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CURRENT AFFAIRS UPDATE
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January to August 2023
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CURRENT AFFAIRS 1st JAN-15th JAN
DAYS
International Universal Health Coverage
Day – Dec 12.
Theme for 2022 – “Build the world we
want: A healthy future for all”.
National Energy Conservation Day – Dec 14
(organized by – Bureau of Energy Efficiency,
India).
World Restoration Day – Dec 14.
Vijay Diwas – Dec 16 (India won over
Pakistan
during
1971
Bangladesh
Liberation War)
National Minorities Rights Day – Dec 18.
International Migrants Day – Dec 18.
Theme for 2022 – “Integrating migrants
into primary health care”.
Goa Liberation Day – Dec 19.
International Human Solidarity Day – Dec
20.
Theme for 2022 – “To promote solidarity
among all”.
National Farmers Day – Dec 23 (to
commemorate the birth anniversary of the
5th PM of India, Choudhury Charan Singh).
National Consumer Day – Dec 24.
NATIONAL
1st state throughout India to launch their
very own Climate Change Mission – Tamil
Nadu.
The seed farm situated in the Kerala state
has become the 1st ‘Carbon Neutral farm’ of
India.
Recently Sania Mirza, after cracking the
NDA exam is going to be the 1st Muslim
fighter pilot of India. She is from the state of
– UP (Uttar Pradesh).
Rajya
Sabha,
in
its
winter
session,
witnessed
and
recorded
a
102%
productivity.
Hon’ble PM of India, Narendra Modi is going
to flag off the 1st Vande Bharat Express of
Eastern India which will travel from Howrah
to NJP (New Jalpaiguri), West Bengal.
Assam recently approved the proposal of
granting industry status to tourism sector
of
the
state
in
order
to
encourage
investments & employment.
Recently, the 48th meeting of GST Council
held in New Delhi. The hon’ble finance
minister of India, N. Sitharaman chaired
the meeting.
Recently, it has been decided to reduce
the GST rate on Ethanol from earlier
18% to 5%.
Recently, the GST rate on husk of pulses
like chilka has been reduced from 5% to
nil.
E.V. Yatra Portal & Mobile App was recently
launched by – hon’ble president of India,
Droupadi Murmu. This portal & app will
provide info about the electric vehicle
charging stations nearby.
Recently 114 Namma Clinics were starred
by Karnataka health minister K. Sudhakar,
in all the districts of the state. By these
clinics, primary healthcare will be provided
to the vulnerable & economically weaker
sections of the state.
Telangana’s Tandoor Red Gram received GI
tag recently.
Recently, Government of India has given
GI tag to 9 products –
i)
Gamocha (Assam)
ii)
Alibaug
White
Onion
(Maharashtra)
iii) Tandoor Red Gram (Telangana)
iv)
Raktsey Karpo Apricot (Ladakh)
v)
Attappady Thuvara (Red Gram of
Kerala)
vi)
Kanthalloor Vattavada Veluthulli
(Garlic – Kerala)
vii) Kodungallur
Pottuvellari
(Snap
Melon, Kerala)
viii) Onattukara Ellu (Sesame of Kerala)
ix)
Attappady Aatu Kombu Avarai
(Dolichos Bean – Kerala)
With these 9 products, total GI tag
products in India has become – 432.
8th edition of India International Science
Festival is going to be held in – Bhopal, MP.
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7th edition of Petrochemical Conclave was
recently organized at – New Delhi.
Inaugurated by – Union petroleum &
natural gas minister of India, Hardeep
Singh Puri.
Jammu-Kashmir union territory has won
the 1st prize for maximum no. of Ayushman
Bharat Health Account (ABHA) ID no.
generation under the ABDHM (Ayushman
Bharat Digital Health Mission).
India’s
1st
ever carbon-neutral
power
exchange – IEX (Indian Energy Exchange).
Recently, the North Eastern Council (NEC)’s
Golden Jubilee celebrations was held at –
Shillong, Meghalaya.
NEC founded in 1972, headquarters –
Shillong, Meghalaya.
NEC consists of all 8 states of the North
Eastern India.
25th edition of EZC (Eastern Zonal Council)
meeting recently held at – Kolkata, West
Bengal.
Chairman – Hon’ble MHA minister Amit
Shah.
4 states – Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and
West Bengal took part in the meeting.
A passenger ferry service is going to be
started between Sri Lanka (Jaffna district)
to India (Puducherry) in Jan’ 2023.
Ahmedabad is going to host the Urban-20
conference as a part of the G-20 meetings
between Feb & Jul’ 2023.
India in the chair of G-20 for 2023.
Indian Railways recently built the longest
escape tunnel of India at – Jammu &
Kashmir.
Length – 12.89 km (part of Katra to
Banihal 111 km railway line).
Name of the tunnel → T-13.
India’s TRAI has become the first agency
throughout the world to conduct the
auction
spectrum
for
the
satellite
communication.
Thus, India has become the 1st country
of the world to conduct such auction
spectrum of satellite communication.
Recently Agriculture ministry organized
Millets Food Festival for the Member of
Parliament.
2023 is being celebrated as the IYM
(International Year of Millets) on the
proposal of India.
7th edition of India Water Impact Summit
i.e. IWIS 2022 held recently in – New Delhi.
Inaugurated by – Union Jal Shakti
minister G.S. Shekhawat.
Assam Govt. started Orunodoi 2.0 scheme,
started by – Hon’ble CM Himanta Biswa
Sharma.
The poor sections of the society of Assam
will got a DBT of ₹ 1250 p.m. from now
on, under the scheme. Earlier this
amount was ₹ 830 p.m.
Recently Indian Army & Chinese Army
faced a clash at Tawang, where many
soldiers were badly wounded.
Indian National Congress (INC) has won
maximum no. of seat in the Himachal
Pradesh state legislative assembly elections
2022. Of the total 68 seats, Congress has
won 40 seats.
BJP has won – 25 seats; Independent –
3.
In the elections of Himachal Pradesh,
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has become the
15th CM of the state.
CM – Chief Minister
Sukvinder
Singh
belongs
from
–
Congress Party
In this elections’ outcome, Mukesh
Agnihotri has become the 1st ever
Deputy CM of Himachal Pradesh.
Governor
of
Himachal
Pradesh
–
Rajendra V. Arlekar
Former CM was – Jairam Thakur (BJP).
Recently, in the state assembly elections
2022 of Gujarat, BJP emerged as winner. In
the election of Gujarat state legislative
assembly, BJP secured total 156 seats of
total 182 seats.
In this election, Aam Aadmi Party won 5
seats. With this, AAP (Aam Aadmi Party)
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has become the 9th national party of
India. Earlier, there were total 8 national
parties in India.
Newly elected Speaker of Gujarat state
legislative assembly – Shankar Chaudhary.
New
Deputy
Speaker
of
Gujarat
legislative assembly – Jethabhai Ahir.
Bhupendra Patel recently sworn in as the
Chief Minister of Gujarat. In the Gujarat
legislative assembly elections, BJP has won.
Patel has become the CM of Gujarat for second
time.
The 1st ever carbon neutral farm has been
recently inaugurated in – Kerala, Aluva
(Ernakulam district).
Declaration made by – Hon’ble CM of
Kerala, P. Vijayan
The
cabinet
of
which
state
recently
approved a bill regarding the setting up of a
commission
for
Safai
Karamchari’s
–
Assam.
Recently hon’ble railway minister of India,
Ashwini Vaishnav announced a train
named “Kashi-Tamil Sangamam” between
Kashi of UP & Tamil Nadu.
Hon’ble CM of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin
recently inaugurated a statue of ‘Mahakavi
Subramania Bharatiar’ on his 141st birth
anniversary at – Varanasi, UP.
Subhramania Bharati, a famous poet of
Tamil language is also known as –
‘Mahakavi Bharathiar’.
Recently,
on
the
occasion
of
world
restoration Day on Dec 14, UN has
recognised Namami Gange initiative of India
under the 'Top 10 World Restoration
Flagship Programmes to revive natural
world'.
Namami Gange mascot of India -
Chacha Chaudhury
The largest private business jet terminal
recently
commissioned
at
–
Cochin
International Airport, Kerala (40000 sq. ft.).
With this Cochin International Airport
has become the 4th airport in India to
contain a private jet terminal.
27th edition of International Film Festival of
Kerala 2022 inaugurated by – Hon’ble CM
of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.
Here, the focus country was – Serbia.
PM of India, Narendra Modi recently
inaugurated an AIIA (All India Institute of
Ayurveda) in Goa.
He also inaugurated virtually more 2
institutes –
NIUM (National Institute of Unani
Medicine), Ghaziabad.
NIH
(National
Institute
of
Homoeopathy), New Delhi.
Recently hon’ble PM of India Narendra
Modi, during his visit to Maharashtra,
inaugurated AIIMS, Nagpur.
During his visit to Maharashtra, PM Modi
recently inaugurated Phase-1 of Nagpur
Metro & also inaugurated the foundation
stone for the Phase-2 of this metro, i.e.
Nagpur Metro.
During his visit to Maharashtra, PM Modi
recently flagged off the 6th Vande Bharat
Express between Nagpur (Maharashtra) &
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh).
PM
Modi,
during
his
visit
to
Goa,
inaugurated
‘Manohar
International
Airport’ in – Goa’s Mopa Village.
Thus, the airport is also called – ‘Mopa
International Airport’.
The airport has been named after the
former CM & former defence minister of
India, Manohar Parrikkar.
Recently PM Modi, inaugurated the Phase-
1 of the Samriddhi Mahamarg in –
Maharashtra.
Samriddhi Mahamarg is a 701 km
expressway that connects Mumbai &
Nagpur. This expressway is also called
as Mumbai-Nagpur expressway.
The Phase-1 of this expressway will be
6-lane wide & will run from Nagpur to
Shirdi (520 km in length).
This expressway is also called as –
‘Hindu
Hrudaysamrat
Babasaheb
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Thackeray
Maharashtra
Samriddhi
Mahamarg’.
Recently
Ministry
of
Culture,
in
collaboration with Department of Post
organised a letter writing carnival named
‘Daakroom’ in New Delhi.
DEFENCE
Recently, hon’ble defence minister of India,
Rajnath Singh gave the necessary approval
for the construction of a modern multi-
speciality nature Command hospital in –
Lucknow, UP.
Joint military training exercise named
‘Surya Kiran-XVI’ started between Indian
army & Nepal army at – Nepal.
6th edition of the joint military exercise
between Indian army & Kazakhstan army,
named ‘KAZIND-22’ started recently at –
Umroi, Meghalaya.
Indian Navy’s Chief Admiral, R Hari Kumar
recently visited Sri Lanka on the invitation
of the country.
Sri
Lanka
President
–
R.
Wickramasinghe
Prime Minister – Dinesh Gunawardhane
Project 15B’s 2nd warship (INS Mormugao)
was recently commissioned by Indian navy.
A total of 4 Vishakhapatnam Class
Destroyers are being built under Project
15B
by
MDL
(Mazagon
Dock
Shipbuilders’ Ltd) –
i)
INS Vishakhapatnam (1st warship,
commissioned in 2021)
ii)
INS Mormugao (commissioned)
iii) INS Imphel (launches)
iv)
INS Surat (launches)
Recently, India has acquired all of the 36
Rafale fighter jets from France.
Rafale manufactured by - Dassault
Aviation of France
The deal between India and France
regarding the 36 no. of Rafales were
made in 2016
ECONOMY
IMF (International Monetary Fund) recently
forecast a growth of 6.8% for India for FY
2022-23.
For 2023-24 financial year, the growth
forecast of IMF for India is – 6.1%
IFC (International Finance Corporation) of
World Bank has recently given $400 million
loan amount to the HDFC Bank in order to
boost the green affordable housing finance
in India.
RBI recently signed an agreement regarding
currency swap of 200 million USD with
Maldives. By this, Maldives can borrow
foreign currency from India for short-term.
Maldives currency – Maldivian Rufiyaa.
ADB (Asian Development Bank) recently
approved a 780 million dollar loan for
expanding the Chennai Metro Rail network.
ADB HQ – Manila (Philippines)
ADB Chairman – M. Asakawa (Japan)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Recently India’s test-fired the nuclear
capable
ballistic
‘Agni-V’
missile
successfully (Range – 5000 km) from –
Wheeler Island / A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island,
Odisha.
As per the latest report, India has emerged
as the 3rd largest producer of the scientific
articles, all over the world.
1st – China; 2nd – USA.
NASA recently launched SWOT (Surface
Water & Ocean Topography) mission in
order to conduct the 1st ever global survey
of the surface water on the Earth.
Here, NASA has celebrated with CNES,
the space agency of France.
A supercomputer named, Param-Kamarupa
was recently installed at – IIT Guwahati,
Assam.
Japan’s iSpace Company is launching the
1st commercial Moon lander of world.
This commercial Moon lander is under
the HAKUTO-R Moon mission.
This lander has been sent to Moon via
the Falcon-9 rocket of Space-X.
UAE is the 1st country of Arab World that
has launched 1st ever Moon mission.
Here, only 1 rover has been sent named
‘Rashid’ rover.
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This rover has been sent along with the
lander sent recently by iSpace company
of Japan under the HAKUTO-R mission.
INTERNATIONAL
New Zealand has become world’s 1st
country to pass the ‘Anti-tobacco law’ in
order to ban buying cigarettes by the youths
who born on or after 1st Jan’ 2009 for
lifetime.
PM (Prime Minister of New Zealand) – J.
Ardern.
Recently, Spain passed a new Trans rights
bill which allowed 16+ aged transgenders
for changing legally registered gender.
Tokyo (Japan)’s local assembly recently
made the solar panels mandatory for the
new houses that will be built after 2025.
Recently, national emergency was declared
at Peru by the 1st female president of Peru,
Dina Boluarte.
Basically, after the removal of former
President Pedro Castillo, Peru recently
witnessed protest & unrest, for which a
30-day national emergency was declared
by Dina Boluarte.
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
recently organized the opening ceremony for
IYM-2023 / International Year of Millets-
2023 in – Rome, Italy.
The COP-15 / UN Biodiversity Conference
held recently at – Montreal, Canada.
India’s representative – Union minister
of MOEFCC, Bhupendra Yadav.
Re-elected Prime Minister of Denmark –
Mette Frederiksen.
1st time, she was elected as PM of
Denmark in 2019.
Recently, a cyclonic storm Mandous hit the
Bay of Bengal region. It left impact over
Indian state Tamil Nadu, UT Andaman &
Nicobar & Sri Lanka.
Mandous name given by – UAE (United
Arab Emirates).
Mandous is the 2nd cyclone to hit Bay of
Bengal in 2022 after Sitrang. Sitrang
name given by – Thailand.
SUMMIT & CONFERENCE
PACKMACH ASIA EXPO 2022 (International
Trade Fair for processing & packaging
industry) venue – Mumbai, India.
9th edition of World Ayurveda Congress
(WAC) & Arogya Expo 2022 venue – Panaji,
Goa.
Theme – “Ayurveda for One Health”.
RANKS AND REPORTS
As per the Canada based organisation Arton
Capitals’ “Arton Capital Passport Index
2022”, UAE has the strongest passport all
over the world.
India’s rank in the Index – 66th.
Weakest
passport of
the
world –
Afghanistan.
As the Forbes, “Real Time Billionaires List”
who surpassed Tesla Chief Elon Musk to
become richest person of the world in
Dec’22 – Bernard Arnault a businessman of
France, who is both the founder & CEO of
LVMH.
APPOINTMENTS
New chief scientist of the WHO (World
Health Organisation) – Dr. Jeremy Farrar.
WHO established on – 7th April, 1948.
Headquarters – Switzerland (Geneva)
Present
DG
–
Tedros
Adhanom
Ghebreyesus
Former – Gita Gopinath (India)
Re-appointed MD & CEO of the Equitas
Small Finance Bank – P.N. Vasudevan.
PUMA India new brand ambassador –
Anushka Sharma.
New Chairperson of NDIAC (New Delhi
International Arbitration Centre) – Hemant
Gupta.
1st Black & 30th President of the Harvard
University, USA – Claudine Gay.
With this, Gay is the 2nd woman to
become the President of Harvard.
Present President is – Lawrence Bacow.
Gay will assume to take charge on 1st
July, 2023.
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New Judge appointed in Supreme Court –
Dipankar Dutta. With this, the total
number of Judges of Supreme Court has
become 28, which also includes the Chief
Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud.
Max limit of judges in Supreme Court –
34.
New Chairman of NABARD (National Bank
for Agriculture & Rural Development) –
Shaji K.V.
The tenure of India’s Ambassador to USA,
Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been extended
by 1 year recently.
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
new Managing Director – Minesh Shah.
NDDB headquarter – Anand, Gujarat.
Newly elected Vice President of ABU (Asia-
Pacific Broadcasting Union) – Additional DG
of Prasar Bharati, Sunil.
Newly elected Prime Minister of Ireland –
Leo Varadkar
He is a person of Indian origin.
Newly appointed MD & CEO of Chennai
based automobile company ‘Ashok Leyland’
– Shenu Agarwal.
SPORTS
IPL team Punjab Kings has bought Sam
Curran, a cricket player of England, for
18.50 crore rupees. Thus, Curran has
become the most expensive player in IPL
history.
FIFA recently rewarded the hosting rights
for the upcoming 2023 Club World Cup
(19th edition) to – Morocco.
2023 Asian Wrestling Championships is
going to be hosted by – New Delhi, India.
United
World
Wresting
(UWW)
headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland.
Men’s Singles title has been won at the BWF
World Tour Finals of 2022 – Viktor Axelsen
(Denmark).
Here, Women’s Singles title won by –
Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.
1st edition of 2022 Women’s FIH Hockey
Nations Cup venue – Valencia (Spain).
Champion – India; Runner-up – Spain.
India’s
Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone recently unveiled the FIFA World
Cup of 2022 before the final match at Lusail
Stadium.
FIFA World Cup 2022 (22nd edition)
Venue – Qatar (8 stadiums)
Champion – Argentina (3rd title after
1978 & 1986)
Runner-up – France
Final venue – Lusail stadium
32 teams took part in 8 groups. Total 64
matches were played.
Golden Ball – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Golden Boot – Kylian Mbappe (France)
with 8 goals
Golden Glove – Emiliano Martinez
(Argentina)
Young player award – Enzo Fernandez
(Argentina)
Fair play trophy – England
15th edition of FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup
2023 will be hosted by – India, Odisha – (i)
Bhubaneswar, (ii) Rourkela.
Basically, in 2 stadiums, the matches
will be played – (a) Kalinga stadium
(Bhubaneswar);
(b)
Birsa
Munda
International stadium (Rourkela).
Official partner of the FIH Men’s Hockey
World Cup of 2023 – Tata Steel.
3rd
T20
Blind
World
Cup
cricket
tournament champion – India; Runner-up –
Bangladesh.
Earlier 2 editions were also won by
India.
All the 3 editions were hosted by India
as well.
Brand Ambassador of the 3rd edition of
T20
Blind
World
Cup
cricket
tournament – Yuvraj Singh.
4th edition of Blind T20 World Cup of 2024
will be hosted by – Pakistan.
Earlier 3 editions were hosted by India.
2022 Men’s World Athlete of the year –
Armand Duplantis (Sweden).
He is a pole vaulter.
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2022 Women’s World Athlete of the year
– Sydney McLaughlin (USA).
She is a champion of Hurdle Race.
WTA player of the year for 2022 – Iga
Swiatek (Poland).
World Weightlifting Championship of 2022
venue – Colombia, Bogota.
In this championship, only Indian to win
a medal is Mirabai Chanu. She has won
silver in the 49 kg category.
ICC Men’s cricket player for the month of
November 2022 – Jos Buttler (England).
ICC Women’s cricket player for the
month of November 2022 – Sidra Ameen
(Pakistan).
The fastest cricketer to score a Double
Century in a One Day International cricket
match – Ishan Kishan (India).
Kishan scored double century in only
126 balls against Bangladesh.
Earlier, the record was held by – Chris
Gayle (West Indies).
1st ever female president of TTFI (Table
Tennis Federation of India) – Meghna
Ahlawet.
New Secretary General of TTFI –
Kamlesh Mehta.
Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award
2022 – Achantya Sarat Kamal, a famous
table tennis player of India.
AWARDS
28th
edition
of
the
KIFF
(Kolkata
International Film Festival)
Best Film award – (i) Upon Entry
(Spanish Film) & (ii) Kura Pokkhir
Shunye Ura (Bangladeshi film)
Honorary guests of opening ceremony
was – Shah Rukh Khan & Amitabh
Bachchan
Opening film – “Abhimaan” (Director –
Hrishikesh Mukherjee)
Best director award – V. Molina &
Ernesto Ardito (Film: Hitler’s Witch)
Molina
&
Ardito
are
both
from
Argentina.
2022 Mrs. World award won by – Sargam
Koushal (India).
Basically, this is a beauty pageant
competition for the married women of
the world.
2022 edition of Mrs. World award venue
– Las Vegas (USA).
Sargam Koushal is a resident of Jammu.
Sargam has won the title after 21 years
as an Indian since in 2001, last Indian
winner was – Aditi Govitrikar.
2021 Mrs. World winner was – Shaylyn
Ford (USA).
IEI Industry Excellence Award 2022 winner
– NMDC (National Mineral Development
Corporation); headquarters – Hyderabad,
Telangana.
IEI – Institute of Engineers India.
Hon’ble President of USA, Joe Biden
recently
gave
recognition
to
Krishna
Vavilala with PLA, i.e. Presidential Lifetime
Achievement award.
K. Vavilala is basically from Andhra
Pradesh.
He is an electrical engineer. He is the
Chairman of FIS (Foundation for Indian
Studies).
1st ever Indian film to get 2 nominations
under the Golden Globe Awards 2023 –
RRR; Director - S S Rajamouli
The nomination categories are – a) Best
foreign language film / Best Non-
English film, b) Best original song (For
Naatu Naatu)
Main heroes – Jr. NTR and Ram Charan
The film is based on 2 freedom fighters
of India – Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram
Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR)
25th Shri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati
National Eminence Award, i.e. 25th SIES
award won by – 13th Vice President of India,
M. Venkaiah Naidu.
MISCELLANEOUS
Joyland, a film from Pakistan, has been
shortlisted for Oscars 2023.
OBITUARIES
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George Cohen, a famous football player of
England
squad
(1966), recently
died.
England won FIFA World Cup in 1966.
Kaikala
Satyanarayana,
the
famous
Tollywood actor & former MP of Andhra
Pradesh recently died.
Retired BSF Jawan, Naik Bhairon Singh died
recently, he played an important role in the
Indo-Pak war of 1971. He was honoured with
Sewa Padak. He was posted at Rajasthan’s
Longewala during 1971 war.
The famous football journalist of USA,
Grant Wahl recently passed away in Qatar
during the ongoing FIFA WC 2022, Qatar.
CURRENT AFFAIRS 14th JAN-20th JAN
DAYS
2nd Good Governance Week (also called as
Sushashan Saptah) – 19th to 25th December.
Observed by – DARPG (Department of
Administrative
Reforms
&
public
Grievances) under the ministry of
personnel, public grievances & pension.
Theme – “Prashasan Gaon Ki Aur”.
During the celebration, union MOS
(Minister of States) Jitendra Singh,
inaugurated a campaign “Prashasan
Gaon Ki Aur” for public grievances
redressal & improving public service
delivery.
National Consumer Rights Day – Dec 24.
Theme for 2022 – “Fair Digital Finance”
(the same theme of the World Consumer
Rights Day held on 15th March, 2022).
National Good Governance Day – Dec 25.
65th edition of Foundation Day of DRDO –
Jan 1.
DRDO
–
Defence
Research
&
Development
Organisation
was
established
in
the
year
1958;
Headquarter – New Delhi.
Present Chief / Chairman – Sameer V.
Kamath.
Global Family Day – Jan 1.
World Braille Day – Jan 4 (birth anniversary
of Louis Braille, who was a French
educator, born in 1809).
UN is observing the day from 2019.
NATIONAL
The Dharmadam constituency of Kerala has
become the 1st ever complete library
constituency
of
India.
This
is
the
constituency of the hon’ble CM of Kerala, P.
Vijayan. All of the 138 wards of this
constituency have libraries.
Recently for the renovation of 1000 small
stations in upcoming year, railway ministry
launched the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
The stations in the coming days will contain
54 connectivity, rooftop plazas, ballast less
tracks and longer platforms.
Recently Central Government declared ‘The
Resistance
Front’
as
a
terrorist
organisation. As per the data of Ministry of
Home Affairs, this organisation basically
recruit youths through online in order to
perform terrorist activities.
Varanasi Jn. railway station has been rated
with “5-sstar rating” certificate by the FSSAI
(Food Safety & Standards Authority of
India), as the railway station provides very
nutritious,
high-quality
food
to
the
passengers.
This certification is basically a part of
‘Eat Right India’ movement of FSSAI.
Recently central government has given
approval
to
a
2614.51
crore
rupees
investment in the Sunni Dam Hydroelectric
Project. The project is located at – Himachal
Pradesh.
Basically, the hydroelectric project has
been developed by the Satluj Jal Vidyut
Nigam Limited on Sutlej River in the
Mandi & Shimla districts (Himachal
Pradesh). Total capacity of the project –
382 MW.
Recently union MHA minister, Shri Amit
Shah laid the foundation stone of CDTI
(Central Detective Training Institute) at –
Devanhalli, Karnataka.
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