Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 1st-8th January 2025

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Small savings rates stay unchanged for January-March 2025

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Capex recovers in November, fiscal gap at 52.5% of BE

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Cabinet extends DAP special package, crop insurance to stay

NATIONAL

• Indian Govt announces $500,000 relief assistance to earthquake-hit Vanuatu

INTERNATIONAL

• Russia imposes new tourist tax

STATES

• CM inaugurates India’s first glass bridge over sea in Kanniyakumari

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• ‘Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2024’ Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• New Ant Species Discovered in Western Ghats

DEFENCE

• India, U.S. to jointly manufacture interoperable sonobuoys for Navy

EVENTS

• 8th Edition of the Indusfood 2025

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Biden Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom 2025

SPORTS

• KKFI Unveils Spectacular Trophy, Mascots Tejas and Tara For Inaugural Kho Kho World Cup 2025