Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 16th May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• NPCI's RuPay goes live on CVV-less payments for tokenized cardholders

• HDFC to raise up to Rs 8,000 cr through bonds, will offer 7.7% per annum

• WPI enters deflation in April with -0.92 percent for the first time in 3 yrs

NABARD AND AGRICULTURE

• Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurates Integrated Biological Control Laboratory in Hyderabad

• Govt launches training programme on entrepreneurship opportunities in agri, industrial waste management

NATIONAL

• Unique ID Mandatory For Doctors

• MCA Launched C-PACE

INTERNATIONAL

• Netherlands Declared India’s 3rd Largest Exporter

REPORTS AND INDEXEX

• Mumbai ranks 6th in the housing price growth index, globally: Knight Frank Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• IBM & NASA Joint Venture for New Geospatial Model

DEFENCE

• iDEX-DIO signed 250th contract, first under Mission DefSpace & 100th SPRINT (Navy) contract in New Delhi

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Nepali Sherpa Pasang became world's 2nd person to scale Everest 26 times

• Astronomical society handsed over lifetime achievement award to Jayant Narlikar/strong>

SPORTS

• Haryana crowned sub-junior National women’s champion