UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)

The Network Covers Seven Creative Fields - Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Gastronomy, literature and Music.

1) Jaipur - Crafts and Folk Arts (2015)

2) Varanasi - Creative City of Music (2015)

3) Chennai - Creative City of Music (2017)

4) Mumbai - Film (2019)

5) Hyderabad - Gastronomy (2019)

6) Srinagar - Craft and Folk Arts (2021)

7) Gwalior - Music (2023)

8) Kozhikode - Literature (2023)

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SSC Tentative Calendar 2024-25

Month of Exam

• Selection Post 2024 - April/May 2024

• CPO 2024 - May/June 2024

• CHSL 2024 - June/July 2024

• MTS 2024 - July/Aug 2024

• CGL 2024 - Sept/Oct 2024

• Stenographer 2024 - Oct/Nov 2024

• GD 2025 - Dec24/Jan25

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37th National Games of India

• Host City - Goa , India
• Motto - Get Set Goa
• Mascot - Moga "An Indian bison"
• Theme Song -  "Khel Aisa, Khel Jaisa Koi Bhi Khela Na Ho"

• Raja Bhalindra Trophy - Maharashtra
• Best Male Athlete - Swimmer Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka)
• Best Female Athletes - Gymnasts Sanyukta Prasen Kale (Maharashtra)  & Pranati Nayak (Odisha)


Top 3 Positions

1st - Maharashtra - 228 Medals (80 Gold, 69 Silver & 79 Broze)

2nd - Services - 126 Medals (66 Gold, 27 Silver & 33 Bronze)

3rd - Haryana - 192 Medals (62 Gold, 55 Silver & 75 Bronze)

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Miss Universe 2023

Sheynnis Palacios (Nicaragua)

2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

• Winner - Australia defeated India by 6 Wickets

• Player of Tournament - Virat Kohli

• Most Runs - Virat Kohli (765 Runs)

• Most Wickets - Mohammed Shami (24 wickets)

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Word of the Year 2023

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023 - "Authentic"

Collins Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "AI"

Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "Rizz"

Cambridge Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "Hallucinate"

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54th International Film Festival of India 2023

• Chairman of the Jury - Shekhar Kapur

• Golden Peacock Best Film - Endless Borders

• Special Jury Award - Rishab Shetty For ‘Kantara’

• Best Web Series - Panchayat Season 2

• Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Douglas

• Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema - Madhuri Dixit

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Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 - Ahmedabad

• Best Marine State - Andhra Pradesh

• Best Marine District - Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu)

• Best Inland State - Uttar Pradesh

• Best Inland District - Seoni (Madhya Pradesh)

• Best Himalayan Region & North Easter State Award - Assam

• Best Himalayan Region & North Eastern District - Kamrup (Assam)

• Best District in the Union Territories - Anantnag (J&K)

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Chief Minister Appointments


• CM of Chhattisgarh - Vishnu Deo Sai

• CM of Madhya Pradesh - Mohan Yadav

• CM of Mizoram - Lalduhoma

• CM of Rajasthan - Bhajan Lal Sharma

• CM of Telangana - Revanth Reddy

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National Sports Awards 2023

President of India will give away the Awards on 09th January 2024

• 2 Sports Persons will receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

• 26 Sports Persons will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023

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Sahitya Akademi Awards 2023

Poetry
Vijay Verma (Dogri), Vinod Joshi (Gujarati), Manshoor Banihali (Kashmiri), Sorokkhaibam Gambhini (Manipuri), Ashutosh Parida (Odia), Swarnjit Savi (Punjabi), Gaje Singh Rajpurohit (Rajasthani), Arun Ranjan Mishra (Sanskrit) and Vinod Asudani (Sindhi)

Novel
Swapnamay Chakrabarti (Bengali), Neelum Saran Gour (English), Sanjeev (Hindi), Krushnat Khot (Marathi), Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (Tamil) and Sadiqua Nawab Saher (Urdu)

Short Stories
Pranavjyoti Deka (Assamese), Nandeswar Daimari (Bodo), Prakash S. Parienkar (Konkani), Taraceen Baskey (Turia Chand Baskey) (Santali) and T. Patanjali Sastry (Telugu)

Essays
Lakshmisha Tolpadi (Kannada), Basukinath Jha (Maithili) and Judhabir Rana (Nepali)

Literary Study
E.V. Ramakrishnan (Malayalam)

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PIB Year End 2023 Review of the Department of Sports

• India achieves historic milestone at Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, clinching 107 Medals including 28 Gold Medals.

• Historic triumph of the Indian contingent at the Asian Para Games with 111 Medals including 29 Gold Medals.

• Indian Athletes showed exceptional performance in August, 2023, with Neeraj Chopra winning India’s first-ever Gold Medal in the prestigious World Athletics Championship.

• India organized FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, Bhubaneswar – Rourkela
The First ever MotoGP Bharat organized in India.

• India hosted the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023 held in New Delhi.

• India hosted 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai: Hon’ble Prime Minister announced India’s interest in hosting the Youth Olympics 2030 and the Summer Olympics in 2036.

• First ever Khelo India Para Games held in Delhi.

• 37th National Games successfully held in Goa. Maharashtra topped the Medal tally with 228 Medals, followed by Services and Haryana.

• Two portals for National Sports federation and for Khelo India infrastructure projects launched on National Sports Day 2023.

• The 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games was successfully concluded on 11th February, 2023 at Upper Lake, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra topped the Medal Tally with 161 Medals (including 56 Gold), followed by Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, in the Games.

• The 3rd Khelo India Winter Games were inaugurated on 10th February, 2023 at Gulmarg. Over 2000 players participated in the event. The Games were concluded on 14th February, 2023, with Jammu and Kashmir topping the medal tally with 76 medals (including 26 Gold) followed by Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh. On this occasion, 40 Khelo India Centres were also e-launched by the Hon’ble Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports.


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PIB Year End Review 2023 of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launches Green Credit Initiative on the side-lines of COP 28.

• India updates its NDC according to which target to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP has been enhanced to 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 level and target on cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources has been enhanced to 50% by 2030.

• In G-20 initiatives Global Alliance on land restoration of forest fire and mining affected areas under the Gandhinagar Implementation Roadmap and the Gandhinagar Information Platform (GIR-GIP), Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition RECEIC and High-Level Principles for a Sustainable and Resilient Blue/ Ocean-based Economy (HLPSRBE) launched.

• Prime Minister launched Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) on the World Environment Day.

• International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) launched by the Prime Minister for conserving global big cats including tiger.

• As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 the total forest and tree cover in India is 80.9 million hectares which is 24.62% of the geographical area of the country.

• Integration of Gatishakti Portal with PARIVESH 2.0 for enhancing environmental clearance proposals.

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