Daily Current Affairs 4th October 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Bank credit to micro, small enterprises up 19% YoY in August: RBI data

• EXIM Bank extends $100- mn LoC to Maldives for development projects

• August, 2022 tax collections decline 7.7%; personal income tax mop-up drops 37%- CGA

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI penalises 10 entities for diverting IPO proceeds in Birla Pacific Medspa case

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Punjab Govt announces hike in sugarcane price to Rs 380 per quintal

NATIONAL

• President Murmu to launch start-up platform for women entrepreneurs

INTERNATIONAL

• German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announces delivery of 16 wheeled armored howitzers to Ukraine

STATES

• Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates direct flights between Bilaspur to Indore

• Centre extends AFSPA in THESE districts of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Mangalyaan, India's Mars orbiter craft, completes eight years in orbit

DEFENCE

• Induction of indigenously built Light Combat Helicopter

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Indian American honoured with a lifetime achievement award in US

• Nobel Prize 2022: Svante Paabo wins in Physiology or Medicine

• Yunqing Tang bags SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 for her contribution in maths

SPORTS

• Areeba Khan wins World Championship silver in skeet

• Top javelin thrower Shivpal Singh handed 4-year ban for failing dope test