February Current Affairs - 2023

The UK surpassed India as the world’s sixth-biggest equity market
Saraswat Bank partnered with Tagit to deploy omnichannel banking
Paytm launched G20-theme QR Code to celebrate India’s G20 presidency
WPI inflation eased to a 24-month low of 4.73% in Jan 2023
HDFC Bank launched a pilot project for offline digital payments
Bank of Maharashtra launched its own private cloud platform
ICICI Bank signed MoU with BNP Paribas for providing financial service
Paytm Payments Bank becomes first to launch UPI LITE feature
49th meeting of GST Council held in New Delhi
Karnataka Bank awarded ‘Prathista Puraskar’ under Digidhan Awards 2022
RBI announced 2nd global hackathon ‘HARBINGER 2023’
Airtel Payments Bank launched BizKhata for Small Businesses & Merchant

Airtel Payments Bank launched BizKhata for Small Businesses & Merchant
Ujjivan SFB launched an app for digitally challenged
MobiKwik becomes India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI
South Indian Bank launched a wealth management platform
SBI opens 3rd specialized Startup branch in Gurugram
Ujjivan SFB launched an app for digitally challenged
MobiKwik becomes India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI
South Indian Bank launched a wealth management platform
SBI opens 3rd specialized Startup branch in Gurugram
IMF expects Indian economic growth to slow down to 6.1% in 2023
GST collection at Rs 1.55 Lakh Crore in January 2023
New India Assurance (NIA) launched a ‘Pay As You Drive’ vehicle insurance policy
HDFC Bank partnered with NIIT for building a pipeline of High-Quality

Murali Vijay announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket
Chahal becomes the highest wicket-taker for team India in T20I history
Usman Khawaja won the Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year award
Dutch player Anish Giri won Tata Steel Masters 2023
Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the ITF men’s tournament in Kuwait
Sai Sanjay won the Indian National Car Racing Championship 2023
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat won a bronze medal at Zagreb Open 2023
Kerala won the first National Beach Soccer Championship 2023
Joginder Sharma announced his retirement from all forms of cricket
Saudi Arabia to Host Football Asian Cup 2027
Raphael Varane announced his retirement from international football

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) won the title of National Ice Hockey Championship 2023
Australia’s Aaron Finch announced their retirement from International Cricket
Women’s Premier League to be held in Mumbai
Aditi Ashok won Kenya Ladies Open title in 2023
Kamran Akmal announced their retirement from all forms of cricket
Anurag Thakur flagged off Formula E-Championship in Hyderabad
Ashwin becomes the fastest Indian to pick up 450 Test wickets
Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian captain to score a ton across all formats
5th Khelo India Youth Games concluded in Bhopal
Jean-Eric Vergne won an action-packed Formula E in Hyderabad

Real Madrid defeated Al Hilal to win record fifth Club World Cup title
Eoin Morgan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket
Shubman Gill named ICC Players of the Month for January 2023
Smriti Mandhana created history and became the most expensive player in an auction for the Women’s Premier League (WPL)
Saurashtra beat Bengal to bag second Ranji Trophy title
Rudrankksh Patil won gold in 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup 2023
Carlos Alcaraz won Argentina Open title 2023
Anurag Thakur inaugurated the All-India Taekwondo Championship in Delhi
Aishwarya won gold in men’s individual 50m rifle 3 positions event
Spain’s Sergio Ramos announced their international football retirement
Australia beat South Africa to lift ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Trophy 2023
Manchester United won the Carabao Cup title in 2023
Madhya Pradesh women’s team won its maiden national hockey title in 2023

Odisha’s VK Pandian honoured with FIH President’s Award 2023
Former PM Manmohan Singh conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in the UK
The 65th Grammy Awards Announced
Peggy Mohan won the ‘Mathrubhumi Book of The Year award 2023
Rakhi Kapoor was awarded Golden Book Awards 2023 for ‘NowYou Breathe’
VP Nandakumar, Manappuram Finance gets Hurun India award 2023
Appasaheb Dharmadhikari honoured with the Maharashtra Bhushan award
Journalist A.B.K. Prasad selected for Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award
Angela Merkel awarded UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast
Subhash Chandran won Kerala’s Akbar Kakkattil award for ‘Samudrasila’
Haryana Police received Prestigious President’s Colour Award
Kollam district won Swaraj Trophy for Best District Panchayat
Karthik Subramaniam won National Geographic’s ‘pictures of the year’
Poet V Madhusoodanan Nair received Jnanappana Award 2023
Austin Butler won the Best Actor award at the 76th BAFTA Awards
Prem Kumar Mallick received the Sangeet natak Akademi Award 2019
J&K won the best adventure tourism destination award
MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan won Marconi Prize in 2023
Sajjan Jindal honoured with Entrepreneur of the Year 2022

February Current Affairs – 2023