MOU SIGNED IN DECEMBER 2023

INTERNATIONAL MOU - 

* Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited ( BHEL) Has Signed MoU With French Firm Electricite de France ( EDF) To Explore The Opportunity To Maximize The Local Content For The JAITAPUR Nuclear Power Project In Maharashtra. 

* IGNOU And Open University Of Kenya Signed MoU On Strategic Partnerships To Enhance Learning Experiences Of Students. 

* Korea And India Signed An Arrangements Of $100 Million Loan For The Strengthening  And Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) Programme.

*  India And Portugal Agreed To Increase Cooperation Between National Center For Good Governance of India And Administrative Modernization Agency Of Portuguese Republic.

* Government Of India And ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) Have Signed MoU For$200 Million  Loan For Uttarakhand Climate Resilient Power System Development Projects.

* India And United State Of America (USA) Have Signed MoU To Enhance Innovations Ecosystem Through An Innovation. 

* MoC Between India And Saudi Arabia On Cooperation In The Field Of Digitization And Electronic Manufacturing. 

* MoU Between India And Tanzania On Cooperation In Field Of Sharing Successful Digital Solution. 

* MoU Between India And Italy On Cooperation In Industrial Property Rights, Startup And SMEs. 

*  India And Oman Signed MoU On Comprehensive Economic Partnerships Agreement.

* India And Oman Signed MoU On Establishment Of ICCR Chair Of Indian Studies- In Hindi Language.

*  Government Of India And ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) Have Signed $100 Million Loan Agreement To Improve Urban Services In Tripura.

*  INDIA And Russia Have Signed Agreement For Future Units Of Kudankulam Nuclear Projects In Tamilnadu. ( External Minister Dr. S Jaishankar Visit Russia). 

* Cabinet Approved The Mobility And Migration Agreement Between India And Italy To Foster The Mobility Of Students, Skilled Workers And Professional.

* India And Russia To Signed MoU To Boost Energy Ties And Defence Item Production. 

* India And Russia Signed Three Documents Relates To Kudankulam Nuclear Plant An MoU On Pharmaceutical And Healthcare And Protocol On Foreign Consultation.

APPROVAL - 

* Cabinet Approved The Opening Of Consulate General Of India In Auckland, New Zealand.

* Cabinet Approved The INDIA And Malaysia Signed A MoU For Cooperation In Broadcasting Between Prasar Bharati And Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), Malaysia.

STATE MOU - 

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

* TATA Motors  Has Signed A MoU With BPCL To Install 7000 Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Points Across India By 2024. 

*  Odisha State Government Has Signed Mou With Tata Steel To Established High Performance Centres In Olympic SPORTS Archery And Climbing.

* Essar Group Has Signed Three MoU With Gujarat State Government Worth Rs 55000. Crores For Setting Up Green Hydrogen Projects.

* Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) Has Signed A Shipbuilding Contract For Construction And Delivery Of three 7500 DWT Multipurpose Vessel For An European Client.

* IIT Bombay Has Signed MoU With Alumnus Mr Anand Inani For Setting Up Chair Professorship In Semiconductor Technology. 

* VIKRAM Solar, A Solar Panel Module Manufacturer Has Signed Contract With National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) To Supply 152 MW Of High Efficiency Crystalline Bifacial Solar PV Modules At Nokh, Rajasthan.

* Ministry Of Commerce Has Launched Directorate General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT)'s E-commerce Export Handbook For MSME. (English, Hindi, Gujarati,Kannada Language) 

* Signed MoU Between DGFT And Shiprocket An E-commerce Enabler For Holding Capacity And Handholding.

* A Memorandum Of Settlement Has  Signed Between Government Of India And Assam State Government And Representative Of United Liberation Front Of Assam (ULFA) 

* Gujarat State Government And Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL)  Have Signed a MoU For Tourism Purposes At Dwarka Sea Base.

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APPOINTMENTS IN DECEMBER 2023

INTERNATIONAL - 

* Poornima Shenoy Has Been Appointed As FICCI' India's Representative To United States. 

* Andry Rajoelina Has Been Elected As The President Of Madagascar.

*  Indian Origin Ex MP Dave Sharma Has Been Appointed As The Senator Of Australia.

* Indian Origin Samir Shah Elected As The Head Of BBC Board.

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

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

* Sheikh Meshal Named The New Emir Of Kuwait.

*  Sports Philanthropist & Entrepreneur, Co-Owner Of Chennai FC Vita Dani Became The First Indian To Be Inducted As a Governing Board Member Of The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Foundation. 

CHIEF JUSTICE - 

* Odisha High Court Judge Justice BR Sarangi Set To Become Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court.

* Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court.

AMBASSADOR - 

* IFS Upendra Singh Rawat Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Burundi.

* Reuven Azar Has Been Appointed As Israel Ambassador To India. 

* Hemant H Kotalwar Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To Finland.

* IFS Dr Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit Has Been Appointed As The High Commissioner Of India To Grenada And The Commonwealth Of Dominica.

SPORTS APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Sanjay Singh Has Been Elected As The President Of Wrestling Foundation In India (WFI).

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Brand TOMMY HILFIGER.

* Former Indian Cricketer Sourav Ganguly Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Tripura Tourism.

* INDIAN Paralympic Committee President Deepa Malik Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador of Viksit Bharat.

*  Rishab Shah Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Viksit Bharat On Namo App And My Bharat App.

*  Maithali Thakur Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of NCPCR 

NATIONAL - 

* Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Extend The Tenure Of Utpal Kumar Singh As Secretary General of Lok Sabha For Another One Year.

* IFS 1991 Kanchan Devi Has Taken Charge As Director General Of Indian Council Of Forestry Research And Education (ICFRE).

* S Bijoy Nandan, Professor Of Department Of Marine Biology Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT) Will Take Charge As Vice Chancellor Of Kannur University.

* Madhavan Rajeevan Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Atria University.

* Competition Commission in India (CCI) Has Selected Anshuman Pattnaik As New Head Of Investigation Unit.

* West Bengal State Government Has Appointed Rajeev Kumar As The State's Director General Of Police.

* Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Has Appointed As The Exofficio Chancellor Of Pondicherry University.

CHIEF MINISTER - 

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

* Bhatti Vikramarka Has Appointed As Deputy Chief Minister Of Telengana.

* Akbaruddin Owaisi Has Been Appointed AS The Protem Speaker Of Telengana.

* Former IPS LALDHUOMA Sworn In As New Chief Minister Of Mizoram.

( He Became The 6th Chief Minister Of Mizoram State) 

( He Is a Leader Of ZPM - Zoram People's Movement) 

* ZPM MLA Lalbiakzama Has Been Elected As The Speaker Of Mizoram State Assembly.

* Vishnu Deo Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh.

* Former Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Has Been Appointed As Speaker Of Chhattisgarh State Assembly. 

* Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav Has Selected As Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh. (19th Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh) 

* Narendra Singh Tomar To Be Appointed As The Speaker Of Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

* Rajendra Shukla And Devendra Devda To Be The New Deputy Chief Ministers Of Madhya Pradesh.

*  Gopal Bhargava Takes Oath As Protem Speaker Of Madhya Pradesh.

* Raghavendra Kumar Singh, 1997 Batch IAS Officer Has Been Appointed As The Principal Secretary To Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.

* Bhajanlal Sharma Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Minister Of Rajasthan.

* Diya Kumari Takes Oath As Deputy Chief Minister Of Rajasthan.

*  8th Time BJP MLA Kalicharan Saraf Took Oath As The Protem Speaker Of Rajasthan Assembly.

* Prem Chand Bairwa Also Took Oath As The Deputy Chief Minister Of Rajasthan.

* Five Time BJP MLA Basudev Devnani Elected As Speaker Of Rajasthan Assembly.

* Vijay Sharma Take Oath As Deputy Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh 

* Arun Sao Takes Oath As Deputy Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh.

* Gaddam Prasad Kumar Elected As Speaker Of Telengana .

* Former Chief Secretary Tripurari Sharan Has Been Appointed As The Chief Information Commissioner Of Bihar.

* IAS Vijay Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Special Chief Secretary To Punjab Chief Minister Bhagawant Mann.

PRIME MINISTER - 

* Donald Tusk Has Been Elected As The Prime Minister Of Poland.

PRESIDENT - 

* Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Has Been Elected As the President Of Egypt For Third Term.

NEW MINISTRY - 

* Dr Bharati Pawar Has Been Appointed As The Additional Charge As Ministry Of State In Tribal Affairs.

Mos Rajeev Chandrasekhar Has Given Charge Of Additional In Ministry Of Jal Shakti.

Union Minister Arjun Munda Gets Charge of Agriculture Ministry.

Sobha Karnadlaje Gets Charge Of Food Processing Industries.

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PERSON PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER 2023

* Prominent English Professor And Famous Singer Anima Kar Has Passed Away. 

* Retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connar Passed Away At 93. (first Women To Serve In National COURT).

* Eminent Musician R SUBALAKSHMI Passed Away.

* Popular Actor, Of CID Show Dinesh Pandavis Passed Away.

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

* Legendary Kannada Actress Leelavati Passed Away.

*  Kerala CP Leader Kanan Rajendran Passed Away.

* Former West Indies Cricketer Clyde Butts Passed Away.

* The Emmy AWARD Winning Actor Andre Braigher Has Passed Away.

* Senior Congress Leader KP Vishwanath Has Passed Away.

* Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf-Al Ahmed Al Jaber al Sabah Passes Away.

* Eminent Bengali Singer Anup Ghosal Passed Away.

* Padma Bhusan Awardee Mohini Giri Passed Away. 

( Founding Chairperson War Widows Association, National Womens Commission And Guild Of Service) 

* Former Governor Of Odisha M M Rajendran Passed Away.

* Ambassador Of Dominican Republic Hans Dannenberg Passed Away.

*  Tamil Actor Bonda Mani Passed Away.

* Richard Franklin, Hollywood Actor Passed Away.

* Hollywood Actor Mike Nussbaum Passed Away.

* Veteran Actor Sajid Khan Passed Away.

* German Political Heavyweight Wolfgang Schaeuble Passed Away.

* DMDK Founder Vijay Kanth Passed Away. 

* Two Times Oscar Nominated Actor Tom Wilkinson Has passed Away.

AWARDS IN DECEMBER 2023

INTERNATIONAL - 

* ISRO's Scientist VR Lalithambika Has Been Conferred With Coveted Legion d'honneur ( The Highest Civilian Award In France) 

( She Served As Director Of The Indian Space Research Organization's ) 

* Abdullahi Mire Has Received The UNHRC's Prestigious NANSEN Award.

* Safina Husain, Founder Of Educate Girls Have Received WISE Award For Education.

* Forest Of Climate Resilience Short documentary Stories Has Received The 2023 CMCC Climate Change Communication Award REBECCA BALESTRA In Florence, Italy.

* Sreya Francis, An AI Innovator Won The Alconics Solutions Implementer Of The Year Award At The AI Summit Held In New Delhi.

* Hyderabad Based MANAM Chocolate Won The Prestigious International Chocolate Award Instituted By International Institute Of Chocolate And Cacao Testing.

* Afghan Women Skill Development Center AWSDC Has Received International Gender Equality Prize 2023 From Finland

* Professor Savita Ladage From Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research Received The Royal Society Of Chemistry Nyholm Prize For Education 

* Actor Kabir Bedi Received Prestigious Italy Highest Honor. ( Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic). 

* The Indira Gandhi Prize For Peace, Disarmament And Development For 2023 Has Been Jointly Awarded To Daniel Barenboim And Ali Abu Awwad For Their non Violence Activities In Israel Palestine War.

* Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh Has Been Awarded Bhutan's National Order Of Merit Gold Medal. 

* Bengaluru Airport T2 Wins UNESCO Prix Versailles Award.

* Sanjana Soma, Native Of Hyderabad Declared The Winner Of The Best Overall Performance Prize By The London School Of Economics.

* Deputy Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Devendra Fandavis Has Received Honorary Doctorate By Koyasan University,Japan.

* Former Engalnd Cricketer Stuart Broad Has Honoured With Commander Of Most Excellent Order Of The BRITISH Empire (CBE).

* Muhammad Jaseem M A 2nd Year Student Of Jamia Nooriya Arabic College, At Pattikkad,Kerala Has Entering The Guinness Book Of Record For Making World's Longest Handwritten Quran.

*  The Great Grand Nephew Of Alfred Nobel Has Instituted A Annual Environmental Prize Named GREEN NOBEL Prize.

* Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Records Guinness World Record For Arranging TAL DARBAR At TANSEN SAMAROH Where 1282 Tabolist Participated Together.

TITLES - 

* Jason Dylan Bretfelean Wins The Mister Global 2023.

*  3 Indian Space Startup ( GalaxEye, Abyoym Spacetech, OrbitAid) Have Been Featured In Austria Based Startus Insight List Of 20 Spacetech.

FORBES LIST - 

*  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.

BOOK AWARDS - 

* Biography Of AGYEYA Wins The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya NIF Prize 

(BOOK The Many Lives Of AGYEYA - Author AKSHAYA MUKUL).

* Chennai Author Srividya Tadepalli Will Received First Deodar Prize For Indian Fiction.

(Short Story - FUNERAL FOR A DEMON) 

* Eminent Carnatic Artist Bombay Jayashri To Receive SANGITA KALANIDHI on January 2024.

* EVERYTHING THAT LIGHT TOUCHES Book Author - JANICE PARIAT Won The Best Book Award At Bangalore Literary Festival (Best Fiction Category).

LITERATURE AWARD - 

*  Writer Pushpa Bharati's Memoir To Received 33rd Vyas Samman.

* Author,Poet Javed Akhtar Will Receive Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award.

*  Sukrita Paul Kumar Has Won The Tagore Literacy Prize.

NATIONAL - 

* The Hindu Group Won The Red ink Journalism Award 2023.

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

* Mallela Srikant And Prasasthi Sri To Receive Prestigious And Highest Award Of Ministry Of Railways ATI VISHIST RAIL SEVA PURASHKAR For Meritorious Service To The Public And The Organisation Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS).

* Actress Dia Mirza is Named PETA India's 2023 Person Of The Year, For Advocating Animals Protection.

* Advocates Association For Social Responsibility And Awareness (AASRAA) Honour Dr Srinivas Naik Dharavath With The Visionary Leader Icon Award Of The Year 2023.

* Bihar State Load Dispatch Center (BSLDC) Has Clinched The Prestigious LDC Excellence Award 

* Electronics & Information Technology Department, Odisha Has Received The Most Innovative Citizen Engagement Award For The Project MO SARKAR In The 12th Edition Of Digital Transformation Conclave 2023, Held At Ladakh. 

* Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO) Has Received The Prestigious 2023 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize ( Awarded By Iceland's Husavik Museum For Isro's Indomitable Lunar Exploration Chandrayaan 3. 

* Nobel Awardee Kailash Satyarthi's Founded Bachpan Bachao Andolon ( BBA) Has Received The First Fight For Justice Award By Delhi High court Bar Association And Live4 Freedom. 

*  Crompton Gets The Prestigious National Energy Conservation Award 2023.

FILM AWARDS - 

* Veteran Filmmaker And Producer Martin Scorsese Will Receive The Prestigious David O Selznick Achievement Award in February 2024.

* Martin Scorsese Will Honoured Lifetime Achievement In Berlin International Film Festival.

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WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2023

FIRST IN WORLD - 

*  Nepal Became The First South Asian Country To Officially Register Same Sex Marriage. 

*  Mohammed Abir Hassan, From Bangladesh Graduated From Indian Military Academy (IMA), As He Became The First Officer Cadet Of Their Country.

* European Union (EU) Passed The World's First Law To Curb Artificial Intelligence.

* Russia Reopen Its Embassy In Burkina Faso After 1992.

* The Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) Signed A Free Trade Agreement With South Korea.

* The US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) Approved By A Pair Of Gene Therapies Of Sickle Cell Disease.

* Myanmar Overtake Afghanistan As World's Top Producer Of Opium.

* Kenya Announced Visa Free For All Nation.

* Maldives Has Decided Not To Renew Hydrographic Survey Agreement With India.

* Iran Announced VISA Free To 33 Countries Including India.

* The United Nations Has Declared 2024 As The International Year Of Camelids (IYC) 2024. 

*  Iconic Elephant Trunk Rock Collapsed In Taiwan.

* Nepal Registered A World Record By Making 11000 Sq Feet Ram Sita Idols.

*  China Faced High Altitude Earthquake On 19th December. 

* Malaysia Has Banned All Israeli Flagged Cargo Ships From Docking At Its Ports. 

* French President Emmanuel Macron Invited As The Chief Guest To India's 2024 Republic Day Celebration. 

* United States President Joe Biden Has Signed Defense Policy Bill Of 886 Billion Dollars Annual Military Spending.

* Argentina Rejected The Membership Of BRICS. 

AWARD - 

*  Singer, Performer Taylor Swift Has Won TIMES 2023 Person Of The Year. 

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

SUMMIT - 

* The Indian And Australian High Commission In The UK Co-hosted Inaugural Indo Pacific Conference In London.

* India Was Re-elected To International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 

* India And 118 Other Countries Signed MoU For Renewable Power (Except China).

*  15th India Russia Business Dialogue Is Going To Held At Moscow on 19th December.

* National Security Advisor Ajit Doval To Attend The 6th NSA Levels Meeting Of The Colombo Security Conclave At Mauritius.

* Moscow, Host The Parliamentary Assembly Of The Collective Security Treaty Organisation. (CSTO )

MEMBERS Are - Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.

* The Royal Thai Navy In BangKok, Host The 8th Edition Of INDIAN Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave 

* Dalai Lama Inaugurated The First Edition Of International Sangha Forum At Bodhgaya, Bihar. 

*  US Host The QUAD Counter Terrorism Working Group Meeting At Honolulu, In Hawaii.

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announced That INDIA To Provide & 250 Million$ To Kenya For Modernisation Of Agriculture Sector.

*  India Announced 1 Million US Dollar Relief Assistance To Papua New Guinea In The Wake Of Volcanic Eruption.

* The European Commission Have Approved 1.2 Billion Euros of State Aid For A European Cloud Computing Project To Boost The Involvement Of EU Business in A Field Dominated By US Companies.

* The US State Department Has Approved $300 Million Sale Of Equipment To Help Taiwan Tactical Information System.

* India Is Sending HADR ( Humanitarian Assistance And Disaster Relief) To PNG Of $1 Million In The Wake Of Volcanic Eruption.

LAUNCHED - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi With Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson , President Of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi And European Council President Charles Michel Launched The Web Portal Of Green Credits Programme COP 28  WORLD Climate Action Summit in UAE.

*  The Philippines Have Inaugurated A New Coast Guard Monitoring Base on Island Occupied In Disputed South China Sea.

* COP 28 President Dr Sultan Ai Jaber And Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Launched The Oil And Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC).

*  China Has Successfully Launched The Reusable Robotics Spacecraft For The Third Time Since 2020.

DEFENSE - 

* Iran Unveiled The Combat Drones Air To Air Missile Which Range Upto 1000 Kilometers On Sunday

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Barrister Gohar Ali Khan Has Elected As The New Chairman Of TEHEREEK-e-Insaaf (Pakistan).

* Naval Commander General Dong Jun Has Been Appointed As New Defense Minister Of China.

DEFENSE CA - 

*  Iran Recently Unveiled Its Improved Hypersonic Weapon FATTAH-2.

* Italy Has Withdraw From China's Vast Belt And Road Infrastructure Initiative.

* Indonesia Has Now Offers Visa Free To 20 Countries.

* India And Sweden Completed 75 Years In Diplomatic Relations.

*  Hungary Became The 96th Nation To Join International Solar Alliance.

*  India And South Korea Completed 50 Years In Diplomatic Relations.

* The United Nations Mission In Mali Officially Ended After 10 Years.

* Six New Countries Have Joined UN Agency ENACT Partnerships To Advance Nature Based Solution (NBS) (France, USA, Belgium, Nederland, Pakistan And Switzerland).

SPACE - 

* Japanese Engineers Are Successfully Test Fired A Space Rocket Engine By Using Cow Dunk.

* Space X Falcon Heavy Rocket Launched USSF-52 From Florida. 

* NASA Launched New Mission Named GOD OF CHAOS 

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BOOKS & AUTHORS DECEMBER 2023

* WELCOME TO PARADISE Book Author - Twinkle Khanna 

*  The MAGIC MANTRA OF 5T - Author - Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra 

* HIS MAJESTY's Head Hunter : The Siege Of Kohima That Shaped WORLD History Book Author - MMHONLUMO KIKON - 

The Book Is Launched By Chief Minister Of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 

* THE UNKNOWN EDGE : A MYSTICAL JOURNEY OF SELF- DISCOVERY Book Author - Rajita Bagga 

* PRANAB MY Father- Book Author Sharmistha Mukherjee 

* ) FOUR STARS OF DESTINY Book Author -Manoj Naravane 

* INSIDE THE BOARDROOM : How Behavior Trumps Rationality Book Author -  R Gopalkrishnan & Tulsi Jaykumar 

*  INDIA'S COMMUNAL CONSTITUTION : Law, Religion And The Making Of a People Book Author - Mathew John 

* THE WOOD LIFE Book Author - Cricketer Of ENGLAND Mark Wood 

* ROSES WITHOUT THORNS Book Author - Attorney General Of India - Shri R Venkataramani. 

* KASHMIR : The Partition Trilogy Book Author - Manreet Sodhi Someshwar 

* Mumbai Municipal Corporation Released The Book Titled GREENING MUMBAI, Aim To Increase City's Green Cover.

*  External Affair Minister Dr. S Jaishankar Has Launched The Book - INDIA'S MOMENT - Book Author - A Mohan Kumar 

*  AN UNCOMMON Love ( The Early Life Of Sudha And Narayan Murthy) Book Author - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 

* WHY BHARAT MATTERS - Book Author Dr S Jaishankar 

* ULFA: The Mirage Of Dawn (Revolution in Assam) Book Author - Journalist Rajeev Bhattacharya 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31ST DECEMBER 2023

1) The World Number One Para Archer Sheetal Devi Crowned As Para Women Archer Of The Year 2023. 

2) Guillaume Has Crowned As PARA Men Archer Of The Year 2023. 

3) ULFA: The Mirage Of Dawn (Revolution in Assam) Book Author - Journalist Rajeev Bhattacharya 

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Two New Amrit Bharat Train And Six New Vande Bharat Express in AYODHYA, Uttar Pradesh.

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, In AYODHYA Uttar Pradesh. And Also Inaugurated The AYODHYA Dham Railway Junction.

6) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone Of Multiple Development Projects Worth Rs 15700 Crores in AYODHYA, Uttar Pradesh.

7) 14 Years Old Maya Rajeshwaran, Hold The Longest Winning Streak in ITF World Tennis Tour Junior's in 2023 (She Won 25 Consecutive Matches) 

8) 1990 Batch IPS Officer Arun Sarangi Has Been Appointed As The Additional DGP Of Odisha.

9) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Has Appointed As The Exofficio Chancellor Of Pondicherry University.

10) India Has Became The 2nd Largest Steel Producer In World.

11) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Inaugurated The Vibrant Ahmedabad Flower Show 2024.

12) IAS Vijay Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Special Chief Secretary To Punjab Chief Minister Bhagawant Mann.

13) Indian Army and DRDO Successfully Conducted The Akash Weapons System By Carpe Diem Brigade Of Sapta Shakti Command At Gopalpur

14) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Approved For Implementation Of LED Public Street Lighting Project Worth Rs 318.12 Crores.

15) Indian Navy Has Installed The Port Propeller Of Decommissioned INS VIRAAT Aircraft Carrier at INS SHIVAJI, Maharashtra.

16) IAS Chavan Kunal Hatiram Has Been Appointed As The First ADM Of Padampur, Bargarh.

17) Godrej Aerospace Has Signed MoU With Hyderabad Based PANINIAN For Developing Small Indigenous Turbojet And Turbofans For Aerospace.

18) BJp President J P Nadda Released A Commemorative Stamp on 200 Years Of Arrivals Of Indian Origin In Tamil In Srilanka.

19) Anahat Singh Crowned As Under 19 Scottish Junior Open Championship.

20) Magnus Carlsen Wins The 2023 Open World Men's Rapid Chess Championship.

21) Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court.

22)  Two Times Oscar Nominated Actor Tom Wilkinson Has passed Away.

23)  Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Inaugurated The Agiye Chalo Sangh's 35th Sishu Mela.

Also Inaugurate The 37th Annual Conference Of Agartala Obstetrics And Gynaecology Society.

24) Canada Based Babbar Khalsa's Lakhbir Singh Landa Declared As Terrorist By Ministry Of Home Affairs.

25) India And Russia Signed Three Documents Relates To Kudankulam Nuclear Plant An MoU On Pharmaceutical And Healthcare And Protocol On Foreign Consultation.

26) Argentina Rejected The Membership Of BRICS.

RECENT GI TAG OF STATE UTTARAKHAND

* Uttarakhand Berinag Tea 

* Uttarakhand Bichhu Buti ( Nettle) Fabrics 

* Uttarakhand Mandua 

* Uttarakhand Jhangora 

* Uttarakhand Gahat 

* Uttarakhand Lal Chawal ( Red Rice) 

* Uttarakhand Kala Bhat 

* Uttarakhand Malta Fruit 

* Uttarakhand Chaulai ( Ramdana) 

* Uttarakhand Buransh 

* Uttarakhand Pahari Toor Dal 

* Uttarakhand Likhai ( Wood Carving) 

* Nainital Mombatti ( Candle) 

* Rangwali Pichhoda Of Kumaon 

* Ramnagar Nainital Litchi 

* Ramgarh Nanital Aadu ( Peach) 

* Chamolil Wooden Ramman Mask 

* Almora Lakhori Mirchi 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30TH DECEMBER 2023

1) Debasish Sahu ( Tennis Player Of Odisha) Gets Eklavya Award.

2) Odisha High Court Judge Justice BR Sarangi Set To Become Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court.

3) AYODHYA Airport Is Set To Rename As Maharshi Valmiki International Airport.

4) ISRO To Launch 50 Foreign Satellites In 2024.

5) Koneru Humpy Won Silver At Women's World Rapid Chess Championship.

6) 3 Indian Space Startup ( GalaxEye, Abyoym Spacetech, OrbitAid) Have Been Featured In Austria Based Startus Insight List Of 20 Spacetech.

7) A Memorandum Of Settlement Has  Signed Between Government Of India And Assam State Government And Representative Of United Liberation Front Of Assam (ULFA) 

8) Gujarat State Government And Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL)  Have Signed a MoU For Tourism Purposes At Dwarka Sea Base.

9) Indian Navy Has Unveiled The New Design Of Admirals Epaulettes.

10) INDIAN Scientists Have Indigenously Developed Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Self Powered Broadband Photodetector.

11) Space X Falcon Heavy Rocket Launched USSF-52 From Florida. 

12) Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav Launched National Transit Pass System (NTPS) - One Nation- One Pass To Seamless Transit Of Timber, Bamboo, Forest Products Across Country. 

13) Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Inaugurated a New Design And Test Facility At Aero Engine Research And Development Centre ( AERDC) Of HAL In Bengaluru. 

14) Chief Secretary Of Odisha Pradeep Jena Gets 6 Another Months Extension.

15) Odisha Born Utkal Ranjan Sahu Is The New DGP Of Rajasthan.

16) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Has Become The First Indian Company To Chemically Recycle Plastic Waste Based Pyrolysis Oil Into International Sustainability And Carbon Certification (ISCC) 

17) NASA Launched New Mission Named GOD OF CHAOS 

18) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Inaugurated The Khelo Tripura Para Games 2024.

19) IFS Dr Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit Has Been Appointed As The High Commissioner Of India To Grenada And The Commonwealth Of Dominica.

20) Naval Commander General Dong Jun Has Been Appointed As New Defense Minister Of China.

21) Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Approved 1710 Crores For 29 Road Projects In Ladakh.

22) Former England Cricketer Stuart Broad Has Honoured With Commander Of Most Excellent Order Of The BRITISH Empire (CBE).

IMPORTANT COMPUTER QUESTIONS FOR LI EXAMINATION 2023

1) The Output Quality Of a Printer Is Measured By - Dot Per Inch ( DPI) 

2) URL Stands For - Uniform Serial Bus 

3) FTP Stands For - File Transfer Protocol

4) Shortcut For Printing a Document - Ctrl + P 

5) LAN Stands For - Local Area Network 

6) Cell Word Can Find In Which Segment - MS excel 

7) ROM Stands For - Read Only Memory 

8) CD-ROM Stands For - Compactable Disk Read Only Memory 

9) Keyboard Is a Which Type Of Device - Output Device 

10) The Set Of Instruction Is - Software 

11) CPU STANDS For - Central Processing Unit 

12) UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply 

13) PDF Stands For - Portable Document Format 

14) Ctrl + Z Denotes - Undo 

15) LINUX Is an - Operating System 

16) Which Tool Used as Synonym - Thesaurus 

17) CD Stands For - Compact Disk 

18) WAN Stands For - Wide Area Network 

19) Ctrl + A Denotes - Select All 

20) Ctrl + C Denotes - Copy 

21) Ctrl + V Denotes - Paste 

22) 2) Web Pages Are Written By Using - HTML Language 

3) Unsolicited Email Is Known As - Spam 

4) Which Facility Can You Use In MS Word To Merge And Print Multiple Document - Mail Merge 

5) What Programme Is Used In MS Word To Check The Spelling - Spell Check 

6) In MS Word Every Command Available In - Menu 

7) Editing a Document Consists Of Reading Through The Document You Have Created Them - Correcting Any Errors 

8) In Word You Can Use Word Art To - Format Text 

9) Which Among The Following Print Commands Should Be Selected To Print First 5 Pages Of Document - From - to 

10) What Is The Default Font In MS Word - Calibri ( Body) 

11) One Cell Format Can Be Copied To Another Cell By Using - Format Painter 

12) In Excel Each Sheet In a Work Book Is Displayed As - Tab 

13) What Do You Use To Create A Chart In Excel - Chart Wizard 

14) In a Spreadsheet Which Button Do You Click To Add Up a Series Of Numbers - The Auto sum Button 

15) Which Function Is Used To Join Two Cells In Excel - Merge And Centre 

16) Which Function Is Use To Display The Current Date And Time In a Cell - Now 

17) How Many Sheets  Are There By Default When We Create a New Excel File - 1 

18) In Excel Columns Are Labelled As - A,B ,C 

19) What Displays Each Slide Of The ppt As a Thumbnail And Is Used To Rearrange Them - Slide Sorter 

20) Which Short cut Key Is Used To Exit From The Slide Show - Esc 

21) Which File Format Can Be Added To a PowerPoint Show - jpg, wav, gif 

22) Which Of The Following Is Not One Of The PowerPoint View - Outline View 

23) In Power Point Presentation You Can Add - Both Clip and Sound 

24) The Slide That Used To Introduce a Topic and Set The Tone For The Presentation Called - Title Slide 

25) What Is The Default Page Set Up Orientation Of Slide In Power Point - Landscape 

26) PowerPoint Presentation Are Widely Used As - 

a) Project Presentation By Students 

b) Communication Of Planning 

c) Note Outline For Teachers 

27) What Is The Best Way To Create Another Copy Of Slide - From Insert Menu - Chose Duplicate Slide 

28) What Is Processed By The Computer Into Information - Data 

29) What Is Backup - 

Ans - Copy To Save a Data From Original Source To Other Destination 

30) What Is Called The Starting Up an Operating System - Booting 

31) Short Cut Key For Refresh - F5 

32) If The Displayed System Time And Date Is Wrong, You Can Reset It Using - 

33) Windows Displays Various Option To Shut down -= 

34) The Two Kinds Of Mai Memory In a Computer Are - Primary and Secondary 

35) Which Of These Programs Will You Choose To Write a Letter To The Head Of Institution - Word 

36) VIRUS Stands For - Vital Information Resource Under Siege 

37) email - Electronic Mail 

38) Which Platform Can You Use For Online Meeting - Zoom, Google 

39) The Crime Of Stealing a Password Is Called - Spoofing 

40) Which Of The Following Is An Absolute Cell Reference In MS Excel - $A $1 

41) In MS Power Point Presentation Design Regulate The Formatting And Lay out For The Slide And Commonly Called - Templates 

42) Which Of The Following Should You Use If You Went All Slides In The Presentation Have The Same Look In MS Power Point - a Presentation Design Template 

43) Which Of The Following Is Correct in MS Excel - =Power (2,3) 

44) How To Go To Page Number 345 In a MS Word Document Containing 465 Pages - Press Ctrl + G Then Enter 345 And Press Enter 

45) What Is The Number Of Columns In a Table In MS Word - 63 

46) In MS Power Point The Header And Footer Button Can Be Found On The Insert Tab In Which Group - Text Group 

47) In MS Excel To Drag a Selected Range Of Data To Another Worksheet In The Same Workbook Use The - Ctrl Key 

48) One Billion Byte - Giga Byte 

49) What Does The VlookUp Function In MS Excel - Find Value In An Array 

50) A Feature In MS Excel That Displays Only The Data In Column According To Specify Criteria - Filtering 

51) In MS Word Which Of The Following Do You Use To Change Margins - Page Set Up Dialog Box

52) IN MS Power point How Can You Create a Uniform Appearance By Adding a Background Image To All Slides - Edit The Slide Master 

53) In MS Excel The Cell Reference For a Range Of Cells That Starts in Cell (C1) And Goes Over To Column (H) And Down To Row 10 Is - (C1:H10) 

54) By Default Your Document Print In Which Mode In MS Word - Portrait 

55) What Is The Function Of Ctrl + B In MS Word - Bold Letter 

56) In MS Excel You Can Create Hyperlinks From  Excel Workbook To 

a) a Web Page On Company Internet 

b) a Web Page On The Internet 

c) Application Document 

57) In MS Excel What Does Sum if Function Do - Add Up Cell Values Based On a Condition 

58) In Order To Enter Multiple Rows In a Cell In MS Excel Which Key Should Be Passed After Each Line - Alt + Enter 

59) File Extension For Power Point - .ppt 

File Extension For Word File - .doc 

File Extension For Excel File - .xlsc 

File Extension For Text File - .txt 

60) FTP Stands For - File Transfer Protocol 

61) In MS Excel The Drag And Drop Method Of Copying Or Moving - Can Be Used Between Both Work Books and Worksheets 

62) In MS Power points If You Want To Insert Some Slides From Other Presentation Into Current One Choose - From Insert Menu Choose Slide From File 

63) A Function Inside Another Function Is Called a - Nested 

64) For Addition Of a Row At The End Of Table In MS Word, Move The Cursor At The End And Use - Tab 

65) Short Cut Used For To Add a Border To The Selected Cell In MS Excel - Ctrl + Shift + & 

66) Which Key Should Be Pressed To Start a New Paragraph In MS Word - Enter 

67) Which Key Is Used To Rename a File In Windows Operating System - F2 

68) In  MS Excel How Can You Remove Borders Applied In The Cells - Click Home - The Border Arrow - Erase     Border - and Then Select Cell 

69) The Maximum Zoom Percentage In MS PowerPoint Is - 400% 

70) In MS Excel Which Function Display ROW Data In a Column Or Column Data In a Row - Transpose Feature 

71) In MS Power point When You Were Giving Your Presentation And You Need To Click a Slide That Few Slides Back Best way To Achieve - Right Click - Go to Slide - Select Slide 

72) Firewall Is Used For - Security 

73) Which Button Used For Spelling And Grammar Checking  in MS word - F7 

74) In MS Power Point Which Of The Following Should Be Used When You Want To Add Slide To An Existing Presentation - Edit, Add a New Slide 

75) In MS Power Point The Entry Effect As One Slide Replaces Another In a Show Is Called - Slide Transition 

76) Which Command Brings You To The First Slide In Your Presentation In MS Power point - Ctrl + Home 

77) Short Cut Key Used In MS Windows To Perform Cut Operation - Ctrl + X 

78) CTRL + Y Is Used For - Redo The Action 

79) Short Cut Key Used For Replace In MS Word - Ctrl + H 

80) In MS Word How To Change The Author Name For Review Comments - Right Click - Click On Author - Change Name 

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29TH DECEMBER 2023

1) The Union Cabinet Has Approved The Construction Of a New 4.56 km Long 6 Lane Bridge On The River Ganga, Connecting Digha And Sonepur In Bihar. 

2) DMDK Founder Vijay Kanth Passed Away. 

3) Cabinet Approve The Improvement And Widening Of Two Lane With Paved Shoulder Of Khowai- Harina Road In Tripura. ( The Project Involves Investments Of Rs. 2486.78 Crores) Loan Borrowed From Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 

4) India And Russia To Signed MoU To Boost Energy Ties And Defence Item Production. 

5) UPI Transactions Grows 118% in Rural And Semi Urban Regions In India. 

6) Former Chief Secretary Tripurari Sharan Has Been Appointed As The Chief Information Commissioner Of Bihar.

7) Indian Government Has Extended The Free Import Policy Of URAD Dal And Tur Dal For One Year To March 31st 2025.

8) Ministry Of Commentry Has Launched Directorate General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT)'s E-commerce Export Handbook For MSME. (English, Hindi, Gujarati,Kannada Language) 

* Signed MoU Between DGFT And Shiprocket An E-commerce Enabler For Holding Capacity And Handholding.

9) IPS Anish Dayal Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

10) IPS Rahul Rasgotra Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

11) IPS Nina Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

She Became The First Woman To Head The CISF.

12) 1989 Batch IPS Vivek Srivastav Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Fire Service.

13) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated States First Floating Restaurant.

14) Russia Reopen Its Embassy In Burkina Faso After 1992.

15) The Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) Signed A Free Trade Agreement With South Korea.

16) The 82nd Annual INDIAN History Congress Began At Kakatiya University, Warangal.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Accepted The Invitation To Inaugurate BAPS Hindu Temple In UAE.

18) Indusland Bank Has Launched eSvarna.

19) C S Rajan Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS & ITS USES

* AMMETER - Measure Electric Current 

* ANEMOMETER - Records Velocity Of Wind 

* ALTIMETER - Measures Altitudes 

* ALGESIMETER - Sensitiveness Of Skin 

* ACTINOMETER - Measures Direct Heating Power Of Sun

* AUDIOMETER - Measures Intensity Of Sound 

* BAROMETER - Measures The Atmospheric Pressure 

* CALORIMETER - Measures Quantities Of Heat 

* CYAMOMETER - Measure Blueness Of SKY Or Ocean 

* CHRONOMETER - Records Accurate Times On Ships 

* CARDIOGRAPH - Tracing Heart Movements 

* DASYMETER - Measures Density Of GAS 

* ECG - Diagnose Heart Related 

* EEG - Epilepsy 

* FATHOMETER - Measuring Depth Of Oceans 

* GALVANOMETER - Detect The Radioactive Particles 

* GRAVIMETER - Measure The Underwater Oil Deposits 

* GYROSCOPE - Dynamics Of Rotating Body 

* HEMOCYOTOMETER - Counting RBC & WBC 

* HYDROPHONE - Measuring Sound In Underwater 

* HYDROMETER - Density Of Liquids 

* HYGROMETER - Humidity Of Air 

* LACTOMETER - Purity Of Milk 

* MANOMETER - Gas Pressure 

* MRI - INTERNAL INJURY IN BODY 

* MAGNETOMETER - Compare Magnetic Field 

* OMBROMETER - Rainfall 

* ODOMETER - Distance Covered By Wheeled Vehicle 

* PERISCOPE - Viewing Of Object 

* PYROMETER - Measures High Temperature 

* REFRACTOMETER - Refractive Index Of a Substance 

* SACCHARIMETER - Amount Of Sugar 

* SPIROGRAPH - Records The Movement Of Lungs 

* SEISMOGRAPH - Intensity Of Earthquakes 

* SPHEROMETER - Curvature Of Surface 

* SPECTROMETER - Measuring Spectrum Of Light 

* VOLTAMETER - Conducting Electrolysis 

* VISCOMETER - Viscosity Of Liquid