Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd-28th February 2025

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Bank credit growth to NBFCs slows to four-year low in 2024

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI Fines Axis Securities ₹10 Lakh for Regulatory Violations

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Prime Minister to Release 19th Instalment of PM-KISAN at Bhagalpur, Bihar on 24th February 2025

NATIONAL

• Bisleri Signs MOU with Archaeological Survey of India to Revive Water Bodies at Heritage Sites Across India

INTERNATIONAL

• India continues to help Global South, sends humanitarian aid to Honduras

STATES

• Bathouism Recognized as an Official Religion in Assam’s BTR

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Top 10 highest direct tax-paying companies in India (FY 2024)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• SECI signs MoU with Government of MP for 200 MW Solar Project at Dhar

DEFENCE

• Our aim is to reach defence exports worth ₹50,000 crore by 2029: Rajnath Singh

EVENTS

• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates the SARAS Ajeevika Mela organized at Noida Haat in Uttar Pradesh through video conference

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• 2025 International Booker Prize: 13 books, including Banu Mushtaq’s Kannada story collection Heart Lamp, make longlist