Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 20 December 2023 | Current Affairs
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 20 December 2023
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1) Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated India's largest state-of-the-art sports science centre at the Kalinga Stadium here.
➨ The centre has been established in partnership with Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist.
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
2) The Indian Armed Forces contingent comprising 45 personnel reached Hanoi, Vietnam to take part in the fourth edition of Joint Military Exercise VINBAX-2023.
3) The University of Delhi (DU) has been featured as the most sustainable Indian institute in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024. Globally, the university has ranked at 220.
4) Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has launched ‘Viksit Bharat @2047: Voice of Youth’.
➨The initiative aims to provide a platform for youngsters of India to contribute their part to the vision of Viksit Bharat @2027.
5) Training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile 'Agni-1' was carried out successfully from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. Agni-1 is a proven very high precision missile system.
6) All three Indian Armed Forces officers undergoing the Command and Staff Course at Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) in Sri Lanka have been awarded the ‘Golden Owl’ for their outstanding performance.
7) Australian batter Travis Head, who smashed an explosive century to help Australia win their sixth ICC Cricket World Cup title, has been named as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for November 2023.
➨Bangladesh spinner Nahida Akhtar has been awarded the ICC Women's Player of the Month Award.
8) Noted Hindi writer Pushpa Bharati’s 2016 memoir, Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein, has been selected for the 33rd Vyas Samman, 2023.
➨ The Vyas Samman is presented to an outstanding literary work of Hindi of any Indian citizen published over a period of 10 years immediately preceding the year of selection. It was instituted in 1991.
9) United Arab Emirates' Mohammed Al Ramsi has been appointed Chairman of World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC 23).
10) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced that India demonstrated the capability of the Akash missile system to engage four aerial targets simultaneously at a range of 25 kilometres.
➨ India became the first country to have such a capability using a single firing unit.
Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - Dr. Samir V. Kamat
11) Novak Djokovic capped off the 2023 ATP season by securing the year-end No. 1 spot for a record-extending eighth time, further solidifying his tennis legacy.
12) Eighty-one-year-old Indian-origin writer Meira Chand was among the three Singaporeans conferred the Cultural Medallion, the city-state's most prestigious arts accolade.
13) First-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma was sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rajasthan:-
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort
14) IndusInd Bank announced the launch of its 'Indus Solitaire Program,' a community banking initiative meticulously crafted for the diamond industry.
15) The first-of-its-kind, Nature Interpretation Centre was inaugurated at the Eastern Ghats Biodiversity Centre along the periphery of the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh :-
➨CM - Jaganmohan Reddy
➨Governor - S. Abdul Nazeer
➨ Venkateswara Temple
➨Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple
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