Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 8th October 2024

RBI, Banking and Economy

• UP's rural women drive Rs 27,000 crore financial inclusion transactions

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• India signs $750-mn currency swap deal with forex-starved Maldives

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• India, UAE to set up food corridor at $2 bn investment

NATIONAL

• Nutrition support for TB patients hiked to ₹1,000

STATES

• NSDC signs MoU with BMC to Establish State-of-the-Art Skill Centre in Mumbai

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• “Free to Think 2024” annual report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo's Red Panda Program Selected as Finalist for 2024 WAZA Conservation Award

DEFENCE

• DefConnect 4.0: Raksha Mantri launches ADITI 2.0 challenges & DISC 12 to foster innovation, entrepreneurship & ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence

EVENTS

• India to host ITU-WTSA24 during October 14th- 24th in New Delhi : The first ever in Asia Pacific region

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

SPORTS

• Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar announces retirement