Weekly Current Affairs 9th-15th November 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• SME lending startup ftcash gets NBFC licence from RBI; aims to disburse ₹100 cr in FY23

• National Payments Corporation introduces BHIM App open source license model

• NPCI enables electricity bill payments on 123PAY for feature phone users

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI gets fewer complaints on average so far this year: SCORES data

• Separate MII functions into three verticals, recommended by SEBI expert panel

• Transfer pay-outs to client's demat account within a day – SEBI

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Chhattisgarh govt cuts expanse of paddy to zero for coming rabi season

• Centre formulates action plan to promote exports of millets and value-added products of millets

• Paddy Procurement Crosses 231 LMT Mark benefiting over 13.50 Lakh Farmers with MSP value of about Rs. 47644 Crores

NATIONAL

• PM unveils logo, theme and website of India’s G-20 Presidency via video conferencing

• India joins five-nation mangrove alliance for climate in Egypt

• Justice DY Chandrachud takes oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India

INTERNATIONAL

• Natasa Pirc Musar elected as the first Female President of Slovenia

• 2022 year declared as ASEAN-India Friendship Year

• China to send monkeys in space for zero-gravity mating experiment

STATES

• Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary notified as Tamil Nadu’s 17th Wildlife Sanctuary

• Manipur to celebrate Amur Falcon Festival

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• QS Asia Universities Ranking 2023

• Three Indian women feature in 2022 Asia's Power Businesswomen List

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• New crab species found in Tamil Nadu

• New species of honey bee spotted after 200 years in Western Ghats

• Google launches ‘FloodHub’, a platform to forecast flood

DEFENCE

• India participates in Malabar Naval Exercise-2022

EVENTS

• "In our LiFEtime" Campaign launched by India at COP 27, Sharm El-Sheikh

• COP27: Presidency launches plan to build climate resilience for 4 billion by 2030

• Prime Minister Modi to gift Himachal Artwork, Handicrafts to World Leaders at upcoming G20 Summit

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Dr Subhash Babu, first Indian scientist to be awarded Bailey K. Ashford Medal

• Athlete Neeraj Chopra signed up as ‘Friendship Ambassador’ of Switzerland

• NSA Doval among 5 selected for 'Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman'

SPORTS

• Abdul Qadir, Chanderpaul, Charlotte Edwards in ICC Hall of Fame

• Virat Kohli becomes the first to score 4000 T20I runs

• India to host women’s World Boxing Championship next year: Boxing Federation of India