Daily Current affairs : 16 January 2023 Current Affairs

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    16 January 2023 Current Affairs          

                     

1) The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the World's Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and inaugurated the Tent City at Varanasi via video conferencing.

Uttar Pradesh :- 

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake

➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple

➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨School Chalo Abhiyan

➨Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana

➨Parivar Kalyan card scheme

➨Mathrubhumi Yojana Portal

2) Punjabi is going to be the newest language to be added to public schools' curriculum in Western Australia. 

➨ The curriculum creation for grades pre-primary through 12 will take place this year, wherein students will be offered an option to study Punjabi.

3) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah released the book Revolutionaries – The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom in New Delhi.

➨The Author of the book is Economist Sanjeev Sanyal who is also a member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.

4) Captain Surabhi Jakhmola, an officer of the 117 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, has become the first woman officer of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) to be posted on a foreign project.

5) The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the world's first insect vaccine, which has been developed to protect bees from a devastating bacterial disease.

6) The National Centre for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Quality in Kolkata has been renamed as Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institution of Water and Sanitation.

West Bengal :- 

➠CM - Mamata Banerjee

➠GOVERNOR - C.V. Ananda Bose

➠Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance

➠Kalighat Temple

7) India scripted history by defeating Sri Lanka by the largest ever margin of 317 runs in 50-over international cricket.

➨ India clean sweep ODI series against Sri Lanka by 3-0 in Thiruvananthpuram.

8) Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IIT Madras is conducting its Annual Cultural Festival Saarang in physical mode this year. 

➨ Saarang is one of the largest student-run festivals which will be featuring 100 events.

9) The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, announced that India’s first Centre of Excellence for online gaming would be set up in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Meghalaya :-

➨Governor - Satya Pal Malik

➨CM - Conrad Kongkal Sangma

➨Umiam Lake 

➨Nartiang Durga Temple

➨Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills

➨Nokrek National Park

➨Balpakram National Park

➨Baghmara Reserve Forest

➨Siju Bird Sanctuary

10) Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) has given his consent to a Bill providing 30 per cent horizontal reservation to domiciled women of the state in government jobs.

Uttarakhand 

CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami

Governor :- Gurmit Singh

➠Asan Conservation Reserve

➠Country's first moss garden 

➠Country's first Pollinator Park 

➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme

➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve 🐅

➠Jim Corbett National Park

11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam.

➨The Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam will boost tourism and cut down travel time.

12) The Kerala government's year of enterprises project, under which more than one lakh enterprises were created in eight months, has been selected as one of the best practices model by the Centre Government.

Kerala :- 

➠Anamudi Shola National Park

➠Eravikulam National Park

➠Silent Valley National Park

➠Cherai Beach

➠Idukki Dam on Periyar River

➠Pamba River

➠Kumarakom National Park 

13) The Telangana government appointed A. Santhi Kumari as chief secretary of state, the first woman to hold the post in Telangana since the bifurcation in 2014.

Telangana :-

➨CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao

Governor - Tamilisai Soundararajan

➨KBR National Park

➨Amrabad Tiger Reserve 

➨Kawal Tiger Reserve

➨ Pakhal Lake And Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Pocharam Dam And Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

➨Mana Ooru Mana Badi program

➨Palle Pragati and pattana Pragati scheme 

➨Bathukamma Saree scheme