WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH TO 26TH FEBRUARY 2023

WEEKLY CA 20TH TO 26TH FEBRUARY 2023 

37th STATEHOOD DAY OF MIZORAM - 20TH February

ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATEHOOD DAY 

World Day Of Social Justice - 20th February 

Theme 2023 - Overcoming Barriers And Unleashing Opportunities For Social Justice 

1) 4TH Edition Of India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK Commenced At Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. 

2) Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Argentina Open Title 2023. 

3) Kannada Film Director SK Bhagavan Passed Away. 

4) 2nd Edition Of Saudi Media Forum Kicked Off In Riyadh. 

5) 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.

6) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated Legislative Digital Gallery At Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow. 

7) Hyderabad Host The 31st Edition Of International Society Of Sugarcane Technologists (ISSCT) 

8) 2ND Edition Of Khelo India Women's Hockey League Under 21 Inaugurated At Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi. 

9) India's First Frozen Lake Marathon To Be Held At Ladakh's Pangong Tso. 

10) Senior Bureaucrat Lalitha Lakshmi Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of The Prime Minister's Office 

11) Former Health Minister K K Shailja Has Been Selected For The 32nd RAM ASHRAMAM UNNEERIKKUTTY Award For Social Service. 

12) World's First Cloud Built Demonstartion Satellite JANUS-1 Was Launched By Antaris. 

13) Former Indian Davis Cup Tennis Player Ramesh Krishnan Was Presented With The Lifetime Achievement Award By Rotary Club MADRAS. 

14) Vikramaditya Singh Appointed As A Member Of The Advisory Committee On Reliance Capital. 

15) Professor Prasan Kumar Swain Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Utkal University Of Culture. 

 International Mother Language Day - 21st February 

Theme 2023- Multilingual Education- A Necessity To Transform Education 

1) Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files Won The Best Film Award At Dada Saheb Phalke 2023.

2) India Along With PM Of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong Combinely Launch UPI PAY now Linkage Between Two Countries.

3) Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi Has Been Appointed As The Next Flag Commanding in Chief Of Western Naval Command.

4) Indian Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur Became First Cricketer To Played 100 T20i.

5) Former Governor Of Gujarat O P Kohli Passed Away.

6) BVR Subhramanyam Has Been Appointed As The New CEO OF NITI Ayog.

7) RRR Won The Film Of The Year Award At Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2023.

8) Veteran Hollywood Actress Barbara Bosson Passed Away.

9) UAE Is Going To Host First Vice Ministerial Meeting Of The I2U2 In Abu Dhabi.

10) Parameswaran Iyer Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of World Bank.

11) Indian Veteran Actress Bela Bose Passed Away.

12) India Donated The First Tranche Of 20 Kidney Dialysis Machines To Nepal.

13) Indian Origin Karthik Subramaniam Has Won The Photo Of The Year Contest By National Geographic.

14) Qatar Has Lifted The Ban On Frozen Seafood From India.

15) Vignesh NR became India's 80th Chess Grand Master.

World Thinking Day - 22nd February

Theme 2023 - Our World, Our Peaceful Future The Environment Peace And Security.

1) First G20 Culture Track Meet To Start At Khajurao, Madhya Pradesh.

2) Tata Sponsor The Women Premier League 2023.

3) Rudrankksh Patil Wins The Gold Medal In 10m  Air Rifle Event At ISSF World Cup Cairo.

4) UK Announced 2400 Visas For Indian Under Young Professional Scheme.

5) Australia Will Host The Malabar Naval Exercise Including India, Japan, USA.

6) DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Test Fired Astra Air To Air Missile From Odisha.

7) Mumbai To Host The TechnoTex 2023.

8) Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Laid The Foundation Stone Of The World's Largest DIVYANG Park Anubhuti Inclusive Park, Nagpur Maharastra.

9) 27th Edition Of Muscat International Book Fair Kicked off At Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre.

10) 14 Years Old Tilottama Became India's Youngest To Get Bronze At ISSF Shooting World Cup At Cairo.

11) Rajesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The CEO and Whole Time Director Of Bharat  Aluminum Company (BALCO).

12) Noted Writer V Madhusoodanan Nair Has Been Selected For The Jnanappana Purashkar 2023.

13) INS Sumedha Participate in IDEX 23 And NAVDEX 23 At Abu Dhabi.

14)  Bangaldesh Has Announced To Buy 300 Eclectic Double Decker AC Buses From india.

15) Jammu and Kashmir Government Has Approved 30.40 Crores For The Sensor Based Smart Agriculture Project.

1) Asia Economic Dialogue Meet Will Begin In Pune, Maharashtra. 

2) Aishwary Pratap Singh Wins Gold In ISSF Shooting World Cup  At Cairo. 

3) Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi Appointed As The Drugs Controller General Of India. 

4) Shelly Oberoi Elected As The New Mayor Of Delhi. 

5) Bhutan's Prince Jigme Wangchuck Becomes Country's First Digital Citizen. 

6) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Allocated 30 Crores In Budget For Khelo India University Game. 

7) Union Cabinet Chaired By PM Narendra Modi Approved The Signing Of The Air Services Agreement Between India And Guyana. 

8) Gulab Chandra Kataria Sworn In As Assam Governor. 

9) 2nd G20 Finance And Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) Meeting Held At Bengaluru. 

10) Classical Dancer ( Mohiniyattam Dancer) Legend Kanak Rele Passed Away. 

( Who Awarded With First Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram Of The Government Of Kerala) 

11) 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. 

Central Excise Day - 24th February 

1) CAG GC Murmu Selected As External Auditor Of International Labour Organization. 

2) Gujarat Public Examination ( Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill 2023 Passed In The Gujarat Assembly. 

3) Asian Wrestling Championship Hosts Shifted To Astana From New Delhi. 

4) US President Joe Biden Nominates Indian-American Ajay Banga To Lead World Bank. 

5) Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Proposes Rs. 400 Crores For Haryana Gau Sewa Aayog In State Budget For 2023-24.

6) CM Manohar Lal Khattar Proposes To Increase Social Security Pension From 2500/ Month To 2750/ Month In State Budget 

7) Sri Lanka Approved $442 million Wind Power Project With Adani Green Energy. 

8) 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. 

9) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Inaugurated The National Horticulture Fair At IIHR Bengaluru. 

10) Kalinga Literacy Festival To Kicked Off In Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

11) Seattle Became The First US City To Ban Caste Discrimination. 

12) India Recently Joined The Global Initiative The Agriculture Innovation Mission For Climate. 

13) The Book ( The Miracle Makers - Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic) Author - Bharat Sundaresan & Gaurav Joshi 

14) Dmitry Dmitruk Has Been Appointed As Coach Of Boxing Federation Of India. 

1) Indian Women's Team Wins Gold At The 14th Asian Lawn Bowl Championship 2023, Held In Malaysia. 

2) Odisha CM Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated Noted Social Worker Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das Museum At His Native Village Suando, Puri District. 

3) The Book A MILLION BROKEN WINDOWS - Author - Makarand Waingankar 

4) Central Government Approved The Renaming Of Aurangabad As Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar And Osmanabad As Dharashiv. 

5) Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court. 

6) Financial Action Task Force ( FATF) Suspends Membership Of Russia. 

7) 14th Edition Of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahastov To Begin At Bikaner, Rajasthan. 

8) Indian Air Force Signed MoU With IIT Roorkee To Promote The Development Of Indigenous Technologies. 

9) Afshan Khan Appointed AS The Coordinator To Increase The Nutrition Movement. 

10) Kerala High Court Has Became First To Publish Judgments In a Regional Language. 

11) India Will Host The Permanent Mission Round Table At UN Headquarter. 

12) New Delhi Host The All India Taekwondo Championship 

13) G7 Finance Chiefs Meeting Held At Bengaluru. 

14) Rohan Bopanna And Matthew Ebden Wins The Men's Double Title At Qatar Open 2023. 

15) Avani Prasanth Became The First Indian To Win The Queen Sirikit Cup 

16) Vishakapatnam Host The Global Tech Summit 2023. 

1) Manik Kadam Appointed As The President Of Kisan Cell ( Bharat Rashtra Kisan Samithi) For Maharashtra State. 

2) Barbora Krejcikova Wins The Women's Single Title At Dubai Open. 

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated BARISU KANNADA DIM DIMAVA Cultural Festival In Talkatora Stadium Delhi. 

4) Former Academy President Walter Mirisch Passed Away At The Age Of 101. 

5) 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,. 

6) Film RRR Wins Hollywood Critics Association Award. 

7) Computer Scientist Hari Balakrishnan Has Been Awarded The 2023 Marconi Prize. 

8) Aramane Giridhar Has Got An Extension As Defense Secretary Till October 2024. 

9) 22nd International Bio Resource Conclave And 10th Ethno Pharmacology Congress 2023 Begin In Imphal. 

10) Sajjan Jindal Has Won EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2023. 

11) Mumbai's Church gate Railway Station Will Be Renamed After CD Deshmukh, First Governor Of India.