CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 24th FEBRUARY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  24^th FEBRUARY, 2023

1. Every year on 24 February, Central Excise Day is observed to recognise and honour the efforts and contributions made by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) towards the development of India. The day also marks anniversary of the enactment of the Central Excise and Salt Act on 24 February, 1944.
2. On 21 February, also known as International Mother Language Day, the Kerala High Court published two of its most recent decisions in Malayalam, making it the first high court in the nation to do so.
3. The first PM Gati Shakti Workshop for Western and Central Zone held in Goa on 20 February, 2023.
4. Power Minister RK Singh launched South Asia Distribution Utility Network (SADUN) which aims to modernise distribution of utilities in South Asia via knowledge sharing among discoms.
5. India will host the Permanent Mission Roundtables at United Nations Headquarter as Chair of G-20.
6. The Australian Government on 21 February, 2023 launched the inaugural Maitri Cultural Partnerships to help its creative sector work with India’s cultural industries.
7. Agricultural and Process Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) participated in the 28^th edition of Gulfood 2023 which was held in UAE from 20-24 February, 2023.
8. Governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal launched India’s first AI Chatbot for the Agricultural sector ‘Ama KrushAI’ at the valedictory session of ‘Krushi Odisha 2023’.
9. BJP national President J.P. Nadda has launched a book ‘Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux’ in Chanakyapuri. 
10. Rajesh Rai has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI Ltd), a PSU under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
11. Gulab Chand Kataria has taken oath as the Governor of Assam on 22 February, 2023.
12. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a Learning-Teaching Material ‘Jaadui Pitara’ for foundational years of children under the National Curriculum Framework for foundational stage-2022 in New Delhi on 20 February, 2023.
13. Rudrankksh Patil won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle competition of the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Cairo, Egypt on 21 February, 2023.
14. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan as the coordinator of the ‘Scaling Up Nutrition Movement’.
15. Scientists at the ICAR’s Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed a wheat variety which can beat the heat.
16. TCA Ramanujam, a retired chief commissioner of income taxes, lawyer, expert in Sanskrit, and BusinessLine columnist, passed away at the age of 88.