Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 14th March 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• IREDA gets ‘Infrastructure Finance Company’ status from RBI

• Retail inflation remains above 6% in February,reaches to 6.44%

• HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s UK arm

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• PNB Housing Finance's Rs 2,500 crore rights issue gets SEBI’s approval

NATIONAL

• Surekha Yadav, First Woman Loco Pilot Of Asia, Operates Vande Bharat Express

• India and Sweden signed a MoC to strengthen cooperation & promote research networking between research institutions from both countries

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India remains world’s largest importer of arms: SIPRI report

DEFENCE

• EXERCISE LA PEROUSE – 2023

EVENTS

• First international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage to begin in New Delhi

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi’s 2018 satirical novel, Pagalkhana, has been selected for the 32nd Vyas Samman, 2022

SPORTS

• 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship for Men and Women to be held at Baksa district in Assam from March 20 to 23