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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI allows scheduled commercial banks to issue credit lines through UPI

• Credit outstanding to real estate rises 38% to Rs 28 lakh crore in July: RBI

• Bajaj Auto's subsidiary gets RBI registration for NBFC business

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• NSE starts onboarding MF platforms as EOPs

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• ICAR signs agreement with Bayer for resource technology development

NATIONAL

• Ministry of Women and Child Development celebrating the 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah throughout September 2023

• Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Gets Navratna Status

• NCERT gets Deemed-to-be-University status

INTERNATIONAL

• African Union to join G-20, as Sherpas reach a deal

• Vanuatu parliament elects Sato Kilman as prime minister

• Global Fund secures deal to slash HIV treatment price

STATES

• Nagaland first NE State to start Aadhaar-linked birth registration

• Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Inaugurates Utkela Airport, Direct Flight Between Utkela And Bhubaneshwar

• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami launches logo, wesite of global investors’ summit

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Invasive mussel species from Central and South America wiping out native variant in Kerala

• Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani top the Fortune India Rich List for 2023

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• ‘Gujarat Declaration’ underlining outcome of the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 released

• India’s first solar observatory mission launched

• Oldest yet fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur found in Rajasthan

DEFENCE

• INS SUMEDHA AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT FOR EX- BRIGHT STAR- 23

• Indian Air Force And Drone Federation Of India To Co-host Bharat Drone Shakti 2023

• INDIAN NAVY STEPS UP PREPARATIONS FOR SAGAR PARIKRAMA IV

EVENTS

• Xi Jinping To Skip Delhi G20 Summit

• Department of Agricultural Research and Education organizes G20 Technical Workshop on Climate Resilient Agriculture on 4th – 6th September 2023 in Hyderabad

• Fourth and final Sherpa meeting begins in Haryana’s Mewat ahead of G20 Summit

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Indore named best city and Madhya Pradesh best state in Smart Cities Mission Awards

• RBI governor rated A+ in global finance central banker report cards 2023

• Shanta Thoutam honoured with World Innovation Award at BRICS

SPORTS

• Durand Cup 2023: Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 in final to win record 17th title

• Indian Men's Hockey team beat Pakistan in thrilling final to win inaugural Men's Hockey 5s Asia Cup

• World champion Neeraj Chopra felicitated by Switzerland Tourism