Published on: February 3, 2023
Snippets:3 FEBRUARY 2023
Snippets:3 FEBRUARY 2023
- Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to sign supplementary inter-state transport agreement necessitated to cater to heavy traffic between the two states that share a long border.
- Kaveri 2 is a new web-based application, is expected to save time spent by the public, will work in the pre-registration, registration and post-registration phases. People are expected to come to the sub-registrar’s office only for registration after scheduling an appointment
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Brunel University London have launched a Rs 1 crore programme for joint research projects in areas including combustion, manufacturing, design, and energy.
- ‘Centre of Excellence’ tag for millet institute in Hyderabad
- Wool Fab, an exclusive handloom exhibition of woollen product started in New Delhi.
- G-20 theme based Workshops on Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) and Madhya Pradesh Farm Gate to be organised at Bhopal
- World Wetlands Day observed on 2nd February every year . Theme for 2023 wetland day is “It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration”
- Yaya Tso, known as birds’ paradise has been proposed as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site (BHS)
- The south central railway has completed the vikarabad – Parli vaijnath electrification project which covers Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra
- India has handed over to Kenya 100 nautical charts covering the general coastal area around the Lamu Archipelago (near Kenya’s northern coast), following a joint survey of the area by the Navies of the two countries.
- Burkina Faso seeks ‘federation’ with Mali for joint economic clout
- Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes
- The United States and the Philippines announced a deal to give S. troops access to another four bases in the Southeast Asian nation, as the long-time allies seek to counter China’s military rise.
- The S. opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands to counter China’s push into the Pacific.
- Hong Kong offers 5 lakh free air tickets after COVID isolation, sheds quarantine
- Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of football’s 2027 Asian Cup
- Lebanon devalues official exchange rate by 90% to adopt a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per U.S. dollar
- Walk on Wednesday sees half a million of UK workers on strike
