Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 20th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Outward remittances under LRS scheme near $2 billion in Nov: RBI

• SBI sanctions Rs 20 crore term loan to MSME lending NBFC Red Fort Capital Finance

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• More than 5000 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT) of sugarcane produced in Sugar Season 2021-22

NATIONAL

• Memorandum of Agreement signed between Indian Ports Association and RIS for setting up Centre for Maritime Economy and Connectivity

INTERNATIONAL

• India announced donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to Cuba

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• NRIs' deposits touch $134 billion in November 2022: RBI bulletin

• Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) wins ‘Best Small Bank Award’ - BT-KPMG Best banks survey

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTG) installed in Karnataka

DEFENCE

• FIFTH KALVARI CLASS SUBMARINE VAGIR TO BE COMMISSIONED ON 23 JAN 2023

EVENTS

• "Vigyanika — Science Literature Festival" Event in IISF, Bhopal

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Naanera bagged Golden Kailasha award in Ajanta-Ellora film festival

SPORTS

• Shubman Gill, youngest batsman to hit double centuries in one-day international cricket