National Current Affairs – February 2023

  • Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxi services banned in Delhi
  • India and Singapore launched a joint digital payment mechanism
  • Delhi Metro launched the first-ever Train Control & Supervision System
  • Dharmendra Pradhan launched the learning-teaching material ‘Jaadui Pitara’ for kids in New Delhi
  • Pashupati Kumar Paras inaugurated India Pavillion in Dubai
  • Railways to launch Guru Kirpa Yatra with Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train
  • Nitin Gadkari lays the foundation stone of the world’s largest and unique Divyang Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra
  • Taj Mahotsav starts in Agra of Uttar Pradesh
  • 18th UIC World Security Congress organized by Railway Protection Force
  • PM Narendra Modi chaired the 41st edition Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) Interaction meeting
  • Mumbai’s Churchgate station to be renamed after first RBI Governor CD Deshmukh
  • India & Sri Lanka hold 7th annual defence dialogue
  • PM Modi inaugurated the ‘Barisu Kannada Dim Dimava’ festival
  • Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated National Horticulture Fair in Bengaluru
  • The Maharaja Sayajirao University to host Youth 20 India Summit
  • IRCTC to operate Baba Saheb Ambedkar Yatra tour package in April 2023
  • Auckland University signed MoU with Tata Memorial Hospital for cancer care
  • PM Modi praised the Healthy Baby show campaign being organized across the Secunderabad Parliament Constituency
  • Gujarat Assembly passed a bill to stop paper leaks in recruitment exams
  • Amit Shah addressed ‘Kol Janjati Mahakumbh’ at Satna, Madhya Pradesh
  • Om Birla inaugurated the 19th Annual Zone III Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in Sikkim
  • World Book Fair 2023 begins in New Delhi
  • Uniongovernment approved therenaming of Aurangabad as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ & Osmanabad as Dharashiv
  • The 14th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav begins in Bikaner
  • Chatrapati Sambhajinagar hosts Women20 Inception Meeting
  • Jitendra Singh inaugurated the ‘International Biotech Conclave’
  • Ministry of Ayush organized its first ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Assam
  • Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Rs 3670 cr Highways projects in Maharashtra
  • Assam CM inaugurated North East’s 1st compressed biogas plant’
  • Ellora Ajanta International Festival begins in Aurangabad
  • PM Modi inaugurated Shivamogga airport in Karnataka
  • The Kerala government signed MoU with UN Women to boost women-friendly activities in tourism
  • Karnataka plans the country’s first marina at Byndoor
  • Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 7 National Highway projects in Uttar Pradesh
  • Kerala becomes the first state to use robotic scavengers to clean manholes
  • India’s 1st National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre to be built in Delhi
  • Four pilgrim centres in Karnataka selected under Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme
  • PM Modi inaugurated Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru
  • Ladakh to host India’s first frozen-lake marathon at Pangong Tso
  • First Meeting of the Agriculture Working Group held in Indore
  • The government launched ‘Khanan Prahari’ and Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System (CMSMS) to curb unauthorized mining
  • Egyptian President presented Global Best M-GOV Awards to IIT Indore students
  • PM Modi inaugurated the national Aadi Mahotsa in New Delhi
  • Health Ministry organised ‘Cycle for Health’ cyclotron at New Delhi
  • India’s first electric AC double-decker bus was inaugurated in Mumbai
  • India signed MoU with South Africa for cooperation in the Disability Sector
  • G20 culture working group meeting to be held in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
  • India’s industrial production index grows 4.3% in December 2022
  • Andhra Pradesh CM inaugurated tourist police stations at 20 centres
  • Air India signed 470 aircraft deal with Airbus, Boeing
  • Two-day Global Tech Summit held in Visakhapatnam
  • Twelve cheetahs brought from South Africa to Kuno National Park
  • India’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant to be set up in Pune
  • PM virtually inaugurated Jal Jan Abhiyan in Rajasthan
  • Divya Kala Mela 2023 is being organized in Mumbai
  • All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) Jointly Launch KAVACH-2023
  • Gujarat CM launched the sixth phase of Sujalam-Sufalam Jal Abhiyan
  • The first state-level ‘shrimp mela’ began in Punjab
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated SemiconIndia Conference 2023
  • The First G20 meeting of Finance Ministers to be held on 24 February
  • Kerala CM inaugurated Biodiversity Congress
  • LG Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 33rd Police-Public Mela in Jammu
  • UAE and India launch the UAE Chapter of the Business Council
  • North India’s first nuclear power plant to be set up in Gorakhpur, Haryana
  • MEA launched the ‘mPassport Police App’ to expedite police verification
  • Parshottam Rupala launched Sagar Parikrama Phase-III from Hazira Port
  • First PMGati Shakti Workshop for Western & Central Zone held in Goa
  • India’s first new mobility focussed cluster Telangana Mobility Valley’ (TMV) in Telangana
  • Ministry of Education launched the “Yuva Sangam Portal”
  • Kala Ghoda Arts Festival begins in Mumbai
  • Union government extends Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban scheme up to 2024
  • IIT Madras signed MoU with ISRO to develop an astronaut training module
  • Reliance unveils India’s 1st hydrogen combustion engine for heavy duty
  • Bangladesh will receive electricity from the power plant in Jharkhand
  • National School of Drama to organize the 22nd edition of the Bharat Rang Mahotsav
  • Visva-Bharati to be the world’s first Living Heritage University
  • Agriculture Ministry signed MoU with Digital Green to develop a national-level digital extension platform
  • India ranks first with a 24 percent contribution to global milk production
  • Karnataka CM launched 108 Namma Clinics in Bengaluru
  • UP Government launched the ‘Family ID’ portal
  • First G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting begins in Bengaluru
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw launched ‘Digital Payments Utsav’ in New Delhi
  • 68th India International Garment Fair inaugurated in Greater Noida
  • PM Modi inaugurated Arabic Academy in Mumbai
  • India received $89,127 million, highest ever remittances in 2021-22
  • Himachal Pradesh CM laid the foundation of ‘Himachal Niketan’ in Delhi
  • ADB approved $130 million loan to promote horticulture in Himachal Pradesh
  • 11th India-Mongolia Joint Working Group Meeting Held in New Delhi
  • Inception Meeting of G-20 empower a group of Women & Child Development Ministry begins in Agra
  • 12th World Hindi Conference to be held in Fiji
  • ‘Operation Dost’ was launched by India to help Turkey and Syria
  • Meta Launched the #DigitalSuraksha campaign in partnership with MeitY
  • PM Narendra Modi flagged off 2 Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai
  • Ministry of Culture organized Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2023
  • Alkesh Kumar inaugurated the first International Conference on Digital Skilling
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated AMRPTEX 2023 in Delhi
  • Strict Anti-Copying Law comes into force in Uttarakhand
  • First National Lok Adalat of 2023 held in Jammu & Kashmir
  • Digital economy working group meeting of G20 held in Lucknow
  • DHARA (Driving Holistic Action for Urban Rivers) Annual Meeting of Members of The River Cities Alliance to be held in Pune
  • President Murmu inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress in Cuttack, Odisha
  • Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) signed MoU with National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) for setting up of digital forensic library
  • PM Modi inaugurated Dayanand Saraswati’s 200th birth anniversary event
  • India jumped to 55th place in ICAO Aviation Safety Oversight Ranking
  • ASEAN Digital Ministers meeting approved India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2023
  • PM Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
  • Tamil Nadu to host the first G20 Education Working Group meet
  • Bengaluru to host first G20 Energy Transition Working Group meeting
  • President Murmu addressed the 31st Foundation Day of the National Commission for Women (NCW) in New Delhi on 31 January 2023
  • Goa government launched ‘the Vision for All School Eye Health’ program
  • Assam cabinet approved floriculture mission
  • Visakhapatnam will be the new Andhra Pradesh capital
  • G20 Science 20 Inception Meeting held in Puducherry
  • Ministry of Defense becomes the largest buyer of MSME goods in 2022
  • West Bengal CM inaugurated the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair
  • Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated IndiaOne Air’s regional connectivity scheme
  • Madhya Pradesh government launched the ‘Laadli Bahna’ scheme
  • Samatha Kumbh begins at Muchintal, Telangana
  • Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the National Summit on Quality of Biologicals
  • MeitY Secretary inaugurated G20 Cyber Security Exercise and Drill
  • G Kishan Reddy launched Visit India Year 2023 initiative
  • PM participated in Krishnaguru EknaamAkhanda Kirtan for World Peace
  • Reliance announced a partnership with Sri Lanka’s Maliban Biscuits
  • The Nagaland government partnered with Patanjali Foods for palm oil cultivation
  • Adani Group acquired Haifa port for $1.2 billion
  • US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies launched
  • First tourism working group meeting to be held in Gujarat
  • Madhya Pradesh renames Bhopal’s Islam Nagar as Jagdishpur
  • India welcomes Congo into International Solar Alliance
  • Cooperation Ministry signs MoU to enable Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
  • Anurag Singh Thakur launched the mascot and theme song for 3rd edition of the Khelo India Winter Games
  • The government approved the conversion of Rs 16,133 crore interest dues of Vodafone Idea into equity
  • The 96th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan begins in Maharashtra
  • Azad Engineering is India’s 1st supplier of parts for nuclear turbine
  • India hosts global energy meet in Bengaluru
  • Yaya Tso to become Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site
  • Delhi child rights body launched WhatsApp chatbot service ‘Bal Mitra’
  • Vice-President inaugurated 36th Surajkund handicrafts mela at Faridabad, Haryana
  • Government extends PM-KUSUM scheme till March 2026
  • Bhupender Yadav launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ for conservation
  • Kerala to set up green hydrogen hubs over the next 2 years
  • NTPC hosts an international seminar on ‘Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
  • 15th Standing Committee of Central Zonal Council meeting held in Dehradun
  • UP CM inaugurated the first VFS Global Joint Visa Application Centre
  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to host 6th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Supreme Audit Institutions Leaders’ Meet in Lucknow
  • Mansukh Mandaviya chaired CEO Conclave at PLASTINDIA 2023
  • India provided 50 buses to Sri Lanka under the economic assistance scheme
  • PM Modi inaugurated the helicopter manufacturing plant of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
  • Indian Railways introduces Garvi Gujarat tour
  • Amit Shah laid the foundation of the Nano Urea Plant in Jharkhand

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