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1. Who has been named ‘Person of the Year’ by Time Magazine? – Taylor Swift
- Famous singer Taylor Swift has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023. This underlines the breadth of his music and influences. Swift, 33, has performed worldwide on her “Eras Tour”, performing music from throughout her career.
- Time magazine named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky its “Person of the Year” for 2022.
2. Garba dance was included in the list of UNESCO’s ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage‘, it belongs to which state? – Gujarat
- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced that UNESCO has included the traditional Garba dance of Gujarat in its list of ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’.
- Garba dance is the 15th intangible cultural heritage of India to be included in this list.
3. Who has taken oath as the new Chief Minister of Telangana? – Anumula Revanth Reddy
- Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President Anumula Revanth Reddy has taken oath as the Chief Minister of the state.
- Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered him the oath of office and secrecy. After the formation of Telangana state, he is the second Chief Minister of the state. K.Chandrashekhar Rao was the first Chief Minister of the state.
4. Who has become the first Indian to operate NASA’s Mars Rover? – Akshata Krishnamurthy
- Akshata Krishnamurthy has become the first Indian to operate a Mars rover with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States.
- He has given this information through a social media post.
- Akshata is a PhD holder from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and has joined NASA for a full-time opportunity.
5. Who has been chosen as ‘CEO of the Year’ by Time Magazine? – Sam Altman
- Time Magazine has named OpenAI founder Sam Altman as ‘CEO of the Year’.
- Sam Altman is the co-founder of ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, which was launched in November 2022.
- Argentina’s star football player Lionel Messi has been named 2023 ‘Athlete of the Year’.
6. ‘Marapi’ volcano has recently erupted, in which country is it located? – Indonesia
- Mount Marapi, located in West Sumatra, Indonesia, recently erupted, due to which many people lost their lives and many climbers went missing.
- The explosion occurred on December 3, 2023. Indonesia is located on the “Ring of Fire”, an unstable tectonic zone.
- Mount Marapi is approximately 2,891 meters (about 9,500 feet) high.
7. ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ project is being run by which ministry? – Ministry of Culture
- The Government of India has decided to map and document all the villages under the Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar (MGMD) programme.
- This National Mission is being run in coordination with Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) under the Ministry of Culture.
- A web portal on MGMD has also been launched on July 27, 2023.
8. Which country has framed ‘One Province, One Policy’ plan to handle financial risk? – China
- China’s regulator wants provinces to come up with their own plans to handle financial risks, according to a report.
- ‘One Province, One Policy’ comes after officials previously committed to establishing a mechanism to tackle local debt issues.
- China has struggled for traction this year as a bounce-back from restrictive Covid Zero policies proved to be softer than expected and a property crisis dragged on.
9. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) functions under which Union Ministry? – Ministry of Home Affairs
- A total of 4,45,256 cases of crime against women were registered across India in 2022, up from 4,28,278 in 2021 and 3,71,503 in 2020.
- The rate of crime against women per lakh population stood at 66.4 while the charge sheeting in such cases was logged at 75.8, showed the data in the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- NCRB functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
- The majority of crimes against women under the Indian Penal Code were of cruelty by husband or his relatives (31.4 per cent) followed by kidnapping and abduction of women (19.2 per cent).
- Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country at 144.4, while the country’s average rate was 66.4.
- Uttar Pradesh (65,743) registered the maximum FIRs in cases of crime against women in 2022.
10. What is the name of the largest survey vessel built in India, which was recently delivered by GRSE? – INS Sandhayak
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers delivered the largest survey vessel built in India, INS Sandhayak to the Indian Navy on Navy Day 2023.
- INS Sandhayak is the first in a series of four Survey Vessels (Large) being built by GRSE.
- INS Sandhayak is the first of four advanced Survey Vessels (Large) or SVLs.
- It is a new version of a previous ship with the same name, which was a survey vessel in the Indian Navy from 1981 to 2021.
- These survey ships are capable of full-scale coastal and deep-water hydrographic survey of port and harbour approaches as well as the determination of navigation channels and routes.
11. Which institution releases ‘Composite Water Management Index’ in India? – NITI Aayog
- NITI Aayog has been publishing the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) since 2018.
- So far two editions CWMI (June 2018) and CWMI 2.0 (August 2019) have been published.
- Subsequent edition of CWMI was prepared in August 2022 with delay due to the nationwide Covid-19 situation.
- NITI Aayog will come up with a combined report from the third to sixth edition of the Composite Water Management Index.
12. The names of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea are chosen from:_? – Suggestion of various countries
- On December 5, Cyclone Michaung made landfall over Nellore in Andhra Pradesh as a super-cyclonic storm.
- A day earlier, the weather system had produced 150-200 mm of rain in north Tamil Nadu.
- In 2000, a panel of the World Meteorological Organisation with members of the UN Economic and Social Commission prepared the list of names of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, to be given from the September 2004 season.
- The name of each cyclone is picked from this list and cycles through each country’s suggestion.
- After Michaung (by Myanmar), the next five cyclones will be called ‘Remal’ (Oman), ‘Asna’ (Pakistan), ‘Dana’ (Qatar), ‘Fengal’ (Saudi Arabia), and ‘Shakhti’ (Sri Lanka).
