Daily Current Affairs 4th August 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Amazon expands partnership with Railways for deliveries in festive season

• EV firm River gets $11 mn in funding to set up manufacturing plant

• India's services PMI at 4-month low of 55.5 in July,2022 amid high inflation

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Sebi restructures market data advisory committee

• Debt marketplace Yubi partners with U GRO Capital for MSME co-lending & supply chain finance

• Square Yards launches India’s first real estate digital escrow service

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Centre hikes sugarcane FRP by Rs 15 per quintal for 2022-23 season

• India to manufacture Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) in India

NATIONAL

• Bharatnet scheme

• India adds 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites to make total 64 sites

• Govt withdraws Data Protection Bill, 2021

STATES

• Delhi government to come up with an app-based bus service

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Fortune Global 500 List

• Retail investors' holdings drop by Rs 1.67 trn to Rs 17.58 trn in Q1: Prime Database

• Over 22% small businesses availing loans in FY22 were run by women- NeoGrowth Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• New scheme launched to augment research capabilities in state universities and colleges

EVENTS

• ‘NASHE SE AZADI’ - National Youth and Students Interaction Program

Sports

• Birmingham Commonwealth Games