Sunday, 8 January 2023

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 1STJANUARY TO 8TH JANUARY 2023

 WEEKLY CA 1ST TO 8TH JANUARY 2023 

1) CRPF Chief Sujoy Lal Thaosen Took Over The Additional Charge Of Director General Of The BSF. 

2) Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Passed Away At The Age Of 95. 

3) Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Inaugurated Flower Show 2023 In Ahmedabad. 

4) US Television Journalist Barbara Walters Dies At The Age Of 93. 

5) Indian-American Rajeev Badyal Named To The National Space Council Advisory Group Of US. 

6) Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi Inaugurated Rs 300 Crores Anugul Balram Rail Link In Odisha. 

7) Scotland Country Set To Build British Indian Army Memorial. 

8) Ajit Kumar Saxena Has Assumed The Charge Of Chairman And MD Of The MOIL Limited. 

9) India Assisted 720 Megawatt Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Power Project Has Been Handed To Bhutan. 

1) Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha Assumed As Command Of The Indian Air Force's Western Air Command. 

2) Veteran Tata Group Trustee RK Krishna Kumar Passed Away At 84. 

3) Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal Inaugurated Pokhara Airport Which Built With Assistance Of China. 

4) Government Collected Rs 1,49,507 Crores GST In December 2022. 

5) Senior Tripura Minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma Passed Away. 

108th Indian Science Congress 2023

Theme - Science And Technology For Sustainable Development With Women Empowerment 

Global Family Day - 1st January 


1) Former IPS Officer Kavindra Pratap Singh Appointed As The Chief Of VHP Kashi Prant. 

2) Union Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated Siyom Bridge ( Steel Arch 100m)  In Arunachal Pradesh. 

3) PM Narendra Modi Addressed The 108th Indian Science Congress At Nagpur, Maharashtra. 

4) Eminent Rabindra Sangeet Exponent Sumitra Sen Passed Away. 

5) Koustav Chatterjee Became The 78th Grand master Of India ( 10th Bengal). 

6) Captain Shiva Chauhan Of Fire And Fury Sappers Became The First Woman Officer To Be Deployed In Kumar Post By Indian Army. 

7) Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh Will Lead Indian Representation At 26th CSPOC In Canberra, Australia. 

8) Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur Set To Introduce First Women University Of State. 

9) Andhra Pradesh's Government Introduced Lesson On India's First Muslim Woman Teacher Fatima Sheikh. 

10) First Kuwaiti Satellite ( Kuwait Set -1) to Launch On a Board Space Rocket From FKM Platform From Florida, US.

11) Haryana State's Women Team Has Won The Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Title. 

12) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Launched The UTKARSH 2.0 

13) Madhya Pradesh State Men's Team Has Won The Khelo India Youth Games 2.0 

14) Sundararaman Ramamuthy Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Bombay Stock Exchange ( BSE).

15) Ajay Kumar Srivastava Has Been Took Charge Of MD & CEO Of Indian Overseas Bank.

16) Amit Shah Laid The Foundation Stone Of The Central Detective Training Institute ( CDTI) At Karnataka. 

17) Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee - National Institute Of Water And Sanitation Has Been Inaugurated In West Bengal. 

18) REC Limited Has Organized BIJLI USTAV In Assam. 

19) Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Took Oath As The President Of Brazil. 

20) Hyderabad Became The First Indian City With 100% Sewerage Facilities. 

21) Tripura State Government Has Signed MoU With ADB For a Power Project Worth Rs 2275 Crores. 

World Braille Day - 4th January 

65th Foundation Day Of DRDO - 1ST January 2023 

1) Eric Garcetti Has Been Reappointed As US Ambassador To India. 

2) Former Supreme Soviet Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov Dies At 80.

3) Jaydev Unadakt Became The First Bowler To Secured First Over Hatrick In Ranji Trophy. 

4) Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Inaugurated Virtual Reality Centre At Goa Shipyard Limited. 

5) On Braille Day BSES Introduces Electricity Bill For Visually Impaired. 

6) Actress Rashmika Mandhana Has Been Chosen As The Coorg Person Of The Year 2022. ( Coorg Tourism) 

7) Odisha CM Naveen Pattnaik Announced To Provide 5kg Entitlement Of Rice Free Of Cost To State Food Security Scheme Beneficiaries For Another One Year ( 23rd January To 23rd December 2023). 

8) Bhupinder Singh Gill Becomes The First Ever Sikh Punjabi Assistant Referee In Premier League History. 

9) IPS Laxmi Singh Has Becomes The First Woman Police Commissioner Of UP. 

10) Folk Singer Maithali Thakur Has Been Appointed As The State ICON Of Bihar. 

11) Himachal Pradesh State Government Has Launched The CM's Sukhashray Sahayata Kosh. 

12) Election Commission Of India Has Started Mission 929 In Tripura. 

13) Sweden Has Took Over The Presidency Of The European Union Council. 

14) 27 People Will Be Awarded With The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2023.

15) Book Breaking Barriers - The Story Of a Dalit Chief Secretary - Author - Kaki Madhava Rao 

1) Gaan-Ngai Festival Is Celebrated In Imphal, Manipur. 

2) Union Cabinet Has Approved The National Green Hydrogen Mission. 

3) Kolkata To Host First Meeting Of Global Partnership For Financial Inclusion Working Group On January 9-11. 

4) President Droupadi Murmu Has Inaugurated Samvidhan Udyan ( Garden)  In Jaipur. 

5) India Will Take Over The Leadership Of The Asian Pacific Postal Union ( APPU) 

( HQ- Bangkok, Thailand) ( Members - 32 Countries) 

6) Hindustan Copper Limited Signed MoU With IIT (ISM) Dhanbad For Technical Collaboration. 

7) On 1ST  January Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Announced That No Rhinos Were Poached In Assam In 2022. 

8) The Tamilnadu Government Will Set Up Tamilnadu Green Climate Fund Worth Rs 1000 Crores. 

9) Cabinet Approved Investment Of 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project In Himachal Pradesh. 

10) Odisha Wins The UN-Habitat's World Habitat Awards 2023 For Jaga Mission. 

11) Former Australian Women's Cricket Team Captain Melinda Clerk Receive Statue Honor At Sydney Cricket Ground.

12) IPS OFFICER Deben Bharti Took Charge of Special Commissioner Of Police Mumbai.

13) ISRO And Microsoft Signed MoU To Work On Space Growth Technology.

14) Malayalam Anchor And lyricst Beeyar Prasad Passed Away.

15) West Bengal State Government Initiated Didir Suraksha Kawach Program.

16) Uttarakhand State Government Has Abolished The Revenue System.

17) China Became First Asian Country To Start Hydrogen Powered Urban Train.

18) Croatia Became The 20th Member Of Eurozone.

19) Hong Je Jeon Has Been Appointed As The MD CEO of LG India.

20) Assam State Government Has Started Matiyabag Hawa Mahal To Preserve Heritage Sites.

21) COACHING BEYOND - My Days With Indian Team, Author - Former Indian Coach R Sridhar With R Kaushik.

1) Odisha CM Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated India's Biggest Hockey Stadium At Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela Odisha. 

2) Assam Government Medical Education And Research Department Has Signed MoA With Regional Centre ECHS ( Ex Servicemen Contributory Health Services) Guwahati For Providing Cashless And Capless Medical Services. 

3) Centre Approved Rs 28.11Crores To Provide Relief To Andhra Pradesh Tobacco Farmers Affected By Cyclone Mandous. 

4) KITNE GHAZI AAYE KITNE GHAZI GAYE Autobiography Of - Lt. Gen K J S Dhillon ( Retired) 

5) Cabinet Approved The BIND Scheme ( Broadcasting Infrastructure And Network Development) it is Aimed To Bring Modernization To The Public Broadcaster Prasar Bharti. 

6) 36th India France Strategic Dialouge Held in Delhi. 

7) 26th National Youth Festival Will Take Place At Hubballi in Karnataka From 12th To 16th January 2023. 

1) HUMAN ANATOMY Book Author - Dr. Ashwini Kumar Dwivedi 

2) President Droupadi Murmu Has Inaugurated The 18th National Jamboree In Rajasthan. 

3) Union Minister Piyush Goyal Launched Bureau Of Indian Standards ( BIS) Action Plan On 76th Foundation Day Of BIS. 

4) Former Star Italy Striker Gianluca Vialli Passed Away At 58. 

5) Indian Art Director Sunil Babu Passed Away. 

6) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated Marjing Polo Statue At Marjing Polo Complex In East Imphal. ( 120 Feet Tall Statue) 

7) Documentary Hargilla Bagged The Best Documentary Film Category Award At Jaipur Film Festival. 

8) Legendary Music Icon Don Williams Passed Away At 100. 

9) Union Home Minister Amit Shah And Manipur CM N Biren Singh Inaugurated Churachandpur Medical College And Hoist a 175 Feet Tall National Flag At INA Hq In Moirang. 

10) India Will Host Voice Of The Global South Summit. 

11) Pranesh M Becomes The India's 79th Grand Master. 

12) Odisha CM Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated Deloitte Tech Talent Hub In Bhubaneswar. 

13) India Surpassed Japan To Become 3rd Largest Auto Market Globally. 

14) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Historic Kangla Nongpok Thong ( Kangla Eastern Bridge) At Imphal. 

15) Dr. Tapan Saikia Has Been Selected For The Assam Baibhav Award. ( For Cancer Care) 

16) 700 Feet Long Wall Of Peace Mural Has Been Inaugurated In Kerala. 

17) India's First ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Race Will Host By Hyderabad. 

18) Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad Has Been Selected For The Odakuzhal Award 2022. ( For Collection Of Short Stories PRANAVAYU). 

19) Varanasi Cantt Railway Station Has Been Awarded With The 5 Star Eat Right Station Certification. 

20) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Inaugurated 5g Telecom Service In Odisha. 

21) Argentina Football Star Lionel Messi Has Been Named The IFFHS Men's World's Best Player Of 2022. 

22) Prasanna Kumar Motupalli Has Been Appointed As The Chairman And MD Of The NLC India Limited. 

World Typing Day - 8th January 

1) Dutch Player Tallon Griekspoor Wins The Men's Single Title In Tata Open 2022. 

2) Chetan Sharma Reelected As Chief Selector Of Team India. 

3) Avani Chaturvedi To Be First IAF Woman Pilot To Participate In Aerial War In Abroad. 

4) Former Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi Passed Away. 

5)  CJI DY Chandrachud Will Receive Award For Global Leadership By Harvard Law School Center. 

6) India And Japan Will Take Part In Maiden Air Exercise VEER GUARDIAN 2023 In Japan. 

7) Kevin Mc Carthy Has Been Elected Speaker Of The US House Of Representative. 

8) Odisha Excise Department Gets Prestigious Digital India Gold Award From President. 

(For Undertaking Digital Initiatives To Facilitate Ease Of Doing Business Through e-Abkari) 

9) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Inaugurated The 74th National Cadet Corps Republic Day Camp in Delhi. 

10) Divya Deshmukh Has Won The Title At 48th National Women's Chess Championship. 

11) Northeastern Cultural Festival OCTAVE 2023 Has Organized Tamilnadu. 

12) Nagpur Police Has Bagged The Best Police Unit Award For 2021. 

13) India Has Deployed Its Largest Single Contingent Of Women Peacekeepers In Sudan. 

14) US Has Approved The Use Of  World's First Vaccine For Honey Bees. 

15) Sanyam Mehra Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of The Gems And Jewelry Council. 







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