Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 1st-8th February 2024

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI curbs to render Paytm wallet and FASTag inoperative

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• HDFC Bank raises $750 mn through Regulation S Bonds

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Cabinet approves extension of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

National

• Government introduces a Bill in the Lok Sabha titled "The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024”

International

• January 2024 was world's warmest on record: European climate agency

STATES

• Union Minister G Kishan Reddy lays foundation stone for country's first digital National Museum of Epigraphy in Hyderabad

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• NITI Aayog and the Kingdom of the Netherlands release ‘LNG as a Transportation Fuel in Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle’ Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Bhupender Yadav says India increases its tally of Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Importance) to 80 by adding Five more wetlands to the list on the eve of World Wetlands Day 2024 (2nd February)

DEFENCE

• India, Saudi Arabia explore new avenues of defence cooperation

EVENTS

• PM to inaugurate CLEA -Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference 2024 on 3rd February

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• LK Advani To Be Honoured With Bharat Ratna

SPORTS

• ISSF World Cup 2024