Monthly Current Affairs (Beepedia) May 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI launches G20 TechSprint competition to improve cross-border payments

• RBI launches ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign for return of unclaimed deposits

• RBI updates KYC instructions on wire transfers for banks, institutions

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI fines Future Corporate Resources, Kishore Biyani, 13 others for open offer lapses

• SEBI mandates Legal Entity Identifier for debt security issuers

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Third Advance Estimates of Production of major crops released – Ministry of Agriculture & Famers’ Welfare

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

• Nationwide AHDF KCC campaign for 2023-24 launched for providing Kisan Credit Card facility to all eligible Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fishery Farmers

NATIONAL

• Abhilash Tomy scripted maritime history

• ‘Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi’: Centre to push Early Childhood Care and Education through Anganwadis

• Government launched Vivad se Vishwas scheme for relief to MSMEs for COVID-19 period

INTERNATIONAL

• Sri Lanka's National Poson Week began

• Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Presidential election in runoff vote

• Nepal decided to allow India's SJVN Limited to develop second hydropower project in the country

STATES

• PM Modi inaugurated NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute in Silvassa

• HP Cabinet approved Rs 1,500 per month to women aged 18 to 60 in Spiti valley

• Union Minister Nityanad Rai inaugurated Dawki land port in Meghalaya

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana top states in Covid year, Delhi worst UT

• Unemployment rate declines to 6.8% in January-March 2023: NSO survey

• Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates/strong>

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• New Machine Learning tool by IIT Madras to detect brain, spinal cord tumour

• ISRO offers Space science and Technology Awareness Training (START)

DEFENCE

• India's defence exports rise 23 times since 2014

• INDIA-SAUDI ARABIA BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE AL MOHED AL HINDI 23

• INS TARKASH and INS SUBHADRA Arrive in Saudi Arabia, Kickstarting AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2023 Naval Exercise

EVENTS

• India To Join International Climate Action In Civil Aviation From 2027

• UAE govt launched ‘Machines Can See 2023’ Summit

• National Mission For Clean Ganga Organizes River-Cities Alliance Global Seminar

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• RINL presented with prestigious “ Greentech Safety Award 2023

• Goan writer Damodar Mauzo got Jnanpith Award

SPORTS

• Dinesh Khanna after Satwik-Chirag’s men’s doubles gold medal win at Asian Championship

• Table tennis star and three-time Olympic medalist Kasumi Ishikawa announced retirement

• Ding Liren became China's first male world chess champion