Daily Current Affairs 2023 :  14 April 2023 Current Affairs by Westbengaljob.in

1) The well-known Gond painting of Madhya Pradesh has been granted the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tag, which safeguards and acknowledges the work of tribal artists and requires approval from a committee for non-tribal artists to use the art.

Madhya Pradesh

➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai
➨Bhimbetka Caves
➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
➨Khajuraho Temple
➨Yashwant Sagar wetland

2) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has granted Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) status to the state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI).

3) World of Statistics has shared the ranking of the world's "most criminal countries".
➨ Venezuela has been ranked top. India's rank is 77 while the US and UK were ahead of India in the criminal ranking country. The USA was at 55th number and the UK at 65th rank.

4) India ranked fifth in terms of investments received by startups offering AI-based products and services in 2022.
AI startups in India received a total investment of $3.24 billion, surpassing countries such as South Korea, Germany, Canada, and Australia.

5) IIT Kanpur's technology business incubator has signed a CSR Agreement with Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited to provide financial support to the startup ecosystem and promote the incubation of new technology, knowledge, and innovation-based startups.

6) Former Mahindra Group Chairman Keshub Mahindra passed away at the age of 99.
➨He was also the President of Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (SIAM) in 1964.

7) Veteran Liberation War fighter and legendary public health activist Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka at the age of 81.
➨ He was a vascular surgeon and a pioneer in public health. He set up the Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 1972 to provide affordable and quality treatment to underprivileged people

8) In FY23, Gujarat had the highest utilisation-to-released fund ratio of MPLADS funds.
➨ MPLADS is a Central government scheme under which MPs can recommend development programmes of expenditure of ₹5 crore every year in their constituencies.

9) Odisha has set up 18 Hockey Training Centres (HTCs) for development of hockey at grassroots to nurture a large spectrum of hockey talent from the state and provide an early exposure to synthetic turfs.

Odisha

CM - Naveen Patnaik
➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve
➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve
➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves
➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
➨ Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary
➨ Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri
➨ Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary


10) India's Nisha Dahiya won silver at the Asian wrestling championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
➨ Indian wrestler, Priya Malik clinched a bronze in 76 kg category. She defeated Japan’s Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.


11) Jalabala Vaidya, legendary theatre actor and co-founder of the capital’s iconic Akshara Theatre passed away at the age of 86.

12) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022.

Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨ Guindy National Park
➨ Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Mudumalai National Park
➨Mukurthi National Park
➨ Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
➨ Meendum Manjappai Scheme
➨ Naan Mudhalvan scheme
➨ Chief minister's breakfast scheme
➨ Ennum Ezhuthum scheme

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, which is the 15th such train in the country.

 Rajasthan:-
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort