Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 21st April 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting to acquire spice brand Brahmins

• PSBs set up an app for e-auctioning 500k properties

• RBI allows AU Small Finance Bank, Equitas Bank to deal with foreign exchange

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Health insurance start-up Plum launched AI-powered tool PolicyGPT

• Sebi bars ex-Care Ratings MD & CEO Rajesh Mokashi for two years

• AIIB to Open First Overseas Office in Abu Dhabi, UAE

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Rajasthan govt approves Rs 463 cr to strengthen micro irrigation system

NATIONAL

• AIM, NITI Aayog, and UNCDF Team Up to Make India a Global Agri-tech Leader, Expand Innovations to Developing Economies

• Assam and Arunachal Pradesh sign agreement to settle boundary dispute

INTERNATIONAL

• Cuba re-elects Miguel Díaz-Canel as Prez for second term

• US announces 36th security package in new military aid for Ukraine of 325 million dollars

STATES

• CM Khattar launches 3 online services, for differently-abled to get pension at home

• Himachal becomes ‘1st state’ to create DNA database of unidentified bodies

• Kerala launches 'One Panchayat, One Playground' to revive the sports culture

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Airports Authority of India plans Rs 4,000-cr capital expenditure in FY24

DEFENCE

• Participation of Indian Air Force in Exercise INIOCHOS-23

EVENTS

• EU-India Aviation Summit begins in New Delhi

• 13th Joint Trade Committee meeting of India and Thailand held in New Delhi

• MSDE and MoE to organize one of its kind exhibition under G20 EdWG — Future of Work from 23rd till 28th April at Bhubaneswar

AWARDS AND REWARDS

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SPORTS

• Warner becomes the most appeared overseas captain in IPL

• Badminton federation extends ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes

• Harmanpreet Kaur, Tom Blundell, Daryl Mitchell, and Ben Foakes became Wisden's Cricketers of the Year 2023