Current affairs 01 February 2023

Best marching contingents & tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2023.

• The government has announced the list of the best marching contingents and tableaux for the Republic Day Parade 2023.
• Results have been announced on the basis of the assessment of the panels and online poll for the popular choice.
• Best three Tableaux (States/UTs):
• Panel-based: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and UP
• online poll-based: Gujarat, UP, Maharashtra
• Best Tableau (Central Ministries/Departments):
• Panel-based: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• online poll-based: CAPF

IIM Ahmedabad ranked top MBA colleges in India.

• According to the latest ranking, released by the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF), the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad is the best college to pursue the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course in India.
• IIM Ahmedabad is followed by IIM Bengaluru and IIM Kolkata at second and third spots, respectively.
• Among private colleges, the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur has topped the rankings.

Delhi govt launched real time pollution factors gathering mechanism.

• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has inaugurated a “super site” and a mobile van to collect real-time pollution data and tell its constituents.
• Delhi would become the first city in the country to get a real-time source segmentation of air pollution.
• It will identify factors that are responsible for the increase in air pollution in Delhi.
• The project has been initiated by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, and TERI.

Morgan Stanley appoints Arun Kohli as new country head for India.

• Arun Kohli has been appointed as the new head of Morgan Stanley (India).
• He has replaced Sanjay Shah, who is set to retire.
• He has been associated with Morgan Stanley for the past 15 years.
• Currently, he is serving as the chief operating officer (COO) for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.
• Earlier, he was the MD for firm strategy and execution for five years, stretching from 2007 to 2012.
• Morgan Stanley, CEO: James P. Gorman; Headquarters: New York. USA
• Female enrolment has increased to 2.01 crore from 1.88 crores in 2019-20.

Assam cabinet approves floriculture mission.

• The Assam Cabinet, headed by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved a state floriculture mission with an initial investment of Rs 150 crore that covers 20,000 farmers.
• The cabinet has also approved several other essential decisions including setting up a different CM secretariat at Dibrugarh and building a new Raj Bhavan in Tezpur.
• Under State Floriculture Mission, the flower cultivation area will be expanded from 2,200 hectares to 3,288 hectares within three years.