March 8, 2020 GKmojo

February 2024

Appointments

  • Anusuiya Uikey was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Manipur.

  • Ayushmann Khurrana has been appointed as the National Ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India.

  • C.P. Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the new governor of Jharkhand.

  • Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has recently been appointed as the Governor of Bihar.

  • B D Mishra, a former brigadier of the Indian Army, and present Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, has been appointed as the LG of Ladakh.

Business, Banking, Economy & Finance

  • Ranveer Singh has been appointed as the brand ambassador of PepsiCo.
  • NSE gets SEBI approval to launch Social Stock Exchange as a separate segment
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the 2nd global hackathon- HARBINGER 2023.

  • Redmi India has named Sonu Sood as the brand ambassador for their smartphones.

  • Air India signed an MoU with Airbus of France to acquire 250 aircraft.

  • US, UAE, UK, and Singapore account for over 50 percent of Foreign Inward Remittances to India.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

  • The National School of Drama holds its annual festival ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ in New Delhi.

  • Ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga Nominated By US President To Lead World Bank
  • Maharashtra tops list of states buying EVs through FAME scheme- Govt Data

  • India’s first biomass-based hydrogen plant will be established in Madhya Pradesh.

  • Indian civil aviation system jumps to 55th rank in latest ICAO audit: DGCA

  • India’s 1st hydrogen train will come Dec 2023 on heritage routes
  • Saudi Arabia To Send Its First Female Astronaut Into Space

  • MEA launched ‘mPassport Police App’ to expedite process
  • Indo Japan Joint Training Exercise “ DHARMA GUARDIAN” commenced in Japan
  • India slipped to the 42nd rank in the US Intellectual Property Rights Index.

AWARDS AND REWARDS

  • Manmohan Singh rewarded with Lifetime Achievement Awards India-UK Achievers Honors
  • Kashmir Files Awarded ‘Best Film’ Title at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023

SPORTS

  • The ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup was held in South Africa.

  • Maharashtra topped the medal tally of the Khelo India Youth Games-2023 winning a total of 161 medals.

  • India’s Monty Desai appointed Nepal’s head coach
  • England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan retired from cricket