Daily current affairs January 2023

C.V.S ACADEMY

APPSC - SI , CONSTABLES ,GROUP - 2, GRAMA SACHIVALAYAM 2023 and other competitive exams .

 CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21st January 2023

1. The name of the state government that is planning to start the schools of eminence – Punjab state.(project undertaken with Indian school of business Mohali)

* Under this program the Punjab state government has decided to upgrade 110 schools and with additional monitory expenditure of 200 crores. 

* This project was taken through a model of Delhi model school of specialised excellence.

Governor of Punjab: Banwarilal Purohit , CM : Bhagwat Mann , Capital : Chandigarh

Important sanctuaries : 1. Bir bhadson wild life sanctuary, 2. Harike wild life sanctuary 

2. The worth of the recent projects started by Narendra Modi which includes to metro railway lines 38,000 crores.

* The two railway lines are Mumbai metro railway lines. This lines run between Andheri to Dahisar in suburban Mumbai.

3. The name of the mobile app which is meant for metro passengers is “ MUMBAI 1 Mobile App”.

4. The name of the new app launched by prime minister is National common mobility card .

* This enables contactless digital transactions. This card will be first used in metros and later will be extended for other services .

5. The name of the other projects inaugurated Aapala Davakana 360 bed Bhandup Multispecialty municipal hospital was named after shiv sena founder Mr. Bal Thackeray .

* 152 bed Oshiwara maternity home .

6. Another foundation lead for 7 sewage treatment Plants which are meant for re  development of Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaja Terminus .

7. The theme of the UN general assembly resolution co sponsored by India under the concept of education for all was titled by UN as education for democracy.

8. The name of the similar resolution passed by UN general assembly to promote peace ,human rights and democracy is UN general resolution 2015 .

* Established in 1945 , Headquarters – New York , President : Csaba Kőrösi

9. The name of the noted Bharatanatyam dancer who passed away recently at the age of 78 – Lakshmi vishwanathan .

10. As per to RBI monetary policy the medium term Target of inflation by 2024 is 4% .

11. The latest purchase order of Air India from Boeing company is about 500 aircrafts .

12. The name of the Indian business personality who has ranked second place as world’s top CEO position in 2023 – Mukesh Ambani .

13. The name of the first Indian public sector bank that has allowed credit facility on fixed deposits is Punjab National Bank .

14. The name of the commercial bank that has signed up with an agreement with all dealers of the steel authority India limited to provide the financial assistance is south Indian Bank .

15. The name of the personality who was the re appointed as United Nations environmental program, executive director for second time – Inger Anderson Of Denmark.

16. The name of the personality who has been appointed as Deputy National security advisor – Pankaj Kumar Singh.

17. Name of the India’s largest private oil and gas exploration and production company – Vedanta Cairn oil and gas exploration.

* Newly appointed CEO : Nick Walker

18. The name of the country that has conducted it’s 21st edition of bilateral naval exercise with India – France .

19. The name of the social worker,recipient of Padma Shri - Prabhaben Shah .

20. Name of the Indian public sector bank that has issued the 50 basis points for interest rates on term deposits in 2 crores category – Punjab National Bank.

* Scheme : PNB uttam scheme.