Global Hunger Index 2023 –
→ Released By: Concern Worldwide & Welthungerhilfe
→ 2023 IND’s Rank: 111
→ Top Countries: Belarus, Bosnia, Chile & China

Ranking based on 4 Indicators –
1. Undernourishment
2. Child Stunting (low height for age)
3. Child Wasting (low weight for height)
4. Child Mortality

Five New Sports Are –
1. Baseball/softball
2. Cricket (T20)
3. Flag Football
4. Lacrosse (Sixes)
5. Squash

2028 Olympics – Host City: Los Angeles (USA)

Project Nilgiri Tahr –
→ Launched By: Tamil Nadu CM (MK Stalin), for Conservation of Nilgiri Tahr
→ Project Cost: ₹25 Crore

Nilgiri Tahr (Endangered Species): State Animal of Tami Nadu
Found In – Western Ghats

→ India’s 1st & World’s 2nd Solar Roof Cycling Track
→ World’ First: Dubai

Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve – Declared As 7th Tiger Reserve in MP & 54th Tiger Reserve in India
→ Location: Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur Districts
→ Other 6 Tiger Reserve of MP: Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Satpura, Pench, Panna & Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve

UDAIPUR (Rajasthan) surrounded by 5 major lakes namely – Pichola, Fateh Sagar, Rang Sagar, Swaroop Sagar and Doodh Talai.

Operation Ajay –
→ Planned by: Indian Armed Forces & M/o External Affairs
→ To Evacuate Indian Citizens from Israel, during 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
→ The United Kingdom is investing £85 million to develop the Vulcan 20-20 laser, which is expected to be the most powerful laser in the world. The laser will have an energy output of 20 Petawatts, twenty times more powerful than the current Vulcan laser.

Flagged Off By: Hardeep Singh Puri (Oil Minister)

→ Water molecules (H2O) contain hydrogen (H). The H2 is separated from the O in a process called the electrolysis of water. Electrolysis is THE technique used to produce hydrogen that consists of “breaking” the water molecules using an electric current in an electrolyzer in order to extract the dihydrogen H2. The electricity must itself be carbon-free in order to consider this hydrogen as green or renewable.

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge, Saraswati.

→ Saraswati Samman: Literary Awards
→ Given By: KK Birla Foundation Winners
→ 2022 Winner: Sivasankari (Tamil Writer), for ‘Surya Vamsam’
→ 2021 Winner: Ramdarash Mishra
→ First Winner: Harivansh Rai Bachchan

IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association): International Organisation)
→ Host Country: Srilanka (For 2023-25>
→ Total Members: 23 Countries (Bordering with Indian Ocean)
→ Headquarters: Ebene, Mauritius
→ Secretary General: Salman Al Farisi

→ The construction of the Jamrani Dam (150.60 m height) is proposed on the Gaula River.
→ Project Cost: Rs 2,584 Cr
→ Project Will Be Built Under: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

Hamoon (Powerful Tropical Cyclone) formed from a low-pressure area over the west-central Bay of Bengal
→ Affected Area: Bangladesh & Mizoram

Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1): A High-Altitude Abort Test
Performed as a part of → Gaganyaan Mission
Gaganyaan Mission –
→ Launched Date: 2025 {Expected}
→ India’s First Human Space Mission
→ India Will Send 3 Male Astronaut and 1 Female Robot (Vyom Mitra)

Global Pension Index –
→ Top Countries with Best Pension System:
1. Netherlands
2. Iceland
→ India’s Rank: 45th

2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy → T20 Cricket Tournament
→ Champion: PUNJAB
→ Player of the series: Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)

→ India’s First 3D-printed post office (Setup: Bengaluru, Karnataka)
→ India’s First 3D Printed House (Built By: IIT Madras)
→ India’s First 3D Printed “Cornea” (Built By: IIT Hyderabad)
→ Agnilet: World’s 1st 3D printed rocket engine.

On the birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam student day is celebrated.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam: Indian Aerospace Scientist
→ Missile Man of India
→ 11th President of India
→ Bharat Ratna: 1997

Claudia Goldin (USA) For Having Advanced Our Understanding of Women’s Labour Market Outcomes

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 – For the Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots (tiny particles or nanocrystals of a semiconducting material)
1. Alexey Ekimov: Russian physicist
2. Louis E. Brus: USA
3. Moungi Gabriel Bawendi: American-Tunisian-French chemist

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 – For Their Discoveries Related to Nucleoside Base Modifications (These Discoveries Played a Vital Role in the Development of Highly Effective mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19)
1. Katalin Karikó: Hungarian-American Biochemist
2. Drew Weissman: American physician

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 – For Experimental Methods That Generate Attosecond Pulses of Light for the Study of Electron Dynamics in Matter
1. Pierre Agostini: French experimental physicist
2. Ferenc Krausz: Hungarian-Austrian physicist
3. Anne L’Huillier: French physicist

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 was awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for her relentless fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her unwavering commitment to promoting human rights and freedom.

Jon Fosse: Norwegian Author (For His Innovative Plays and Prose Which Give Voice to the Unsayable)

World’s Largest Neutrino-detecting Telescope Named “TRIDENT”
→ Being Built By: CHINA In Pacific Ocean
→ It Will Detect “Ghost Particles” or Neutrinos
Neutrinos: Most Abundant Particles That Have Mass in the Universe

Udhampur’s (Jammu & Kashmir) Churned Milk Specialty Kalari → Got GI Tag

Basohli Pashmina: Known for Its Feather-like softness

Defence Appointment –
1. 29th Chief of Indian Army: Manoj Pande
2. Vice Chief of Indian Army: M. V. Suchindra Kumar
3. Chief of Naval Staff: R Hari Kumar
4. Chief of Air Staff: Vivek Ram Chaudhari
5. Deputy Chief of Air Staff: Ashutosh Dixit