Home CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 Jan 2023
29 Jan 2023: Current affairs for IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway etc
This section contains daily current affairs taken from all major
newspapers and magazines like - The Hindu, Indian Express,
PIB, Live Mint, RSTV etc.
These current affairs
are written in a easy to remember format and are useful for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS,
SSC,
Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and
other competition exams.
Aditya-L1 mission.
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) handed over to ISRO, the Visible Line Emission Coronagraph (VELC), the primary payload on board Aditya-L1.
Aditya-L1 is India's first dedicated scientific mission to study the Sun.
Aditya (in Sanskrit means Sun) is a planned coronagraphy spacecraft to study solar atmosphere (solar corona – outermost part).
it is planned to be launched in June-July 2023 aboard a PSLV-XL launch vehicle.
It will be placed in an orbit around the Lagrange (L1) point (L1 is about 1.5 million kms from Earth) between Earth and the sun (so renamed – "Aditya-L1").
Women's U19 T20 World Cup
India beat England in the first-ever ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup final in South Africa.
This is the first ICC trophy India has won in women's cricket.
World Leprosy Day 2023
World Leprosy Day (WLD) is celebrated on the last Sunday of January.
In 2023, World Leprosy Day is observed on 29 January.
The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is "Act Now. End Leprosy."
Australian Open 2023
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of men’s singles match of the Australian Open 2023.
| Category | Winner | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | N. Djokovic (Serbia) | Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) |
| Women’s Singles | A. Sabalenka (Belarus) | E. Rybakina (Kazakhstan) |
| Men’s Doubles | J. Kubler & R. Hijikata (Australia) | H. Nys (Monaco) & J. Zielinski (Poland) |
| Women’s Doubles | B. Krejcikova & K. Siniakova (Czechia) | S. Aoyama & E. Shibahara (Japan) |
| Mixed Doubles | L. Stefani & R. Matos (Brazil) | R. Bopanna & S. Mirza (India) |