CUET Affairs

July 2023

  • Burhanpur district (MP) has become the country’s first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district
  • Kerela and Ahmedabad have been ranked among India’s time magazine’s ‘The world’s greatest places of 2022’
  • India’s Varanasi city has been announced to be the first ‘cultural and tourism capital’ of the SCO.
  • SCO’s headquarters are in Beijing, China
  • India innovation index of 2022 was issued by NITI Ayog and Karnataka was in the first place.
  • Kerela: becomes the first state in country to have its own internet service
  • The Best Feature Film award was given to the Tamil film ‘Surarai Pottu’
  • IAC Vikrant country’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier handed over to the Indian Navy
  • Neeraj Chopra won silver medal in Worlds Athletics Championship 2022
  • Draupadi Murmu became the country’s first tribal woman president.
  • She has become the 15th president of country personally and 16th in succession.
  • World Youth Skill Day is celebrated on 15th July
  • The 44th Chess Olympiad was organized in Chennai. First time in India
  • The world economic forum (WEF) released its ‘Global Gender Promiscuity Report’
  • India ranks 135 out of 146 countries in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2022’
  • Unveiled of ‘Statue of peace’ of Sri Ramanuajacharya installed in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on July 7 2022.
  • Eknath Shine became the new chief minister of Maharashtra
  • World population day is observed on 11th July

August

International News

  • World’s first hydrogen train service started in Germany
  • Asia’s first Hydrogen Train is in China
  • South Korea has the lowest fertility rate of 0.81 in 2022

National News

  • Tamil Nadu government has notified the state’s 5th elephant reserve at Agasthyamalai in Tirunelveli district.
  • Asia’s largest private hospital inaugurated ‘Amrita Hospital’ in Faridabad
  • The Chandigarh international airport has been renamed after ‘Shaheed Bhagat Singh’ by Haryana and Punjab Government.
  • World’s largest floating solar power plant to be built in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
  • Goa became the first state to be certified of every home water programme.
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu became the first union territory in the country to be declared as ‘Har Ghar Jal Yojana certified’
  • National Rail and transportation Institute (NRTI) deemed university has been upgraded to central university and renamed as Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV)
  • Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh became India’s first ‘functionally literate’ district.
  • Indian Government has decided to set up ‘Indian institute of heritage’ (IIH) at Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Science and Technology

ISRO launches first 3D virtual space museum named ‘SPARK’

New Appointments

  • Jagdeep Dhankar became the 14th Vice president of the country and chairman of Rajya Sabha
  • The vice president of India is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha
  • The provision regarding the post of vice president in India has been taken from the constitution of America.

Books

‘Challenge to a Liberal Polity’- Human rights., Citizenship and Identity is written by Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Sports News

  • Antim Panghal became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold medal in Under 20 World Wrestling Championships in Bulgaria.
  • Linthoi Chanambam has created history by winning gold medal in world cadet judo championship 2022
  • The 22nd commonwealth games were held in Birmingham, England
  • The mascot of these games was named Perry
  • The first medal for India at Birmingham commonwealth games was won by Sanket Sagar in weightlifting
  • The first gold medal for India was won by S. Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting.

Obituary

  • Pingali Venkaiah is considered as the architect of Indian national flag ‘Tiranga’ for his 146th birth anniversary a postage stamp was released.
  • Rakesh Jhunjhunwala also known as ‘India’s warren buffet’ and ‘Big bull of share market’ passed away on Aug 14 2022 in Mumbai

Awards

  • Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 UNESCO Peace prize for her efforts to welcome refugees.

Important Days

  • National Javelin Throw Day: 7th August
  • Quit India Movement known as August Revolution Day : 9th August
  • Partition Horror Remembrance Day: 14th August
  • National Sports day : 29th August

Government Schemes

  • Government of India has come out with scheme called ‘SMILE-75 Initiative- Support for Marginalized persons for Livelihood and enterprises address the problem of destitution and beggary.
  • 75 Municipal corporations have been identified to implement a comprehensive rehabilitation project for people engaged in begging.

September

International News

King Charles III becomes the new monarch of Britain.

National News

  • World’s first CNG terminal is laying at Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
  • PM releases cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa in Kuno National Park located in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • The maximum number of Rajya Sabha can be 250
  • But at present this number is 245.
  • President house to India gate road is renamed from Rajpath to Karatavya Path.
  • UNESCO Global Network of Learning cities included Thrissur and Nilambur (Kerela) and Warangal (Telangana)
  • India’s first ‘Night sky sanctuary’ is in Changtang wildlife sanctuary in Ladakh
  • India became the 5th largest economy in the world.
  • SCO was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Science and technology

  • NASA Successfully tests spacecraft collision with asteroid under DART (Double asteroid redirection test)
  • India’s first and world’s largest carbon fiber plant will be built by Reliance Industries at Hazira in Gujarat.
  • Carbon fiber is five times stronger and twice as hard as steel.

Awards

  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 was given to Asha Parekh.
  • Ramon Magsaysay award also known as ‘Asia’s Novel Prize’ was held in Manila, Philippines.

Sports News

  • Sunil Chhetri the third highest active male international goal scorer, FIFA has released a special documentary on him named ‘Captain Fantastic’
  • Jhulan Goswami recently retired from cricket
  • She is the highest wicket taker female bowler in International ODI Cricket
  • Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win the Diamond League Championship Title.

New Appointments

  • Anil Chauhan is the new CDS of the country
  • Chief of Defense Staff = CDS
  • General Bipin Rawat was the first Chief of Defense Staff on India
  • R. Venkataramani is appointed as New Attorney General of India by the president

Obituary

  • Former president of the soviet union (USSR) Mikhail Gorbachev passed away in Moscow

Important Days

  • National Teacher’s Day: 5th September
  • National Hindi Day: 14th September
  • International day for the preservation of the ozone layer : 16th September
  • Poshan Maah (Nutrition Month) : September
  • Hyderabad Liberation Day: 17th September

Government Schemes

  • Aim of eliminating TB, ‘Prime Minister- TB Free India Campaign’ was launched

Index

  • Global Innovation Index is issued by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • India was ranked 40th
  • Human development index was issued by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
  • India was ranked 132nd
India’s position in Various Indicators
  • Life expectancy at birth- 67.2
  • Expected years at schooling- 11.9
  • Average years at schooling - 6.7
  • Year Gross National Income- 6590

October 2022

International News

  • UN’s 27th Climate Change Conference venue - Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt)
  • UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres
  • Indian-origin Rishi Sunak becomes the new Prime Minister of Britain
  • Kazakhstan changed the capital name from ‘Nur Sultan’ to ‘Astana’

National News

  • International Solar Alliance approved solar facility.
  • ISA headquarters is in Gurugram
  • Shiv Nadar was the country’s biggest philanthropist
  • The ‘Mission Life’ was launched by PM on October 20, 2022 in Ekta nagar, Gujarat
  • World Spice Congress was held in Mumbai
  • Durgavati Tiger Reserve approved in Madhya Pradesh
  • Asia’s largest biogas plant started in Sangrur district, Punjab
  • MBBS course launched in Hindi at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  • Delhi’s airport became the 10th busiest airport in the world

Defence

  • Indo-French joint air force exercise ‘Garuda-VII’ at Jodhpur, Rajasthan
  • Rocket Launcher has been made by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
  • Agni Prime missile was successfully fired by DRDO

Science and technology

  • Aditya-L-One is India’s first mission which is being built for study of Sun

Sports News

  • Chennai will host Squash world cup in 2023
  • India hosted FIFA U-17 Women’s worldcup 2022 in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) , Madgaon (Goa) and Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
  • Spain won the title for the second time defeating colombia
  • Aman Sehrawat won gold medal at Under 23 World Wrestling Championship in Spain
  • Gujarat hosted National games 2022
  • Savaj was the mascot of the games
  • Donnarumma Gukesh became the youngest player to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen

Awards

  • Indore secured the first place in Swachh Suvekshan 2022
  • Indore (1), Surat (2) and Navi Mumbai (3)
  • Haridwar, Uttarakhand was declared best ganga town
  • Cleanest state: Madhya Pradesh(1), Chhattisgarh (2) ,Maharashtra (3)
Nobel Prizes
  • Svante Paabo in Physiology/Medicine
  • Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger in Physics
  • Carolyn R Berotozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless in Chemistry
  • Annie Ernaux in Literature
  • Ales Bialiatski and center for civil liberties in peace
  • Ben S Bernanke, Douglas W Diamond and Phillip H Dybvig in Economics
  • Shehan Karunatilaka won the booker prize in Literature

New Appointments

  • Roger Binny became the new president of BCCI
  • D.Y Chandrachud became 50th Chief justice of the country

Obituary

  • Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on 10th October 2022
  • Veteran actor, Arun Bali passed away on 7th October 2022
  • Indian Industrialist who is known as father of the Indian wind energy sector, Tulsi Tanti passed away
  • He founded Suzlon Energy
  • He is also known as the wind man of India

Important Days

  • International Day of violence: 2nd October
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Birth Anniversary: 2nd October
  • Clean India Day: 2nd October
  • Swachh Bharat Diwas: 2nd October
  • World Food Day: 16th October
  • United Nations Day: 24th October

Government Schemes

  • Five years of UDAN scheme completed
  • UDAN: Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik

Index

  • Global Multidimensional Poverty indexed was issued by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
  • India has maximum number of 22.8 crore poor people in the world
  • Statistics of 2019-2021 showed that around 16.4% of the population in India is poor of these, 4.2% live in extreme poverty
  • Global Hunger Index was issued by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe
  • India ranked 107 out of 121 countries

Books

  • Ambedkar: A life by Shashi Tharoor
  • From Dependence to Self Reliance: Mapping India’s rise as a global superpower by Dr Bimal Jalan