Honours & Awards
1. RRR wins Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’ at 2023 Golden Globe Awards
- SS Rajamouli's "RRR" has won the 2023 Golden Globe Awards for the best original song–motion picture for "Naatu Naatu" track.
- The movie was also nominated for the 'best picture-non English'.
- This track was composed by veteran music director, MM Keeravaani and sung by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj
- Best Film
- Drama: The Fabelmans
- Musical or Comedy: The Banshees of Inisherin
- Best Drama Series: House of the Dragon
- Best Musical or Comedy Series: Abbott Elementary
Summits & Conferences
2. PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Global Investors Summit in Indore
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated the two-day Global Investors Summit in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- The inaugural session of summit was attended by Chandrika Prasad Santokhi (President of Suriname) and Dr Mohammed Irfan Ali (President of Guyana).
- Theme of the Global Investors Summit is ‘Madhya Pradesh - a future-ready state'.
- Environmental protection has been taken care of in this summit that will be completely based on Carbon Neutral and Zero Waste.
Important Dates
3. Road Transport and Highways Ministry observed Road Safety Week
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has observed the Road Safety Week from 11 - 17 January, 2023 across the country.
- Aim: To propagate the cause of safer roads for all under the Swachhata Pakhwada.
- Various activities such as awareness campaigns related to causes of road accidents and measures to prevent them, will be organised throughout the Country.
- Activities like Nukkad Nataks and Sensitization Campaigns will be conducted at various locations in New Delhi.
Sports
4. Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar's record of slamming 20 ODI centuries
- Former captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli has equalled Sachin Tendulkar record of slamming 20 One Day International centuries on the home soil.
- He has scored a hundred in just 80 balls against Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the three-match series.
- He took only 99 innings to score his 20th ODI hundred on home soil, while Sachin did so in 160 innings.
- Kohli now has 73 centuries to his credit across all formats, second only to Tendulkar's 100 centuries.
National & International Appointments
5. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh appointed as acting Chief Justice of Gauhati HC
- The Central government has appointed Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as the acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, effective from January 12.
- He replaced Chief Justice, Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya, who superannuated on 11 January 2023.
- In May 2022, he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
- While Supreme Court judges retire at the age of 65 years, high court judge retire at 62.
Honours & Awards
6. Harry Brook, Ashleigh Gardner named ICC Players of the Month
- Harry Brook (England) has won his maiden ICC Men's Player of the Month crown for December 2022.
- Reason: His blistering run of scores which helped England win World Test Championship series in Pakistan.
- While, Australia's Ashleigh Gardner has won the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for December 2022
- Reason: For her contributions to win the T2OI series in India
- She has scored 115 runs at an impressive strike rate of 166.66 and also took 7-wicket during T20I series.
Banking & Finance
7. RBI imposes monetary penalty on 5 cooperative banks for rules violation
- RBI has imposed a monetary penalty on five cooperative banks for non-compliance with varied central bank directions.
- The monetary penalties slapped on these entities range between Rs 50,000 to Rs 3 lakh.
- Banks: Shree Mahayogi Lakshmamma Co-operative Bank (Andhra Pradesh); The Attur Town Co-operative Bank (TN); Gondia District Central Co-operative Bank (Maharashtra); Shirpur Peoples’ Co-operative Bank (Maharashtra); and Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank (Maharashtra)
Defense
8. Defence Ministry approves proposals worth Rs 4,276
- Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Rajnath Singh, has given its approval to the proposal of worth Rs 4,276 crore with an aim to strengthen the Indian defence system.
- The amount will utilised to procure the indigenous anti-tank missiles to be fitted onboard the advanced light helicopter and a new short-range air defence missile.
- All projects are under the Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM) category.
National Affairs
9. ReNew Power installs India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators
- ReNew Power has installed India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTGs) in Gadag, Karnataka.
- The WTGs have a nameplate capacity of 3.3-3.465 MW and are 128-140m in height.
- Aim: To improve capacity over models installed in India, which typically have a nameplate capacity of 2-3 MW.
- This project will produce enough energy to power over 1 million households in India annually.
- Chairman and CEO, ReNew Power: Sumant Sinha
National & International Appointments
10. Indian-American, A C Charania named new chief technologist of NASA
- An Indian-American aerospace expert, AC Charania has been appointed as new chief technologist of NASA.
- He will serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programmes.
- He joined the space agency in his new role on January 3, 2023.
- He has replaced Indian-American scientist, Bhavya Lal, who served as acting chief technologist prior to the former’s appointment.
- He has also served as vice president of product strategy at Reliable Robotics
Banking & Finance
11. Sebi extended trading hours in case of outage at stock exchanges
- As per the guidelines issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India, the trading hours in case of an outage at a stock exchange along with standard operating procedures for stock exchanges for handling such an outage has been extended.
- An outage would mean stoppage of continuous trading, either suo motu by the exchange or by reasons beyond their control.
- If there is a failure to start pre-opening by 2:15 pm, then trading hours will be extended till 5 pm for the day.
Banking & Finance
12. South Indian Bank launches MSME online portal
- The South Indian Bank has launched a MSME online portal providing instant online ‘In Principle’ approval of up to ₹1 crore.
- Aim: To provide quick loans to micro and small businesses
- MSME enterprises are the most important pillars of the economy and the government is working towards making the sector stronger.
- This development is at the backdrop of central government considering to make India a $5 trillion economy.
- MD & CEO, South Indian Bank: Murali Ramakrishnan
Banking & Finance
13. Axis Bank, IISc sign MoU to set up Centre for Mathematics and Computing
- Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing at the Institute.
- The centre will have labs and programmes benefitting faculty and students.
- Besides, it will also host the new IISc BTech programme in Mathematics and Computing and the ongoing Interdisciplinary PhD programme in Mathematical Sciences.
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