Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 01 To 07 February 2023
Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 01 To 07 February 2023
Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 01 To 07 February 2023
Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 01st week of February
2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS, SBI and other competitive exams can
● The ICG Day or Indian Coast Guard Day is celebrated on 01st February every year.
● World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer
● International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation 2023 is observed on the 6th of February
2023
● The Union Ministry of Education released data from the All India Survey on Higher Education
(AISHE), 2020-2021, which showed a 7.5% increase in student enrolments across the country
● Total toll collection through FASTag on fee plazas, including state highway toll plazas, increased
● Chennai is all set to host the first G20 Education Working Group meeting on February 1 and 2
and as a precursor a seminar on the ‘Role of Digital Technology in Education’ - a unique initiative
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Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 01 to 07 February 2023
● The Union government choosing to confer Padma Shri on him in the art category is an honour to
the Etikoppaka wooden toy craft, and it will go a long way in promoting the art.
● The railways has received a record budgetary push of over Rs 2. 4 lakh crore to accelerate
projects like introducing hydrogen-powered wagons and trains, laying of additional tracks,
electrification of network, and revamping stations with better amenities for passengers
● Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman provided an outlay of ₹ 35,000 crore to achieve energy
transition and net zero objectives and listed green growth among seven priorities of the
government.
● Regional aerial connectivity will soon get a boost with the government going to revive old, unused
● The people have high expectations from the Rail Budget as the Union Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman will present her fifth Budget and the Centre is going to increase the Railway Budget
● Reinforcing its push towards green mobility, the government has nearly doubled its budgetary
allocation for the FAME (faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles) scheme to
● The Union Budget 2023-24 has increased the allocation for some key export-boosting schemes,
at a time when tepid external demand from developed economies are weighing on outbound
● The Cente has specified a higher minimum download speed of 2 Mbps (megabits per second).
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● The road transport ministry has asked states to register vehicles owned by people with disabilities
under the ownership category of “Divyangjan” and extend necessary tax benefits, instead of
insisting on only new and adapted vehicles for extending these benefits to them.
● Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a solar cooking system and garments made of recycled
plastic bottles, both developed by the Indian Oil Corporation's research lab, at the India Energy
● Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai opened the Neeli Jheel ecotourism site in the Asola Bhatti
● Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov & Foreign Minister of the State of Eritrea Osman Saleh
announced that the 15th BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is set to
● The first International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting of G-20 under the
● The first G20 Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG) meeting under India's presidency will be
● The 11th edition of the International Plastics Exhibition, conference and convention - PlastIndia
2023 will be held at the revamped Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from February 1 to 5, 2023.
● National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan formally launched the
United States (US)-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in Washington, US
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● The US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and India Electronics and Semiconductor
● The Ambassador of Spain to the country Jose Maria Ridao announced that India will be invited as
● First Jharkhand Migrant Survey (JMS), a key exercise to draft state-level policy has been
launched by Jharkhand for a better understanding of the migrant population, and their numbers.
● Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister (CM) Shri YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that
Visakhapatnam popularly known as Vizag will be the new capital of the AP at the International
● India's first green energy based solar panel factory will be built by Delhi-based Luminous Power
Technologies in Uttarakhand.
The Marathi patriotic and iconic song - ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra Maza, Garja Maharashtra Maza’ -
has been designated as the ‘state song’ and would be played at all official functions and
ceremonial events.
The Tamil Nadu (TN) government has proposed to construct a museum for the late Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, in addition to the
Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal has inaugurated a “super site” and a mobile van which
The Haryana state vigilance bureau has been renamed as Anti-Corruption Bureau.
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Chennai,Tamil Nadu (TN) is all set to host the first G20 (Group of Twenty) Education Working
Group (EWG) meeting held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Research Park.
Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Yogi Adityanath has launched the 'Aarohini Initiative
Training Programme' for the safety and security of girls in all 746 Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Uttarakhand, Asia’s second and country’s first cable suspension bridge “Bajrang Setu” is being
constructed at Rishikesh.
A proposal was made at the District Panchayat Board meeting in Etawah to change the name of
Etawah district to Mulayam Nagar in the memory of the Samajwadi Party (SP) founder and former
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Manish Sisodia launched the WhatsApp chatbot named Bal
Mitra developed by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).
The 4-day Jaisalmer ‘Desert Festival’, locally called Maru Mahotsav’, is celebrated in Rajasthan
One of India's leading unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) training and manufacturing groups, Delhi-
based Drone Destination (DD) Private Limited, has signed a memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna to open Bihar’s first government-
India is no longer among the top-five nations in terms of market capitalisation (m-cap) as the close to
$70 billion rout in Adani Group stocks has seen the domestic market slip to sixth position in the world
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The GST collection in January surged to over ₹ 1.55 lakh crore, the second highest-ever mop-up, the
finance ministry.
The Economic Survey projected the Indian economy to slow to a three-year low of 6.5% in FY24,
slowing from the estimated 7% growth for the current year due to global economic uncertainty
impacting exports.
In the current fiscal year the exports of Indian leather and footwear sector is expected to touch USD
Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL), the FMCG arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance
Retail Ventures (RRVL), has entered into a strategic partnership with Sri Lanka-headquartered
The business trusts including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment
income distribution to unitholders as the Union Budget for 2023-24 has proposed to tax such
The country's sugar production rose 3.42 per cent to 19.35 million tonnes in the first four months of
the ongoing marketing year ending September, on rise in output in key producing states, industry
body ISMA
The Commerce and Industry Ministry is working on implementing the new Foreign Trade Policy
(FTP) on April 1, 2023, with officials giving the draft a final go-through, but a decision on its duration
is yet to be taken
The US has emerged as India's top destination for merchandise exports during April-December this
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Maharashtra has so far seen the highest number of electric vehicle (EV) sales in the country under
the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme.
● The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 9,718 crore through its
second infrastructure bond issuance at a coupon rate of 7.70% per annum for the 15-year money.
● The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele launched a domestic card scheme
AfriGo to boost the cashless economy & rival foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa.
● RenewBuy has launched its first line of customised health insurance products, the RenewBuy
Health Wellness plan with a focus on the large uninsured segment beyond the tier 1 markets.
● According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Indian economy is expected to grow by
● Infibeam Avenues’s flagship payments brand - CCAvenue, has become the first payment
gateway player to process Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee transactions
● Canara HSBC Life Insurance has launched “Wealth Edge”, a Unit-Linked Individual Savings
● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has partially relaxed the restrictions it had imposed on SBM
Bank (India) Ltd to stop all transactions under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS).
● As per Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) index that measures the adoption of online transactions,
Digital payments across the country registered a growth of 24.13% in a year through September
2022.
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● Australia plans to drop the head of the British royal family from its five-dollar ($5 banknote in
favour of a design that honours the culture of the country’s Indigenous people.
● New India Assurance (NIA) has launched a ‘Pay as You Drive’ (PAYD) policy, which offers a
comprehensive motor insurance policy that charges a premium based on the usage of the
vehicle.
● One of India’s premier public sector banks, Bank of Baroda (BoB), announced the establishment
● Edelweiss Mutual Fund has launched India’s first open-ended passive short-duration index
scheme, called Edelweiss CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Short Duration Index Fund.
● Reliance Retail has become the first Indian retailer to introduce Central Bank Digital Currency
● According to the data by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Unified
Payments Interface (UPI)-based transactions hit 8.03 billion in January 2023 a substantial
● The 49th meeting of the Goods & Service Tax (GST) Council is scheduled to be held in New
● The National Bank for Agriculture and rural development (NABARD) has estimated a credit
potential of Rs 34082 crore under the priority sector for the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and
● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹39.50 lahks on North East
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● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30.00 lakh on the Bank of
Baroda (BoB) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Reserve Bank of India – (Know
Your Customer (KYC)) Direction, 2016’ and Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits)
Directions, 2016.
● Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) strengthened the framework for
green bonds by introducing the concept of 'blue' and 'yellow' bonds as new modes of sustainable
finance.
● As on 31st December 2022, under the Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups, Rs. 7,980 crore
● Money management platform Fi Money has launched its lending services to offer users instant
● RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RailTel), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of
Railways, has received a Work Order from the State Bank of India (SBI) for providing 4G LTE
(Long Term Evolution) connectivity to 15,000 offsite Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) spread
across India.
● Country's largest public lender State Bank of India (SBI) has given loans of as much as Rs
● Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced the launch of its modular health insurance product
● The board of IDFC Limited gave its in-principle approval to infuse ₹2,200 crore into IDFC First
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● The Union government choosing to confer Padma Shri on him in the art category is an honour to
the Etikoppaka wooden toy craft, and it will go a long way in promoting the art, says C.V. Raju.
● The Hindu Group has bagged four awards at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media South Asia Awards
● The Washington State Democrats have elected Indian-American political consultant Ms Shasti
Conrad as the new chair of the Washington State Democrats at its Reorganisation Meeting and
● Morgan Stanley has named Mr Arun Kohli as its new country head for India & he will be replacing
● Consumer goods giant Unilever appointed Mr Hein Schumacher as its new chief executive officer
● Air Marshal A P Singh has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
● Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has taken over the chairmanship of Supreme
Audit Institutions 20 (SAI20) with India assuming the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022.
● The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Mr V. Ramachandra as a member of the
Advisory Committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd. (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd.
(SEFL)
● The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recommended Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi
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● Equatorial Guinea’s President Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema appointed Ms Manuela Roka Botey,
Bengaluru topped the startup funding chart in India with $10.8 billion in 2022, followed by Mumbai
The Indian Army's 'Exercise Topchi', annual firepower demonstration and training
exercise of the Regiment of Artillery was conducted by the School of Artillery at Devlali
The Indian military concluded exercise Trishakti Prahar - 10-day joint training exercise in the
● For the first time in the history of India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to
launch a scientific mission to study the sun - Aditya-L1 mission in June or July, 2023.
● Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), a Bengaluru, Karnataka lab of the
The Adani Group acquired the strategic Israeli port of Haifa for USD 1.2 billion and will beautify
the Mediterranean city’s skyline as part of its decision to invest more in the Jewish nation,
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IndusInd International Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of the Hinduja Group has received a go-
ahead from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase its stake in IndusInd Bank Limited to 26%
● Germany beat Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023
● India's tennis ace Sania Mirza signed off her career with six Grand Slam titles after failing to win
the Australian Open mixed doubles trophy with compatriot Rohan Bopanna at the Rod Laver Arna
in Melbourne.
● In an all-Indonesian final, he defeated Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-15, 21-13 in 44 minutes for
his maiden BWF Badminton Tour title on home soil inside Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Sports
Palace.
● Australia's Usman Khawaja bagged the inaugural Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year
● The champions of the RuPay Prime Volleyball league will compete in the Club World
Championship in 2023 and 2024 against some of the top teams from countries like Italy, Brazil
and Iran.
Former Union Law Minister and veteran lawyer Shanti Bhushan who was a strong voice against
corruption and a defender of civil liberties passed away at the age of 97.
Veteran film director and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner Kasinathuni Vishwanath passed away
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Former Indian National Team footballer Parimal Dey passed away at the age of 81.
A legendary playback singer & Padma Bhushan awardee Vani Jairam passed away at the age of
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