19 January 2023 : Latest Current Affairs 19th January
Important Current Affairs 19th January 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 19th January including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 19th January 2023 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 19th January – National News
1. The Saansad Khel Mahakumbh’s second phase was launched by PM Modi.
◉ Prime Minister Narendra Modi used video conferencing to officially launch the Saansad Khel Mahakumbh 2022–2023 second phase in the Basti District of Uttar Pradesh.
◉ Wrestling, Kabaddi, Kho Kho, basketball, football, hockey, chess, badminton, and table tennis are just a few of the indoor and outdoor games that are competed in by the Khel Mahakumbh.
◉ In addition to these, competitions in painting, rangoli making, and essay writing are also held.
2. The “Schools of Eminence” project will be started by the Punjab government.
◉ The first significant educational initiative of the Punjab administration would be called “Schools of Eminence.”
◉ It will be unveiled at the Mohali campus of the Indian School of Business (ISB).
◉ As part of the proposal, the state government will transform current public schools into “Schools of Eminence” for grades nine through twelve.
◉ The government intends to transform roughly 110 public schools into “Schools of Eminence” as part of phase 1.
3. In Kozhikode, the Kerala Literature Festival comes to an end.
◉ In Kozhikode, Kerala, the sixth iteration of the Kerala Literature Festival came to an end.
◉ The World Tourism Calendar listed the event.
◉ Other events in Kerala that have established a place on the global tourism calendar are the Thrissur Pooram and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
◉ The seventh edition would take place there from January 11 to January 14, 2024.
4. India’s top mobile gaming destination is Uttar Pradesh.
◉ According to the India Mobile Gaming Report 2022 published by the gaming platform Mobile Premier League, Uttar Pradesh has become the most popular location for mobile gamers, followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar, and West Bengal.
◉ Most mobile gamers increased in Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Himachal Pradesh in 2022 compared to 2021.
◉ The most popular games played by players in various Indian cities included Ludo Dice, Snakes and Ladders, Carrom, Fruit Dart, Block Puzzle, and Poker.
◉ Most gamers are concentrated in the Uttar Pradesh cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, and Allahabad.
◉ 36 percent of all gamers in the UP are from these cities.
5. Telangana CM launched the “Kanti Velugusecond “‘s phase.
◉ The second phase of the “Kanti Velugu” program has been begun in the Khammam district by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
◉ It is regarded as the largest eye screening program in the world.
◉ Free eye exams will be provided for 100 days during the Kanti Velugu at dedicated health camps with 1500 medical teams.
◉ 827 health teams worked on the initial phase of Kanti Velugu for eight months. The rest of the state will start receiving the health camps on January 19.
6. At Nalanda, Bihar, ASI uncovered two little stupas dating back to 1200.
◉ Two tiny stupas dating back to 1200 AD have been found by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) inside the Nalanda Mahavihara complex in the Bihar district of Nalanda.
◉ On the stone-carved stupa, images of the Buddha are depicted. As early as the seventh century, these stupas were widely used in India as votive offerings.
◉ The stupa is a hemispherical building that represents the Buddha’s tomb. It gained popularity after the arrival of Buddhism and peaked during Ashoka’s rule.
◉ Chortens in Tibet and pagodas in East Asia gave rise to stupas.
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International News
7. Third on the list of the world’s wealthiest actors is Shah Rukh Khan.
◉ Shah Rukh Khan came in at number four on the World of Statistics list of the eight richest actors in the world.
◉ SRK has a 770 million dollar net worth. The only Indian on the list is Shah Rukh Khan.
◉ Tom Cruise, a famous actor, is ranked behind the performer.
◉ Seinfeld actor Jerry Seinfeld and Tyler Perry are at the top of the list with $1 billion each.
◉ With $800 million, Dwayne Johnson comes in second place.
Banking
8. SAIL and South Indian Bank collaborated to finance dealers.
◉ Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and South Indian Bank have teamed up to offer financial support to SAIL’s dealers around the nation.
◉ They will be able to serve the MSME and corporate customers of SAIL who have spread out across various geographical areas thanks to the bank’s extensive network.
◉ With the help of its extensive dealer network, SAIL makes sure that high-quality steel is accessible in almost all areas of the nation.
◉ Murali Ramakrishnan is the South Indian Bank’s MD and CEO.
Sports
9. MS Dhoni’s record for the most sixes in ODIs in India is broken by Rohit Sharma.
◉ At the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad, Indian captain Rohit Sharma broke MS Dhoni’s long-standing record for most sixes struck by an Indian batsman in an ODI.
◉ This amazing accomplishment was made by Rohit during the opening ODI between India and New Zealand.
◉ Only Rohit and Dhoni have more than 100 sixes in a 50-over match in India; Yuvraj Singh is much behind them in the list.
◉ His performance in the first game of the series was evidence of his skill as a batter and a reminder of the legacy he is leaving behind in the sport of cricket.
◉ India has the most sixes in ODIs.
Science
10. Venus-bound ISRO “Shukrayaan I” mission apparently moved to 2031
◉ The Indian Space Research Organization (ISROSatish )’s Dhawan Professor and advisor to its space science program, P. Sreekumar, reportedly stated in a talk that the organization has not yet received approval from the Indian government for the Venus mission “Shukrayaan I,” and as a result, the mission may be postponed until 2031.
◉ Launching of the mission was planned for December 2024.
◉ The idea was first envisioned in 2012; five years later, after the Department of Space received a 23% increase in the budget for 2017–2018, ISRO began its first research. The organization asked for payload suggestions from research universities in April 2017.
Obituary
11. At 118 years old, the world’s oldest individual, Lucile Randon, passes away.
◉ The oldest person in the world, 118-year-old French nun Lucile Randon, has passed away.
◉ At her nursing home in Toulon, France, Randon, who received the name Sister André when she joined the clergy in 1944, passed away peacefully in her sleep.
◉ She was born in Southern France on February 11th, 1904.
◉ The oldest person in the world, Ken Tanaka of Japan, passed away in 2022. Age-wise, he was 119.
◉ Sister Lucille Randon, 118, surpassed Tanaka as the oldest person in the world upon his passing.
◉ In April 2022, Guinness World Records formally acknowledged her accomplishment.
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