Weekly Current Affairs 1st-8th November 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI fines Vakrangee Rs 1.76 cr for violating order on ATM deployment goals

• Pilot for digital rupee for wholesale segment to commence on November 1,2022

• Govt’s GeM portal hits 12 million order volume in purchases from MSMEs

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI bans Mehul Choksi from securities market for 10 years,poses a fine of Rs 5 crore; Rs 21 cr fine on 52 entities in Religare Finvest fund case

• SEBI issues master circular on investor grievance redressal through SCORES platform

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Wheat exports double to $1.48 billion in April-September period: Govt data

• Cabinet approves Rs 51,875 cr subsidy for P&K fertilisers for rabi season

NATIONAL

• Publications Division all set to participate in the 41st Sharjah International Book Fair

• Indian Firm to build Mongolia's first Greenfield Oil Refinery

• India’s first floating financial literacy camp

INTERNATIONAL

• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina confers ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour on Edward M Kennedy

• Ghana Assumes Security Council Presidency

• Benjamin Netanyahu comes back to power IN Israel

STATES

• Arunachal Pradesh to get India’s first Aqua Park & Northeast’s first fish museum

• Rising Sun Water Festival concludes in Meghalaya

• Cabinet approved naming of Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, Itanagar, the State Capital of Arunachal Pradesh as “Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar”

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• 103 million people forcibly displaced worldwide : UNHCR report

• Gujarat and Rajasthan are Corporate India's investment attraction- Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy and CareEdge

• Bank credit to micro, small enterprises jumps 23% YoY in September: RBI data

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Mawmluh Cave in Meghalaya first Indian Geoheritage Site recognised by Unesco

• Mengtian: China successfully launches final part of its three-module space station

• ISRO: India plans to send rover to moon’s shadow region in collaboration with Japan

DEFENCE

• DRDO conducts successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor off Odisha coast

• Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor successfully tested by DRDO

• In a first, CRPF appoints 2 women cadre officers as IG of RAF, Bihar sector

EVENTS

• PM to attended programme ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha’ in Banswara district of Rajasthan

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated 'India Water Week' in Greater Noida

• Global Investors Meet ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’ on 2nd November

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Karnataka honoured Puneeth Rajkumar

• ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme got Skoch award

• Permacrisis Is Collins Dictionary's Word Of The Year

SPORTS

• India defeats Australia to win third Sultan of Johor Cup

• Suryakumar Yadav becomes world’s No.1 T20I batter, ends Mohammed Rizwan’s reign

• ICC Player of the Month 2022: Virat Kohli, Nida Dar bags Player of the Month award for October