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Daily Current Affairs – 20 February 2023
This post contains the current affairs for 20 February 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
Ex-Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar predicts India’s economy to grow at 6% in 2023-24
- The former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has projected Indian economy to clock 6 percent growth rate in next fiscal, FY24, (2023-24).
- Besides, India has a good opportunity to persevere with a high growth rate because of several reforms undertaken during the last eight years by the Narendra Modi government.
Agreement
IIT Kanpur sign MoU with Indian Bank to support innovative startups
- IIT-Kanpur’s technology business incubation centre, “Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC)”, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Bank, to identify innovative start-ups and extend financial support to them.
- The programme will be implemented under the ‘Ind Spring Board (Finance for Startups)’ scheme of the Indian Bank.
- This collaboration will help to extend critical support to emerging Indian start-ups that will enable them to scale and accelerate their product development journey.
Appointment
Brig. (Dr.) BD Mishra (Retd.) appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
- Brigadier BD Mishra (Retd.) has been sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
- Brigadier B.D. Mishra (Retd) was administered the oath of office, by the Chief justice of the high court of J&K and Ladakh Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, on February 19, 2023.
- He replaces Radha Krishna Mathur, who served for three years from October 31, 2019, to February 11, 2023.
- Mishra is the second LG of Ladakh. Before this, he was the governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
Unicef India appoints Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana as its National Ambassador of Child Rights
- Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana, has been appointed as the National Ambassador of Child Rights for UNICEF India.
- As a National Ambassador, his duties will be to work with UNICEF to ensure the rights of every child- to survive, thrive, be protected- as well as promoting their voice and agency in decisions that concern them.
Sports
Saurashtra beats Bengal by 9 wickets to lift 2022-23 Ranji Trophy
- Saurashtra defeated Bengal by 9 wickets to win the Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 final title on February 19, 2023 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
- This is the second time that Saurashtra has won Ranji Trophy title.
- Earlier Saurashtra won the title in 2019-20 season, defeating Bengal.
- Saurashtra Skipper Jaydev Unadkat was declared Man of the Match.
India defeat Australia to retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy
- Team India has retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by beating Australia for the second test game in a row of the ongoing four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy by six wickets on February 19, 2023, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
- India won the series opener by an innings and 132 runs, held in Nagpur.
- Following this, India won the second Test once again to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
- With this win, India has secured a place in the final of the World Test Championship as well as achieved top position in the ICC Test rankings.
- The third Test between India and Australia will begin on March 1 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
- The Border–Gavaskar Trophy is a Test cricket series played between India and Australia through the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) future tours.