Febmarch Word
Febmarch Word
CURRENT AFFAIRS :
1. ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final: Australia won the Women's T20 World Cup for
the sixth time when they beat South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Newlands.
2. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde confirmed that Aurangabad city will be
renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and Osmanabad city will be called Dharashiv.
After a year the proposal to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad has been
approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
3. Reliance Jio has climbed up to number two rank — up from fifth place last year — in
a list of the top 10 strongest telecom brands in the world.
4. Tata group-owned Air India's order for a record 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing
Co will be at a list price of $70 billion, Chief Executive Campbell Wilson said, as the
airline seeks opportunities to expand in long-haul international.
5. Air India, owned by the Tata group, will discontinue the Vistara brand on completion
of its merger with Tata SIA Airlines Ltd, the operator of Vistara airline, chief
executive and managing director Campbell Wilson said.
7. PepsiCo India has roped in actor Ranveer Singh to endorse its leading soft drink
brand Pepsi
8. The India Today Tourism Survey has chosen Jammu & Kashmir Tourism for best
adventure tourism award.
9. The Ajanta Ellora International Festival 2023 was held from 25th February to 27th
February in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Ajanta Ellora International Festival 2023
festival is a celebration of the cultural heritage and diversity of the region and
promises to be a feast for the senses. The festival showcases the Ellora and Ajanta
caves' artwork and architecture, as well as performances by local and international
artists.
13. Every 3rd of March, wildlife is celebrated all over the world for the UN World
Wildlife Day. India celebrates National Security Day on March 4 every year.
14. Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas is another name for it, and it is a holiday honouring the
Indian Security Forces.
15. 2022 ’BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year’ award Tokyo Olympic Games silver-
medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has bagged the 2022 ’BBC Indian Sportswoman
Of The Year’ award after a public vote
16. Table tennis player Bhavina Patel won the ’BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year’
award, a category introduced this year.
17. With the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality," the
United Nations Observance of International Women's Day honours and celebrates
the women and girls who are leading the way in the development of
transformational technology and digital education.
18. Mauganj was declared as 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh by Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
19. Xi Jinping began an unprecedented third term as China’s president after he was
endorsed by a unanimous vote from the 2,977-member National People’s Congress
(NPC).
20. Indonesia is all set to move its capital from Jakarta to Borneo over environmental
issues such as being congested, sinking into seawater, and being prone to
earthquakes.
21. Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected to serve as the new president of Nepal.
22. Veteran actor-writer-director Satish Kaushik has passed away at the age of 67.
23. Oscars Awards 2023 Best Picture Everything Everywhere All At Once
24. Oscars Awards 2023 Best Actress Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
25. Oscars Awards 2023 Best Actor Brendan Fraser (The Whale) Oscars Awards 2023
26. Best Director Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
27. Oscars Awards 2023 Best Film Editing Everything Everywhere All at Once
28. Oscars Awards 2023 Best Original Song “Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
29. In Nagpur, Maharashtra, a new project known as "beggar-free city" has been
launched. Amitesh Kumar, the Nagpur City commissioner of police
30. Indian Railways has set a target of becoming a 'netzero carbon emitter' by 2030, said
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
31. The US Senate Committee has announced the appointment of Eric Garcetti as the
new US Ambassador to India.
32. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President
Vladimir Putin over the forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s
invasion of Ukraine.
33. Rachna Biswat Rawat, a journalist and writer from India, has recently written a book
called "Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform."
34. IDFC Mutual Fund has rebranded itself as Bandhan Mutual Fund.
35. Afghanistan remains the country most impacted by terrorism for the fourth
consecutive year
36. The World Happiness Report 2023 has been released. According to the World
Happiness Index for 2023, Finland is the happiest country in the world for the sixth
year in a row.
38. Merlin Group has partnered with the World Trade Centers Association to develop a
World Trade Center in Kolkata that will cover an area of 3.5 million square feet.
39. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has formally invited Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to the G7 Summit after both had a delegation-level talk at Delhi's Hyderabad
House.
40. Anurag Behar, the CEO of Azim Premji Foundation and founding vice-chancellor of
Azim Premji University, has authored a new travel book titled "A Matter of the
Heart: Education in India"
41. Shrimant Kokate, a well-known Marathi author and historian, has recently released
his first English book titled "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (illustrated)"
42. Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, has launched a new cricket-focused fantasy
sports app named CrickPe ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament
43. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a 'Maharatna' and a Fortune Global
500 Company, announced that G. Krishnakumar has taken over as the Chairman and
Managing Director of the company
44. CEAT, the tyre manufacturer, has named Arnab Banerjee as its new Managing
Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the resignation of Anant
Goenka.
45. Luis Caffarelli, 74, has won the 2023 Abel Prize “for his seminal contributions to
regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including freeboundary
problems and the Monge-Ampère equation".
46. World Oral Health Day is observed globally every year on March 20, with the primary
objective of increasing awareness about the significance of oral health. The theme
for 2023 is 'Be Proud of Your Mouth
STATIC GK :
10. Meta Founded: February 2004; • Meta CEO: Mark Zuckerberg (Jul 2004–)
11. Meta Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States.
12. PepsiCo CEO: Ramon Laguarta
13. PepsiCo Headquarters: Purchase, Harrison, New York, United States;
14. PepsiCo Founded: 1965
15. UN Chairman: António Guterres
16. ISRO Chairman: S. Somanath • ISRO First Chairman: Vikram Sarabhai
17. ISRO Foundation Year: 15 August 1969
18. IRCTC Chairman & Managing Director: Rajni Hasija;
19. IRCTC Headquarters: New Delhi
20. IRCTC Founded: 27 September 1999.
21. HDFC Bank CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan (27 Oct 2020–)
22. HDFC Bank Founded: August 1994, Mumbai
23. HDFC Bank Headquarters: Mumbai.
24. UN Women India: Ms. Susan Ferguson.
25. Capital of France: Paris
26. President of France: Emmanuel Macron
27. Chief of Army Staff,India: General Manoj Pande
28. Chief of Defence Staff, India: Lt General Anil Chauhan.
29. Uttarakhand Founded: 9 November 2000
30. Uttarakhand Chief minister: Pushkar Singh Dhami
31. Uttarakhand Official tree: Rhododendron arboretum
32. Uttarakhand Capitals: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer).
33. Meghalaya Capital – Shillong
34. Meghalaya Chief Minister – Conrad Kongkal Sangma
35. Meghalaya Governor – Phagu Chauhan.
36. Tripura Capital: Agartala;
37. Tripura Governor: Satyadeo Narain Arya.
38. Qatar Capital – Doha
39. Qatar Currency – Qatari riyal
40. Emir of Qatar – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
41. Hindustan Unilever Ltd Headquarters: Mumbai
42. Hindustan Unilever Ltd Founded: 17 October 1933.
43. LIC Founded: 1 September 1956
44. LIC Headquarters: Mumbai.
45. FIFA Founded: 21 May 1904
46. FIFA Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland.
47. Viacom18 Headquarters: Mumbai
48. Viacom18 Founded: November 2007
49. Viacom18 CEO: Jyoti S. Deshpande.
50. Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
51. Nepal Prime minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal;
52. Nepal Currency: Nepalese Rupee.