JANUARY 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS BY PARMAR SSC
Hockey World Cup 2023
Won by : Germany (by defeating Belgium)
India : 10th
Indian Hockey Team Coach Graham Greed Resigns
Khelo India Youth Games 2022
Held in Madhya Pradesh
Mascot : Chetah (Asha & Mowgli)
Anthem : Hindustan ka dil dhadka do
M1 Abram Tanks : USA
Leopard Tanks : Germany
UNFAO declared Year 2023 as the International Year of Millets
Kamla Devi - A Fast Patrol Vessel Commissioned in Indian Coastguard
Khadi Fest - 23 Launched in Mumbai
Debbie Hockley Medal to be given by Newzealand every year to the best woman cricketer
India and South Africa sign Cheetah Reintroduction Pact (12 cheetahs to be introduced in Kuno
National Park, M.P.)
ADITYA L1 is India's Mission to : Sun
Guest in India's Republic Day Parade 2023 : Abdel Fattah El Sisi (President of Egypt)
Best Tableau Award : Uttarakhand
Best Defence Contingent : Army's Punjab Regiment
Best CAPF Contingent : CRPF
Best Ministry Contingent : Mo Tribal Affairs
Padma Vibhushan Awards
Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumously) : Architecture
Zakir Hussain : Art
SM Krishna : Public Affairs
Dilip Mahalnobis(Posthumously): Medicine
Srinivas Varadhan : Science & Engineering
Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumously) : Public Affairs
Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasiya Lifetime Achievement Award : Dr. Prabha Atre
Largest Contingent of Women Peacekeepers deployed at Abyei by Indian Army
Neelakurunji added in Schedule 3 of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (it is found in Western Ghats)
SCO Film Festival celebrated in Mumbai
INDIAN OPEN WINNERS :
Men's :- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
Women's :- An Seyoung (South Korea)
Medical Emergency in Yanomami Territory of Brazil
Brazil President : Lula da Silva
A New Virus - 'Norovirus' which effects Gastro Intestinal Tract has been found in Kerala
INS Vagir has been Commissioned in Indian Navy under Project 75
This is 5th Scorpene Class Conventional Submarine (under Kalvari Class)
Vagsheer is the 6th and the final one.
21 Islands of Andaman and Nicobar named after Param Vir Chakra Awardees
Arjan Sikri appointed as Administrator of Shooting WC 2023
Deepest Metro to be built in Pune Civil Court
Report "Survival of the Richest : The India Story" has been released by : Oxfam
Coaching Beyond : My Days with the Indian Cricket Team :- R Kaushik & R Sridhar
Wildlife Conservation Bond launched by : World Bank
BHAR OS : Operating System developed by IIT Madras
Prabha Ben Sobhachand Shah passed away recently was a : Social Worker
Nilmani Phhokan who won 56th Jnanpith Award has passed away recently
Hashim Amla , South African Cricketer Retires
Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank received the Best Bank Award
WEF Centre for 4th Industrial Revolution :- Hyderabad
Padho Pardesh Scheme Discontinued by Ministry of Minority Affairs
Spot Bellied Eagle Owl Spotted in Sesachalam Forest for the first time
Kollam becomes India's first Constitutionally Literate District
1st district to provide basic documents & facilities : Waynad
Indian Library Congress : Kannur,Kerala
Film Naanera wins Golden Kailasha Award at Ajanta Ellora Festival
Joint Naval Exercise Conducted between India & France
Wassenar Arrangement :- It involves Exchange of Information in transfer of Conventional
weapons and du use goods and technologies
Capt. Shiva Chauhan : First Woman Officer deployed at Siachen
Novak Djokovic won Australian Open (imp.)
Adelaide International
Men : Novak Djokovic (by defeating Sebastian Korda)
Women :Arynka Sabalenka
Roller Coaster: An affair with Banking written by Tamal Bandopadhyay
Kilauea Volcano : Hawaii (USA)
LHS 475 B is a : Exoplanet
Harvard Law School honoured CJI DY Chandrachud with 2022 Award for Global Leadership
President of Vietnam - NGUYEN XUAN PHUC resigns due to Corruption Charges
Last Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah Bahadur passes away
Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum held in Davos
Theme : Cooperation in Fragmented World
Abdul Rehman Makki , Pakistani based Terrorist designated as a Global Terrorist
2nd Country to launch Hydrogen Trains : China (1st : Germany)
Golden Globe Awards
Song Naatu Naatu of film RRR(Rise,Roar,Revolt) won the Best Song Award in Composer of
Song : MM Keeravani
RRR was also awarded Best foreign language Film (Director: SS Rajamouli)
Best TV Series : Abbott Elementary
Best Performance by an Actor : Kevin Costner for "Yellowstone"
Best Director : Steven Spielberg
India's first drone with 5G Capabilities :- Skyhawk
SPIC MACAY & Ministry of Culture collaborates for 'Music in the Park' Series under 'Shruti
Amrut'
Mansukh Mandviya launches a Book : "Braving a viral storm India score : India's Covid 19
vaccine story" :- written by Ashish chandurkar
5th Global Mental Health Summit : Chennai
Very short range air defence system (VSHORAD) : This Missile System is a Man Portable Air
Defence System (MANPAD) designed & developed by DRDO
India's first City with 100% Severage Facility : Hyderabad
White tufted Royal Butterfly 🦋 : A Rare Species found in Kerala's Kannur
AC Charania has been appointed as the new Chief Technologist by NASA
Henly Passport Index 2023 : India : 85th;Japan topped the list
Tsirkon Hypersonic Cruise Missile : Russia
Section 6A of Citizenship Act deals with special provisions as to the citizenship of individuals
covered by the Assam Accord
Pralay Exercise Conducted by the Indian Airforce in the NorthEastern Sector of India
TROPEX23 is an Exercise Conducted by Indian Navy in Indian Ocean
PRITHVI 2 Tactical Ballistic Missile Successfully Tested at Integrated Testing Range in
Chandipur,Odisha {It is a Surface to Surface Short Range Ballistic Missile} ; development by
DRDO
Uttarakhand approves 30% Reservation for Women in Government Jobs
National Science Day(28 Feb) theme 2023 :- Global science for global well being
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana,New Integrated Food Security Scheme launched : it
provides free foodgrains to Antyodaya Ann Yojana Beneficiaries
Fastest Player to achieve 1500 runs in T20 : Suryakumar Yadav
ICC Annual Awards
Sir Garfields Sobers Trophy : Babar Azam
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy : Nat Sciver
Men's Test Cricketer of the Year : Ben Stokes
Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year : Babar Azam
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year : Nat Sciver
Croatia joins Eurozone (accepted Euro as its Currency)
First Female Sikh Judge : Manpreet Monica Singh
Speaker of House of Representatives in USA : Kevin McCarthy
1st Solar Powered Village : Modhera(Gujrat)
New PM of Newzealand : Chris Hipkins
President Droupadi Murmu inaugrated Samvidhan Udyan in Jaipur
World's Longest River Cruise "Ganga Vilas" : From Varanasi to Assam
U-WIN Platform launched to digitise India's Universal Immunization Programme
PARAKH - India's first national assessment regulator launched by : NCERT
Hakku Patra given to Lambadi Tribe of Karnataka
Siyom Bridge : Arunachal Pradesh
1st State to go fully digital in its Banking Services : Kerala
MAARG (Mentorship,Advisory, Assistance,Resilience,Growth) platform launched by :
Commerce & Industry Ministry
PRAJJWALA Challenge launched by : Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihood
Mission
State Icon for Bihar by Election Commission : Maithili Thakur
Strongest Brand in India : Reliance JIO
Qst bowler to take Hatrick in 1st over of Ranji : Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)
1st Female Cricketer to have a Bronze Statue : Belinda Clarke
Anahat Singh is related to : Squash
India defeated SriLanka with the highest Margin in ODI of 317 Runs
ICC U-19 Women's T20 WC won by : India (by defeating England ; held in South Africa)
Youngest Player to score Double Century in ODIs : Shubhman Gill
Fastest Double Century in ODIs : Ishan Kishan
Malaysian Open
Men : Viktor Axelsen
Women : Akane Yamaguchi
UN Habitat's World Habitat Awards : Odisha
Best Police Unit Award : Jalna,Nagpur
Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Award : Dr. Prabha Atre {Vocalist from Kirana Gharana}
Golden Kailasha Award : Naanera film
