CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 31st JANUARY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  31^st JANUARY, 2023

1. Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari has been nominated by US President Joe Biden for the post of Air Force brigadier general. 
2. The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or JUICE is the next venture of humanity into the outer Solar System.
3. India’s G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant inaugurated India’s first Model G-20 Summit organized by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini’s Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership.
4. BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda launched ‘Vikram’, the contactless RuPay credit card dedicated to the Indian defence, parliamentary, and police personnel on the occasion of 74^th Republic day celebrations on 26 January, 2023.
5. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi on 29 January, 2023 arrived in India for a three-day visit.
6. PM Narendra Modi released special Rs. 75 Coins on the Occasion of completion of 75 years of National Cadet Corps (NCC) at the Delhi NCC Event.  
7. Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new President of the Czech Republic on 28 January, 2023.  
8. India observed the 158^th birth anniversary of the freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai, popularly known as Punjab Kesari on 28 January, 2023.
9. India beat England by 7 wickets to win their first-ever ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa.  
10. National Strategic Plan and Roadmap for Leprosy 2023-2027 was launched on 29 January, 2023.
11. V Karthikeyan Pandian, an IAS officer and private secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik was conferred with FIH President’s Award on 29 January, 2023.
12. Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls Royce Solutions of Germany for manufacture of high-quality marine diesel engines at the former’s plant in Ranchi.
13. An exhibition on Medieval Indian Dynasties was organized by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), a division of the Union Ministry of Education and featured 50 different dynasties in the exhibitions.
14. Germany beat Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
15. The month-long Khadi Fest-23 was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Mr. Manoj Kumar in Mumbai, which will run from 27 January to 24 February, 2023.  
16. Yuzvendra Chahal has become the highest wicket-taker for Team India in T20I Cricket history on 29 January, 2023.