National & International Appointments
1. Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu elected as the 22nd President of Bangladesh
- Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu has been elected as the 22nd President of Bangladesh.
- He was nominated for the post by the ruling Awami League.
- No other party or individual filed a nomination for the post.
- He will replace President Mohammad Abdul Hamid, whose tenure will be ended on April 23, 2023.
- Abdul Hamid served as President for two consecutive terms of five years.
- The Bangladesh constitution does not allow any person to hold the President's post beyond two terms.
Honours & Awards
2. Egyptian President presents Global Best M-GOV Awards on IIT Indore students
- The 'Blockbill' app team, Niyati Totala and Neel Kalpeshkumar Parikh (IIT Indore's Students) were awarded the prestigious Global Best M-GOV Award 2023 at the World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE.
- Egyptian President Abel Fattah Al-Sisi has presented the award.
- Blockbill:
- It is a blockchain-based receipt generation app.
- It generates digital receipts for all of its users' transactions.
- Silver Award: ‘Don’t Waste’ team (Uzbekistan)
- Bronze Award: ‘Farmit’ team (Serbia)
National Affairs
3. Centre forms committee for making coastal shipping guidelines
- The Ministry of Shipping has formed a committee to draft revised Guidelines for the operationalization of Roll-on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) and Roll-on-Passenger (Ro-Pax) ferry service.
- Headed by: Chairman of the Deendayal Port Authority
- Aim: To promote coastal shipping through the PPP route
- Other purposes:
- It would also draft the Model Concession Agreement for Ro-Ro or Ro-Pax Terminal Operator.
- Model License Agreement for the Operation of the ferry services in the country.
National Affairs
4. Govt launches 'Khanan Prahari' app to curb unauthorized mining
- The government has launched a 'Khanan Prahari' mobile application and 'Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System (CMSMS)' a web app.
- Aim: To report the unauthorized coal mining activities
- CMSMS has been developed to curb illegal mining and take transparent action as an e-Governance initiative of the government on the use of Space Technology.
- Minister of Coal, Pralhad Joshi informed in Rajya Sabha, that 462 cases have been reported on the Apps till January 2023.
Important Dates
5. RBI’s financial literacy week 2023: 13 to 17 February
- The ‘Financial Literacy Week’ of the Reserve Bank of India started on 13 February and continues till February 17, 2023.
- The theme for the Financial Literacy Week 2023 is “Good Financial Behaviour – Your Saviour”.
- The theme aligned with the strategic objectives of the National Strategy for Financial Education: 2020-2025.
- The RBI has been conducting this week every year since 2016 to create financial education awareness.
Banking & Finance
6. HDFC Bank launches pilot for offline digital payments
- HDFC Bank has launched a pilot project, 'OfflinePay', to test offline digital payments for merchants and customers enabling payment transactions even when there is no mobile network.
- HDFC bank claimed that it has launched the first-of-its-kind digital payment solution.
- This project was launched in partnership with Sweden-based Crunchfish Digital Cash AB.
- Vision: To boost the adoption of digital payments in smaller towns and rural areas with poor network connectivity
National & International Appointments
7. Aniket Sunil Talati takes over as ICAI President
- Aniket Sunil Talati has been elected as the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the 2023-24 tenure, with effect from February 12, 2023.
- While Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal has been elected as Vice President of the institute.
- Prior to this role, Aniket Sunil Talati worked as the Director of ICAI ARF, Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of India (IIIPI), and Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India.
National & International Appointments
8. Government appoints Chief Justice of four High Courts
- The Ministry of Law and Justice has cleared the appointment of four chief justices of high courts including - Justice Sonia G Gokani, Justice Sandeep Mehta, Justice Jaswant Singh, and Justice N Kotiswar Singh.
- Justice Gokani has been appointed as the acting chief justice of the Gujarat High Court.
- Chief justice of the Gauhati HC: Justice Sandeep Mehta
- Chief justice of Tripura HC: Justice Jaswant Singh
- Chief justice J&K and Ladakh HC: Justice N Kotiswar Singh
Obituaries
9. Eminent Indian painter Lalitha Lajmi passes away
- Acclaimed Indian painter and printmaker, Lalitha Lajmi passed away at the age of 90 due to age-related ailments.
- She was born to a poet father and a poly-linguist writer-mother in Kolkata on October 17 in 1932.
- She was the sister of legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt and mother to director Kalpana Lajmi.
- Her works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, the British Museum, and CSMVS Museum Bombay.
National & International Organizations
10. ISB course ranked India's best in FT Global MBA Ranking 2023
- According to the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking 2023, the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) of the Indian School of Business (ISB) ranked the best in India.
- It is the only Indian B-school in the top 50 worldwide and has been ranked 39th globally and sixth in Asia.
- ISB is also ranked best in India in the research category.
- While IIM Bangalore has been ranked at 52nd position in the rankings.
- Columbia Business School in the United States topped the global chart.
State Affairs
11. Ladakh to host India's first frozen-lake marathon at Pangong Tso
- India's first "frozen-lake marathon" will be organized at the Pangong Tso, Ladakh on February 20, 2023.
- The Indian army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have been roped in to implement a "proper action plan" for the event.
- The 21-kilometer marathon will be started from Lukung and ended at Maan village.
- The event will be participated by 75 selected athletes from India and abroad.
- The marathon is being called the "Last Run" to highlight the issue of climate change
National & International Organizations
12. UN, Ocean Cleanup partner to reduce marine pollution
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ocean Cleanup to eliminate plastic pollution in oceans and rivers around the globe.
- Goal: To reduce leakages of plastics into marine ecosystems by boosting policies and behavior change, reducing overall plastic pollution.
- It also aims to accelerate the deployment of interception technologies in rivers to end marine plastic pollution.
- Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO: Boyan Slat
National Affairs
13. PM Modi to inaugurate 'Aadi Mahotsav' in Delhi on February 16
- Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 15-day 'Aadi Mahotsav' at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi on February 16, 2023.
- TRIFED, an organization of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, will organize the “Aadi Mahotsav – National Tribal Festival”.
- Aim: To provide direct market access to the tribal master craftsmen and women in large metros and State capitals.
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