Weekly Current Affairs 23rd to 31st July 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI imposes Rs 57.75-lakh penalty on Suryoday Small Finance Bank

• RBI relaxes card-on-file data storage norms related to guest transactions checkout

• Centre's revenue receipts rise 5% to Rs 5.7 trillion in June quarter

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI proposes regulatory framework for online bond platforms

• SEBI extends deadline for commencing KYC record validation by KRAs

• SEBI relaxes new exchange-traded funds' framework

NABARD & Agriculture

• Minister of Fisheries Parshottam Rupala launches NDDB's subsidiary for manure management

• IARI introduces three new basmati rice varieties

• Cabinet approves signing of MoU between National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) and University of Reading (UoR), UK

NATIONAL

• The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022

• Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates Launches Bal Raksha Mobile App

• Aadhaar FaceRD App Launched By UIDAI

INTERNATIONAL

• Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka PM

• Kuwaiti emir appoints Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as new Prime Minister

• President Bajram Begaj takes office

STATES

• Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Unveils 36th National Games Logo

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated 'Trinetra'

• Burhanpur becomes first certified ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district in India

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling Market in India: NITI report

• Flexible workspace leasing by corporates up 59% in Apr-Jun

• Digital Enterprise Maturity 3.0 — Boosting Business Resilience Through Technology report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Russia to leave ISS, build own space station

• Meraxes Gigas: Huge Dinosaur With Tiny Arms Like T-Rex

• Migratory monarch butterfly now classified as Endangered

DEFENCE

• Maritime Partnership Exercise between Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defence Force

• Delivery of INDIGENOUS Aircraft Carrier “VIKRANT”

• Indian Navy receives 2 MH 60R multi-role helicopters from US

EVENTS

• Hariyali Mahotsav

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• 68th National Film Awards announced

• Kamal Haasan receives UAE's 10-year Golden Visa

• Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar

Sports

• Indian Fencer Bhavani Devi was part of 1st Khelo India Fencing Women's League

• Lleyton Hewitt after induction into International Tennis Hall of Fame

• Karuna Jain announces retirement