Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 20 April 2023 # | Railway RRB NTPC, JE, ALP, Group D, Technician
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 20 April 2023
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1) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - Dr. Samir V. Kamat
2) Noted actor and theatre artist Uttara Baokar passed away at the age of 79.
➨ In 1984, she won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
3) Tata Electronics has appointed Randhir Thakur as CEO and MD.
Born in Himachal Pradesh.
➨Thakur is an electronics and telecommunications engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.
4) Pattabhi Ram and Sabyasachee Dash has co-authored a new book titled "The Great Bank Robbery: NPAs, Scams and the Future of Regulation".
➨ The book is published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
5) Utsa Patnaik, a renowned economist of national and international repute, has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023.
➨ The award is given every year by the Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust.
6) Ministry of Shipping, Ports and Waterways approved a project for development of an oil jetty at Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat on build-operate-transfer basis under the PPP mode.
7) The Digital Health Summit 2023 was organized by the Confederate of Indian Industry (CII) and cobranded with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, at Goa.
➨The Theme of the event was "Building One Health Together – Improving Health Equity".
8) Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the 'Yuva Portal' in New Delhi.
➨ This portal will help in identifying and exploring potential start-ups.
➨ He also launched a week-long "One Week-One Lab" program.
9) "Thawe Festival" has been organized in Gopalganj, Bihar.
➨Thawe Festival was inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav.
➨The objective of the festival is to promote tourism in Gopalganj and invite visitors to Thawe Durga Temple.
10) Former Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded with the Germany’s highest federal decoration.
➨Merkel, who led the country for over 16 years as one of its longest-serving chancellors, received the top Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for special achievement.
11) The Indian duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur has been named as Wisden T20I player of 2022.
➨ Suryakumar won the honour of Wisden Almanack's leading T20I cricketer while Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian woman to win the Cricketer of the Year award.
12) Union Minister of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated India Steel 2023 at the Mumbai Exhibition Centre in Goregaon to bring together industry leaders, policy makers and experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges and opportunities in the steel industry.
13) Union Minister of Tribal Affairs launched the scheme "Marketing and Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from North-Eastern Region (PTP-NER)".
14) World Liver Day is observed every year on April 19 to raise awareness about liver-related diseases.
➨The theme for World Liver Day 2023 is "Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up, fatty liver can affect anyone".
15) Odisha forest officials have sighted 179 mangrove pitta birds in the first ever census conducted of these exotic and colourful birds in the country.
➨The habitats of these beautiful birds are confined to mangrove forest areas in Odisha's Bhitarkanika and Sundarban in West Bengal.
Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve
➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve
➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves
➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
➨ Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary
➨ Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri
➨ Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
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