Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Jan 01st to 07th Jan 2023)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Jan 01st to 07th Jan 2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2023 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Global Family Day 2023 is observed on the 1st of January 2023.
• World Braille Day 2023 is observed on the 4th of January 2023.
• World Day of War Orphans 2023 is observed on the 6th of January 2023.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The government has announced that the food processing industry has invested Rs 4,900 crore so far under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.
• Coffee shipments from India, Asia’s third-largest producer and exporter, rose 1.66 percent to 4 lakh tonne in 2022 on the rise in instant coffee exports and re-exports, according to the Coffee Board.
• A special government initiative aimed to boost scientific research in healthcare areas through Ayurveda colleges and hospitals was launched.
• The government will launch a Digital India Innovation Fund which will support deep tech startups.
• The proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year.
• As most Central government offices are expected to go fully digital by the end of February 2023, several security measures have been put in place to avoid any cybersecurity incidents such as the recent cyber and ransomware attack at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
• India’s unemployment rate rose to 8.30 percent in December, the highest in 16 months, from 8 percent in the previous month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
• The Union Cabinet approved an initial outlay of Rs 19,744 crore for the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
• The government aims to cut spending on food and fertilizer subsidies to Rs 3.7 lakh crore ($44.6 billion) in the fiscal year from April, down 26% from this year to rein in a fiscal deficit that ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Indian Railway’s Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay section has become the nation’s longest fully Automatic Block Signalling (ABS) section.
• In a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati’s broadcast infrastructure and network, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a scheme worth more than Rs 2,500 crore for Doordarshan and All India Radio.
• Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “National Genome Editing & Training Centre” at National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) Mohali, Punjab.
• The 1st All India Annual States’ Ministers Conference on “Water Vision@2047” began today in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• Government has launched Prajjwala Challenge inviting ideas, solutions and actions to transform the rural economy.
• India’s first underwater tunnel, being built under the Hooghly River in West Bengal at a cost of around ₹ 120 crores as part of the East-West Metro Corridor, will be a blink-and-you-miss-it experience for passengers as trains will cross the 520-metre stretch in just 45 seconds.
• Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the Incubation Centre at the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in New Delhi.
• Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated a mega-dairy built for Rs 260 crore in the Mandya district of Karnataka
• The government on the revenue front as GST revenues in December clocked Rs 1,49,507 crore, registering a 15 per cent increase over the same period last year.
• Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS) at Joka in Kolkata via video conferencing.
• The second phase of the Sari Festival “VIRAASAT”- Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India will begin in New Delhi.
• Defence minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh, along with 27 other infrastructure projects completed by the Border Roads Organisation.
• The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has proposed to ban advertisements of online betting sites on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, as per draft rules for online gaming.
• President Droupadi Murmu reached Jaipur on a two-day visit to Rajasthan.
• A self-regulatory body, mandatory know-your-customer norms for verification, and a grievance redressal mechanism are among the key proposals in the draft rules for online gaming, released by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) of Bengaluru has been chosen as the secretariat for Science 20 (S20) – the science working group of the G20 summit.
• India and Austria will sign five agreements on January 2023.
• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM), a proposal sponsored by the Government of India (GoI) to promote these “Nutri-cereal“
• The United Nations Security Council (UNSC ) has adopted its first-ever resolution on Myanmar in 74 years to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
• India took over the leadership of the Asia Pacific Postal Union (APPU) in January 2023 & former Member (Personnel) of, the Postal Services Board, Vinaya Prakash Singh will take over the charge of Secretary General of the Union for the tenure of 4 years.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari 0inaugurated the New Zuari Bridge in
• The Assam Cabinet, chaired by Assam Chief Minister (CM) M Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the application for the provision of Industrial status to the tourist sector in
• Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated 2 infrastructure projects to improve road connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh Union territories.
• The second phase of the Sari Festival “VIRAASAT”- Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India will begin from 3rd to 17th January 2023 at Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi.
• The Election Commission (EC) is focusing on 929 polling booths across Tripura, setting a target of 92% voter turnout in the assembly elections due early this year.
• The third convocation ceremony of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University Bhopal was held in the state capital.
• In Manipur, the Gaan Ngai festival of the Zeliangrong community is to be celebrated.
• West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) & Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief, Mamata Banerjee, has launched two initiatives ahead of the panchayat elections 2023– ‘Didir Suraksha Kawach’ and an app ‘Didir Doot’
• Hyderabad-based drug maker Granules India has entered into a strategic partnership with Greenko Group to develop a first-of-its-kind Integrated Green Pharmaceutical Zones (GPZ) starting with Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
• Union Minister of Defence Shri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation 28 infrastructure projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), worth 724 crores during an event organized at Siyom Bridge on Along-Yinkiong Road in Arunachal Pradesh.
• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched CM’s Sukhashray Sahayata Kosh for the destitute with an outlay of Rs 101 crore.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• Gautam Adani’s Adani Group gained full control of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) after acquiring the stake of former founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy.
• The Centre’s fiscal deficit for the April-November period of the current fiscal year came in at Rs 9.78 trillion, or 58.9 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs 16.6 trillion, compared with Rs 6.96 trillion or 46.2 per cent for the same period last year.
• Growth in the output of the core sector, comprising eight infrastructure industries, rebounded sharply in November to increase at 5.4 per cent, owing to a lower base and double-digit expansion in four of the eight areas.
• ONGC was the top profit-making central public sector business (CPSE) in 2021-22, according to the government of India’s Public Enterprise Survey 2021-22.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated that all policyholders must provide their Know Your Customer (KYC) details when purchasing any type of insurance policy from January 1, 2023.
• Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned USD 100 million (about `830 crore) to Shriram Finance Limited (SFL), a part of Shriram Group to provide vehicle loans to women entrepreneurs.
• Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched Emerging Opportunity Fund, and ULIP plans (Unit Linked Insurance Plans) which can spend money on mid-cap firms and rising market leaders with the potential to generate important future development.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved a proposal of SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) to acquire 9.99% equity shares in the Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) through various schemes of SBI Mutual Fund.
• India Accelerator, a seed-stage accelerator program has launched the i3 Launchpad, a program created to nurture and co-innovate with the startup ecosystem in
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the fifth (5th) volume of Reserve Bank history (1997-2008).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved a proposal of SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) to acquire 9.99% equity shares in the Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) through various schemes of SBI Mutual Fund.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GoI) signed a $300 million loan to upgrade over 300 kilometers of state highways and major district roads (MDRs) in
• Yes, Bank has partnered with banking-as-a-service startup Falcon to tap into the embedded finance market.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GoI) signed a US$350 million loan to build new lines and improve the connectivity of the metro rail system in Chennai with the city’s existing public transport system.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• The outgoing year gifted Riafy Technologies with a milestone achievement, as users chose the company’s novel app as their ‘favourite’, finding ‘Dance Workout for Weight Loss’ among Google Play’s Best of 2022 Awards.
• An educationist in Bhutan, a doctor in Brunei, and civil society activists in Ethiopia, Israel, and Poland were among the 27 people chosen for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), the highest honour for overseas Indians.
• Odisha won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state.
• Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad has been selected for Odakuzhal Award 2022 for his collection of short stories titled Pranavayu.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s prime minister (PM) for a sixth time, leading the Jewish state’s most right-wing government to date.
• G Kamala Vardhana Rao was appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the 39th president of Brazil in a ceremony held in the National Congress in Brasília, Brazil following the 2022 Brazilian general election 
• The Maharashtra government has appointed Tata Sons Chairman Mr. N Chandrasekaran as the head of the new Economic Advisory Council of Maharashtra.
• Lingam Venkata Prabhakar, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Canara Bank Limited, retired from the services of the bank on attaining the age of superannuation.
• BharatPe, a fintech unicorn, announced that chief executive officer (CEO) Mr. Suhail Sameer has resigned from his position and assumed the role of strategic advisor beginning on January 7, 2023, & the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) Mr. Nalin Negi will be the interim CEO while BharatPe searches for Sameer’s replacement.
• India’s leading stock exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has appointed Mr. Sundararaman Ramamurthy as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company for 5 years.
• The American Vice President Ms. Kamala Harris has named Indian American Mr.  Rajeev Badyal to the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (UAG)

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• Tripura government has signed an agreement for an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-assisted project of Rs 2,275 crore (US $275 million) for the Improvement of Tripura Power Distribution Strengthening and Generation Efficiency.
• Microsoft will work closely with the startups identified by ISRO and will onboard those companies to its Startup Founders hub platform to support them at every stage.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired the extended-range version of BrahMos air-launched missile against a ship target from a SU-30MKI aircraft.
• The Defence Ministry has started the process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers which are built in India by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) using technology transferred from South Korean defense major Hanwha Defense.
• IIT-Madras has created a ‘centre of excellence’ at a campus unit set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop advanced national defense and security technologies.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• India Accelerator, a seed-stage accelerator program has launched the i3 Launchpad, a program created to nurture and co-innovate with the startup ecosystem in
• Space sector start-up Digantara launched its second satellite Pushan-Alpha as a rideshare onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Transporter-6 mission to the low earth orbit (LEO) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States (US).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• The Adani Group has acquired a 27.26% equity stake in NDTV from Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy, founders of the news broadcaster.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENTz

• The Silent Valley National Park bird census discovered 141 species, including 17 new ones.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• , a Medical book ‘Human Anatomy’ in Hindi Manav Sharir Rachna Vigyan was released by the Governor of Madhya Pradesh Shri Mangubhai Patel at the function which is a very useful book for the Medical students of all courses related to medical education written by Dr. AK Dwivedi, Homeopathic Doctor of Indore Professor & HOD Physiology SKRP Gujarati Homeopathic Medical College Indore and member of Scientific Advisory Board in the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH (Govt. of India).
• “The World: A Family History of Humanity,” by British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, was recently discussed with Indian scholar Manu S. Pillai.
• “Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary,” a new book by former IAS officer Kaki Madhava Rao, examines the inner workings of the civil service at the grassroots level and throws insight into micro policies and governance.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Former world rapid champion Koneru Humpy has won India’s first-ever Silver medal in the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Portugal Football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a contract until 2025.
• Magnus Carlsen wins all three world chess championship titles and he has won all three world chess championship titles for the third time in his career.
• Former Australia captain and World Cup winner Belinda Clark has become the first female cricketer to be honoured with a sculpture in the world.
• Pranesh clinched the Rilton Cup title here to become India’s 79th Chess Grandmaster.
• Hockey Haryana’s women’s team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers after defeating Madhya Pradesh 2-0 in the final at Bhubaneswar.
• In Hockey, Madhya Pradesh defeated Odisha 6-5 to clinch the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men’s Under-18 Qualifiers title in Bhubaneswar.
• Nineteen-year-old Kolkata-based chess player Koustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Former Brazilian football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who was popularly known as Pele passed away at the age of 82 in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Tata Group veteran and former Tata Sons director Rayaroth Kuttambally Krishna Kumar passed away at the age of 84 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• Former Indian football player Shyamal Ghosh passed away at the age of 71 in Kolkata, West Bengal (WB).
• The first woman chief secretary of Gujarat, Dr. Manjula Subramaniam passed away at the age of 74 in Vadodara, Gujarat.

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