Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd to 31st December 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI to migrate payments fraud reporting module to Daksh on January 1,2023

• India's current account deficit in July-Sept rises sharply to 4.4% of GDP

• IMF projects 6.8 % growth in current fiscal for India

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI expands committees on cyber security and information systems

• ESIC plans to fill 6,400 vacancies including posts for more than 2,000 Doctors and Teaching Faculty

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• 71 multi-state cooperative societies under liquidation till December 15

• Free ration to poor for one year under NFSA

• Govt allows import of lentils, vegetable oil at lower duty until March 2024

NATIONAL

• ADNOC Logistics, AG&P sign 11-year charter deal for India import terminal

• International Space Registry named one star after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• Rs300 Crore Angul-Balram Rail-link Inaugurated

INTERNATIONAL

• WRI, GEF to form Secretariat for preservation of 30% land, ocean by 2030

• Spain Passes New Transgender Bill, Allows Anyone To Change Gender Aged 16 And Above

• Serbia publishes commemorative postage stamps to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

STATES

• Assam grants industry status to its tourism sector

• ‘Dhanu Yatra’ begins in Odisha’s Bargarh

• Uttar Pradesh Government approved warehousing and logistic policy 2022

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• The World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2022

• India to become $10-trillion economy by 2035: CEBR

• Banks’ GNPAs decline to 5 per cent in September 2022- RBI report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Maruti Suzuki signs 5-year pact with Kamarajar port for PV exports

• NASA retires Mars InSight lander mission after 4 years

• IISc Bengaluru to be G20 Science working group’s secretariat

DEFENCE

• India, Japan to hold 1st joint air combat drill

• New British Indian Army Memorial is going to be built in Scotland

EVENTS

• Petroleum Ministry to organize musical event 'Dance to Decarbonise' in New Delhi on 23rd December 2022

• India’s first SCO-IBC meeting held with focus on climate finance, SDGs, creation of data bank

• First Bekal International Beach Festival started on Dec 24 in Kasaragod

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• UIDAI HQ Building wins top Green Building Award

• UIDAI gets DSCI AISS Award for ‘Best Security Practices in Government Sector’

SPORTS

• PV Sindhu the 12th highest-paid sportswoman in 2022, only Indian in top 25

• Harmanpreet to lead India at hockey World Cup

• FIFA picks Morocco to host Club World Cup in February 2023