CURRENT AFFAIRS 1ST APRIL – 1ST MAY 2023

1. In the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 final, held at the Brabourne Stadium in
Mumbai, the Mumbai Indians won against the Delhi Capitals by seven wickets

2. India emerged as a dominant force at the 13th edition of the IBA Women's World
Boxing Championship 2023, held in New Delhi.

3. Prime Minister Modi has recently launched an app called "Call Before You Dig" to
prevent uncoordinated digging that can cause damage to underground utility assets,
such as optical fibre cables.

4. Ghulam Nabi Azad, a former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Union
Minister, has written an honest and forthright autobiography, which will be launched
in New Delhi on April 5. Titled 'Azaad' .

5. The highest civilian honor in Kerala, the "Kerala Jyothi," was awarded to the writer M
T Vasudevan Nair. The second-highest award, "Kerala Prabha," was shared by actor
Mammootty, former civil service officer T Madhava Menon, and writer Omchery NN
Pillai.

6. Every year on March 27, World Theatre Day is celebrated worldwide to promote the
significance of theatrical forms.

7. Odisha Day or Utkal Divas is a significant day for the people of Odisha, India as it
marks the formation of the state on April 1, 1936. Every year on this day, the state
celebrates with cultural programs, parades, and flag hoisting ceremonies.

8. NASA Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States

9. NASA Founded: 29 July 1958, United States;

10. NASA Administrator: Bill Nelson.

11. Saudi Arabia Capital: Riyadh

12. Saudi Arabia Currency: Saudi Riyal.

13. BCCI President: Roger Binny

15. BCCI Founded: December 1928.

16. BCCI President: Roger Binny

17. BCCI Headquarters: Mumbai

18. BCCI Founded: December 1928.

19. Finland Prime minister: Sanna Marin

20. Finland Capital: Helsinki

21. Finland Currency: Euro.

22. Himachal Pradesh Capital: Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter)

23. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu

24. Himachal Pradesh Governor: Shiv Pratap Shukla.

25. Mukesh Ambani has been named the richest sports owner in the Forbes billionaire
2023 list, with a net worth of $83.4 billion, surpassing Steve Ballmer, the owner of
the Los Angeles Clippers, whose net worth is $80.7 billion.

26. India has recently been elected as a member of the United Nations (UN) Statistical
Commission Narcotic Drugs and the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint UN
Program, signaling the country's increasing presence in the international arena.

27. Bandipur National Park, located in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, recently
completed 50 years as a Project Tiger Reserve. The park, which spans an area of over
874 square kilometers, is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, including tigers,
elephants, Indian bison, and several species of birds and reptiles.

28. Norwegian company Norled has successfully launched the world's first ferry that runs
on liquid hydrogen. The vessel, called MF Hydra, is a hybrid that uses both batteries
and liquid hydrogen fuel cells.

29. Chinese company Space Pioneer has achieved a historic milestone in space
exploration, launching its Tianlong-2 rocket into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite
Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on April 2.

30. The highest decoration of Poland, the Order of the White Eagle, was presented to
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky by the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda,
during a meeting between the two leaders at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
31. FIFA announced that it had withdrawn Peru's hosting rights to the FIFA U-17 World
Cup 2023™.

32. Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev claimed his fourth title of the year by defeating
Jannik Sinner in a closelycontested final match in Miami Opens 2023.

33. ISRO has accomplished the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission
(RLV LEX)

34. Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral R Hari Kumar

35. Indian Navy Founded: 26 January 1950

36. Indian Navy headquarters: New Delhi

37. ISRO Chairman: S. Somanath

38. ISRO foundation Date: 15th August, 1969

39. ISRO Founder: Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

40. United Nations Headquarters; New York, USA

41. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, has declared that May 28, the
birth anniversary of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, will be celebrated as
'Swatantrya Veer Gaurav Din

42. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with the Indian
Institute of TechnologyBombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a touchless biometric
capture system that is easy to use and accessible from anywhere.

43. According to the latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the tiger population in India has reached 3,167 in 2022

44. A significant event, the G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS), is
scheduled to take place in Varanasi from 17 to 19 April.

45. Shah Rukh Khan and 'RRR' director SS Rajamouli are included in Time Magazine's
annual 100 Most Influential People of 2023

46. World Voice Day (WVD) is an international event celebrated annually on April 16th to
recognize and appreciate the significance of the human voice in our everyday lives.
Effective communication is reliant on a healthy and well-functioning voice.

47. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed annually on April 12th to
commemorate the beginning of human space exploration and acknowledge the
 significant contribution of space science and technology in achieving the peaceful
use of outer space.

48. The Indian duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur has added another
feather to their outstanding crown after bagging the Wisden Almanack's leading
cricketer in the World awards. Suryakumar won the honour of Wisden Almanack's
leading T20I cricketer while Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian woman to win
the Cricketer of the Year award.

49. Asha Bhosle, the renowned singer, will be honored with the Lata Deenanath
Mangeshkar award, which was established by the Mangeshkar family and trust in
memory of Lata Mangeshkar.

50. India has surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation with 142.86
crore people, according to the latest United Nations data. With the latest statistics,
China now has a population of 142.57 crores, becoming the second most populous
country

51. Assam made a historic achievement by entering the Guinness Book of World Records
with over 11,000 dancers and drummers performing the traditional 'Bihu' dance and
playing the 'dhol' at a single venue.

52. Boria Majumdar, a renowned sports historian and popular TV show host, unveiled a
new book called 'Sachin@50 - Celebrating A Maestro' on the occasion of legendary
cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday. T

53. Jaidip Mukerjea, a renowned tennis player, launched his autobiography titled
"Crosscourt"

54. Tata Group, appointed Dr. Randhir Thakur, as the CEO and managing director of Tata
Electronics Pvt Ltd (TEPL)

55. JioCinema, a digital streaming platform, has announced India cricket team captain
Rohit Sharma as their new brand ambassador.

56. HSBC India has recently announced Virat Kohli, the former captain of the Indian
cricket team, as its brand ambassador

57. The Walt Disney Company-owned Star Sports has signed cricketer Rishabh Pant as its
latest brand ambassador. The company said it also has other cricketers as its ‘Believe
Ambassadors’ like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer.

58. Elon Musk announced his plan to launch an AI platform called "TruthGPT" to
compete with Microsoft and Google's current offerings.

59. China has achieved a significant milestone on April 16, 2023, by successfully
launching the Fengyun-3 meteorological satellite. The satellite was launched using
 the Chang Zheng-4B carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome, located in Gansu
Province.

60. In India, April 21 is celebrated as National Civil Service Day, to recognize and
appreciate the vital role played by civil servants in the advancement and betterment
of the nation. T

61. World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated annually on April 21 to raise
awareness about the crucial role that innovation and creativity play in human
development

62. India's military expenditure in 2022 amounted to $81.4 billion, which is the
fourthhighest in the world. This represents a 6% increase compared to the previous
year's spending. Highlights of Report: - 1) Top 5 ranks:- 1. United States 2. China 3.
Russia 4. India 5. Saudi Arabia

63. After a 64-year wait, members of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation
personally presented the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award to the Dalai Lama at his
residence.

64. The tourism department of the Goa government is set to hold the 'Heritage Festival
2023' from April 28 to 30 at Saligao village in North Goa.

65. The city of Ayodhya has been chosen for a two-year pilot project aimed at producing
biodiesel from waste. Belgium-based company Vito is expected to launch the project
in Ayodhya soon.

66. HarperCollins' Fourth Estate will publish a book titled "Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's
Journey Through Opium's Hidden Histories" by Amitav Ghosh.

67. The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, launched a
book called "Reflections" in Mumbai. The author of the book is Narayanan Vaghul .

68. Jupiter, a neobanking startup, has obtained a nonbanking finance company (NBFC)
license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), enabling the company to provide credit
from its own resources.

69. Anant Maheshwari, the President of Microsoft India, has been appointed as the
Chairperson of Nasscom for the period 2023-24

70. Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti, a renowned surgeon, has been awarded the lifetime
achievement award by the Telugu Association of London.

71. Shakira, the renowned Colombian singer, will be recognized with the prestigious
'Latin Women of the Year' award at the inaugural Latin Women in Music gala hosted
by Billboard.
72. India has made a significant leap on the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index,
moving up six places to 38th out of 139 countries in the 2023 ranking.

73. NASA scientists have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a
vacuum environment, which could pave the way for future human colonies on the
Moon

74. Sara, the world's first robotic check-in assistant, has been unveiled by Dubai-based
airline Emirates

75. Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist who referred to himself as a "Midnight's

76. Fit India Champion, Arjun Vajpai has achieved a significant feat by becoming the first
Indian man to reach the summit of Mt. Annapurna 1. This mountain, located in
Nepal, is the tenth highest peak in the world, standing at an elevation of 8,091
metres (26,545 ft)