Monthly Current Affairs PDF for the Month April 2023 in English for UPSC, IAS, PCS, Civil Services, SSC CGL, CHSL, IBPS Banking and other Competitive Exams.
Current Affairs (1 to 31 March) 2023
- PNGRB Announces Levelized Unified Tariffs for Natural Gas in India
- Spouses of H-1B visa holders allowed to work in the United States
- “Indian Navy to procure Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems worth 1,700 crore rupees from Bharat Electronics Limited”
- “Indian Ministry of Defence signs contracts for improved Akash Weapon System and Weapon Locating Radars for Indian Army”
- Ajay Banga is set to become the next president of the World Bank.
- Indian Railways achieves 100% electrification of railway network in Haryana
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission’s Scan and Share Service enables 10 Lakh Patient Registrations in 6 Months
- Indian Government Identifies 1275 Railway Stations for Development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
- Indian Government Launches New Literacy Program with a Budget of Over One Thousand Crore Rupees to Target Five Crore Non-Literates
- First Batch of Agniveers from INS Chilika Successfully Completes Training and Ready to Join Indian Navy
- “Election Commission announces dates for Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 “
- e-passbook for EPFO members
- Swachh Mashaal March from 28 to 31 March 2023, part of the ongoing Swachhotsav 2023 campaign
- National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi Celebrates 69 Years with ‘Spring Fiesta’ Event
- Deadline for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to 30th June, 2023.
- 1st G20 Trade and Investment Working Group Meeting in Mumbai from 28 to 30 March 2023
- Supreme Court allows Uttar Pradesh to hold urban local body polls with OBC reservation
- Indian Parliament Passes Finance Bill 2023 Amidst Opposition Protests and Rajya Sabha Disruptions
- World’s highest railway bridge : Chenab bridge
- G20 Working Group Meeting in India Focuses on Water Management and Climate Sustainability
- Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain win gold at 2023 World Women’s Boxing Championships
- PM Modi inaugurates Bengaluru Metro’s eastern extension line and National Common Mobility Card
- 4 percent increase in Dearness Allowance for central government employees and pensioners
- One Web India – 2 mission : ISRO launches LVM 3 -M3 rocket with 36 satellites
- Mumbai Indians Crowned Champions of Inaugural Women’s Premier League Cricket Tournament
- Rudranksh Patil won bronze medal in 10m rifle event of ISSF World Cup Shooting.
- Indian Army and Air Force carried out exercise ‘Vayu Prahar’ in the eastern sector.
- National Institute of Urban Affairs is organizing the first Urban Climate Film Festival under U20 Engagement Events.
- First meeting of the G-20 Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) will be held in Mumbai.
- Prime Minister addressed the One World TB Summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- India is the third largest fish producing country, contributing 8% to the global fish production.
- World TB Day 2023 : 24th March
- India won titles in both men’s & women’s section of the Asian Kho-Kho Championship in Tamulpur, Assam.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Gujarat court.
- Asia’s largest 4-metre telescope inaugurated in Uttarakhand.
- India won one silver and one bronze medal in the ISSF World Cup Championships.
- Annual Bilateral Maritime Exercise – Konkan 2023.
- President of India presented the Padma Awards 2023.
- Australia beat India by 21 runs in the third and final ODI.
- India participated in the 2nd Indo-IPEF dialogue round to be held in Bali, Indonesia.
- Income Tax Department launched mobile app AIS for taxpayers.
- India’s Sarabjot Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup.
- Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day 2023 : 23rd March
- The twenty-sixth edition of ‘Elevate’ was held on 21 March 2023 in Dubai.
- World Water Day 2023 : 22nd March
- Rae Bareli’s stadium will be named after Indian women’s hockey player Rani Rampal.
- India was invited to the G7 Hiroshima summit in Japan.
- ISRO will launch the OneWeb India-2 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
- 2023 Swiss Open Badminton tournament began in Basel, Switzerland.
- World Down Syndrome Day 2023 : 21st March
- Rohan Bopanna has become the oldest tennis player to win the ATP Masters 1000 title.
- Seylan Bank of Sri Lanka opened INR denominated Nostro account with Indian Bank in Mumbai.
- Punjab Police arrested 78 activists in a massive drive against ‘Waris Punjab De’.
- Civil 20 inception meeting under India G20 presidency was held in Nagpur.
- World Sparrow Day was celebrated in the National Zoological Park.
- Indian Higher Education Meet 2023 inaugurated in Dhaka.
- Asia’s largest Tulip Garden opened for public in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar.
- India will host the African Chiefs Conclave, the second Africa-India field training exercise.
- ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship will begin in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- Prime Minister Modi will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in New Delhi.
- India’s Akshdeep Singh won the gold medal, Priyanka Goswami won the bronze medal in the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships 2023.
- Ordnance Factory Day in India 2023 : 18th March
- Government announced 10% reservation in CISF for Ex-Agniveers.
- India defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the first ODI played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
- Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav was elected the third Vice President of Nepal.
- Meghalaya gets Electric trains for the first time.
- NASA unveiled a new generation of spacesuits for humanity’s return trip to the Moon.
- AAHAR 2023: Asia’s largest international food and hospitality fair held in Delhi.
- Govt says, Till March 11, 2.18 crore pucca houses were constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin.
- RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das was honored with the ‘Governor of the Year’ award at the Central Banking Awards 2023.
- Rajesh Gopinathan resigns as MD-CEO of TCS, K Krithivasan becomes new CEO.
- Swimmer Sampanna Ramesh Shelar became the fastest Indian to swim across the Palk Strait in the U21 group.
- 2nd G20 SFWG meeting will be held in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 21-23 March.
- National Vaccination Day 2023 : 16th March
- Indian Navy arrived in Guam, USA, where it will participate in ‘Exercise Sea-Dragon 23’.
- IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships will be held in New Delhi from 16 to 26 March.
- US Senate confirms nomination of Eric Garcetti as US Ambassador to India.
- US termed McMahon line as international border and said – Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India.
- DRDO successfully flight tested indigenous power take off shaft on LCA Tejas in Bengaluru.
- Atal Innovation Mission launched ATL Sarathi.
- India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the Fourth Test ended in a draw.
- India-Singapore joint military exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra 2023’ concluded in Jodhpur.
- DRDO conducted two consecutive successful flight tests of the Very Short Range Air Defense System missile off the Odisha coast.
- World Consumer Rights Day 2023 : 15th March
- International Day of Action for Rivers 2023 : 14th March
- Surekha Yadav, Asia’s first woman loco pilot, piloted the Vande Bharat Express.
- First International Conference on Common Buddhist Heritage began in New Delhi.
- Joe Biden appoints two Indian-American CEOs to advisory committee.
- Multilateral exercise “La Perouse” 2023 is being conducted in the Indian Ocean region.
- India’s trap shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman wins bronze medal at ISSF Shotgun World Cup 2023.
- ‘DIVYA KALA MELA’ to be organized from 12th to 21st March, 2023 in Bhopal.
- Silicon Valley Bank Collapse.
- 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship for men and women will be held in Assam from 20 to 23 Mar.
- World’s largest railway platform is being built in Hubballi, Karnataka.
- Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy
- Indian film RRR creates history at Oscars 2023 Naatu Naatu wins Best Original Song.
- Defense Ministry signed a contract for the purchase of six Dornier-228 aircraft for the IAF from HAL at a cost of Rs 667 crore.
- World Food India-2023 will be organized in New Delhi from 3 to 5 Nov 2023.
- India defeated world champions Germany 3-2 in the FIH Pro League.
- National Youth Conclave 2023 will be held in New Delhi.
- India-US 5th Commercial Dialogue meeting held in New Delhi.
- Khelo India Dus Ka Dum Tournament held at New Delhi.
- NASA hands over NISAR satellite to ISRO.
- Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the third President of Nepal.
- Xi Jinping was elected President of China for the third time.
- 54th CISF Raising Day : 10th March 2023
- India won the Golden and Silver Star awards at the International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023’ held at ITB Berlin 2023.
- Neiphiu Rio took oath as the CM of Nagaland for the 5th time.
- Salhoutuonuo Kruse became the first woman minister of Nagaland.
- No Smoking Day 2023 : 8 March
- Conrad Sangma took oath as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
- Veteran actor and director Satish Kaushik passed away.
- Manik Saha took oath as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the second time.
- Group Captain Shalija Dhami became the first woman officer to command an IAF fighter unit.
- Arun Subramaniam, an Indian-American : first South Asian District Judge
- S S Dubey took charge as new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)
- International Women’s Day : 8 March 2023
- New recruitment procedure of Agniveer in Indian Army
- RBI launched “Har Payment Digital” Mission to promote digital payments in India
- Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 between the Indian Army and the French Army in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- World’s 1st 200 meter tall bamboo crash barrier was installed on the Vani-Warora highway in Vidarbha.
- First edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference 2023 began onboard INS Vikrant.
- Australian PM Anthony Albanese will visit India from 8-11 March.
- RBI imposes Rs 3.06 Crore penalty on Amazon Pay (India).
- Indian Navy successfully test-fired the anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
- Karnataka beat Meghalaya 3-2 to win Santosh Trophy football title after 54 years.
- Women’s Premier League cricket tournament begins in Mumbai from 4 March.
- National Safety Day 2023 : 4th March
- Health Ministry received the Porter Prize 2023 for the government’s strategy in managing COVID-19.
- Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia beat India by nine wickets in the third test match.
- Hockey India has appointed Craig Fulton as the new head coach of the Indian men’s hockey team.
- Assembly Election Result 2023: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripur
- Reliance Jio is ranked 9th in the world’s Top 25 strongest brands.
- 5th Jan Aushadhi Day celebrated across the country.
- SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut mission to the space station for NASA.
- India will host the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting on 3 March 2023 in New Delhi.
- Vo Van Thuong was elected as the new President of Vietnam.
- 8th Raisina Dialogue will be inaugurated by PM Modi on 2nd March.
- Shri Rajesh Malhotra took over as Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau.
- Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in exercise Shinyuu Maitri 2023 with Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF).
- Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria’s presidential election.
- G20 foreign ministers meeting will be held in New Delhi from 1 to 2 Mar 2023.
- Government approved the purchase of 70 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
- India won the GSMA Government Leadership Award 2023.
- ISRO successfully tests cryogenic engine for Chandrayaan-3 mission.
- 47th Civil Accounts Day on 1st March 2023.
- Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit to India.
- Sportstar Aces Awards 2023
GK Now Monthly Current Affairs (English) Edition : April 2023
Edition : April 2023
(1 to 31 March 2023)
Medium : English
PDF Pages : 153
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