CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 29th JANUARY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  29^th JANUARY, 2023

1. World Leprosy Day (WLD) is annually celebrated across the globe on the last Sunday of January. In 2023, World Leprosy Day was observed on 29 January. The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is “Act Now. End Leprosy.” 
2. Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian to bag an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her movie ‘The Everything Everywhere All at Once’.
3. The Reserve Bank of India has approved JP Morgan Chase & Co. to appoint Prabdev Singh as the new Chief Executive Officer in India.
4. Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (Posthumous), Zakir Hussain, S M Krishna, Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous), Srinivas Varadhan and Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) were awarded with Padma Vibhushan Award on the eve of India’s 74^th Republic Day.
5. Oppo India and the Government’s Common Service Centre (CSC) Academy have announced training of 10,000 women in cybersecurity and cyber wellness in the country.
6. On the occasion of 74^th Republic Day of India, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, announced that the unemployed youth of Chhattisgarh will be given a monthly allowance from FY 23-24.
7. President Droupadi Murmu awarded Tatrakshak Medals to six Indian Coast Guard personnel.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. India has signed an agreement with South Africa to translocate 12 cheetahs to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
11. A team of scientists at Bengaluru’s Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, who were working on nitride-based materials has used their background for developing hardware for neuromorphic computing.  
12. The Indian Navy is conducting the 2023 edition of ‘Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX)’, a significant biennial maritime exercise, in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).
13. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated National Logistics Portal (Marine) on 27 January, 2023.
14. Nepal’s wicketkeeper Aasif Sheikh has been named the recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022 for his decision not to run out Andy McBrine of Ireland while attempting a run.
15. Naresh Lalwani, a senior officer of the Indian Railway Engineering Service of 1985 batch has taken over as the new General Manager of Central Railway.
16. The first nasal vaccination produced in India by Bharat Biotech against Covid-19, the iNCOVACC, was introduced by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh and Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya.