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CURRENT AFFAIRS -2023

Awards
Sports Awards –
 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna – Achanta Sharat Kamal
 Laureus World Sports Award – Max Verstappen
 FIFA Footballer of the Year – Lionel Messi
Sports Awards –
 ICC Men’s Cricketer of the year– Babar Azam.
 ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year – Surya Kumar Yadav
 Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World – Ben Stokes
 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022– Beth Mead .
Literature Awards –
 Sahitya Akadami Award – Badri Narayan (Hindi) , Anuradha Roy (English)
 Vyas Samman – Gyan Chaturvedi (Pagalkhana)
 Saraswati samman – Shivshankari .
 Man Booker Prize 2022 – Shehan Gunatilaka
Film Awards –
 68th Filmfare Awards –
Best Film – Gangubai
Best Actor – Rajkumar Rao.
Best Actress – Alia Bhatt.

Film Awards –
 Dada Saheb Phalke International Award–
Best Film – Kashmir Files
Best Actor – Ranveer Kapoor.
Best Actress – Alia Bhatt.

Film Awards –
 Dada Saheb Phalke Award– 2020
Asha Parekh .
95th Oscar Award—
Best Film– Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor – Brendon Frazer
Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh
Best Original Song– Naatu Naatu .
Beauty Pageant –
 Femina Miss India 2023– Nandini Gupta .
 Miss Universe 2022 – R’Bonny Gabriel .
 Mrs. World 2022 – Sargam Kaushal.

Noble Prize – 2022
 Medicine – Svante Paabo
 Peace – Ales Bialiatski
 Literature -- Annie Ernaux


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Padma Awards—
 Padma Vibhushan (6)

 Padma Bhushan (9)

 Padma Shri (91)

Awards –
Other
Abel Prize– Luis Caffarelli
UNESCO PEACE PRIZE – Angela Merkel
Pritzker Prize – David Chipperfield
Marconi Award – Hari Balkrishan.
Wildlife Protection Award – Aliya Mir
TIME Person of the Year – Vladomyr Zelensky
Other Awards –
 International Statistic Prize – CR Rao
 Tree city of the world 2022– Mumbai.

SPORTS

Cricket Events –

 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2023– Winner – Australia

 Women Premier League – Mumbai Indians

 Ranji Trophy 2022-23 – Saurashtra

 Vijay hazare Trophy – Saurashtra

 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy -- Mumbai

Cricket Events –

 ICC U-19 Women’s Cricket World Cup – Winner – India

 ICC T20 World Cup 2022 – England

 Blind cricket World Cup – India

Sports Events –

 Khelo India Youth Games – Madhya Pradesh (Topper – Maharashtra )

 36th National Games -- Gujarat

 Paris Olympic 2024 Games – Mascot -- Phrygian

Sports Events –

 22nd FIFA World 2022 , Qatar – winner – Argentina ( Golden Boot -- Mbappe )

 Asian Billiards Champiaonship – Pankaj Advani

 World Blitz Chess Championship (Silver Medal – Koneru Hampi)

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 Sports News –

 Fastest to 200 runs in ODI – Ishan Kishan.

 Youngest to 200 runs in ODI – Shubman Gill.

 7 sixes in one Over – Ruturaj Gaikwad.

 Highest Cricket List A Score – N Jagadeeshan.

 Hockey Stadium Named After – Rani Rampal.

 First Snow Marathon – Jammu and Kashmir.

 Highest Searched Athlete – Neeraj Chopra

Sports News

1. 9th Pro Kabaddi- Jaipur Pink Panthers .

2. Santosh Trophy 2023 – Karnataka .

3. Hockey World Cup 2023 – Gemany .

4. Davis Cup 2022 – Canada.

5. Asian Kho Kho Championship – India

6. FIFA 2023 Women’s world Cup – Australia and New Zealand

Sports News

1. First to play 150 T20 International matches – Harman Preet Kaur.

2. Australian Open 2023 – Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka .

3. Australian Grand Prix – Max Vestappen.

4. Saudi Arabia Grand Prix –Sergio Perez

Summits ---

 G-20 First Sherpa Meeting – Udaipur.

 53rd Indian International Film Festival – Goa.

 8th Raisina Dialog – New Delhi.

 NRI Summit – Indore.

 12th World Hindi Summit– Fiji.

 G-20 summit 2022 – Bali (Indonesia).

 COP -27 – Sharm Al Sheikh.

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 Famous Books –

 Ambedkar – A Life – Shashi Tharoor.

 Revolutionaries – Sanjeev sanyal .

 Bravehearts of Bharat – Vikram Sampat

 Spare – Prince Harry.

 Victory city – salman Rushdie.

 Letters to self – Narendra Modi.

 Fearless Governess – Kiran Bedi .

Famous Books –

 Tomb of Sand – Geetanjali Shree.

 The Little Book of joy – Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.

 How to prevent the next pandemic – Bill Gates .

 The India Way – S Jaishankar.

Government Schemes –

 One District One Sports -- UP

 Ladli Behna – Madhya Pradesh.

 Har Ghar Gangajal Project – Bihar.

Newsmakers –

 First woman officerto comman a field workshop – Col. Geeta Rana

 First Woman Sky diver of Indian Army – Manju

 President 77th General Assembly – Sabacorosi (Hungary) .

 President – World Bank – Ajay Banga .

 Abdel Fateh Al Sisi – Egypt President Republic Day Parade guest .

Operations by India –

 Operation Kaveri- Sudan.

 Operation Dost –Turkey.

 Operation Garud – to end Drug Network.

Other News –

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  Google AI Chatboat – Bard.

 INS Vagir .

 First Agniveer – INS Chilka .

 President’s colours – INS Draunacharya .

 Japan Develpos first commercial moon lander.

 India’s first Private rocket – Vikram .

 World largest Solar , wind energy plant – Jaisalmer ..

Other News –

 54th Tiger Reserve –Ranipur (UP).

 Lithium Reserves – Jammu and Kashmir .

 Giah BH-1 – black Hole.

 Asia’s Largest Helicopter Manufacture unit – Tumkuru.

 Right to Health Bill – Rajasthan .

 Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum -- Kerala

Sports Awards –

 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna – Achanta Sharat Kamal

 Laureus World Sports Award – Max Verstappen

 FIFA Footballer of the Year – Lionel Messi

 Which city will be the first water smart city ? --Varanasi

o Who has been awarded Atal Samman for excellence in Field of Science and Research ?
Prabhu Chandra Mishra
o India’s second longest cable Zuari Bridge opened in – Goa
o Who won silver Medal in world Blitz Chess Championship ? Koneru Humpy
o What is the name of the Fifth Kalvari Class Submarine Inducted in Indian Navy – INS Vagir
o Who became the first woman officer to be deployed in Siachen ? Shiva Chauhan
o PM Modi launched World’s largest River Cruise ship – Ganga Vilas
o Which city will host formula E World Championship Race ? Hyderabad
o ICC Cricket Awards 2022 –
o Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam Test Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes
o ODI Cricketer of the year – Babar Azam
o T20 Cricketer of the Year – Surya Kumar Yadav
o Woman Cricketer of the year -- Nat Sciver
o Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train is launched between Ayodhya and – Janakpur ( Nepal )
o Miss Universe 2022 – R’Bonney Gabriel
o IIT Madras Developed Indigenous Mobile Operating System – BharOS
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o Mughal garden is renamed as – Amrit Udyan
o Republic Day 2023 –
o Best State Tableau -- Uttarakhand
o Guest of Honour -- Abdeh Fattah Al Sisi ( Egypt)
o India’s First Fully Digital Banking State – Kerala
o Australian Open 2023 –
o Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
o Women’s Singles – Aryna Sabalenka ( Belarus)
o Men’s Doubles – Rinky Hijikata, Jason Kubler (Aus)
o Women’s Doubles – Barbara Krejcikova, Katerina Siniakova (Czech)
o Which film became the first Indian Film to win Golden Globe Award – RRR
o Imoinu Iratpa Festival – Manipur
o First ICC U-19 Women Cricket world Cup – Winner – India
o New capital of Andhra Pradesh – Vishakhapatnam
o FIH Hockey World Cup – 2023 --Odisha , Winner -- Germany
o Asia’s first Hydrogen train – China
o Chherchera Festival – Chhattisgarh
o Who became the highest wicket taker for India in T20I Cricket – Yuzvendra Chahal
o
o National Geographic Picture of the Year → Kartik Subramaniam
o Who creates Indian Long jump record of 8.42 m ? → Jeswin Aldrin
o Asia’s First Floating Festival— Madhya Pradesh ( Mandsaur)
o World cancer Day Theme – Close the Care gap
o Dada Saheb Phalke International Awards 2023—
Best Film – The Kashmir Files
Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor
Best Actress – Alia Bhatt
o Where is Yaya Tso Lake recently declared Biodiversity Heritage site ? → Ladakh
o CEO of NITI Ayog— BVR Subramaniam
o Ranji Trophy 2023 → Winner – Saurashtra
o New CEO of YouTube – Neel Mohan
o In which state , Lithium reserves were found in India ? → Jammu and Kashmir
o President’s House Mughal Garden is renamed as ? → Amrit Udyan
o India’s operation launched for helping earthquake affected Turkey? → Operation Dost
o 5th Khelo India Youth Games-2022 ? → Host – Madhya Pradesh Mascot – Asha
Winner – Maharashtra
o Dharm Guardian Military Exercise? → India- Japan
o Newly Elected President of Bangladesh ? → Mohammad Shahbuddin
o New capital of Andhra Pradesh? → Vishakhapatnam
o Which Planet now has most satellite ? → Jupiter
o First Indian to win 3 Grammy Awards? → Rickey Kej
o Thaipoosam festival? → Tamilnadu
o Which University is declared Living Heritage University by UNESCO?? → Vishwabharati
o Kala Ghoda Festival – Mumbai
o 3rd Khelo India Winter games --– Gulmerg (J&K)
o Most expensive Player of First Women Premier League – Smriti Mandhana
o ICC Women’s Cricket world Cup 2023 – Winner -- Australia
o Ladli Bahna Scheme – Madhya Pradesh

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o Asia’s Largest Helicopter manufacturing Plant – Tumkuru (Karnataka)
o ISRO’s smallest rocket – SSLV-D2
o First Cricketer to play 150 T20 International matches – Harmanpreet kaur
o 12th World Hindi Summit– Fiji
o Who launched BARD chatboat – Google
o UNESCO Peace Prize – Angela Merkel
o President of World bank → Ajay Banga
o Women Premier League
o Winner – Mumbai Indians Runner up – Delhi Capitals ,Player of the Tournament – Hayly
Mathews
o Asia’s largest Mirror Telescope → Devsthal ( Uttarakhand)
o Statue of Knowledge → Latur (Maharashtra )
o Abel Prize 2023 → Luis Caffarelli
o World TB Day –24 march → Theme – Yes! We can end TB!
o World’s Happiest Country → Finland
o Pritzker Prize 2023 → David Allen Chipperfield
o New Prime Minister of China → Li Qiang
o World’s Longest Platform is inaugurated in -- → Hubli -- Dharwad
o Winner of Santosh Trophy 2023 → Karnataka
o Women’s Day – 8 March → Theme – DigitALL Innovation and Technology for gender Equality
o India’s First Quantum Computing Telecom Network Link started in -- → New Delhi
o Sunderja mango recently got GI tag belongs to- → Rewa (Madhya Pradesh)
o World Golf Championship winner -- → Sam Burns
o Dayalu Scheme started by → Haryana
o Winner of Asian Billiards Championship 2023 → Pankaj Advani
o UN Water Conference 2023 → New York
o Konkan 2023 Joint Navy Exercise → India-Britain
o World Sparrow Day → 20 March
o Winner of Saudi Arab Grand Prix 2023 → Sergio Parage
o Who became the oldest palyer to win Tennis ATP Masters-- → Rohan Bopanna
o Who became the first Country to export Carbon dioxide gas -- → Denmark
o Saraswati Samman 2022 → Shivshankari
o New President of Nepal → Ramchandra Paurel

95th Oscar Awards

o Best Film – Everything Everywhere All at Once

o Best Actor – Brendan Fraser
o Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh
o Best Original Song – Naatu Naatu
o Best Short Film – Elephant Whispers
o Millets (Bajra) Festival 2023 → Bhojpur (Bihar)
o World Boxing Championship 2023 Winners
Neetu Ghangas
Sweety Boora
Lovlina Bargohan
Nikhat Zarine
o World’s largest Arm Importer → India
o Bumchu Festival → Sikkim

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o Vyas Samman 2022 → Gyan Chaturvedi
o Attukal Pongala Festival → Kerala
o Who has been Awarded Order of Australia → Ratan Tata
o On which planet Active volcano is discovered ? → Venus
o Who is the chief Guest at 8th Raisina Dialogue? → Georgia Meloni
o Which state became first state to pass Right to Health Bill ? → Rajasthan
o World water day –22 March → Theme – Accelerating Change
o World water day –22 March → Theme – Accelerating Change
o
o India’s newest National Party → Aam Aadmi Party
o International Prize in Statistics 2023 --. → CR Rao
o 31st member of NATO → Finland
o SLINEX-23 naval Exercise – India-Sri Lanka
o Gaz Utsav 2023 held in-- Assam
o Who won Gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship-- Aman Sehrawat
o Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2023-- Asha Bhosle
o North-East India’s first AIIMS was established in -- . Guwahati
o 125 Feet statue of BR Ambedkar was unveiled in-- Hyderabad
o Wisden Cricketer of the Year-- Harmanpreet Kaur
o Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World – Ben Stokes
o First Global Buddhist Summit being organized in-- New Delhi
o First Indian State to adopt water budget-- Kerala
o World’s first ‘Asian King’ vulture conservation center --. Maharajganj (UP)
o India’s first water metro -- Kochi
o India’s first digital science park-- Kerala
o Which Indian state has maximum water resources ? → West Bengal
o India’s operation to evacuate Indians from Sudan ? → Operation Kaveri
o Who has been awarded Order of Australia honour ? → Ratan Tata
o Hero Super Cup Football 2023 -- Winner – Odisha
o One Earth One Health -2023 organized in -- New Delhi
o World Tree City List 2022 topper -- Mumbai
o Who will be the first woman to land on Moon (Mission Artemis-II) . → Christina Koch
o First Woman umpire to stand in Men’s T20 international match . → Kim Cotton
o First Airforce woman officer to get a gallantry medal . → Deepika Mishra
o Which country’s satellites (TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4 ) were launched by ISRO’s PSLV C-55
Rocket? →Singapore
o TIME 100 Reader Poll winner – Shahrukh Khan
o Important Days –
o 7 April – Health Day 18 April – Habitat Day.
o 22 April – Earth Day (Theme– Invest in Our Planet)
o 23 April – Book Day
o 24 April – Panchayat Day.

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