Daily Current Affairs For UPSC IAS Prelims, 14 February 2023 Current Affairs For Civil Services

Daily Current Affairs For UPSC IAS Prelims 14 February 2023: We bring to you ”Daily Current Affairs For UPSC IAS Prelims” based on the principle of updating UPSC CSE aspirants with Most Important Daily Current Affairs For Civil Services. These Daily Current Affairs are prepared by our team in Bit Form/Abridged Form to save the precious time of UPSC Aspirants without compromising the quality. In Today’s Daily Current Affairs For UPSC IAS Prelims, 14 February 2023, we are covering topics: Aero India 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle, Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023.

Aero India 2023

Aero India 2023 In News?

• On February 13, 2023, PM Modi, inaugurated the 14th addition of Aero India 2023, Bengaluru Airshow, at IAF Yelahanka Airforce Station, in Bengaluru on February 13, 2023.
• This 14th edition of the Aero India 2023 event is being organised from February 13 to 17, 2023 to highlight India’s expanding aerospace and defence capabilities.

About Aero India 2023 

• About: Aero India as a premier global aviation trade fair, which provides an opportunity for the Indian aviation-defence industry, including the aerospace industry, to showcase its products, technologies and solutions to the national decision makers.
• Organizer: Bengaluru-based defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will organise the event, in which exhibitors from across the world are expected to take part.
• Duration and location: The 14th edition of the Aero India 2023 event is being organised in Bengaluru in a grand manner between February 13 and 17, 2023.
• Participation: Besides the major entrepreneurs and investors in the defence and aerospace industries, the event will witness participation of prominent defence think-tanks and defence-related bodies from across the world.
• Theme: ‘‘The runway to a billion opportunities”
• Significance: In keeping with the motto “Make in India, Make for the World,” Aero India-2023 will this time place a strong emphasis on showcasing homegrown machinery and innovations as well as establishing alliances with foreign businesses.

Cyclone Gabrielle 

In News?

• New Zealand government issued a National State of Emergency(the third time in country’s history) due to ”Cyclone Gabrielle” on February 14, 2023.
• The New Zealand government issued a National State of Emergency in order to bolster resources in response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
• New Zealand has only previously declared a national state of emergency on two occasions – during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

About Cyclone Gabrielle

• It is a tropical cyclone.
• It is a Severe Tropical Cyclone and belongs to Category 3: Gabrielle was a Category 3 tropical cyclone over the open waters of the Coral Sea. The storm had sustained winds in excess of 74 mph (120 km/h), equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic or East Pacific Ocean basins.
• Speed of the cyclone ranges between 119 km/hr to 157 km/hr
• Second Major Weather Event: Cyclone Gabrielle was the second major weather event to slam New Zealand in a month, and the heavy rain, winds and storm surge are likely to make the storm the most impactful tropical system since the 1990s.

Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023

Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 In News?

• 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav, 2023 will be inaugurate on February 14, 2023.
• The closing ceremony of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 will be in Kevadia on the 26th of February.

Background

Bharat Rang Mahotsav was being organized regularly from 1999 to 2020, but due to the Corona epidemic in 2020, it could not be duly organized in 2021 and 2022.

About Bharat Rang Mahotsav 

• Bharat Rang Mahotsav has become an international event today, and is probably the biggest Theatre festival in the world, in which more than 100 theater groups from all over the world participate every year.
• Along with the theatrical performances, the parallel exhibitions, director-audience dialogues, discussion and seminar-activities on various Theatre related topics, make it a special fair of Theatre.

Aim of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023

• The Bharat Rang Mahotsav aims to strengthen international tie-ups and cultural exchange programmes with other nations.
• It builds a platform to explore more about the theatre traditions across the country.
• Not just artists, but also the noted directors will be attending the grand festival.
• It is a matter of pride for every Indian that this year our country is presiding over the G-20, a global seminar is also on cards to celebrate this glorious occasion.

About National School of Drama

• The National School of Drama is one of the best Theatre institutes in the world, and the only one of its kind in India and Asia, which has played a major role in Theatre training as well as in the Indian Theatre movement.
• An important part of this Theatre movement is ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’, which is today considered as one of the biggest Theatre festivals in the world, in which there is a holistic confluence of Indian as well as global Theatre cultures.

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