Daily Current Affairs UPSC: Daily Current Affairs Quiz 13 March 2023 are an integral part of the general awareness section of the major government sector exams. To prepare for any competitive exam, one of the important sections to read and learn is general awareness. Daily Current Affairs today and news current affairs, international current affairs for Exams like UPSC, Bank, SSC, RRB or any Government (Sarkari) Exam demand aspirants to be updated with what’s happening in India and around the world. This article contains the Daily Current Affairs with Static GK.
Daily Current Affairs with Static GK : 13 March 2023
1) The Government of Tamil Nadu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations Environment Programme to develop a comprehensive Urban Cooling programme of support in the State to meet the objectives under Tamil Nadu State Action Plan on Climate Change.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM – M K Stalin
➨ Guindy National Park
➨ Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Mudumalai National Park
➨Mukurthi National Park
➨ Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
➨ Meendum Manjappai Scheme
➨ Naan Mudhalvan scheme
➨ Chief minister’s breakfast scheme
➨ Ennum Ezhuthum scheme
2) The Government of India approved the nano-liquid DAP fertiliser for the benefit of farmers and to make the country self-reliant.
➨ Nano DAP will be produced by Fertilizer Corporation IFFCO and it will prove to be a revolutionary change for the country’s agriculture and economy.
3) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya released the book “India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri”.
4) The world’s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier – Bahu Balli – has been installed in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
➨ The crash barrier has been installed at the Vani-Warora Highway in the Vidarbha region.
▪️ Maharashtra :-
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park
5) Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF).
6) India defeated reigning champions Iran (41-33) to clinch the 2nd edition of the men’s Junior World Kabaddi Championship.
7) The Archaeological Survey of India recently discovered a 1,300-year-old Buddhist stupa near Jagannath temple located in Puri, Orissa.
8) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
➨ SSB is the border-guarding force deployed along Nepal and Bhutan border.
9) Former Chief Justice of India A M Ahmadi passed away at the age of 90.
➨Born on March 25, 1932, in Surat, Justice Ahmadi was the 26th Chief Justice of India.
10) Madhya Pradesh Government launched the “Ladli Bahna Scheme” to make women financially independent.
11) President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 7th International Dharma Dhamma Conference 2023 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
12) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced to make Tehsil Mauganj of Rewa district the 53rd district of the state.
▪️Madhya Pradesh
➨CM – Shivraj Singh Chouhan
➨Governor – Mangubhai Chhaganbhai
➨Bhimbetka Caves
➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
➨Khajuraho Temple
➨Yashwant Sagar wetland
13) Researchers at the Indian National Center for Biological Sciences, have developed India’s first and only DNA vaccine for the treatment of dengue fever.
14) The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organisation has come up with a new Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure that aims to provide better ways of measuring planet-warming pollution and help inform policy choices.
15) The Deakin University, which is a premier University in Australia, has become the 1st foreign university to receive approval of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to set up an International Branch Campus (IBC) in GIFT-IFSC, GIFT City, Gujarat.
▪️Gujarat:-
➨CM – Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor – Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary
16) The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri launched the “Women Icons Leading Swachhata (WINS)” Awards 2023.
17) Assam has entered in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame for the largest number of handwritten notes submitted for a common purpose.
➨ Guinness World Records Adjudicator Swapnil Dangarikar handed over the certificate to Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
18) Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the first B2B Global Conference and Expo on Traditional Medicine under Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Guwahati, Assam.
▪️Assam
CM – Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨ Akashiganga Waterfalls
➨ Kakochang Waterfall
➨ Chapanala Waterfalls
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park