Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 15th April 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Credit card spends touch all-time high of Rs 1.37 trillion in March –RBI Data

• India's economic growth projected to decelerate to 6% in 2023 from 6.6% in 2022: UN

• City Union Bank launches voice biometrics for logging into mobile banking app

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• NSE to introduce WTI crude oil, natural gas futures contracts from May 15,2023

• NSE to introduce WTI crude oil, natural gas futures contracts from May 15,2023

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying launches Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiatives and World Bank-funded Animal Health System Support for One Health

• G20 MACS meeting in Varanasi to feature the MAHARISHI Initiative

NATIONAL

• Govt launched initiative to enhance country's preparedness to potential animal pandemics

• NHAI signed MoU with Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve to facilitate seamless and efficient entry process for vehicles entering into forest area

INTERNATIONAL

• Turkish Navy has the world’s first “drone carrier” ship

STATES

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the first AIIMS in the North East in Assam

• Kolkata’s first underwater Metro started its trial run

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Ghana is first country to approve Oxford malaria vaccine

DEFENCE

• Three-day International Conference on Defence Finance & Economics concludes in New Delhi

EVENTS

• Seven-day SCO Millets Food Festival began in Mumbai

Sports

• India’s First Gold Medal to Aman Sehrawat in Wrestling