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Current Affairs February 2023
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Latest current affairs for the month of February 2023 are given below. Hope you like it.
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| What is the name of the new AI chatbot introduced by UIDAI recently? | Aadhar Mitra |
| What is the theme of National Science Day 2023 ? | Global Science for Global Wellbeing |
| Cross-border linkage between the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow has been introduced. PayNow is the real-time payment system of which country? | Singapore |
| The legendary dancer Kanak Rele recently passed away. She was famous for which classical dance? | Mohiniyattam |
| Who has been selected by the BCCI as the title sponsor of the Women's Premier League? | Tata Group |
| Who has become the first batsman in the world to score the fastest 25,000 runs in International Cricket? | Virat Kohli |
| Which Indian film has won the "Best International Film" award at the Hollywood Critics Association 2023 event in Los Angeles? | RRR |
| Who has become the 13th player from India to play 100 Test matches in International Cricket? | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| Name the former IAS officer who has been appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog? | BVR Subramanyam |
| Gulab Chand Kataria took oath as the 31st Governor of which State? | Assam |
| Former Supreme Court Judge Justice S. Abdul Nazir took oath as the Governor of which State? | Andhra Pradesh |
| On which day Central Excise Day is observed in India? | 24 February |
| Which Indian player won a Bronze Medal in Women's 10m Air Rifle in the ISSF World Cup? | Tilottama Sen |
| North India's first nuclear power plant will be set up in which State? | Haryana |
| Who has been appointed by UNICEF India as its National Ambassador? | Ayushmann Khurrana |
| Which Indian-American has been selected as the new CEO of YouTube? | Neal Mohan |
| The first G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting under the Chairmanship of India will be held in which city? | Bengaluru |
| Who has been appointed as the new Captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ahead of IPL 2023? | Aiden Markam |
| What is the theme of Asia's biggest aero show, Aero India 2023 inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi? | The Runway to a Billion Opportunities |
| Which film has been selected as the 'Film of the Year' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023? | RRR |
| Which film has been selected as the 'Best Film' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023? | The Kashmir Files |
| Who won the 'Best Actor' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023 for the film - Brahmastra Part One: Shiva? | Ranbir Kapoor |
| Who won the 'Best Actress' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023 for the film - Gangubhai Khatiawadi? | Alia Bhatt |
| Who won the 'Best Director' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023 for the film - Chup? | R Balki |
| Who has resigned from the post of the Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket Team? | Chetan Sharma |
| Who has become the first Indian woman bowler to take 100 wickets in T20 International? | Deepti Sharma |
| Which company has recently launched India's first ChatGPT-powered AI Chatbot 'Lexi'? | Velocity |
| In which country the 12th edition of the 'World Hindi Conference' is being held? | Fiji |
| Which airlines has announced to purchase as many as 220 planes from Boeing for USD 34 billion? | Air India |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor is related to which sport? | Shot put |
| Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh? | Dr B.D. Mishra |
| Who is the new Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog? | B.V.R. Subrahmanyam |
| Which High Court has become the first in India to pass a judgement in a regional language? | Kerala High Court |
| Name India's star gymnast who has been suspended for testing positive for higenamine, a prohibited substance? She was the first Indian gymnast to represent India at the Olympics in Gymnastics? | Dipa Karmakar |
| Name the place in Karnataka where HAL Helicopter Factory was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? | Tumakuru |
| Which team won the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 defeating Bengal in the finals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata? | Saurashtra |
| Name the district of Jammu and Kashmir in which the Geological Survey of India has identified resources of 5.9 million tonnes of Lithium? | Reasi |
| Name the Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2017 who passed away on 02 February 2023? | K. Vishwanath |
| From which country 12 more cheetahs have been translocated to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh as a part of cheetah reintroduction programme? | South Africa |
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| Name the former CEO of Mastercard who has been nominated by US President Joe Biden for the position of World Bank’s Head? | Ajay Banga |
| Who won the Best Men's Player award at the FIFA Football Awards 2022? | Lionel Messi |
| Who has become the highest run scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket surpassing Ross Taylor? | Kane Williamson |
| Which country won the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 by defeating South Africa in the final? | Australia |
| In which country, Women's T20 World Cup 2023 was organized? | South Africa |
| Which player from South Afria has become the highest wicket-taker (43) in the Women's T20 World Cup? | Shabnim Ismail |
| Who has been elected as the new President of Bangladesh? | Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu |
| Who is the first female astronaut from Saudi Arabia to be sent on an International Space Station mission? | Rayyana Barnawi |
| Which country won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold in the ISSF World Cup? | India |
| Name the computer scientist who has been honoured with the Marconi Award for the year 2023? | Hari Balakrishnan |
| Which has become the first US city to ban discrimination based on caste after a vote by the city council? | Seattle |
| On which day World Day of Social Justice was observed? | 20 February |
| Which country has declared National Emergency in view of Cyclone Gabriel? | New Zealand |
| Who has been recently appointed as the new President of Cyprus? | Nikos Christodoulides |
| How many billion dollars are announced by World Bank in aid for earthquake-affected Turkey? | 1.78 Billion |
| Which England player has recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket? | Eoin Morgan |
| Name the former President of Pakistan who passed away on 05 February 2023? | Pervez Musharraf |
| Name the countries which have been severely affected by a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on 06 February 2023? | Turkey and Syria |
| Who won the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup? | Australia |