Recent current affairs of any month play an important role in every competition. The news of the latest current affairs becomes important for every exam from UPSC to Banking exams. Current Affairs questions are asked usually in every competitive examination. Here we are providing you with the 100 one-liners today current affairs in English for December 2023.
- Ireland’s Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 for novel ‘Prophet Song’.
- Nepal has become the first South Asian country to register same-sex marriage.
- United Nations Climate Change Conference-28 (COP-28) is being held in Dubai.
- 41 labourers trapped in Silkyara tunnel of Uttarakhand were rescued using the traditional technique of “rat-hole mining”.
- India’s largest circular railway will be established in Bengaluru.
- Indian Supreme Court releases ‘Faster 2.0’ portal.
- The film “Endless Borders” has recently won the Golden Peacock Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India 2023.
- Recently India and America have announced the launch of the NISAR satellite for comprehensive Earth observation.
- Gujarat’s Barda Wildlife Sanctuary will become the second home of Asiatic lions.
- Recently ‘Red Planet Day’ was celebrated on 28th November.
- Authentic was recently chosen as the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2023.
- Recently, the newly elected government in New Zealand has canceled the decision of “smoking ban”.
- According to the recently released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023 report, UP is the largest milk producing state in India.
- Asia’s largest open-air annual trade fair ‘Bali Yatra’ was inaugurated in Odisha.
- Anahat Singh recently became the second youngest player to win the National Squash Championship.
- Italy has recently won the Davis Cup 2023 title after 47 years.
- Taking a big step against corruption, ICC has banned cricketer Marlon Samuels for six years.
- Sam Altman has been chosen ‘CEO of the Year’ by Time Magazine.
- Lionel Messi has recently been named ‘Times Athlete of the Year 2023’.
- Ravi Vishnoi has become the world’s number-1 T20 bowler in ICC T20 rankings.
- Recently, Bihar was given international honor for its afforestation efforts in COP-28.
- INS Sandhayak is the largest survey ship ever handed over to the Indian Navy.
- Men’s Volleyball Club World Championship 2023 will be organized in Delhi (India).
- The Indian government has decided to withdraw 75 Indian soldiers from Maldives.
- Nirmala Sitharaman has been ranked 32nd in the list of 100 most powerful women in the world released by Forbes.
- “RIZZ” was chosen as “Word of the Year 2023” by Oxford University Press.
- India has banned the import of crude oil from South American country Venezuela.
- Swachh Bharat Mission-Gobardhan Biogas Conference was organized in New Delhi.
- Narendra Modi launches ‘LEADIT 2.0’ portal during COP28 Dubai.
- Bihar government has recently launched Mission Daksh.
- Twinkle Khanna has launched her new book ‘Welcome to Paradise’.
- Britain has recently approved “CasGevy” gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell and thalassemia for the first time in the world.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches luxury ship ‘Classic Imperial’ in Kerala.
- Kanchan Devi has been appointed the first woman Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education.
- The world’s first portable hospital was inaugurated in Gurugram.
- “Gajraj Suraksha” technology has been introduced by Indian Railways to prevent accidents caused by elephants on railway tracks.
- Revanth Reddy becomes the new Chief Minister of Telangana.
- Bhajanlal Sharma becomes the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
- Indian-origin novelist Meera Chand was honored with Singapore’s highest art honour.
- Geetika Kaul has become the first woman medical officer of the Indian Army to be deployed in Siachen.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra.
- Disha Nayak became the first airport woman firefighter in the country to operate a Crash Fire Tender (CFT).
- Abdullahi Mire has been selected for “UNHCR” Nansen Refugee Award-2023.
- R. Vaishali became the 84th Grandmaster of India.
- Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy has become the first Indian to operate NASA’s Mars Rover.
- Athlete Murali Sreeshankar (long jump) has been honored with the Jimmy George Award.
- Jay Shah has recently been awarded the Sports Business Leader of the Year 2023.
- ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ project is being run by the Ministry of Culture.
- The first Asian Ranger Forum has been organized in Guwahati.
- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar has recently inaugurated the Global Ayurveda Festival in Kerala.
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- Recently IIT Mandi has won the prestigious ‘Green University Award’ at COP28.
- Recently Arshia Sattar has been honored with the French Award of the Order of Arts and Literature – Knight.
- ZPM leader Lalduhoma takes oath as Chief Minister in Mizoram.
- Chief Minister Fellowship Program has been started by the UP Government.
- Actor Kabir Bedi has been honored with Italy’s prestigious civilian honour.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Uttar Pradesh will be developed as the second private airport.
- Writer Pushpa Bharti has been honored with the ’33rd Vyas Samman’ for ‘Yaadein, Yaadein and Yaadein’ in the year 2023.
- Donald Tusk has been elected Prime Minister of Poland.
- Mohan Yadav has become the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
- Vishnudev Sai has become the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
- British company will invest Rs 75,000 crore in defense sector in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
- Italy has been excluded from China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) project.
- India along with UNICEF launched the ongoing “Green Rising” initiative at COP-28 in Dubai.
- Madhya Pradesh has won the ‘Best Sustainable Wildlife Tourism State’ award.
- Suresh Raina has been appointed ‘Youth Voter Awareness Ambassador’ for Jammu and Kashmir.
- India ranks 7th in Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2024.
- Pakistani cricketer ‘Asad Shafiq’ has retired from all forms of cricket.
- Indian scientist Hemachandran Ravikumar has been awarded the ‘Karmaveer Chakra Medal-2023 and Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship’ for his extraordinary contribution to research and development in physical and biological sciences and microbiological studies.
- Namo Drone Didi Scheme has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2023 to empower ‘Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs)’.
- Afghan NGO has been awarded the ‘International Gender Equality Award 2023’.
- Mali, which is an African country, has been officially expelled from the ‘United Nations Peacekeeping Mission’.
- China unveils the world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
- The world’s deepest underground laboratory has been built in China. The depth of the laboratory is 1.5 miles which has been used to explore the unsolved mystery of the universe “Dark Matter”.
- According to the data of December 2023, Myanmar has become the world’s largest opium producing country.
- Sameer Shah of Indian origin has been appointed Chairman of (BBC).
- Arunachal Pradesh hosts the annual three-day Torgya Festival which is celebrated by the Monpa tribal community.
- Dr. B.R. in ‘Jaipur Wax Museum’ Ambedkar’s statue has been unveiled.
- Shubman Gill is the only Indian cricketer in the list of Google’s top 10 trending athletes in the year 2023.
- A statue of Thiruvalluvar, famous among Tamilians, was unveiled in Sergi, France.
- Mohammed Shami is an Indian cricketer who has been selected for the Arjuna Award for his outstanding performance in the ICC World Cup 2023.
- The first Indian Art, Architecture and Design Biennial 2023 has been inaugurated in New Delhi.
- Vienna country tops in Mercer survey ‘Quality of Living City Index 2023’, while India’s Hyderabad is ranked 153rd.
- The world’s largest concentrated solar power project has been started by the United Arab Emirates.
- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) have created a warning system ‘Early Warning for All’ which will tell me about all the dangerous weather related warnings coming to the Earth by 2027.
- ‘Lakdong Turmeric’ of Meghalaya has got GI tag.
- Javed Akhtar honored with Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award.
- America secured the first rank in Startup Funding 2023, while India secured the fourth rank in this funding.
- America achieved the first rank globally in startup funding, while India achieved the fourth rank in this funding.
- Ramkumar Ramanathan has won the men’s singles title in ‘Kalaburgi Open Tennis Tournament 2023’.
- Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Wan Ki-moon has been honored with the ‘Diwali Stamp – The Power of One Award (Oscar of Diplomacy)’ in the year 2023.
- France has won the title of World Women’s Handball Championship, 2023.
- IndiGo becomes the first Indian airline company to carry 100 million passengers in a year.
- To reduce child mortality due to pneumonia, Manipur government launched SAANS’ (Social Awareness and Action to Neutralize Pneumonia) campaign.
- Indian climate activist Licypriya Kangujam protests during the COP-28 summit demanding an end to fossil fuel use.
- India is the main chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) conference for the year 2024.
- IPL is the first Indian brand to be formed, the value of such a company is beyond 10 billion dollars (about Rs 83,400 crore).
- Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles win Athlete of the Year awards 2023 |
- The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank for the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Corridor.
- Raman Singh has been elected Speaker of Chhattisgarh State Assembly.
- Indian Sheikh Hasan Khan has successfully climbed Antarctica’s highest peak ‘Mount Vinson’.
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