Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 4th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Indian govt & ADB sign $1.2 bn loan agreements for infrastructure projects

• SBI to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore via infrastructure bonds in Q4 of FY23

• NARCL emerges as the highest bidder for SREI with NPV of Rs 5,555 cr

NATIONAL

• India takes over leadership of the Asian Pacific Postal Union

• NTPC started India’s first green hydrogen blending operation in PNG network

• ‘SMART’ programme launched for Ayurveda professionals to boost R&D in Ayurveda

INTERNATIONAL

• Sweden took over Presidency of Council of European Union for first six months of 2023

• China appointed Qin Gang as country’s new foreign minister

STATES

• Election Commission's 'Mission-929' in Tripura

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Nearly 17% of ECLGS loans have turned into NPAs: RBI report

DEFENCE

• Siachen’s Kumar Post got first woman Army officer

EVENTS

• Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023 to be held on 27th January 2023

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• 27 Indians abroad to receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards

SPORTS

• Karthik Venkataraman is National chess champion