Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 17, 2023.
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 17, 2023.
INDIA
- India International Seafood Show concludes in Kolkata.
- The 4th edition of joint military exercise, ‘EX DHARMA GUARDIAN’, between India and Japan begins.
- Indian Railways launches Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service to provide logistics for services sector in country.
- The Tourism Ministry will organise 1st Global Tourism Investors’ Summit from the 17th to 19th of May.
- National level Hackathon ‘KAVACH-2023’ launched to advance India’s cyber-preparedness.
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2019, 2020 and 2021 have been awarded to102 artists.
- 81% polling recorded in Tripura Assembly Elections amid violence.
ECONOMY
- India’s overall exports during April to January record positive growth of 17.33%.
- David Malpass to step down from the position of World Bank chief before his five-year term expires.
- Paytm Payments Bank enables UPI LITE to promote small value transactions
- India ranks 47th in OECD’s services trade restrictiveness index
WORLD
- Spain Parliament passes a new law allowing gender self-determination
- India and Fiji sign MoU on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and official passports
- Resolution introduced in US Senate that reaffirms Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India
- Google, Twitter, Meta face tougher EU online content rules.
SPORTS
- Khelo India: Indian Army organises Women’s Snow Cricket tournament.
- P.V. Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy won singles matches as India beat Malaysia and entered quarterfinals of Asia mixed team badminton championships.
Originally written on
February 17, 2023
and last modified on
December 7, 2024.
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