DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8TH DECEMBER 2023

International Civil Aviation Day - - 7th December 

Theme 2023 - Advancing Innovation For Global Aviation Development 

1) IAS Officer N Thirumala Naik Has Been Appointed As Additional Chief Electoral Officer Of Odisha. 

2) Odisha Bigyan Academy Announced Various Awards For The Years 2021 And 2022 

( Professor PRAVAT Kumar Mohapatra ( Sambalpur) & Professor Bidyut Kumar Das ( SCB Medical College Cuttack) Received BIJU PATTNAIK Award For Scientific Excellence For 2021 & 2022 Respectively. 

FOR 2021 - 

( SAMANTA CHANDRASEKHAR Award - Professor Hrudayanath Thatoi ( Life Science) 

( Dr. Bikash Kumar Jena - ( For Physical Science) 

( Dr. Ashok Kumar Sahu - ( For Engineering & Technology) 

( Dr. Narayan Prasad Padhy (  For Engineering & Technology)

(FOR 2022 - 

( Professor Ramesh Chandra Patra ( Life Science) 

( Dr. Bhagyadhara Bhoi ( For Engineering & Technology) 

( Professor Debi Prasanna Kanungo ( CSIR Roorkee) 

* Dr. Basudeb Kar, Dr. Swagatika Das And Dr. Bishnu Prasad Biswal - To Recieve Young Scientist Award Of The Year For 2021 

* Dr. Soumya Ranjan Jena, Dr. Uttam Kumar Panigrahi, Dr. Soumya Prakash Das And Dr. Rekha Biswal To Receive Young 

* Arun Kumar Patra, Dr. Asit Kumar Swain, To Get PRANAKRUSHNA PARIJA Popular Science Book Award 2021 

* Kartik Kumar Swain And Dr. Subhendu Patnaik To Receive For 2022 

3) Gujarat State Government And Airport Authority Of India (AAI) Have Signed MoU To Develop 11 New Greenfield Airports And Expansion Of 9 Existing Airports.

4) Revanth Reddy Has Took Oath As New Chief Minister Of Telengana.

5) Sam Altman Has Been Chosen As TIMES CEO Of The Year 2023.

6) Lok Sabha Passed The Central University (Amendment) Bill 2023.

7) President Droupadi Murmu Presented The LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA -IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award In New Delhi.

8) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Ranked 32nd), HCL Corporation Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw And Soma Mandal (Odisha)  Are Listed In the Forbes Annual List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

9) Priyanka Deo Has Been Appointed As THE Assistant Director Of Media Strategy  At UISedu.

10) Google Launched Its Advanced AI Technology GEMINI 1.0

11) Lok Sabha Passed The Bill For Setting Up Of Central Tribal University In Telengana.

12) AGNI 1 Ballistic Missile Successfully Test Fired From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha 

13) Center Have Sanctioned 340 Sports Infrastructure Projects Across India Worth Rs 3566.68 Crores.

14) Center Approved First Urban Flood Mitigation Project Of Rs 561.29 Crores For Chennai Basin Project.

15) Bhatti Vikramarka Has Appointed As Deputy Chief Minister Of Telengana.

16) UGC Approved Draft Guidelines For The  Introduction Of Short Term Skill Development Courses In Higher Education Institutes.

17) Benjamin Zephaniah, A British Poet And Political Activist Passes Away.

18) Indonesia Has Now Offers Visa Free To 20 Countries.

19) The Centre Has Banned The Use Of Sugarcane Juice And Sugar Syrup For Ethanol Production in 2023-24.

20) NABARD Bank Has Won The  The Game Changers In AAROHAN 2023 ( In The Category Of Project Presentation).

21) The Inaugural Meeting Of Biotechnology Research And Innovation  Council (BRIC) Society Started.

22) UAE's Mohammed AI Ramsi Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2023.