December 2023

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Current Affairs :: December 2023

Important Day ➤ The National Energy Conservation Day is

celebrated on December 14.
➤ World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December;
2023 Theme: “Let Communities Lead.” ➤ Vijay Diwas, observed on December 16th,
commemorates India's victory in the 1971 Indo-
➤ World Computer Literacy Day is observed on
Pak War that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
2nd December.
➤ International Migrants Day is celebrated on 18
➤ International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December; 2023 Theme: "Act Today".
(IDPD) is observed on 3rd December; 2023
Theme: "United in action to rescue and achieve the ➤ International Human Solidarity Day is observed
SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities". on December 20.

➤ Every year, Indian Navy Day is celebrated on ➤ World Saree Day is observed on 21st
December 4. December.

➤ World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 ➤ The National Mathematics Day is observed on
December; 2023 Theme: "Soil and Water: A Source December 22 each year to commemorate the birth
of Life" anniversary of the great Indian mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan.
➤ International Civil Aviation Day is observed on
7th December; 2023 Theme:“Advancing ➤ Popularly known as Kisan Diwas, National
Innovation for Global Aviation Development”. Farmer's Day is celebrated on December 23 every
year across India.
➤ International Anti-Corruption Day is observed
on 9 December; 2023 Theme:"The UN Convention ➤ Every Year 24th December is observed as
against Corruption at 20: Uniting the World National Consumer Day.
against Corruption".
➤ Every year, 26th December is celebrated as
➤ Human Rights Day is observed on 10th Veer Baal Diwas.
December; 2023 Theme:"Freedom, Equality and
Justice for All" ➤ International Day of Epidemic Preparedness is
observed on 27th December.
➤ UNICEF Day is observed on 11th December;
2023 Theme:“For every child, every right.”

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Appointment ২০২৩ বিগত সমস্ত মাসসর কাসরন্ট

❖ Rural Marketing Association of India appoints

অ্যাসেয়াসস বিবিএে গুবি সংগ্রহ করুন
Puneet Vidyarthi as its president.
নীসের িাটসন বিক কসর
❖ Centre appoints Atal Dulloo as new J&K chief
secretary.
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❖ Veera Rana Has Been Appointed Chief Secretary ❖ Aditya Jairaj has been appointed as CEO and
of Madhya Pradesh. MD of Stellantis India.

❖ Odia girl Manisha Padhi becomes india's first ❖ India’s Uma Sekhar has been elected to
woman Aide-De-Camp. Governing Council of the International Institute
for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).
❖ Kanchan Devi Becomes First Woman Director
General Of the Indian Council of Forestry Research ❖ Israel Appoints Reuven Azar as New
Education (ICFRE). Ambassador to India with Expanded Diplomatic
Role.
❖ Suresh Raina has been appointed as youth
voter awareness Ambassador of J&K. ❖ Maheshwar Dayal took charge as Director
General of Prisons and Correctional Services.
❖ United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed Al Ramsi has
been appointed Chairman of World ❖ Celebrity Chef Amrita Raichand appointed as
Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC 23). Health Ambassador for Salaam Bombay
Foundation.
❖ The Government of India has appointed Vice
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi as the new Vice Chief of ❖ 20 eminent artists from across India become
Naval Staff. Viksit Bharat Program's Ambassadors in New
Delhi.
❖ Indian-origin media veteran Dr Samir Shah
named new BBC chairman. ❖ Uday A Kaole Takes Over as CMD of Mahanadi
Coalfields Ltd.
❖ Anand Kripalu Takes the Charge as Chairperson
and Independent Director at Swiggy. ❖ Sony Sports ropes in Kartik Aaryan as brand
ambassador for football.
❖ Max Life Insurance Appoints Rajiv Anand As
Chairman. ❖ SEBI approves appointment of ex-IAS Pramod
Agrawal as Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
❖ Lalbiaktluanga Khiangte appointed new Chief Chairman.
Secretary of Jharkhand.
❖ Santosh Jha Assumes Role As India’s New
❖ Captain Geetika Koul Becomes First Woman Envoy To Sri Lanka.
Medical Officer Deployed at Siachen.

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❖ Bisleri signed Deepika Padukone as it’s Global ♛ Olympian Murali Sreeshankar will receive the
Brand Ambassador. Jimmy George Award.

❖ West Bengal government appoints IPS Rajeev ♛ ISRO scientist Dr V R Lalithambika conferred
Kumar as Director General of Police. highest French civilian award.

❖ The Centre has appointed Nina Singh as the ♛ Ranveer Singh Receives ‘Honoree Award’ By
first woman Director General of the Central Sharon Stone At Red Sea Film Festival.
Industrial Security Force (CISF).
♛ Power Grid Has Been Conferred SKOCH Gold
❖ Justice Chandrashekhar has been appointed as Award 2023.
acting CJ of Jharkhand HC.
♛ Shubman Gill was honored with the ‘Sports
❖ Rahul Rasgotra has been appointed as the Leader of the Year’ award.
Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP). ♛ Chennai author Srividya Tadepalli wins
inaugural Deodar Prize for her short story
❖ Anish Dayal Singh Has Been Appointed As ‘Funeral for a Demon’.
Director General of Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF). ♛ Sheetal Devi Wins Best Young Athlete At APC
Conference.
❖ Deepika Padukone has been appointed as
Hyundai Motor India’s brand ambassador. ♛ India’s Safeena Husain honoured with Qatar
WISE Prize 2023.
❖ LIC appoints SS Krishnan as Chief Risk Officer.
♛ Time Magazine Names Lionel Messi ‘Athlete of
the Year’ For 2023.
Award Winner
♛ Indian-Origin Novelist Meira Chand Receives
Singapore’s Highest Arts Award.
♛ Abdullahi Mire, a Somali refugee, has been
named the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ♛ Taylor Swift Has Been Named Time Magazine’s
Global Laureate for his work championing the Person Of The Year.
right to education for displaced children.
♛ Prashant Agrawal Receives National Award For
♛ Odisha Pavilion bags award at India ‘Best Personality- Empowerment Of Differently-
International Trade Fair (IITF-2023). Abled’.
♛ Author-translator Arshia Sattar has been ♛ Bhutan author Tshering Tashi gets Premchand
conferred with the honour of the Knight of the Fellowship 2023.
Order of Arts and Letters by the French
government. ♛ Sam Altman was named CEO of the Year 2023
by TIME magazine.
♛ Suganthy Sundararaj Was Honored With PRSI
National Award For Healthcare Contributions. ♛ Indian Scientist Dr. Hemachandran Ravikumar
Awarded Karmaveer Chakra Medal-2023.
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♛ Nikhil Dey Has Been Named ‘2023 ♛ Indian Armed Forces officers awarded 'Golden
International Anti-Corruption Champion’ by the Owl' for outstanding performance at DSCSC Sri
US Government. Lanka.

♛ Veteran actor Kabir Bedi was awarded the ♛ Lt. Vice Admiral Benoy Roy Chowdhury
“Order of Merit of the Italian Republic”. Posthumously Honored With ‘Vir Chakra’.

♛ Noted Hindi Writer Pushpa Bharati to Receive ♛ Leif Erikson Lunar Prize presented to ISRO for
33rd Vyas Samman. Chandrayaan-3 Mission.

♛ Ex-UN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon gets Power of ♛ Bengali author Swapnamay Chakrabarti gets
One Award 2023. Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for his novel Jaler
Upar Pani.
♛ Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar to
be felicitated with Padmapani Lifetime ♛ IREDA’s Pradip Kumar Das Wins ‘CMD Of The
Achievement Award. Year’ For The Second Straight Year.

♛ Mohammed Shami nominated for 2023 Arjuna ♛ Poet Sukrita Paul Kumar wins 2023 Tagore
Award after spectacular ODI World Cup show. Literary Prize for her book 'Salt & Pepper:
Selected Poems'.
♛ Israeli film ‘Children of Nobody’ won the Best
Film Award at The 29th Kolkata International Film ♛ Actress Aastha Rawal crowned with Miss
Festival. Continental International 2023.

♛ Activist Ali Abu Awwad and pianist Daniel ♛ President of India Confers Crompton with the
Barenboim win Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2023. Prestigious National Energy Conservation Award
2023.
♛ Rijul Maini wins Miss India USA 2023.
♛ Yunqing Tang and Ruixiang Zhang won SASTRA
♛ Dr. Srinivas Naik Dharavath Receives Visionary Ramanujan Awards for 2022 and 2023
Leader Icon 2023 Award. respectively.
♛ Professor Savita Ladage wins the Royal Society ♛ Karnataka bags National Energy Conservation
of Chemistry’s Nyholm Prize for Education. Award 2023.
♛ Esyasoft Technologies’ visionary Founder and ♛ Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra
CEO, Bipin Chandra, was honoured with the Fadnavis was conferred an honorary doctorate by
“Champions of Change Award (Karnataka)”. Japan’s Koyasan University.
♛ Finland recently conferred the International ♛ Dr P. Indira Devi has been Conferred
Gender Equality Prize for 2023 to the Afghan Prestigious ISAE Fellow 2023 Title.
Women Skills Development Center.
♛ Mr L P Hemanth K Srinivasulu Receives ‘Man Of
♛ Retired IAS Officer Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh The Year 2023’ Award From Home Minister Shri
Gets Bhutan’s Top Honour the National Order of Amit Shah.
Merit Gold Medal.
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☄ As per the India Skills Report 2024, Kerala is

Index & Ranking the most preferred State to work in India.

☄ Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport

☄ India has been ranked 49th in the 2023 World
(KIA) Terminal 2 (T2) has achieved global acclaim,
Digital Competitiveness Ranking.
being recognized as one of the ‘world’s most
☄ Highest cases of sexual violence make Delhi beautiful airports.’
most unsafe for women.
☄ Tamil Nadu has retained the top slot in the
☄ Nirmala Sitharaman ranked 32nd on Forbes' logistics ease across different states (LEADS) 2023
List of Most Powerful Women 2023. rankings.

☄ India Climbs to 7th Place in Global Climate ☄ Gujarat tops in Rooftop Solar Capacity
Performance Index. Installation.

☄ For the third consecutive time, according to ☄ India’s Steel Sector records remarkable growth
NCRB data, the City of Joy Kolkata proudly stands and emerges as the 2nd largest global producer.
as the safest city in India.
Election & Resign
☄ Lahore tops global pollution ranking with 470
AQI.
♚ 4. India has been re-elected to the International
☄ ITC becomes world’s 3rd most valuable tobacco Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council.
company after London-based BAT sinks.
♚ Pakistan beats India by 10 votes to secure Vice
☄ Hyderabad claiming the top spot in Best cities Chair post at UNESCO.
to live in India 2024.
♚ Lalduhoma to be sworn in as new Mizoram CM
☄ Shah Rukh Khan Tops UKs List of World's Top on December 8.
50 Asian Celebrities.
♚ Revanth Reddy takes oath as CM of Telangana.
☄ Zepto founder Kaivalya Vohra (21) has claimed
the top spot in the Hurun India Top 100 Under 30 ♚ Vishnu Deo Sai will be the new Chief Minister of
List 2023. Chhattisgarh.

☄ Hyderabad Leads In Food Adulteration Cases: ♚ Donald Tusk elected as new Prime Minister of
NCRB. Poland.

☄ Singapore has topped the Logistics ♚ Bhajan Lal Sharma newly elected Chief Minister
Performance Index 2023; India Ranked 38. of Rajasthan.

☄ Shubhman Gill is the only Indian cricketer in ♚ Mohan Yadav sworn in as Chief Minister of
the list of Google's top 10 trending athletes in the Madhya Pradesh.
year 2023.

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♚ Javier Miley has been sworn in as president of ❏ Australian batter Travis Head has been named
Argentina. as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for
November 2023.
♚ Abdel Fattah El-Sisi wins third term as
president of Egypt. ❏ Bangladesh spin sensation Nahida Akter bags
women's player of Month for November 2023.
Sports ❏ Pakistan's Asad Shafiq Announces Retirement
From All Forms Of Cricket.
❏ Hockey Punjab Wins 13th Hockey India Senior
❏ Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek has been
Men National Championship 2023.
named WTA Player of the Year again.
❏ Uganda qualifies for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
❏ Antim Panghal Has Been Named UWW Rising
2024 for first time.
Star Of The Year.
❏ West Indies Cricketer Shane Dowrich
❏ Vijay Amritraj And Leander Paes Inducted Into
Announces International Retirement.
International Tennis Hall Of Fame.
❏ R Vaishali becomes India’s third female chess
❏ MS Dhoni's iconic number 7 jersey retired by
Grandmaster, after Koneru Humpy and D Harika.
BCCI.
❏ Ruturaj Gaikward Becomes The Fastest Indian
❏ Hardik Pandya to captain Mumbai Indians in
To 4,000 Runs In Men’s T20.
IPL 2024.
❏ Indian tennis star Ramkumar Ramanathan wins
❏ Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were
Kalaburagi Open 2023 title.
honoured as the International Tennis Federation's
❏ India Bags total 9 medals including 3 Gold, 5 2023 ITF World Champions.
Silver, and 1 Bronze in IBA Junior World Boxing
❏ 67th National School Games started in new
Championship.
Delhi.
❏ Men’s Volleyball Club World Championship
❏ Haryana dominates the medal tally with 40
2023 will begin in Bengaluru.
gold, 39 silver, and 26 bronze in Khelo India Para
❏ Kerala footballer Viknesh gets two-year ban for Games 2023.
doping.
❏ Khelo India Games will be held in Tamil Nadu in
❏ China’s Ningbo to host World Weightlifting January 2024.
Championships 2026.
❏ Australia's Mitchell Starc became the most
❏ Italy Secures Victory at Admiral’s Cup 2023 expensive (Rs 24.75 cr) player in the IPL auction
Hosted at Indian Naval Academy. history.

❏ Bangladesh Beat UAE To Lift U-19 Asia Cup

Trophy.

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❏ Haryana won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 ❏ Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar
after beating Rajasthan in the final by 30 runs. announces retirement from international cricket.

❏ Sourav Kothari clinched maiden Senior ❏ Polish tennis champion Iga Swiatek tops
National Snooker title. Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes 2023.

❏ Amitabh Bachchan Becomes Owner of Mumbai ❏ Coca-Cola extends its partnership with ICC till
Team in Indian Street Premier League. 2031.

❏ Sandeep Kumar claimed MRF Formula 2000 ❏ Vita Dani Makes History As First Indian On ITTF
crown. Governing Board.

❏ India’s Hardik Singh Clinched Men’s FIH Player ❏ Indian Wrestler Pooja Dhanda Suspended For
of the Year 2023. One Year Due To Whereabouts Failures.

❏ Savita Punia wins FIH Goalkeeper of Year 2023 ❏ American athlete Katie Moon has been
award for third time. appointed as ambassador of Mumbai Marathon.

❏ Sanjay Singh Becomes New Chief Of Wrestling

Federation Of India (WFI). Military Exercise

❏ Karnataka’s Natasha Chethan won the Sub-

♞ Indian Navy Conducts Bi-annual ‘Prasthan’
Junior Girls’ Snooker title.
Exercise off Mumbai Coast.
❏ Dommaraju Gukesh clinched title at Chennai
♞ India and Vietnam unite for joint military
Grand Masters 2023.
exercise VINBAX-2023.
❏ Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik
announced her retirement from wrestling. Book & Author
❏ Official mascot for Khelo India Youth Games
2024 is "Veera Mangai". ✎ Twinkle Khanna launches her fourth book
‘Welcome to Paradise’.
❏ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik presented first
ticket for Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2. ✎ Popular Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi has
now turned author with her debut novel titled
❏ Javelin thrower Sumit Antil and archer Sheetal ‘Zeba: An Accidental Superhero’.
Devi won the prestigious Best Male and Best
Female Athlete awards at the first Divyang Sports ✎ Former President Ram Nath Kovind launches
Awards. book “ Naye Bharat ka Samveda” in New Delhi.

❏ Anmol Kharb wins women’s singles title at ✎ Raghuram Rajan’s New Book ‘Breaking The
National Badminton Championships in Guwahati. Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future,’
Released.
❏ Manchester City wins FIFA Club World Cup
2023.
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✎ A Book Titled “The Babri Masjid Ram Mandir ⎔ Bharti Airtel Becomes the 8th Company to
Dilemma” is Authored By Madhav Godbole. Surpass Rs.6 Lakh Crore Mcap.

⎔ Federal Bank Received “Bank of the Year 2023”

Scheme & Campaign title in India.

⎔ Bank of India launched the 'Nari Shakti Savings

☛ Odisha CM launches Ama Bank scheme. Account'.

☛ Uttar Pradesh Unveils 'Chief Minister ⎔ India, ADB sign $200 million loan agreement for
Fellowship Program' In Pioneering Move For Uttarakhand power system project.
Aspirational Cities.
⎔ India Tops Global Remittance Charts with $125
☛ Telangana has launched the ‘Maha Lakshmi Billion in 2023: World Bank Report.
scheme’ which provides free travel for women,
⎔ Maharashtra became largest economy in India;
girls, and transgender persons.
UP becomes 2nd largest.
☛ Punjab govt. Launches "Bhagwant Mann Sarkar, ⎔ Sandeep Batra has been reappointed as
Tuhade Dwar" scheme. Executive Director of ICICI Bank.
☛ Manipur Health Minister Launches SAANS
Campaign 2023-24 to Tackle Pneumonia. Science & Technology
☛ Himachal Pradesh initiates Rajiv Gandhi
Swarozgaar Yojna to promote self employment. ☑️ Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates ‘Classic Imperial’
Luxury Cruise In Kerala.
☛ Andhra Pradesh has distributed 4.35 lakh tabs
among Class 8 students. ☑️ Indian Railways launches 'Gajraj Suraksha', a
new AI-based tech to curb elephant-train
☛ Bihar Police To Launch ‘Mission collisions.
Investigation@75 Days’ From January 1, 2024.
☑️ ISRO is set to launch it's first ‘XPoSat’ Satellite.
☛ Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur Initiated
‘MY Bharat’ Campaign. ☑️ World’s First Portable Hospital, ‘Aarogya Maitri
Cube’, Unveiled In Gurugram.
☛ Telangana introduced Rs 5 lakh accident
insurance for Gig Workers. ☑️ JT-60SA: World’s Biggest Experimental Nuclear
Fusion Reactor Inaugurated in Japan.
☛ Praja Palana Program Launched By Telangana
Govt To Address Citizens’ Needs. ☑️ Akshata Krishnamurthy becomes the first
Indian citizen to operate a Mars Rover with NASA.
Bank & Economy ☑️ Tata Motors Opens Its 4th Scrapping Facility In
Punjab.
⎔ GST Collection Rises 15% Y-O-Y To Rs.1.68 Lakh
☑️ Google Reveals ‘Gemini’, Its Biggest AI Model.
Crore In November 2023.

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☑️ World's largest concentrated solar power ☑️ UP To Build India’s First AI City In Lucknow.
project inaugurated by Dubai amid COP28.
☑️ Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes first
☑️ The First-Ever 1,000-Qubit Quantum Chip world leader to reach 2 crore subscribers on
released by IBM. YouTube channel.

☑️ China Unveils World’s First 4th-Generation ☑️ ISRO Plans to Launch Bharatiya Space Station
Nuclear Reactor. by 2035.

☑️ China, Egypt Jointly Launch Satellite MisrSat-2. ☑️ Pakistan Successfully Tests Advanced Rocket
System Fatah-II.
☑️ World first liquid oxygen -methane powered
launch vehicle "Zhuque-2 Y-3" launched by China.
Host
☑️ India's first Bullet Train Terminal built at
Sabarmati in Ahmedabad.
✸ Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates 5th Global
☑️ KPIT unveils India's first sodium-ion battery Ayurveda Festival at Thiruvananthapuram.
technology.
✸ PM Modi Proposes To Host COP33 In India In
☑️ India's fastest solar-electric boat 'Barracuda' 2028.
has been launched in Alappuzha, Kerala.
✸ Saudi Arabia wins bid to host 2030 World Expo
☑️ China Launches Deepest Lab On Earth, More in Riyadh.
than 2,000m Below Ground.
✸ UP govt will hold 'Sanskriti Utsav 2023' from
☑️ IAF Successfully Testfires ‘SAMAR’ Air Defense December 25 to January 26.
Missile System In Andhra Pradesh.
✸ COP-28 summit has been organized in Dubai.
☑️ U.P. Police Launches WhatsApp Channels For
✸ Ministry Of Jal Shakti Organises ‘Jal Itihas Utsav’
Districts.
In Delhi.
☑️ Central Railway launches safety ‘panic button’
✸ Kolkata Inaugurated FITEXPO INDIA 2023.
feature for women passengers.
✸ India Internet Governance Forum IIGF’23 will
☑️ The Government has initiated steps to increase
be held in New Delhi.
the nuclear power capacity from 7480 MW to
22480 MW by 2031-32. ✸ Union Minister of State for Culture, Arjun Ram
Meghwal has inaugurated the Sahitya Akademi
☑️ Uttarakhand Tourism Dept gets India's first
Book Fair in New Delhi.
gyrocopter; trial run of 'Himalaya Airsafari'
conducted successfully. ✸ 11th Bangladesh Book Fair begins in Kolkata.

☑️ Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles ✸ The third edition of the Rainbow Literature
‘Talaeieh and Nasir’ to its armoury. Festival kicks off in New Delhi.

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✸ 'One Bharat Sari Walkathon' flagged off in

Mumbai on 10 December 2023. Obituary
✸ India hosts 27th WAIPA World Investment
✟ Popular Malayalam Actress And Musician R
Conference in New Delhi
Subbalakshmi Dies At 87.
✸ Sri Lanka will host FAO conference in 2024.
✟ Dinesh Phadnis, who played Fredericks in CID
✸ The annual Global Partnership for Artificial passed away at 57.
Intelligence (GPAI) Summit commenced at Bharat
✟ Bollywood actor Junior Mehmood passes away
Mandapam in New Delhi.
at 67 years.
✸ Annual three-day "Torgya Festival" has been
✟ Veteran Kannada Actor Leelavathi Passes Away
organised in Arunachal Pradesh.
At 85.
✸ 8th Bramhaputra Valley Film Festival started in
✟ Veteran Marathi actor Ravindra Berde passed
Guwahati.
away at the age of 78.
✸ Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar has
✟ Renowned women’s rights activist Dr V Mohini
inaugurated the Atal Health Fair in memory of
Giri died at the age of 86.
former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. ✟ Renowned sculptor and former Chairman of
Lalit Kala Akademi Dr Uttam Pacharne passed
✸ International Gita Mahotsav Commences In
away at the age of 67.
Kurukshetra, Haryana.
✟ Tamil Actor And Politician Captain Vijayakanth
✸ Dubai Hosts the 28th International Sindhi
Passes Away at 71.
Conference.

✸ 99th World Music Festival held in Gwalior, International Affair

Madhya Pradesh.

✸ 12th DIVYA KALA MELA-2023 to be ✪ Nepal Becomes First South Asian Nation To
inaugurated today in Surat, Gujarat. Register Same-Sex Marriage.

✪ Record 1.40 lakh visas have been issued to

App & Portal Indian students by the USA.

✪ India to build 10,000 houses in Sri Lanka’s tea

☎ Ministry of Textiles launches “Paat-Mitro”
plantation areas.
application to facilitate jute farmers.
✪ Cyclone Michaung's name was suggested by
Myanmar.

✪ The word “Rizz” chosen as the Oxford Word of

the Year 2023.

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✪ Italy Withdraws from China’s Belt and Road ✪ Qatari court reduces death sentence for 8 ex-
Project. Indian Navy personnel to 3-25 yrs in jail.

✪ Myanmar is world’s biggest opium producer.

Miscellaneous
✪ Statue Of Tamil Icon ‘Thiruvalluvar’ Unveiled In
France. ∎ Jharkhand Governor clears Bill having provision
✪ Tata Steel To Invest Rs.100 Cr. In Centre For of life term for cheating in competitive exams.
Innovation In London. ∎ IndiGo will be first airline to start flights from
Noida International Airport.
✪ Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit Australia.
∎ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
✪ Iran scraps visa requirements for 33 countries,
10,000th Jan Aushadhi Center in Deoghar,
including India. Jharkhand.
✪ Denmark introduces green tax on air ∎ PM Modi Unveils Shivaji Maharaj Statue at
passengers from 2025. Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra.
✪ WHO officially recognizes noma as a neglected ∎ Meghalaya’s Lakadong Turmeric gets
tropical disease. Geographical Indication tag.

✪ 2024 has been declared the International Year ∎ Gujarat’s Garba Dance Enters UNESCO’s
of the Camelids by the United Nations. ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ List.

✪ G7 nations have planned to block the entry of ∎ Yogi govt likely to rename Firozabad to
Russia's diamonds into their markets. Chandranagar.

✪ India to acquire five lithium blocks in Argentina. ∎ Wax Statue of Baba Ambedkar was Installed in
Jaipur Wax Museum.
✪ India makes the first payment for oil in rupee to
∎ In 2022, India accounted for 66% of malaria
the UAE.
cases in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
✪ Angola Announces Departure from OPEC.
∎ 1st pair of Siberian tigers in India reached
✪ The International Organisation for Migration Darjeeling after 12 years.
(IOM) launched Project PRAYAS to help Indian ∎ Meghalaya's Larnai pottery gets Geographical
workers and students migrate in a secure, orderly, Indication tag.
and regular manner.
∎ Madhya Pradesh government orders curbs on
✪ India and Oman are set to sign a free trade loudspeakers and meat sales.
agreement.
∎ The government of Madhya Pradesh will
✪ For the first time, a Hindu woman files a establish PM College of Excellence in all districts of
nomination for the 2024 Pakistan general election. the state.

✪ Argentina formally rejects BRICS membership.

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∎ Tata Power ties up with Indian Oil to set up over ∎ India lost a record 204 tigers in 2023: Wildlife
500 EV charging stations. Protection Society of India.

∎ World's Highest Fighter Airfield to be Built in ∎ Ammonia Gas Leak From Fertiliser Plant
Nyoma, Ladakh. Triggers Panic In Ennore, near North Chennai.

∎ PM Modi has Inaugurated World`s Largest ∎ Gujarat Claims The Title Of India’s Petro Capital.
Corporate Office "Diamond Bourse" in Surat.
∎ Gujarat To Unveil India’s First Submarine
∎ India's women voters will surpass male voters Tourism In Dwarka.
from 2029 general election onwards: SBI Report.

∎ According to the recent report, dengue has been

found in more than 30% of the children of Kerala.

∎ PM Modi Unveils Varanasi’s Swarved

Mahamandir, World’s Largest Meditation Center.

∎ Central Tribal University will be set up in

Telangana.

∎ IndiGo Becomes First Indian Airline to Carry

100 Million Passengers a Year.

∎ India Sees 112 Deaths In 2022 Due To Tiger

Attacks.

∎ Dalai Lama to open first International Sangha

Forum in Bodhgaya.

∎ French president Emmanuel Macron invited as

Republic Day chief guest in 2024.

∎ Pantoea Tagorei: Visva-Bharati researchers

name a bacteria after Rabindranth Tagore that
helps plants.

∎ Ayodhya Railway Station To Be Renamed As

Ayodhya Dham.

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∎ Ayodhya Airport To Be Renamed Maharishi
Valmiki Airport.

∎ PM Modi chairs National Conference of Chief

Secretaries in new Delhi.

∎ MHA declares Muslim League Jammu Kashmir,

Masarat Alam faction as ‘unlawful association’.

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