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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI to directly regulate entities facilitating cross border payment transactions

• Regulated entities to follow new IT framework from April 2024: RBI

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• IRDAI constitutes taskforce to review existing Bancassurance framework

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• IRDAI constitutes taskforce to review existing Bancassurance framework

NATIONAL

• Prime Minister launched 'Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat)’ platform on the National Unity Day

• ECI designed in-house software for complete Candidate and election management through ‘ENCORE’

• India and UAE Strengthen Educational Ties with Landmark MoU

INTERNATIONAL

• Chile becomes 95th member of International Solar Alliance

• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina appears on Time Cover

STATES

• Haryana CM Manohar Lal launched 2 significant initiatives

• Haryana gets 3rd position in organising Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programmes

• Manipur: Cabinet recommends Kuki-Zo Intellectual Council be declared as ‘unlawful organisation’

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Mumbai ranks 4th in global housing price rise - Knight Frank’s Prime Global Cities Index

• HCLTech’s Shiv Nadar Tops ’23 Hurun India Philanthropy List

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• CSIR-NIIST, HAL sign MoU to strengthen indigenisation in aerospace, defence sectors

• NMC to launch ‘one nation, one registration platform’ for doctors

• Researchers identify a new mushroom species from the Western Ghats

DEFENCE

• IAF FIGHTER SQUADRON CONVERTS FROM MiG-21 TO SU-30 MKI

• MARITIME SECURITY MEETING BETWEEN INDIAN NAVY AND SRI LANKAN NAVY

• ‘Desi’ S-400: All about Project Kusha, India’s very own long-range air defence system

EVENTS

• GOA MARITIME CONCLAVE (GMC) – 2023 CONCLUDES

• India, ISA to contribute $35 million to global solar facility

• Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's statue inaugurated at Wankhede Stadium

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Union Home Minister’s “Special Operation Medal” for the year 2023 awarded for 4 Special Operations

• UNESCO designated Kozhikode in Kerala as City of Literature; Gwalior as City of Music

• Writer-scholar Vasanthan gets Kerala’s literary prize

SPORTS

• South Kashmir youth wins silver in Asian Shooting Championship

• Lionel Messi wins 8th Ballon d'Or; Spain's Aitana Bonmatí is named top female player

• Mohammed Shami becomes India’s leading wicket taker in World Cup history