Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 3, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 3, 2023.
INDIA
- First meeting of Sustainable Finance Working Group under G20 begins in Guwahati.
- Food Corporation of India (FCI) sells 8.88 lakh tonne of wheat to bulk consumers on first day of e-auction.
- Indian military joint training exercise Trishakti Prahar commences in North Bengal.
- Rs 600 crore has been set aside for Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) Scheme under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- The government doubled its budgetary allocation for FAME-2 (faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles) scheme.
- MoU signed to enable Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) to provide services offered by Common Service Centres (CSC).
ECONOMY
- RBI Data: Digital Payments record 24% Annual Growth at end of September 2022
- Permanent Account Number (PAN) to be used for common identifier for all digital systems of specified government agencies.
- SEBI asks stock exchanges to examine if there was any unusual activity in the stocks belonging to Adani Group.
- Samsung to manufacture its premium Galaxy S23 Smartphones in India
WORLD
- Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK.
- New family laws “Federal Personal Status Laws”, for non-Muslims residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) comes into force.
- S. opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands to counter China’s push into the Pacific.
- Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes, as per the nation’s central bank.
- United States and the Philippines announced a deal to give U.S. troops access to another four bases in Philippines.
SPORTS
- India set to host maiden E-Prix, the FIA Formula E World Championship in Hyderabad.
- India’s B. Sai Praneeth enters the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
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