Current affairs 07 February 2023

Indian music composer Ricky Kej wins third Grammy for "Divine Tides".

• Indian music composer, Ricky Kej won his third Grammy Award in the best new age album category for Divine Tides at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
• He has shared this award with Stewart Copeland, who collaborated with Kej on the album.
• Stewart Copeland is a Drummer of the iconic British rock band The Police.
• Record of the Year: About Damn Time by Lizzo
• Album of the Year: Harry's House by Harry Styles
• Song of the Year: Just Like That

CAG's 6th SCO SAI Leaders’ Meeting to begin in Lucknow.

• The 6th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) Leaders’ Meeting is being hosted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in Lucknow on 6th February 2023.
• The meeting was inaugurated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel.
• Theme: Integrating Emerging Technologies in Audit
• Discussions topics: Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, and concerns of digital technology.
• CAG: Girish Chandra Murmu

Bangladesh will receive electricity from power plant in Jharkhand.

• Bangladesh minister, Nasrul Hamid has informed that Bangladesh would receive electricity from the Godda power plant in Jharkhand from March 2023.
• 750MW of power will come from the first unit of the Adani power plant in Godda in March 2023.
• Another 750 MW of power will come from the second unit of the Godda power plant in April 2023.
• The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) signed an agreement with the Adani group for importing electricity from its plant at Godda.

1st Youth -20 meeting begins in Guwahati.

• The first meeting of the Youth -20 engagement group under India's G20 presidency is being organized in the IIT-Guwahati campus, Assam on 6th February 2023.
• Aim: Provide an opportunity for the students to voice their opinions to the audience worldwide.
• More than 150 Youth delegates from G20 countries are set to participate in the meetings.
• Over 12000 college and university students also participated in these events.
• Youth Affairs and Sports Minister: Anurag Singh Thakur

PM inaugurates India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru.

• The Punjab Cabinet under the chairmanship of CM Bhagwant Mann approved new industrial and electric vehicle policies.
• Electric Vehicles:
• Incentives for those switching over to electric vehicles under the vehicle scrapping policy.
• Charging stations will also be installed.
• The new industrial policy pitches Punjab as a favorite investment destination.
• Introduction of public mining sites to ensure that sand and gravel are available at reasonable rates to common people.