Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 15 February to 22 February 2023

February Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 3

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National News

• 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
• Government launched ‘Khanan Prahari’ and Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System (CMSMS) to curb unauthorized mining
• Egyptian President presented Global Best M-GOV Awards on IIT Indore students
• PM Modi inaugurated national Aadi Mahotsa in New Delhi
• Health Ministry organised ‘Cycle for Health’ cyclathon at New Delhi
• India’s first electric AC double-decker bus 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 Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) Jointly Launch KAVACH-2023
• Gujarat CM launched sixth phase of Sujalam-Sufalam Jal Abhiyan
• First state-level ‘shrimp mela’ began in Punjab
• Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated SemiconIndia Conference 2023
• First G20 meeting of Finance Ministers to be held on 24 February
• Kerala CM inaugurated Biodiversity Congress
• LG Manoj Sinha inaugurated 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 ‘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

International News

• Bengaluru ranks as the 2nd slowest city to drive in the world; London at 1st place
• European Union formally bans gas, diesel car sales from 2035
• Jaishankar unveiled bust of Sardar Vallabhai Patel in Fiji’s capital Suva

Banking and Financial

• Paytm launched G20-theme QR Code to celebrate India’s G20 presidency
• WPI inflation eased to 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’

Appointment and Resignation

• Mohammad Shahabuddin elected as new President of Bangladesh
• Aniket Sunil Talati appointed as new President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
• Hyundai Motors India signs two more women cricketers, Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh Thakur as ambassadors
• Neil Mohan appointed as new CEO of YouTube
• Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar sworn in as Bihar Governor
• Lt Gen KT Parnaik takes oath as 20th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
• MV Suchindra Kumar to be new Vice Chief of Army
• P. Radhakrishnan sworn in as new governor of Jharkhand
• Ramesh Bais takes oath as Governor of Maharashtra
• Chetan Sharma steps down as Chief Selector of Indian cricket team
• VP Rajan Amba appointed as MD of Jaguar Land Rover India
• Ayushmann Khurrana named UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights
• BVR Subrahmanyam appointed new CEO of NITI Aayog

Awards

• 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

Defence

• The 6th edition of India-US exercise TARKASH’ concluded in Chennai
• India & Japan’s joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian’ begins

Sports

• 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, became the most expensive player in auction for the Women’s Premier League (WPL)
• Saurashtra beat Bengal to bag second Ranji Trophy title

Important day

• 13 February 2023 (Second Monday of February) – International Epilepsy Day
• 13 – 17 February 2023 – RBI’s Financial Literacy Week (Theme 2023 – “Good Financial Behaviour, Your Saviour”)
• 15 February – International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) (Theme 2023 — Better Survival)
• 19 February – World Whale Day
• 19th February – Soil Health Card Day
• 20 February – Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day

Obituary

• Noted painter Lalitha Lajmi passed away
• Actor Javed Khan Amrohi passed away

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