Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 4th May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• PhonePe goes live with UPI LITE to enable low-value transactions

• Airtel Payments Bank unveils face authentication for Aadhaar-based transactions

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• India’s services sector growth climbs to near 13-year high to 62.0 in April: PMI

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI mandates Legal Entity Identifier for debt security issuers

NABARD AND AGRICULTURE

• Nationwide AHDF KCC campaign for 2023-24 launched for providing Kisan Credit Card facility to all eligible Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fishery Farmers

NATIONAL

• Sharad Pawar Announced His Resignation from NCP Party

• Government launched Vivad se Vishwas scheme for relief to MSMEs for COVID-19 period

INTERNATIONAL

• World Bank to provide 2.25 billion dollars to Bangladesh to support development projects

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India's additional green financing need at 2.5% of GDP: RBI report

• M&E sector grows 10% over 2019, crosses Rs 2.1 trn: Ficci-EY report

• India slips in World Press Freedom Index, ranks 161 out of 180 countries

DEFENCE

• DRDO & Indian Navy conduct successful maiden test trial of indigenous Air Droppable Container ‘ADC-150’ from IL-38SD aircraft off Goa coast

SPORTS

• Amit Mishra became IPL’s third-highest wicket-taker