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APRIL 2023 PDF
By – Indo Pathshala
Contact Number – 9123206137
https://www.youtube.com/@indopathshala400
April 2023 Imp Days & Themes
1st April Odisha Foundation Day
RBI Foundation Day

2nd April World Autism Awareness Day

Theme - Contribution of Autistic Individuals at Home, at Work, in the Arts, and Policymaking

4th April International Day of Mine Awareness

Mahavir Jayanti

5th April National Maritime Day

7th April World Health Day

Theme - Health for All

10th April World Homeopathy Day

11th Apri Jyotiba Phule birth anniversary

National Safe Motherhood Day

13th April Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919

14th April Ambedkar Jayanti
16th April Save the Elephant Day
Theme - Safeguarding Elephant Habitats for a Sustainable Tomorrow
17-21st National Panchayat Awards Week
April Theme - Panchayaton ke Sankalpon ki Siddhi ka Utsav
17th April World Haemophilia Day
Theme - Access for All : Prevention of Bleeds as the Global Standard of Care

18th April World Heritage Day

Theme - Heritage Change

19th April World Liver Day

Theme - Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up, fatty liver can affect anyone

22nd April Earth Day

Theme - Invest in our Planet

23rd April World Book Day

24th April National Panchayati raj Day

25th April World Malaria Day

Theme - Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement

26th April World Intellectual Property Day

27th April International Girls In ICT days

Theme – Digital Skills for Life
State Related Current Affairs
 Madhya Pradesh’s which Sanctuary to be second new home of Cheetahs - Gandhisagar wildlife
sanctuary

 Which state Launched ‘One Panchayat, One Playground – Kerala

 Mahila Nidhi’ is the first ever women’s cooperative fund launched by which state/UT’s – Rajasthan

 Which state’s tea has recently been granted a European Geographical Indication (GI) tag – HP

 Which state has become the first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network – Haryana

 Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently completed 50 years as a Project Tiger Reserve – Karnataka

 ICG conducts Regional Search And Rescue (SAR) Exercise in which state - Andhra Pradesh

 Which state inaugurated”Mehngai Rahat Camp” – Rajasthan

 Second phase of caste based census started in which state – Bihar

The first phase of the census took place from June to July 2021

 Who Indian has been named in Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list - Shahrukh Khan
& S S Rajamouli

 According to ADR Report, Who is the Richest CM of India - Jagan Mohan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh

 Shar Nyima Tsho Sum Namyig Lhakhang is inaugurated in which state - Arunachal Pradesh CM
Pema Khandu

 Chennai Metro and which bank launch Singara Chennai Card – SBI

 Who becomes the first woman President of TiE Rajasthan - Sheenu Jhawar

 How many cities are targeted to achieve a 3-Star Garbage Free rating by Oct 2024 - 1000 Cities

 EC first time introduced vote from Home option in which state assembly elections – Karnataka
 Which State has become the first state in the country to adopt water budget – Kerala

 Which State host the Space Economy Leaders’ Meet (SELM) of the G20 Summit – Meghalaya
G20 2023 Theme - Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth · One Family · One Future

 2nd G20 Health Working Group Meeting – Goa (17 – 19 April 2023)

 2nd Women 20 (W20) international Meeting – Jaipur, Rajasthan (13 – 14 April 2023)

 2nd meeting of G20 Development Working Group – Kumarakom, Kerala

 Youth20 (Y20) Consultation Meeting – IIT Kanpur (5 – 6 April 2023)

 Which city of India topped in ranking of Best Public Transport System – Mumbai

 Dogri language spoken in the Which Indian state/UT's – J&K

 Which state will celebrate Savarkar's birth anniversary as 'Swatantrya Veer Gaurav Din’ -
Maharashtra

 Food Conclave-2023 will be organize in which City - Hyderabad

 Where is the tallest statue of BR Ambedkar Unviel – Telangana (125-feet-tall)

 India’s Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Vibrant Village program at Kibithu, a border village
in Arunachal Pradesh.

 Best Tourism Village Competition was launched recently by the Union Ministry of Tourism.

 Bara Basti, Village of Nagaland became the 2nd largest village in Asia has adopted resolutions for
clean and fair election.

 Modhera, a village in the Mehsana district of Gujarat as India's first solar-powered village.

 Dispara Village of Tripura becomes the first modified bio-village in India.

 Kumbalangi became the first ever sanitary napkin free village in the country It is located in the
Ernakulam district of Kerala.

 Jamtara in Jharkhand has become the only district in the country where all gram panchayats have
community libraries.

 Bargarh's Govindpur District To Be Odisha's First Ever 'Birds Village

State Related Schemes

 PM Modi dedicated to nation projects worth Rs 17,000 crore in which state - Madhya Pradesh
To enable Panchayats to market their goods and services

 Salokha Yojana is related to which state – Maharashtra

 Which state has bagged National Award For Fasal Bima Yojana – Karnataka

 Recently which state has started a program called ‘A-HELP’(Accredited Agent for Health and
Extension of Livestock Production) – Uttrakhand

 Tribal Affairs Minister launched PTP-NER scheme in which state – Manipur

To strengthen the livelihood opportunities for tribal artisans
 According to the 2022 tiger census, what is the number of tigers in India – 3167
 53rd : Ranipur tiger reserve - UP

 Which State to launch 'Project Sanjeevani' for livestock healthcare - Himachal Pradesh

 Which state/UT has announced to set up the ‘Education Service Selection Commission’ - Uttar
Pradesh

 “CM di Yogshala” program is launched by which state/UT – Punjab

 Which state/UT repealed the ‘Loktantra Prahari Samman Act’ - Himachal Pradesh

 Recently the Chief Minister of which state has launched the School Chalo Abhiyan 2030 – UP

 Which ministry Issued PAHCHAN cards to 30.53 lakhs handicrafts artisans - Textile ministry

 PANKH Abhiyan – Madhya Pradesh

 CHEERAG Scheme – Haryana

 SAHAY Scheme – Jharkhand

 SAFAL Scheme – Odisha

 Aasra Pension Scheme – Telangana

 Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho Scheme – Tripura

 Mukhya Mantri Chiranjeevi Yojana – Rajasthan

 Amma & Bahini Scheme – Sikkim

 Naari ko Naman – Himachal Pradesh

 Har Ghar Gangazal – Bihar

 Mukhyamantri Vriksha Sampada Yojana – Chhattisgarh

International Curent Affairs

 Which Country to introduce gold-backed digital currency – Zimbabwe

 Who has been named the new deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom - Oliver Dowden

 Asia-Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination to commence in which city – Delhi

 Which country has overtook China as world’s most populous country – India (1.4bn )

 Which Country has become a founding member of the International Big Cats Alliance – Nepal
 Which city had its hottest day on 15th April 2023 - Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka

 Who inaugurated Buzi Bridge in Mozambique - External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar.

 Miguel Diaz-Canel became president of which country for the second time – Cuba
Cuba Capital: Havana, Currency: Cuban Peso
 Which Country has become the world’s largest narco-state - Syria

 Which country has become India's largest trading partner in FY23 – USA

 The Order of the White Eagle, is highest decoration of which country – Poland

 Which country has recently voted to ban rental e-scooters – France

 Which Country successfully launched a new spy satellite, named Ofek-13 - Israel

 Recently Bastille Day Parade is in news, it is related to which country – France

 Which country's government has announced a ban on the English language – Italy

 Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Colombia

 Which country has become the 31st member of NATO – Finland

 Which two countries have been certified malaria free by WHO - Azerbaijan & Tajikistan

 Who has achieved the highest number of followers on the Twitter - Elon Musk (CEO of Twitter)

 Where will the world's third largest cricket stadium be built - Jaipur, Rajasthan

 World’s Largest – Narendra Modi Stadium

 Which operation has been started by India to help Cyclone Mocha affected part of Bangladesh and
Myanmar - Opreation Karuna
Yemen suggested the name ‘Mocha', which is supposed to be pronounced as Mokha.

 Opreation Kaveri – to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Sudan during the 2023
Sudan conflict.

 Operation Dost - launched by India to provide aid to Turkey & Syria

 Operation Ganga - It was an evacuation mission to bring back all the Indian nationals who are
stranded in Ukraine.

 Operation Dev Sakti evacuation operation by the Indian Armed Forces (IAF) was kicked off in
August 2021 to safely bring back Indian nationals from Afghanistan
Awards and Honours
 Who has awarded Australia's highest civilian award - Ratan Tata

 Which ministry received PM’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration - Health ministry

 Who has become the first woman Air Force officer to receive a gallantry medal - Deepika Misra

 Who received Germany’s highest Order of Merit - Angela Merkel

 Who has won the title of Miss India 2023 - Nandini Gupta

 Who is selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik

 Who has been honored with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award - Raj Subramaniam, the CEO of
FedEx,
 Who has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Central University of Kerala - PT Usha

 Who has been awarded the prestigious Santokbaa Humanitarian Award - Sonam Wangchuk

 Bharat Biotech was awarded the Best Production/Process Development award as a part of the
Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) awards
 Who is awarded from 2023 International Prize in Statistics - C Radhakrishna Rao

 Who has been honored with the Maratha Udyog Ratna - Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre

 Who honored with Young Urologist of the Year Award 2023 - Nitya Abraham

 Which state's NGO 'Tapovan' has been honored with the Children's Champion Award - Asaam

 Which state received HUDCO award for cleanliness drive - Uttar Pradesh

 Who received Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar - Asha Bhosle

 Which of the following Maharatna CPSU won Global Gold Award for CSR work – PGCIL (Power Grid
Corporation of India Ltd)
 Which state has bagged National Award For Fasal Bima Yojana – Karnataka

 Who is selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik

 Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 – Dalai Lama

 Assam Vaibhav 2023 – Tapan Kumar Saika

 Abel Prize 2023 – Luis Caffarelli (USA)

 Shaktikanta Das - ‘Governor Of The Year’ By Central Banking.

 Saraswati Samman 2022 – Sivasankari

 Vyas Samman 2022 – Gyan Chaturvedi

 Pritzker Prize 2023 – David Chipperfield (Britain)

 Marconi Prize 2023 – Hari Balkrishna

 UNESCO Peace Prize 2022 – Angela Merkel

 Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK – Manmohan Singh

 The most distinguished scientist of the year 2022 - R Vishnu Prassad

 Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Prabha Atre

 Miss Universe 2022 – R Bonney Gabriel (USA)

 Best Original Song Awards at Golden Globes & Oscars - Naatu Naatu (RRR)

List of winners of the Filmfare Awards 2023

 Best Film Award - Gangubai Kathiawadi

 Best Actor Award – Rajkumar Rao for Badhaai ho

 Best Actress Award – Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi

 Best Director Award – Sanjay Leela Bhanshali for Gangubai Kathiawadi

 Best Music Album – Pritam for Shiva Song (Brahmastra : Part 1)

 Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmastra

 Best Playback Singer (Female) – Kavitha Seth for Rangisari from Jug Jugg Jeeyo.

 Lifetime Achievement Award – Prem Chopra

95th Academy Award 2023 Winner’s List

 Best Film : Everything Everywhere All at Once (Most awards- 7)

 Best Actor : Brendan Fraser for The Whale

 Best Actress : Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once

 Best Director : Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once

 Best documentary short : The Elephant Whisperers

 Best Original Song : Naatu Naatu (RRR) Composed by Keeravani

Sports Current Affairs
 Which team won the 2023 final of Hero Super Cup - Odisha FC (beating Bengaluru FC 2-1)

 Sharjah stadium stand named after which player - Sachin Tendulkar

 Sanjita Chanu is related to which sports – Weightlifter ( has been banned for four years by the
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA))

 Red bull driver Sergio Perez won Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023

 Santosh Trophy 2023 : Karnataka beats Meghalaya 3-2 to clinch title after 54 years.

 Who won the Spain masters 2023 badminton title - Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

 Which team won the men's and women's titles in the 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship – India

 Women Preimer League 2023 : Champion – Mumbai Indians Runner’s up – Delhi

 Which Indian cricketer named among Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year - Harmanpreet Kaur

 Long jumper, Shaili Singh won which medal in the women’s long jump at the Indian Grand Prix 4
2023 athletics – Gold

 Nithya won which medal in women’s singles at Brazil Para-Badminton International – Gold

 Which swimmer won 5 gold medals in Malaysia Swimming Championships 2023 - Indian Swimmer,
Vedaant Madhavan

 Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat clinched his maiden BWF World Tour Super 300 title

 Which city will host the second edition of 'Street Child Cricket World Cup’ – Chennai

 Who won the title of World Chess Armageddon Asia and Oceania Division - D Gukesh

 Who becomes first female umpire to officiate men’s T20I match - Kim Cotton

 Who won the title of Charleston Open women’s tennis tournament - Ons Jabuer

 Nisha Dahiya and Priya Malik are related to which sports – Wrestling

 Which city will host the Asian Hockey Men's Championship after 15 years – Chennai

 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Host Countries – Belgium & Netherlands

 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup Host country – India (Champions Germany (3rd title)

 What is the Position of Indian women in Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 – 3rd (Japan ranked
First & China ranked Second position)
 Which team topped the FIFA ranking for the first time in over six years – Argentina (India is in 101st
position)

 Which Country removed as host of 2023 FIFA Under-17 World Cup – Peru

 which player has crossed the 600-run mark in a single IPL season for the third time - Virat Kohli

 David Warner becomes fastest to score 6000 runs in IPL

 ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023, Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) being named as the

ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Henriette Ishimwe (Rwanda) ICC WoMen Player

 Shubman Gill became the youngest player in the history of Men's ODIs to score a double hundred.

 Former Indian cricketer Salim Durani passed away

Upcoming sports events

 FIFA 2026 – Canada, Mexico & US

 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia & Newzealand

 Asian Games 2026 – Aichi- Nagoya, Japan

 Summer Olympic 2024 – Paris, France

 Winter Olympic 2026 – Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

 Men’s ICC World Cup 2023 – India

 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup – Belgium & Netherlands

 World Boxing Championship 2023 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 World Badminton Championship 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark

Important Appointments
 Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrel

 Who is appointed as chairman of Nasscom - Anant Maheshwari

 Who is appointed as chairman of MMA-1 Federation - Mahavir Singh Phogat

 Who has assumed the charge of Secretary of DPIIT - Rajesh Kumar Singh

 HDFC Bank has appointed whom as Deputy Managing Director - Kaizad Bharucha

 Who is appointed as first black chief judge of New York - Rowan Wilson
 Indian-origin, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA's new Moon to Mars
Programme

 Who appointed as president of NRAI (National Rifle Association of India ) - Kalikesh Narayan Singh
Deo

 Aparesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new chief justice of the which High Court – Tripura
 Who has been appointed as new Chief Investment Officer of LIC - Ratnakar Patnaik

 Who has been re-elected as UEFA President unopposed till 2027 - Aleksander Ceferin

 Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the SSB

 Rudendra Tandon has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which country – Greece

 Suhail Ejaz Khan - India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

 Sibi George – India’s Next ambassador to Japan

 Vikram Doraiswami – Britain High Commissioner

 Pranay Kumar Verma – New High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh

 Taranjit Singh Sandhu - Ambassador to the United States

 Naveen Srivastava - Ambassador of India to Nepal

 CAR - The US Senate Committee has announced the appointment of Eric Garcetti as the new US
Ambassador to India.

 Recently Sheikh Mansoor was appointed as the Vice President of which country - UAE

 New 28th CGA – S S Dubey

 New President of World Bank – Ajay Banga

 New CEO of NITI Aayog – BVR Subrahmanyam

 New Vice chief of Army Staff – MV Suchindra Kumar

 Chairman & CEO of Railway board – Jaya Varma Sinha

 CEO of FSSAI – Ganji Kamala V Rao

 Chairman of NABARD – K V Shaji

 Secretary General of FICCI – Shailesh Pathak

 New Election Commissioner – Arun Goel

 New President of Table Tennis Federation of India - Meghna Ahlawat

 1st woman president of Indian Olympic Association – PT Usha

 CEO of YouTube – Neel Mohan

 New chief technologist of NASA - AC Charania (Indian origin)

Brand Ambassador
 Star sports signed whom as its brand ambassador - Rishabh Pant

 Who has been appointed as the brand influencer of HSBC India - Virat Kohli

 MS Dhoni – Viacom 18

 Rohit sharma – Jio Cinema

 Lionel Messi - Byjus Global brand ambassador

 Manika Batra & Palak Kohli – Adidas

 Saurav Ganguly – Bandhan Bank

 Yuvraj Singh - T20 World Cup for the Blind

 Brand ambassadors for Hyundai Motor India Ltd - Women cricketers Yastika Bhatia and Renuka
Singh Thakur

 Brand ambassadors for Puma India – Harmanpreet Kaur

 National Ambassador of the UNICEF India - Ayushmann Khurrana

 Brand ambassadors for PepsiCo India - Ranveer Singh

 Brand Ambassador of Uttrakhand – Prasoon Joshi

Books and Authors

 Who is the Author of the book 'Smoke and Ashes' - Amitav Ghosh (54th Jnanpith award in 2018)

 Who is the author of the book “Gandhi : Siyasat aur Sampradaiykta” - Piyush Babale

 Who is the author of the Book ‘War and Women’ - M A Hasan

 Azaad – Autobiography of Ghulam Nabi Azaad

 Mundaka Upanishad – Karan Singh

 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – Shrimant Kokate

 Bipin : The Man Behind The Uniform” - Rachna Biswat Rawat

 India’s Struggle for Independence – Gandhian Era - P. Jyothimani and G. Balan.

 Modi : Shaping a Global Order in Flux – Launched by JP Nadda

 ‘COACHING BEYOND : My Days With The Indian Cricket Team’ - R. Kaushik & R. Sridhar.

 A Resurgent Northeast : Narratives of Change’ has been written by - Ashish Kundra

 Tomb of Sand - Geetanjali Shree

 Fearless Governance - Kiran Bedi

 Ambedkar :a life - Shashi Tharoor

 The Corbett Papers - Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter

 Place Called Home - Preeti Shenoy

 Victory City – Salman Rushdie

 The Great Tech Game - Anirudh Suri

 Michelle Obama - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri lanka)

 Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond - C Rangarajan

 Chief Minister's Diary No. 1 - Himanta Biswa Sarma

Art and Culture

 Who was the ninth Guru of Sikhs, whose Prakash Parv is celebrated on 11th April - Guru Tegh
Bahadur
 President inaugrated two day “Gaj Utsav 2023” in which state – Assam
 In which state the Heritage Festival 2023 is being organized – Goa

 Rangoli Bihu is the festival of which state – Assam

 Hornbill Festival – Nagaland

Imp Festival
 Mandu Festival - Madhya Pradesh

 Belum Caves Festival - Andhra Pra

 Lai Haroba Festival – Manipur

 Baksa Bird Festival - West Bengal

 Zo Kutpui Festival - Mizoram

 Dhanu Jatra Festival - Odisha

 Madhavpur Fair – Gujarat

 Modhera Dance Festival – Gujarat

 Chariot Festival - Tamil Nadu

 Chhath Puja – Bihar

 Gangaur – Rajasthan

 Karavali Festival - Karnataka

 Magh Bihu - Assam

 Jallikattu - (Madurai) Tamil Nadu

 Chapcharkut Festival - Mizoram

 Innovation Festival - Arunachal Pr

 Nagoba Jatra - Telangana

 Surajkund Craft Fair - Haryana

 Kala Ghoda Art Festival – Mumbai

 Konark Dance Festival – Odisha

Apps and Portals

 PM Narendra Modi has launched an app called ‘Call Before u Dig

 Who will launch ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo, Arunachal Pradesh - Amit Shah

 Who has recently launched the 'Bhoroxa’ mobile app - President Droupadi Murmu

 Who has recently launched Sagar Setu App - Minister of Ports, Shipping, and
Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal,

 Which ministry launched “Sangathan se Samriddhi” campaign - Rural Development, Giriraj Singh
The govt is targeting to bring 10 crore women under the purview of SHGs (existing nine crores
 EV-Yatra mobile application was developed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to facilitate in-
vehicle navigation to the nearest public charger for EV users

 The Common Service Centre operating under the Ministry of Electronics and IT recently launched
the Yogyata Mobile Application.

 SEBI launched the Saarthi mobile application. The application provides information about security
markets
 Ministry of Urban Affairs recently launched a new mobile application and a portal called “E-
Sampada”.

 DigiLocker App - Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

 ‘Prahari App’ – launched by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, Through the app, BSF
jawans can get personal and service-related information.

 SAFAL (Simplified Application for Agricultural Loans) – launched by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik,
India’s 1st online agricultural credit facilitation portal

 SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management) launched by -

Union Health Ministry Mansukh Mandaviya

 Sagar Setu Mobile App launched by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ministry of Ports, Shipping
and Waterways (MoPSW)

 SATHI (Seed Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory) launched by Union Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

 Which state/UT’s Basholi painting has got GI tag - Jammu Kashmir

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 Which state’s Manamadurai Pottery got GI tag – Tamilnadu
Other Imp GI Tags of Tamilnadu : Cumbum Grapes, Kodaikanal Malai Poondu, Palani
panchamirtham, Srivilliputtur Palkova, Dindigul Locks, Kandangi Saree, Manapparai Murukku

 Marcha Rice – Bihar

 Gond Painting – Madhya Pradesh

 Nagri Dubraj Rice – Chhattisgarh

 Morena and Rewa Mango – Madhya Pradesh

 Kangra Tea – Himachal Pradesh

 Tandoor Red Gram – Telangana

 Raktsey Karpo Apricot – Ladakh

 Alibag white Onion – Maharashtra

 Tandur Redgram – Telangana

 Raktsey Karpo Apricot – Ladakh

 Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram – Tamilnadu

Ranking and Index
 Which country is the top spender in SIPRI report on Trends in World Military Expenditure 2022 –
USA

 Which State Topped State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) for 2021-22 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which country has the least freedom according to the Freedom House Index 2023 – Tibet

 Who launches India’s first-ever REITs and InvITs index - NSE Indices Ltd

 What is the Rank of India in Global Business Environment Index 2023 – 46th
Top 3 Countries – Singapore, Canada & Denmark

 India in Passport Index 2023 – 144th

 Logistics Performance Index 2023 Topped – Singapore India – 38th

 Global Terrorism Index 2022 Topped – Afghanistan India – 13th

 World Happiness Index 2023 Topped – Finland India – 126th

 International Intellectual Property Index 2023 Topped – USA India – 42nd

 Global Innovation Index 2022 Topped – Switzerland India – 40th

 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 Topped – Iceland India – 135th

 India Justice Report 2023 Topped – Karnataka, Released by – Tata

 What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2023 – 161st
Top 3 Countries are : 1) Norway 2) Ireland 3) Denmark
 Global Hunger Index 2022 - (Topped – Belarus) - India – 107

 Human Development Index 2021-22 Topped – Switzerland India – 132nd

 Corruption Perception Index 2021 Topped – Denmark India – 85th

 16th Wealth Report 2022 Topped – United States India – 3rd

 The Global Liveability Index 2022 Topped – Austria India – 112th

Summit and Conferences

 Which country is hosting SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting – India (Iran - become the 9th member of
SCO)
 Y-20 Pre-Summit Meeting under G20 held in which place – Leh

 EU-India Aviation Summit 2023 held in which city – Delhi

 The third in-person Quad Summit will be held in which place – Sydney
 Global Conference on Compressed Biogas was held in which city – Delhi
Theme - Towards progressive policy framework for a Robust CBG Foundation and Growth

 Which country will chair Commonwealth group on Reform of financial architecture – India

 Who inaugurated a three-day International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics -

Rajnath Singh

 India will host the Global Buddhist Summit in which city - New Delhi
Theme - Responses to Contemporary Challenges from Philosophy to Praxis

 PM Modi addresses 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

 PM Modi addressed the ‘One World TB Summit’ at Rudrakash Convention Centre, at Varanasi
 International Craft Summit – JAJPUR, Odisha

 G20 Science Working Group’s Secretariat – IISc Bengaluru

 3rd Global High-Level Conference on Anti-Microbial Resistance – Muscat, Oman

 25th National Conference on e-Governance - Jammu and Kashmir

 “No Money for Terror” Conference hosted by India

 14th World Spice Congress – Mumbai

 2nd UN World Geospatial International Congress - Hyderabad

 National Conference of Environment Ministers – Gujarat

 Varanasi nominated as the first SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital

 World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022 - Denmark

 Assam government has signed an MoU with the which state to resolve the border dispute -
Arunachal Pradesh

 India and which country agreed to do trade in Indian Rupee - Malaysia

Obituaries
 Trilochan Kanungo has passed away – Politician

 Allu Ramesh has passed away – Actor

 Keshub Mahindra, the Chairman Emeritus of Mahindra & Mahindra passed away

 Parkash Singh Badal - Former Punjab Chief Minister

 Legendary Telugu filmmaker K. Viswanath passes away

 Architect Dr. Balkrishna Doshi recently passed away

 Manjula Subramaniam : She was the 1st woman chief secretary of Gujarat

 Assamese Poet Nilmani Phookan (56th Jnanpith Award)

 Padma Shree Awardee Prabhaben Shah – Social Worker

 Mukarram Jah Bahadur, Hyderabad’s Last Nizam Passes Away

 Politician Sharad Yadav Passed away

 Former West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi Passes Away

 Veteran film Actress Jamuna recently paased away

 Brazil Football Legend Pele passes away

 Parvez Musharraf – Former Pakistan President

Defence Current Affairs

 Exercise COPE India-2023 is being held between India and which country - USA

 Exercise INIOCHOS-23 held in which country – Greece

 Who has become the new Director General of Naval Operations - Atul Anand

 Chief of Naval Staff – R Hari kumar

 Chief of Army staff – Manoj Pande

 Chief of Air staff – V R Choudhary

 NASA launches Artemis-1 rocket on a mission to the moon.

 The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA space probe that was launched in 2018 with the purpose of
observing the Sun’s outer corona.

 The world’s tallest rocket will be launched by which space agency – SpaceX

 SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send US military
satellites into space

 RHESSI satellite belongs to which space agency – NASA

 The ISRO recently released the Landslide Atlas of India, which identifies landslide hotspots in the
countryThe

 ISRO successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was launched from
Sriharikota. The SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07, Azzzadi SAT-2, and Janus-1 satellites
 Which African nation launched its first operational satellite Taifa-1 into space – Kenya

 Sukhoi 30 MKI Fighter aircraftat Tezpur Air Force Station, Assam

 In which country the Airforce exercise "Exercise Orion" will be held – France

 Who has appointed as the first head of NASA's newly-established Moon to Mars Programme - Amit
Kshatriya

 7th edition of the joint military exercise “AJEYA WARRIOR-23” - between the UK & India

Ex. Cyclone 2023 – India & Egypt (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan)

Ex. Agni Warrior 2022 – India & Singapore (Devlali, Maharashtra)

Ex. Garuda Shakti 2022 – India & Indonesia (Karawang, Indonesia)

Exercise KazInd 2022 – India & Kazakhstan (Umroi, Meghalaya)

Harimau Shakti 2022 – India & Malaysia (Kluang, Malaysia)

Yudh Abhyas 2022 – India & USA (Auli, Uttarakhand)

SURYA KIRAN 2022 – India & Nepal (Saljhandi, Nepal)

Austro-HIND 2022 – India & Australia (Rajasthan)

DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022” – India & Japan (Belagavi, Karnataka)

SAMPRITI 2022 – India & Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

 Airforce Exercises

Veer Guardian 2023 : First bilateral air exercise, between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japanese Air

Force from January 16 to 26 at Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base in Japan

Shinyuu Maitri – Between India & Japan

Garuda VII” – between India and France held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Pitch Black 2022 – Between India & Australia at Darwin, Australia

Eastern Bridge-VI : Indian and Oman Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Red Flag – Between India & US

Indradhanush – Between India & UK

Desert Eagle – Between India & UAE

Miscellaneous
 which IIT launches cybersecurity skilling programme (C3iHub) - IIT Kanpur

 April 3, 2023, PM Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in New Delhi

 Which national park has got Fernarium for the first time - Eravikulam NP , Kerala

 Researchers in IIT Madras have developed and deployed a system called Sindhuja-I that is capable
of generating electricity using energy from sea waves

 The IIT Madras and Australian Universities are collaborating to launch the Australia-India Centre
for Energy (AICE) to work on the 2030 SDGs

 Amit Shah has launched IFFCO’s nano liquid DAP (diammonium phosphate) Fertilizers

 IIT Bombay secured which place in “Solar Decathlon” Build challenge – 2nd

 Which Company became 13th Navratna company of India - Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)

 PM Modi flagged off Bhopal-New Delhi 11th Vande Bharat Express

 Which ministry has conducted the first-ever census of water bodies across the nation - Jal Shakti
ministry

 PM Modi flagged off India’s first water metro in which city - Kochi (Kerala)

 Which country will become the world's second largest solar manufacturer by 2026 – India

 Which IIT will set up its first international campus in Tanzania - IIT Madras

 Country’s first Mangrove Pitta Bird census undertaken in which of the following wildlife sanctuary –
Bhitarkanika, Odissa

 Who Inaugurated the northeast’s first AIIMS - PM Modi in Guwahati, Assam.

 Who has been accorded the status of Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) -
Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI)
Managing Director, SECI : Suman Sharma

 Who has flagged off the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express train – PM MODI

 1st Vande Bharat – Delhi to Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

 Which party's national party status is withdrawn by the Election Commission of India - Trinamool
Congress

 Who is the founder of the Bharat Biotech - Krishna Ella

 Gaia Mission’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which space agency – ESA

 Who released 1st edition of Dogri version of Constitution of India - Minister of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju

 What is ‘Raccoon Stealer’ which was seen in the news – Malware

 Juice Mission’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which space agency – ESA

 India is set to become the third-largest economy in the world by which year – 2027

 Recently Which Party gets National Status - Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party or AAP

 How many villages are covered under the ‘My Village My Heritage Programme - 1 lakh

 Which country has been ranked top in world’s “most criminal” country – Venezuela

 Which country has become the first country to approve the Oxford Malaria Vaccine for children –
Ghana

 Spain becomes first European nation to authorise paid menstrual leave for women.

 Malta became the first European country to allow limited cultivation and possession of cannabis for
personal use

 India becomes first country to extend assurance to Sri Lanka for its debt restructuring

 New Zealand Makes World’s 1st Climate Change Law For Financial Firms

 Japan's Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aims to launch the world's first wood-
based space satellite by 2023

 Which country elected to UN Statistical Commission – India

 Which Indian airport is the 9th busiest airport in the world - Delhi airport

 Pandit Ravishankar is related to which musical instrument – Sitar

 Which of the following actor topped in 2023 TIME100 Reader Poll - Shahrukh Khan
Banking Awareness
 Which Country becomes largest recipient of ADB funded programmes in 2022 – Pakistan

 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has levied penalties of Rs 44 lakhs on four cooperative banks for
violating various norms

 City Union Bank launches India’s 1st Voice Biometric Authentication Banking App.

 SBI has announced the re-introduction of its retail term deposit scheme, Amrit Kalash.

 RBI appoints Neeraj Nigam as executive director.

 Fino Payments Bank has renewed its association with Rajasthan Royals (RR) for the season 16 of
IPL. Fino Bank will be RR’s official Digital Banking Partner

 According to UN, India’s economic growth is expected to slow down from 6.6% in 2022 to ____ in
2023 - 6%

 I&B Ministry and which e-commerce company collaborated to boost India’s creative economy –
Amazon

1st Country in the World

 Denmark, the first country to import CO2 and bury it undersea

 Spain becomes first European nation to authorise paid menstrual leave for women.

 Malta became the first European country to allow limited cultivation and possession of cannabis for
personal use

 India becomes first country to extend assurance to Sri Lanka for its debt restructuring

 New Zealand Makes World’s 1st Climate Change Law For Financial Firms

 Japan's Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aims to launch the world's first wood-
based space satellite by 2023

 Norway becomes first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation

First in India
 first-ever subsea research lab in Asia been inaugurated in – Pune

 India’s first water metro - Kochi (Kerala)

 India’s first semi-high-speed regional rail services as ‘RAPIDX’.

 The world's first conservation and breeding center for the critically endangered Asian king vulture
is set to open in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district.
 India’s first cable-stayed Railways bridge “Anji Khad Bridge” to connects Katra and Reasi in Jammu
and Kashmir (J&K).

 Haryana becomes first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network

 India’s first government mother milk bank for Orphan children was started by Uttarakhand

 India’s first electric pilgrimage corridor is being developed in Uttarakhand

 Recently, India’s first glass igloo restaurant has been opened in Jammu and Kashmir.

 Gaganyaan, India's first human space mission, is set to launch in 2024.

 India’s first underwater Metro Services to be Operational by December 2023 (Kolkata,WB)

 Vidisha (MP) becomes the first-ever district in India for the on-ground deployment of innovative
5G use cases offered by startups

 India's first 'International Multimodal Logistics Park' be set up – Assam

 World’s first conservation and breeding center for Vulture – Mahrajganj, Uttar Pradesh

 India's first post office be built using 3D printing Technology – Bengaluru

 Asia’s Largest bio-CNG Plant – Indore, MP

 Asia’s Largest Compressed Bio Gas – Lehragaga, Punjab

 India’s Longest Rubber Dam – Bihar (on Falgu River)

 World's largest Carbon Fibre plants - Hazira, Gujarat

 World’s 3rd largest Cricket Stadium – Jaipur, Rajasthan

 World Largest Jungle Safari Park – Gurugram, Haryana

Recently Name Changed in India

 The Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens, popularly called the Mughal Gardens, were renamed Amrit Udyan

 New Delhi Rajpath name has been changed to “Kartavya Path.”

 Maharashtra Aurangabad name has been Changed to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar

 Maharashtra Osmanabad has been changed to Dharashiv,

 Ahmednagar in Western Maharashtra to ‘Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Nagar’ (after Ahilyabai Holkar).

 Maharashtra, Navi Mumbai Airport to be renamed DB Patil International Airport

 Aurangabad airport renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport

India Target
 2047 : Sickle Cell Anaemia Eliminated by India

 2023 : Indian Railways to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter

 2023 : Eliminate Kala Azar from India

 2025 : India aims to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025

 2030 : Malaria Elimination Target

 2038 : Germany to cut all coal power plants

 2047 : by EY report: $26 trillion economy

 2070 : net-zero emissions by 2070

 India aims to achieve the target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025 & $10 trillion by 2033-34

Womens related CA
 first Arab female astronaut to go into space - Rayyana Barnawi

 Justice Sonia Gokani - 1st Woman Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court

 Santhi Kumari – 1st woman chief secretary of Telangana

 Captain Surbhi Jakhmola - 1st woman officer to be posted on a foreign assignment at the BRO

 Group Captain Shaliza Dhami, 1st woman Commanding Officer of an IAF

 Shiva Chauhan - 1st women officer to be operationally deployed in Siachen

 P.T. Usha - 1st female president of Indian Olympic Association

 Madhabi Puri Buch – 1st female Chairperson of SEBI

 Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit -1st Vice-chancellor of JNU.

 Nallathamby Kalaiselvi – 1st ever woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR)
 Christina Koch will become the first woman to go around the moon

 Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh became the first female Sikh judge in the US.

 Avani Chaturvedi, the first female fighter pilot in the IAF, is scheduled to participate in the
inaugural air exercise Veer Guardian 2023

 What is the name of India's first female doctor - Anandi Gopal Joshi
Banks MD & CEO
 Bandhan Bank – Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (HQ - Kolkata, WB)
 Punjab National Bank – Atul Kumar Goel (New Delhi)
 ICICI Bank – Sandeep Bakshi (Mumbai)
 HDFC Bank – Sashidhar Jagdishan (Mumbai)
 Axis Bank – Amitabh Choudhary (Mumbai)
 Bank of India – Atanu Kumar Das (Mumbai)
 Central Bank of India – MV Rao (Mumbai)
 Kotak Mahindra Bank – Uday Kotak (Mumbai)
 Canara Bank – K Satyanaryana Raju (Bangalore)
 Indian Overseas Bank – Ajay Kr Shrivastav (Chennai)

Wildlife Sanctuary in India

 Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary – Rajasthan

 Chilika Lake Bird Sanctuary – Odisha

 Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

 Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary – Gujarat

 Govid Wildlife Sanctuary – Uttarakhand

 Madumalai Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu

 Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary – Kerala

 Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary – Haryana

 Pong dam Wildlife Sanctuary – Himachal Pradesh

 Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary – Jharkhand

 Ken-Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary – Madhya Pradesh

International Organizations & Head

 United Nations – Antonio Guterres (Portugal)

 UNESCO – Audrey Azoulay (France)

 UNICEF – Katherine Russel (USA)

 WHO – Tedros Adhanom (Ethiopia)

 WTO – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria)

 UNEP – Inger Anderson (Denmark)

 FATF – T Raja Kumar (Singapore)

 ILO – Gilbert Houngbo (Togo)

 IMF – Kristalina Georgiva, MD (Bulgaria), Gita Gopinath (1st Deputy MD)

 World Bank – Ajay Banga (New President)

Highest Peak
 Highest Peak of Asia – Mt. Everest (8850 Metre)

 Highest Peak of Africa – Mt. Kilimanjaro

 Highest Peak of N America – Denali also called Mt. McKinley

 Highest Peak of S America – Mt. Ocancagua

 Highest Peak of Europe – Mt. Elbrus

 Highest Peak of Australia – Mt. Kosciuszko

 Highest Peak of Antarctica – Mt. Vinson

Heritage sites
 No. of World Heritage Sites in India : India has 40 world heritage sites, including 32 cultural
properties, 7 natural properties and 1 mixed site. .

 Rani ki vav (The Queen’s Stepwell) Patan, Gujarat

 Great Himalayan National Park - Himachal Pradesh

 Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar

 Khangchendzonga National Park – Sikkim (Mixed Heritage Site)

 The Architectural Work Of Le Corbusier – Chandigarh

 Historic City of Ahmedabad – Ahmedabad, Gujarat

 The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai – Maharashtra

 Jaipur City - Jaipur, Rajasthan

 39th UNESCO Site of India - Ramappa Temple - Mulugu district, Telangana

 40th Site of India – Dholavira (a Harappan City) – Gujarat

Indian Players & Sports

 Manika Batra – Table Tennis

 Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis

 Bhavinaben Patel – Table Tennis

 Neeraj Chopra – Javelin Throw

 Devendra Jhajharia – Javelin Throw

 Saurabh Choudhary – Shooting

 Avani Lekhra – Para Shooting

 Bhavani Devi – Fencing

 Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifter

 Sanket Sargar – Weightlifter

 Nikhat Zareen – Boxing

 Lakshya Sen – Badminton

 Pramod Bhagat – Badminton

 Tasnim Mir – Badminton

 Priyanka Nuatakki – Chess

 Pooja Jatyan – Archery

 Rishabh Pant – Cricketer

 Pankaj Advani – Snooker

 Vinesh Phogat – Wrestling

 Ravi Kr. Dahiya – Wrestling

Parties & Founding Date

 At present, there are 6 national political parties in India. They are;

 Bharatiya Janata Party - 6 April 1980

 Communist Party of India (Marxist) – 7 Nov 1964

 Indian National Congress – 28 December 1885

 Bahujan Samaj Party – 14 April 1984

 National People’s Party – 6 January 2013

 Aam Aadmi Party – 26 November 2012

 Communist Party of India – 26 December 1925

 All India Trinamool Congress – 1 January 1998

 Nationalist Congress Party – 10 June 1999

Cricket Stadium in India

 MA Chidambaram Stadium – Chennai, Tamilnadu

 M Chinnaswamy Stadium – Bangalore, Karnataka

 Eden Gardens – Kolkata, West Bengal

 Arun Jaitley Stadium – Delhi

 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium – Lucknow, UP

 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium – Kochi, Kerala

 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium – Hyderabad, Telangana

 Swai Mansingh Stadium – Jaipur, Rajasthan

 Brabourne Stadium – Mumbai, Maharashtra

 Holkar Cricket Stadium – Indore, MP

Imp Schemes Launched by Central Govt

 Digital India : 1 July 2015

 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan : 2 October 2014

 Namami Gange Programme : June 2014

 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana : 2015

 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana : August 28, 2014

 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana : January 22, 2015

 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana : April 8, 2015

 Stand Up India - 2016

 Atal Pension Yojana : May 9, 2015

 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana : July 25, 2015

 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana : February 18, 2016

Imp Statues Revision
 Statue of Equality - 216 feet, Ramanujacharya- Hyderabad

 Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has unveiled a 54-feet-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at a temple
in Gujarat, India

 Statue of Knowledge - 70 Feet, B.R. Ambedkar - Latur, Maharashtra

 Statue of Peace - Ramanujacharya, Jammu and Kashmir

 Statue of Peace - 151 inch, Vijay Vallabh Surishwar, Rajasthan

 Statue of Prosperity -108 feet, Nadprabhu Kampegoda - Bengaluru

 Statue of Unity - 182 meter, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Narmada River, Gujarat

 Vishvas Swaroopam - 369 feet, Nathdwara- Rajasthan