Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 16th-22nd February 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI announces 2nd global hackathon- HARBINGER 2023

• Reserve Bank of India tightens norms for ARCs on income recognising fee

• Amazon Pay, 31 other payment aggregators get RBI nod to continue operations

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI introduces issue summary document for filing IPO papers in XBRL format

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Cabinet gives nod to set up 2,00,000 agri-fishery-dairy cooperatives

• Govt further cuts reserve price of FCI wheat to Rs 2,150 per quintal

• Department of Fisheries to host Sagar Parikrama Phase III Program from Gujarat to Maharashtra

NATIONAL

• Vibrant Village Programme to be Implemented for Border States

• India-Fiji ink visa exemption pact for diplomatic and official passports holders

• Bell in honour of late CDS Bipin Rawat placed at Nepal's Shree Muktinath temple

INTERNATIONAL

• Spain Backed Europe’s First ‘Menstrual Leave’ Law

• World Bank Chief David Malpass to Resign before his Tenure

STATES

• Snow leopard seen in Uttarakhand valley

• PM virtually inaugurated Jal Jan Abhiyan in Rajasthan

• Shri Nitin Gadkari laid Foundation Stone of the world's largest and unique Divyang Park - Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Mumbai leaves Delhi behind, ranks as world's second-most polluted city - Global Air Quality Index (AQI)

• India rises on OECD index, still ranks fourth from the bottom- STRI

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Lexi, India’s First AI-Based Chatbot Introduced in India

• New Solar Power ISR Drone ‘Suraj’ Launched by Garuda Aerospace

• India’s Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-3 Expected to set off in 2023

DEFENCE

• Indo Japan Joint Training Exercise “ DHARMA GUARDIAN” commenced in Japan

• Indian Air Force installed the ‘Vayulink’ system

• Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar To Be Appointed As Army Vice Chief

EVENTS

• PM Modi inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav in New Delhi

• Ministry of Textiles’ flagship event ‘Technotex 2023

• Space Software Pioneer Antaris announced successful launch of JANUS-1, World's First Cloud-Built Demonstration Satellite

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Subhash Chandran’s Samudrashila got Akbar Kakkattil Award

• Kashmir Files Awarded ‘Best Film’ Title at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023

SPORTS

• WPL 2023

• Chetan Sharma Resigned from the Chief Selector post of BCCI

• N.R. Vignesh became India’s 80th Grandmaster