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Current Affairs (1st to 28th February) 2023

 W-20 meeting will be held in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
 FIFA Football Awards 2022
 National Science Day 2023 : 28th February
 PM inaugurates Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka.
 PM of Italy Giorgia Meloni will arrive in India on a two-day visit.
 MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan won the 2023 Marconi Prize.
 World NGO Day 2023 : 27th February
 Indian Greco-Roman wrestler Ankit Gulia won a bronze medal in the Ibrahim Mustafa
ranking series in Egypt.
 Australia won the ICC Women‟s T20 World Cup trophy after defeating South Africa by 19
runs in Cape Town.
 An Indian Air Force contingent arrived in the United Arab Emirates to participate in the
Desert Flag VIII exercise.
 Indian Air Force will participate in the Cobra Warrior air exercise at Waddington, UK.
 Lt Gen RS Reen took over as Director General Quality Assurance.
 Raja Sayajirao University Vadodara will host the Youth 20 India Summit for
environmental protection.
 IRCTC will operate Baba Saheb Ambedkar Yatra tour package under “Dekho Apna
Desh” initiative.
 Launching of first MCA Barge Yard 75 (LSAM 7) barge at M/s SECON, Visakhapatnam.
 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is arriving in India on a two-day visit on 25 Feb.
 Biswabhushan Harichandan took oath as the ninth Governor of Chhattisgarh.
 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has completed 4 years.
 Indian Origin Ajay Banga, Former Mastercard CEO, To Be Next World Bank President.
 CAG Girish Chandra Murmu selected as external auditor of ILO in Geneva.
 World Book Fair will be held from 25 Feb to 5 Mar at New Delhi.
 Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will inaugurate the All India Taekwondo Championship
in Delhi.
 Aam Aadmi Party leader Shelly Oberoi was elected 1st Mayor of the Unified Municipal
Corporation of Delhi.
 President of India presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships & Akademi Awards in
New Delhi.
 Sansad Ratna Award 2023.
 Union Cabinet approves Air Services Agreement between India and Guyana.
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research developed a new variety of wheat.
 10th edition of the International Exhibition and Conference on Technical Textiles –
„TechnoTex 2023‟ began in Mumbai.
 Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde declared Shiv Sena chief.
 Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the gold medal in the men‟s individual 50m rifle 3
positions event at the ISSF World Cup.
 India‟s UPI and Singapore‟s PayNow are now integrated.
 International „Khajuraho Dance Festival-2023 begin on 20 to 26 Feb.

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 Indian team won the bronze medal in the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships
in Dubai.
 World Thinking Day 2023 : 22nd February
 India as Chair of the G-20 will host the Permanent Mission Roundtables at the UN
Headquarters.
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) 2023 was held in Mumbai.
 BVR Subrahmanyam appointed as new CEO of NITI Aayog.
 South Africa started joint military exercise with Russia-China.
 World Social Justice Day 2023 : 20th February
 Bangladesh announced plans to buy 300 electric double-decker air-conditioned buses
from India.
 INS Sumedha reached Abu Dhabi to participate in IDEX and NAVDEX.
 Saurashtra won the Ranji Trophy title by defeating Bengal by 9 wickets.
 India won the 2nd Cricket Test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy by defeating Australia
by 6 wickets
 49th meeting of GST Council held in New Delhi.
 India‟s Moon Mission: EMI/EMC test of Chandrayaan-3 successfully carried out.
 The first G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors will be held in
Bengaluru.
 India-Uzbekistan biennial military training exercise DUSTLIK 2023 began in
Uttarakhand.
 UAE & India launched the UAE chapter of the Business Council to promote bilateral
trade and investment.
 Khalistan Tiger Force and Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force Declared as terrorist
organizations
 “G20 Model Meeting” successfully concluded in New Delhi.
 PM Modi will address the Economic Times Global Business Summit in New Delhi.
 World Pangolin Day 2023 : 18 February
 12 cheetahs have come from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar – 2019, 2020 & 2021 were presented to 102 artists
from India.
 Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar was appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army
Staff.
 India & Fiji signed Memorandum of Understanding on Visa Exemption for holders of
Diplomatic and Official Passports.
 Global Tourism Resilience Day 2023 : 17th February
 National level hackathon „Kavach-2023‟ was launched to advance India‟s cyber-
preparedness.
 Indian-American Neal Mohan became the new CEO of YouTube.
 Indian Railways launched Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service.
 Indo-Japanese joint military training exercise “Dharma Guardian” to be held in Japan.
 Prominent Indian-American politician Nikki Haley has announced her candidacy for the
US presidency.
 The 6th edition of Joint Exercise Tarkash concluded in Chennai.

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 Department of Posts organises AMRITPEX 2023 at New Delhi.

 First meeting of the Culture Working Group of G-20 will be held in Khajuraho, Madhya
Pradesh.
 Govt approves Two lakh multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
 Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami Qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics in 20km race
walk event
 1st Agriculture Deputies Meeting (ADM) of Agriculture Working Group (AWG) under
India‟s G20 Presidency at Indore.
 Air India signs deal for 470 aircraft with Airbus and Boeing.
 Saudi Arabia will send its first female astronaut into space this year.
 International Children‟s Cancer Day 2023 : 15th February
 India‟s first electric AC double decker bus inaugurated in Mumbai.
 Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will organize „Divya Kala
Mela‟ in Mumbai.
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Aadi Mahotsav at
Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
 World Radio Day 2023 : 13th February
 G20 Digital Economy Working Group meeting will be held in Lucknow.
 India will organize the 12th World Hindi Conference in Fiji.
 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was held from 8 to 11 February 2023 in New
Delhi.
 Mohammad Shahabuddin was elected the President of Bangladesh.
 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2023 at Mumbai from 11th to 19th February 2023
 List of new governors after Reshuffle And Appointments
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru
 PM inaugurates 200th Jayanti celebrations of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati
 Former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides to be Cyprus next president
 Khelo India Youth Games-2022 concluded in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
 Geological Survey of India finds Lithium reserves in J&K
 Two new Vande Bharat Express trains : Mumbai-Solapur and Mumbai-Shirdi
 PM Modi Inaugurated the new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, an Arabic academy
 Women‟s Cricket T20 World Cup 2023 at Cape Town, South Africa.
 Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Aravind Kumar appointed as Judges in the Supreme
Court of India
 Recovery trials of Crew Module for the Gaganyaan Mission have started
 Khelo India Winter Games has started in Gulmarg
 ISRO launched Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) from Sriharikota
 14 February : Valentine‟s Day and Cow Hug Day
 India‟s national accreditation system has been ranked 5th in the world
 Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 in Lucknow
 RBI has increased the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50%.
 Earthquake in Turkey.
 ISRO-NASA builds NISAR satellite ready to be sent to India for launch.

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 Indian-American student Natasha Periyanayagam has been named the „World‟s

Brightest‟ Student for the second time.
 India ranks first in milk production in the world and contributes 24% to global milk
production.
 NTPC has won the „ATD Best Awards-2023‟ for the 6th consecutive year.
 Reliance introduces India‟s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2-ICE) truck.
 Prime Minister launched E20 fuel in bengaluru.
 FIH announced the qualification criteria for the Paris 2024 Olympic Hockey
Tournament.
 Safer Internet Day 2023 : 7th February
 Yuva Sangam Registration Portal launched.
 Indore has become the first civic body to launch green bonds.
 Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the HAL Helicopter Factory at Tumakuru.
 Grammy Award 2023 : Beyonce scripts history for most Grammy wins.
 Saudi Arabia will host the 2027 Asian Cup football tournament.
 National School of Drama (NSD) will organize the 22nd edition of Bharat Rang
Mahotsav 2023 from 14 to 26 Feb.
 India provided 50 buses to Sri Lanka under the economic assistance scheme.
 Naval Light Combat Aircraft, MIG29 K fighter aircraft successfully flew onboard INS
Vikrant.
 Eknath Shinde Announced „Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha‟ As State Song of Maharashtra.
 MP government has changed the name of Bhopal‟s Islam Nagar village to „Jagdishpur‟.
 Bengaluru musician Ricky Kej won Grammy Award 2023.
 India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 to be held from 6 to 8 February.
 India will be the theme country of the 2025 Madrid International Book Fair.
 Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Nano Urea Plant in Jharkhand.
 Planet in solar system with most moons
 British economist Meghnad Desai wrote a new book titled “The Poverty of Political
Economics”.
 Digital India Mobile Van was launched by the Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology.
 Ministry of Tourism will hold its 1st G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting from 7 to 9
Feb 2023 in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat.
 International Surajkund Crafts Mela 2023 will be held from 3 to 19 Feb 2023 at
Faridabad, Haryana.
 World Cancer Day 2023 : 4th February
 “Saptarshi” – The 7 Priorities Of Union Budget 2023-2024
 500 new „waste to wealth‟ plants to be set up in cities with a population of over one
million
 4th edition of the SAFF U-20 Women‟s Championship 2023 is being held in Bangladesh.
 Quad Senior Cyber Group meeting was held in New Delhi to strengthen cyber security
cooperation.
 Morgan Stanley has announced Arun Kohli as the new country head of India.

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 Digi Yatra will be implemented at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada, Hyderabad airports by

March 2023.
 LCA Tejas will be at the center of the „India Pavilion‟ at the 14th edition of the Aero India
Show.
 Budget 2023-2024 Key Highlights :
 Govt announced a 66% increase in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana outlay to over Rs
79,000 crore.
 Allocation of nearly Rs 2.40 lakh crore to Railways to help in push the infrastructure
projects
 World Wetlands Day 2023 : 2 February
 Indian Army organises integrated Exercise “Trishakri Prahar” in North Bengal.
 Manuela Roca Botey has appointed as the first female PM of Equatorial Guinea.
 Uttarakhand tableau wins first prize 74th Republic Day parade.
 Madhya Pradesh government announces „Laadli Bahna‟ scheme.
 Visakhapatnam will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
 Gautam Adani out of the list of world‟s top-10 billionaires.
 President Draupadi Murmu addressed the 31st Foundation Day of the National
Commission for Women in New Delhi.
 Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is celebrating its Raising Day : 1 February.

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