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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI launches mission Har Payment Digital to make every citizen a user of digital payment

• RBI puts restrictions on Musiri Urban Co-operative Bank

• Retail and NBFCs increased credit to services by 21.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) in January 2023-RBI Data

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI imposes Rs 6 lakh penalty on MCX in data entry norms case

• SEBI lays down data localisation norms for cloud adoption

• Bajaj Finserv gets SEBI's approval to enter into mutual fund business

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Millets Giveaway is a special marketing campaign being undertaken by Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium

• Agriculture exports up 10% to $21.8 bn in April-January

• Ministry of Rural Development extends MoU with NIFT for Design Support for the products made by SHGs of DAY – NRLM

NATIONAL

• Australian universities to set up campuses in GIFT City

• India, Italy signed MoU on defence cooperation

• Union Minister Anurag Thakur launched Yuva Utsav across the nation, from IIT Ropar, Punjab

INTERNATIONAL

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

• Nigeria’s Tinubu Announced as Presidential Election Winner

• South Korea, US to hold joint military drills despite North Korea warning

STATES

• Centre approved renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad

• Summer millets to be procured at MSP in Gujarat for the first time

• Nagaland got its first women MLAs, two candidates create history

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Reliance Jio second-strongest telecom brand in world- Brand Finance Report

• Philanthropy by India's super rich falls by a third in FY22- India Philanthropy Report 2023

• Unemployment rate rose to 7.45% in February: CMIE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• NASA’s New Science Lead

• India and Mexico signed a Memorandum of Understanding on research, technology and innovation collaborations

DEFENCE

• Dinesh K Tripathi Became New Western Naval Command Chief

• All five S-400 regiments expected to be delivered by early 2024

• Indo-France Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-2023 to Commence at Thiruvananthapuram

EVENTS

• Colonel CK Naydu: Team India’s first Test cricket captain’s statue unveiled at the Holkar stadium in Indore

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• J&K Won best adventure tourism destination award

• Health Ministry awarded Porter Prize 2023 for successfully managing Covid-19

• Union MoS Dr L Murugan Presented National Photography Awards

SPORTS

• Ashwin dethroned Anderson, becomes No. 1 Test bowler

• Lionel Messi won FIFA Best Men’s Player award, Alexia Putellas gets Best Women’s Player

• NADA and NCERT signed MoU to strengthen value-based sports education amongst school children and teachers