Weekly Current Affairs 16th-22nd November 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Bank borrowings up 2x amid rush to fund credit growth, shows RBI data

• Banks increase EBLRs by 190 bps in collaboration with RBI’s repo rate hike

• Creditors recovered a third of claims in 553 resolved CIRP cases: IBBI data

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI notifies rules on dividend, redemption proceeds to mutual fund unitholders

• SEBI issues operational guidelines on ‘scheme of arrangement’ for entities with listed debt securities

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• NABARD sanctions Rs 220 cr to Odisha govt for flood protection projects

• India's oilmeal exports rise 38.45% to 1.98 MT during Apr-Oct period: SEA

NATIONAL

• U.K. and India to launch a Young Professionals Exchange in 2023

• Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launches India’s first Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping

• India launches official website of SCO for 2023-“For a SECURE SCO”

INTERNATIONAL

• Pakistan ,Ghana and Bangladesh First to Receive G7 ‘Global Shield’ Climate Funding

• ASEAN Agrees in Principle to Admit East Timor as 11th Member

• Qatar, China sign world’s ‘longest’ gas supply deal

STATES

• PESA Act: Madhya Pradesh Govt implements act to preserve tribal population from exploitation

• C.V. Ananda Bose appointed Governor of West Bengal

• Maharashtra government doubles pension of freedom fighters

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India ranks at 8th on Global List for Climate Protection, climbs two spots

• State of Food and Agriculture Report 2022 - FAO

• IBA’s EASE Reforms Index for Q1FY23

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Artemis 1: NASA launches Mega Rocket on maiden flight to moon

• Siberian rubythroat recorded in the Nilgiris

DEFENCE

• INDO-US Joint Training Exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2022” to commence in Uttarakhand

• Lance Naik Manju becomes Indian Army’s first woman sky diver with 10,000 ft jump

EVENTS

• Third edition of ‘No Money For Terror’ forum to discuss crowdfunding of terrorism

• LeadIT Summit 2022 hosted by India and Sweden at COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

• First Edition of World Media Congress in Abu Dhabi

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Australian of the Year Award 2023: Indian-Origin Sikh Amar Singh wins award for supporting community

• Pratham gets Indira Gandhi prize for its works in education

• Khalid Jawed’s 'The Paradise of Food' wins the JCB Prize for Literature 2022

SPORTS

• Pollard retires from IPL, is now MI’s batting coach

• Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu and Gagan Narang elected in IOA Athletes Commission

• Sri Lanka to host U-19 Men's T-20 World Cup 2024