🟢 INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS PART - IV { Abhas Sir}

🔷International Appointments:
1. First Female Sikh judge in the US - Manpreet Monica Singh
2. New Chief Economist of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Clare Lombardelli
3. President of World Bank - Ajay Banga
4. CEO of Starbucks - Laxman Narasimhan
5. CEO of YouTube - Neil Mohan
6. CEO of Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
7. CEO of PayPal - Alex Chriss
8. President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous

🔷Presidents:
1. President of the Czech Republic - Petr Pavel
2. 22nd President of Bangladesh - Mohammad Shahabuddin
3. President of Nepal - Ram Chandra Paudel
4. 39th President of Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
5. Vice President of UAE - Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
6. President of Nigeria - Bola Tinbhu
7. President of Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan

🔷Prime Ministers:
1. PM of New Zealand - Chris Hipkins
2. PM of Kuwait - Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah


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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 PART - VI

🔷Awards for Literature:
1. 32nd Vyas Samman 2022 - Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi for his 2018 satirical novel "Pagalkhana"
2. Saraswati Samman 2022 - Sivasankari for her book "Survya Vamsam"
3. 57th Jnanpith Award - Damodar Mauzo (Goan writer)
4. Mathrubhumi Book of The Year Award 2023 - Dr. Peggy Mohan for her book "Wanderers, Kings and Merchants"
5. International Booker Prize 2023 - Georgi Gospodinov for "Time Shelter"
6. Golden Book Award 2023 - Rakhi Kapoor for her book "Now You Breathe"
7. 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award - Vinod Kumar Shukla
8. SAARC Literature Award 2023 - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
9. Leipzig Book Prize 2023 - Maria Stepanova for Poetry "Madchen ohne Kleider"
10. German Peace Prize 2023 - Salman Rushdie
11. The PEN Pinter Prize 2023 - Michael Rosen

🔷National Awards:
1. AssamBaibhav Award - Dr. Tapan Saikia
2. FSSAI 5-star "Eat Right Station" Certification - The Varanasi Cantt railway station
3. Green Railway Station Certification (Platinum Rating) - Visakhapatnam railway
4. Best Police Unit Awards (Maharashtra) 2021 - Jalna district police and Nagpur city Station police
5. India's number 1 Police station - Aska police station (Odisha)
6. Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2022 - Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
7. National Geographic's 'Photo of the Year' contest 2023 - Karthik Subramaniam
8. The President's Colour Award - Haryana Police
9. Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023 - Sir David Chipperfield
10. Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 - Aliya Mir
11. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Prabha Atre
12. AIMA's "Business Leader of the Decade" Award - Kumar Mangalam Birla
13. 11 Children have been selected for PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023.
14. Orissa wins World Habitat Award 2023 for its JAGA Mission.
15. National Water Award 2022 - Chandigarh
16. Central Banking Awards 2023 "Governor of the Year 2023" - Shaktikanta Das
17. Business Standard "Banker of the Year" 2022 - Sashidhar Jagdishan (MD & CEO of HDFC Bank)
18. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 - Gita Press, Gorakhpur
19. Lokmanya Tilak Award - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 PART - VII

🔷International Awards

1. Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London - Former PM Manmohan Singh
2. Marconi Prize 2023 - Hari Balakrishnan
3. Abel Prize for Mathematics - Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli
4. International Prize in Statistics 2023 - C.R. Rao
5. France's Highest civilian Award "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" (Knight of the Legion of Honour) - Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran & Kiran Nadar
6. Australia's Highest civilian honour - Order of Australia Tata Sons' & Chairman Ratan Tata
7. 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize - Alessandra Korap
8. 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award - Dalai Lama
9. Papua New Guinea and Fiji's highest honour - Narendra Modi
10. UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023 - Jagdish S Bakan
11. Order of the Nile, Egypt's Highest Honor - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
12. The Highest French Award "Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour" - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
13. UNESCO award 2023 - The Byculla Railway station, Mumbai

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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 PART - VIII

🔷Film Awards

1. 80th Golden Globe Awards 2023
- Best Original Song: "Naatu Naatu" (RRR)

2. 65th Grammy Awards
- Best Immersive Audio Album: Ricky Kej for "Divine Tides"

3. 76th BAFTA Awards
- Best Actor: Austin Butler
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
- Best Director: Edward Berger

4. Oscars 2023
- Best Picture: "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
- Best Documentary Short Film: "Elephant Whisperers"
- Actor In A Leading Role: Brendan Fraser ("The Whale")
- Actress In A Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All At Once")
- Best Original Song Award: "Naatu Naatu" from the Indian film RRR

5. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2023
- Best Film: "The Kashmir Files"
- Film of The Year: RRR
- Best Web Series: "Rudra: The Edge of Darkness"
- Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor for "Brahmastra"
- Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for "Gangubai Kathiawadi"
- Outstanding Contribution In The Film Industry: Rekha
- Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award: Asha Bhosle

6. 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023
- Best Film: "Gangubai Kathiawadi"
- Best Film Critics: "Badhaai Do"
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Rajkummar Rao ("Badhaai Do")
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Alia Bhatt ("Gangubai Kathiawadi")
- Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for "Gangubai Kathiawadi"
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Prem Chopra

7. IIFA Awards 2023
- Best Film: "Drishyam 2"
- Best Director: R Madhavan for "Rocketry"
- Best Actor: Hrithik Roshan for "Vikram Vedha"
- Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for "Gangubai Kathiawadi"
- Outstanding Achievement for Fashion in Cinema: Manish Malhotra
- Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Kamal Haasan

8. 69th National Film Awards 2023
- Best Feature Film: "Rocketry"
- Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: "RRR"
- Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration: "The Kashmir Files"
- Best Hindi Film: "Sardar Udham Singh"
- Best Film on Social Issues: "Anunaad - The Resonance"
- Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: "Aavasavyuham"
- Best Director: Nikhil Mahajan for "Godavari"
- Best Actor: Allu Arjun for "Pushpa"
- Best Actress: Alia Bhatt ("Gangubai Kathiawadi") & Kriti Sanon ("Mimi")
- Best Child Artist: Bhavin Rabari ("Chhello Show")

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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 PART - IX

🔷 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2023 Awards:
- Best Documentary: "To Kill A Tiger"
- Best Indie Film: "Agra"
- Best Performance in Film (Male): Mohit Agarwal for "Agra"
- Best Performance in a Film (Female): Rani Mukerji for "Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway"
- Best Director: Prithvi Konanur

Music Academy Awardees 2023:
- Sangita Kalanidhi 2023: Bombay Jayashri (Vocalist)
- Nritya Kalanidhi 2023: Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari (Dance)
- Sangita Kala Acharya 2023: Palkulangara Ambika Devi (Vocalist) & K.S. Kalidas (Mridangam)

TTK Award 2023:
- Thirunageswaram TR Subramaniam (Thavil)
- Sargunanatha Odhuvar (Odhuvar)

Musicologist Award 2023:
- Arimalam S. Padmanabhan (Musicologist)

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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 | PART-X

🔷Noble Prize 2022
1. Physics - Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser & Anton Zeilinger, "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"
2. Chemistry - Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Marten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"
3. Physiology or Medicine - Svante Pääbo, "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution"
4. Literature - Annie Ernaux, "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"
5. Peace - Ales Bialiatski & Two organizations, "Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties"
6. Economic Science - Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig, "for research on banks and financial crises"

🔷Padma Vibhushan 2023
1. Art - Shri Zakir Hussain (Maharashtra)
2. Public Affairs - Shri SM Krishna (Karnataka)
3. Public Affairs - Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) (UP)
4. Medicine - Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) West Bengal
5. Science & Engineering - Shri Srinivas Varadhan (USA)
6. Architecture - Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) (Gujarat)

🔷Padma Bhushan 2023
1. Literature & Education - Shri S. L. Bhyrappa (Karnataka)
2. Literature & Education - Shri Kapil Kapoor (Delhi)
3. Art - Ms. Vani Jairam (Tamil Nadu)
4. Art - Ms. Suman Kalyanpur (Maharashtra)
5. Spiritualism - Kamlesh D Patel (Telangana)
6. Spiritualism - Swami Chinna Jeeyar (Telangana)
7. Social Work - Ms. Sudha Murty (Karnataka)
8. Trade & Industry - Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla (Maharashtra)
9. Science & Engineering - Shri Deepak Dhar (Maharashtra)

🔷 Beauty Awards
1. 71st Miss Universe pageant - Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel
2. Femina Miss India 2023 - Nandini Gupta
3. Miss Earth India 2023 - Priyan Sain
4. Miss International India 2023 - Praveena

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🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 | PART-XI

🔷 Best Marching Contingents and Tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2023:

Best Marching Contingents:
1. Among the three services: Punjab Regiment Centre Contingent
2. Among CAPF/other auxiliary forces: CRPF Marching Contingent
3. In the Popular Choice Segment (Online Poll): Indian Air Force Marching Contingent

Best Tableaux (States/UTs):
1. First - Uttarakhand (Manaskhand)
2. Second - Maharashtra (Sade Tin Shaktipithe & Nari Shakti)
3. Third - Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsav)
4. In the Popular Choice Segment (Online Poll): First - Gujarat (Clean-Green energy efficient Gujarat)
5. Second - Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsava)
6. Third - Maharashtra (Sade tin Shaktipeeth and Nari Shakti)

Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments):
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Eklavya Model Residential Schools - EMRSS)
- CAPF (Ministry of Home Affairs) Gallantry Awards 2023

Special Prize:
- Central Public Works Department (Biodiversity Conservation) Vande Bharatam (Dance Group)

🔷Gallantry Awards 2023:

- Kirti Chakra Awardees:
- Major Shubhang of the Dogra Regiment (Indian Army)
- Naik Jitendra Singh of the Rajput Regiment (Indian Army)
- Jammu and Kashmir police constable Rohit Kumar (Posthumous)
- Sub Inspector Deepak Bhardwaj (Posthumous)
- Head constable Sodhi Narayan (Posthumous)
- Head constable Shrawan Kashyap (Posthumous)

🔷 Shaurya Chakra Awardees:
- Major Aditya Bhadauria, Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army
- Captain Arun Kumar, Kumaun Regiment, Indian Army
- Captain Yudhvir Singh, mechanized infantry, Indian Army
- Captain Rakesh TR. Parachute Regiment, Indian Army
- Naik Jasbir Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, Indian Army (Posthumous)
- Naik Vikas Choudhary, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (Posthumous)
- Constable Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh, Jammu and Kashmir Police
- Group Captain Yogeshwar Krishnarao Kandalkar, Air Force
- Flight Lieutenant Tejpal, Air Force
- Squadron leader Sandeep Kumar Jhajhria, Air Force
- Corporal Anand Singh, Air Force
- Leading aircraftman Sunil Kumar, Air Force
- Assistant Commandant Satendra Singh
- Deputy Commandant Vikki Kumar Pandey
- Constable Vijay Oraon

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🟢 INDIA'S POSITION IN VARIOUS REPORTS/INDEX | PART-XII

1. Global Terrorism Index - 13th (Afghanistan)
2. IMD Global Competitiveness Index 2023 - 40th (Denmark)
3. International IP Index 2023 - 42nd (USA)
4. World's Most Criminal Countries - 77th (Venezuela)
5. Henley Passport Index 2023:
- Feb Report - 85th (Japan)
- July Report - 80th (Singapore)
6. Electoral Democracy Index 2023 - 108th (Denmark)
7. World Happiness Report 2023 - 126th (Finland)
8. IEP Global Peace Index 2022 - 126th (Iceland)
9. Global Gender Gap Index 2023 - 127th (Iceland)
10. Human Development Report 2021-2022 - 132nd (Switzerland)
11. Arton's Capital Passport Index 2023 - 144th (UAE)
12. World Press Freedom Index 2023 - 161st (Norway)

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🟢 VARIOUS REPORTS & RANKINGS | PART-XIII

Forbes Highest-Paid Athletes 2023:
Cristiano Ronaldo (1st) & Lionel Messi (2nd)

Time Magazine's Annual 100 Most Influential People of 2023:
Only Two Indians in The List - Shahrukh Khan & SS Rajamouli

Hurun's Global Rich List:
World's Top Billionaires - Elon Musk (1st) & Mukesh Ambani (9th)

Henley & Partners "World's wealthiest cities 2023" Report:
New York (1st) & Mumbai (21st)

TIME list of World's Greatest Places of 2023:
Two Indian places grab a spot - Mayurbhanj and Ladakh

World's Most Criminal Countries 2023:
Venezuela (1st) & India (77th)

Swiss Firm IQAir "Global Air Quality" Report:
Most Polluted Country - Chad (1st) & India (8th)

India Justice Report 2022:
Karnataka (1st), Tamil Nadu (2nd), & Telangana (3rd)

NITI Aayog's Annual Health Index for the Covid year of 2020-21:
- Larger States: Kerala (1st)
- Smaller States: Tripura (1st)
- Union Territories: Lakshadweep (1st)

NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2022:
- Overall: Tamil Nadu topped
- Hilly/Himalayan States: Uttarakhand topped
- Landlocked Regions: Haryana topped
- Union Territories/Small States: Goa topped

State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22:
Top Performing States: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan

Food Safety Index 2023:
- Larger States: Kerala topped
- Smaller States: Goa topped
- Union Territories: J&K topped

National Manufacturing Innovation Survey:
Most Innovative State - Karnataka

First-ever Waterbody Census:
Highest - West Bengal
Lowest - Sikkim

Association for Democratic Reforms Report:
Wealthiest CM in India - Andhra Pradesh's CM Jagan Mohan Reddy

Smart Cities Awards 2022:
- Best City - Indore
- Best State - Madhya Pradesh
- Best UT - Chandigarh

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🟢 VARIOUS SUMMITS & CONFERENCES | PART- XIV

🔷Summits:
1. 15th BRICS summit - South Africa
2. 18th G20 Summit 2023 - New Delhi, India
- Theme: "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" or "One Earth, One Family. One Future"
3. 53rd Annual World Economic Forum Summit 2023 - Davos, Switzerland
- Theme: "Cooperation in a fragmented world"
4. PM Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated the 7th edition of the Global Investors Summit in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
5. 96th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan - Wardha district of Maharashtra, India
6. Digital Health Summit 2023 - Panaji, Goa, India
7. 1st Global Buddhist Summit - New Delhi, India
- Theme: "Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis"
8. 42nd ASEAN Summit - Indonesia
- Theme: "ASEAN Affairs: Epicenter of Growth"
9. Global Maritime India Summit 2023 - New Delhi, India
10. G20 EMPOWER Summit - Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
11. Think20 Secretariat Summit - Mysuru, India
12. Youth 20 Summit 2023 - Varanasi, India
13. B20 Summit India 2023 - New Delhi, India
14. G20 Summit 2024 - Brazil

🔷Conferences/Meetings:
- BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting - Cape Town, South Africa
- 1st 12U2 Vice-Ministerial Meeting - UAE (IIUU - IND, ISRAEL, UAE & USA)
- 16th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) - New Delhi, India
- SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting - Goa, India
- 49th Meeting of the GST Council - New Delhi, India
- 12th World Hindi Conference - Fiji
- Theme: "Hindi - Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence"
- 7th International Dharma Dhamma Conference - Bhopal, India
- Theme: "Eastern Humanism for the New Era"
- Good Governance Conference - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Combined Commanders Conference-2023 - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Theme: "Ready, Resurgent, Relevant"
- One Earth One Health 2023 Conference - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
- India Calling Conference 2023 - Mumbai, India
- Theme: "Rising India: Inviting Partnership for Growth"
- World Coffee Conference - Bengaluru, India
- Theme: "Sustainability through Circular Economy and Regenerative Agriculture"
- 26th National Conference on eGovernance - Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India


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🟢 G20 MEETINGS & EVENTS | PART- XV

🔷G20 MEETINGS:
i. First Meeting of the Working Group on G20 Financial Inclusion - Kolkata, India
ii. G20's First Infrastructure Working Group Meeting - Pune, India
iii. Business-20 (B20) Inception Meeting Under G20 - Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
iv. First G20 Health Working Group Meet - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
v. "Think 20" Meeting under G20 - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
vi. G20's First Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting - Bengaluru, India
vii. First Meeting of the Youth 20 Group - Guwahati, India
viii. G20 Group to Hold Startup20 Engagement Meeting - Hyderabad, India
ix. First G20 Education Working Group Meeting - Tamil Nadu at IIT Madras, India
x. First G20 Energy Transition Working Group Meeting - Bengaluru, India
xi. G20 Science 20 Inception Meeting - Puducherry, India
xii. First Tourism Working Group Meeting - Dhordo in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India
xiii. Digital Economy Working Group Meeting of G20 - Lucknow, India
xiv. First G20 Culture Working Group Meeting - Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
xv. Y20 India Summit under the Aegis of India's G20 Presidency - The Maharaja Sayajirao, India
xvi. First Meeting of the W20 (Women 20) under India's G20 Presidency - Sambhaji Nagar, Gujarat, India
xvii. B20 or Business20 Meeting under India's G20 Presidency - Gangtok, India
xviii. G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference - Dibrugarh, Assam, India
xix. First G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group Meeting - Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

🔷EVENTS:
1. The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention - Indore, India
Theme - "Diaspora: Reliable partners for India's progress in Amrit Kaal"
2. 14th World Spice Congress - Mumbai, India
Theme - VISION 2030: S-P-1-C-E-S (Sustainability, Productivity, Innovation, Collaboration)
3. 108th Indian Science Congress - Theme "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Excellence and Safety."
4. 2nd State Biodiversity Congress - Kozhikode, Kerala, India
5. 18th World Security Congress 2023 - Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
6. Food Conclave 2023 - Telangana, India
7. 76th World Health Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland

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🟢 NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS JAN23 TO AUG23 { Abhas Sir}

🔷National Security and Governance

1. Deputy National Security Adviser - Pankaj Kumar Singh
2. Central Vigilance Commissioner - Praveen Kumar Srivastava
3. Chairman of UPSC - Manoj Soni
4. Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Ravi Sinha
5. Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Ajay Bhatnagar
6. Director of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) - SK Mishra
7. Director General of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) - Manoj Yadava
8. CEO of NITI Aayog - BVR Subrahmanyam
9. Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - Vikram Dev Dutt
10. Director General of the Geological Survey of India - Janardan Prasad
11. Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission - BARC Director Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
12. Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) - Dinesh Kumar Shukla
13. Director General of PIB - Rajesh Malhotra
14. Drugs Controller General of India - Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi
15. Chairman of National Technical Research Organisation - Arun Sinha
16. Director General of the National Testing Agency - Subodh Kumar Singh
17. Chairman of the National Green Tribunal - Justice Prakash Shrivastava
18. Deputy Governor of RBI - Michael Debabrata Patra
19. Deputy Governor of RBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman
20. Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - Shailesh Pathak

🔷Prominent Business and Industry Leaders

21. 40th President of FICCI Ladies Organisation - Sudha Shivkumar
22. President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) - Ajay Singh
23. Chairperson of NASSCOM - Anant Maheshwari
24. Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) - Ravneet Kaur
25. President of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for 2023-24 - R Dinesh
26. President-Designate of CII for 2023-24 - Sanjiv Puri
27. Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) - Deepak Mohanty
28. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - Amit Agrawal

🔷Notable Firsts

29. 1st Woman Chief Secretary of Telangana - IAS officer A Santhi Kumari
30. First woman to chair the Rajya Sabha from Nagaland - Phangnon Konyak
31. 1st Female IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh - Tenzing Yangki

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🟢 NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS JAN23 TO AUG23 Part - II { Abhas Sir}

🔷Chairman/Directors/CEO:

1. CEO of FSSAI - G Kamala Vardhana Rao
2. Chairman & MD of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (RPCL) - G Krishnakumar
3. Chairman and MD of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) - Amitava Mukherjee
4. Chairman of SAIL - Amarendu Prakash
5. Chairman & MD of Coal India - Polavarapu Mallikharjuna Prasad
6. CEO & MD of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUI) - Rohit Jawa
7. First woman to become CMD of India's largest NBFC Power Finance Corporation "PFC" - Parminder Chopra
8. MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd - Sundararaman Ramamurthy
9. Interim CEO of BharatPe - Nalin Negi
10. CEO of Paytm Payments Bank Limited - Surinder Chawla
11. President and COO of Paytm - Bhavesh Gupta
12. CEO of the Tata Trusts - Siddharth Sharma
13. CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - K. Krithivasan
14. CFO of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) - Srikanth Venkatachari
15. Chairman of Amul - Shamalbhai B Patel
16. Independent Directors of NDTV - UK Sinha and Dipali Goenka
17. CEO of BOAT - Sameer Mehta
18. Chairman of BOAT - Vivek Gambhir
19. CEO of Vodafone - Margherita Della Valle

🔷Defence Appointments:

1. Vice Chief of Army Staff - Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar
2. Vice Chief of Naval Staff - Sanjay Jasjit Singh
3. Deputy Chief of the Air Staff - Ashutosh Dixit
4. Director General Naval Operations (DGNO) - Atul Anand
5. Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal - Rashmi Shukla
6. Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army - Arvind Walia
7. Director general of the Border Security Force - Nitin Agarwal
8. 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) - Rakesh Pal

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🟢 GOVERNORS, CM & CHIEF JUSTICE Part - III { Abhas Sir}

🔷Governors:
1. Andhra Pradesh - S. Abdul Nazeer
2. Arunachal Pradesh - Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (20th)
3. Assam - Gulab Chand Kataria
4. Bihar - Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (41st)
5. Chhattisgarh - Justice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
6. Himachal Pradesh - Shiv Pratap Shukla
7. Jharkhand - CP Radhakrishnan
8. Maharashtra - Ramesh Bais
9. Manipur - Anusuiya Uikye
10. Meghalaya - Phagu Chauhan
11. Nagaland - La. Ganesan
12. Sikkim - Lakshman Prasad Acharya
13. Ladakh - Brig B D Mishra (Retd)

🔷Chief Justices:
14. Allahabad HC - Pritinker Diwaker
15. Andhra Pradesh High Court - Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur
16. Bombay High Court - Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
17. Calcutta HC - T. S. Sivagnanam
18. Chattisgarh HC - Ramesh Sinha
19. Gauhati HC - Sandeep Mehta
20. HP HC - M. S. Ramachandra Rao
21. J&K HC - Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh
22. Jharkhand HC - Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
23. Kerala High Court - Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai
24. MP HC - Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
25. Madras HC - Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
26. Patna HC - K. Vinod Chandran
27. Rajasthan - Augustine George Masih
28. Telangana High Court - Justice Alok Aradhe
29. Tripura HC - Aparesh Kumar Singh

🔷CMs:
30. Meghalaya - Conrad K Sangma
31. Nagaland - Neiphiu Rio
32. Tripura - Dr. Manik Saha
33. Karnataka - Siddaramaiah
34. Deputy CM of Karnataka - DK Shivakumar
35. Deputy CM of Maharashtra - Ajit Pawar

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🟢 INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS PART - IV { Abhas Sir}

🔷International Appointments:
1. First Female Sikh judge in the US - Manpreet Monica Singh
2. New Chief Economist of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Clare Lombardelli
3. President of World Bank - Ajay Banga
4. CEO of Starbucks - Laxman Narasimhan
5. CEO of YouTube - Neil Mohan
6. CEO of Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
7. CEO of PayPal - Alex Chriss
8. President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous

🔷Presidents:
1. President of the Czech Republic - Petr Pavel
2. 22nd President of Bangladesh - Mohammad Shahabuddin
3. President of Nepal - Ram Chandra Paudel
4. 39th President of Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
5. Vice President of UAE - Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
6. President of Nigeria - Bola Tinbhu
7. President of Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan

🔷Prime Ministers:
1. PM of New Zealand - Chris Hipkins
2. PM of Kuwait - Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah

#GK #Appointment #CGLMains #RRB

🟢 BRAND AMBASSADORS PART - V

1. UNICEF India - Ayushmann Khurrana
2. Savlon Swasth India's "Hand Ambassador" - Sachin Tendulkar
3. 'She Changes Climate' Ambassador - Shreya Ghodawat
4. Puma India - Harmanpreet Kaur
5. Star Sports - Rishabh Pant
6. JioCinema - India captain Rohit Sharma
7. Viacom18 - MS Dhoni
8. PepsiCo India - Ranveer Singh
9. Tripura Tourism - Sourav Ganguly
10. Gucci - Alia Bhatt

#GK #Appointment #CGLMains #RRB

🟢 INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS PART - IV { Abhas Sir}

🔷International Appointments:
1. First Female Sikh judge in the US - Manpreet Monica Singh
2. New Chief Economist of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Clare Lombardelli
3. President of World Bank - Ajay Banga
4. CEO of Starbucks - Laxman Narasimhan
5. CEO of YouTube - Neil Mohan
6. CEO of Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
7. CEO of PayPal - Alex Chriss
8. President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous

🔷Presidents:
1. President of the Czech Republic - Petr Pavel
2. 22nd President of Bangladesh - Mohammad Shahabuddin
3. President of Nepal - Ram Chandra Paudel
4. 39th President of Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
5. Vice President of UAE - Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
6. President of Nigeria - Bola Tinbhu
7. President of Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan

🔷Prime Ministers:
1. PM of New Zealand - Chris Hipkins
2. PM of Kuwait - Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah

#GK #Appointment #CGLMains #RRB

🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023 PART - VI

🔷Awards for Literature:
1. 32nd Vyas Samman 2022 - Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi for his 2018 satirical novel "Pagalkhana"
2. Saraswati Samman 2022 - Sivasankari for her book "Survya Vamsam"
3. 57th Jnanpith Award - Damodar Mauzo (Goan writer)
4. Mathrubhumi Book of The Year Award 2023 - Dr. Peggy Mohan for her book "Wanderers, Kings and Merchants"
5. International Booker Prize 2023 - Georgi Gospodinov for "Time Shelter"
6. Golden Book Award 2023 - Rakhi Kapoor for her book "Now You Breathe"
7. 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award - Vinod Kumar Shukla
8. SAARC Literature Award 2023 - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
9. Leipzig Book Prize 2023 - Maria Stepanova for Poetry "Madchen ohne Kleider"
10. German Peace Prize 2023 - Salman Rushdie
11. The PEN Pinter Prize 2023 - Michael Rosen

🔷National Awards:
1. AssamBaibhav Award - Dr. Tapan Saikia
2. FSSAI 5-star "Eat Right Station" Certification - The Varanasi Cantt railway station
3. Green Railway Station Certification (Platinum Rating) - Visakhapatnam railway
4. Best Police Unit Awards (Maharashtra) 2021 - Jalna district police and Nagpur city Station police
5. India's number 1 Police station - Aska police station (Odisha)
6. Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2022 - Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
7. National Geographic's 'Photo of the Year' contest 2023 - Karthik Subramaniam
8. The President's Colour Award - Haryana Police
9. Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023 - Sir David Chipperfield
10. Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 - Aliya Mir
11. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Prabha Atre
12. AIMA's "Business Leader of the Decade" Award - Kumar Mangalam Birla
13. 11 Children have been selected for PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023.
14. Orissa wins World Habitat Award 2023 for its JAGA Mission.
15. National Water Award 2022 - Chandigarh
16. Central Banking Awards 2023 "Governor of the Year 2023" - Shaktikanta Das
17. Business Standard "Banker of the Year" 2022 - Sashidhar Jagdishan (MD & CEO of HDFC Bank)
18. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 - Gita Press, Gorakhpur
19. Lokmanya Tilak Award - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

#GK #Appointment #CGLMains #RRB

🟢 IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

👨‍⚖ 42nd Amendment (1976) – The ‘Mini Constitution’
- Words Added: ‘Secular’, ‘Socialist’, and ‘Integrity’ to the Preamble.
- Citizens' Duties: Introduced 10 basic duties of citizens alongside rights.
- Lok Sabha Tenure: Increased by one year.
- Policy Directive Principles: Added new elements.
- Concurrent List: Education, weights and measures, forests, and protection of wild animals and birds moved from the state list.
- Emergency Provision: Emergency under Article 352 can be imposed in the entire country or specific parts.
- Judicial Challenge: Constitutional amendments by Parliament barred from court challenges.

👨‍⚖ 44th Amendment (1978)
- Property Rights: Abolished as a fundamental right, made a legal right.
- Lok Sabha Tenure: Reduced back to 5 years.
- Election Disputes: Supreme and High Courts restored the right to hear election disputes involving the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- Presidential Advice: The President can ask the Cabinet to reconsider advice, but must accept it after reconsideration.
- Right to Life and Liberty: Cannot be suspended or limited by the government, even during an emergency.

👨‍⚖ 52nd Amendment (1985)
- Tenth Schedule: Added to the Constitution to legally ban political defection.

👨‍⚖ 55th Amendment (1986)
- Arunachal Pradesh: Granted state status.

👨‍⚖ 56th Amendment (1987)
- Goa Statehood: Full statehood status given to Goa; 'Daman and Diu' made a new union territory.

👨‍⚖ 61st Amendment (1989)
- Voting Age: Reduced from 21 years to 18 years.

👨‍⚖ 65th Amendment (1990)
- Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission: Formation authorized

#CGL2024 #CHSL #Railway #GK #Polity

👨‍✈️अध्यक्ष / Chairman

-राष्ट्रीय उपभोक्ता आयोग के प्रथम अध्यक्ष:- बालकृष्ण ईराड़ी
-राष्ट्रीय मानव अधिकार आयोग प्रथम अध्यक्ष:- न्यायमूर्ति रंगनाथ मिश्रा
-राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग प्रथम अध्यक्ष:- जयंती पटनायक
-राष्ट्रीय पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग प्रथम अध्यक्ष:- न्यायमूर्ति आर. एन. प्रसाद
-राष्ट्रीय अल्पसंख्यक आयोग प्रथम अध्यक्ष:- न्यायमूर्ति मोहम्मद सरदार अली खान

-First Chairman of National Consumer Commission:- Balkrishna Eradi
-First Chairman of National Human Rights Commission:- Justice Ranganath Mishra
-First Chairman of National Women's Commission:- Jayanti Patnaik
-First Chairman of National Backward Classes Commission:- Justice R. N. Prasad
-First Chairman of National Minority Commission:- Justice Mohammad Sardar Ali Khan


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