Current Affairs- February 27, 2023.
INDIA
- Kerala inks pact with UN Women to empower women in tourism.
- Karnataka to get India’s first Marina to promote coastal tourism.
- Japan to invest ₹7,200 crores in Uttar Pradesh, HMI Group is developing 30 hotels in the state.
- PM Modi to inaugurate Shivamogga airport in Karnataka.
- Rs 16800 to be disbursed to Farmers under Pm Kisan Today
- CBI arrests Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in excise policy case.
- Exercise Desert Flag VIII: LCA Tejas to take part in its maiden global air exercise.
ECONOMY
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets heads of World Bank, IMF; discusses debt restructuring.
- Commerce Ministry: Services exports to cross USD 300 billion this fiscal
- Pakistan govt raises policy interest rate by 200 bps for IMF Bailout.
- Direct benefit transfers reach Rs 5.5 trillion so far in the current financial year.
WORLD
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX set to launch next International Space station crew for NASA.
- UAE to send its second astronaut to space on a long haul mission to ISS
- Thousands of people take to streets in Portugal over cost-of-living crisis due to inflation.
SPORTS
- Tennis: Novak Djokovic breaks Steffi Graf’s record of 377 weeks at Number 1 rank.
- Football: Lionel Messi scores 700th club goal; Mbappe crosses 200th goal for PSG club.
