Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 03 October 2023 | Current Affairs
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 03 October 2023
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1) The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
2) Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to secure a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event in the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou, China.
3) Dr. Dinesh Dasa, an eminent scholar with a rich background in forestry and public service, recently took the oath of office and secrecy as a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
4) In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model.
Jammu and Kashmir :-
➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
➨Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dachigam National Park
➨Salim Ali National Park
➨Annual Youth Festival "Sonzal-2022"
5) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) retained its top position as India’s most valuable brand for the second consecutive year with a brand value of USD 43 billion.
6) Tajinderpal Singh Toor from India clinched the gold medal in the men's shot put event, becoming the fourth Indian shot put athlete in history to successfully defend his Asian Games gold.
7) Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan took over as the 28th Director General Border Roads (DGBR).
➨ He assumed the charge following the superannuation of Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry.
8) The world's highest motorable road at 19024 ft Umling La scored another world record by successfully hosting the world's highest international fashion runway under “Vibrant Ladakh Festival”, in which international models from 14 countries participated.
9) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a 15-point ‘winter action plan’ to deal with air pollution in the national capital during winter.
10) India's Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, and Zoravar Singh Sandhu broke 29-year-old Asian Games record in men's trap shooting to win gold medal.
➨The Indian trio of shooters was followed by Kuwait, which captured the silver medal with 359 points.
11) KN Shanth Kumar of The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd has been appointed as Chairman of the Press Trust of India's Board of Directors for a one-year term.
12) Malayalam actor-politician Suresh Gopi has been elected as the new Chairman of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata.
13) The Centre extended the tenure of senior bureaucrat Piyush Goyal as the chief executive officer of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID).
➨A 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Nagaland cadre, Goyal was appointed to the post in August 2022.
14) Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier have won the 2023 Nobel Prize physics for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter".
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