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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