The new name of Udhampur railway station as decided by Jammu and Kashmir administration | Martyr Tushar Mahajan Railway Station |
The bilateral naval exercise conducted by Indian Navy and Singapore Navy from 21 to 24 September at Singapore is named | SIMBEX-2023 |
The transport aircraft manufactured by Airbus Spain which are being imported by the Indian Air Force to replace Avro HS-748 aircraft | Airbus C295 |
The tennis player from Romania who has been banned by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for four years for doping | Simona Halep |
The Indian badminton player who has won the Indonesia Masters Super 100 men's singles title defeating Japan's Koo Takahashi in the finals | Kiran George |
The team which has won the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time (defeating Serbia in the finals) | Germany |
The well-known political cartoonist associated with The Times of India and India Today who passed away on 08 September 2023 | Ajit Ninan |
The place in Madhya Pradesh which has become India's first solar city with its 3 MW solar power plant becoming operational | Sanchi |
The country which has launched the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) nicknamed Moon Sniper aboard its rocket H-IIA on 07 September 2023 | Japan |
The venue of 20th ASEAN-India Summit on 07 September 2023 attended by Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | Jakarta, Indonesia |
The team which has won the Hockey 5s Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Pakistan in the finals at Salalah, Oman | India |
The team which has won the Durand Cup 2023 football tournaments defeating East Bengal in the finals | Mohun Bagan SG |
The US state which has declared October as the Hindu Heritage month | Georgia |
The actor, writer and director of Hindi movies who has been appointed the President of Film and Television Institute of India | R. Madhavan |
The Singaporean politician, economist and statesman who has been elected to be the new President of the country from 14 September 2023 | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
The Indian Railway Traffic Service officer who has become the first woman CEO and Chairperson of the Railway Board | Ms. Jaya Verma Sinha |
The following place in India have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list
1. Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas: They are a group of 3 temples built by the Hoysala dynasty between 12th and 13th centuries in Karnataka. The temples are:
2. Santiniketan: Santiniketan was founded as an ashram by Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore in the 19th century. It is connected to the life and philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, the leading figure of the Bengali Renaissance.
Aditya-L1 is a solar observation satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation. The Aditya-L1 mission will take around 109 Earth days after launch to reach the halo orbit around the L1 point, which is about 1,500,000 km from Earth. The planned mission duration is 5.2 years from the date of launch.
What is point L1?
Ans: L1 or Lagrange Point 1 is one of the 5 points located between the sun and the earth where the gravitational pull of two large masses precisely equals the centripetal force required for a small object to move with them. They have been named after the Italian-French mathematician Josephy-Louis Lagrange. WIND and SOHO are other spacecraft positioned at L1 point. The L1 point of the Earth-Sun system affords an uninterrupted view of the sun.
Held from 30 August to 17 September 2023.
Hosts: Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Winners: India (8th title)
Runners-up: Sri Lanka
Player of the series: Kuldeep Yadav (India)
Most runs: Shubman Gill (302) (India)
Most wickets: Matheesha Pathirana (11) (Sri Lanka)
Teams: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Afghanistan
Finals played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Player of the match of the finals: Mohammed Siraj (India). Mohammed Siraj also became the first Indian bowler to claim 4 wickets in an over in ODI.
Title | Winner | Runner-up |
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Men's Singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | Daniil Medvedev (Russia) |
Women's Singles | Coco Gauff (USA) | Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) |
Men's Doubles | Rajiv Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (UK) | Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden (Australia) |
Women's Doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) | Laura Siegemund (Germany) and Vera Zvonareva (Russia) |
Mixed Doubles | Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Harri Heliovaara (Finland) | Jessica Pegula and Austin Krajicek (USA) |
Note: Novak Djokovic now has the maximum number of Grand Slam Men's Singles titles i.e. 24.
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2013
Note: 05 September is the death anniversary of Mother Teresa
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2020
Theme: Together for clean air
Designated by: UNESCO
First observed: 1996
Theme: Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies
Designated by: International Association for Suicide Prevention
First observed: 2003
Theme: Creating Hope through Action
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2008
Theme: Empowering the Next Generation
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1995
Designated by: World Health Organisation
First observed: 2019
Theme: Engaging patients for patient safety
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1982
Theme: Actions for peace: Our ambition for the #GlobalGoals
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2020
Theme: A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere!
The following have been awarded the 65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards:
The following items have been bestowed Geographical Indication (GI) tags recently