We are eager to know about the news in the year 2023. The year 2023 is about to end. Google has released the list of Year in Search 2023. It tells what people searched most in different categories and which things remained at the top of the trending list. In such a situation, it is interesting to see which news was most curious about in India throughout the year. A look at the news that made it to the top-10 trending list.
1. Chandrayaan-3
India created history with the successful landing of ‘Chandrayaan-3’ on the surface of the Moon. With this mission, India became the first country to land a spacecraft on the surface of the south pole of the Moon. ‘Chandrayaan-3’ was developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This vehicle was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center on July 14, 2023. It entered the Moon’s orbit on August 5 and landed on the Moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023.
2. Karnataka Election Results
This year, voting was held for 224 seats of the Karnataka Assembly on 10 May. Election results came on 13 May. In this election, Congress achieved majority by winning 135 seats. BJP won 66 seats. JDS got 19 seats. Other candidates got 4 seats.
3. Israel-Hamas News
This year, a major incident that shocked the country and the world was the fierce battle between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group led by Hamas. Recently this fighting started mainly from Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023. First Hamas fired more than 5000 rockets at Israel. Israel also gave a befitting reply. As a result, more than 18,000 Palestinians were killed. The death toll in Israel is more than 1,100.
4. Satish Kaushik
Popular film actor, director, producer and screenwriter Satish Kaushik died on March 9 at the age of 66. Satish Kaushik, known for his brilliant work in more than 100 films, suffered a heart attack. He received a lot of applause for the role of ‘Calendar’ in ‘Mr. India’. He also won the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian twice for ‘Ram Lakhan’ in 1990 and ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’ in 1997. Well, the list of his successful films is quite long.
5. Budget 2023
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament on 1 February. All eyes were on this budget, because it was the last full budget before the 2024 general elections. In this budget, big announcements were made for almost all sectors including education, health, agriculture to boost the country’s economy. People kept searching on Google to know things like income tax slab, what is cheap and what is expensive.
6. Earthquake in Turkey
This year a massive earthquake occurred in some parts of Türkiye and Syria. The intensity of this earthquake was measured at 7.8. More than 1 crore 40 lakh people were affected by the earthquake. About 15 lakh people became homeless. About 60 thousand people lost their lives in this earthquake. If we talk about intensity, then a similar severe earthquake in the history of Turkey occurred in Erzincan province in 1939.
7. Atiq Ahmed
The story of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who maintained terror in UP for decades, came to an end this year. Atiq Ahmed along with his brother Ashraf Ahmed was killed in Prayagraj on 15 April. Both of them were being taken for medical test. More than 100 cases of crimes like extortion, kidnapping, murder were registered against Atiq in four decades.
8. Matthew Perry
The death of actor Matthew Perry of the popular American show ‘Friends’ shocked everyone this year. This actor said goodbye to the world at the age of 54. He was suffering from diseases related to drug and alcohol addiction. He breathed his last on October 28 in Los Angeles, California. His character of ‘Chandler Bing’ in ‘Friends’ was well-liked all over the world. He is also known for his powerful roles in ‘Fools Rush In’, ‘The Whole Nine Yards’ and ‘The Whole Ten Yards’.
9. Manipur News
On May 3 this year, caste violence broke out in the north-eastern state of Manipur. The pictures of violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities disturbed everyone. According to figures shared by the government, about 180 people were killed and more than 1,100 people were injured in the violence. More than 4700 houses were burnt during the incident. More than 70,000 people were displaced from their homes.
10. Odisha Train Accident
A terrible train accident occurred in the country’s eastern state Odisha on June 2, 2023. Three trains collided with each other, in which about 296 people died and more than 1200 people were injured. Coromandel Express entered the passing loop instead of the main line near Bahnaga Bazar railway station and collided with a goods train. The speed of Coromandel Express was high, due to which its 21 coaches derailed and collided with the SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express coming on the adjacent track.
