Contents

1. February Ranking/ Report/ Indices......................................................................................... 3

2. February Appointment & Resignation..................................................................................... 8
3. February Banking/ Finance/ Economy................................................................................. 15
4. February MoUs & Agreements..................................................................................................32
5. February Merger & Acquisition................................................................................................ 41
6. February National News.............................................................................................................. 43
February International News..................................................................................................... 55
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February Inauguration News..................................................................................................... 59
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February Sports News................................................................................................................... 63
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10. February Awards & Honours...................................................................................................... 71
11. February Defence News............................................................................................................... 78
12. February Summits & Conference.............................................................................................. 80
13. February Science & Tech............................................................................................................. 85
14. February Festival & Fairs............................................................................................................ 87
15. February Books & Authors......................................................................................................... 90
16. February Obituaries news........................................................................................................... 91
17. February Important Days............................................................................................................ 93
18. February State/UT News............................................................................................................ 96
19. February Extra Highlights...................................................................................................... 104
Practice Questions...................................................................................................................... 105

1 February Ranking/ Report/
Indices
MoE Released AISHE 2020-21: Enrolment in Higher
Education Increases to 4.14 crore
All India Survey on Higher Education
Report Name
(AISHE) 2020-2021
Edition 11th
Published by Ministry of Education
Highlights of the report on Higher Education:
• Total students’ enrolment in higher education in
2020-21 increased to around 4.13 crore (crossing
the 4 crore mark for the 1st time) from 3.85 crore
in 2019-20.
• A total of 2.12 crore (51.3%) male and 2.01 crore
(48.7%) female students were enrolled in Higher
Education.
• The top 6 States in terms of Student Enrolment are
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
Highlights of the report on Number of
Institutions:
• The number of Universities in 2020-21 increased to
1,113 from 1,043 in 2019-20 (increased by 70).
• There are 17 Universities exclusively for Women.
• The number of Colleges has increased by 1453, to
43,796 in 2020-21 from 42,343 in 2019-20.
• The top 5 states in terms of the number of Colleges
in India are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.
Highlights of the report on Faculty:
• The total number of teachers is 15,51,070 of which
about 57.1% are male and 42.9% are female.
• Number of teachers has increased by 47,914 in 2020-
21 over 2019-20.
IIRF MBA Ranking 2023: IIM Ahmedabad Is India’s
Top Government MBA College
Report name IIRF MBA Ranking 2023
Indian Institutional Ranking
Published by
Framework (IIRF)
Highlights of the report:
• The Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), is the top government
college in India for pursuing the Master of Business
Administration (MBA) course.
• IIM Bengaluru (Karnataka) and IIM Kolkata (West
Bengal) are ranked second and third, respectively.
Top 5 Business Schools in the world:
Rank Business Schools
1 London Business School, United Kingdom (UK)
2 Wharton- University of Pennsylvania, United
States of America (USA)
3 Harvard Business School, USA
4 Stanford University, USA
5 INSEAD, France
Top 5 Business Schools in India: Government:
Rank Business Schools
1 IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2 IIM Bengaluru, Karnataka
3 IIM Kolkata, West Bengal
4 IIM Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Faculty of Management Studies, University of
5
Delhi, Delhi
Top 5 Business Schools in India: Private
Rank Business Schools
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI),
1
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Management Development Institute (MDI),
2
Gurugram, Haryana
3
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management,
Pune, Maharashtra
S P Jain Institute of Management & Research
4
(SPJIMR), Mumbai, Maharashtra
Symbiosis Centre For Management & Human
5 Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune,
Maharashtra
Mukesh Ambani overtakes Gautam Adani to become India ranks 1/110 nations for Inclusivity Measures
richest Indian globally towards Religious Minorities: Global Minority
Report
Report Name Forbes Real-time Billionaires list (India)
Inaugural assessment on global
Published by Forbes Report Name minorities in its’ Global Minority
Highlights of the report: Report’
• Reliance Industries limited chairman Mukesh Published by Centre for Policy Analysis
Ambani has overtaken Gautam Adani to become the
richest Indian, according to the real time billionaires Total Countries 110
list of Forbes.
Highlights of the report:
List of Top 5 Richest person of India: • India has been ranked one among 110 nations for
its inclusivity measures towards religious minorities.
Rank Name Net Worth
• India has the highest level of religious minorities’
1 Mukesh Ambani $82.6 B acceptance.
2 Gautam Adani $58.1 B Rank of top 5 and last countries:
3 Shiv Nadar $26.3 B Rank Country
4 Cyrus Poonawalla $20.1 B
1 India
5 Lakshmi Mittal $17.9 B
2 South Korea
PM Modi emerges as top-ranked global leader with a 3 Japan
78% approval rating 4 Panama
Report Name Global Leader Approval Ratings 5 United States (US)
US based consulting firm Morning 108 Maldives
Published by
Consult
109 Afghanistan
Highlights of the report:
110
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the Somalia
(Last)
world’s most popular leader with an approval rating
of 78 per cent. India ranks first with 24 percent contribution to
• PM Modi has left behind US President Joe Biden,
global milk production
French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak in terms of popularity. Extra Points
• India is the world’s largest milk producer,
List of Top 10 Popular Leaders globally: contributing 24 per cent to global milk production
Rank Leader Rating in the year 2021-22, according to production data
from the Food and Agriculture Organization
1 Narendra Modi (India) 78% Corporate Statistics Database (FAOSTAT).
Andrés Manuel López Obrador • India’s milk production has registered a growth of 51
2 68%
(México) per cent during the last eight years - 2014-15 and
3 Alain Berset (Switzerland) 62% 2021-22 and has increased to 220 million tonnes in
the year 2021-22.
4 Anthony Albanese (Australia) 58%
• Dairy is the single largest agricultural commodity
5 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 50% contributing 5% of the national economy, witnessing
6 Giorgia Meloni (Italy) 52% 6.4% in the past 5 years.
7 Joe Biden (United States) 40% The top 5 milk-producing states:
8 Leo Varadkar (Ireland) 37% Rank State Contribution
9 Justin Trudeau (Canada) 40%
1 Uttar Pradesh 14.9%
10 Alexander De Croo (Belgium) 34%

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 FT Global MBA Ranking 2023: ISB Placed First
Rank State Contribution
Among Indian B-Schools; Six Indian B-Schools
2 Rajasthan 14.6% Listed Among World’s Top 100 MBA Institutes
3 Madhya Pradesh 8.6%
Report Name Global MBA Ranking 2023
4 Gujarat 7.6%
Published by Financial Times
5 Andhra Pradesh 4%
Highlights of the report:
Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021 • The Post Graduate Programme from the Indian
School of Business (ISB) has retained its prominence
Global Quality Infrastructure Index among Indian B-Schools and is the only Indian B-school
Report Name
(GQII) 2021 (Business School) to rank in the top 50 globally.
Total Countries 184 • ISB dropped to 39th rank in the world from 32nd in
2022 and 23rd in 2021. It is currently ranked sixth
Highlights of the report: in Asia.
• India’s overall QI system ranking stood at 10th • ISB has campuses in Hyderabad (Telangana) and
position in the recently released Global Quality Mohali (Punjab).
Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021. • In addition to ISB, the Financial Times’ top 100 list
• India’s national accreditation system under the includes five Indian Institutes of Management
Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th. (IIMs).
• While it has been ranked 9th in the standardisation
system and 21st in the world in the metrology
Top 5 Global B-schools in the world:
system (under NPL-CSIR). Rank Name Location
• Germany has topped the list.
1 Columbia Business School United States (US)
Rank of Top 5 & last Countries:
2 Insead France/Singapore
Rank Country 3 Iese Business School Spain
1 Germany 4 Harvard Business School US
2 China Stanford Graduate School
4 US
3 USA of Business

4 UK Top B-schools in India:

5 Japan Rank Name
184th Timor Leste 39th Indian School of Business
51st IIM Ahmedabad
Rank of India & neighbouring Countries:
52nd IIM Bangalore
Rank Country 76th IIM Calcutta
2 China 89th IIM Indore
10 India 90th IIM Lucknow

50 Pakistan India ranks 4th among 51 countries in having quality

61 Sri Lanka entrepreneurship ecosystem: GEM NECI 2022/2023
Report
88 Bangladesh
‘Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
121 Nepal Report Name 2022/2023 Global Report Adapting to
139 Myanmar a “New Normal”
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
141 Bhutan Published by (GEM) and National Entrepreneurship
146 Afghanistan Context Index’’s (NECI)

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Highlights of the report: Highlights of the report:
• India is ranked 4th out of 51 nations in terms of • India’s rank of 47 among 50 countries shows the
having a high- quality entrepreneurial ecosystem. presence of more market restrictions in the country.
• India’s most recent score of 6.1 demonstrates an • OECD STRI index covers 38 OECD members, as
overall improvement in the nation’s entrepreneurial well as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan,
environment over time. Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Singapore, South Africa,
• This is a significant improvement over the 2021 Thailand, and Vietnam.
ranking of 16th overall.
Ranking of Top 4, India and Last country:
Rank of Top 5 and Last countries:
Rank Country
Rank Country Score
1 Japan
1 United Arab Emirates 7.2
2 Saudi Arabia 6.3 2 UK
3 Taiwan 6.2 3 Netherlands
4 India 6.1
4 Czech Republic
5 Netherlands 5.9
51st Venezuela 3.2 47 India

50 Indonesia
Whiteshield releases Global Labour Resilience Index
2023 S&P Global’s Top 250 Global Energy Company
Report Name Global Labour Resilience Index 2023 ranking

Published by White Shield Global Commodity Insights Top 250

Report Name Global Energy Company Rankings®
Highlights of the report: 2022
• The index measures the capacity of the economy to Published by S&P
withstand employment fluctuations and the ability to
fight back. Total companies 250
• Denmark was ranked first in the index.
Highlights of the report:
• India ranked 65th. All the other countries in South
Asia ranked below 80. Pakistan secured 97th • NTPC Limited, India’s largest power generating
company has topped among the Independent Power
Rankings of Top 5 and India: Producers and Energy Traders category.
• Globally, NTPC is ranked 58th.
Rank Country
• NTPC currently contributes 24% of the total
1 Denmark electricity produced in India with a share of 17% of
2 Switzerland the installed capacity.
3 Germany List of Top 5 & last Companies:
4 Netherlands Rank Company Region
5 Singapore
Europe, Middle East,
65 India 1 Saudi Arabian Oil Co
and Africa (EMEA)
97 Pakistan Petróleo Brasileiro SA –
2 Americas
Petrobras
OECD STRI Index: India Ranked 47; Japan and UK
3 PJSC LUKOIL EMEA
gained 1st two Spots

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 4 Exxon Mobil Corp Americas

Report Name
(STRI): Policy trends up to 2023 5 Public JSC Gazprom EMEA
Organisation for Economic Cooperation
Published by 250 Callon Petroleum Co Americas
and Development (OECD)

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List of top Indian companies: • India was placed 43rd out of 55 countries in 2022
and 40th in the index in 2021, rising just one spot to
Rank Company the 42nd position in 2023.
14 Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) List of top 5 & last countries:
22 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
Rank Country
25 Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOCL)
1 United States
44 Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL)
2 UK
46 Coal India Ltd (CIL)
National Thermal Power Corporation 3 France
58
Limited (NTPC)
4 Germany
US’s International IPR Index 2023: India Drops to
5 Sweden
42nd Place
International Intellectual Property 55 Venezuela
Report Name
Rights Index 2023
Rank of India & neighbouring countries:
Edition 11th
Rank Country
United States (US) Chamber of
Published by
Commerce 24 China
Highlights of the report: 42 India
• India ranks 42nd with an overall index score of
38.64% (i.e. 19.32 out of 50) among 55 major global 52 Pakistan
economies across 50 unique indicators.

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