Current Affairs

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February - 08

• The Union government notified the appointment of five new judges to the Supreme Court.

1. Justice Pankaj Mithal, the chief justice of Rajasthan High Court
2. Justice Sanjay Karol, the chief justice of Patna High Court
3. Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, the chief justice of Manipur High Court
4. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, a judge of Patna High Court
5. Justice Manoj Misra, a judge of Allahabad High Court.

• Reliance Jio in collaboration with GSMA has unveiled a nationwide Digital Skill initiative.

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das released the Monetary Policy statement, which included the highly anticipated increase in the repo rate of 25 basis points.

Following are the revised rates in the RBI Monetary Policy 2023:

Repo Rate: 6.50%

Standing Deposit Facility (SDF): 6.25%

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF): 6.75%.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the first pilot of Digital Rupee- Retail segment (e₹-R) on December 01, 2022.

• Lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri was appointed to the higher judiciary and took an oath of office as the additional judge of Madras High Court.

• The Union Government has appointed K Satyanarayana Raju as its Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank, with immediate effect.

• UnCrave, the plant-based meat brand by Licious, unveiled popular comic, actor, and musician Vir Das as its Brand Ambassador.

• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been named to FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

• Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), a joint venture of public sector undertakings under the Ministry of Power, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle Joint Business Council (IMT-GT JBC) Malaysia at India Energy Week (IEW).

• Chinese search engine Baidu revealed its plans of launching a ChatGPT-style AI chatbot called ‘Ernie Bot’. Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares jumped as much as 13.4% on the news.

• The “Golden Book Awards” is announced its winner for 2023. This prestigious event recognizes and celebrates the best book in literature.

• The Sculpture Park at Bikaner House in New Delhi was inaugurated by Rajasthan Chief Secretary Usha Sharma.