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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Paytm bank gets RBI nod to operate as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit

• GST not payable on Govt incentive to banks for promoting RuPay card, low-value BHIM-UPI transactions

• NCLT sanctions amalgamation of Equitas Holdings and Equitas SFB

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Insurers can classify green bond purchases as infra investments: IRDAI

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• UBI sanctions 150 agri drone loans for Garuda Kisan Drones under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

• More than 5000 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT) of sugarcane produced in Sugar Season 2021-22

NATIONAL

• PM Modi announced ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project

• Sri Lanka to introduce its stamp with Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait on its 75th Independence Day

• Padho Pardesh Scheme discontinued for minority students

INTERNATIONAL

• Mexico tightened ban on smoking in public places

• Vietnam President resigned amid major anti-corruption purge

• UN declared Pakistan based Abdul Rehman Makki a global terrorist

STATES

• Rajasthan: For the first time in the country right to sight vision the Rajasthan government has implemented the blindness control policy

• Kerala’s Kollam to be considered as first Constitution Literate District of India

• Telangana CM to launch ‘Kanti Velugu’ second phase in Khammam

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Uttar Pradesh is India's top gaming destination

• Shah Rukh Khan ranked 4th on world’s richest actors’ list

• Mukesh Ambani ranked number 2 globally on Brand Guardianship Index 2023

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Centre put Neelakurinji on the list of protected plants

• Pyramid-like Ahom burial mounds in Assam to vie for UNESCO World Heritage Site tag

DEFENCE

• 21st Edition of India France Bilateral Naval Exercise “VARUNA”-2023

• Inaugural Edition of Indo-Egypt Joint Training Exercise Cyclone - I Commenced in Rajasthan

EVENTS

• DotFEST Festival has been organized in Odisha

• “VIRAASAT’ - Celebrating Handloom Home Décor to begin from January 20, 2023

• PM Modi inaugurated 2nd phase of Saansad Khel Mahakumbh in Basti, Uttar Pradesh

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Critics Choice Awards 2023

• Federal Bank Literary Award

• New Goa Manohar International Airport won best sustainable greenfield airport award

SPORTS

• Virat Kohli became fifth highest run scorer in ODI

• Viacom 18 won media rights for women’s Indian Premier League for Rs 951 crores

• Shubman Gill, youngest batsman to hit double centuries in one-day international cricket