Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 26th May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Increased limit for tax exemption on leave encashment for non-government salaried employees-Ministry of Finance

• PhonePe links 2 lakh Rupay credit cards to UPI; is the first to do it

• CBDT notifies 21 nations from where investment in startups will be exempt from angel tax

NABARD AND AGRICULTURE

• Centre further raises 2023 wheat production estimate to 112.74 mt

• Third Advance Estimates of Production of major crops released – Ministry of Agriculture & Famers’ Welfare

NATIONAL

• Indian Railways handed over 20 Broad Gauge Locomotives to Bangladesh

• ADB, India signed $141.12 million loan for industrial corridor development in Andhra Pradesh

• Shri Giriraj Singh launched SAMARTH campaign to promote digital transactions at Gram Panchayat Level

INTERNATIONAL

• Bangladesh observed 124th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam

• Nepal celebrated Bhoto Jatra, part of a month-long chariot procession known as Rato Machhindranath Jatra

STATES

• CM Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala a complete e-governance State

• Goa signed MoU with Uttarakhand to strengthen tourism cooperation

REPORTS AND INDEXEX

• AI Supercomputer AIRAWAT Puts India Among Top Supercomputing League

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• GRSE launched innovation nurturing scheme for ideas in ship design, construction

• India’s AI Push: Microsoft launches 'Jugalbandi', AI-based multilingual chatbot for rural India

EVENTS

• National Campaign for Updation and Verification of People’s Biodiversity Register Launched in Goa

• India to eliminate TB by 2025

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Chandigarh bags Skoch SILVER Award 2023

• First Bulgarian author Won International Booker Prize