Vision IAS Current Affairs 2023 : January Affairs 2023
221. The orange festival is held to display the harvested oranges from the village. The third edition of the two-day Orange Festival has been organized in which Indian state to mark the harvest of organic oranges?
Option “4” is correct. The third edition of the two-day Orange Festival has been organized in Nagaland’s Rusoma village to mark the harvest of organic oranges in the district. The Rusoma village is blessed with fertile soil, and it is best for the cultivation of oranges.
222. Who has taken over as the new General Manager of Central Railway?
Option “4” is correct. Naresh Lalwani has taken over as the new General Manager of Central Railway. He is a senior officer of the Indian Railway Engineering Service of 1985 batch. He succeeds Ashok Kumar Misra, General Manager Western Railway who was holding the additional charge of Central Railway as well.
223. Which country will become the first major economy to move to a T+1(trade plus one) market settlement cycle when it finally makes the transition?
1. Hong Kong
2. USA
3. Singapore
4. China
5. India
Option “5” is correct. India will become the first major economy to move to a T+1(trade plus one) market settlement cycle when it finally makes the transition on January 27. The Chinese market is currently partly T+1. With the move, all stock settlements will be done the next day, making financial transactions faster in the stock market.
224. Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog, Central Board of Secondary Education -Ministry of Education, and ____________have collaborated to bring a change in the education sector by embedding future skills such as AI and Tinkering in the formal curriculum.
1. Google India
2. Microsoft
3. Oppo India
4. Intel India
5. None of the above
Option “4” is correct. Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog, Central Board of Secondary Education -Ministry of Education, and Intel India have collaborated to bring a change in the education sector by embedding future skills such as AI and Tinkering in the formal curriculum.
225. Which of the following has launched a massive district outreach program in all the districts of the country through a revamped Nidhi Aapke Nikat program?
1. RBI
2. NABARD
3. EPFO
4. SEBI
5. PFRDA
Option “3” is correct. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a massive district outreach program in all the districts of the country through a revamped Nidhi Aapke Nikat program. The Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 will not be only grievance redressal platform and information exchange network for the employers and the employees but also a platform for exchange of information with the district level authorities of various State and Central Government departments.
226. On which day Data Protection Day or Data Privacy Day is celebrated with an aim to create more awareness about the right to data protection and the various ways in which people can keep their data more safe?
1. January 31
2. January 30
3. January 27
4. January 29
5. January 28
Option “5” is correct. Data Protection Day, or Data Privacy Day, is celebrated on January 28. The aim is to create more awareness about the right to data protection and the various ways in which people can keep their data more safe.
227. The National Logistic Portal (marine) (NLP) is a project of national importance. Who has inaugurated the National Logistics Portal (marine) in New Delhi?
Option “4” is correct. Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the National Logistics Portal (marine) in New Delhi. National Logistics Portal will be a single window for all trade processes of the logistics sector spread across the country covering all modes of transport in the waterways, roadways, and airways to provide a seamless end-to-end logistic service coverage.
228. Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new president of which of the country?
1. Czech Republic
2. Hungary
3. East Timor
4. Austria
5. Jamaica
Option “1” is correct. Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new president of the Czech Republic.
229. Woxsen University has launched Project Aspirations with its firm belief in developing its ecosystem and empowering the community. Woxsen University launched Project Aspiration for Girls in which Indian state?
Option “2” is correct. Woxsen University Launched Project Aspiration for Girls in Telangana. Woxsen University has conceptualized the project for the ambitious girls of Classes IX-XII, Telangana Model School & Junior College.
230. India’s first Green Solar Panel factory to build by Luminous Power Technologies with the latest technology to design and produce high-quality solar panels at which of the place?
1. Goa
2. Delhi
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Uttarakhand
5. Andhra Pradesh
Option “4” is correct. Luminous Power Technologies revealed that it has planned to build India’s first green energy-based solar panel manufacturing plant in Uttarakhand which will be operational by the end of this year. The location of the new India’s first green energy-based solar panel is Rudrapur.
