MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2023
STATES SCHEMES -
* Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Launched a Campaign SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
* Goa State Government Has Launched The Vision For All School Eye Health Programme.
* Delhi Has Announced To Introduce 1500 e-Scooters At 1500 Location.
* Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Has Launched 400 Aam Admi Clinic At Amritsar, Punjab.
* Jammu And Kashmir Has Launched Har Ghar Hariyali Initiative.
* Goa CM Pramod Sawant Launched a New Helipad Service In Panaji To Enhance Tourism Sector ( The Soaring Aerospace Private Limited Making The First Helicopter Service In Goa).
* Delhi Commission For Protection Of Child Rights ( DCPCR) Launched Its Whatsapp Chatbot Named BAL MITRA.
* Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Launched The AAROHINI PAHAL Training Program For Girls.
* Maharashtra CM Ekanth Sindhe Has Declared The JAI JAI MAHARASHTRA MAJHA As State Song.
* On 2nd February Sikkim Government Has Launched The MERO RUKH MERO SHANTI.
* Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Launched An Online Portal Family ID - One Family One Identity.
* Jammu and Kashmir Government Has Approved 30.40 Crores For The Sensor Based Smart Agriculture Project.
* Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy Has Launched The VISIT INDIA YEAR -2023 Initiative.
* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Launched Mahila Samman Saving Certificate Schemes.
* Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched The SAVE WETLANDS CAMPAIGN In Goa.
* Indian Railway Has Launched a Whatsapp Food Delivery Facility Named ZOOP.
* Education Ministry Has Launched The YUVA Sangam Portal.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Launched E20 Fuel In Bengaluru.
* Union Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched The Digital Payment Ustav In New Delhi.
* Union Health Ministry Launched Nationwide SARVA DAWA SEVAN Campaign To Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis By 2027.
* META Has Launched DIGITAL SURAKSHA Campaign In Partnership With MeitY.
* Union Cabinet Sanctioned 8400 Crores Under The Vibrant Villages Programme To Stop Migration & Boost Tourism in India China Border in Ladakh.
* Home Ministry Initiated KAVACH-2023 Cyber Security Hackathon in New Delhi.
* Dr. S Chandrasekhar, Secretary Ministry Of Science And Technology Launched The Indo-French Workshop On Clean And Sustainable Energy Technologies ( INFINITE) At The CSIR National Physical Laboratory In New Delhi.
APPLICATION LAUNCHED -
* Central Government has Launched KHANNAN PRAHARI Mobile App For Coal Mines.
* Ministry Of External Affairs Introduce mPassport Police App To Expedite Police Verification Of Passport Issuance.
BOOKS & AUTHOR -
* The POVERTY OF POLITIOCAL ECONOMICS Book Author - Meghnad Desai
* Rakhi Kapoor Has Won The GOLDEN BOOK Award 2023 For The Book NOW YOU BREATHE
* A New Book Titled The Best Of Satyajit Ray Has Been Released.
* The Book ( The Miracle Makers - Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic) Author - Bharat Sundaresan & Gaurav Joshi
* The Book A MILLION BROKEN WINDOWS - Author - Makarand Waingankar
FIRST KIND IN INDIA -
* ERNAKULAM Has Been Named As The First District To Achieve Registration Of 10000 new MSMEs.
* Pranjal Patel Became The India's First Visually Impaired Woman IAS Officer.
* Asia's First Floating Festival Began On 1st February At Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
* Azad Engineering Has Become India's First Supplier Of Parts For Nuclear Turbines.
* Indore Municipal Corporation Has Become India's First Civic Body To Issue Green Bonds.
* Phonepe Became The First Indian Fintech To Allow UPI Payments Abroad.
* The Geological Survey Of India ( GSI) Has For The First Time Finds Lithium Deposits In J & K. ( 5.9 Million Tonnes In Salal-Haimana Area Of Reasi District)
* India's First Glass Igloo Restaurant Has Been Opened In Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir.
* India's First Stargazing Site For Tourists Set Up In Ladakh.
* India's First Solid Waste To Hydrogen Plant Is Set To Be in Pune, Maharashtra.
* Indian Army Has Received World's First Fully Operational SWARM Drone System.
* India's First AI Based Chatbot Names As LEXI. ( By Velocity Company)
* In Haryana North India's First Nuclear Plant Is Going To Setup.
* HDFC Bank Become India's First Private Sector Bank To Enable Linking Of Rupay Credit Card On UPI.
* India's First Frozen Lake Marathon To Be Held At Ladakh's Pangong Tso.
* Kerala High Court Has Became First To Publish Judgments In a Regional Language
* IRINJADAPPILLY RAMAN, Kerala's First Robotic Elephant Was offered To Krishna Temple.
IMPORTANT EXERCISE -
* Indian Army Conducted An Exercise TOPCHI On 29th January At Nashik Maharashtra.
* 6th Edition Of INDO-US Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise TARKASH Has Been Organized In Chennai.
* 4th Edition of India-Japan Bilateral Army Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN Began At Camp Imazu
* 4TH Edition Of India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK Commenced At Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
* Australia Will Host The Malabar Naval Exercise Including India, Japan, USA.
* INS Sumedha Participate in IDEX 23 And NAVDEX 23 At Abu Dhabi.
* Exercise DESERT FLAG Is Going To Kicked Off In UAE, A Multilateral Exercise Comprising Of AIR FORCES Of UAE, France, Kuwait, India, Australia, UK, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, Korea,.
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT -
* Madhvendra Singh Has Been Appointed As CEO Of Gujarat Maritime Cluster.
* Rajesh Bindal (Allahabad High Court Chief Justice ) And Aravinda Kumar (Gujarat High Court Chief Justice) Has Been Appointed As Supreme Court Judges.
* Arun Kohli Has Been Appointed As The New Head Of Morgan Stanley ( India).
* Hein Schumacher Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Unilever.
* Pandurang K Pole Appointed As The New Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir
* Pankaj Mittal, Sanjay Karol, PV Sanjay Kumar, Ahsanuddin Amanullah & Manoj Mishra Have Been Appointed To Supreme Court Judges.
* Victoria Gowri Has Been Appointed As The Madras High Court Judge.
* Raul Rebello Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services.
* K Satyanarayan RAJU Has Been Appointed As The New MD & CEO Of CANARA Bank.
* President Of India Has Appointed Justice Rajesh Bindal ( Allahabad High Court Chief Justice) & Justice Arvind Kumar ( Gujarat High Court Chief Justice) As Supreme Court Judges.
* Odisha High Court Justice Satrughana Pujhari Has Been Appointed as The New Chairperson Of Odisha Human Rights Commission.
* Kuldeep Arya Has Been Appointed As Director In Union Department Of Rural Development.
* Meenakshi Navtia Has Been Appointed By Drug Maker Pfizer To Head Its Indian Business.
* Ajay Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of Police In Jharkhand.
* Justice Sonia Gokani Appointed As Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.
* Aniket Sunil Talati Has Been Appointed As The President Of The Institute Of Charted. Accounts Of India ( ICAI).
* DGP Virendra Has Been Appointed As The Next Chief Information Commissioner Of West Bengal.
* Professor Prasan Kumar Swain Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Utkal University Of Culture.
* BVR Subhramanyam Has Scored Been Appointed As The New CEO OF NITI Ayog.
* Parameswaran Iyer Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of World Bank.
* Rajesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The CEO and Whole Time Director Of Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO).
* Shelly Oberoi Elected As The New Mayor Of Delhi.
* CAG GC Murmu Selected As External Auditor Of International Labour Organization
* Manik Kadam Appointed As The President Of Kisan Cell ( Bharat Rashtra Kisan Samithi) For Maharashtra State.
* Lieutenant General R S Reen Took Over The Charge of Director General Quality Assurance.
APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE -
* Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
* Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court.
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR -
* Lakshman Prasad Acharya Sworn In As Governor of State Sikkim (17th )
* Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar H(41st) Appointed As The New Governor Of Bihar.
* Brigadier BD Mishra Took The Charge Of Lt. Governor Of Ladakh.
* Phagu Chauhan Sworn In As New Governor Of Meghalaya.
FOREIGN APPOINTMENT -
* Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim al Khalifa Elected As Asian Football Chief For The Fourth Time.
* IFS Prashant Agarwal Appointed As Ambassador Of India To Lao People's Democratic Republic.
* Indian-American Pramila Jayapal Named Ranking Member Of US Immigration Subcommittee.
* Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthy Appointed As Ranking Member On Strategic Competition Between US & China.
* Monuela Roka Botey Has Been Appointed As The first Female Prime Minister Of Equatorial Guena.
* Apsara A Iyer Become First Indian-American Woman To Be Elected As President Of Harvard Law Review.
* Economics Professor Shamika Ravi Has Been Appointed As The Member Of The Economic Advisory Council To The Prime Minister.
* Joe Acaba Has Been Selected As The Chief Astronaut Of NASA.
* Nikos Christodoulides Elected As President Of Cyprus.
* Mohammad Shahabuddin Has Been Elected As The President Of Bangladesh.
* Indian American Neel Mohan Appointed As The New CEO Of YouTube.
,(as Susan Wojcicki Stepped Down As CEO)
* Professor Meghana Pandit, An Indian Origin Medic Appointed As The Chief Executive Officer Of The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
* US President Joe Biden Nominates Indian-American Ajay Banga To Lead World Bank.
BRAND AMBASADOR -
* Harmanpreet Singh Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of PUMA INDIA.
* Actor Ranbir Kapoor Has Been Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of MYNTRA.
* Hyundai Motor Has Singed Two Indian Female Cricketer Yasthika Bhatia And Renuka Singh Thakur As It's Brand Ambassador.
* Indian Actor Ayushman Khurana Appointed As National Ambassador Of UNICEF India.
COMMISSIONER OF INDIA TO -
* M Subbarayadu Appointed As India's High Commissioner To Namibia.
* Dr. Hifuz Rehman Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Chad.
MINISTRY APPOINTMENT -
* Niraj Kumar Bansod Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To The Minister Of Home Affairs And Cooperation.
* BJP Leader Khushbu Sundar Is Nominated As a Member Of The National Commission For Women ( NCW).
STATE GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT -
Ramesh Bais Has Been Appointed As Governor Of Maharashtra.
2) Retired Justice S Abdul Nazeer Has Been Appointed As Governor Of Andhra Pradesh.
( Governor Of Andhra Pradesh Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Appointed As Governor Of Chhattisgarh)
( Governor Of Chhattisgarh Anusuiya Uikye Appointed As Governor Of Manipur)
( Governor Of Manipur La Ganeshan Appointed As Governor Of Nagaland)
( Governor Of Bihar Phagu Chauhan Appointed As Governor Of Meghalaya)
( Governor Of Himachal Pradesh Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Appointed As Governor Of Bihar)
( Lt General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Appointed As Governor Of Arunachal Pradesh)
( Lakshman Prasad Acharya Appointed As Governor Of Sikkim)
( CP Radhakrishnan Appointed As Governor Of Jharkhand)
( Gulab Chand Kataria Appointed As Governor Of Assam)
( Shiv Prasad Shukla Appointed As Governor Of Himachal Pradesh)
IMPORTANT HOST -
* 11th Edition Of International Plastics Exhibition Conference And Convention PLAST INDIA 2023 To Begin At Pragati Maidan New Delhi.
* First Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting Of G20 Is Held At Guwahati, Assam.
* 25th Annual National Human Resource Development ( NHRD) Conference To Begin In Hyderabad.
* India To Host Global energy Meet in Bengaluru.
* South Asia Women Film Festival To Start At Bihar.
* The First Edition Of Rajasthan International Expo To Be Held In Jodhpur.
* International Surajkund Crafts Mela 2023 Has Been Organized At Faridabad, Haryana.
* Assam is Hosting First Youth 20 ( Y20) Inception Meeting 2023.
* CAG's 6th Sanghai Cooperation Organization SAI Leaders Meeting Is Begin At Lucknow.
* 6th SCO Supreme Audit Institution ( SAI) Leaders Meeting Has Been Organized In Lucknow.
* Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2023 Has Been Organized In Mumbai.
* 5th Multilateral Security Dialogue On Afghanistan Starts In Moscow, Russia.
* 3RD Edition Of Khelo India Winter Games To Start At Gulmarg.
* Saudi Arabia To Host Semi Final And Finals Of Santosh Trophy 2023.
* 19th Edition Of Dhauli-Kalinga Mahostav 2023 Starts In Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
* First G20 Environment And Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting Has Been Organized In Bengaluru.
* India And Fiji Jointly Organize 12th World Hindi Conference In Fiji.
* Hyderabad Is Going To Host India's First Formula E-race.
* Indore Will Host First Agriculture Deputies Meeting Under India's G20 Presidency.
* 4th Edition Of ASEAN-India Youth Summit Held In Hyderabad.
* The First Digital Economy Working Group Meeting Of G20 Group Will Start At Lucknow.
* World Government Summit 2023 Has Been Organized In Dubai.
* The G20 EMPOWER Meeting Has Been Organized In Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
* First National Lok Adalat Of 2023 Held In Jammu & Kashmir.
* DHARA-2023 River City Alliance Members Annual Meeting Held In Pune, Maharashtra.
* 23rd Edition Of International Sea Food Show Has Been Organised In Kolkata.
* 49th Edition of GST Meeting Held At Delhi.
* New Delhi Host The G20 Model Meeting.
* 2nd Edition Of Saudi Media Forum Kicked Off In Riyadh.
* Hyderabad Host The 31st Edition Of International Society Of Sugarcane Technologists (ISSCT)
* 2ND Edition Of Khelo India Women's Hockey League Under 21 Inaugurated At Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi.
*) India's First Frozen Lake Marathon To Be Held At Ladakh's Pangong Tso.
* UAE Is Going To Host First Vice Ministerial Meeting Of The I2U2 In Abu Dhabi.
* First G20 Culture Track Meet To Start At Khajurao, Madhya Pradesh.
* Mumbai To Host The TechnoTex 2023.
* 27th Edition Of Muscat International Book Fair Kicked off At Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre.
* Asia Economic Dialogue Meet Will Begin In Pune, Maharashtra.
* 2nd G20 Finance And Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) Meeting Held At Bengaluru.
* Asian Wrestling Championship Hosts Shifted To Astana From New Delhi.
* Kalinga Literacy Festival To Kicked Off In Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
* 14th Edition Of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahastov To Begin At Bikaner, Rajasthan.
* India Will Host The Permanent Mission Round Table At UN Headquarter.
* New Delhi Host The All India Taekwondo Championship
* G7 Finance Chiefs Meeting Held At Bengaluru.
* Vishakapatnam Host The Global Tech Summit 2023.
* 22nd International Bio Resource Conclave And 10th Ethno Pharmacology Congress 2023 Begin In Imphal.
* Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Set to Host First W20 Inception Meeting.
* 18th World Congress Security Held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
*) International Conference On Trade And Marketing Of Coconut Product Will Held in Hyderabad.
* Youth 20 India Summit Is Being Held At Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara.
WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS -
* Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Hands Over Prestigious Haifa Port To Adani Group
* UK Became The Country Partner Of BIOASIA 2023.
* US-India Initiative On Critical And Emerging Technology ( ICET) Launched By Ajit Doval.
* Spain Became The Focal Country For The 46th International Kolkata Book Fair.
* Australia Is Removing The British Monarchy In Bank Notes.
* India Will Become Theme Country At the 2025 Madrid International Book Fair.
* Dell Has Acquired The Cloud Service Start Up Cloudify.
* After China, India Became The Second Country To Start Trade Plus one (T+1) Settlement Cycle.
* India Has Welcomed Congo To Join The International Solar Alliance.
( Brazil & CONGO Become Full Member Of International Solar Alliance)
* Myanmar And Russia Signed An MoU To Developing Nuclear Power.
* Google Has Launched Its Conservational AI Chatbot Named BARD.
* Former US Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton Has Announced a Global Climate Resilience Fund Of $ 50 USD Million For Women.
* India Has Provided 50 Buses To Srilanka Of Its 75th Independence Anniversary.
* World's First Super Magnet For Testing In Nuclear Fusion Plant Was Developed In UK.
* World's First Satellite Based Two Way Messaging System Has Been Launched By Qualcomm.
* Joe Acaba Has Been Selected As The Chief Astronaut Of NASA.
* Israel Has Launched a Sniffing Robot To Detect Disease And Improve Security Checks.
* New Zealand Government Has Declared National State Of Emergency For Third Time In History.
* World Bank Has Announced $1.78 dollars In Aid For Earthquake Affected Turkey.
* Israel Government Passed Law To Strip Convicted Terrorist Of Their Citizenship.
* External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Launched Solarization Of Residences Of Pacific Heads Of State Project In Fiji.
* World Health Organisation (WHO) Recognized The First Outbreak of Marburg Disease In Equatorial Guiena.
* France Has Invited As The Guest Of Honour Country At The New Delhi World Book Fair.
* India Has Been Elected As The President Of The 62nd Session Of The UN Commission For Social Development.
* World's First Cloud Built Demonstartion Satellite JANUS-1 Was Launched By Antaris.
* India Along With PM Of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong Combinely Launch UPI PAY now Linkage Between Two Countries.
* UAE Is Going To Host First Vice Ministerial Meeting Of The I2U2 In Abu Dhabi.
* India Donated The First Tranche Of 20 Kidney Dialysis Machines To Nepal.
* UK Announced 2400 Visas For Indian Under Young Professional Scheme.
* Bangaldesh Has Announced To Buy 300 Eclectic Double Decker AC Buses From india.
* Bhutan's Prince Jigme Wangchuck Becomes Country's First Digital Citizen.
* Financial Action Task Force ( FATF) Suspends Membership Of Russia.
* Meta Has Launched Large Language Model Meta AI ( LLaMA) For Artificial Intelligence.
* Sultan AI Neyadi Became 2nd Astronaut To Sent By UAE To Space.
AWARDS -
FOREIGN AWARDS -
* Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Conferred With Lifetime Achievement Honour In UK.
* Princess Sophia Duleep Singh To Be Honored With Blue Plaque AWARD In London.
* Ex German Chancellor Angela Markel Has Received The Felix Houphouet Boigny UNESCO Prize.
* WOLF Prize In Medicine Has Been Awarded To Professor Daniel Drucker ( Canada).
* IAS Officer V Kartikeyan Pandian Has Scored Been Honoured With FIH's President Award.
* Odisha State's MUKTA Scheme Bagged WRI Ross Centre Prize For Cities In New York.
* Odisha State's BAKUL Foundation Clinched Most Innovative Library Award At India Reading Olympiad.
* CHANDUA Artist Suresh Chandra Mahapatra Wins KALAKRITI Samman.
* VP Nandakumar ( MD & CEO Of Manappuram Finance Ltd) Has Received The Hurun India's Award 2022 For Business.
* Dr. Peggy Mohan Has Won The MATHRUBHUMI Book Of The Year Award For His Book ( Wanderers, Kings And Merchants)
* Subhash Chandran Has Won Kerala's Akbar Kakkatil Award For Novel SAMUDRASHILA.
* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Presented President Colors Award To Haryana State.
* Kollam District Has Won The Swaraj Trophy For Best District Panchayat.
* Karnataka Bank Has Honored With Pratistha PURASHKAR Under The Digi Dhan Award 2021-22.
* Senior Bureaucrat Lalitha Lakshmi Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of The Prime Minister's Office
* Former Health Minister K K Shailja Has Been Selected For The 32nd RAM ASHRAMAM UNNEERIKKUTTY Award For Social Service.
* Sajjan Jindal Has Won EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2023.
* T K Rangaranjan Received The Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award.
INTERNATIONAL AWARD -
* Indian Music Composer Ricky Kej Bagged 3rd Grammy Award.
* Students From IIT Indore Has Won The GLOBAL Best M-GOV Award.
* An Eminent Linguistic Mahendra Kumar Mishra Will Receive The UNESCO's International Mother Language Award 2023 (He Became First Indian To Receive).
* Indian Origin Karthik Subramaniam Has Won The Photo Of The Year Contest By National Geographic.
* Computer Scientist Hari Balakrishnan Has Been Awarded The 2023 Marconi Prize.
* NTPC Has Been Conferred With The ATD Best Award 2023.
* Chairman & MD Of MRF K M Mammen Has Been Honoured With ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023.
* The PRINT & NDTV Correspondent Saurabh Shukla Conferred from IPI-India For Excellence In Journalism.
* Social Worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Has Been Conferred With MAHARASHTRA BHUSAN Award For 2022.
* Dr. A B K Prasad Has Been Selected For The PCI's Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award For 2020.
* Author Deepak Chopra Received The GOLDEN BOOK Awards For The Book THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS
* Noted Writer V Madhusoodanan Nair Has Been Selected For The Jnanappana Purashkar 2023.
FILMS AWARDS -
* Austin Butler Wins The Best Actor At BAFTA 2023.
( Cate Blanchett Wins The Best Actress At BAFTA 2023)
( ALL QUIET Wins The Best Picture At BAFTA 2023) Also Wins 7 Prizes.
* Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files Won The Best Film Award At Dada Saheb Phalke 2023.
* RRR Won The Film Of The Year Award At Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2023.
* Michael B Jordan To Be Honoured With Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star.
* Michelle Yeoh Became The First Asian Woman To Win a Award At SAGA Award.
* Actor Ke Huy Quan Became The First Asian Actor To Win Best Actor Award At SAGA Award For His Everything Everywhere All At Once Film.
SPORTS AWARD FEBRUARY 2023
* Lionel Messi Has Won The Best FIFA Men's Player Of The Year Award.
* Alex Putellas Wins Best FIFA Women's Player Of The Year Award.
* Indian Tennis Superstar Sania Mirza Has Won The Inspirational ICON Award At The Sportsstar Aces Award At Mumbai.
* Indian Men's Badminton ( Who Crowned Thomas Cup In 2022) Won The National Team Of The Year At Sportsstar Aces Award2023.
* Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinabh Bindra Has Awarded With Champions Award.
* Odisha State Wins The Best State For The Promotion Of Sports Award At 2023 Sports Star Aces Award In Mumbai.
SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2023
* India's Dhani Jain Wins The Under 13 Title At WTT Youth Contender Doha.
* Bangladesh Cricket Board Reappointed Chandika Hathurusingha As Their Head Coach.
* Australian Cricketer Gets The First Shane Warne Award.
* Anish Giri Has Won The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023.
* 2007 Inaugural T20i World Cup Winner Player Joginder Sharma Announced Retired From International Cricket.
* 71st Senior National Volleyball Tournament To Begin At Guwahati, Assam.
* For The First Time In Football History Portugal Has Initiated White Card
* India U20 Women Team Wins The SAFF U-20 Football Tournament After Beating Bhutan In Final.
* Adani Owned Women's Premier League Team Appoints Rachael Haynes As Its Head Coach. ( Gujarat Giants Team)
* Abhay Singh Claimed The New Delhi Leg Title Of The HCL SRFI Indian Tour.
* India's CYCLE Pure Agarbatti Will Be Official Sponsor Of Srilanka Women's T2oi World Cup.
* 2023 50 Over Asia Cup Cricket Is Going To Host By UAE.
* Perth Scorchers Wins The Big Bash Title After Beating Brisbane Heat In Final.
* Indian Gymnastic Dipa Karmakar Suspended For 21 Months Due To Doping Test.
* National Senior & Junior Alpine Ski And Snowboard Championship To Be Held In Auli, Uttarakhand From 23th To 26th February.
* Saudi Arabia Will Host The 2027 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup.
* Kerala State Has Won The National Beach Soccer Championship Title 2023.
* Abraham Ancer Wins Saudi International Golf Title.
* India's Aditi Ashok Wins The Kenya Ladies Open 2023 Title.
5) China's Lin Zhu Wins The 2023 Thailand Open Women's Single Title.
* Indian Greco Roman Wrestler Ashu Clinched Bronze Medal In 67kg Category.
* Sai Sanjay Has Won The Indian National Car Racing Championship 2023.
19) Indian Wrestler Aman Shrabat Has Won Bronze At Zagreb Open 2023.
* Snow Leopard Is The Mascot Of The 3rd Edition Of The Khelo India Winter Games.
* Australian Former Captain Aaron Finch Announced Retirement From International Cricket.
* Former Indian Cricketer Monty Desai Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of Nepal.
* Tejaswin Shankar Has Won The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 2023 Title.
* Indo Tibetan Border Police Has Won The 12th Edition Of National Ice Hockey Championship
* Indian Captain Rohit Sharma Became The First Indian Captain Score Hundred In Each Formats.
* England's Former Captain Eoin Morgan announced Retirement From All Form Of Cricket.
* Wu Yi Bing Became The First Chinese To Win ATP Title In Dallas Open.
* Eric Vergne ( French ) Has Won India's First Ever Formula E-Race In Hyderabad.
* Indian Woman Batter Smriti Mandhana Sold For 3.4 Crores To Royal Challenger Bangalore For Women Premier League 2023.
* Indian Cricketer Subhman Gill Win The ICC Player Of The Month Award For January 2023.
( England U19 Women Cricketer Grace Scrivens Wins Player Of The Month For Women)
* Maharashtra State Has Topped In Medal Tally ( With 154 MEDALS Including 53 GOLD, 54 Silver And 47 Bronze ) In 5th Khelo India Youth Game.
* Indian Tennis Star Sania Mirza Appointed As Mentor RCB Team For Women Premier League 2023.
* 18th Edition Of Captain Jintu Gogoi Vir Chakra Memorial Football Tournament To Start In Guwahati, Assam.
* Real Madrid Has Won The FIFA Club World Cup 2023.
* Indian Female Cricketer Deepti Sharma Became First female To Picked 100 T20i Wickets.
* India's Tarundeep Rai Won the Men Recurve Title In National Ranking Archery Tournament 2023.
* Indian Test Cricketer Cheteswar Pujara Played 100th Test Matches of His Career, Became 13th INDIAN To Played 100th Test.
* Akashdeep Singh And Priyanka Goswami Have Won The 10th National Open Race Walking Championship 2023.
* Indian Aditi Ashok Win Bronze At Lalla Meryam Cup, Morocco. (in Golf)
* Saurasthra Team Has Won The Ranji Trophy Season 2022-23 By Beating Bengal In The Final.
* India Claimed Bronze After Lose From China In Asia Mixed Team Championship ( Badminton) 2023.
* 2ND Edition Of Khelo India Women's Hockey League Under 21 Inaugurated At Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi.
* Indian Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur Became First Cricketer To Played 100 T20i.
* Vignesh NR became India's 80th Chess Grand Master.
* Tata Sponsor The Women Premier League 2023.
* Rudrankksh Patil Wins The Gold Medal In 10m Air Rifle Event At ISSF World Cup Cairo.
* 14 Years Old Tilottama Became India's Youngest To Get Bronze At ISSF Shooting World Cup At Cairo.
* Aishwary Pratap Singh Wins Gold In ISSF Shooting World Cup At Cairo.
* Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Allocated 30 Crores In Budget For Khelo India University Game.
* Dmitry Dmitruk Has Been Appointed As Coach Of Boxing Federation Of India.
* Indian Women's Team Wins Gold At The 14th Asian Lawn Bowl Championship 2023, Held In Malaysia.
* Rohan Bopanna And Matthew Ebden Wins The Men's Double Title At Qatar Open 2023.
*) Avani Prasanth Became The First Indian To Win The Queen Sirikit Cup
* India's Pramod Bhagat & Sukant Wins Mens Double Gold At Spanish Para Badminton Championship.
* Max Purcell Wins The Bengaluru Open 2023.
* Australia Women' Team Wins The Women's T20i World Cup For The Sixth Time After Beating South Africa.
(host- South Africa)
* Manchester United Beat New Castle By 2-0 To Win CARABAO Finals 2023.
* Cameron Norrie Beat Carlos Alcaraz To Win Men's Single Title At Rio Open 2023
* Indian Team Claimed 18 Medals Including 4 Gold, 7 Silver And 7 Bronze At Spanish Para Badminton International.
* Lionel Messi Has Won The Best FIFA Men's Player Of The Year Award.
* Alex Putellas Wins Best FIFA Women's Player Of The Year Award.
* Odisha State Wins The Best State For The Promotion Of Sports Award At 2023 Sports Star Aces Award In Mumbai.
* David John & BJ Kariappa Have Been Named As The Interim Coaches Of Indian Men's Hockey Team.
* Kolkata's Sayantan Das Become India's 81st Chess Grand Master.
TENNIS FEBRUARY 2023 -
* Iga Swiatek Wins The Women's Single Title At QATAR Open.
* Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Argentina Open Title 2023.
* Barbora Krejcikova Wins The Women's Single Title At Dubai Open.
* Daniil Medvedev Has WON The Men's Single Title At QATAR Open Tennis.
MOU SIGNED IN FEBRUARY
* Department Of Science & Technology India And USA's National Science Foundation Signed Agreement For Implementation Arrangement In Presence Of NSA Chief Ajit Doval.
* Uttar Pradesh Government signed Agreement With Denmark To Produce Ethanol.
* An MoU Signed Between Ministry of Cooperation, MeitY, NABARD & CSC E-Governance Service Limited To Enable Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS)
* Comptroller And Auditor General Of India ( CAG) Signed Two MoUs With Tajikistan And Kazakhstan On The Sidelines Of The Sanghai Cooperation Organization Supreme Audit Institutions ( SCO SAI) Leaders Meeting In Lucknow.
* Asian Development Bank ( ADB) Has Approved a $130 million Loan To Promote Horticulture In Himachal Pradesh.
* United Kingdom Signed MoU With UP Government To Invest In Defense, Aerospace Sector In The State.
* A MoU Signed Worth Of Rs. 17,507 Crores Between Railways And Uttar Pradesh Government To Transformed 150 Railway Stations To World Class Facilities.
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Signed A Contract With Argentinian Air Force To Supply Spare Parts.
* India And Fiji Singed MoU On Visa Exemption For Diplomatic, Official Passport Holders.
* Tamilnadu State Government Has Signed MoU With OLA Electric Mobility Chennai Secretariat For Production Of Four Wheeler
* Union Cabinet Chaired By PM Narendra Modi Approved The Signing Of The Air Services Agreement Between India And Guyana.
* Indian Navy Affiliated (IFC-IOR) ( Information Fusion Centre Indian Ocean Region) Has Signed MoU With The Seychelles Based Regional Coordination Operation Centre (RCOC) for Maritime Safety.
* Sri Lanka Approved $442 million Wind Power Project With Adani Green Energy.
* Indian Air Force Signed MoU With IIT Roorkee To Promote The Development Of Indigenous Technologies
* Bihar State Government Has Approved $50,000 For Developing Fog Alert System With US-NCAR.
INAUGURATION IN FEBRUARY 2023
* Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Along With His Wife Sudesh Dhankar Inaugurated The Surajkund International Crafts Mela In Haryana.
* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated Laid Foundation Stone Of a 450 Crores 5th Nano Urea Plant And Township Of The Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative ( IFFCO) In Jharkhand's Deoghar.
* Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated VFS Global VISA Application Center In Lucknow.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled Two Cooktop Model Of Solar Cooking System Developed By Indian Oil At The India Energy Week 2023 Event In Bengaluru.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated URABAN20 City Sherpas Inception Meeting Held At Ahmedabad.
* Reliance Industries Limited ( RIL) Unveiled India's First Hydrogen Combustion Engine Technology For Heavy Duty Truck.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated India's Largest Helicopter Manufacturing Facility In Karnataka.
* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Inaugurated The Department Of Integrative Medicine At Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
* West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Inaugurated 46th International Kolkata Book Fair.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Two Vande Bharat Trains Will Run Between Mumbai To Shirdi And Mumbai To Solapur.
* Karnataka CM Basavraj Bommai Has Launched 108 Namma Clinics In Bengaluru.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated UP Global Investors Summit 2023 In Lucknow.
* Union Minister Piyush Goyal Inaugurated First Edition Of UPNEXT India 2023.
* Rajasthan Chief Secretary Usha Sharma Has Inaugurated a Sculpture Park In New Delhi.
* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav And IT Ministry Devusinh Chauhan Inaugurated The National Philatelic Exhibition AMRITPEX-2023
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Mumbai Campus Of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy.
* President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated 2nd Indian Rice Congress At ICAR- National Rice Research Institute Cuttack, Odisha.
* Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurated The G20 Food Festival In Talkatora Stadium, Delhi.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated 14th Edition Of AERO INDIA 2023 In Yelahanka In Bengaluru.
( Released Commemorative Stamps At AERO INDIA Summit 2023)
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated 246 km Delhi- Dausa-Lalsot Expressway.
* External Affair Minister Dr. S Jaishankar Inaugurated 12th Edition Of World Hindi Conference In Nadi, FIJI.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Aadi Mahostav The Mega National Tribal Festival At Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium At Delhi.
* External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Unveiled Bust Of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel In Fizi's Capital Suva.
* Puducherry Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Inaugurated CHILDREN JUBILANCE LIBRARY Set Of For The First Time By The Department Of Art And Culture At Ashok Nagar Park, Lawspet.
* Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated Legislative Digital Gallery At Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow.
* Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Laid The Foundation Stone Of The World's Largest DIVYANG Park Anubhuti Inclusive Park, Nagpur Maharastra.
* Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Inaugurated The National Horticulture Fair At IIHR Bengaluru.
* Odisha CM Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated Noted Social Worker Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das Museum At His Native Village Suando, Puri District.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated BARISU KANNADA DIM DIMAVA Cultural Festival In Talkatora Stadium Delhi.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated SHIVAMOGGA Airport In Karnataka. ( Lotus Shaped Airport)
* President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The 14th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahastov At Bikaner, Rajasthan.
* Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) Has Topped The List Of World's Most Admired Companies By FORTUNE.
* India Ranked 5th In India's Accreditation System At The Global Quality Infrastructure Index ( GQII) 2021.
* India Moved To 55th Place In ICAQ's Aviation Safety Oversight Ranking.
* India Ranks 65th At The Global Labour Resilience Index 2023.
( Denmark In First, Switzerland Second)
* India Ranks 42 Out off 55 Countries in International IP Index.
* United States Has Ranked Number 1 Position In International IP Index.
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