February Current Affairs – 2023

Banking and Financial

  • 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

Sports

  • 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

Awards

  • 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
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