Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 1st-8th April 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Monetary Policy Statement, 2023-24 Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

• RBI to issue new 5-year bond on April 6, seeks to raise Rs 8,000 cr

• Neeraj Nigam new RBI executive director, will lead consumer education dept

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI takes some measures to take disciplinary measures on misleading investment ads

• SEBI issues guidelines for usage of brand or trade name by advisors, analysts

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Govt to launch technology scheme ‘Smart PDS’ for PDS reforms

• KVIC Distributes Margin Money Grants and Bee Boxes in Kaithal, Haryana

NATIONAL

• India’s first quantum computing-based telecom network link now operational

• India, Malaysia can now trade in Indian rupee

• India became first country to develop its own system for estimating TB cases

INTERNATIONAL

• Colombia opened military service to women for first time in 25 years

• Ales Bialiatski: Nobel Prize-winning activist sentenced to 10 years in jail

• Poland to be first NATO member to give MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

STATE

• Haryana became first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network

• In a first, Eravikulam National Park gets a fernarium

• Sheenu Jhawar became the first woman President of TiE Rajasthan

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• The 25 Richest People In The World 2023

• India rises five places to 101 in latest FIFA rankings

• Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 reader poll

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• ISRO successfully carried out Re-usable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission

• Elon Musk Releasd New Twitter Logo

• PhonePe intrdouced E-Commerce App - ‘Pincode’

DEFENCE

• MoD signed Rs 470 crore contract with Ultra Dimensions Pvt Ltd for modernisation of Naval Aircraft Yards at Goa & Kochi

• Vice-Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh is new Vice-Chief of Navy

• India-U.S. air exercise to begin from April 10 to 21, Japan to be observer

EVENTS

• PM took part in Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

• High Commissioner Pranay Verma released the special edition of Bharat Bichitra magazine in Dhaka

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• NGO from Assam honoured with Children’s Champion Award

• Kashmir’s Aliya Mir Gets Wildlife Conservation Award

• Bangladesh: Special literary award conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

SPORTS

• Daniil Medvedev reigned supreme in Miami Open, won 4th title of 2023

• Sri Lanka failed to qualify directly to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

• RCB Announced Retirement of Jersey Numbers 17 & 333