- According to a statement from the Madhya Pradesh administration, the village of Islam Nagar in the Bhopal district has been renamed Jagdishpur.
- The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM) scheme has been extended by the government until March 2026. Because of COVID uncertainty, it has not yet produced the intended results. In 2019, PM-KUSUM was introduced.
- Bal Mitra, a WhatsApp chatbot created by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), was made available.
- From February 1 to February 5, 2023, the Gandhisagar Floating Festival will be held in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. Being the first floating festival in Asia, this festival is unique.
- 500 new waste-to-wealth facilities will be built as part of the GOBARDHAN programme to advance the circular economy under the segment titled "Green Growth." At a cost of Rs 10,000 crore, these will include 200 compressed biogas facilities, 75 in metropolitan areas, and 300 community or cluster-based plants.
- On February 1st, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman upped the defence budget's allotment to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023–24 from Rs 5.25 lakh crore the previous year (2022–23).
- In terms of overall budget allocations, school education has seen a boost of Rs 9,752.07 crore (16.51%), and higher education has seen a gain of Rs 44,094.62 crore (8%) compared to RE 2022-23's allocation of Rs 40,828.35 crore.
- The Ministry of Jal Shakti received Rs 97,277.67 crore from the Centre in this year's Budget, an increase of 40.87 percent from Rs 69,053.02 crore from the previous year.
- Jammu & Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha officially opened the SARAS Aajeevika Mela 2023 on February 4 at the Aquaplex Crown in Jammu.
- From February 5 to 7, Bengaluru will host the first meeting of the G-20 Energy Transition Working Group, which India will serve as chair of.
- Azad Engineering Private Limited, a market leader in engineering with headquarters in Hyderabad, has been authorised as the first Indian business to supply vital rotating components for nuclear turbines.
- Prem Singh Tamang, the chief minister of Sikkim, announced the "Mero Rukh Mero Santati" (Plant a Tree, Leave a Legacy) project on February 2nd, 2023, under which 100 trees will be planted for each child born in the state.
- The CEO Conclave at PlastIndia 2023 was presided over by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi. More than 90 CEOs from the plastics business, both in India and abroad, attended the meeting.
- Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, urged residents to step forward and assist the government in achieving its goal of making the state drug-free by 2025.
- The 36th International Surajkund Crafts Mela 2023 was held in Faridabad, Haryana, from February 3 to February 19, 2023. The partner nation is the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization," while the theme state for this year is the "North Eastern Region."
- Engineers India Limited (EIL) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of waste-to-energy and biomethanation projects in cities with a million or more residents (million plus cities). The Green Growth Agenda of India is in keeping with this MoU.
- The National Diagnostics Catapult (C-CAMP InDx 2.0) was introduced by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) Indigenisation of Diagnostics (InDx) in New Delhi, Delhi.
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), with headquarters in New York, United States of America (USA), have worked together to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) based models that will make it simpler to mine massive datasets to advance scientific knowledge about Earth and aid the world in adapting to a changing environment.
- The United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened its 2023 Partnership Forum on January 31, 2023, immediately following the Council's Coordination Segment at its offices in New York, United States (US).
- Sports:
- The SAFF U-20 Women's Championship, an international soccer event for women's under-20 national teams, will see its fourth iteration in 2023. It will be organized in Bangladesh
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been awarded the hosting rights for the Asian Nations Cup in 2027, according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
- On February 3, 2023, at Dumas Beach in Surat (Gujarat), the state team from Kerala defeated Punjab to claim the title of National Beach Soccer Championships 2023 champion.
- Indian gymnastics's mascot The International Testing Agency (ITA), a nonprofit organisation that conducts anti-doping test procedures on behalf of the International Gymnastics Federation, has given Dipa Karmakar a retroactive 21-month suspension.
- Days:
- The Union for International Cancer Control recognises February 4 as World Cancer Day each year. Objective: to fight the illness that is the greatest cause of mortality worldwide. Close the Care Gap is the multi-year theme for World Cancer Day 2022–2024.
- Obituary:
- Kasinadhuni Vishwanath (K Viswanath), a renowned Telugu actor and filmmaker who received the Padma Shri and Dadasaheb Phalke awards, passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana, on February 2, 2023, at the age of 92.
- Appointments:
- Babita Phogat, a former wrestler, has joined the Oversight Committee group set up to look into claims made against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
- M Subbarayudu (1994-IFS), currently India's ambassador to Peru, has been named the country's new high commissioner to Namibia.
- RailTel received an Rs. 253.35 crore SBI Project for 4G ATM Connectivity
- Global Leader Approval Ratings by Morning Consult
- Green Hydrogen Hubs were announced in Kerala's budget
- Ministry of Cooperation signed an MoU to permit PACS to function as a CSC
- Hindujas Plans to Increase Their IndusInd Bank Holdings to 26%
