Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 2nd May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Bank credit to micro, small enterprises up 14% YoY in March: RBI data

• GST collection hits an all-time high of Rs 1.87 trillion in April

• UPI transactions at record high in April, touch Rs 14.07 trn

NATIONAL

• NTPC and NPCIL signed Agreement for joint development of Nuclear Power Plants

INTERNATIONAL

• Canadian government proposed ban on assault-style firearms

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• New Machine Learning tool by IIT Madras to detect brain, spinal cord tumour

DEFENCE

• Inaugural ASEAN-India maritime exercise in South China Sea

EVENTS

• India To Join International Climate Action In Civil Aviation From 2027

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• British-Indian Meera Syal to be awarded BAFTA TV fellowship

SPORTS

• Table tennis star and three-time Olympic medalist Kasumi Ishikawa announced retirement

• Ding Liren became China's first male world chess champion

• Sergio Perez won Azerbaijan GP