvananthapuram
 Bumchu festival concludes in which State – Sikkim
 Three-day Ellora Ajanta International Festival 2023 is held in Aurangabad on Feb 25
 Who was the ninth Guru of Sikhs, whose Prakash Parv is celebrated on 11th April - Guru Tegh
Bahadur
 President inaugrated two day “Gaj Utsav 2023” in which state – Assam
 In which state the Heritage Festival 2023 is being organized – Goa
 Rangoli Bihu is the festival of which state – Assam
 First Urban Climate Film Festival to begin in which city – Kolkata
 Kapileshwar temple, set to be included in the ASI,s Protected Monument List is located in which
state – Odisha
 In which Indian city will the fifth edition of the Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF 2023) be held –
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Theme - Emerging Challenges in Healthcare & A Resurgent Ayurveda
 Which state will be represented by Kivini Shohe and Andrea Kevichusa at the Cannes Film Festival,
2023 in France- Nagaland
76th Cannes Film Festival begin in – France
 Which Cultural Site is recommended for UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Santiniketan, WB
 Tungnath temple of which state has been declared as a national monument - Uttrakhand
 Kondh Tribals of which state celebrate Bihan Mela – Odisha
 Which state celebrated its agriculture festival Raja – Odisha

Raja Parba also known as Mithuna Sankranti
 World’s largest Ramanyana Temple is going to built in which state - Bihar’s East Champaran district
cost of Rs 500 crore
Inspired by three temples —the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, the Ramanathaswami temple in
Rameshwaram, and the Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple in Madurai
 Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra began in which place – Puri, Odisha

The ‘Ratha Yatra’ Festival celebrated in Ahmedabad, Gujurat is considered to be the second biggest
Rath Yatra in the country after the Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra
 Divya Kala Mela” is organized in which city – Jaipur

Organized by : The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
 Wihu Kuh festival is celebrated in which state - Arunachal Pradesh

Wihu Kuh Festival, a lesser-known tribal celebration of the Tangsa tribe agricultural traditions
 1st edition Odisha Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav concluded in which city – Bhuvaneshwar
jointly hosted by – Ministry of Culture, the Government of India, and the Odisha Government in
collaboration with KIIT University
 Warkari community celebrated the Palkhi festival in which state – Maharashtra

to honor the Hindu god Vithoba
Narayan Baba, the youngest son of Sant Tukaram, started the Wari tradition in 1685
 Ethnic Flower Festival of Mindok hRgyaspa started in which state/UT – Ladakh

Mintok Ltanmoo (flower festival) or Mindok hRgyaspa (blossom of the flowers) started in Kargil,
Ladakh
 How many products from UP got GI tag recently – 7

Amroha Dholak, Mahoba Gaura Patthar Hastashlip, Mainpuri Tarkashi, Sambhal Horn Craft,
Baghpat Home Furnishings, Barabanki Handloom Product, and Kalpi Handmade Paper
 Kharchi Puja is celebrated in which state/UT – Tripura
 Kari Ishad Mango GI tag – Karnataka

 In which state/UT was the Hemis festival celebrated recently – Ladakh
Dedicated to the birth anniversary of Lord Padmasambhava
 Vitasta Mahotsav is celebrated in which state/UT - Jammu Kashmir

organized by the Ministry of Culture addresses by – Home Minister Amit Shah
The festival focuses on the folk beliefs associated with the Vitasta (Jhelum) river
 Yangli Festival 2023 – Assam
 Thawe Festival 2023 – Bihar
 Yaoshang Festival – Manipur
 Bhumchu Festival – Sikkim
 Siyang Uniyang Festival – Arunachal Pradesh
 Mascot of National water Mission – Piku
Awards and Honours

 Who, becomes the first Asian to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress - Michelle Yeoh
 Who has been awarded Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award - Prabha Atre
 Who is the Most eminent scientist of 2022 - R Vishnu Prasad
 Dalai Lama : Gandhi-Mandela Award 2022
 Mulayam Singh Yadav honoured with which of the following award - PADMA VIBHUSHAN
 Which railway station has recently been awarded the platinum rating of 'Green Railway Station
Certification' by IGBC – Visakhapatnam
 Who has won the title of Miss Universe 2022 - R Bonny Gabriel
 Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad wins Odakkuzhal Award for his collection of short stories titled
Pranavayu
 Who received the Lifetime achievement Award at Jaipur International Film Festival - Aparna Sen
 R.V. Prassad awarded the most distinguished scientist of the year 2022 at the Indian Achievers
Award in Delhi
 Which film has won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 28th Critics Choice Awards – RRR
 Which state has recently won the World Habitat Award 2023 for Jaga Mission – Odisha
 Who has received Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 - K Venu
 Which of the following film got ‘Golden Kailasha’ award in Ajanta-Ellora film festival – Naanera
Dadasaheb Phalke international Film Festival Awards 2023

 Best Film : The Kashmir Files
 Film of the Year : RRR
 Best Actor : Ranbir Kapoor (Brahmastra Part One : Shiva)
 Best Actress : Alia Bhatt (Gangubhai Khatiawadi)
 Critics Best Actor : Varun Dhawan (Bhediya)
 Critics Best Actress : Vidya Balan (Jalsa)
 Best Director : R Balki (Chup)
 Best Web Series : Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness (Hindi)
 Best Playback Singer (Male) : Sachet Tandon (Maiyya Manu – Jersey)
 Best Playback Singer (Female) : Neeti Mohan (Meri Jaan – Gangubhai Khatiyawadi
94th Academy Award 2022 Winner’s List

 Best Film : CODA
 Best Actor : Will Smith won the first Oscar of his career for his performance in King Richard.
 Best Actress : Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
 Best Director : Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog.
 Most Awards : Dune (6)
List of winners of the Filmfare Awards 2023

 Best Film Award - Gangubai Kathiawadi
 Best Actor Award – Rajkumar Rao for Badhaai ho
 Best Actress Award – Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
 Best Director Award – Sanjay Leela Bhanshali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
 Best Music Album – Pritam for Shiva Song (Brahmastra : Part 1)
 Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmastra
 Best Playback Singer (Female) – Kavitha Seth for Rangisari from Jug Jugg Jeeyo.
 Lifetime Achievement Award – Prem Chopra
95th Academy Award 2023 Winner’s List

 Best Film : Everything Everywhere All at Once (Most awards- 7)
 Best Actor : Brendan Fraser for The Whale
 Best Actress : Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once
 Best Director : Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once
 Best documentary short : The Elephant Whisperers
 Best Original Song : Naatu Naatu (RRR) Composed by Keeravani
76th BAFTA Awards 2023

 Best Film – All Quiet on the Western Front
 Best Actress – Cate Blanchett, Tar
 Best Actor – Austin Butler, Elvis
 Best Director – Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
 Supporting Actress – Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
 Supporting Actor – Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
 Best Documentary – Navalny (Daniel Roher)
 EE Bafta Rising Star Award – Emma Mackey
 What is the name of Indian-origin photographer who has won National Geographic's
'pictures of the year' contest 2023 - K Subramaniam
 Who awarded International Mother Language Award - Mahendra Kr. Mishra
 Who is nominated for the “Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award” in Sansad
Ratna Award - TK Rangarajan
 How many people awarded from Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships in 2023 – 8
(President Draupadi Murmu conferred)
 Which Bank was honored with the ‘Prathista Puraskar’ under the ‘Digidhan Awards 2021-
22’ - Karnataka Bank (MD, CEO - Mahabaleshwara MS)
 Which of the following actor won ‘Most Promising Actor Award’ at DPIFF 2023 - Kantara
movie actor & director, Rishab Shetty
 Which state's Kollam district has won the Swaraj Trophy for the best district panchayat –
Kerala
 Who has recently been awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize - Angela Merkel
 To whom has the Central Govt. announced the Maharashtra Bhushan Award - Appasaheb
Dharmadhikari
 30th Eklavya Award - Swasti Singh
 2022 Person of the Year - President Volodymyr Zelensky
 Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards – IIT Madras
 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 - Beth Mead
 Platinum Icon at Digital India Awards 2022 - DataSmart Cities (MoHUA)
 Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID Generation - Jammu and Kashmir
 Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Science Teaching - Veena Nair
 Which of the following former PM conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK -

Manmohan Singh
 Who was recently honored with the Hurun India Award - VP Nandakumar
 Which Indian Has Won His 3rd Grammy Award - Ricky Kej
 Who was recently honored with the FIH President's Award 2023 - VK Pandian (Secretary to
the Chief Minister of Odisha)
Padma Vibhusan (6)
 Late Samajwadi Patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav (UP)
 Late ORS pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis (West Bengal)
 Late Architect Late Balkrishna Doshi (Gujarat)
 Former External Affairs minister SM Krishna (Karnataka)
 US based mathematician Srinivas Varadhan (US)
 Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain (Maharashtra)

 Who Conferred Assam’s highest civilian award - Tapan Saika
 Who won 2023 PEN America award for lifetime achievement in literature - Vinod Kumar Shukla
 Which Ministry received Porter Prize 2023 - Health Ministry
 Who was recently honored with the “Government Leadership Award” 2023 by GSMA - India
for implementing best practices in telecom policy and regulation.
 Which state/UT won best adventure tourism destination award – J&K
 Which Country won Golden & Silver Star at ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards – India
 Which of the following has bagged the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 6th Hollywood Critics
Association (HCA) Film Awards - Director : S S Rajamouli RRR
 PM awarded which of the following state/states for their progress toward ending TB - Karnataka
and J&K
 Who among the following was given the Special Literary Award - Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
 Who was recently honored with the Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 - Aliya Mir (From J&K)
 Which state's NGO 'Tapovan' has been honored with the Children's Champion Award - Asaam
 Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria conferred state civilian awards – Assam Baibhav, Assam
Saurav, and Assam Gaurav on 21 personalities
 Who has recently won the title of Mrs. India 2023 - Jyoti Arora
 Who has been awarded Kerala's highest civilian honour ‘Kerala Puraskarngal - M T Vasudevan
 Kerala’s highest civilian honor “Kerala Jyothi” was awarded to writer M T Vasudevan Nair
 Republic Day 2023 and listed out 6 names for Padma Vibhushan, 9 for Padma Bhushan and 91 for
Padma Shri Awards
19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from the category of
Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees
 Abel Prize 2023 – Luis Caffarelli (USA)
 Shaktikanta Das - ‘Governor Of The Year’ By Central Banking.
 Pritzker Prize 2023 – David Chipperfield (Britain)
 Marconi Prize 2023 – Hari Balkrishna
 Best Original Song Awards at Golden Globes & Oscars - Naatu Naatu (RRR)
 Who has awarded Australia's highest civilian award - Ratan Tata

 Which ministry received PM’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration - Health ministry
 Who has become the first woman Air Force officer to receive a gallantry medal - Deepika Misra
 Who received Germany’s highest Order of Merit - Angela Merkel
 Who has won the title of Miss India 2023 - Nandini Gupta
 Who is selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik
 Who has been honored with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award - Raj Subramaniam, the CEO of
FedEx,
 Who has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Central University of Kerala - PT Usha
 Who has been awarded the prestigious Santokbaa Humanitarian Award - Sonam Wangchuk
 Bharat Biotech was awarded the Best Production/Process Development award as a part of the
Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) awards
 Who is awarded from 2023 International Prize in Statistics - C Radhakrishna Rao
 Who has been honored with the Maratha Udyog Ratna - Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre
 Who honored with Young Urologist of the Year Award 2023 - Nitya Abraham
 Which state's NGO 'Tapovan' has been honored with the Children's Champion Award - Asaam
 Which state received HUDCO award for cleanliness drive - Uttar Pradesh
 Who received Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar - Asha Bhosle
 Which of the following Maharatna CPSU won Global Gold Award for CSR work – PGCIL (Power Grid
Corporation of India Ltd)
 Which state has bagged National Award For Fasal Bima Yojana – Karnataka
 Who is selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik
 Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 – Dalai Lama
 Who honoured Posthumously with Dag Hammarksjold - Head Constables Shishupal Singh and
Sanwala Ram Vishnoi
 Narendra Modi conferred With Papua New Guinea and Fijis Highest Honour
 CM Yogi Adityanath honoured Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award (for his efforts in creating a fear-
free Uttar Pradesh)
 Cochin Port has bagged the Sagar Shreshtha Sammaan Award 2023
 N Chandrasekaran - France’s Highest Civilian Award
 Which actor is to be felicitated with Outstanding Achievement at IIFA 2023 - Kamal Haasan
 Who won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2023 - Arinze Ifeakandu
 Which country’s film 'When Climate Change Turns Violent’ (directed by Vandita Saharia ) won WHO
award – India
won a special prize in the ‘Health for All’ category at the 4th Annual Health for All Film Festival held
at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva
 Which railway station got the certification of ‘Eat Right Station’ by FSSAI – Guwahati
The station is the first railway station in Northeast Frontier Railway to get this status
 Which bank will give 1st edition of Rashtrabhasha Samman Award - Bank of Baroda (BOB)
 First Prof. Kothapalli Jayashankar Award – Acharya N. Gopi
 Which of the following airways won Environmental Airline of the Year 2023 - Etihad Airways
 Who has won the prestigious UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023 - Jagdish S Bakan
UNESCO : Formation – 1945, HQ – Paris Director General – Audrey Azoulay
 Which state topped the best state category in National Water Awards - Madhya Pradesh
Vice President presented the National Water Awards 2022 in New Delhi
Awards were given in 12 categories, including Best Urban Local Body, Best Watershed Management,
and Best Water Conservation By the Ministry of Jal Shakti
 How many new categories are introduced in Grammy Awards – 3

3 new categories: Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album & Best
Song for Social Change
 Who is awarded ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest state honor - PM Modi
 Which country conferred its highest civilian honour to president Droupadi Murmu “ The Grand
Order of the Chain of Yellow Star” – Suriname
 Which of the following recognized as Most Preferred Workplace of 2023-24 – NTPC

CEO of NTPC – Sital Kumar
 Who is awarded with 1st Kala Kranti Lifetime Achievement Award - Pt. B D Baul
 Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan receives honorary doctorate in which country – UK
 Who has bagged Indian Medical Association (IMA) award - K. Venugopal
 2023 Central Bank of the Year at the central Banking Awards London – National Bank of Ukraine
 Who has been awarded with Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023 - Priya A S
 Who has been named in the Great Immigrants 2023 List - Indian-origin World Bank president Ajay
Banga
Banga was selected for his work in the financial sector and his commitment to social justice
 Who awarded the prestigious German Peace Prize in 2023 - British-American author, Salman
Rushdie
 Which airline won World Aviation Award 2023 – Indigo
 Which company emerged as Most Valuable Private Company in India – Reliance
 Who conferred the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award 2023 by Telangana Government and
Vande Bharath Trust - Vinay Addagiri, Co-Founder and Director & Suresh Nagala, Co-Founder and
Vice-President at Aertsen Living
 Five buildings from which state awarded the Green Apple Award – Telangana
 How many Sammans will be given out under Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman – 33
three categories: Print, Television, and Radio in twenty-two Indian languages and English
 Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 – Gita Press, Gorakhpur
 45th European Essay Prize – Arundhati Roy (For ‘Azadi)
 Elizabeth Longford Prize 2023 – Ramchandra Guha (Rebels Against the Raj)
 Governor of the Year Award 2023 – Shaktikanta Das
 57th Jnanpith Award – Damodar Maujo (Konkani Writer)
Books and Authors

 Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi released a book written by Assam CM ‘Chief Minister’s
Diary No.1’
 “Braving A Viral Storm: India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Story” book is written by which of the following -
Aashish Chandorkar
 Historian Sanjeev Sanyal released his new book, what is the name of that Book – Revolutionaries
 Ambedkar : A Life - Shashi Tharoor
 Victory City – Salman Rushdie
 Mundaka Upanishad – Karan Singh

 Tamil writer Sivasankari has been selected for Saraswati Samman for 2022 for her book Survya
Vamsam
 Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi – 32nd Vyas Samman 2022 for Pagalkhana
 Asghar Wajahat – 31st Vyas Samman 2021
 Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022
 Hindi – Badri Narayan for Tumdi ke Shabd, an anthology of poems)
 English – Anuradha Roy (All the Lives We Never Lived, novel)
 International Booker Prize 2022 - Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by
Daisy Rockwell.
 Booker Prize 2022 - Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilak for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali
Almeida
 Who released the book ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri.’ - Mansukh
Madaviya
 Who launched book ‘Modi : Shaping a Global order in flux’ - JP Nadda
 book "COACHING BEYOND : My Days with the Indian Cricket Team - R Kaushik & R Sridhar
 Who is the author of the Book ‘War and Women’ - M A Hasan
 Who is the author of the book "Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform" - Rachna Bisht Rawat
 Azaad – Autobiography of Ghulam Nabi Azaad

 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – Shrimant Kokate
 India’s Struggle for Independence – Gandhian Era - P. Jyothimani and G. Balan.
 Who is the Author of the book 'Smoke and Ashes' - Amitav Ghosh (54th Jnanpith award in 2018)
 Who is the author of the book “Gandhi : Siyasat aur Sampradaiykta” - Piyush Babale
 A Resurgent Northeast : Narratives of Change’ has been written by - Ashish Kundra
 Fearless Governance - Kiran Bedi
 The Corbett Papers - Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter
 Place Called Home - Preeti Shenoy
 The Great Tech Game - Anirudh Suri
 Michelle Obama - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

 Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond - C Rangarajan
 Chief Minister's Diary No. 1 - Himanta Biswa Sarma
 Which author won the 2023 International Booker Prize for his novel “Time Shelter” - Georgie
Gospodinov
translated into English by Angela Rodel
 Partitioned Freedom - written by Ram Madhav (Release by Assam Governor, Gulab Chand Kataria)
 Ruskin bond – The Golden years
 Kasturi Rai –” Draupadi Murmu from Tribal Hinterlands to Raisina Hills”
 Amitabh Kant – “ MADE IN INDIA : 75 year of Business and Enterprise”
 Shashi shekhar vampati – “ Collective spirit ,concrete Action “
 Narayanan Vaghul.- Reflections (launch by Nirmala sitarman)
 the book titled “Supreme Court on Commercial Arbitration - Manoj kumar
 India’s Vaccine Growth Story- From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’ - sajjan singh yadav
 India’s Knowledge Supremacy: The New Dawn – Dr. Ashwin Fernandes
 Irrfan Khan: A Life in Movies – Shubhra Gupta
 Vikram Sampath -“Brave Hearts of Bharat, Vignettes from Indian History”
 Mansi Gulati -“Miracles of Face Yoga
 Gautaam Borah -‘Nalanada – Until we meet again
 Indian Metropolis : Deconstructing India’s Urban Spaces‘ - Feroze Varun Gandhi
 Sachin @ 50: Celebrating a Maestro - Boria Majumdar
 'My Life As A Comrade’ is the autobiography of - K K Shailaja
 Collective Spirit, Concrete Action’ - S S Vempati
 NTR-A Political Biography - Ramachandra Murthy
 BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda released a book titled Amrutkaal Ki Ore in New Delhi
based on 9 Years’ Achievements of the Narendra Modi Government
 'Master Residential Real Estate - Ashwinder R Singh
 India’s Finance Ministers - A. K. Bhattacharya
 Yoga Sutra for Children - Roopa Pai

Roopa Pai is also the author of ‘The Gita for Children
 The Power of one thought – B K Shivani
 India Secret War BSF – Ushinor Majumdar
 Through the Broken Glass – T N Seshan
 Beyond Cricket – C D Gopinath
IMP Appointments
 Aruna Miller becomes first Indian American to be elected as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
 Andhra Pradesh-born Sirisha Bandla became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space
 Which of the Ex-SC judge appointed Administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023 - AK Sikri
 Which of the following is new prime minister of New Zealand - Chris Hipkins
 Who become first woman officer to be posted on a foreign assignment at the BRO - Surbhi Jhakmola
 Election Commission appoints Maithili Thakur as Bihar’s state icon
 President of Brazil for the 3rd time – Lula da Silva
 New MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank – Ajay Kumar Srivastava
 Who is appointed as the first woman chief secretary of Telangana - Santhi Kumari
 Who continue to be as the Chairman of BCCI Senior Selection Committee - Chetan Sharma
 Who appointed Vikas Purohit as Director of Global Business of India – Meta
 Dinesh Shukla appointed as Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
 CRPF Director-General Sujoy Thaosen takes additional charge of BSF
 Who has become the MD & CEO of Paytm Payments Bank - Surinder Chawla
 Director of National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) – Praveen Sharma
 Govt. has extended the tenure of Sanjiv Chadha till June 2023, he is the MD & CEO of which Bank -
Bank of Baroda (Chairman – Hasmukh Adhia)
 Who has been appointed as OECD chief economist - Clare Lombardelli
 Who became the President of the United Nations Environment Organization (UNEP) for the 2nd time
- Inger Anderson
 Who has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor recently - Pankaj kr. Singh
 New 28th CGA – S S Dubey
 New President of World Bank – Ajay Banga
 New CEO of NITI Aayog – BVR Subrahmanyam
 New Vice chief of Army Staff – MV Suchindra Kumar
 Chairman & CEO of Railway board – Jaya Varma Sinha
 CEO of FSSAI – Ganji Kamala V Rao
 Chairman of NABARD – K V Shaji
 Secretary General of FICCI – Shailesh Pathak
 New Election Commissioner – Arun Goel
 New President of Table Tennis Federation of India - Meghna Ahlawat
 1st woman president of Indian Olympic Association – PT Usha

 Shaktikanta Das – 25th Governor of RBI
 Indermit Gill – New Chief Economist of the World Bank
 Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas – New Chief Economist of IMF
 Gita Gopinath – First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF
 Urjit Patel – New Vice Chairman of AIIB
 V. Anantha Nageshwaran – Current Chief Economic Advisor
 Nirmala Sitharaman – Current Finance Minister of India
 T V Somnathan – Current Finance Secretary of India
 Who is appointed as new Governor of Jharkhand - CP Radhakrishnan
 Who is appointed as new Drug Controller General of India - Rajeev Raghuvanshi

 Who has been elected as the external auditor of International Labor Organisation - Girish
Chandra Murmu
 first woman Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court - Sonia Gokani
 Who has been appointed as the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- Aniket Sunil Talati
 Mohammad Shahabuddin has been elected as the new President of which country –
Bangladesh
 Nikos Christodoulides has elected as the new President of which country – Cyprus
 Who has recently been appointed as the Chief Astronaut of NASA - Joe Acaba
 Who has become the new President of Czech Republic - Petr Pavel
 Manuela Roka Botey has been appointed as first female PM of which Country - Equatorial
Guinea
 K Satyanarayana Raju has been appointed as the MD & CEO of which bank - Canara Bank
 Who is appointed as MD and CEO of Mahindra Finance - Raul Rebello
 Who is appointed as member of EAC-PM - Shamika Ravi
 Who is elected as new President of BRICS Bank (New Development Bank (NDB) - Dilma Rousseff
NDB Founded : 15 July 2014 HQ : Shanghai, China BRICS summit 2023 – South Africa
 Vo Van Thuong elected as new President of which country – Vietnam
 To whom Pakistan PM appointed first Ambassador for Kartarpur Corridor - Sardar Ramesh Singh
Arora
 Who has been appointed as the principal director general of the PIB - Rajesh Malhotra
 Bola Tinubu has become the new President of which country – Nigeria
 Who is present defence secretary of the country - Aramane Giridhar
 Which of the following has appointed G Krishnakumar as its Chairman and Managing Director –
BPCL
 Who is appointed as the China’s new Premier or Prime Minister - Li Qiang

 Who is the first female loco pilot to operate the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train -
Surekha Yadav
 Who has appointed as the new chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA) - Deepak Mohanty
 Who appointed as the new US Ambassador to India - Eric Garcetti
 Gianni Infantino is the current President of which of the following organizations – FIFA
 Fumio Kishida is the current Prime Minister of which country – Japan
 Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has appointed whom as the new MD & CEO of the company –
Rohit Jawa
 Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected as the new President of which country – Nepal
 Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Axis Mutual Fund recently - B Gopkumar
 Sheikh Mohammed has become the new PM of which country – Qatar
 Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah re-appointed as Prime Minister of which country – Kuwait
 Who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission - Jishnu
Baruah
 Anthony Albanese is the current Prime Minister of which country - Australia
 Who among the following has become the first Indian-American judge in the New York Court - Arun
Subramaniam
 CEO of YouTube – Neel Mohan
 New chief technologist of NASA - AC Charania (Indian origin)
 Currently Shashidhar Jagadishan is the MD & CEO of which bank - HDFC Bank
 Nepal Cricket Association Appoints Former Indian Cricketer Monty Desai As Head Coach.
 Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as new CEO.
 Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf on won the race to become Scotland’s new leader
 Who has been appointed as the new president of ASSOCHAM - Ajay Singh
 Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrel
 Who is appointed as chairman of Nasscom - Anant Maheshwari

 Who is appointed as chairman of MMA-1 Federation - Mahavir Singh Phogat
 Who has assumed the charge of Secretary of DPIIT - Rajesh Kumar Singh
 HDFC Bank has appointed whom as Deputy Managing Director - Kaizad Bharucha
 Who is appointed as first black chief judge of New York - Rowan Wilson
 Indian-origin, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA's new Moon to Mars
Programme
 Who appointed as president of NRAI (National Rifle Association of India ) - Kalikesh Narayan Singh
Deo
 Aparesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new chief justice of the which High Court – Tripura
 Who has been appointed as new Chief Investment Officer of LIC - Ratnakar Patnaik
 Who has been re-elected as UEFA President unopposed till 2027 - Aleksander Ceferin
 Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the SSB
 Rudendra Tandon has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country – Greece
 Suhail Ejaz Khan - India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
 Sibi George – India’s Next ambassador to Japan
 Vikram Doraiswami – Britain High Commissioner
 Pranay Kumar Verma – New High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
 Taranjit Singh Sandhu - Ambassador to the United States
 Naveen Srivastava - Ambassador of India to Nepal
 Recently Sheikh Mansoor was appointed as the Vice President of which country – UAE
 Who is re-elected as the President of swimming federation of India - RN jaiprakasha
 Who has been appointed as Minister of Law and Justice of India in May 2023 - Arjun Ram Meghwal
 Ministry of Earth Sciences be assigned to Shri Kiren Rijiju
 New Chief Minister of Karnataka in May 2023 – Siddaramaiah
 new director of the CBI on May 2023 - Praveen Sood
 Ludovit Odor has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of – Slovakia
 President of Paraguay – Santiago Pena
 President of Bangladesh – Mohammad Shahabuddin

 President of Nigeria – Bola Tinbhu
 President of Cyprus – Nikos Christodoulides
 First female PM of Equatorial Guinea – Manuela Roka Botey
 President of the Czech Republic – Petr Pavel (Former Chairman of NATO)
 Prime Minister of New Zealand – Chris Hipkins
 Osama Hamad been appointed as the Prime Minister – Libya
 Chief Executive Officer of Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
 new chairman of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board by the Government of India - Anil
Kumar jain
 Who has appointed as the new Managing Director of PUMA India - Karthik Balagopalan
 new chairman and MD of Larsen & Toubro - S N Subrahmanyam
 Neera Tandon, an Indian-American, was appointed as the Domestic Policy Advisor in the Biden
administration
 Indian-origin, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA's new Moon to Mars
Programme
 chairman of Atomic Energy Commission - AK Mohanty
 Who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Coal India Limited - Polavarapu
Mallikharjuna Prasad
 Siddhartha Mohanty – New Chairman of LIC
 Neeraj Nigam - New Executive Director of RBI
 Who is elected as the new president of MCC - Mark Nicholas
 Who Elected as the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly - Dennis Francis
About UNGA – It is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations
In 1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit became the 8th President of the UNGA, the only Indian GA President
to date
 BSF DG - Nitin Aggarwal CRPF DG - Sujoy Lal Thaosen
 Chairperson of the Cheetah Project Steering Committee set up by NTCA - Rajesh Gopal
 Justice Satya Ratna Sri Ramachandra Rao has become the Chief Justice of the Which High Court -
Himachal HC
 chairman & MD (CMD) of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) - Sanjay Swarup

 K Keerthivasan has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of which company - TCS
Chairman – N Chandrashekaran
 1st female Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization - Celeste Saulo (Argentina)
Dr Abdulla Al Mandous (UAE) - New President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Formation : 23 March 1950, Geneva, Switzerland Head – Gerhard Adrian
World Meteorological Day – 23 March
Theme - The Future of Weather, Climate, and Water Across Generations
 MD & CEO of UCO Bank - Ashwani Kumar Tagline – Honours your Trust
 52nd DG of the Geological Survey of India - Janardan Prasad

Formed – 1851, HQ – Kolkata
 Vice President and Managing Director of CIDCO - Anil Diggikar
 Who has been appointed as the Chair of the International Air Transport Association – Pieter Elbers
 Amarendu Prakash – SAIL Chairman
 Ajay Yadav – MD of SECI
 Praveen Kumar Srivastava – Central Vigilance Commissioner
 CEO of UIDAI - Amit Aggarwal

UIDAI - Established under the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the UIDAI is a statutory body
 new Health Secretary - Sudhansh Pant
 TK Ramachandran has been appointed the new Shipping Secretary
 MD of Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) - Ajay Singh
 director at NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) limited - Uttam Lal
 TS Singh Deo appointed as the new Deputy Chief Minister of which state - Chhattisgarh CM –
Bhupesh Baghel
 chief secretary of Punjab - Anurag Verma

CM – Bhagwant singh Mann (AAP) Governor – Banwarilal Purohit
 The Union Cabinet approved the bill to set up the National Research Foundation (NRF), who will be
its chairman - Prime Minister
 Current MD & CEO of Canara Bank - K Satyanaryana Raju

first Public Sector Bank in India to introduce the facility of UPI HQ- Bengaluru
 Who has been appointed as the Director of the UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in
Vienna - Aarti Holla-Maini
 chairman of Federal Bank - A P Hota

HQ – Kochi, Kerala, CEO- Shyam Srinivasan
 deputy director general of NCC (National Cadet Corps) - VM Reddy

Founded – 1948, HQ – New Delhi, Motto – Unity & Discipline, DG – Gurbirpal Singh
 Petteri Orpo elected as new PM of which country – Finland
 Deputy Governor of RBI – Swaminathan Janakiraman
Ranking and Index

 Aska police station of Odisha's Ganjam district , India's number one police station in Annual ranking
of police stations 2022, ranking released by which ministry - Home ministry
 Jio : India’s strongest brand and globally ranked 9th , ‘Global 500 – 2023’ By Brand Finance Report
 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked No.1 among Indians and second globally on the Brand
Guardianship Index 2023
 Global Fire Power Index 2023 : India ranked 4 in rankings
 India in Passport Index 2023 – 144th
 Logistics Performance Index 2023 Topped – Singapore India – 38th
 Global Terrorism Index 2022 Topped – Afghanistan India – 13th
 World Happiness Index 2023 Topped – Finland India – 126th
 International Intellectual Property Index 2023 Topped – USA India – 42nd
 Global Innovation Index 2022 Topped – Switzerland India – 40th
 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 Topped – Iceland India – 135th
 India Justice Report 2023 Topped – Karnataka, Released by – Tata
 What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2023 – 161st
Top 3 Countries are : 1) Norway 2) Ireland 3) Denmark
 Global Hunger Index 2022 - (Topped – Belarus) - India – 107
 Human Development Index 2021-22 Topped – Switzerland India – 132nd
 Corruption Perception Index 2021 Topped – Denmark India – 85th

 16th Wealth Report 2022 Topped – United States India – 3rd
 The Global Liveability Index 2022 Topped – Austria India – 112th
 Global Labour Resilience Index 2023 is topped by which country – Denmark
 India's rank in Ookla Speedtest Global Index 2023 – 75th (Top – Singapore)
 Which university ranked among world’s top universities - IIT Guwahati
 Which country is the top spender in SIPRI report on Trends in World Military Expenditure 2022 –
USA
 Which State Topped State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) for 2021-22 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which country has the least freedom according to the Freedom House Index 2023 – Tibet
 Who launches India’s first-ever REITs and InvITs index - NSE Indices Ltd
 What is the Rank of India in Global Business Environment Index 2023 – 46th
Top 3 Countries – Singapore, Canada & Denmark
 What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2023 – 161st
Top 3 Countries are : 1) Norway 2) Ireland 3) Denmark
 According to CSE Report, which state ranked 1st for Overall Environmental Performance –
Telangana
Ranking based on four parameters: environment, agriculture, public health, and infrastructure
 According to EPFO data, Which state has recorded the highest formal job creation – Maharashtra
 Which district has topped the table of District Good Governance Index – Jammu
 top-performing state in the 5th State Food Safety Index – Kerala (bigger states)
Goa came out on top among smaller states
Jammu and Kashmir top among the union territories
 Which Country Ranks 2nd in Global Crude Steel Production - India (top China)
Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
 Which is the most expensive Indian city in Mercee’s list – Mumbai
 First District Good Governance Index has been released by – Arunachal Pradesh
 topped world ranking in digital payments – India (with 89.5 million transactions in 2022)
 topped the NIRF(National Institute Ranking Framework) ranking - IIT- Madras

In the Universities category, the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru was named the top university
 Which city topped Global Liveability Index 2023 – Vienna
Top cities of India - New Delhi and Mumbai (141)
 What is the rank of India in Global Gender Index – 127

Released by: World Economic Forum (Top – Iceland) (14th times)
WEF HQ- Geneva, Switzerland
 Which Indian institute topped the QS World University Ranking 2023 - IIT Bombay (149th rank)
Topped by : Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States (12th consecutive year)
 Which university ranked number 1 private university in India in QS World University Rankings
2024 - Chandigarh University
 Tsinghua University of which country topped the Times Higher Education’s Asia University Ranking
– China
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was ranked 48th on the list
 Which of the following companies featured in the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list –
Meesho & NPCI
 India in Global Competitiveness Index 2023 – 40

Denmark, Ireland and Switzerland took the top three places
 Which country demonstrated Asia’s first performance-based navigation for helicopters – India
utilizing GAGAN satellite technology, on a flight from Juhu to Pune
GAGAN — GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation ISRO Chairman – S Somnath
 What is the Rank of India in Energy Transition Index 2023 – 67

Top 3 Countries are – Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Released by – World Economic Forum
Sports Current Affairs

 Which of the following women player win maiden grand slam Australian open 2023 - Aryna
Sabalenka (Belarus) Beat Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
 Novak Djokovic win the 10th Men’s Singles title in Australia open 2023 - Beat Stefanos Tsitsipas
(Greece)
 1st Edition ICC T20 U19 Women World cup - India win after beating England ( hosted by South
Africa) Player of the series - Grace Scrivens Most Runs - Shweta Sehrawat (297) Most Wickets -
Maggie Clark (12)
 New Zealand to introduce Debbie H. Medal to honour women cricketers
 Aasif become the 1st Nepali cricketer to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket
 Marco Jansen (South Africa) crowned ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2022
 Who won India Open Badminton title 2023 - Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) Defeated Viktor
Axelsen (Denmark)
 An Seyoung (Korean) won the Women’s singles defeated Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
 Thomas cup 2022 : India's men’s team wins Thomas Cup title for first time ever
 Uber cup 2022 : related to women category : south korea beat china
 Who has been selected as the ICC Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year 2022 - Surya Kr Yadav (hitting 68
sixes during 2022)
 ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes (England)
 ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Award) – Richard Illingworth (England)
 2023 women’s World boxing championships will take place from March 15 to 31 in Delhi
 Hashim Amla announced retirement, belong to which of the following country – South Africa
 Rashid khan become the Fastest bowler to take 500 wickets in 371 T20 cricket
 India’s 79th Grandmaster – Pranesh M (Tamilnadu)
 The first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in India is to be held in Hyderabad
 Odisha CM inaugurated the state-of-the-art hockey stadium in Rourkela
 2023 15th Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup – Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at Birsa Munda
International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela
 Where is Yonex Sunrise India 2023 being held – New Delhi
 Who has recently bought the media rights of Women's IPL for 951 crores - Viacom 18
 Which of the following wins Spanish Super Cup for 14th time – Barcelona
 Who became the youngest player to score a double century in ODI - Shubman Gill (5th Indian
batter) (208 Runs against New Zealand)
 Who is the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2022 - Harry Brook
 Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner claimed ICC Women’s Player of the Month award
 Deepti sharma first Indian cricketer to notch 100 wickets in the T20I
 Harmanpreet Kaur overtook men's side skipper Rohit Sharma to become the most capped
player in Twenty20 Internationals
 Mithali Raj on 12 March 2021 became the 1st woman cricketer from the country and only
the second overall to score 10,000 international runs
 Mithali Raj became the first woman, and only the third cricketer ever, to appear at six ICC
Women's Cricket World Cups
 ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2022 – Nat Sciver (Eng)
 ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2022 – Renuka Singh
 Smriti Mandhana – Most Expensive Player in WPL 2023
 Which of the following defeated Bengal to win its second Ranji Trophy title 2023 -
Saurashtra
 Which player broke the world record for smashing most sixes in Test cricket – Ben Stokes
 Which company has become the sponsor of the Women's Premier League 2023 – Tata
 Tilottama Sen won which medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle – Bronze (at ISSF World Cup at
Cairo in Egypt.)
 Who won the Argentina Open Title 2023 recently - Carlos Alcaraz
 Who inaugurated All-India Taekwondo championship - Anurag Thakur In new Delhi
 Who has won the gold medal in the 20 km event of the Men's National Open Race Walking
Championship - Akshdeep Singh
 Whom has the Women's Premier League team RCB appointed as its mentor - Sania Mirza
 Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana became the most expensive players in the first auction of
the Women's Premier League in Mumbai
 Who are the highest paid athletes with total earnings of $130 million in 2021-22 - Lionel
Messi
 Who has won the first Hyderabad E-Prix 2023 - Jean-Eric Vergne
 which country's Eoin Morgan has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket –
England
 Who won the title of Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 - Maharashtra (56G, 55S, 50B)
 Which has been selected as the ICC Player of the Month for January 2023 - Shubman Gill
 England U-19 skipper Grace Scrivens became the youngest player to be named for the
women's honour
 15th Hockey World Cup-2023 Germany defeated Belgium in final held at the Kalinga
Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 In which country is the ICC T20 Women's World Cup starting from Feb 10 2023 - South
Africa
 Aaron Finch retired from international cricket, he is from which country – Australia
 Who won the National Ice Hockey Championship for the third time recently – ITBP
 Gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a 21-month ban for failing a dope test conducted
by the International Testing Agency
 Indian pacer Joginder Sharma has announced retirement from all formats of cricket
 Which medal did Indian wrestler Aman Sherawat win recently in Zagreb Open 2023 –
bronze
 Where will the 3rd edition of Khelo India Winter Games be held – Gulmarg
 In which country will the Football Asia Cup 2027 be held - Saudi Arabia
 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the men’s doubles title after defeating Ren Xiangyu
and Tan Qiang at the Swiss Open Super Series 300 badminton tournament
 Satwik and Chirag also won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold
 Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain won which medal at Women’s Boxing Championships – Gold
 Sergio Perez win Saudi Arabia grand prix 2023
 Pankaj Advani (Snooker) retains Asian Billiards title defeating Damani
 Tasnim Mir and Lakshya Sen are related to which sports - Badminton
 Who is the Current Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs - Anurag Thakur
 Khelo India Dus Ka Dum event from March 10 to 31, 2023
 Khelo India Youth Games 5th – Bhopal, MP Mascot – Asha the Cheetah cycling event alone is
scheduled to take place in Delhi
 Indian weightlifters Dhanush Loganathan and Jyoshna Sabar won bronze medals in their respective
categories at the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania
 Rani Rampal (Hockey) has achieved a significant milestone as the first woman in the sport to have a
stadium named after her.
 Rohan Bopanna Becomes Oldest Tennis Player To Win ATP Masters 1000 Title
 Who has won the Asian Billiards title recently - Pankaj Advani
 Which country has won both men and women titles of Asian Kho Kho Championship 2023 – India
 Which player bagged the first gold Medal of the ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship in the Men’s
10m air pistol category - Sarabjot Singh
 Abhinav Bindra (1st Indians to win an Individual Olympic Gold, 2008)
 Indian team’s star hockey player Rani Rampal has become the first woman in the sport to have a
stadium named after her, in Rae Bareli
 Who won the singles title in Indian Wells championship - Carlos Alcaraz
 Who won Dubai Tennis Championships title 2023 - Denil Medvedev
 Virat Kohli surpassed former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara to become the second-highest scorer
against Australia in international cricket.
 India’s trap shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman won which medal in Doha – Bronze
 Which team won the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 title - 6th T20 WC title for Australia
Beat South Africa in final
Player of the Series – Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)
Player of the Match – Beth Mooney (Aus)
 Which team won the Women's Premier League 2023 title - Mumbai Indians (defeated Delhi)
Orange Cap – Meg Lanning, Purple Cap - Hayley Matthews
 Which team has won the title of Santosh Trophy 2023 - Karnataka defeated Meghalaya 3-2
 Who is title sponsor of IBA Women’s Boxing Championship - Mahindra Automotive
 Who has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation – D Gukesh
 1st Grandmaster of India - Vishwanathan Anand (Tamilnadu) 1988
 81st Grandmaster - Sayantan Das (West Bengal) 2023
 Koneru Humpy was the first Indian woman to win Grandmasters title and the eighth ever female
Grandmaster
 Which player's statue will be installed at Wankhede Cricket Stadium - Sachin Tendulkar
 Who won “Best FIFA player Award for year 2022 - Lionel Messi
 Which player scored 700th career club goal - Lionel Messi
 Which state women’s team wins maiden national hockey title 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which state’s cabinet approved New Sports Policy 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 India’s Rohan Bopanna, Australia’s Matthew Epton pair won the Qatar Open International Tennis
Tournament
 Sania Mirza to mentor RCB in Women's Premier League
 Deepti sharma first Indian cricketer to notch 100 wickets in the T20I
 January 2023 – Shubman Gill (Ind) & Grace Scrivens (England ) 2023 Player of the Month
 February 2023 – Harry Brook (Eng) & Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)
 Who has been honored with the Best Organizer Award by the Asian Hockey Federation - Hockey
India { Founded – 2009, HQ – New Delhi, President – Dilip Tircky}
 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Host Countries – Belgium & Netherlands
 Which team won the 2023 final of Hero Super Cup - Odisha FC (beating Bengaluru FC 2-1)
 Sharjah stadium stand named after which player - Sachin Tendulkar
 Sanjita Chanu is related to which sports – Weightlifter ( has been banned for four years by the
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA))
 Red bull driver Sergio Perez won Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023
 Santosh Trophy 2023 : Karnataka beats Meghalaya 3-2 to clinch title after 54 years.
 Who won the Spain masters 2023 badminton title - Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
 Which team won the men's and women's titles in the 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship – India
 Women Preimer League 2023 : Champion – Mumbai Indians Runner’s up – Delhi
 Which Indian cricketer named among Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year - Harmanpreet Kaur
 Long jumper, Shaili Singh won which medal in the women’s long jump at the Indian Grand Prix 4
2023 athletics – Gold
 Nithya won which medal in women’s singles at Brazil Para-Badminton International – Gold
 Which swimmer won 5 gold medals in Malaysia Swimming Championships 2023 - Indian Swimmer,
Vedaant Madhavan
 Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat clinched his maiden BWF World Tour Super 300 title
 Which city will host the second edition of 'Street Child Cricket World Cup’ – Chennai
 Who won the title of World Chess Armageddon Asia and Oceania Division - D Gukesh
 Who becomes first female umpire to officiate men’s T20I match - Kim Cotton
 Who won the title of Charleston Open women’s tennis tournament - Ons Jabuer
 Nisha Dahiya and Priya Malik are related to which sports – Wrestling
 Which city will host the Asian Hockey Men's Championship after 15 years – Chennai
 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Host Countries – Belgium & Netherlands
 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup Host country – India (Champions Germany (3rd title)
 What is the Position of Indian women in Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 – 3rd (Japan ranked
First & China ranked Second position)
 Which team topped the FIFA ranking for the first time in over six years – Argentina (India is in 101st
position)
 Which Country removed as host of 2023 FIFA Under-17 World Cup – Peru
 which player has crossed the 600-run mark in a single IPL season for the third time - Virat Kohli
 David Warner becomes fastest to score 6000 runs in IPL

 ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023, Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) being named as the
ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Henriette Ishimwe (Rwanda) ICC WoMen Player
 Shubman Gill became the youngest player in the history of Men's ODIs to score a double hundred.
 Former Indian cricketer Salim Durani passed away
 3rd Khelo India University Games start - Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh
 Which company did BCCI rope in as the new kit sponsor of the Indian cricket team – Adidas
 which player has crossed the 600-run mark in a single IPL season for the third time - Virat Kohli
 David Warner becomes fastest to score 6000 runs in IPL
 ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023, Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) being named as the
ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Henriette Ishimwe (Rwanda) ICC WoMen Player
 Shubman Gill became the youngest player in the history of Men's ODIs to score a double hundred.
 Former Indian cricketer Salim Durani passed away
 Who won the Gold medal in the men’s long jump event at the International Jumping Meeting
athletics 2023 - Murali Sreesankar
 On 22 May 2023, who became the world No. 1 player in the men’s javelin throw rankings - Neeraj
Chopra
 In the Italian Open 2023, which player won his first clay court title - Danil Medvedev
 Which country hosted the South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship 2023 – India
 In Under-19 Boys Singles, Ankur Bhattacharjee won gold
 Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 be held - South korea
 Which martial art has been added to the 37th National Games 2023 – Gatka
 Who became the highest wicket taker in the history of IPL - Yuzvendra Chahal (184)
 Rajasthan Royals Yashasvi Jaiswal holds the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history. He scored his
fifty in just 13 balls on May 11 against KKR.
 Kagiso Rabada becomes the fastest player to take 100 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
 Chris Gayle holds the individual scoring records including, highest-individual score in a match (175
runs off 66 balls)
 Who was honored with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award 2023 - Lionell Messi
 World Sportswoman of the Year Award - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)

 World Breakthrough of the Year Award – Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
 who won the Madrid Open tennis trophy - Carlos Alcaraz
 Who won Miami F1 Grand Prix - Max Verstappen
 Bindrayani Devi won which medal in Asian Weightlifting Championship – Silver
 Who has become the fastest player to reach 5000 runs in the ODI - Babar Azam (97 Innings)
 New Zealand’s Kim Cotton has become the 1st woman on-field umpire in a full-member men’s T20I
 Shaheen Afridi becomes the youngest bowler to take 200 T20 wickets
 who won the Diamond League title - Neeraj Chopra
 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Won double title at Swiss Open Super 300 finals
 Recently Maharashtra won Khelo India Youth Games 2022
 15th Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 – Germany
 Australian open 2023 Singles Title : Men’s : Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Women - Aryna Sabalenka
(Belarus)
 Which country won the ACC men’s Premier Cup – Nepal
 Who became 11th Indian woman to achieve international master title - Vantika Aggarwal
 Who became China’s first male world chess champion - Ding Liren
 Who won Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023 - Sergio Perez
 Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Ganemat Sekhon won which medal in ISSF Shotgun World Cup 2023 – Gold
 Recently, Who has become the highest paid athlete - Cristiano Ronaldo ($136 million)
 Who has been awarded ‘Best Foreign Player’ in Ligue 1 - Lionel Messi
 Abhinav Shaw & Gautami Bhanot related to which Sports – Shooting

2nd gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
 Siddharth Chowdhary is related to which sports - Shot Put

won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the Under-20 Asian Athletics Championships held
in Yecheon, S Korea. President : Yoon Suk Yeol Capital : Seoul
 Who has won the title of NSC-CAVA Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2023 – India
held in Kathmandu (defeating Kazakhstan)
 Which team won the IPL 2023 title – CSK (5th Times) beat Gujarat Titans
Cash Prize – 20 Crores
 Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2023 is going to be held - Yecheon, South Korea
India’s Sunil Kumar scored 7003 points and clinched gold in men’s
 Dhanush Srikanth won which medal in ISSF Junior World Cup – Gold (10m air rifle)
 2023 World Table Tennis championships held in – South Africa
 First Olympic Esports week 2023 hosted in – Singapore
 First Football Player to Play 200 International matches – Cristiano Ronaldo
 Which Team Become Hockey Junior Asia Cup Champions – India (held in Salalah, Oman)
 Who won Spanish Grand Prix 2023 - Max Verstappen
 Which company has become the jersey sponsor of Team India - Dream 11
 Which country will host 19th FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 – Indonesia
Colombia : host of the 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup
Dominica : host of the U-17 Women’s World Cup
FIFA President: Gianni Infantino
 Jhulan Goswami is related to which sports – Cricket

MCC World Cricket Committee (WCC) welcomes 3 new members: Jhulan Goswami, Heather Knight,
and Eoin Morgan
 French Open 2023’ Men’s singles title - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beats Casper Ruud (Norway)
first man to win all four majors at least three times
Women’s singles: Iga Swiatek
 Which state won Senior Women’s National Football Championship – Tamilnadu
 Canadian Grand Prix 2023 title - Max Verstappen

marking the 100th Formula One win for his Red Bull team
 Which country won the Dhofar Municipality Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 – India
 Pramod Bhagat won which medal in singles in Canada Para-badminton International 2023 – Silver
 Who is the winner of Khelo India University Games 2023 - Punjab University (26G, 17S, 26B = 69
Medals)
2023 Host – Uttar Pradesh, 2022 Host – Karnataka, 2021 Host – Odisha
Debut game this year – Rowing, Mascot – Jitu (Barasingha)
Only the shooting Events were scheduled in New Delhi
 Which country won the 2023 Women’s Emerging Asia Cup title – India (U-23 women’s team)
Runner up – Bangladesh
Held at the Mission Round Ground in Hong Kong
 Which country won 9th Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 - India (8th title) (beat Iran)
 First Women’s Kabaddi League is inaugurated in which place – Dubai
 Uruguay secures its first-ever Under-20 World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Italy in Argentina
 India won how many medals in U-17 Asian Wrestling Championship – 7 (1 gold, 3 silver, and 3
bronze)
Ankush won India’s only gold medal
 Squash World Cup is inaugurated in which place – Chennai
 Surbiton Trophy 2023 (Tennis) - Andy Murray (England)
 Which country won the FIH Pro League 2022-23 - India beat Argentina 2-1
 Which state won the 10th senior national Rugby Championship - Odisha beat Maharashtra
 Which team won World Test Championship 2023 – Australia beat India
Australia became the 1st men’s team in world cricket to win an ICC world title in all three formats
 India beated which country to win Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023(hockey) – Korea
cash prize of 2 Lakh for each player and INR 1 Lakh each for the support staff.
Indian captain Preeti was named Player-of-the-Match.
 13th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2023 - Madhya Pradesh beat Chandigarh
 World Squash Championship 2023 – Egypt
 Intercontinental Football Cup title 2023 – India (Runner up – Lebanon)
 Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup – India
 Doha Diamond League 2023 – Neeraj Chopra (88.67m throw)
 La Liga 2023 Champion – F C Barcelona
 Telangana’s Vuppala Prraneeth became India’s 82nd Grandmaster
Sports Tournament & Champion

 15th Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 – Germany
 Best Men FIFA Player of the Year 2023 - Lionell Messi (Argentina
 Who won BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year for 2022 - Mirabai Chan
 Best Women FIFA Player of the Year 2023 – Alexia Putellas (Spain
 Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award 2022 – Sharath Kamal
 Khelo India Youth Games 2023 – Maharashtra
 2022 FIFA world cup – Argentina (3rd title)
 Ranji Trophy 2022-23 – Saurashtra
 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 – Saurashtra
 IPL 2022 – Gujarat Titans (1st title)
 Duleep Trophy 2022-22 – West Zone
 ICC Men’s T20 World cup 2022 – England
 Pro Kabaddi League 2022 – Jaipur Pink Panther (2nd title)
 Australian open 2023 Singles Title : Men’s : Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Women - Aryna Sabalenka
(Belarus)
 Who has been signed by BCCI as its official partner for the upcoming IPL edition - Hearbalife
 Who is Winner of 2022 CMJ Spirit of Cricket Award - Aasif Sheikh
 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship will be held in which state – Assam
Upcoming sports events

 FIFA 2026 – Canada, Mexico & US
 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia & Newzealand
 Asian Games 2026 – Aichi- Nagoya, Japan
 Summer Olympic 2024 – Paris, France
 Winter Olympic 2026 – Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
 Men’s ICC World Cup 2023 – India
 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup – Belgium & Netherlands
 World Boxing Championship 2023 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 World Badminton Championship 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup

 Host country – India
 Dates - 13–29 January, Mascot – Olly Turtle
 Teams : 16 , Edition – 15th
 Venue(s) : Kalinga Stadium, Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium
 Champions: Germany (3rd title)
 Runner-up: Belgium
 Third place: Netherlands
 Goals scored : 249 (5.66 per match)
 Top scorer(s): Jeremy Hayward (9 goals), Australia
 Best player: Niklas Wellen (Germany)
 Best goalkeeper: Vincent Vanasch (Belgium)
IPL 2023 Imp Facts

 Host countries of IPL 2023 were India
 Edition – 16th , Teams – 10, Total matches – 74
 Final Match – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
 Champion – CSK (5th title, 20 Crore Cash Prize)
 Runner Up – Gujarat Titans (13 Crore Cash Prize)
 Orange Cap – Shubman Gill (890 runs, GT)
 Purple Cap – Mohd. Shami (28 Wickets, GT)
 Most Valuable Player – Shubman Gill
 Emerging Player Award – Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)
 Player of the Match (Final) – Devon Conway (CSK)
 Sponsorship – TATA IPL 2023.
International Current Affairs

 Which of the following country announced the development of the world's first photonic-based
quantum computer – Canada (Frontier : Fastest computer : USA)
 Which country has recently launched the Welcome Cops scheme - USA (allowing its citizens to offer
sanctuaries to refugees)
 Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, is set to become the first Asian-
American to feature in US currency
 Recently, Hurricane Ian has hit the US state of Florida
 FITUR, the world's largest International Travel Exhibition held in – Madrid

The India Pavilion was inaugurated by Dinesh K Patnaik, Indian Ambassador to Spain
 According to World Population Survey, which country is the oldest country in world based on the
date of the earliest known organised government – Iran
 Brazil is going to partner with which of the following country to release a common currency –
Argentina
 International Kolkata Book Fair’s theme country – Spain
 China becomes first country in Asia to launch Hydrogen powered train
 Kevin McCarthy elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of which country – America
 Ray Cordeiro, world’s longest working disc jockey belongs to which country who recently passed
away - Hong Kong
 With which country India will start Young Professional Scheme – UK
 Recently a place named Pokhara was in the news, in which country is it located – Nepal
 7-year-old Prince becomes first digital citizen of which country – Bhutan
 Which country has surpassed india as the world's 6th largest equities market – UK
 Operation Dost’: India went All Out To Help Quake-Hit Turkey & Syria
 Russia supplied 13 billion USD worth of arms to India in last 5 years
 State of Emergency in New Zealand after Cyclone Gabrielle
 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. exports ALH Mk3 helicopters to Mauritius
 World Government Summit is held in Dubai, UAE
 The first ever joint exercise between Indian Army and the Egyptian Army named “Exercise
Cyclone-I” at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
 Which country approved ‘menstrual leave’ law in first for Europe – Spain
 From which country will 12 Cheetah be brought on 18 February 2023 - South Africa
 Which country's connectivity B-1B lens heavy bomber has joined Aero India 2023 –
America
 Which country has launched a sniffing robot To aid in disease detection and security –
Israel
 1st Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting under India’s G20 Presidency began at
which place – Guwahati (Theme : One Earth. One Family. One Future) (Motto : Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam)
 Which of the following country received highest ever remittances in 2021-22 – India (USD
89,127 million)
 Which country has become the largest producer of milk in the world – India (24% of global
milk production)
 Which Country Announced Decision to Remove British Monarchy from its Banknotes -
Australia
 Which country to be theme country at 2025 Madrid International book Fair – India
 Who has become the most popular leader of the world according to Morning Consult -
Narendra Modi
 Which country has most number of female pilots in the world according to DGCA Report – India
15% of the pilots in the country are women
In 1989, Nivedita Bhasin became the youngest commercial airline captain in the world
 Asia’s largest 4-metre liquid mirror telescope unveiled in which state - at Devasthal in Uttarakhand
 Crown Prince & Princess of which country arrived in India on four-day visit – Denmark
 Which country most impacted by terrorism for the fourth consecutive year - Afghanistan
 Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected as the third Vice President of which country - Nepal
 Which country is suspended from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) membership – Russia
 Kermadec Island is in news, it is an island of which country - New Zealand
 The Guinness Book of World Records has named Majuli as the world's largest river island
(Brahmaputra, Assam)
 The Minicoy Island is the southern-most island of Lakshadweep
 Which country will be the first NATO country to provide fighter jets to Ukraine - Poland
 Greenland, the world’s largest island
 Which Country becomes Shanghai Cooperation Organization dialogue partner - Saudi Arabia
 Which country has closed its embassies across the world in support of the strike - Israel
 Asia’s longest-ever cycle race was flagged off from which place - Srinagar
 Which two countries have been certified malaria free by WHO - Azerbaijan & Tajikistan
 Who has achieved the highest number of followers on the Twitter - Elon Musk (CEO of Twitter)
 Where will the world's third largest cricket stadium be built - Jaipur, Rajasthan
 World’s Largest – Narendra Modi Stadium
 Which country has launched its National Genome Strategy – UAE
 What is the name of the cyclone that has caused winds and torrential rain in Malawi and
Mozambique – Freddy
 Which country has graduated from the UN's list of least developed countries – Bhutan
 Who has been appointed as the United Nations Coordinator for Tajikistan - K R Parvati
 She played an important role in the World Food Program in countries like Turkey and Afghanistan
 India has inaugurated the first Friendship Pipeline with which country - Bangladesh
 France, UK bans TikTok app from public employee work phones
 Siniyah Island, which was seen in the news, is situated in which country? UAE
 PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the first submarine base of Bangladesh. What is the name of this
submarine - BNS Sheikh Hasina
 IMF approved how much bailout for Sri Lanka - $3 billion
 the McMahon Line as the international boundary between India’s Arunachal Pradesh and China,
and rejected China’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh.
 Recently AUKUS deal is in news, which countries are involved in it - Australia, UK & US
 Which country became the first country to import CO2 and bury it under the sea - Denmark
 Sampanna Ramesh Shelar fastest Indian in the under-21 category to swim across the Palk Strait,
from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Dhanuskodi in Tamil Nadu
 World Bank announces $2.5 billion in additional Ukraine aid on war anniversary.
 Seattle created history becomes first city in US to ban caste discrimination
 Rayyana Barnawi 1st woman astronaut of Saudi Arabia will go to space this year
 Deakin University of which country became first foreign university to set up at GIFT City – Australia
 Which country's former PM Muhyiddin Yassin was arrested on corruption charges – Malaysia
 Who became the first woman officer to command a field workshop - Geeta Rana
 Which country announced world’s first free zone dedicated to digital and virtual – UAE
 Which Country to introduce gold-backed digital currency – Zimbabwe
 Who has been named the new deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom - Oliver Dowden
 Asia-Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination to commence in which city – Delhi
 Which country has overtook China as world’s most populous country – India (1.4bn )
 Which Country has become a founding member of the International Big Cats Alliance – Nepal
 Which city had its hottest day on 15th April 2023 - Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka
 Who inaugurated Buzi Bridge in Mozambique - External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar.
 Miguel Diaz-Canel became president of which country for the second time – Cuba
Cuba Capital: Havana, Currency: Cuban Peso
 Which Country has become the world’s largest narco-state - Syria
 Which country has become India's largest trading partner in FY23 – USA
 The Order of the White Eagle, is highest decoration of which country – Poland
 Which country has recently voted to ban rental e-scooters – France
 Which Country successfully launched a new spy satellite, named Ofek-13 - Israel
 Recently Bastille Day Parade is in news, it is related to which country – France
 Which country's government has announced a ban on the English language – Italy
 Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Colombia
 Which country has become the 31st member of NATO – Finland
 Which operation has been started by India to help Cyclone Mocha affected part of Bangladesh and
Myanmar - Opreation Karuna
Yemen suggested the name ‘Mocha', which is supposed to be pronounced as Mokha.
 Opreation Kaveri – to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Sudan during the 2023
Sudan conflict.
 Operation Dost - launched by India to provide aid to Turkey & Syria

 Operation Ganga - It was an evacuation mission to bring back all the Indian nationals who are
stranded in Ukraine.
 Operation Dev Sakti evacuation operation by the Indian Armed Forces (IAF) was kicked off in
August 2021 to safely bring back Indian nationals from Afghanistan
 Which country became India’s Third-largest export destination in FY 23 after the United States of
America and the United Arab Emirates – Netherlands
 Vande Bharat Mission : to bring back the nationals who were left stranded in foreign countries due
to the coronavirus pandemic
 Which country is set to become the first country to mandate comprehensive Health warning labels
on Alcoholic Beverages – Ireland [Capital – Dublin, Currency - Euro ]
 India’s Ministry of Railways handed over 20 broad-gauge locomotives to which country –

Bangladesh
 Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina inauagurated 6th Indian Ocean conference
 In which international city did Prime Minister Modi unveil the Mahatma Gandhi Bust – Hiroshima
 In which city in Switzerland did the Indian Prime Minister address the 76th Session of the World
Health Assembly via video message – Geneva
 In which country was Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship awarded to 300 students – Srilanka
 Which country is all set to join India’s UPI payments system – Japan
 Which country has declared 2025 to be observed as the 'Special tourism year – Nepal
 Which country is set to assist Rajasthan in managing its water sector and replicating its wastewater
management system – Denmark
 Which country is going to manufacture Genetic variant of long acting cabotegrabir (CAB – LA ) Drug,
used for HIV prevention – South Africa
 Which institution released the “ Global Annual to decadel climate update – WMO
 Which country has become a global leader in spreading awareness about tabacco consumption –
India
 World’s first 3D printed Hindu temple is being built in which state – Telangana
 Which of the following country aims for over 30% of top firms’ Directors to be women by 2030 –
Japan
 Which country became the 1st Baltic nation to legalize same sex marriage – Estonia
Estonia Capital: Tallinn, Prime Minister: Kaja Kallas , President: Alar Karis
 Slovenia became the first former eastern bloc country to introduce gay marriage
 Upender Singh Rawat next High Commissioner to Uganda
 Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island has been named K’gari in – Australia
 Latvia elected Edgars Rinkevics as its president — the EU’s first openly gay head of state
 Kafue National Park (KNP), which was seen in the news, is located in which country - Zambia
 Who becomes first country to start putting health warnings on cigarettes – Canada
 Which country’s parliament has passed a bill to raise the age of consent from 13 to 16 – Japan
 Which Country creates history as first foreign govt to promote country through yoga – Oman
 World Bank approved how much loan for Resilient Kerala programme - $150 million
To deepen the state’s resilience in critical areas of coastal erosion and water resource management
 Which country inaugurated $5 billion smart City named “Arkadag” – Turkmenistan

The city is built in honor of former strongman leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
 In which country is the place named Utah, which is in the news recently - America
 Which country tested first autonomous flying taxi – Israel

Israel PM – Benjamin Natanyahu , Currency – Shekel , Parliament – Knesset
 Which country has the largest road network in the world – USA (India is now second)
 Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been elected as the new PM of which country – Greece
Capital – Athens Currency – Euro
 Which institution launched its first Road Safety Project in South Asia - World Bank (in South Asia, in
Bangladesh.)
The project, called the “Safe Roads, Safer Lives”
 SpaceX’s youngest software engineer - Kairan Quazi (14-year-old boy)
 Which country emerged as the fourth largest investor in India during FY22-23 – UAE
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the UAE to India jumped over three-fold to USD 3.35 billion
 Atlantic Declaration belongs to which two countries - USA and UK

to address challenges posed by Russia, and China
 Which country released world’s first digital government bond – Israel
 Which country named the cyclone 'Biparjoy’ – Bangladesh
Obituaries
 The first Indian architect to receive the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize who passed away
recently is - Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
 ironman of india pass away - Sabir Ali
 Rehman Rahi passed away – Poet
 Sharad Yadav passed away – Politics
 Social worker Prabha Sen passed away (Padma Shri 2022)
 Mukarram Jah, the grandson of the last Nizam of which princely state, has passed away – Hyderabad
 Tulsidas Balaram is passed away – Footballer
 Barbara Bosson is passed away – Actress
 The Iron Lady who revived Mohiniyattam is passed away - Kanak Rele
 Vani Jayaram passed away – Singer
 Pervez Musharraf passed away - former army general and president Pakistan
 Legendary Filmmaker K Vishwanath passed away
 Name the co-founder of Intel who passed away recently - Gordon moore
 Recently Sameer Khakkar passed away, he was a famous – Actor
 Brazil Football Legend Pele passes away
 Former West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi Passes Away
 Assamese Poet Nilmani Phookan (56th Jnanpith Award)
 Veteran Actor Satish Kaushik passed away
 3rd Muslim Chief Justice of India, A M Ahmadi Passes Away
 Former Diplomat, Padma Bhushan Awardee Chandrashekhar Dasgupta Passes Away.

 Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passed away at the age of 85
 Former Gujarat Governor O P Kohli Passes Away At 87
 Renowned Malayalam actor ‘Innocent’ Vareed Thekkethala passed away at 75
 Trilochan Kanungo has passed away – Politician
 Allu Ramesh has passed away – Actor
 Keshub Mahindra, the Chairman Emeritus of Mahindra & Mahindra passed away
 Parkash Singh Badal - Former Punjab Chief Minister
 Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India’s first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan,
passed away
 Mangal Dhillon passed away – Actor
 Ved Kumari Ghai Veteran Sanskrit Scholar & Padma shree (2014) awardee passed away
 Co-inventor of lithium-ion batteries and co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry John Bannister
Goodenough passed away
 Italy former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has passed away
 Sylvester daCunha, the man behind the iconic Amul Girl ‘utterly butterly’ campaign, passed away
 actor and director Aamir Raza Husain passed away
 Actor Gufi Paintal, best known for playing the role of Shakuni Mama in BR Chopra’s TV show Mahabharat
(1980),
Summit and Conferences and MOU

 3rd INTERPOL Young Global Police Leaders Programme from 25 January to 2 February 2023,
organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) held in – New Delhi ( Theme - 'Trust It
virtually)
 India agreement with which of the following country to relocate over 100 cheetahs in next 8-10
years - South Africa (53rd : Ranipur tiger reserve - UP)
 Which of the following country going to host 15th BRICS summit 2023 - South Africa
 International Craft Summit’ is inaugurated in which stat – Odisha
 Recently, India and which of the following country start friendship pipe line to supply diesel –
Bangladesh
 12th World Hindi Conference in Fiji by the Foreign Ministry with the Fiji government from February
15 to 17, 2023. Theme 2023: "Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence
 12th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture (Working Group) will be held in - Italy
 Where has the 'Global Stack Developer Conference-2023' been organized recently - New Delhi
 Think-20 Meeting – Bhopal (16 – 17 January 2023)
 SCO Summit 2023 – India Theme - FOR A SECURE SCO
 Google + Nasscom Foundation to set up DigiVaani Call Center for helping women farmers scale up
their business
 Google + Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) : to launch Appscale Academy,
a new growth and development programme for start-ups
 India is hosting the Y20 summit for the first time – launched by Anurag Thakur  official youth
engagement group for the G20
 Where PM Narendra Modi inaugrates Global investors summit - in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
 14th Edition of the World Spice Congress (WSC) to be held in which city – Mumbai, Maharashtra
 53rd World Economic Forum summit is going on in which country – Switzerland
 Which Country will host first I2U2(India, Israel, USA & UAE) vice-ministerial meeting – UAE
 India and which country have launched a joint digital Payment Mechanism – Singapore
 India with which country signed pact on information sharing in maritime security –
Seychelles
 The 18th UIC World Security Congress organized in which city – Jaipur
 In which city the two-day Global Tech Summit has started – Visakhapatnam, AP
 India and which country have signed MoU for cooperation in the field of disability - South
Africa
 Who inaugurated India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru – PM MODI (To showcase India’s
rising prowess as an energy transition powerhouse)
 Who hosted 6th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SAI Leaders’ Meet – CAG
Theme “Integrating Emerging Technologies in Audit”
 1st joint conference of army chiefs of India and Africa held in which city – Pune
 20th Edition of BioAsia Summit 2023 concludes in Which city - Hyderabad

Theme - Advancing for ONE: Shaping the next generation of humanized healthcare

 The 5th Asean-India Business Summit took place in - Kuala Lumpur
 International Conference on ‘Buddhist Heritage’ to began in which city – Delhi


 Who hosted the 3rd International Conference on 'Electoral Integrity - Election Commission of India
 23rd Commonwealth Law Conference began in Goa
 Who presided over the 19th ministerial meeting of BIMSTEC – Thailand


 Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Good Governance Conference in Bhopal

 India – Jordan (for cooperation in the fertilizer sector)
 India – Canada (for bilateral cooperation on climate change)
 India – Australia (to promote tourism)
 NITI Aayog and UNICEF (to prepare country’s first report on India’s children’s state
 BPCL – Microsoft (to drive digital transformation)
 UNESCO – Royal Enfield (to protect India’s cultural heritage)
 LinkedIn – UN Women (to boost women’s employment)
 25th National Conference on e-Governance - Jammu and Kashmir
 “No Money for Terror” Conference hosted by India
 14th World Spice Congress – Mumbai
 2nd UN World Geospatial International Congress - Hyderabad
 National Conference of Environment Ministers – Gujarat
 Varanasi nominated as the first SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital
 World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022 – Denmark
 SCO Summit 2023– India

 SCO Summit 2022 – Uzbekistan
 14th BRICS summit 2022 – China
 48th G7 Summit 2022 – Germany
 BIMSTEC Summit 2022 – Sri Lanka
 Cop27 Summit 2022 – Egypt
 Cop28 Summit 2023 – UAE
 G20 Summit 2022 – Indonesia
 G20 Summit 2023 – India
 International Craft Summit – JAJPUR, Odisha
 G20 Science Working Group’s Secretariat – IISc Bengaluru
 3rd Global High-Level Conference on Anti-Microbial Resistance – Muscat, Oman
 Which country is hosting SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting – India (Iran - become the 9th member of
SCO)
 Y-20 Pre-Summit Meeting under G20 held in which place – Leh
 EU-India Aviation Summit 2023 held in which city – Delhi
 The third in-person Quad Summit will be held in which place – Sydney
 Global Conference on Compressed Biogas was held in which city – Delhi

Theme - Towards progressive policy framework for a Robust CBG Foundation and Growth
 Which country will chair Commonwealth group on Reform of financial architecture – India
 Who inaugurated a three-day International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics -

Rajnath Singh
 India will host the Global Buddhist Summit in which city - New Delhi
Theme - Responses to Contemporary Challenges from Philosophy to Praxis
 PM Modi addresses 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

 PM Modi addressed the ‘One World TB Summit’ at Rudrakash Convention Centre, at Varanasi
 Which Country will Host World’s Largest Conservation Conference in 2025 – UAE (Abu Dhabi as the
venue)
UAE capital - Abu Dhabi Currency – Dirham President – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
 Real Estate Expo 2023 is inaugurated in which state - Himachal Pradesh
 Three-day G-20 Development Ministers meet began in which city – Varanasi
 India to host 14th CEM-14 and 8th Mission Innovation meeting in which state - Goa
Theme: "Advancing Clean Energy Together”
 Which ministry organizes Seminar on “Blue Hydrogen-Energy Security” - Coal Ministry
 Which country is going to host “Indian Energy Majors” conference – Suriname
 W20 summit began at which city – Mahabalipuram

Theme of women-led development to transform, thrive and transcend will be moderated by
Dharitri Patnaik, the W 20 chief Coordinator.
 4th Education Working Group meeting held in which city - Pune

Theme: “Education for Sustainable Development”
 25th SEACEN-FSI Conference of Asia-Pacific Supervision Directors was held in which city – Mumbai
Organized by: South East Asian Central Banks & Financial Stability Institute
 Who inaugurated National Legislators’ Conference Bharat - by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in
Mumbai
 India –Namibia center of Excellence in IT has been inaugurated in Windhoek
 The APJ Abdul Kalam expo pavilion was also inaugurated on the theme of Bharat’s 75th year of
independence and celebrating the spirit of democracy
 Who chaired the consultation meeting on self reliance - Rajnath Singh

‘self-reliance in defence manufacturing’ in Bengaluru.
MoU and Agreement

 NHPC ties up with which state govt to set up pumped hydro projects – Maharashtra
The four pumped storage projects are named Kalu, Savitri, Jalond, and Kengadi
 Artemis Accord is signed between India and which country – USA

India has become the 27th signatory of the Artemis Accords
 Who has collaborated with an Indian-American singer, Falguni Shah to promote the benefits of
millet - PM Modi
The year 2023 has been designated as the ‘International Year of Millets
 UN India and whom signed sustainable development framework - NITI Aayog

The framework focuses on four pillars: People, Prosperity, Planet, and Participation
 India signed MoU with whom for collaboration on renewable energy in railway – USAID
 Sri Lanka to integrate energy with India via grid by which year – 2030
The project will be implemented by the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board
 India signed $130 million loan MoU with whom to boost horticulture in Himachal - Asian
Development Bank
 India & which country agree to set bilateral trade of 1 Billion Euros by 2030 – Serbia
President Droupadi Murmu and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic agreed to increase bilateral
trade from 320 million euros to one billion euros by 2030
 Indian Overseas Bank signed MoU with which state’s Rural Livelihood Mission – Tamilnadu
To foster the growth of Self Help Groups (SHGS) in the State
 The ISRO is collaborating with the Which an autonomous research institute, to XPoSat - Raman
Research Institute
ISRO Hq – Bengaluru, Karnataka, Chairman – S Somnath (10th
 Recently, SIDBI signs MoU with Which Bank to offer financial solutions to MSMEs - HDFC Bank
 India and which country agreed to take bilateral trade to 100 billion dollars by 2030 – UK
 India and which organisation signed MoU to enhance cooperation – UNWTO

to enhance cooperation and identify areas of mutual interest
HQ: Madrid, Spain, Current Head: Zurab Pololikashvili
 Who partnered with DAY-NULM to empower women entrepreneurs – UNDP

to empower women entrepreneurs
UNDP Headquarters: New York, Founded: 22 November 1965, Head: Achim Steiner
 IFFCO signs agreement for export of nano liquid urea to which country – USA
 India and South Africa (SA) signed a MoU to translocate more than 100 cheetahs to India over the
next decade
Apps and Portal & GI Tags

 In which regional language (s) will the Supreme Court judgments be translated through the recently
launched 'e-Inspection Software’ – 4
 Samadhan initiative is launched by which of the following – Godrej (Provide knowledge, tools,
services and solutions to farmers)
 National Logistics Portal (Marine) launched by which of the following ministry - Union Minister for
Ports, Shipping and Waterways (Sarbananda Sonowal)
 JALDOOT App : Ministry of Rural Development
 'U-WIN Portal' has been launched by the Central Government for - For pregnant woman
 Poshan Tracker App, Himmat Plus App : For Women & Child Welfare Reforms
 Digilocker : For Ease of Living
 DIKSHA : For Human Resource Development & Education
 Who launched MAARG (Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience, and Growth) portal for startup
mentorship - Piyush Goyal
 Who launched AI Chatbot ‘Aadhaar Mitra’ for Aadhar related queries – UIDAI
 Which state government has started the Samagra Shiksha Compaign - Uttar Pradesh
 Which state government has launched the Family ID portal - Uttar Pradesh (implementing
the 'one job per family' proposal)

Portals Launched by State
 SAFAL Portal – Odisha
 Smarth Portal – Uttrakhand
 Sambhav Portal – Uttar Pradesh
 Amar Sarkar Portal – Tripura
 CM da Haisi Portal – Manipur
 Residents, Safety & Security Portal – Meghalaya
 Hmara Apna Budget Portal – Jharkhand
 Kaushal Rojgar Nigam Portal – Haryana
 Janbhagidari Empowerment Portal – Jammu Kashmir
 SATHI (Seed Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory) launched by Union Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
 Which state/UT’s Basholi painting has got GI tag - Jammu Kashmir

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 Which state’s Manamadurai Pottery got GI tag – Tamilnadu
Other Imp GI Tags of Tamilnadu : Cumbum Grapes, Kodaikanal Malai Poondu, Palani
panchamirtham, Srivilliputtur Palkova, Dindigul Locks, Kandangi Saree, Manapparai Murukku
 Marcha Rice – Bihar
 Gond Painting – Madhya Pradesh
 Nagri Dubraj Rice – Chhattisgarh

 Morena and Rewa Mango – Madhya Pradesh
 Kangra Tea – Himachal Pradesh
 Tandoor Red Gram – Telangana
 Raktsey Karpo Apricot – Ladakh
 Alibag white Onion – Maharashtra
 Tandur Redgram – Telangana
 Raktsey Karpo Apricot – Ladakh
 Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram – Tamilnadu
 PM Narendra Modi has launched an app called ‘Call Before u Dig
 Who will launch ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo, Arunachal Pradesh - Amit Shah
 Who has recently launched the 'Bhoroxa’ mobile app - President Droupadi Murmu
 Who has recently launched Sagar Setu App - Minister of Ports, Shipping, and
Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal,
 Which ministry launched “Sangathan se Samriddhi” campaign - Rural Development, Giriraj Singh
The govt is targeting to bring 10 crore women under the purview of SHGs (existing nine crores)
 The Common Service Centre operating under the Ministry of Electronics and IT recently launched
the Yogyata Mobile Application.
 SEBI launched the Saarthi mobile application. The application provides information about security
markets
 The three newly-tagged ODOP crafts are Mainpuri tarkashi, Mahoba Gaura stone craft, and Sambhal
horn craft of UP now the total GI tags of UP – 48
 UTSAH Portal, launched to promote quality education in India, was launched by which agency – UGC
 Which state launched the ‘ Patch Reporting App’ to make the road in state free of pot holes –
Uttarakhand
Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi
 Union Minister of Heavy Industries Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey unveiled the “Dugdh Sanakalan Sathi
Mobile App” at Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
The app aims to improve the quality of milk
 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister launched an app called ‘Arunpol App’ of Arunachal Pradesh
Police
E-Vigilance app for the state government employees.
 Who launched the “Report Fish Disease” app - Purshottam Rupala (Union Minister for Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry, and Dairying)
 Which state launched a portal to check illegal cattle transportation - Assam Animal Husbandry and
Veterinary Department
 Which bank launched ‘ActivMoney’, auto sweep account - Kotak Mahindra Bank
Defence Current Affairs

 ISRO going to launch Aditya L1 in July –august 2023 for exploration of – Sun
 Under which project NASA going to make 'Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine - DRACO project (NASA +
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
 Defence Minister felicitates 25 Awardees of ‘Veer Gatha 2.0’ contest (jointly initiated by Ministry of
Defence and Education
 Six Indian Coast Guard personnel to be honoured with Tatrakshak Medals
 India and US have successfully concluded the 18th edition of joint military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' in
the Auli, Uttarakhand
 India-US joint special forces exercise Vajra Prahar 2022 13th edition concluded at Himachal
Pradesh's Bakloh
 AMPHEX 2023”a mega exercise organized by india navy in which state - Andhra Pradesh
 JUICE is the first satellite from the earth to enter the orbit of Ganymede is going to be launched
which of the following organization – ESA
 Pralay exercise is conducted in the northeast region of india, by which of the following force – IAF
 TROPEX Exercise is being conducted by which of the following - Indian navy Held in Indian Ocean
 Defence Minister inaugurates Siyom bridge – Arunachal Pradesh (built by BRO)
 Which missile has been successfully launched from the Odisha coast – Prithvi 2
 Indian Army organises cyber threat seminar ‘Sainya Ranakshetram 2.0’
 NASA’s James Webb telescope discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet named LHS 475b
 What is the name of the Kalvari class submarine commissioned by Indian Navy – Vagir
 India and which country have conducted exercise named Cyclone – Egypt
 With which country India has recently started Varuna naval exercise – France
 When will the Shukryaan mission be launched by ISRO – 2031 (planet Venus)
 CISF – Sheel Vardhan Singh
 CRPF – Sujoy Lal Thaosen
 BSF - Sujoy Lal Thaosen (Additional)
 SSB – Rashmi Shukla
 ITBP - Anish Dayal Singh
 NSG – MA Ganapathy
 Assam Rifles – Pradeep Chandran Nair
 Indian Coast Guard – V S Pathania
 Indian Navy Exercise

Varuna – India & France
JIMEX – India & Japan
SLINEX – India & Srilanka
SIMBEX – India & Singapore
SITMEX – Singapore, India & Thailand
AUSINDEX – Australia & India
KONKAN – India & UK
Bongosagar – India & Bangladesh
Naseem-Al-Bahr – India & Oman
Zair-al-Bahr – India & Qatar
Samudra Shakti – India & Indonesia
 Airforce Exercises
Veer Guardian 2023 : First bilateral air exercise, between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japanese Air
Force from January 16 to 26 at Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base in Japan
Shinyuu Maitri – Between India & Japan
Garuda VII” – between India and France held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Pitch Black 2022 – Between India & Australia at Darwin, Australia
Eastern Bridge-VI : Indian and Oman Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Red Flag – Between India & US
Indradhanush – Between India & UK
Desert Eagle – Between India & UAE
 Military exercise
Ex. Cyclone 2023 – India & Egypt (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan)
Ex. Agni Warrior 2022 – India & Singapore (Devlali, Maharashtra)
Ex. Garuda Shakti 2022 – India & Indonesia (Karawang, Indonesia)
Exercise KazInd 2022 – India & Kazakhstan (Umroi, Meghalaya)
Harimau Shakti 2022 – India & Malaysia (Kluang, Malaysia)
Yudh Abhyas 2022 – India & USA (Auli, Uttarakhand)
SURYA KIRAN 2022 – India & Nepal (Saljhandi, Nepal)
Austro-HIND 2022 – India & Australia (Rajasthan)
DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022” – India & Japan (Belagavi, Karnataka)
SAMPRITI 2022 – India & Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
 Cobra Warrior Exercise 2023 will be organized in which country – UK
 Who developed ‘Vayulink’ platform for steady jammer-proof communication - Indian Air
Force
 Who has been appointed as the New Vice Chief of Indian Arm - MV Suchindra Kumar
 Mosi-II military exercise is being held between which countries - S. Africa, China & Russia
 the 4th edition of biennial training Exercise DUSTLIK 2023 – Uzbekistan
 Which country test fired Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile - North Korea
 In which country the multilateral naval exercise 'Malabar' 2023 will be held – Australia
 Operation kanak-2 is related to which of the following – CBI

 4th edition of a joint military exercise called “DHARMA GUARDIAN”, held between India and
which country – Japan
 In which city has the 6th edition of Indo-US exercise 'TARKASH' concluded – Chennai
 ISRO along with the Indian Navy carried out initial recovery tests of the Crew Module for
'Gaganyaan
 Exercise 'Operation Alert' - BSF (Border Security Force)
 Top buyer of MSME goods in 2022 - Ministry of Defense
 Military Joint Training Exercise Trishakti Prahar - Indian Air Force, CAPFs & Indian Army
 India joined which of the following for a trilateral Cooperation Initiative - UAE & France
 NASA-ISRO joint satellite ‘NISAR’ to be launched in which year – 2024
 From where ISRO launched India's largest LVM3 rocket with 36 satellites – Sriharikota
 With which country India has conducted exercise 'Shinyu Maitri 2023’ - with the Japan Air Self
Defence Force (JASDF)
 OneWeb will launch 36 satellites with which organization for low orbit connectivity – ISRO
 Where is the multinational exercise Sea Dragon 2023 being organized - Guam, USA
 Bold Kurukshetra exercise was held between which two countries - Singapore & India
 Recently satellite ground station of India and which country was inaugurated – Bhutan
 India and which country will organize exercise FRINJEX 2023 – France
 Who among the following is the first woman IAF officer to get a command appointment - Shaliza
Dhami
 Which Country has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years - Colombia
 INS Sindhu Kesari has become the first Indian submarine to reach the port of which country –
Indonesia
 ISRO is organizing young scientist programme Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA) in which city –
Bengaluru
 ISRO successfully conducted the first orbital test launch of GSLV Mk III on 5 June 20
ISRO Founded – 15 Aug 1969, HQ – Bangalore, Chairman – S Somnath
 Which Country announces to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus – Russia
 India’s Indigenous LCA Tejas Lands In UAE To Take Part In Its First-Ever Foreign Air Exercise.
 Indian Navy Kilo class conventional submarine, INS Sindhukesari, docked in Jakarta, Indonesia, for
the first time.
 India, Seychelles Sign Pact On Information Sharing In Maritime Security February 23, 2023
 Bell In Honour Of Late CDS Bipin Rawat Placed At Nepal’s Shree Muktinath Temple.
 Indian Navy’s “TROPEX 2023” Maritime Exercise Held In Indian Ocean.
 Air Marshal A.P. Singh To Be New Vice Chief Of Indian Air Force
 Which armed police force celebrates its raising day on 10 March - CISF Raising Day
 Exercise COPE India-2023 is being held between India and which country - USA
 Exercise INIOCHOS-23 held in which country – Greece
 Who has become the new Director General of Naval Operations - Atul Anand
 Chief of Naval Staff – R Hari kumar
 Chief of Army staff – Manoj Pande
 Chief of Air staff – V R Choudhary
 NASA launches Artemis-1 rocket on a mission to the moon.
 The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA space probe that was launched in 2018 with the purpose of
observing the Sun’s outer corona.
 The world’s tallest rocket will be launched by which space agency – SpaceX
 SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send US military
satellites into space
 RHESSI satellite belongs to which space agency – NASA

 The ISRO recently released the Landslide Atlas of India, which identifies landslide hotspots in the
countryThe
 ISRO successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was launched from
Sriharikota. The SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07, Azzzadi SAT-2, and Janus-1 satellites
 Which African nation launched its first operational satellite Taifa-1 into space – Kenya
 Sukhoi 30 MKI Fighter aircraftat Tezpur Air Force Station, Assam

 In which country the Airforce exercise "Exercise Orion" will be held – France
 Who has appointed as the first head of NASA's newly-established Moon to Mars Programme - Amit
Kshatriya
 Droupadi Murmu fly a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft in Tejpur Assam
 Which organization will launch the GSLV-F12 navigation satellite on 29th May 2023 – ISRO
 The first test vehicle demonstration (TV-D1) under the Gaganyaan mission will be conducted on
May 2023.
 The ISRO recently released the Landslide Atlas of India, which identifies landslide hotspots in the
country.
 The ISRO successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was launched from
Sriharikota. The SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07, Azzzadi SAT-2, and Janus-1 satellites.
ISRO Hq – Bengaluru, Karnataka, Founded – 15 August 1969 Current Chairman – S Somnath (10th)
 India conduct the naval exercise ‘AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2023 - Saudi Arabia
 Annual exercise 'Ekatha’ is conducted between India and which country – Maldives
 Indigenously built warship INS Kripan has been gifted by india to which Country – Vietnam
 Who became first female NCC cadet in India to complete the mountaineering course in the
Himalayan region - Shalini Singh
 New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ was successfully flight-tested by – DRDO
 Silent Barker satellite constellation launched by – USA
 12th Ex Ekuverin has started between India and which country – Maldives (Held at: Chaubatia,
Uttarakhand)
 Which countries has unveiled the hypersonic missile “Fattah” – Iran
 Heavy weight torpedo “Varunastra”. Has been developed by – DRDO
 Which Country to host the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO’s history – Germany
NATO Head – Jens Stoltenberg, Founded – 4 April 1949, HQ – Brussels, Finland – 30th Member of
NATO
 Military exercise Agneyastra 1 concluded in which state/UT – Ladakh
 Indian Navy to commemorate 130th anniversary of Gandhiji’s which movement – Satyagraha

INS Trishul is visiting Durban
Mahatma Gandhi was evicted from a first-class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station
 India and which country launched INDUS X, defence acceleration ecosystem – US
 The 4th ship of the Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, named ‘Sanshodhak’ meaning ‘Researcher’,
was launched at Chennai
 The Multinational Peacekeeping Joint Exercise “Ex Khaan Quest 2023” has commenced in Mongolia
The Defence Ministry has approved the deal for acquiring the Predator (MQ-9 Reaper) drones from
America
Brand Ambassador
 Brand Ambassador of National Mineral Development - Nikhat Zareen ((Indian Boxer)
 Suryakumar Yadav - UrbanGabru
 Ravindra Jadeja – Kinara Capital
 Amitabh Bachchan - UpGrad, Footwear Company VKC, Amway India
 Shah Rukh Khan - Thums Up, Pepsi, Hyundai, Frooti
 Deepika Padukone - American furniture retailer Pottery Barn
 Anushka Sharma - Footwear, apparel and accessories brand Puma India
 Katrina Kaif – Brand Ambassador of Pepsico India’s packaged-water brand Aquafina
 Prasoon Joshi - Brand Ambassador of Uttarakhand
 Virat Kohli - Indian tech brand Noise
 Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Armenia recently - Nilakshi Sinha
 MS Dhoni – Viacom 18
 Rohit sharma – Jio Cinema
 Lionel Messi - Byjus Global brand ambassador
 Manika Batra & Palak Kohli – Adidas
 Saurav Ganguly – Bandhan Bank
 Yuvraj Singh - T20 World Cup for the Blind

 Brand ambassadors for Hyundai Motor India Ltd - Women cricketers Yastika Bhatia and Renuka
Singh Thakur
 Brand ambassadors for Puma India – Harmanpreet Kaur
 Who has been appointed as the brand influencer of HSBC India - Virat Kohli
 National Ambassador of the UNICEF India - Ayushmann Khurrana
 Brand ambassadors for PepsiCo India - Ranveer Singh
 Brand Ambassador of Uttrakhand – Prasoon Joshi

 Who has been appointed as the AHF Athlete Ambassador from India for a period of two years -
Salima tete
 Savlon India named whom as world’s first ‘Hand Ambassador - Sachin Tendulkar
 Who is appointed as India Ambassador of ‘She Changes Climate’ - Shreya Ghodawat
 Star sports signed whom as its brand ambassador - Rishabh Pant
 Brand Ambassador of Tripura Tourism - Saurav Ganguly
 Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues by the USA Senate - Geeta Rao Gupta
 Gucci cruise – Alia Bhatt
 Sachin Tendulkar as Maharashtra’s ‘Smile Ambassador’ under the state’s ‘Swachh Mukh Abhiyan’ to
spread awareness about oral health and hygiene across the state
 brand ambassador for Zebronics TV - Hrithik Roshan
Miscellaneous
 Who generated hydrogen from seawater using solar energy - IIT-Madras
 India's first female Haj flight successfully take off - Kozhikode to Jeddah.
The Air India Express crew, led by Capt. Kanika Mehra and First Officer Garima Passi, handles all
critical operations
 Which of the following has successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding - IIT Kanpur
 Central Govt has selected how many Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) to open Pradhan
Mantri Jan Asuhadhi Kendras – 2000
 The vaccine, ‘GEMCOVAC-OM’ is approved against which variant of SARS-CoV-2 – Omicron (India’s
first mRNA based vaccine)
Developed by: Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd
 Which of the following has launched an Indian Languages Program to support local news publishers
in India - Google
2023 Padma Bhushan (9)

Name Field State/ Country
Shri S L Bhyrappa Literature & Education Karnataka
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla Trade & Industry Maharashtra
Shri Deepak Dhar Science & Engineering Maharashtra
Ms. Vani Jairam Art TamilNadu
Swami Chinna Jeeyar Others – Spiritualism Telangana
Ms. Suman Kalyanpur Art Maharashtra
Shri Kapil Kapoor Literature & Education Delhi
Ms. Sudha Murty Social Work Karnataka
Shri Kamlesh D Patel Others – Spiritualism Telangana

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4th Jan World Braille Day

9th Jan Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

10th Jan World Hindi Day

12th Jan National Youth Day

15th Jan Indian Army Day

23rd Jan Prakaram Divas (Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti)

24th Jan National Girl Child Day

24th Jan International Education Day

25th Jan National Voters Day

28th Jan Lala Lajpat Rai birth anniversary

30th Jan Saheed Diwas (Martyr’s Day)

2nd Feb World Wetlands Day

4th Feb World Cancer Day

13th Feb World Radio Day

National Women Day

28th Feb National Science Day

1st March Zero Discrimination Day

3rd March World Wildlife Day

8th March International Women’s Day

15th March World Consumer Rights Day

20th March International Day of Happiness

20th March World Sparrow Day

21st March International Forest Day

22th March World Water Day

23rd March World Meteorological Day

23rd March Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs Day

2nd April World Autism Awareness Day

5th April National Maritime Day

7th April World Health Day

10th April World Homeopathy Day

13th April Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919

18th April World Heritage Day

19th April World Liver Day

22nd April Earth Day

24th April National Panchayati raj Day

25th April World Malaria Day

26th April World Intellectual Property Day

27th April International Girls In ICT days

3rd May World Press Freedom Day

8th May World Thalassaemia Day

11th May National Technology Day

12th May International Nurses Day

15-21 May 7th UN Global Safety Week

17th May World Hypertension Day

18th May World AIDS Vaccine Day

22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity

1st June World Milk Day

2nd June Telangana Formation Day

7th June World Food Safety Day

12th June World Day Against Child Labour

14th June World Blood Donor Day

21st June International Yoga Day (led by PM Modi at the UN Headquarters)

23rd June International Olympic Day

29th June National Statistics Day

 30th National Child Science Congress began at Science City in Ahmedabad

 Jharkhand launched first survey of migrants

 Inaugural Yuvamanthan Model G20 Summit held in Goa

 Thiruvananthapuram: 1st G20 Health Working Group meeting