Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 16th-22nd October 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI revises its KYC rules to strengthen money laundering prevention

• RBI imposes fines on Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank for violating norms; Rs 2.50-cr penalty on L&T Finance for non-compliance of norms

• Kotak Mahindra Bank gets RBI approval to acquire MFI Sonata Finance

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Sberbank becomes first Russian bank to register with SEBI as FPI: NSDL

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Final estimates of production of major crops released for the year 2022-23

• Second advance estimate for the year 2022-23 released for area and production of horticultural crops

• DOLR signed an MoU with NRSC to monitor WDC-PMKSY 2.0 projects

NATIONAL

• Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 (IMI 5.0) campaign with special focus on improvement of Measles and Rubella vaccination coverage, concluded all three rounds on 14 October 2023

• 'One Nation, One Student ID': Govt Introduces APAAR Unique Identification For School children

• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF) sign MoU for Academic and Research Collaboration to synergise professional capabilities of both institutions

INTERNATIONAL

• World's First Gender Balance Framework for the 4th Industrial Revolution debuted in Dubai

• Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel

• EAM Jaishankar unveils Rabindranath Tagore’s bust in Bac Ninh, Vietnam

STATES

• Uttar Pradesh Launches Swachch Tyohar, Swasth Tyohar Campaign For Festivals

• UP government to organize three-day 'Sri Anna Mahotsav' & state-level millet workshop in Lucknow

• Jharkhand first state to take steps to ensure minimum wages for workers

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India To Spend ₹ 143 Lakh Crore On Infrastructure Till 2030: CRISIL Report

• India Slips to 45th Spot on Global Pension Index 2023/strong>

• India to spend Rs 143 trillion in infrastructure by 2030- CRISIL

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Dharmendra Pradhan launches web portal ‘Apna Chandrayaan’ with activity-based support material on Mission Chandrayaan-3

• MEITY signs MoU with IBM on Quantum, AI & Semiconductor

• IN-SPACe Chairman forecasts India’s space economy rocketing to $44 billion by 2033

DEFENCE

• India and Italy sign pact to bolster defence cooperation

• MID-PLANNING CONFERENCE FOR MULTILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE (MILAN) – 24

• ‘IMPHAL’ - Third Stealth Destroyer of Project 15B delivered to the Indian Navy

EVENTS

• PM inaugurated the Global Maritime India Summit 2023 on 17th October

• Indian Railways’ PSUs, RITES Ltd and IRCON granted Navratna status

• This year's 'Ayurveda Day' to be organized on the theme of 'Ayurveda for One Health' and celebrated 100 countries across the globe

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Nawanpind Sardaran Village In Punjab Receives Best Tourism Village Award

• Ministry of Jal Shakti launches the 5th National Water Awards, 2023

• PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESENTS 69TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS

SPORTS

• Neeraj Chopra among 11 nominees for men's World Athlete of Year

• Cricket set to feature in 2028 Olympics

• Indian Chess Grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali beats World number One Magnus Carlsen in Qatar Masters