Daily Current Affairs February 02

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February 02| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs February 02

1. World Wetlands Day 2023 observed on___________?
A) February 1st
B) February 2nd
C) February 3rd
D) February 4th
E) None of these
Answer: B) February 2nd

• DAY : World Wetlands Day 2023
• DATE : February 2
• OTHERS : Aims to raise global awareness about the crucial role of wetlands for people and the planet.

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2. RA Awareness Day observed on___________?
A) February 1st
B) February 2nd
C) February 3rd
D) February 4th
E) None of these
Answer: B) February 2nd

• DAY : RA Awareness Day
• DATE : February 2
• OTHERS : To spread awareness for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs February 02

3. Who won bronze at Zagreb Open wrestling?
A) Mikey Whipwreck
B) Aman Sehrawat
C) Crybaby Cannon
D) Chris Jericho
E) None of these
Answer: B) Aman Sehrawat

• India’s Aman Sehrawat clinched a bronze medal at the Zagreb Open wrestling championships here.
• The 17-year-old Aman defeated Zane Raye Rhodes Richards of USA 10-4 on points in the bronze medal contest to finish on the podium of the ranking tournament.
• Aliabbas Rzazade of Azerbaijan bagged the gold, beating Yuto Nishiuchi of Japan 2-0 in the final.
• The other bronze was won by Beka Bujiashvili of Georgia, who beat Islam Bazarganov of Azerbaijan.
• Aman had earlier defeated Roberti Dingashvili of Georgia in the quarterfinals, before losing to Nishiuchi in the semifinals, to qualify for the repechage round as his Japanese opponent went on to reach the final.

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4. Which team clinched all four gold medals in water sports at Khelo India Youth Games 2022?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) New Delhi
E) None of these
Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

• Madhya Pradesh has made history by clinching all the four gold medals in the water sports Canoeing and Kayaking at Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2022, which was held at Upper Lake area in the state capital Bhopal.
• Madhya Pradesh’s Nitin Verma bagged the first medal for the state with a gold medal in water sports which included in the KIYG for the first time.
• Nitin won the gold in Kayaking’s K-1 1000m event with a timing of 4.21.185 minutes.
• On the other hand, Harshvardhan Shekhawat of Rajasthan won the silver with a timing of 4.28.520 minutes while T. Gasepam of Odisha won the bronze with a timing of 4.30.430 minutes.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs February 02

5. Who is the world’s largest derivatives exchange for fourth straight year in 2022?
A) NSE
B) BSE
C) RBI
D) SEBI
E) None of these
Answer: A) NSE

• The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has again emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange in 2022, in terms of the number of contracts traded, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA).
• This is the fourth consecutive year when the exchange earned the top spot, the NSE said in a statement.
• In addition, the exchange was ranked third in the equity segment by the number of trades (electronic order book) in 2022, an advancement from the previous year when it was in the fourth position, as per statistics maintained by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
• The calendar year witnessed the benchmark equity index the Nifty 50 touching lifetime high of 18,887.60. Further, significant strengthening in liquidity was seen in several product categories, including equity, equity derivatives and currency derivatives.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs February 02

6. SBM Bank India Raises _________ Cr From LIC Via Tier II Bonds’ Issuance?
A) Rs 96 crore
B) Rs 97 crore
C) Rs 98 crore
D) Rs 99 crore
E) None of these
Answer: D) Rs 99 crore

• SBM Bank (India) said that it has raised Rs 99 crore through the issuance of the second tranche of Basel-III compliant tier II bonds on 24 January 2023.
• The bank has raised the entire corpus from the country’s largest financial institution, the LIC of India.
• With this fresh round of capital raising from multiple investors, SBM Bank India now has raised a total of Rs 224 crore to date through Basel III compliant tier II bonds, the company stated in a statement.
• Mandar Pitale, Head- Treasury, SBM Bank India said, “We are extremely proud to have India’s largest public sector insurance company the LIC of India as the investor in our fund-raising exercise through bonds.”
• Pitale added that LIC is a very respected name in the insurance space and its decision to subscribe to the entire tranche of our bonds shows its faith in the Bank’s overall ability to perform in a tight-leash private banking space.
• “The funds will definitely help us in our business expansion plans and allow us to capture the emerging growth opportunities in the country,” added Pitale.

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7. Which bank implemented RBI’s first phase of Digital Rupee?
A) SBM Bank
B) IDFC Bank
C) UCO Bank
D) KMBL Bank
E) None of these
Answer: D) KMBL Bank

• Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) announced that it has implemented the first phase of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Digital Rupee (eRs).
• KMBL is among the eight banks shortlisted by RBI to implement a pilot project for issuance of Digital Rupee, a legal tender that is similar to bank notes and coins, issued in a digital form by RBI.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank today rolled out the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to a Closed User Group (CUG) of customers, which includes retail consumers and businesses.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs February 02

8. Indian Oil Chairman flagged off the first export consignment consisting of ______ kilo litres of AVGAS 100 LL in 80 barrels?
A) 15 kilo litres
B) 16 kilo litres
C) 17 kilo litres
D) 19 kilo litres
E) None of these
Answer: B) 16 kilo litres

• State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has started the export of its special aviation fuel for small aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), AVGAS 100 LL.
• “IOC Chairman S M Vaidya, flagged off the first export consignment of AVGAS 100 LL to Papua New Guinea from GTI Terminal of JNPT.
• The consignment consisted of 16 kilo litres (KL) of AVGAS packed in 80 barrels.
• This is the first ever instance of India exporting AVGAS,” the PSU oil marketing company (OMC) said in a statement.
• By exporting the special aviation fuel, which was launched in September last year, the country’s largest auto fuel retailer aims to tap the $1.92 billion aviation gasoline (AV Gas) market.
• AV Gas market is expected to grow from the current $1.92 billion to $2.71 billion by 2029.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs February 02

9. Who appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Namibia?
A) M Subbarayudu
B) Prashant Agrawal
C) Elisabeth Domitien
D) Milka Planinc
E) None of these
Answer: B) Prashant Agrawal

• Prashant Agrawal, currently serving as High Commissioner of India to Namibia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Laos, the Ministry of External Affairs announced in a statement.
• Prashant Agrawal is expected to take up the assignment shortly. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1998, according to the High Commission of India in Namibia.
• “Shri Prashant Agrawal (IFS: 1998), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Namibia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Lao People’s Democratic Republic. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,” the Ministry of External Affairs announced in a statement.
• Previously, he has served in India’s Missions in Paris, Port Louis and Bangkok where he served as Deputy Chief of Mission and India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCAP.

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10. Who appointed next ambassador of India to Laos?
A) M Subbarayudu
B) Manuela Roka Botey
C) Elisabeth Domitien
D) Milka Planinc
E) None of these
Answer: A) M Subbarayudu

• M Subbarayudu, currently serving as Ambassador of India to Peru, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Namibia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced in a statement.
• Subbarayudu is expected to take up the assignment shortly. According to the MEA, he joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1994.
• “Shri M. Subbarayudu, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Namibia. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,” the Ministry of External Affairs announced in a statement.
• Earlier in November, India and Namibia held the fourth round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) in Windhoek, Namibia where the two sides carried out a comprehensive review of the existing bilateral ties.

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs Febrary 02

11. Who received CII Food Safety Award 2022 for Outstanding Laboratory Performance – Food Testing Laboratories?
A) SGS
B) NABCB
C) ISO
D) FSSAI
E) None of these
Answer: A) SGS

• SGS is proud to have been awarded the 13th Food Safety Award 2022 for Outstanding Laboratory Performance – Food Testing Laboratories by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE) – India’s leading resource center for driving food safety and nutrition in the food processing industry.
• The award was presented to the SGS Food Testing laboratory based in Ambattur, Chennai.
• Launched by CII in 2010, the CII Award for Food Safety promotes internationally benchmarked practices in food safety in small, medium and large food businesses and encourages building capacity in the food value chain.
• The award is based on a food safety maturity assessment of all participating organizations in India.
• Food testing laboratories are evaluated on their performance based on ISO 17025:2017 standards, best practices, leadership initiatives and statutory and social compliance.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs February 02

12. Who among the following and IBM team up to spur new discoveries about Earth?
A) DRDO
B) ISRO
C) NASA
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: C) NASA

• NASA and IBM have collaborated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) based models that will make it easier to mine vast datasets to advance scientific knowledge about Earth, and help the world to adapt to a changing environment.
• The joint work will apply AI foundation model technology to NASA’s Earth-observing satellite data for the first time, NASA said in a statement.
• Foundation models are types of AI models that are trained on a broad set of unlabelled data, can be used for different tasks, and can apply information about one situation to another.
• ”The beauty of foundation models is they can potentially be used for many downstream applications,” said Rahul Ramachandran, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
• ”Building these foundation models cannot be tackled by small teams; you need teams across different organisations to bring their different perspectives, resources, and skill sets,” Ramachandran said in a statement.

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Defence – Daily Current Affairs February 02

13. Quad Senior Cyber Group Met in __________ to Strengthen Cybersecurity Cooperation?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) New Delhi
E) None of these
Answer: D) New Delhi

• The Quad Senior Cyber Group Principals, Mr Michael Pezzullo AO, Secretary of Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, Lt General Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator of India, Mr Masataka Okano, Deputy National Security Adviser of Japan and Ms Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor of USA, along with their inter-agency delegations, met in New Delhi on 30-31 January 2023 to discuss the collective approach to enhance the cybersecurity cooperation and resilience.
• Cybersecurity is one of the key areas identified by the Quad Leaders in advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.
• During the meeting, participants discussed sharing threat information, identifying and evaluating potential risks in supply chains for digitally enabled products and services, and aligning baseline software security requirements to improve the broader software development ecosystem for the benefit of the Indo-Pacific region.
• The Group also discussed building cybersecurity capacity for Quad members and for partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs February 02

14. G20 Employment Working Group meeting began in ___________?
A) Chennai
B) Jodhpur
C) Vizag
D) Hyderabad
E) None of these
Answer: B) Jodhpur

• Apanel discussion with focus on developing collaborative road map for global skills was organised as part of the first Employment Working Group meeting under India’s G20 presidency.
• The meeting is being held at Jodhpur from February 2 to 4.
• The panel discussion focused on global trends on skill shortages, surpluses and mismatches, and deliberated on the means to plug these skills deficits.
• It also deliberated on development of a collaborative road map for global skills and qualifications harmonization, according to an official statement.
• The discussion was chaired and moderated by Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the statement said.

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