CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9th FEBRUARY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9^th FEBRUARY, 2023

1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed an MoU on 6 February 2023, with Digital Green under a public-private partnership framework to build a national-level digital extension platform.
2. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav on 4 February 2023, launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ in the presence of Chief Minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant.
3. Managing Director and CEO, Manappuram Finance Ltd, VP Nandakumar has bagged the Hurun India’s award for his remarkable achievements in the world of business.
4. Author Rakhi Kapoor has been awarded the Golden Book Awards 2023 for her book ‘Now You Breathe’ on 6 February, 2023.
5. Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya jointly inaugurated the Integrative Medicine Centre at Safdarjung Hospital on 7 February, 2023.
6. Indian-American student at Harvard Law School, Apsara Iyer has been elected President of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
7. PhonePe announced the debut of a service that will enable its Indian users who are travelling overseas to pay foreign businesses using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
8. The Union Government notified the appointment of five new judges to the Supreme Court. With their appointments, the number of judges in the Supreme Court will rise to 32.
9. The Indian Navy’s light combat aircraft (LCA) and MiG-29K aircraft have successfully conducted maiden landing and take-off operations aboard indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) INS Vikrant on 6 February, 2023.
10. Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, is set to become the world’s first “living heritage university”, according to UNESCO.
11. Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Kamran Akmal has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket.
12. The Ministry of Defence on 8 February 2023, signed a contract with Larsen and Toubro for the procurement of 41 indigenous modular bridges for the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army.
13. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the 36^th Surajkund International Crafts Mela at Faridabad, Haryana.
14. The Governments of Russia and Myanmar signed an agreement for developing cooperation in the field of using nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes.
15. With his 36^th point against the Oklahoma City Thunder on 7 February 2023, LeBron James became the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer.
16. On 8 February 2023, Italian Alpine Ski Racer Elena Fanchini, who represented Italy at 3 Winter Olympics (2006, 2010 and 2014), and six times world champion passed away in Brescia, Italy at the age of 37.