Updated 30 April 2023
The Indian pair which has won the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships Men's Doubles title held in Dubai (becoming the first Indians to do so) | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty |
The operation launched by Govt of India to evacuate Indians from Khartoum in war-torn Sudan is named | Operation Kaveri |
The rank of India in the Logistics Performance Index 2023 released by World Bank | 38 |
The miniratna public sector company which has been granted the status of Navratna CPSE by the Govt | Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd |
The 7th edition of joint military exercise between India and the United Kingdom being conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from 27 April to 11 May 2023 is named | AJEYA WARRIOR-23 |
The city of Kerala in which India's first water metro was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | Kochi |
The 4-time Chief Minister of Punjab, leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, recipient of Padma Vibhushan who passed away on 25 April 2023 | Shri Parkash Singh Badal |
The theme of the World Immunisation Week observed from 24 to 30 April 2023 | The Big Catch-up |
The multi-national (including IAF) air exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force (Greece) at the Andravida Air Base from 24 Apr 2023 to 04 May 2023 | INIOCHOS-23 |
The city in which the tallest statue (125 ft) of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar has been unveiled by the Telangana CM Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao | Hyderabad |
The Indian social worker from Maharashtra who has been awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2022 by the Maharashtra Government | Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari |
The multilateral military exercise to be conducted from 17 April to 05 May 2023 at Mont-de-Marsan in France (with participation from IAF, and Air Forces of France, Germany, Greece etc.) is named | Exercise Orion |
The political party which has been granted the status of a National Party by the Election Commission of India | Aam Aadmi Party |
The Indian-American mathematician and statistician who has been chosen to be awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics by the International Prize in Statistics Foundation | Prof. C.R. Rao |
The bilateral air exercise being held by the Air Forces of India and United States from April 10 to 21 at Panagarh and Kalaikunda (West Bengal) is named | Exercise Cope India 2023 |
The National Park at which the President of India, Smt Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the Gaj Utsav-2023 on 07 April 2023 | Kaziranga |
The two times Commonwealth Games weightlifting medallist who has been banned from competitions for four years | Ms. Sanjita Chanu |
The India - Sri Lanka bilateral maritime exercise conducted at Colombo from 03 to 08 April 2023 was named | SLINEX-23 |
The Indian state in which Indian Railways has achieved 100% electrification of it broad gauge network | Haryana |
The Scandinavian country which has become the 31st member of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | Finland |
The former Indian cricketer and the first cricketer to win the Arjuna Award (1961) who passed away on 02 April 2023 | Salim Durani |
The following are the highlights of the first ever water census carried out by Ministry of Jal Shakti:
Read the detailed report here
The following were chosen the Five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden
Suryakumar Yadav was chosen the Leading T20 Cricketer of the Year
The following food items were accorded GI Tags recently
Theme: Transformation: Toward a Neuro-Inclusive World for All
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2008
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Mine Action Cannot Wait
First Observed in: 2006
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2014
Theme: Scoring for People and the Planet
Designated by: World Health Organisation
Theme: Health For All
First Observed in: 1950
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2011
Designated by: World Federation of Haemophilia
Theme: Access for All: Prevention of bleeds as the global standard of care
First Observed in: 1989
Designated by: UNESCO
Theme: The Heritage of Commemoration
First Observed in: 1983
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2010
Note: Earth Day was first observed in 1970 in the United States and it went global in 1990. The same day was adopted by the UN in 2009 as the International Mother Earth Day.
Designated by: UN Dept of Public Information
First Observed in: 2010
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First Observed in: 2007
Theme: Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement
Designated by: World Intellectual Property Organisation
First Observed in: 2000
Theme: Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity
Designated by: International Labour Organisation
First Observed in: 2003
Theme: A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work
Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Actor: Rajkummar Rao for Badhai Do
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Music Director: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Prem Chopra
Most nominations: Gangubai Kathiawadi (16)
Most Awards: Gangubai Kathiawadi (10)