Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd -31st October 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI starts pilot programme for wholesale digital rupee in call money market

• Retail investors can buy Floating Rate Savings Bonds through RBI portal

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI empanels 12 entities to provide digital forensic services

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• NIFPHATT organizes workshop on Matsya Sampada Jagrukta Abhiyan at Kochi

NATIONAL

• Centre launched ‘Dark Patterns Buster Hackathon 2023’ to design & prototype innovative app or software that can detect dark patterns on e-Commerce platforms

• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves inclusion of Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP)

• Industry bodies to host global mega textiles event - Bharat Tex 2024

INTERNATIONAL

• HON’BLE RAKSHA MANTRI LAUNCHED ‘PROJECT UDBHAV’

• India and Italy sign pact to bolster defence cooperation

STATES

• Kerala becomes the first State to have hallmarking centres in all districts bl-premium-article-image

• Kerala Government to set up graphene production unit in PPP mode

• Karnataka Forest Department launches centralised wildlife crime management system

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• International Migration Outlook

• Interconnected disaster risks 2023

• Global Tax Evasion Report 2024

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• IIT Kanpur and Airbus to collaborate to boost aerospace talent base in India

• India's First Satellite-Based Gigabit Broadband Service

• Rare Paintbrush Swift Butterfly Found in Himachal

DEFENCE

• IAF signs contract with Indian manufacturer for procurement of automatic weather stations

• Air Marshal Sadhna Saxena Nair takes charge as Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces)

• GULF OF GUINEA: EU AND INDIA CARRY OUT MAIDEN JOINT NAVAL EXERCISE

EVENTS

• Union Textiles Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Launches Website of “Kasturi Cotton Bharat”

• Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda to inaugurate Aadi Mahotsav on 25th October, 2023

• India hosting meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests to deliberate on forest fires and forest certification

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• President Biden honours Indian-American scientists for lifesaving medical discoveries

• US President Joe Biden awards 2 Indian American scientists with National Medal of Technology and Innovation

• West Bengal Governor presents ‘Durga Bharat Param Samman’ to GRSE

SPORTS

• Formula 1 United States GP: Max Verstappen takes 50th win with Hamilton

• Virat Kohli Breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s Record: Fastest to 26,000 International Runs

• Paytm to be official sponsor of 37th National Games in Goa