Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 1st-8th February 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI partially eases curbs on SBM Bank till March 15,2023 for customers' relief

• Rs 15 lakh crore priority sector credit deployed to micro, small units in December 2022: RBI data

• Kotak Mahindra Bank implements RBI's first phase of Digital Rupee

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI introduces operational guidelines on green bonds

• SEBI notifies stronger framework for green bonds; introduces concept of blue, yellow bonds

• Major announcements on Income Tax in Budget 2023-24

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and The Development Innovation Lab (DIL) sign MoU at the University of Chicago

• Agricultural Accelerator announced in Budget 2023

• India ranks first in milk production in the world contributing 24% of global milk production

NATIONAL

• Shri G Kishan Reddy launched the Visit India Year 2023 logo in New Delhi

• Azad Engineering is India's first supplier of parts for nuclear turbines

• YUVA SANGAM Portal Launched

INTERNATIONAL

• IMF approved $4.7-billion support loan package for Bangladesh

• Tunisian President Kais Saied extended state of emergency until December 2023

• Equatorial Guinea appointed Manuela Roka Botey as first female PM

STATES

• Odisha CM's secretary VK Pandian conferred with FIH President award

• Amit Shah Laid Foundation For ₹ 450 Crore Nano Urea Plant In Jharkhand

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• IIM Ahmedabad ranked top MBA college in India, followed by IIM-B, IIM-K

• Banks’ GNPAs in MSME loans decline to Rs 1.54 lakh crore: MSME ministry

• Nearly 8.50 lakh loan guarantees approved for micro, small units in FY23 till December- CGTMSE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• India's 1st hydrogen train will come by Dec 2023 on heritage routes

• SpaceX awarded shared NASA contract worth up to $100 million

DEFENCE

• Air Marshal Sandeep Singh Demitted the office of Vice Chief of the Air Staff

• Indian Army awarded mule for ‘physical robustness’ while serving along LAC

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to dedicate to the nation HAL’s Helicopter Factory at Tumakuru, Karnataka

EVENTS

• First meeting of G20 Education Working Group to be held in Chennai on Feb 1

• 1st Tourism Working Group Meeting under G20 at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat

• 36th Surajkund International Crafts Mela

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Manmohan Singh rewarded with Lifetime Achievement Awards by India-UK Achievers Honors

• Grammys 2023: Ricky Kej, Bengaluru-Based Composer, Wins His Third Grammy

• VP Nandakumar, Manappuram Finance got Hurun India award

SPORTS

• Wrestler Babita Phogat included in the Oversight Committee

• Indian men's hockey team chief coach Graham Reid resigned

• Raphael Varane announced retirement from international football