Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• PhonePe raises another $100 mn from General Atlantic as part of $1 bn plan

• Aadhaar authentication clocks 1.96 billion transactions in April, 19% more than same month last fiscal

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI introduces risk disclosure framework for individual traders in equity derivative segment

NABARD AND AGRICULTURE

• Rajasthan govt to give free seed kits of vegetables to around 2 mn farmers

NATIONAL

• Ministry of Education and World Bank organise a one of its kind workshop on School-to-Work Transition under the STARS Program

INTERNATIONAL

• Blackstone acquired International Gemological Institute

STATES

• Amit Shah laid foundation stone of campus of National Academy of Coastal Policing in Dwaraka, Gujarat

REPORTS AND INDEXEX

• Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai emerge as top data centre markets in APAC region: Report

DEFENCE

• INS TARKASH and INS SUBHADRA Arrive in Saudi Arabia, Kickstarting AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2023 Naval Exercise

EVENTS

• India to host 44th edition of annual ISO COPOLCO Plenary from 23-26th May

• The Prime Minister co-chaired the 3rd Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC III Summit)

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Prime Minister honoured with the highest civilian award of Papua New Guinea