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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15th FEBRUARY, 2023

Editor1 Apr 3 2023 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  15th FEBRUARY, 2023

  1. International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is annually observed across the globe on 15 February to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents who have the disease, the survivors, and their families. The theme for the three-year campaign is “Better Survival”.  
  2. Meta has announced its partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the G20 Stay Safe Online campaign.  
  3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off two new Vande Bharat Trains, Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Train and Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Train from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
  4. The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted that Asia will for the first time use half of the world’s electricity by 2025.  
  5. Jean-Eric Vergne of team DS Penske won the first-ever Formula E race held in Hyderabad on 11 February, 2023.  
  6. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore Students won AED 1 million by winning a gold medal at the World Government Summit in Dubai on 13 February, 2023.  
  7. GA Infra Pvt Ltd, a leading infrastructure company in India, has been awarded the contract for designing and constructing the country’s first National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre at the Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station in Delhi and it will be built on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.  
  8. A two day G-20 Empower inception meeting was held in Agra on 11 and 12 February, 2023.  
  9. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 10 February 2023, successfully launched the second edition of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
  10. Real Madrid lifted the Fifa Club World Cup for a record fifth time after beating Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal 5-3 in the final in Rabat, Morocco on 11 February, 2023.
  11. The government has said that it proposes to set up a Bima Sugam portal to address the existing protection gap across life, health and general insurance businesses in the country.
  12. On 13 February 2023, Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu, a former judge and freedom fighter, has been declared the next President of Bangladesh by Bangladesh’s Election Commission.
  13. The third dedicated branch for start-ups in the nation has been established by State Bank of India in Gurugram.
  14. Ramesh Bais was appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra after the resignation of Bhagat Singh Koshyari. 
  15. With a century in the first Test against Australia in Nagpur, Rohit Sharma became the first Indian captain to score hundreds in all formats.
  16. On 13 February 2023, noted painter and sister of late actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt, Lalitha Lajmi passed away at the age of 90.

 

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