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 1 Miscellaneous
1. Republic Day Parade Winners
❖ Best Tableau: Tableau of Uttarakhand featuring 'Manaskhand'
❖ Best Tableau by Online Poll: Tableau of Gujarat feat. Clean-Green energy
❖ Best Marching Contingent: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Tableau of Uttarakhand Tableau of Gujarat

2. Visakhapatnam will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh replacing

Amravati.
3. Geological Survey of India has discovered lithium resources for the 1st
time in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
4. Australian government is adopting Punjabi as the newest language.
5. Philips Domestic Appliances, headquartered in the Netherlands, has been
renamed as “Versuni”.
6. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released 12
Cheetahs (7 males and 5 females) into the Kuno National Park on February
18, 2023 from South Africa. Now, the total number of Cheetahs in India
has increased to 20.
7. Kerala became the 1st State in India to use robotics
scavenger “Bandicoot” to clean manholes and
drainage.
8. Kerala High Court became the 1st High Court in
India to publish its judgments in the regional
Bandicoot
language.

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 2 New Appointments
INTERNATIONAL
Name Post
India Theme country of Madrid International Book Fair, 2025
Manuela Roka Botey 1st Woman Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Mohammad President of Bangladesh
Shahabuddin Chuppu
Neal Mohan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube
[Succeeding Susan Wojcicki]

Ayushmann Khurrana National Ambassador of United Nations Children’s Fund

(UNICEF)
Girish Chandra Murmu External Auditor of International Labour Organisation
[Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) of India]

Highlighted Persons

Mohammad Neal Mohan

Manuela Roka Botey
Shahabuddin Chuppu

Ayushmann Khurrana G C Murmu

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 2 New Appointments
NATIONAL
Name Post
Harmanpreet Kaur Brand Ambassador of Puma India
K Satyanarayana Raju Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Canara Bank
Ranbir Kapoor Brand Ambassador of Myntra
Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi Drugs Controller General of India [DCGI]
Sujoy Lal Thaosen Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)
[Director General of Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF)
BVR Subrahmanyam Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog
[Succeeding Parameswaran Iyer]

Highlighted Persons

Harmanpreet Kaur K Satyanarayana Raju Ranbir Kapoor

Rajeev Singh Sujoy Lal Thaosen BVR Subrahmanyam

Raghuvanshi

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 2 New Appointments
Name Post
New Governors of 12 states and a Union Territory
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Lakshman Prasad Acharya Governor of Sikkim
C P Radhakrishnan Governor of Jharkhand
Shiv Pratap Shukla Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Gulab Chand Kataria Governor of Assam
Syed Abdul Nazeer Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Governor of Chhattisgarh
Sushri Anusuiya Uikye Governor of Manipur
La Ganesan Governor of Nagaland
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Governor of Bihar
Phagu Chauhan Governor of Meghalaya
Brigadier B D Mishra Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
Ramesh Bais Governor of Maharashtra

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 3 Awards and Honours
INTERNATIONAL

1. Lifetime Achievement Honour at 2023 India-

United Kingdom Achievers Honours
Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India was
honoured with this award at the 2023 edition of the
prestigious India-United Kingdom (UK) Achievers Honours.

2. UNESCO Peace Prize 2022

Angela Merkel, former Chancellor of Germany, received the
UNESCO Peace Prize 2022.

3. 65th Grammy Awards 2023

Category Winner
Record of the Lizzo for ‘About Damn Time’
Year
Album of the Harry Styles for ‘Harry’s House'
Year
Song of the Year ‘Just Like That’ by Bonnie Raitt
Beyoncé became the artist with the most Grammy wins
ever with 32 total Grammys.
Ricky Kej, an Indian music composer form Bengaluru,
Karnataka, won his 3rd Grammy under the Best
Immersive Audio Album category for the album ‘Divine
Tides’
Highlighted Winners

Lizzo Harry Styles Beyoncé Ricky Kej

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 3 Awards and Honours
4. UNESCO International Mother Language Prize 2023
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Mishra, an outstanding linguist from
Odisha, is to receive UNESCO’s International Mother Language
Prize 2023 in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the
promotion of the mother language in India.

5. 76th BAFTA [British Academy of Film and Television Arts] Awards 2023
Category Winner
Best Film 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
Best Actress Cate Blanchett for ‘Tar'
Best Actor Austin Butler for 'Elvis'
Best Director Edward Berger for ‘All Quiet on the
Western Front'
Highlighted Winners

'All Quiet on the Cate Blanchett Austin Butler Edward Berger

Western Front'

6. FIFA Player of The Year 2022

Category Winner
FIFA Men's Player Of Lionel Messi
The Year (Argentina)
FIFA Women's Player Of Alexia Putellas (Spain)
The Year

Lionel Messi Alexia Putellas

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 3 Awards and Honours
NATIONAL
1. President’s Colour 2023
Union Home minister Amit Shah presented President’s Colour to Haryana
Police in recognition of the Haryana Police’s exceptional service.
2. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023
Category Winner
Best Film ‘The Kashmir Files’
Film of The Year ‘RRR’
Best Director R Balki for ‘Chup: Revenge of The Artist’
Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Brahmastra: Part 1’
Best Actress Alia Bhatt for ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’
Critics Best Actor Varun Dhawan for ‘Bhediya’
Critics Best Actress Vidya Balan for ‘Jalsa’
Most Promising Actor Rishab Shetty for ‘Kantara’
Rekha Outstanding Contribution In The Film Industry
Best Web Series ‘Rudra: The Edge of Darkness’
Highlighted Winners

The Kashmir Files Ranbir Kapoor Alia Bhatt R Balki

Rekha Rishab Shetty

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 4 Sports
1. Shubman Gill became the fastest Indian to
complete 1000 runs in ODIs in 19 innings, surpassing
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.

2. Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup 2022 for
the 5th time in Morocco.

3. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the inaugural

edition of SA20 League 2023.

4. Two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne

(France) won the first ever Formula E race in India – 2023,
held in Hyderabad, Telangana.
5. Medal Tally Toppers
Tournament Host Topper
Khelo India Winter Games 2023 Gulmarg, Jammu and Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir
Khelo India Youth Games 2023 Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra

6. Indian Woman cricketer Deepti Sharma becomes

the 1st Indian to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket.

7. Smriti Mandhana become the highest buy of the

first-ever Women’s Premier League auction with Rs
3.4 crore.
8. Cape Verde became the 1st country to name a national stadium after Pele.
9. Saurashtra won their 2nd Ranji Trophy 2022-
2023 defeating Bengal by 9 wickets in Eden
Gardens in Kolkata.

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 4 10. Indian Chess Player N.R. Vignesh (25-year-
old), from Tamil Nadu became India’s 80th
Grandmaster.

11. ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023

❖ Host: South Africa
❖ Champions: Australia (6th title)
❖ Runners-up: South Africa
❖ Player of the tournament: Ashleigh Gardner
[Australia]
❖ Australian captain Meg Lanning became the
only cricket captain to win five ICC titles,
surpassing Ricky Ponting.
12. Rohit Sharma becomes 1st Indian Captain to score
Hundreds in All Three Formats.

5 Important Days With Theme

Date Important Day Theme
February 2 World Wetlands Day “Wetland Restoration”
February 4 World Cancer Day “Close the care gap”
February 10 World Pulses Day “Pulses for a sustainable future”

February 11 World Unani Day “Unani Medicine for Public Health”

February 13 World Radio Day “Radio and Peace”
February 21 International Mother “Multilingual education – a necessity to
Language Day transform education”.
February 27 National Protein Day “Easy Access to Protein for All”

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 65 Obituaries
1. Parimal Dey
Former Indian footballer Parimal Dey, fondly known as
“Jangla-da” passed away at the age of 81. He was
conferred with the “Banga Bhushan” in 2019.

2. K Viswanath
Padma Shri and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, Kasinadhuni
Vishwanath (K Viswanath), a renowned Telugu filmmaker and
actor, passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana. He was popularly
known as ‘Kalatapasvi’.
3. Pervez Musharraf
Former President of Pakistan (2001-2008) Pervez
Musharraf passed away at the age of 79 in Dubai, UAE. He
was known as the architect of the 1999 conflict in Kargil.
His autobiography - “In the Life of Fire: A Memoir”.

7 Apps and Portals

Apps/Portals Launched By Significance
“Khanan Prahari” Government of For reporting unauthorised coal mining activities
India
[App]
“Aadhaar Mitra” Unique To help people get answers to their queries related
Identification to the Aadhaar card.
[Chatbot]
Authority of
India (UIDAI)
“Apan Bangla” Government of For non-resident Bengalis to communicate with the
[Portal] West Bengal West Bengal government during emergency.

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 8 Summit And Conference
Summit/Conference Venue/Host
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Mumbai, Maharashtra
(SCO) Film Festival 2023
th
12 World Hindi Conference, 2023 Fiji
[Theme: “Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to
Artificial Intelligence”]
14th Aero India 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka

[Asia’s biggest aero show]

18th UIC World Security Congress 2023 Jaipur, Rajasthan

Inaugural I2U2 Business Forum 2023 Abu Dhabi, UAE

9 Space And Scientific Research

1. The Central government has recently raised the minimum download speed
of broadband connectivity to 2 Mbps from 512 kbps.
2. European Space Agency (ESA)’s 'JUICE’ [Jupiter Icy moons Explorer] Juice)
mission to explore Jupiter and its three largest natural satellites – Ganymede,
Callisto and Europa, is set to be launched in April 2023.
3. Jupiter becomes the planet with the most number of Natural Satellites
overtaking Saturn which has 83. The total number of natural satellites revolving
around Jupiter increases from 80 to 92. The findings have been reported by
astronomer Scott S. Sheppard
4. Rayyana Barnawi became the first Arab (Saudi Arabia) woman to go into
space.

10 Inaugurations And Launchings

1. Asia’s first floating festival Gandhisagar Floating
Festival 2023, inaugurated in Mandsaur, Madhya
Prades.

2. Google will launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called

‘Bard’, aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed
by Microsoft.

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 7 3. The first double-decker electric AC bus
in India was launched in Mumbai,
Maharashtra.

4. New Vande Bharat Trains

Version Route State
9th Mumbai-Solapur Maharashtra

10th Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Maharashtra

5. Velocity, a technology farm, launched “Lexi”, India’s 1st Artificial

intelligence (AI) Chatbot integrated with OpenAI’s ChatGPT (Chat Generative
Pre-trained Transformer).

11 Retirements And Resignations

Name Retired/Resigned From

Aaron Finch Retired from International Cricket
[Australia's only T20 World Cup Winning Captain]
David Malpass Resigned from President post of World Bank
[USA]
Sergio Ramos Retired from International Football
Eoin Morgan Retired from International Cricket
[England's only ODI World Cup Winning Captain]

Aaron Finch David Malpass Sergio Ramos Eoin Morgan

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12 Schemes and Operation
Schemes/Operation Launched By Objective
‘Ladli Bahna’ Scheme Govt. of Madhya To provide Rs 1,000 per month to
Pradesh women from financially poor
backgrounds
‘Mission 929’ Election Commission It will focus on 929 polling booths
of India across Tripura with a target of 92%
voter turnout.
‘Operation Dost’ Government of India Rescue operation in earthquake-hit
Syria and Turkey

'Bhavishyat Credit Card' Government of Under this Scheme, youth of the age
Scheme West Bengal group 18-45 years will be provided
loan upto Rs. 5 lakh for setting up
employment opportunities.
‘Rastashri’ Scheme Government of To construct new roads. A total of
West Bengal 11,500 km of rural roads.

‘Matsyajibi Bandhu' Government of It will provide a one-time grant of ₹2

Scheme West Bengal lakh to the dependent family due to
their untimely demise.

13 India’s Rankings
Index Rank of India Topper
International Intellectual 42 USA
Property Rights Index 2022
World Happiness Index 2023 136 Finland
[Out of 146 countries]

14 Books And Authors

Books Authors
“The Last Heroes- Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom” Palagummi Sainath
“Victory City” Salman Rushdie

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15 Upcoming Events
Event Venue
FIFA Club World Cup 2023 Saudi Arabia

16 Banking News
1. PhonePe has launched support for “UPI international” payments, making it
India’s 1st fintech platform to enable cross-border Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) payments.

17 Defence Exercises
Exercise Venue Force Participating
Countries
Exercise Trishakti Prahar North Bengal Army, Indian Air -
2023 Force and Central
Armed Police
Forces
4th Dharma Guardian Camp Imazu, Army India and Japan
2023 Japan
Ex-DUSTLIK IV – 2023 Pithoragarh, Army India and
Uttarakhand Uzbekistan

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