CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3rd FEBRUARY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3^rd FEBRUARY, 2023

1. World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event observed during the first week of February (1-7), after United Nations General Assembly designation in 2010.
2. The Science-20 (S20) Inception Meeting was held on 30 January, 2023 at Puducherry.
3. Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) scheme was announced in the budget on 1 February, 2023.
4. The Government of India has Launched U-WIN, a platform to digitize India’s Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in a pilot mode in two districts from each State and Union Territory.
5. CCAvenue, the premier payments brand of Infibeam Avenues Limited (IAL), has emerged as India’s first payment gateway player to process Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee (e-rupee) transactions for online retail merchants.
6. President of India, Droupadi Murmu conferred Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for 2023 to 11 children for their exceptional achievement at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
7. The National Cadet Corps (NCC) contingent from Maharashtra won the Prime Minister’s Banner at the Republic Day Camp 2023.
8. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Naval Group France have signed an agreement that would greatly improve the endurance of the Indian Navy’s Scorpene-class conventional submarine.
9. First Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting under India’s G20 Presidency began on 2 February, 2023.
10. Nagaland Government and Patanjali Foods Limited have signed an MoU for development and area expansion under palm oil cultivation and processing.
11. On 27 January, 2023 the ‘New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Act, 2022’ came into force that will rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre to the India International Arbitration Centre.
12. In Jammu and Kashmir, Major General Girish Kalia on 1 February, 2023 took over the charge as General Officer Commanding of the elite Vajr Division from Major General Abhijit S Pendharkar.
13. Puma India, one of the largest sportswear brand, has roped in Indian Women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur as its brand ambassador.
14. Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani overtook industrialist Gautam Adani to become the richest Indian in the world according to the Forbes Real-time Billionaires list.
15. On 29 January 2023, Indian Army’s ‘Exercise Topchi 2023’, the annual firepower demonstration and training exercise was conducted by the School of Artillery at the Devlali field firing ranges, in Nashik, Maharashtra.
16. Dutch player Anish Giri, five times the runner-up in Wijk aan Zee, has won the 85th edition of Tata Steel Chess 2023.