May Current Affairs 2023

TATA IPL 2023

• From 31 March to 29 May 2023
• Winner: Chennai Super Kings (Record 5th title)
• Runner-up: Gujarat Titans
• Most valuable player: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
• Most runs: Shubman Gill
• Most wickets: Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans).
• Final played at: Narendra Modi Stadium
• Player of the final match: Devon Conway (CSK)

Main features of New Parliament Building

• Foundation stone: 10.12.2020
• Inauguration: 28.05.2023
• A “Platinum-rated Green Building” with about 65,000 sq m built-up area, which will be divyang friendly.
• The triangular shape ensures the optimum utilisation of space.
• A larger Lok Sabha hall (888 seats) based on the peacock theme (India’s national bird) and a larger Rajya Sabha hall (384 seats) based on the lotus theme (India’s national flower).
• The Lok Sabha may accommodate up to 1,272 seats for joint sessions of Parliament.
• It is designed by architect Bimal Patel and constructed by Tata Projects Ltd.

UNESCO world press freedom prize 2023

• Niloofar Hamedi,
• Elaheh Mohammadi and
• Narges Mohammadi

Laureus World Sports Awards

2023 World Press Freedom Index:

1: Norway  

2: Ireland  

3: Denmark  

24: France  

26: United Kingdom

 45: United States  

68: Japan  

92: Brazil  

95: Nepal

135: Sri Lanka

150: Pakistan

161: India  

136: Algeria  

179: China  

180: North Korea 

Full list of Cannes 2023 winners

• Palme d’Or: Anatomy Of A Fall, directed by Justine Triet
• Grand Prix: The Zone Of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer
• Jury Prize: Fallen Leaves, directed by Aki Kaurismaki
• Best Director: Tran Anh Hung for The Pot-Au-Feu
• Best Screenplay: Monster, written by Yuji Sakamoto
• Best Actress: Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses
• Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho, Perfect Days
• Camera d’Or: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, directed by Thien An Pham
• Short Film Palme d’Or: 27, directed by Flóra Anna Buda
• Queer Palm: Monster
• Honorary Palme d’Or: Michael Douglas

IIFA Awards 2023

• Best Picture – Drishyam 2

• Best Director – R Madhavan, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
• Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Hrithik Roshan, Vikram Vedha
• Best Performance in a Leading (Female) – Alia Bhatt, Gangubai Kathiawadi
• Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) – Anil Kapoor, JugJugg Jiyo
• Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) – Mouni Roy, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva

• Best Debut (Male) – Babil Khan, Qala and Shantanu Maheshwari, Gangubai Kathiawadi
• Best Debut (Female) – Khushalii Kumar, Dhokha: Round D Corner

• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh, Kesariya, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
• Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal, Rasiya, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva

• Best Music – Pritam Chakraborty, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
• Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya, Kesariya, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
• Best Story Original – Jasmeet K Reen and Parveez Sheikh, Darlings
• Best Story Adapted – Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak, Drishyam 2
• Outstanding Achievement in Regional Cinema – Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza, Ved
• Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema – Kamal Haasan
• Outstanding Achievement for Fashion in Cinema – Manish Malhotra

Important Days of May 2023

• 1 May 2023: International Labour Day, Workers’ Day, Maharashtra Day

• 2 May 2023 (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day

• 3 May 2023: Press Freedom Day

• 4 May 2023: International Firefighters Day, Coal Miners’ Day

• 7 May 2023: World Athletics Day

• 7 May 2023 (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day

• 8 May 2023: World Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia Day

• 11 May 2023: National Technology Day

• 12 May 2023: International Nurses Day

• 14 May 2023 (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day

• 15 May 2023: International Day of the Family

• 17 May 2023: World Telecommunication Day, World Hypertension Day

• 22 May 2023: International Day for Biological Diversity

• 24 May 2023: Commonwealth Day

• 31 May 2023: Anti-tobacco Day