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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025

• Shriram Finance raises $100 million loan from ADB

• India's GDP likely to grow 7% in FY23: NSO's first advance estimates

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI extends relaxation on dispatching hard copies of financial statements

• IRDAI makes KYC details mandatory while purchasing insurance from Jan 1,2023

• IRDAI to allow insurers to auto-renew FRN of cross-border reinsurers

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• NABARD raises around Rs 5,000 crore through three-year bonds

• HZL enters into fertiliser production, to set up 0.5 MT plant in Rajasthan

• Govt approves ₹28.11 cr Loan for Andhra Tobacco Farmers

NATIONAL

• India's first underwater metro expected to ready by Dec 2023

• Telangana joins free rice scheme under NFSA

• First G-20 Meeting to Take Place in Puducherry on Jan 31

INTERNATIONAL

• Croatia adopted euro, enters borderless Europe club

• Sweden took over Presidency of Council of European Union for first six months of 2023

• Lula Da Silva Became Brazil's President for 3rd Time

STATES

• India's Second Largest Cable Stayed Bridge Opens On Zuari River In Goa

• Election Commission's 'Mission-929' in Tripura

• Madhya Pradesh government launched Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights Scheme

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Nearly 17% of ECLGS loans have turned into NPAs: RBI report

• Unemployment rate rises to a 16-month high of 8.30% in Dec 2022: CMIE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Gujarat got first IVF unit for animals in India

• Hindustan Copper Ltd Signs MoU with IIT (ISM),Dhanbad for Technical Collaboration

• Microsoft to boost Indian space tech startups, signed MoU with ISRO

DEFENCE

• Government starts process to buy 100 more K9-Vajras

• Siachen’s Kumar Post got first woman Army officer

• India will deploy Its "Largest Single Unit Of Women Peacekeepers In UN Mission"

EVENTS

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah laid the Foundation Stone of the Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI)

• Second phase of ‘Viraasat’ sari festival has begun in New Delhi

• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) in association with Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) organised Astro Tourism

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Odisha Wins World Habitat Awards 2023 For Jaga Mission

• Odakuzhal Award 2022

SPORTS

• Ronaldo signs for Al Nassr in deal worth more than €200m

• Karthik Venkataraman is National chess champion

• Chetan reappointed as the chairman of the BCCI’s men’s senior selection committee