DAILY DOSE 24TH FEB CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) 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.
2) World Scout Day: 22 February
- 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.
3) Inaugural 12U2 Business Forum held in Abu Dhabi
- The inaugural 12U2 Business Forum was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 22 Feb 2023.
- It brought together private and public sector representatives from India, Israel, the US, and the UAE to discuss opportunities for cooperation between the business communities of the four countries.
- It was the first event of this kind to take place since the official launch of the 12U2 Group
4) Rajeev Raghuvanshi appointed as new Drug Controller General of India
- Mr 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”!
5) Kerala HC – 1st in country to publish judgments in regional language
- The Kerala High Court has published two of its recent judgments in Malayalam on 21 February 2023.
- The day (21 February) is also observed as International Mother Language Day.
- With this, Kerala High court became the first high court in the country to publish judgments in regional language.
- The judgments in Malayalam were uploaded on the court’s website just below the English version.
6) EAM’s annual flagship event Asia Economic Dialogue begins in Pune
- External Affairs Ministry’s (EAM) annual flagship event on Geoeconomics, Asia Economic Dialogue began in Pune, Maharashtra on 23 Feb 2023.
- The 3-day event is being hosted by EAM and Pune International Centre.
- The principal theme for the Dialogue is ‘Asia and the Emerging World Order!
- More than 44 speakers from various countries will be participating in this Dialogue.
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