Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 6, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 6, 2023

INDIA

  • India’s G20 presidency: First meeting of Youth -20 engagement group to begin in Guwahati.
  • IIT Madras to receive Rs 242 crore over a period of five years to undertake research on Lab Grown Diamonds (LGD).
  • India’s G20 presidency: Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch to host the first Tourism Working Group meeting.
  • Singapore Chief Justice Sunadresh Menon is the chief guest of the 73rd foundation day of Supreme Court of India.
  • Indian Air Force (IAF) launched a revised doctrine and laid out the role of air power in the “no war, no peace scenario” (NWNP).
  • Dust particles in Jamshedpur and adjoining areas in Jharkhand have a heavy concentration of toxic metals.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate India Energy and dedicate Asia’s largest Helicopter factory at Tumakaru, Karnataka.

ECONOMY

  • DIPAM says the government is targeting to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of IREDA and WAPCOS in the next fiscal.
  • Bangladesh GDP growth recorded at 7.10%. The country’s per capita income rose to USD 2793 in FY 2022
  • The Centre is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners by 4 percentage points to 42 per cent.

WORLD

  • The foreign ministers of France, India and the UAE have agreed to establish a formal trilateral cooperation initiative.
  • Indian music composer and producer Ricky Kej becomes the only living Indian to win Grammy award thrice.
  • Chile extends state of emergency as the forest fires kill 23 people in the country.
  • Bangladesh will start receiving electricity from power plant in Jharkhand from March.

SPORTS

  • Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar wins the top position in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.
  • Asian Championships bronze medallist Ashu clinched the 67kg bronze medal for India in Greco Roman category at Zagreb Open Ranking Series.

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