Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 15th February 2024

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI directs Visa, Mastercard to halt card-based commercial payments

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• 16th Finance Commission holds first meeting under Chairmanship of Dr. Arvind Panagariya in New Delhi

NATIONAL

• PM inaugurates Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu stone temple

INTERNATIONAL

• Saudi Arabia To Launch Dream Of The Desert, The Middle East’s First Luxury Train

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Telecommunication Engineering Centre and AMRITA UNIVERSITY sign MoU for collaboration in the area of trustworthy and responsible artificial intelligence systems

DEFENCE

• Defence ministry inks Rs 1,752 cr deal with AWEIL for remote control guns

EVENTS

• Prime Minister’s participation in World Governments Summit 2024

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Sikh Regiment havildar conferred Vishisht Seva Medal for innovative octocopter development

SPORTS

• Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur hands over Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest