Daily Current Affairs 1st August 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Tata Steel to introduce 'First in India' seating system for Vande Bharat

• New micro units set up under PMEGP in FY22 jump 38% from previous year

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Insurers may not need prior IRDAI nod to raise capital via pref shares and subordinate debt

NATIONAL

• Amit Shah to inaugurate conference on drug trafficking, national security

• Indian, Malaysian ink pact to promote palm oil

INTERNATIONAL

• Rare pink diamond, likely the largest in 300 years, discovered in Angola

STATES

• Chhattisgarh to flagge off ‘Mahtari Nyay Rath’

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• ETFs accounted for a third of record FPI outflows in June,2022- NSDL

• Credit growth to MSME sector expanded by Rs 52,800 crores in current fiscal: SBI Ecowrap report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Robot 'Eagle,' Fluent In 30 Languages, Teaches Science & Humanities At A Hyderabad School

DEFENCE

• Joint Exercise “EX VINBAX 2022” with Vietnam People’s Army to commence at Chandimandir

EVENTS

• World Breastfeeding Week 2022

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• DSF institutes first of its kind Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award for Excellence in Music

SPORTS

• Indian women’s air rifle team clinches gold

• Max Verstappen wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

• Anahat Singh: India’s youngest athlete at Commonwealth Games 2022