January 2023 2nd Week Current Affairs One Liners

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14th Jan 2023
  • European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the EU’s first mainland orbital launch complex
  • Tripura State Government launched “Saharsh” Special Education Program which is aimed at empowering children to learn with happiness
  • Startup firm IG Drones Develops India’s First 5G-enabled Drone, Skyhawk
  • By March 2023 India’s first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming to be set up at Shillong
  • Regional Office of Employees provident Fund Organization (EPFO) at Alwar, Rajasthan was inaugurated by the Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupendra Yadav
  • Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2023 began in Cuttack with a spectacular opening ceremony at the picturesque Barabati Stadium
  • 11-year-old girl Falak Mumtaz from Jammu and Kashmir bagged a gold medal in National Sqay Championship.
  • Airtel-backed OneWeb successfully launched and deployed 40 satellites onboard a SpaceX launcher
  • Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship ‘Kamla Devi’ the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) , designed, built, and delivered by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd to Indian Coast Guard was commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal
  • MAARG (Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience, and Growth) platform to be launched by the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal
13th Jan 2023
  • Cognizant appointed Ravi Kumar as its new Chief Executive Officer
  • The Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated School of Logistics, Waterways and Communication in Agartala
  • For the current financial year the Union Cabinet approved the incentive scheme for the promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions
  • Sony Sports signs Hyundai Ioniq 5, Samsonite as sponsors for Australian Open
  • In association with National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) State Bank of India (SBI) launched e-Bank Guarantee (e-BG) facility
  • For December month Harry Brook & Ashleigh Gardner named ICC Players
  • Through a block deal the China’s Alibaba Group sold a 3.1% stake in Indian digital payments firm Paytm for a total of $125 million
  • In New Delhi the union Home Minister Amit Shah released a book titled “Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom”
  • Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana
  • Former cricketer MS Dhoni, Garuda Aerospace launch surveillance drone named Droni
  • A book titled “Braving A Viral Storm: India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Story” by Aashish Chandorkar was launched by the Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
12th Jan 2023
  • The United States ballistic missile submarine, USS West Virginia, visited its Indian Ocean military base at Diego Garcia
  • After a 2021 census showed that it was the fastest-growing language in Australia, Punjabi is all set to be taught in public schools in Western Australia.
  • The 28th edition of Saarang, India’s largest student-run festival got commenced at IIT Madras, theme of this year’s Saarang edition is ‘Mystic Hues’
  • At the National Conference on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises the Kerala Year of Enterprises Project was recognized as the best practices model
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, a member of the British royal family, released his memoir titled “Spare”
  • The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and the Indian Air Force participate in the joint air exercise “Veer Guardian-2023” starting on 12th January at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan
  • National Youth Day celebrated on 12th January, the theme 2023 is “Viksit Yuva – Viksit Bharat (Developed Youth – Developed India)
  • France team captain Hugo Lloris announced retirement from international football
  • “Jadunama” a book written on veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar by Arvind Mandloi was released
  • NASA appointed Indian-American space expert AC Charania as chief technologist
11th Jan 2023
  • Anurag Kumar appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
  • The National Science Day 2023”, theme titled “Global Science for Global Wellbeing” was released by the Union Minister of State Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh at National Media Centre
  • Henley Passport Index 2023 announced, Indian passport was ranked 85th, Japan raked first, Singapore and South Korea came in a joint second on the ranking
  • Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ shortlisted for Oscars 2023
  • The Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league to take place at Chandigarh University, Punjab
  • Nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited signed international women’s cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as a ‘nutrition sponsor
  • In terms of balls faced Suryakumar Yadav became the fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20 International.
  • ISRO to launch Space Kidz India satellite made by 750 school Girls
  • To strengthen farmers in Rajasthan’s village, Neeru Yadav Hockey Wali Sarpanch’ inks pact with NABARD 
  • According to an analysis of Central Pollution Control Board data, Delhi Most Polluted City in India in 2022
  • Tata CLiQ CEO Vikas Purohit appointed as the director of Meta global business group in India
  • Gabon’s President Ali Bongo appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of Vice-President.
  • e-NAM, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, won the Platinum Award in the Digital Empowerment of Citizens Category in Digital India Awards 2022 held in New Delhi.
  • Axis Bank signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing at the institute
10th Jan 2023
  • 120 feet tall statue of a polo player riding a polo at Marjing Polo Complex in Imphal, Manipur was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah
  • The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Central Government’s Aspirational Block Programme (ABP), which is aimed at improving the performance of blocks lagging on various development parameters
  • Indian Tennis Player Sania Mirza announced her retirement from professional Tennis
  • Amul Federation’s managing director RS Sodhi stepped down, He has been replaced for an interim period by Jayan Mehta
  • Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking” book released by the Journalist Tamal Bandyopadhyay
  • Novak Djokovic has defeated America’s Sebastian Korda to win the Adelaide International men’s singles title
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni  released Professor K.K. Abdul Gaffar’s autobiography, ‘Njaan Sakshi’ (me as the witness)
  • To carry out logistic operations in the Himalayan frontier the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
  • South African cricketer Dwaine Pretorius announced International Retirement
  • Former Chief Justice of India and member of the Rajya Sabha Ranjan Gogoi released a book titled ‘Chief Minister’s Diary No.1
  • University of Kerala won the ‘Overall Championship’ at Padma Tarang, the 36th Inter University South Zone Youth Festival at Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) in Tirupati
  • World Hindi Day observed on 10th January, the theme 2023 is Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence
8th & 9th Jan 2023
  • The foundation stone of state-owned energy firm SJVN’s 1,000 MV Bikaner Solar Power Project was laid by the President of India Droupadi Murmu
  • Manpreet Monica Singh became the first ever female Sikh judge in the US.
  • Kerala to be the first state in the country to go fully digital in its banking service, announced by the Keral State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
  • Kevin McCarthy named as the 55th new speaker of the US House of Representation
  • For the Indian Army in Jammu the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a Maharatna and a Fortune Global 500 Company, has announced the launch of Low Smoke Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO)
  • Paytm Payments Bank received RBI’s nod to appoint Surinder Chawla as its Managing Director and CEO.
  • Chetan Sharma reappointed as the chairman of the senior selection committee
  • India’s first-ever coal gasification-based Talcher Fertilizer Plant in Odisha to be dedicated to the nation in October 2022, announced by the Union Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
  • ICICI Prudential Life Insurance signs Suryakumar Yadav for ‘360° Financial Protection with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance’ digital-first campaign