Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 6th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI allows 6 entities to test fintech products to deal with financial frauds under sandbox scheme

• Foreign universities can now set up campuses in India, but no e-classes – UGC

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI extends relaxation on dispatching hard copies of financial statements

• SEBI has issued debt broker license to Zerodha-backed GoldenPi Technologies

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying has inaugrated 29 Mobile Veterinary Units and Centralised call center in Thiruvananthpuram

NATIONAL

• Union government declared TRF, front of LeT, a terrorist organisation

• Cabinet approves continuation of Schemes of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, with an outlay of Rs.12882.2 crore, for the balance period of the 15th Finance Commission (2022-23 to 2025-26)

STATES

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched high-speed 5G telecom services in Odisha

• Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhya section became India’s longest rail track with automatic signaling system

• Madhya Pradesh government launched Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights Scheme

DEFENCE

• IIT-Madras, DRDO tie up for advanced defence tech R&D

EVENTS

• IIJS Signature and India Gem & Jewellery Machinery Expo organised by GJEPC from 5-9th January 2023

• Union Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the themes of Y20 summit, logo and website

SPORTS

• Patnaik inaugurated Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium

• Pranesh won Rilton Cup, becomes India’s 79th Grandmaster

• Australian player Steve Smith broke record of highest test centuries of Sir Donald Bradman