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Current Affairs Pointer, Weekly

1-10 December, 2023

-Zoram People's Movement (ZPM)

National  Which MP has been disqualified from Lok Sabha in

the cash-for-queries case? (8 December, 2023)
 Where was ‘Jal Itihas Utsav’ organized under the - Mahua Moitra
aegis of Ministry of JAL Shakti? (1 December, 2023) Ü Mahua Moitra was MP from which Lok Sabha seat?
- Shamsi Talab, Jahaz Mahal, Delhi -Krishnanagar, West Bengal
Ü Under whose chairmanship Committee was Ü Mahua Moitra belongs to which political party?
constituted to identify 75 ‘Natural Water Heritage -All India Trinamool Congress
Structures’ all over the country?- Shri R. R. Mishra  Who has been appointed Chairman of BIDA?
Ü On which portal these Water Heritage Structures are (December, 2023) - Manoj Kumar Singh
listed? - India-WRIS Portal Ü What is the full form of BIDA?
Ü Natural Water Heritage Structures of Uttar Pradesh -Bundelkhand Industrial
and Bihar included in the above list are as follows? Development Authority
 Which institute released ‘first delta ranking’ for the
Heritage Name District Type Year
Aspirational Block Program?(7 December, 2023)
Shukla Talab Kanpur Artificial 1578
- NITI Aayog
Dehat (U.P.) Lake
Ü Top 2 Blocks:
Barua Sagar Jhansi Artificial 1694 CE
1. Tiryani, Telangana
(U.P.) Lake 2. Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh
Nadrai Pul Kasganj Others 1889 Ü How many districts and blocks were included in this
(U.P.) program? -329 and 500 respectively
Sringaverapura Prayagraj Tank Ist Century  Which ministry launched Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar
(U.P.) BCE Project? (7 December, 2023) - Ministry of Culture
Sher Shah Suri Rohtas Artificial 1538 AD Ü What is the objective of this initiative?
Pond (Bihar) Lake -Cultural mapping and documentation
Agam Kuan Patna Well 273 BC of villages across India
(Dugwell) (Bihar)  Which state has signed an agreement with The
 Where was the 1st Indian Art Architecture and Art of Living for an initiative on natural farming?
Design Biennale (IAADB) 2023 held? (9-15 (December, 2023) -Maharashtra
December, 2023) - New Delhi  Where Infinity Forum 2.0 was organized (virtually)?
(9 December, 2023)
Ü This program was inaugurated by :
- GIFT City, Gandhinagar Gujarat
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Ü This forum was Jointly organized by:
 Who took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana?(7
- IFSCA and GIFT City
December, 2023) -Revanth Reddy
Ü What is the theme of this forum?
Ü Revanth Reddy belongs to which party?
-‘GIFT-IFSC: Nerve Centre for New
-Indian National Congress
Age Global Financial Services’
 Who took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of
Ü What is the full form of IFSCA?
Mizoram?(8 December, 2023) - Lalduhoma
-International Financial
Ü Lalduhoma belongs to which party?
Services Centre Authority

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 The first woman medical officer to be deployed  Where was the 4th International Forensic Science
at Siachen, the world's highest battlefield? (5 Conference (Online) organized? (1- 3 December,
December, 2023) - Captain Geetika Kaul 2023) - Delhi
 Which Indian institute was awarded the Green Ü Which institute organised this conference?
University Award in COP- 28?(December, 2023) -Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science, India
- IIT Mandi Clue4 Evidence Forensic Lab, Bengaluru
Ü This honour was given by -Green Mentors Ü Who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
 Which state was awarded the Sanctuary Asia Award for Digital Forensics – 2023 during the conference?
for “Best Sustainable Wildlife Tourism State”? (5 -Dr. Santosh Khadsare
December, 2023) - Madhya Pradesh  Which ministry launched Geographical Information
Ü Where was this award ceremony organised? System Application “Gram Manchitra”?(5
-Bhikaner House, New Delhi December, 2023) - Ministry of Panchayati Raj
 India Infrastructure Report (IIR) 2023 on urban Ü What is the objective of this application?
planning and development was released by -(4 -To promote spatial planning
December, 2023) by Gram Panchayat
-Former Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu  Who became the first Indian to be honoured with the
Ü Which institutes developed this report? Sports Business Leader Award?(5 December, 2023)
-IDFC Foundation, Infrastructure Development -Jay Shah
Corporation (Karnataka) Limited (iDeCK), and Ü What is the designation of Jai Shah?
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) -Secretary of BCCI
 Which intangible Indian heritage has been included Ü What is the full form of BCCI?
in the list of UNESCO cultural heritage? (6 -Board of Control for Cricket in India
December, 2023) - Garba of Gujarat  Where is the International Geeta Mahotsav being
Ü How many of India's heritages were included in this organized? (07- 24 December, 2023)
list? - 15 - Kurukshetra, Haryana
 Who is the first transgender to be nominated as a  Who will inaugurate the main event of this
senate member in an Indian university?(6 December, Mahotsav? (17 December, 2023)
2023) - Reshma Prasad - Jagdeep Dhankar, Vice President of India
Ü In which university was Reshma Prasad nominated Ü Which State will participate as partner state?
as Senate member? -Patna University -Assam
Ü Who nominated her?  Where was the third edition of India Internet
- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Governance Forum (IIGF) held?(5 December 2023)
(Governor of Bihar) - New Delhi
 Where was the 6th TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Ü Theme:
Awards and Sustainable Tourism B2B Travel Trade -Moving Forward -Calibrating
Show held?(5 December, 2023) - New Delhi Bharat’s Digital Agenda”.
Ü Theme  Where was the 6th International Short Film Festival
-Recognising Responsible Wildlife Tourism held? (1-3 December, 2023)
Ü Which state was given three awards for its excellent - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
work in environment and wildlife? -Uttar Pradesh Ü Organized by
 Who has won the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay New -Ministry of Tourism and Government
India Foundation Book Prize 2023?(1 December of Uttar Pradesh
,2023) -Akshay Mukul Ü Where was the 82nd annual session of the Indian
Ü Akshay Mukul was given this award for which Road Congress held? (2-5 December, 2023)
book? - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
-Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover:  Hornbill Festival is being celebrated in which
The Many Lives of Agyeya state?(1- 10 December, 2023) - Nagaland

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Ü When was the 61st Statehood Day of Nagaland
celebrated? -1 December, 2023
Ü When was the state established? -1963
 Who has been appointed as India's first woman Aide-
De-Camp (ADC)? (29 November, 2023)
- Squadron leader Manisha Padhi
Ü Which state’s Governor appointed her as the ADC?
- Hari Babu Kambhampati (Mizoram)
 How many individuals and institutions were awarded
the National Award 2023 for their exemplary
contribution in various fields for the empowerment
of persons with Divyangjan? (3 December, 2023)
-21 and 9 respectively
Ü The award was presented by:
-President Droupadi Murmu
 When is the International Day of Persons with
Disabilities observed every year? -3 December
Ü What was the theme of the year 2023?
-Unite in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs
for, with and by persons with disability
 Where was the 8th Global Technology Summit
organized? (4- 6 December, 2023)
- New Delhi
Ü Theme : - Geopolitics of Technology
 The first woman Indian Forest Service officer
appointed to the post of Director General of the
ICFRE? (1 December, 2023)
- Kanchan Devi
Ü What is the full form for ICFRE:
-Indian Council of Forestry
Research and Education
Ü Where is the headquarters of the ICFRE located?
-Dehradun, Uttarakhand
 When National Pollution Control Day is celebrated
every year? -2 December
Ü What was the theme of the year 2023?
-Sustainable development
for a clean and healthy planet
Ü This day is observed to commemorate those who lost
their lives in which tragedy?
-Bhopal Gas tragedy (1984)
Ü Release of which poisonous gas into atmosphere
caused this mishap? - MIC, Methyl Isocyanate
 Which popular actress and musician passed away at
the age of 87? (30 November, 2023)
-R Subbalakshmi
 Which Cinema industry does she belong to?
Current Affairs Pointer
-Malayalam
 Where was the 5th Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF)
2023 organized? (1-5 December, 2023)
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Ü Who inaugurated the festival?
-Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankar
Ü What was the focal theme of the festival?
-Emerging Challenges in Healthcare
& a Resurgent Ayurveda
Ü Organized by
-The Center for Innovation in Science and Social
Action (CISSA) in collaboration with Union
Ministry of AYUSH, the Government of Kerala,
and various Ayurveda associations
 Where was the 6th World Congress on Disaster
Management held? (28 November–1 December,
2023) - Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Ü Organized by
-Jointly Government of Uttarakhand, Disaster
Management Initiative and Convergence Society
(DMICS), Hyderabad, Uttarakhand State
Disaster Management Authority (USDMA)
and Uttarakhand State Council of Science and
Technology (UCOST).
Ü What is the theme of the conference?
-Strengthening Climate Action & Disaster
Resilience through Innovation
Collaboration and Communication
International
 Where was the United Nations Peacekeeping
Ministerial Meeting held?(5-6 December, 2023)
- Accra, Ghana
Ü Who participated in the meeting from India's side?
-Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt
 Which Indian-origin person has been elected as the
new head of BBC? (6 December, 2023)
- Sameer Shah
Ü What is the full form of BBC?
-British Broadcasting Corporation
 UNICEF has launched the 'Green Rising' initiative
in collaboration with which country?(8 December,
2023) -India
Ü Where was this initiative launched? Dubai, UAE
 Where was the India-Nepal Cultural Festival
organized?(8 December, 2023) - Lumbini, Nepal
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Ü This festival was organized by 2. Roshni Nadar Malhotra (Overall ranking -60)
- Embassy of India in Nepal in collaboration 3. Soma Mandal (Overall ranking -70)
with Lumbini Development Trust 4. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Overall ranking -76)
and Lumbini Buddhist University.  Which Indian-origin novelist has been awarded the
 Global Cooling Watch report released by- (5 Cultural Medallion, Singapore’s most prestigious
December, 2023) - UNEP arts accolade? (5 December, 2023)
Ü What is the full form of UNEP? - Meira Chand
-United Nations Environment Programme Ü Who are the other persons honoured along with
 When is International Anti-Corruption Day observed Meera Chand?
every year? -9 December -Suchen Christine Lim and Osman
Ü The theme of the year 2023 Abdul Hamid
-"The UN Convention Against Corruption  When is International Volunteer Day observed every
at 20: United the World Against Corruption" year? -5th December
 Climate Change Performance Index, 2024 released Ü What is the theme of the year 2023?
by- (8 December, 2023) -The power of collective action: If everyone did
- German Watch, New Climate Institute, and  How many universities have been included in the QS
Climate Action Network International World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024? (5
based in Germany December, 2023) -1397
Ü How many countries are included in the index? Ü How many countries and regions do these 1397
-63 countries and the European Union universities belong to? -95
Ü Which countries occupy the first three Ranks in the Ü Top 3 universities in the ranking
index? -None 1. University of Toronto, Canada
Ü The top three countries in the index 2. University of California, USA
-Rank 4- Denmark (Score -75.59) 3. University of Manchester, UK
-Rank 5-Estonia (Score -72.07) Ü How many universities of India have been included
-Rank 6-Philippines (Score -70.70) in the ranking? -56
Ü Last three countries in the index Ü Top 3 Indian Universities/Institutions
-Rank 67-Saudi Arabia (Score -19.33) 1. Delhi University (Overall Ranking-200)
-Rank 66-Iran (score -23.53) 2. IIT Bombay (Overall Ranking-303)
-Rank 65-UAE (Score -24.55) 3. IIT Madras(Overall Ranking-344)
Ü What is India's rank in the index? -7 (Score -70.25)  Which word has been declared as the Word of the
Ü What was India's rank in CCPI, 2023? -8 Year 2023 by Oxford Dictionary?(4 December,
 Who has been named Time Person of the Year 2023) - RIZZ
2023?(6 December, 2023) - Taylor Swift Ü Collins Dictionary – AI
Ü CEO of the Year 2023 - Sam Altman Ü Cambridge Dictionary – Hallucinate
Ü Athlete of the Year 2023 - Lionel Messi Ü Merriam -Webster Dictionary-Authentic
Ü Breakthrough of the Year 2023: -Alex Newell  Where was the 91st INTERPOL General Assembly
 Which organisation has released the World Most held?(28 November – 1 December, 2023 )
Powerful 100 Women list? (5 December, 2023) - Vienna, Austria
-Forbes Ü When was Interpol established? -1923
Ü Top 3 women of the list Ü Where is the headquarters of Interpol located?
-1.Ursula von der Leyen, Belgium -Lyon, France
-2. Christine Lagarde, Germany Ü Who is the Secretary General of Interpol?
-3. Kamala Harris, USA -Jurgen Stock
Ü How many Indian women have been included in the  Which institute released Worldwide Cost of Living
list? -4 Index 2023? (November, 2023)
1. Nirmala Sitharaman (Overall ranking -32) -Economics Intelligence Unit (EIU)

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Ü How many major cities are included in the index? IT 2.0) during COP-28? (1 December, 2023)
-173 - India and Sweden
Ü 5 most expensive cities in the world according to the Ü Who launched Lead IT 2.0 on behalf of India and
index: Sweden?
1. Singapore and Zurich(Switzerland) -Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) and
3. Geneva (Switzerland) and New York (USA) Ulf Kristersson (Prime Minister of Sweden)
5. Hong kong Ü For what period has it been launched?
Ü Cheapest cities in the world according to index: -2024-26
-173. Damascus (Syria)  India jointly hosted the Global Green Credit Initiative
-172. Tehran(Iran) with which country during COP-28?(1 December,
-171. Tripoli (Libya) 2023) -United Arab Emirates
Ü How many Indian cities have been included in the  Where has Cyclone Michong developed?
world's 10 cheapest cities according to the index? -2 -Bay of Bengal
Chennai (Overall ranking -163) Ü Which country named this cyclone?
Ahmedabad (Overall ranking -166) -Myanmar.
 When is World AIDS Day observed every year?  Which Indian has been awarded the Knight of
-1 December the Order of the Arts and Letters of France?(28
Ü The theme for 2023: -Let Communities Lead November, 2023) - Arshia Sattar
 Where was the 46th meeting of CAC held? (27 Ü Who conferred this award to Arshiya Sattar?
November-2 December 2023) - Rome, Italy -Thierry Mathau, French Ambassador to India
Ü What is the full form of CAC? Ü Who is Arshiya Sattar?
-Codex Alimentarius Commission -Bengaluru-based writer and translator

Economy
Ü Which country has been elected as the representative
of the Asian region in the Executive Committee of
CAC? - India
Ü When was it established? -1963  RBI has increased the limit for payment through
Ü Where is the headquarters of CAC located? UPI in hospitals and educational institutions to how
-Rome, Italy much? -5 lakhs
 Which country has been re-elected to the International Ü What was this limit earlier? -1 lakh
Maritime Organization (IMO) Council?(1 December,  Where was the Uttarakhand Global Investors
2023) -India Summit 2023 organized? (8-9 December, 2023)
Ü India has been elected for which term? -2024- 25 - Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Ü When was IMO established? -1948 Ü Who inaugurated the Summit?
Ü What was the initial name of IMO? -Prime Minister Narendra Modi
-Inter-Governmental Consultative Ü What was the theme of the Summit?
Organization (IMCO) -Peace to Prosperity
Ü In which year was IMCO renamed as IMO?  Early Warning for All initiative has been launched
-1982 by?(December, 2023) - United Nations
Ü Where is the headquarters of IMO located? Ü What is the objective of this initiative?
-London, UK -To protect everyone from hazardous weather
 Which country has announced the construction of and natural disasters by the year 2027
the world's largest Vessel? -USA  Which bank has been recognised as the Bank of the
Ü What is its name? -'Freedom Ship' Year (India)? (December, 2023) - Federal Bank
Ü Freedom Vessel will be built by which company? Ü Recognised by: -The Banker, Financial Times
- Freedom Cruise Line International  Which country has announced its withdrawal
 Which countries jointly launched the second phase from the China's Belt Road Initiative project? (6
of Leadership Group for Industry Transition (Lead December, 2023) - Italy

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Ü When did Italy join this project? -2019
 Who has been appointed as the Executive Director
of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
(IBBI)?(1 December, 2023) - Jitesh John
 Which Indian has been nominated to the board of
directors of the International Development Finance
Corporation? (December, 2023) - Deven Parekh
Ü Deven Parekh is nominated by
-US President Joe Biden
Ü Parekh has been nominated for how many years? -3
 The first state in India to get GI tag for maximum 18
products in a single day?(4 December, 2023)
- Uttarakhand
Ü How many products of Uttarakhand have been
granted GI tag so far? -27
 Where was the ‘SBM-GOBARdhan Biogas
Conference: Accelerating Waste to Wealth &
Circular Economy’ held? (1 December, 2023)
- New Delhi
Ü Organized by
- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
in partnership with GIZ, Circular
Waste Solutions and UNIDO
 World Digital Competitiveness Rankings, 2023
released by- (1 December,2023)
-The International Institute for
Management Development (IMD)
Ü How many countries (Economies) are included in
the ranking? -64
Ü Edition – 7th
Ü Top 3 countries in the ranking-
1.USA (Score-100)
2.Netherlands(score -98.10)
3. Singapore (score -97.40)
Ü The last 3 countries in the ranking:
-64. Venezuela (score -22.55)
-63. Mongolia (score -43.03)
-62. Colombia (score -45.09)
Ü What is India's rank in the index? -49(score: 57.74)
Ü What was India's rank in the year 2022? -44
Science
 Which first medical college set up by the Armed
Forces of any country in Asia received President’s
Color? (1 December, 2023)
- Armed Forces Medical College (Pune)
Current Affairs Pointer
Ü When was this institute set up? -01 May 1948
Ü Which committee recommended the setting up of
this institute? - BC Roy Committee
Ü Name the Armed Forces Centre for Computational
Medicine inaugurated by the President? -‘Prajna’
 When is Border Security Force (BSF) Raising Day
Observed every year? -1st December
Ü When was this paramilitary force established?
- December 1, 1965
Ü Who is the incumbent Director General Border
Security Force? -Shri Nitin Agrawal (IPS)
 Which cyclone emerged over Southeast and
adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal? (1 December,
2023) -‘Michaung’
 Where is the 15th edition of CBSOM-2023
with the ReCAAP being organized? (11 to 15
December, 2023) - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Ü Full word for CBSOM is:
-Capacity Building Senior Officers Meeting
Ü Full word for ReCAAP is:
- Regional Cooperation Agreement on
Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery
against Ships in Asia
Ü Which branch of Indian forces organised this?
- Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
Ü Who inaugurated the four-day meeting, ReCAAP?
- Director General Rakesh Pal
Ü What is the objective of the meeting?
- To strengthen international & regional
cooperation to combat maritime piracy
Ü How many countries are participating in the
meeting? -15 countries
 Which two gene therapies against sickle cell disease
were approved by U.S. FDA ? (8 December, 2023)
-Casgevy: (Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
-Lyfgenia: (Bluebird Bio Inc.)
Ü What is Sickle cell disease (SCD)?
- Genetic blood disorder
Ü By which year India aims to eradicate sickle cell
Anemia? - 2047
 Which country has successfully launched the
1st methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit? (9
December, 2023) - China
Ü What is the name of this rocket? -Zhuque-2 rocket
Ü It was launched by which Chinese startup?
-LandSpace Technology
Ü The rocket is powered by which fuels?
- Liquid oxygen and liquid methane
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Ü What is its carrying capacity in the 500-kilometre- Ü This Marathon was conducted to commemorate?
orbit? - 1.5 metric tons - Military victory in the Kargil War
 Which platform was launched to aid innovations in  Which firm released the Annual Global Report
maternal and child health? (9 December, 2023) 2022-23, announcing the ten leading global large-
- Poshan Innovation Platform scale solar PV developers? (4 December, 2023)
Ü Where it was launched? - Mercom Capital Group
- At the Bengaluru Design Week Ü Which company got first rank?
Ü It was launched by?
-TotalEnergie, France (total capacity
- India Nutrition Collaborative in
of 41.3 GW)
partnership with the office of Principal
Ü Second rank was held by which Indian company?
Scientific Adviser (GOI)
-Adani Green Energy Ltd (India), with
 Where was Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA)
its total solar capacity of 18.1 GW
launched? (12 December, 2023) -COP28, Dubai
Ü It is an India-led initiative inspired by India’s which Ü Third rank?
initiative? -‘River Cities Alliance’ (RCA) - Brookfield Renewable Partners
Ü It was launched by? (Canada) with 18 GW
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)  Who inaugurated the Annual GPAI Summit
Ü What is the objective of the GRCA? 2023?(12 – 14 December, 2023)
-River conservation and sustainable -Prime Minister Narendra Modi
water management Ü Where is this summit being organized?
 Which institute has developed a technology called - At Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi
‘AMRIT’ for the removal of Arsenic and Metal ions Ü Where was the third Annual GPAI Summit held?
from water? (11 December, 2023) - IIT Madras -Tokyo, Japan
Ü What is the full form of AMRIT? Ü What is the full form of ‘YUVAi’ to be featured at
- Arsenic and Metal the GPAI Summit?
Removal by Indian Technology - Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI
 Anthrax disease being spread in African countries is
Ü YUVAi is a collaborative initiative of:
caused by? (11 December, 2023)
- National e-Governance Division (NeGD),
- Bacillus Anthracis (Gram-positive,
Ministry of Electronics & Information
rod-shaped bacteria)
Technology (MeitY)and Intel India
Ü Who are commonly affected by this disease Zoonotic
Ü YUVAi national program aims to teach AI skills to
disease? - Domestic and wild animals
 Where was Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) students of which grades? - Grades 8–12
Avionics Expo 2023 held? (7-8 December, 2023)  Which ministry launched the Indian Forest & Wood
- New Delhi Certification Scheme? (11 December, 2023)
Ü It was inaugurated by? - Ministry of Environment, Forests
- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and Climate Change
 Indian Oil Corporation has signed agreement with Ü The scheme seeks to promote?
which company to promote solar cooking? (6 - Sustainable forest management
December, 2023) - EKI Energy and Agroforestry
Ü What is the name of the sustainable indoor Ü Which institute will oversea functioning of this
solar cooking system developed by Indian Oil Scheme? - Indian Forest and Wood
Corporation? - Surya Nutan Certification Council
 Where Indian Army conducted 'Honour Run - Indian Ü Which institution will act as the operating agency for
Army Veteran's Half Marathon'? (10 December, the scheme?
2023) - New Delhi -Indian Institute of Forest
Ü What was its theme? - 'Honour Run'
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 Where was the Vibrant Gujarat Pre-Summit on
‘Biotechnology held? (11 December, 2023)
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Ü What was its theme?
-“Biotechnology: The Path of Innovation &
Wellness for Viksit Bharat”
Ü It was a preliminary event of?
- 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Ü Where will the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
take place?
- Mahatma Gandhi Mandir, Gandhinagar
 Where was successful training launch of Short-
Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-1’ conducted? (7
December, 2023)
- APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
Ü What is the range of ‘Agni-1’ Missile?
- Medium Range (700-1200km)
 The draft text on which Network has been adopted
by the Parties at COP28 in UEA? (6 December,
2023) - Santiago Network
Ü When and where was the proposal to establish it first
announced? - COP19, 2013 (Warsaw, Poland)
Ü When was the Santiago Network established?
- At COP25, 2019 (Madrid, Spain)
 Where the world's 1st 4th generation nuclear reactor
started to operate? (6 December, 2023)
- Shidaowan, China
Ü Which element is released with electricity by 4th
generation reactors operating at high temperatures?
- Hydrogen
 Which organization has announced 'Build for Bharat'
initiative? (4 December, 2023)
- Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Ü ONDC has partnered with which companies to
launch it?
-Google Cloud India, Antler in India, Paytm,
Protean, and Startup India
Ü What is the aim of this initiative?
- To address challenges in digital commerce
and promote innovation
Ü ONDC has been established under which
Department?
- (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ü DPIIT stands for:
- Department for Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade
 Which state has launched the Suchitwa Theeram
Current Affairs Pointer
Project? (9 December, 2023) - Kerala
Ü What is the aim of this project?
- Coastal areas free of plastic
 Where was 12th edition of ‘Admiral’s Cup’ Sailing
Regatta held? (9 December, 2023)
- Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala
Ü Which country won the ADMIRAL’S CUP 2023?
- Italy
Ü Which country secured runner up position? - India
Ü Which countries shared the third position?
- Germany and United Kingdom
 Which naval ship became the first Indian Naval Ship
to visit the Port Lamu, Kenya? (9 December, 2023)
- INS Sumedha
 Where was 6th NSA-level Meeting of Colombo
Security Conclave held? (8 December, 2023)
- Port Louis, Mauritius
Ü Who represented India in this event?
- Ajit Doval (NSA)
Ü When and where was Colombo Security Conclave
established? - Sri Lanka (2020)
Ü Which countries are its present members?
- India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Mauritius
 VINBAX is a joint military exercise between which
countries? (11-21 December, 2023)
- India and Vietnam
Ü Where was fourth edition of Joint Military Exercise
VINBAX-2023 conducted? -Hanoi, Vietnam
Ü Where was 3rd edition conducted?
- Chandimandir Military Station, Haryana
 India has secured which position in the Climate
Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2024? (6
December, 2023) - 7th
Ü Which organization releases this report??
-The Germanwatch
Ü Which country has retained the top spot?
-Denmark
 Where Table-Top Exercise (TTX) for the Women
Officers of ASEAN was conducted by Indian Army?
(4-8 December, 2023) - New Delhi
Ü ASEAN stands for:
-Association of South-East Asian Nations
Ü This exercise is part of which ongoing efforts of
which organization?
- Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping
(CUNPK), Indian Army
 Which organization launched "Green Rising"
initiative? (8 December, 2023) - UNICEF
Ü Where was it launched? - COP28 (Dubai)
(8) Sam-Samayik Ghatna Chakra
Ü Which Ministry in India will be responsible for its
implementation?
- Ministry of Environment, Forest,
and Climate Change
Ü What is the focus of this initiative?
- Engaging youth for impactful environmental
actions at the grassroots level.
Ü India is already running which campaign which
aligns with the objectives of "Green Rising"
initiative?
- YuWaah campaign and Mission Life movement
Ü When was Mission LiFE, or Lifestyle for
Environment launched?
- At COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021
 Who has hosted the Annual GPAI Summit 2023? (12
– 14 December , 2023) - India
Ü GPAI stands for?
- Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
Ü When was GPAI launched? - June 2020
Ü Currently it has how many members?
- 29 (28 member countries and
the European Union)
Ü Which organisations have organised a Research
Symposium under the theme, “Advancing
Responsible AI in Public-Sector Applications"?
- Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY), AI (CeRAI), IIT Madras
 From where a mega National Cadet Corps
(NCC) Cyclothon was flagged off? (8 December,
2023) - Kanykumari
Ü Who flagged off this event?
- Priyanka Nair
Ü Why is this all Girls Cyclothon been organized?
- To mark the 75th NCC Raising Day
 Which companies have together launched ‘AI
Alliance’ to Promote Open-Source AI Development?
(5 December, 2023) -Meta and IBM
Ü Who are other key members of the AI Alliance?
- Dell, Sony, AMD, Intel and various
universities and AI startups
 Where was Green Industrialization Initiative
launched? (3 December, 2023) - COP28, Dubai
Ü It has been launched to accelerate green growth of
industries in which continent? - Africa
Ü Who launched this initiative?
- Kenya’s President William Ruto
 Who released a flagship document on ‘National
Current Affairs Pointer
Circular Economy Roadmap for reduction of Plastic
waste in India’? (6 December, 2023)
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
Ü It is a collaborative exercise between leading
research institutions from? -India and Australia
 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract
with which company for the implementation of the
“Digital Coast Guard (DCG)” project? (8 December,
2023)
- Telecommunications Consultants
India Limited (TCIL)
Ü What is the total cost of the contract?
-Rs 588.68 crore
 Who released the Global Cooling Watch report? (5
December, 2023)
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
 Who released the Global Drought Snapshot report at
the COP 28, Dubai? (1 December, 2023)
- UN Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
 Which fund was officially launched on the opening
day of the COP28? (30 November, 2023)
- Loss and Damage (L&D) fund
Ü At which event was the Loss and Damage (L&D)
fund first proposed?
-at COP 27, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Ü What is the committed amount for the fund at COP
28?
- $450 million (for now)
Ü Which countries have committed maximum
amounts? - UAE and Germany ($100 million each)
Ü Which global institution will host the fund for an
interim period of four years? - World Bank
 Which country has announced a $30 -billion
mitment to an investment fund called ALTÉRRA at
COP28? (1 December, 2023) - UAE
Ü What are the four key verticals of ALTÉRRA?
-Energy Transition, Industrial
Decarbonisation, Sustainable Living
and Climate Technologies
Ü A LT E R R A , t h e p r i v a t e l y m a n a g e d
fund aims to mobilise how much globally by 2030?
- $250 billion
 Which state government has garnered global
recognition for its afforestation efforts under the
Jal-Jeevan-Hariyalı Abhiyan at the COP28 Climate
Summit in Dubai? (3 December, 2023)
- Bihar government
(9) Sam-Samayik Ghatna Chakra
 Where was INS SUMEDHA deployed as part
of Indian Navy’s Long Range Mission Based
Deployment? (04 to 06 December, 2023)
- at Antsiranana, Madagascar
Ü It also participated in which exercise with Malagasy
Navy? - Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX)
 What is the name of India's largest Survey
Vessel delivered to the Indian Navy? (4 December,
2023) - INS Sandhayak
Ü How long is INS Sandhayak? - 110 meters
Ü Who designed and built the Sandhayak-class
vessels?
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders &
Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata
 Where Indian Army held Idea & Innovation
Competition and Seminar did titled ‘Inno
Yodha 2023’? (5 December, 2023)
- Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
 Who has become the first woman medical officer to
be deployed at Siachen? (5 December, 2023) -
Captain Geetika Koul
 Who has become India's first woman Indian Armed
Forces officer to be appointed as Aide-de-Camp
(ADC) to the Governor of the country? (4 December,
2023) - Squadron Leader Manisha Padhi
Ü She has been appointed as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to
the Governor of which state? - Mizoram
 Who participated in the 2023 United Nations
Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana?
(5-6 December, 2023)
- Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt
Ü How much troops have India contributed to the UN
peacekeeping missions? - More than 2,75,000 troops
 When the Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day?
- 4th December
Ü It is celebrated every year to commemorate?
- "Operation Trident," the Navy's attack on
Karachi harbour during the 1971 War
Ü Where PM Modi unveiled the Statue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj?
- Rajkot Fort, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra
 Where the 7th Military Literature Festival (MLF)
did took place? (3-4 December 2023)
- Chandigarh
Ü It was which edition? -7th
Ü Who inaugurated the fest?
- Western Command Lieutenant
Current Affairs Pointer (10)
General Manoj Kumar Katiyar
 Which is the world's largest and most advanced
experimental nuclear fusion reactor that has officially
commenced operations?(1 December, 2023)
- JT-60SA
Ü Where it was unveiled?
- Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture
Ü It is a collaborative effort between?
- European Union and Japan
 Who has become the first Indian to operate Mars
Rover? (30 November,2023)
- Akshata Krishnamurthy
 When World Soil Day is celebrated every year?
- 5 December
Ü What is the theme of World Soil Day 2023?
- “Soil and water, source of life”
 Which company has released first-ever 1,000-qubit
quantum chip? (4 December 2023) - IBM
Ü What is the name of the chip having 1,121
superconducting qubits? - Condor
 Which company has unveiled its latest Al project,
"Gemini," designed to exhibit human-like behaviour?
(6 December, 2023)
- Google's parent company, Alphabet
Ü Following the merger of which two AI research units
did Gemini emerge?
- DeepMind and Google Brain
Ü The Gemini will include how many sizes?
- 3 (Gemini Ultra, Gemini Pro
and Gemini Nano)
Ü What is the name of Google's AI-powered chatbot?
- Bard
Ü ChatGPT was unveiled by which company?
- OpenAI
 Where was world's 1st portable hospital 'Aarogya
Maitri Aid Cube' opened? (2 December 2023)
- Gurugram
Ü Under which project it has been launched?
- Project 'BHISHM'
Ü It comprises of how many detachable mini-cubes?
- 72
 What is the name of a new plant species discovered
in the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil
Nadu? (November, 2023)
- Impatiens Karuppusamyi
Ü The species is named after?
- Dr. S Karuppusamy (Madhura College,
Tamil Nadu)
Sam-Samayik Ghatna Chakra
 Where was SAMRIDHI Conclave, a deeptech startup
acceleration drive, inaugurated? (4 December, 2023)
- IIT Ropar
Ü What is the full form of SAMRIDHI?
- Strategic Acceleration for Market, Research,
Innovation & Development: a Holistic
Initiative for ICPS Startups
Ü Who inaugurated this conclave ?
- Governor of Punjab, Shri Banwarilal Purohit
 Which country launched its first spy satellite after
North Korea? (1 December, 2023)
- South Korea
Ü Which rocket was used for the launch?
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket
Ü From where it was launched?
- California's Vandenberg Space Force Base
 Which Indian naval ship conducted Underway
Replenishment (UNREP) in North Pacific with
Japan's JS Towada? (28 November, 2023)
- INS Kadmatt
Ü Where was it deployed for the Operational
Turnaround (OTR) (02-05 December, 2023)?
- Yokosuka, Japan
Ü Under which project, INS Kadmatt the second of
four anti-submarine warfare crafts built?
- Project 28
Ü Which company built it for the Indian Navy?
-Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers of Kolkata
 Which quiz was organized by Indian Army as part
of events commemorating 25th year of Kargil Vijay
Divas celebrations? (1 December, 2023)
- “Battle of Minds – Indian Army Quiz 2023"
Ü Where was its final round concluded?
- Manekshaw Centre, Delhi
Ü How many schools registered for the event?
- 32,441 schools
Ü Which school emerged victorious?
- St John’s School BLW, Varanasi
Ü When Kargil Vijay Divas is celebrated every year?
- 26 July
Current Affairs Pointer (11)
 Which AI- based cutting-edge technology was
introduced by Indian Railways to prevent elephant
accidents on railway tracks? (November, 2023)
- Gajraj Suraksha
Ü Where its pilot project was successfully tested?
-Assam
 What is the name of a new species of jellyfish
confirmed by the scientists? (20 November, 2023)
- Santjordia pagesi
Ü Where it is found?
- Sumisu Caldera, near the
Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Ü It is also known as?
- St. George’s cross medusa jellyfish
 Amazon has signed an agreement with which
company for its Project Kuiper? (1 December, 2023)
- SpaceX
Ü What is the purpose of Project Kuiper?
-provide high-speed internet access
anywhere in the world
Ü Under Project Kuiper how many satellites for low
Earth orbit are to be built?
-3,236
 Which countries launched the Leadership Group
for Industry Transition (LeadIT) 2.0 at COP? (1
December, 2023)
- India and Sweden
Ü When was LeadIT initiative launched? -
2019
 When was the 59th raising day of The Border
Security Force (BSF) celebrated? - 1st December
Ü What is BSF’s motto? - Duty Unto Death
 Where was the 16th meeting of the India-Germany
MCSG held? (5- 6 December, 2023) - New Delhi
Ü MCSG stands for:
-Military Cooperation Sub-Group
 The first woman officer to command a warship of the
Indian Navy?(1 December, 2023)
- Commander Prerna Devasthali
Ü Name the warship that she will command?
-INS Trinkat, stationed in Goa
Sam-Samayik Ghatna Chakra