Current Affairs February 2023

Monthly Current Affairs PDF for the Month March 2023 in English for UPSC, IAS, PCS, Civil Services, SSC CGL, CHSL, IBPS Banking and other Competitive Exams.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

GK Now Monthly Current Affairs (English) Edition : March 2023

Edition : March 2023
(1st to 28th February 2023)
Medium : English
PDF Pages : 133
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