Daily Current Affairs 28th July 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Piramal Enterprises gets RBI nod to start NBFC business

• Union Cabinet approves BSNL revival plan worth Rs 1.64 trillion

• Tata Steel signs MoU with start-up AUS for drone-based mining solutions

• Hindustan Aeronautics signs $100-mn deal with Honeywell for trainer engines

• MapMyIndia launches 360 degree panaromic street view 'Mappls RealView'

• Google starts Street View in India with Tech Mahindra and Genesys International

• Cabinet approves BPCL unit's $1.6-bn investment plan in Brazil

• ISRO earns $279 million in foreign exchange through satellite launches

• ECGC launches new scheme to provide up to 90% export credit risk insurance cover for small exporters

• TCS signs deal with M&S to transform the British retailer’s human resource operations

• Bedi Port Terminal in Gujarat will offer enhanced connectivity and a new dimension to trade and commerce

• 5 PSUs to set up manufacturing units to increase coal gasification capacity

• Government has Launched Coking Coal Mission

• Bilateral Trade between India and GCC grew to US$ 154.66 billion in FY 2021-22

• India’s overall exports increased to USD 64.9 billion in June 2022

• Cabinet approves a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages at a total cost of Rs. 26,316 Cr

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI extends deadline for commencing KYC record validation by KRAs

NABARAD & AGRICULTURE

• Cabinet approves signing of MoU between National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) and University of Reading (UoR), UK

• Centre incurs 39,996 Crore Provisional Subsidy in Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana for 2022-23 upto 12.07.2022

NATIONAL

• Govt launches Coking Coal Mission

• India’s overall (merchandise plus services) exports increased

INTERNATIONAL

• President Bajram Begaj takes office

• First Bangladeshi Woman To Scale K2

STATES

• NESAC signs MoU with Government of Tripura

• Haryana CM launches 'smart e-beat' system for Gurugram police

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Digital payments record 29% annual growth at March-end 2022: RBI data

• EV industry may create 50 mn indirect jobs by 2030: IVCA-EY-Induslaw report

• Cost of Data Breach Report 2022: IBM

• Aggregate office leasing rises annually across 7 cities in June 2022: JLL India

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Monkeypox: EU approves vaccine to combat outbreak

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar

SPORTS

• Three countries become new ICC members

• Suraj Vashisht becomes India's first Greco-Roman U17 world champion in 32 years