Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023. The PM also inaugurated Global Trade Show and launched Invest UP 2.0.
The global investors meet scheduled from February 10-12 is the flagship investment summit of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
The summit would be concluded by President Droupadi Murmu on February 12.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched Hello Ujjivan, India’s first mobile banking application with 3 V’s -- voice, visual, and vernacular-enabled features -- to provide banking access to individuals who have limited reading and writing skills. The app is designed to instil banking habits in our MicroBanking and Rural customers who are digitally challenged.
Mr. B A Prabhakar, Chairman of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 13, 2020, launched Rs 3 lakh crore government guaranteed collateral free ECLGS for MSMEs and other business enterprises to meet their operational liabilities. The scheme was extended in the Union budget for fiscal 2022-23 up to March 2023 and its total guarantee cover was extended to Rs 5 lakh crore.
The Quad -- a plurilateral framework comprising India, Australia, Japan, and the US -- has announced the launch of a public campaign to improve cyber security in these four nations. Named "Quad Cyber Challenge", Internet users across the Indo-Pacific and beyond have been invited to join it and pledge to practice safe and responsible cyber habits
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the second edition of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The new rocket will attempt to put three satellites - ISRO's EOS-07, US-based firm Antaris' Janus-1, and Chennai-based space startup SpaceKidz's AzaadiSAT-2 - into a 450km orbit.
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation- S Somanath
The third edition of Khelo India Winter Games will begin at Gulmarg in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The sports event is being organised after the successful conduct of first two editions. Jammu and Kashmir holds the distinction to have topped in both the previous editions of the Khelo India Winter Games held so far.
The 1st edition of Khelo India Winter Games took place in 2020 Leh, Ladakh, J&K
India's sixth flight under Operation Dost has reached earthquake-hit Turkey. According to External Affairs ministry, more search and rescue teams, dog squads, essential search and access equipment, medicines and medical equipment are ready for deployment in the relief efforts. India is also preparing a field hospital in Hatay to treat the emergency cases.
President of Turkey : Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Capital: Ankara
Currency: Turkish lira
India’s national accreditation system under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world in the recent Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021. The GQII ranks the 184 economies in the world on the basis of quality infrastructure (QI). India’s overall QI system ranking continues to be in the Top 10 at the 10th position.
Chairperson of Quality Council of India, Jaxay Shah
India and the European Union announced setting up of a new Trade and Technology Council that is expected to facilitate exchange of critical technologies relating to an array of domains, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and cybersecurity. The TTC with India is the European Union's second such technology partnership after US in 2021.
The European Union ( EU ) is an economic and political union of 27 countries.
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up digital forensic laboratories along with exchange of information and knowledge, technological advancement and skill development in the field of digital forensics.
DGGI is a intelligence organisation, under Central Board of Indirect Taxes and customs.
Meta announced its partnership with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) for the G20 stay safe online campaign. Meta will create and share helpful resources in multiple Indian languages through various channels, to spread awareness on how to stay safe online, as part of the partnership with MeitY.
Akash Tripathi, CEO, MyGov
India’s agricultural and processed food products exports rose to $19.69 billion in April-December 2022 from $17.5 billion over the same period of the last fiscal, as per the provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S). The overall export of APEDA products increased to USD 19.7 billion in April-December 2022.
Pfizer India has announced the appointment of Meenakshi Nevatia as its new CEO and Managing Director. Nevatia will serve in this role for the next five years. Last year in August, she was appointed as the chairperson for India Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed).
Based on analysis of feedback received on a July 2022 discussion paper on Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance, the Reserve Bank of India issued certain guidelines to regulated entities. The guidelines consist of a broad framework for acceptance of green deposits, disclosure frameworks on climate-related financial risks and guidance on climate scenario analysis and testing.
South Indian Bank, in collaboration with Geojit Financial Services, announces the launch of a wealth management platform. SIB Wealth is a unique value-added service that will assist the bank’s high net worth (HNI) customers in investing their money in the greatest financial instruments on the market.
SIB became a scheduled bank in 1946 under the RBI Act.
SIB HQ: Thrissur
MobiKwik has become of the first fintech apps to support RuPay Credit Cards on UPI. The facility will help millions of customers who use UPI for their daily transactions. RuPay Credit Cards now linked directly to UPI IDs, customers can easily make payments to merchants by scanning the UPI QR code and using UPI PIN for payment authentication.
Chandan Joshi, Co-Founder & CEO, Consumer Payments, MobiKwik.
February 10 is observed as National Deworming Day, an initiative of the Union Health Ministry, in an attempt to make every child in the country worm-free. More than 836 million children are at risk of parasitic worm infections across the world. According to WHO, 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 years are at risk of parasitic intestinal worms in India.
National Deworming Day was launched by the government in 2015.
World Pulses Day is a designated United Nations global event to recognize the importance of pulses as a global food. It has been proclaimed on February 10 of each year since 2019 by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 20, 2018. The theme for this year's World Pulses Day 2023 is 'Pulses for sustainable Future'.
International Year of Pulses (IYP)- 2016