Weekly Current Affairs 1st-8th October 2022

    (General Awareness Digest for Regulatory Body Exams)

    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

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