Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd-30th April 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI harmonises provisioning norms for urban cooperative banks

• RBI removes restrictions on individuals from opening interest-earning FCAs

• RBI Imposes Rs 44 Lakh Penalty On 4 Co-Operative Banks

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI bars brokers from creating bank guarantees with client funds

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying organizes 2000 camps across Aspirational Districts for awareness on Entrepreneurship schemes and Doorstep Veterinary Services under “ Pashudhan Jagruty Abhiyaan” as a part of AKAM campaign on Inclusive Development

• IFFCO's nano DAP fertiliser launched for commercial sale

• Agriculture Ministry inaugurates Farm Machinery Technology Summit

NATIONAL

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to inaugurate National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts, IIT - Discovery Campus

• Railways to launch Puri-Gangasagar Divya Kashi Yatra from Pune

• NHAI to develop 10,000 km of ‘Digital Highways’ in India by 2025

INTERNATIONAL

• South Korea formally restored Japan on trade 'white list' after 3 years

• Mohammad Shahabuddin took oath as Bangladesh’s President

• Mongolia’s first oil refinery to be completed by 2025

STATES

• PM Narendra Modi to flag off India's 1st water metro in Kochi

• Union Minister Sonowal inaugurated the technology arm of Shipping Ministry in Tamil Nadu

• Tamil Nadu assembly passed Bill allowing 12-hour work days

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India jumped 6 places on World Bank’s Logistic Performance Index

• India world's fourth-largest military spender in 2022

• India's crude steel output grew 4% to over 125 MT in FY23

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Isro to launch Singaporean Earth Observation satellite TeLEOS-02

• Emirates Unveiled World’s First Robotic Check-In Assistant

• Hubble Space Telescope celebrated 33rd year in space with ethereal image of star-forming region

DEFENCE

• Navy, DRDO conduct maiden flight trial of interceptor ballistic missile

• Wing Commander Deepika Misra is first IAF woman officer to receive gallantry award

• India & UK Jointly Introduced Ajeya Warrior 2023

EVENTS

• Health Ministry to organize Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination

• PM inaugurated 6th Edition of One Earth One Health – Advantage Healthcare India 2023

• Australia to host third in-person Quad Summit on May 24 in Sydney

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Health Ministry's National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme receives Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2022

• Indian-American Neeli Bendapudi to be conferred with this year’s Immigrant Achievement Award

• Fit India Champion Arjun Vajpai Summits Mt. Annapurna, becomes first Indian man to do so

SPORTS

• Archery World Cup: India end campaign with two golds and a silver and bronze medals at Turkiye's Antalya

• Kiptum won London Marathon in 2nd fastest time

• Piyush Chawla became fifth-highest wicket-taker in IPL history