Current Affairs in Short 2023
Exercises and Operations | ||
Name Of Exercise | Participating Countries | Location |
Tarang Shakti (October-November, 2023) | – | The air forces of the US, the UK, France and Australia |
Nomadic Elephant, 2023 (July 17.31 2023) | India-Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Exercise Talisman Sabre, 2023 (July 22-August 4, 2023) | Australia | Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany |
JIMEX 2023 (July 05-10, 2023) | Japan-India | Visakhapatnam |
SALVEX, 2023 (June 26 – July 6, 2023) | Indian Navy-US Navy | Kochi, Kerala |
EKUVERIN (June 11-24, 2023) | Indian Army & the Maldives National Defence Force | Chaubatia, Uttarakhand |
SAMUDRA SHAKTI-2023 (May 14-19, 2023) | India & Indonesia | Indonesia |
ASEAN Indian Maritime Exercise (AIME- 2023) (May 2-8, 2023) | India, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam | South China Sea |
AL MOHED AL HINDI-2023 (May 23-25, 2023) | INS Tarkash, INS Subhadra and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) | Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia |
AJEYA WARRIOR-2023 (May 11, 2023) (April 27-May 11, 2023) | India and United kingdom | Salisbury Plain, united Kingdom |
Ex-KAUACH-2023 (February 23 – April 7, 2023) | Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force | Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) |
Exercise Orion (April 17- May 5, 2023) | Indian Air Force and The French Air and Space Force | France |
SLINEX-23 (April 3-8, 2023) | India & Sri Lanka Navy | Colombo |
INIOCHOS-23 (April 24 – May 4, 2023) | Indian Airforce and Hellenic Air Force | Greece |
Al-Mohed Al-Hindi Exercise (March 14-15, 2023) | Indian Navy Forces and Royal Saudi Naval Forces | Mumbai, India |
Exercise Sea-Dragon, 2023 (March 14, 2023) | India & USA Navy | Guam, USA |
Exercise Bold-Kurukshetra (March 06-13, 2023) | India & Singapore Army | Jodhpur, Military Station, Rajasthan |
Exercise FRINJEX-2023 (March 7-8, 2023) | India & French Army | Thiruvananthapuram |
Exercise Desert Flag VIII (February 27 – March 17, 2023) | Air forces of UAE, France, Kuwait, Australia, UK, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, Republic of Korea, USA and India | UAE |
Exercise KOBRA WARRIOR (March 6-24, 2023) | Multilateral Air Exercise of Finland, Sweden, South Africa, United States of America, Singapore and India | Waddington Airforce Base, UK |
Dharma Guardian (February 17 – March 2, 2023) | India & Japan | Camp Imaza, Shiga, Japan |
21st Edition of VARUNA-2023 (January 16, 2023) | India & France | Western Seaboard |
Veer Guardian-2023 (13-26 January, 2023) | India & Japan Airforce | Japan |
12th Edition of ‘Agni Warrior’ (November 13-30, 2022) | Singapore & Indian Army | Field Firing (Maharashtra) Ranges, Devlali |
Sudarshan Prahar (November 29, 2022) | Indian Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps | Deserts Of Rajasthan |
7th Edition of Exercise Sangam (commenced from 01 Dec 22) | Indian Navy MARCOS and US Navy SEALS | Goa |
6th Edition of KAZIND-2022 (15 to 28 December 2022) | Indo Kazakhstan joint training exercise | Umroi (Meghalaya) |
IND-INDO CORPAT (39th coordinated patrol exercise) (09-19 December 2022) |
India & Indonesia | The Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait. |
SURYA KIRAN-XVI (16-29 December 2022) | Indo-Nepal Exercise joint training | Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi (Nepal) |
Shatru Nash (on November 21, 2022) | The South Western Command of the Indian Army | Shri Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
Exercise Naseem Al Bahr – 2022 (November 19 to 24, 2022) | 13th Edition of the Indian Navy (IN) Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) bilateral exercise | Off the coast of Oman |
8th edition of Exercise GARUDA SHAKTI (commenced on 21 November 2022) | Indian Army Special Forces and Indonesian Special Forces | Sangga Buana Training Area, Karawang, Indonesia |
Samanvay 2022 (November 28-30, 2022) | Indian Air Force (IAF), Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise, ASEAN Member countries |
Air Force Station, Agra |
IBSAMAR VII (7th Edition) (October 10 to 12, 2022) | Joint multinational maritime exercise, among the Indian, Brazilian and South Africa navies |
Port Gqeberha (also known as Port Elizabeth), South Africa |
Tiger Triumph 2022 (18 to 20 October 2022) | Indo-Us Tri Services Amphibious HADR Exercises | Visakhapatnam |
1 edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT) (October 27, 2022) | A joint maritime exercise between Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies | Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
Exercise Garuda-VII (7″ Edition) | Indian Air Force (IAF) and the French Air and Space Force. (FASF) | Air Force Station, Jodhpur |
Simbex – 2022 (26 to 30 October, 2022) | 29 edition of the Singapore- India Maritime Bilateral Exercise | Visakhapatnam |
Yudh Abhyas 2022 (Nov 16- Dec 2, 2022) |
18 Edition of Indo – USA joint training exercise | Auli, Uttarakhand |
Important Days/Week (National) | ||
Important Days/Week | Date (year 2022-23) | Theme |
National Handloom Day | 7 August | – |
Quiet India Movement Day | 8 August | – |
National Doctor’s Day | 1 July | Celebrating Resilience and Healing Day |
Chartered Accountant Day | 1 July | Empowering Excellence Day |
National Mango Day | 22 July | – |
National Broadcasting Day | 23 July | – |
Kargil Vijay Diwas | 26 July | – |
National Statistics Day | 29 June | “Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals,” |
National Technology Day | 11 May | “School to Startups Igniting Young Minds to Innovate” |
National Anti-Terrorism Day | 21 May | – |
National Journalism Day | 30 May | – |
National Panchayat Raj Day | 24 May | “Sustainable Panchayat : Building Healthy, Water Sufficient, Clean & Green Villages” |
National Civil Service Day | 21 April | “Viksit Bharat aimed at ‘Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile” |
Ambedkar Jayanti | 14 April | – |
National Safe Motherhood Day | 11 April | – |
National Vaccination Day | 16 March | – |
National Safety Day | 4 March | “Our Aim-Zero Harm”. |
Indian Coast Guard day | 1 February | – |
Safer Internet Day | 7 February | ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.” |
National Deworming Day | 10 February | – |
National Science Day | 28 February | ‘Global Science for Global Wellbeing’. |
National Road Safety Week 2023 | 11-17 January | “Swachhata Pakhwada” |
National Youth Day | 12 January | “Viksit Yuva-Viksit Bharat.” |
Indian Army Day | 15 January | – |
National Girl Child Day | 24 January | “Digital heneration, Our Generation, Our Time is Now-Our Rights, Our Future”. |
National Voter’s Day | 25 January | “Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure’ |
National Tourism Day 2023 | 25 January | “Rural and Community-Centric Tourism.” |
World Hindi Day, 2023 (fiji) | 10 January | Hindi Traditional knowledge to Artificial Intelligence’ |
Constitution Day | 26 November | – |
Martyrdom Day | 24 November | – |
National Newborn Week | 15-21 November | “Ensuring quality health care for every Newborn” |
National Press Day | 16 November | “The Media’s Role in Nation Building” |
National Education Day | 11 November | – |
National Legal Service Day | 9 November | – |
National Cancer Awareness Day | 7 November | – |
National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas | 31 October | – |
Swachh Bharat Diwas | 2 October | – |