Current affairs 19 December 2023

Hyderabad ranked 1st in food adulteration cases: NCRB report.

• Hyderabad came first in India in food adulteration cases, with 246 out of 291 reported in 2022, as per NCRB data.
• In 2022, a total of 291 cases of food adulteration were reported across 19 major cities in India.
• Despite public health risks from adulterated food, the accused in these cases don't involve minors working in adulteration units.

Harshal Patel guided Haryana to clinch Vijay Hazare Trophy title.

• Harshal Patel's exceptional second spell led Haryana to the Vijay Hazare Trophy title, despite Abhijeet Tomar's century.
• All-rounder Sumit Kumar won both Player of Match and Player of Series for his pivotal performance.
• The Vijay Hazare Trophy, originally known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited overs cricket domestic competition organised by BCCI.

Genrobotics chosen among top three Indian startups at global AI summit.

• Genrobotics, a Kerala-based startup acclaimed for leveraging technology for social change, has been adjudged among top three Artificial Intelligence startups of India at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit 2023 organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• Genrobotic's G-gaiter Robotic Technology won the award in AI Game Changers category

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Akash missile made record by hitting four targets at once at 25km.

• The Akash, with a range of up to 25 km, is a short-range surface to air missile primarily used for protecting vulnerable areas and points from air attacks.
• India became first country to demonstrate the capability of engagement of 4 aerial targets simultaneously at 25Km ranges by command guidance using single firing unit.
• This capability was displayed at the Astrashakti military exercise.

Indian Armed Forces officers awarded "Golden Owl" at DSCSC Sri Lanka.

• Three Indian Armed Forces officers, Wing Commander Sumeet Mahajan, Major Rohit and Lieutenant Commander Sunny Sharma undergoing training at Defence Services Command and Staff College in Sri Lanka, received the Golden Owl for exceptional performance.
• The officers ranked first among foreign students in their respective Army, Navy, and Air Force wings.