Updated 31 July 2023
The Indian women's team skipper who has been suspended for two international matches following two separate breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match against Bangladesh in Dhaka | Harmanpreet Kaur |
The chess player from Maharashtra who has become India's 83rd Grandmaster after earning his GM norm at the Biel International Chess Festival | Aditya Samant |
The railway station on the Central line of Mumbai suburban railway which has been awarded the UNESCO's Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage award | Byculla |
The multilateral military exercise being conducted by Australia with participation of 13 countries from 22 July to 04 August is named | Exercise Talisman Sabre |
The research ship of National Institute of Oceanography, from which 36 crew including scientists were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard off the coast of Karwar in Arabian Sea | RV Sindhu Sadhana |
The north eastern state of India which has been officially declared as Lumpy Skin Disease positive state | Nagaland |
The team which has won the 2023 Duleep Trophy cricket tournament defeating West Zone in the finals in Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | South Zone |
The Malaysian shuttler who has set a new Guiness World Record for the fastest badminton smash for females at 438 km/h at a special event in Tokyo | Tan Pearly |
The Indian shuttler who has set a new Guiness World Record for the fastest badminton smash at 565 km/h surpassing earlier record of 493 km/h at a special event in Tokyo | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy |
The world's first methane fuelled space rocket launched by Beijing-based firm LandSpace from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is named | Zhuque-2 |
The two-time former Chief Minister of Kerala who passed away on 18 July 2023 | Shri Oommen Chandy |
The 15th edition of joint military exercise conducted by India and Mongolia at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 17 to 31 July 2023 is named | Nomadic Elephant-23 |
The highest award of France which was conferred on the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi by H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic of France | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour |
India's first AI regional news anchor introduced by Odisha TV is named | Lisa |
The country which has declared a state of National emergency amid a surge in patient suffering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) | Peru |
The venue of the 34th International Biology Olympiad which was won by India with all its 4 participants winning gold medals | Al Ain, UAE |
The Indian badminton player who has won the 2023 Canada Open defeating Li Shifeng of China in the final match in Calgary, Canada | Lakhsya Sen |
The place at which India's first domestically built 700 MW nuclear reactor has started commercial operations | Kakrapar, Gujarat |
The seventh edition of salvage and explosive ordnance disposal exercise conducted by Indian and US Navy from 26 June to 06 July 2023 at Kochi was named | SALVEX |
The seventh edition of the bilateral maritime exercise by the navies of India and Japan conducted at/ off Visakhapatnam from 05 -10 July 2023 was named | JIMEX 2023 |
The incumbent Solicitor General of India, whose name has been approved for re-appointment as Solicitor General for a further period of 3 years by the Appointments Committe of the Cabinet | Shri Tushar Mehta |
The leader of Nationalist Congress Party who has been sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra to serve jointly with Shri Devendra Fadnavis | Shri Ajit Pawar |
The team which was defeated by India in the finals to win the 2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship in Busan, South Korea | Iran |
Title | Winner | Runner-up |
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Gentlemen's Singles | Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) |
Ladies' Singles | Markéta Vondroušová (Czechia) | Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) |
Gentlemen's Doubles | Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands) and Neal Skupski (U.K.) | Marcel Granollers (Spain) and Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) |
Ladies' Doubles | Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Barbora Strýcová (Czechia) | Storm Hunter (Australia) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) |
Mixed Doubles | Mate Pavić (Croatia) and Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) | Joran Vliegen (Belgium) and Xu Yifan (China) |
Note: Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest person (at 19 years 131 days) to be ranked at No. 1 position by ATP.
Host city: Bangkok, Thailand
Medals Tally
# | Country | G | S | B | T |
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1. | Japan | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
2. | China | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
3. | India | 6 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
4. | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5. | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2023 South Asian Football Federation Championship
Venue: Sri Kanteerva Stadium, Bengaluru
Dates: 21 June to 04 July 2023
Winners: India (9th title)
Runners-up: Kuwait
Teams: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan
Top scorer: Sunil Chhetri (5 goals)
Best Player: Sunil Chhetri
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1993
Designated by: United Nations Development Programme
First observed: 1989
Theme: Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world’s infinite possibilities
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2010
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2022
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2020
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2021
Theme: Anyone can drown, no one should
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First Observed in: 2008
Theme: We are not waiting
Designated by: St Petersburg Tiger Summit
First Observed in: 2010
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First Observed in: 2014
Theme: Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind
Passed by Lok Sabha on 27.07.2023
Highlights
Launch date: 14.07.2023
Launched from: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
Launch vehicle: Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3
Pay load consists of: Lander and Rover named Pragyan
Released by: Institute for Economics and Peace, Australia
# | Country | # | Country |
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1. | Iceland | 17. | Bhutan |
2. | Denmark | 80. | China |
3. | Ireland | 88. | Bangladesh |
4. | New Zealand | 126. | India |
5. | Austria | 146. | Pakistan |