Current Affairs 23 February 2023

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• Anusuiya Uikey was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Manipur in Imphal on 22 February 2023.
• Justice MV Muralidaran, Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur administered the oath of office to Anusuiya Uikey.
• Anusuiya Uikey was the governor of Chattisgarh from 29th July 2019 to 12th February 2023. 
• She became a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in 2006.

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• World Scout Day is observed annually on February 22 by millions of Boy Scouts worldwide.
• It honours Lord Robert Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scout Movement, on the day of his birthday
• The theme of World Scout Day 2023 is “Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality”.
• The day is also celebrated as World Thinking Day across the world by Girl Guides/Girl Scouts.

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• 7-year-old Prince becomes first digital citizen of Bhutan.
• Bhutan’s Royal Highness The Gyalsey (Prince) Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, has become the country’s first digital citizen by onboarding with the Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) mobile wallet in February 2023.
• Bhutan NDI uses cutting-edge technology to provide citizens with secure and verifiable identity credentials, ensuring the privacy and protection of their personal information.

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•  APEDA participates in 28th edition of Gulfood 2023. 
• Agricultural and Process Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) is participating in the 28th edition of Gulfood 2023 being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February 2023.
• Gulfood 2023 connects food and beverage sectors around the globe, providing ample opportunities to Indian exporters.
• 50 Indian exporters from different categories are participating in the event.

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• Mumbai’s Churchgate station to be renamed after first RBI Governor. 
• The first national executive meeting of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena party was held on 21 February 2023.
• The meeting passed a resolution to rename the ‘Churchgate railway station’ after the former RBI governor and Union Finance Minister Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh.
• In August 1943, CD Deshmukh was appointed as Governor of the RBI and served in that position till 1949. 

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• Agriculture Minister inaugurates National Horticulture Fair in Bengaluru. 
• Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 22 Feb 2023, inaugurated the four-day National Horticulture Fair in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• The fair is organised to showcase the latest technologies developed by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), for the benefit of productive farmers.

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• BJP national president J.P. Nadda launched the book “Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux” in Delhi on 22 February 2023.
• The book is forewarded by External Affair Minister S. Jaishankar.
• The editors are Sujan Chinoy, Vijay Chauthaiwala, and Uttam Kumar Sinha.
• This book is going to open a debate on how PM Modi has taken a decision which has changed India’s image worldwide.
• It is published by Wisdom Tree.

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• Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra, an Indian educator and social worker, was awarded International Mother Language Award on 21 February 2023.
• He received the award from Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• He is the first Indian to receive this award.
• Dr Mishra has worked over three decades on the language, culture and education of the marginalised languages of Odisha.

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• Rajeev Raghuvanshi has been appointed as the new Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on 22 February 2023.
• He succeeded Dr VG Somani as DCGI who was on this post since 2019.
• he had worked with Ranbaxy and Dr Reddy laboratories.
• His expertise lies in dosage form design and development.
• For his contribution, Dr Reddy’s Labs has twice awarded him with “Dr Reddy’s Excellence Award”.

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• As Nagaland goes to poll on 27 February 2023,  Kohima Village, also known as Bara Basti, the 2nd largest village in Asia has adopted resolutions for clean and fair election.
• Every citizen from Kohima village has been sensitised about their voting rights.
• The village council has come out with strict conditions that no political parties can campaign so as to enhance the clean election campaign.