Daily Current Affairs February 28

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February 28| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs February 28

1. Rare Disease Day observed on___________?
A) February 28
B) February 25
C) February 26
D) February 27
E) None of these
Answer: A) February 28

• DAY : Rare Disease Day
• DATE : 28 February
• OTHERS : The day raises awareness and generates change for the people who are living with a rare disease, their families, and their carers.So, these are the National and International important Days and Dates of February month 2023 that may help in the preparation of various competitive examinations.

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2. National Science Day observed on___________?
A) February 28
B) February 25
C) February 26
D) February 27
E) None of these
Answer: A) February 28

• DAY : National Science Day
• DATE : 28 February
• OTHERS : National Science Day is celebrated every year in India on 28 February to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by the Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. He discovered the Raman Effect on 28 February 1928 and for this discovery, he was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics subject in 1930.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs February 28

3. Who won late Ashok Kulkarni rapid chess tournament?
A) Geetha Narayanan Gopal
B) Shreeraj Bhosale
C) Abhijeet Gupta
D) Sundararajan Kidambi
E) None of these
Answer: B) Shreeraj Bhosale

• Kolhapur, Feb 27 (UNI) Shreeraj Bhosale of the district won one-day rapid chess tournament organised by Kolhapur Chess Academy in memory of late Ashok Kulkarni at Shree Krishna Sarswati marriage hall.
• Omkar Kadav of Satara and Aditya Savalkar (Kolhapur) were the first and second runners-up, respectively.
• Bhosale defeated eighth-ranked Savalkar in the eighth round and gained 7.5 points.
• He was felicitated with a cash prize of Rs 6,000 and a cup.
• While fourth-ranked Kadav beat Harshal Patil (Jejuri) with seven points. He was given cash prize of Rs 5,000 and a cup.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs February 28

4. Which state topped CCTNS PRAGATI ranking for January?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Haryana
E) None of these
Answer: A) Himachal Pradesh

• Manual registration of FIRs has stopped in the state and all FIRs are being registered electronically in CCTNS at all police stations.
• Charge sheets of cases are also being filed electronically, the release said.
• We have achieved this milestone by moving ahead of many advanced states which were till now dominating the all-India CCTNS performance, a spokesperson of Himachal Pradesh Police said.
• Himachal Pradesh met all the parameters and maintained its top position.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs February 28

5. Which bank partnered with Experian India for credit portfolio management?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Bank of India.
C) Bank of Maharashtra
D) Canara Bank
E) None of these
Answer: C) Bank of Maharashtra

• Mumbai, Feb 28 (UNI) Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) said that it has partnered with Experian India to provide a comprehensive suite of services such as credit risk, advanced analytics, and fraud prevention.
• With the rise of digital sourcing, lending and servicing, BoM, a premiere public sector bank is adopting nextgen systems and processes to create a secure banking ecosystem.
• With this partnership, Experian is collaborating with BoM to provide innovative solutions throughout the customer lifecycle,enabling BoM to on-board New to Credit (NTC) and New to Bank customers (NTB) and service existing customers efficiently.

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6. Which Bank tied up with Toyota Kirloskar for vehicle financing?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Bank of India.
C) Bank of Maharashtra
D) Indian Bank
E) None of these
Answer: D) Indian Bank

• Chennai, Feb 27 (UNI) The public sector Indian Bank today tied up with Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) to offer vehicle financing options to its customers.
• The new tie-up will offer innovative solutions that match the evolving expectations of customers, with up to 90% on-road funding, with no processing fee, foreclosure, and part-payment charges.
• This development will now enable Bank’s customers, especially in the rural and semi-urban markets, to buy their favourite Toyota vehicle with ease, an Indian Bank release said.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs February 28

7. Which Life Insurance & Unity Bank Forge Bancassurance partnership for the distribution of life insurance products through the Bank’s network?
A) Life Insurance Corporation
B) Bharti AXA
C) HDFC
D) Max
E) None of these
Answer: B) Bharti AXA

• Kolkata, Feb 28 (UNI) Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s leading business groups, and AXA, one of the world’s largest insurance companies,announced its bancassurance partnership with Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank), a new-age, digital first bank for the distribution of life insurance products through the Bank’s network of 111 branches and 206 offices pan-India.

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Acquisitions and Mergers – Daily Current Affairs February 28

8. Who & NITI Aayog collaborated to host LIFEathon for Mission LiFE?
A) UNDP
B) UNEP
C) UNICHEF
D) UNESCO
E) None of these
Answer: A) UNDP

• New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the NITI Aayog hosted ‘LIFEathon’, a hybrid hackathon with young people from across the world to contribute ideas and innovations to promote sustainable living and climate positive behaviour as part of the Government of India’s Mission LiFE.
• The LiFE campaign aims to bring individual action to the forefront of climate action.
• These nudges are as small as encouraging individuals to consume less plastic, waste less food, and prefer public transport.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs February 28

9. Who launched 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to orbit?
A) NASA
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: C) SpaceX

• SpaceX launched 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit.
• The second-generation Starlink satellites lifted off on Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
• In a series of tweets, SpaceX revealed that Starlink V2 Mini satellites feature key technologies such as more powerful phased array antennas and the use of E-band for backhaul, which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than previous iterations.
• This means Starlink can provide more bandwidth with increased reliability and connect millions of more people around the world with high-speed internet.

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10. Who named solar physicist as agency’s science chief?
A) NASA
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: A) NASA

• NASA announced it has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency’s science chief.
• Nicola Fox, former top scientist on the Parker Solar Probe mission studying the sun, was named as NASA’s associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate.
• A memo to agency employees from NASA chief Bill Nelson, obtained by Reuters, first announced Fox’s appointment.
• He lauded Fox’s past work on missions to better understand the sun and how solar wind affects satellites and planets.

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11. Who successfully conducted key rocket engine test for Chandrayaan-3?
A) NASA
B) ISRO
C) SpaceX
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: B) ISRO

• The flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine that will power the cryogenic upper stage of the launch vehicle for the Chandrayaan-3 mission was successfully conducted, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation.
• The hot test was carried out for a planned duration of 25 seconds at the High Altitude Test Facility of the ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu on February 24, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said.
• “All the propulsion parameters during the test were found satisfactory and closely matched with predictions,” an ISRO statement said.

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Environment and Energy- Daily Current Affairs February 28

12. India approved _____$ bn hydropower project near China border in northeast?
A) $3.9 billion
B) $4.9 billion
C) $5.6 billion
D) $2.8 billion
E) None of these
Answer: A) $3.9 billion

• India approved its largest ever hydropower project in the mountainous northeastern region bordering China as the country seeks to build renewable generation to meet rising power demand.
• The government approved the estimated investment of 319 billion rupees ($3.9 billion) for the 2,880-megawatt Dibang project in Arunachal Pradesh, state-run hydropower producer NHPC Ltd.
• The project is estimated to take nine years to build.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs February 28

13. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry to be on official 3-day visit to India from 2nd March will attend which edition of Raisina Dialogue?
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 4th
E) None of these
Answer: B) 2nd

• Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry will be on an official 3-day visit to India from 2nd March to attend the eighth edition of the Raisina Dialogue.
• The dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geo-economics which will be held in New Delhi.
• The Minister is scheduled to participate in two special panel discussions on the topics “Healing a Divided World” and “Bytes of Promise: How can Technology Lift Communities”.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs February 28

14. Who launched Grievance Appellate Committee to ensure safe internet?
A) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
B) Ankit Sethi
C) Bankim Mehta
D) Chetan Gandhi
E) None of these
Answer: A) Rajeev Chandrasekhar

• In a bid to empower millions of Indian social media users, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that will look into their concerns regarding content and other issues.
• The IT Ministry last month notified to establish three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) as required under the recently amended IT Rules, 2021.
• “The move is to make sure that the internet remains open and safe for users in the country. These are early days for the committee and it will keep evolving as days progress,” the minister told reporters here.
• The announcement came in the presence of representatives of Big Tech internet companies like Meta, Snap, Google and others.

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15. Union Minister Parshottam Rupala inaugurated Grand start-up Conclave in __________?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Chennai
D) Raipur
E) None of these
Answer: B) Hyderabad

• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the ‘Grand start-up Conclave’ in Animal Husbandry and Diary at a Convention Centre in Hyderabad.
• Ministers of State for I&B, Dr L Murugan and MoS Animal Husbandry Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan along with State Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries T Srinivas Yadav were present at the event.
• Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rupala said, technology intervention is necessary for development of Animal Husbandry in the country.
• The Minister said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken initiative for startups for every sector.

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