Daily Current Affairs – 01 & 02 March 2023

This post contains the current affairs for 01 & 02 March 2023. These current affairs are important for banking exams, insurance exams and other competitive exams like IBPS PO and Clerk, SBI PO and Clerk, RBI Assistant and Grade B, etc. You can also attempt our Current Affairs Quiz after reading our daily current affairs.

GDP

Moody’s India’s GDP growth raised to 5.5% in 2023: Moody’

• Global rating firm Moody’s Investors Services has projected India’s growth forecast to 5.5 percent in 2023.
• This is an increase from earlier projection of 4.8 percent in 2022.
• The growth rate of India is projected to 6.5 percent in 2024.

Conference

8th Raisina Dialogue begins in New Delhi

• The eighth edition of the “Raisina Dialogue”, will be held from March 02-04, 2023.
• Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, organised annually since 2016 in New Delhi.
• The theme for the 2023 Raisina Dialogue is “Provocation, Uncertainty, Turbulence: Lighthouse in the Tempest?”.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurated the event.
• Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni will be the chief guest as well as the keynote speaker at the inaugural session.
• The multilateral conference is being organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with the think-tank Observer Research Foundation (URF).
• The Raisina Dialogue is one of the leading global conference on international affairs. It brings together leading minds from the global strategic and policy-making community to discuss broader foreign policy and strategic issues facing the world.

Defence

IAF and Japan Air Self Defence Force participates in Exercise Shinyuu Maitri 23

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) conducted the Exercise Shinyuu Maitri on 01 and 02 March 2023.
• This exercise was held on the side-lines of the Indo-Japan Joint Army Exercise named, Dharma Guardian, which took place from 13 February 2023 to 02 March 2023 at Komatsu, Japan.
• The IAF participated with the one C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in Exercise Shinyuu Maitri 23.

Committee

Supreme Court forms experts committee to look into Hindenburg report on Adani Group; Head AM Sapre

• The Supreme Court has formed a six-member expert committee to examine Hindenburg Research firm’s report on the Adani Group and probe the stock price crash in Adani stocks.
• The order to set up the committee was passed by a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala.
• The committee with be headed by former Supreme Court judge, AM Sapre.
• Other members of the panel are OP Bhat, JP Devdhar, KV Kamath, Nandan Nilakeni and adv Somasekhar Sundaresan.
• The US firm Hindenburg Research has in its report alleged fraud and stock manipulation by the Gautam Adani-led group.
• This has led to massive slide in Adani Group’s stock prices.

Appointment

Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar takes over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff

• Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar took charge as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 March 2023.
• He has taken over from Lieutenant General BS Raju.
• Prior to this, General officer Kumar was Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) at Army HQ.

Rajesh Malhotra assumes charge as Principal Director-General, PIB

• Senior Indian Information Service officer Rajesh Malhotra assumed charge as the Principal Director-General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on March 01, 2023.
• Malhotra is a 1989-batch IIS officer. With this appointment, he will also functions as the principal spokesperson of the Government of India.
• Malhotra succeeds Satyendra Prakash who superannuated on February 28, 2023.

Important Days

47th Civil Accounts Day celebrated on 01 March 2023

• The 47th Civil Accounts Day was celebrated on 01 March 2023 to mark the 47^th foundation day of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).
• The Union Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
• The “Civil Accounts Day” is observed every year, since its inception in 1976.

Zero Discrimination Day: 01 March

• The Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD) is held every year on 1 March.
• The day aims to ensure right to equality, inclusion and protection of all people without any discrimination in their law and policies to live a full life with dignity regardless of any barriers.
• ZDD was launched by UNAIDS in 2014.
• Theme of Zero Discrimination Day 2023: “Save lives: Decriminalize.”

World Seagrass Day: 01 March

• Seagrasses are one of the most widespread marine ecosystems on Earth and covers around 300,000 km² of seabed in 159 countries.
• To raise awareness about the threats to these ecosystems, the United Nations (UN) has designated 01 March as World Seagrass Day.
• The theme of first-ever World Seagrass Day is “Healthy seagrass, healthy planet.”
• Seagrass meadows are often referred to as a type of “blue forest”.
• They supply food and shelter to thousands of species of fish, seahorses, turtles, and other marine animals, and sustain some of the world’s largest fisheries.

World Civil Defence Day: 01 March

• The World Civil Defence Day is celebrated every year on March 01, to raise awareness about the critical role of civil defence organisations in safeguarding communities.
• The day was established by the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO) in 1990.
• The theme for 2023 is, “The role of information technology in risk assessment.”
• The day highlights and honours the civil defence measures in protecting people and their property from natural disasters, accidents, and other emergencies.

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