India's most googlednews events in2023

The long-held idiom 'reaching for the moon' became a dream realized as India's 'Chandrayaan 3' landed on the South Pole of the lunar surface at 6:04 pm on August 23.

The Congress secured a resounding victory in Karnataka on Saturday winning 136 of the total 224 seats, the BJP came a distant second with 65 seats and the JD(S) won 19 seats. The result was declared on May 13.

The deadliest and bloodiest war broke out between Hamas and Israel after Hamas unleashed the broadest invasion against the Jewish nation on October 7. The battle has claimed thousands of lives.

Actor-director Satish Kaushik, whose impeccable comic timing created the endearing onscreen character, Calendar in ‘Mr India’ (1987), and who earned accolades for his powerhouse performance of ‘Salesman Ramlal’, a Hindi adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, passed away on March 9 this year. He was 66.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a number of changes in the income tax slabs in the new tax regime while presenting the Union budget this year. Union budget was one of the top searches on Google this year.

Thousands of people were killed as an earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude hit central Turkey on February 6. The impact of the quake was severely felt in neighbouring regions, killing over 400 people in Syria as buildings collapsed.

Jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by two assailants posing as TV reporters while they were being escorted to a hospital in Prayagraj for a mandatory medical examination under heavy security cover on April 15.

Matthew Perry from the popular 'Friends' series passes away at the age of 54. The actor was found dead at his Los Angeles apartment on Saturday.

Manipur witnessed large-scale violence that broke out on May 3 in multiple regions, where armed groups set fire to houses. Many homes were destroyed in several parts, including Imphal valley, inhabited mostly by the Meitei community.

The tragic incident occurred in Odisha's Balasore when the triple-train accident claimed hundreds of lives and injured over 1,000 in the state. The three-way accident involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and a goods train on separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district.