Published on: February 20, 2023
Snippets:20 FEBRUARY 2023
Snippets:20 FEBRUARY 2023
- Noted yakshagana Bhagavat, Balipa Narayana Bhagavatha died in Moodabidri. A foremost name in the Thenku Thittu Yakshagana as a versatile singer. He had bagged Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2010, Samaga Award in 2012, ‘Janana Prashasti’ of the Karnataka Janapada Parishat in 2002, ‘Karnataka Shri’ Award at the Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in 2003. ‘Agari Prashasti’ of the Padaveedhara Yakshagana Mandali and others
- The first PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) Regional Workshop for Central and Western Zone is being organized in Goa
- India’s G20 Secretariat along with the United Nations India Country Office organised “Model G20 Meeting” in New Delhi
- India’s largest producer of iron ore NMDC, swept five awards at the Governance Now 9th PSU Awards held in New Delhi
- Ministry of Textiles’ flagship event ‘Technotex 2023: Envisioning Indian Technical Textiles@ 2047’, held in Mumbai
- North India’s first Nuclear Plant is coming up in Haryana in the town of Gorakhpur, which is about 150 km north of the national capital of New Delhi.
- SemiconIndia Conference of Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Ecosystem’ held in New Delhi
- NMDC signed an Agreement for Collaborative Research with CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, on “Feasibility Studies for Preparation of Fused Magnesia from Kimberlite Tailings” today at its head office in Hyderabad
- The present Vice-Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant-General S. Raju, has been appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the South Western Army Command.
- Spain voted through a transgender law letting anyone 16 and over change gender on their ID card.
- Basketball Federation of India (BFI) president Govindraj is set to become the FIBA Asia president
- Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, announced her resignation
- REAIM 2023– World’s first global summit on Responsible AI in the Military kicks off in The Netherlands
- Online payment aggregators can on board digital merchants and accept payments on their behalf after getting a licence from the RBI. Amazon, Google get RBI nod to be payment aggregators, Paytm application returned
- Indian Railways launches Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service (Joint Parcel Product of Railways and India Post)
- The 4th edition of joint military exercise, “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN”, between India and Japan is being conducted at Camp Imazu in Shiga province, Japan
- Qatar has lifted a temporary ban on import of frozen seafood from India, paving the way for enhanced export and improved bilateral relations with the West Asian country.
- World Pangolin Day will be celebrated on 18 February 2023
- Through an initiative called “Azadi Ki Amrit Kahaniyan”, Netflix has committed to produce 25 short and inspirational videos for the I&B Ministry.
- The United Arab Emirates has opened a centre housing a mosque, church and the country’s first official synagogue, the Abrahamic Family House, with the aim of promoting interfaith coexistence in the Muslim nation. The oil-rich Gulf federation, which normalised relations with Israel, is home to a small Jewish community.
- Russia, China and South Africa are set to begin naval drills off South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast in a demonstration of the three countries’ close ties. The 10 days of exercises, named Mosi II, will coincide with the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
