Weekly Current Affairs 1st-8th October 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI raises repo rate by 50 bps to 3-year high; FY23 GDP forecast cut to 7%

• RBI launches advanced supervisory monitoring system DAKSH

• CBDT extends due date for filing of various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 2022-23 under the Income-tax Act, 1961

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI makes OTP validation a must for mutual fund investments from FY24

• Markets regulator SEBI rolls out the framework for portfolio managers

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Rice procurement estimated at 518 lakh MT during Kharif Marketing Season 2022-23

• Sugar exports up 57 pc to record 109.8 lakh tonnes in 2021-22; cane arrears at Rs 6,000 crore

NATIONAL

• Operation GARUDA launched to dismantle drug networks

• PM’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA 2.0– Launched

• President Murmu to launch start-up platform for women entrepreneurs

INTERNATIONAL

• Russia recognizes Independence of two southern regions

• King Charles III decides to not attend international climate change summit COP27 to be held in Egypt

• Kazakhstan to change name of capital from Nur-sultan back to Astana

STATES

• Kerala's Pullampara is first fully digital literate panchayat in India

• Gurugram To Get "World's Largest Safari"

• Bihar Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India ranks 40 in Global Innovation Index of World Intellectual Property Organization

• World food price index fell for sixth consecutive month in September: FAO

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Prime Minister to launch 5G Services in India at 6th India Mobile Congress 2022

• Elon Musk unveils humanoid ‘Optimus’ robot

• Mangalyaan, India's Mars orbiter craft, completes eight years in orbit

DEFENCE

• South Korean Naval Ships visit Chennai

EVENTS

• IBBI to celebrate its Sixth Annual Day

• MoS Tourism Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurates ‘Paryatan Parv - 2022’ at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai

• 68th Wildlife Week starts at Nahargarh Biological Park & Zoo

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Indore bags cleanest city award for sixth year, M.P. ranks first among States

• Telangana scoops Swachh Survekshan Gramin, 2022 award

• Yunqing Tang bags SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 for her contribution in maths

SPORTS

• Rosy Meena Paulraj from Tamil Nadu sets new pole vault national record at National Games

• Top javelin thrower Shivpal Singh handed 4-year ban for failing dope test

• Sreejesh, Savita voted FIH goalkeepers of the Year