Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd-28th February 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI updates rules for foreign donations via NEFT, RTGS

• FDI equity inflows decline 15% to $36.75 bn in Apr-Dec FY23

• Over 97% of ECLGS borrowers micro and small enterprises: Govt data

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI issues additional cybersecurity measures for regulated intermediaries

• NSE Indices launches country's first ever Nifty India Municipal Bond Index

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• APEDA inks Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lulu Hypermarket for export promotion of millets in GCC countries

• PM Modi releases 13th instalment of Rs 16,800cr under PM-KISAN

• More than 8 lakh projects approved under PMEGP scheme - KVIC

NATIONAL

• India joined global ‘Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate’

• India Withdraws from Voting in UN General Assembly

• PM inaugurated Shivamogga airport

INTERNATIONAL

• Seattle became the first city in U.S. to ban caste discrimination

• Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s dropout from New START Treaty

• Financial crime watchdog FATF suspended Russia's membership over Ukraine war

STATES

• Medical quota for government school students in M.P.

• Ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga Nominated By US President To Lead World Bank

• Gujarat Assembly passed Bill to curb paper leak in recruitment exams

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Unemployment rate at 5-year low of 4.1% in 2021-22 – PLFS Data

• India ranks 42 among 55 countries on International IP Index

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• India’s first hybrid rocket launched from Tamil Nadu’s Pattipulam

• India’s first agri chatbot Ama KrushAI launched in Odisha

• HAL got DGCA nod for new variant of Hindustan aircraft

DEFENCE

• BEL inked MoU with ADA for advanced medium combat aircraft programme

• INS Nireekshak awarded on-the-spot Navy chief Unit Citation for salvage ops

• CRPF to hold annual Raising Day event in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-hit Bastar

EVENTS

• First meeting of Culture Working Group of G20 began in Khajuraho

• Inaugural I2U2 Business Forum held in Abu Dhabi

• Shri Rajkumar Ranjan Singh inaugurated the New Delhi World Book Fair 2023

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• BangladeshPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina honoured Dr. Mahendra Mishra with the International Mother Language Award in Dhaka

• SS Rajamouli’s RRR won Best International Film at HCA Awards

• MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan won 2023 Marconi Prize

SPORTS

• Rifle Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins at ISSF World Cup

• Sergio Ramos announced retirement Spanish national team

• Madhya Pradesh crowned senior women's national hockey champions