Weekly Current Affairs 16th - 22nd September 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI Governor launches RuPay credit card on UPI, UPI Lite and cross-border bill payments

• India's foreign exchange reserves down by $2.23 billion to $550.87 billion

• Fitch cuts India FY23 GDP growth forecast to 7%; world GDP growth at 2.4%

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Entities listed on SSE to submit audited annual impact report – SEBI

• SEBI directs credit rating agencies to up firewall with non-rating entities

NABARD & AGRICUTURE

• KRITAGYA 3.0- A National level Hackathon on crop improvement by ICAR

• ICAR signs tech transfer pact with Biovet for lumpy skin disease vaccine

• KVIC Launches 72 units under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme to empower artisans

NATIONAL

• IICA and IIM Jammu sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to synergise academic, research and executive education programmes in business management and corporate affairs

• European Parliament says Hungary is no longer a 'full democracy'

• PM launched National Logistics Policy on 17th September

INTERNATIONAL

• China, UAE will collaborate on moon rover missions

• AIBD Unanimously extends India’s Presidency for one more year

STATES

• Tamil Nadu CM launches Breakfast Scheme

• Signing of historic agreement between Government of India, Government of Assam and representatives of eight Adivasi Groups

• Varanasi nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital at the 2022 SCO Summit

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Discrimination accounts for 100% employment inequality for women in rural India: Oxfam

• Andhra Pradesh tops list of states in attracting industrial investments in India; AP, Odisha attract maximum investment during Jan-Jul 2022 – DPIIT

• Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani becomes world’s second richest man, overtaking Jeff Bezos

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• India’s first Lithium Cell Manufacturing Plant

• India's first commercial satellite broadband service launched by ISRO and Hughes

DEFENCE

• BSF's first female camel riding squad ready to be deployed along India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan and Gujarat

• Indian Army installs satellite-based internet at Siachen- world’s largest battlefield

• INS Ajay decommissioned after 32 years of service

EVENTS

• ‘ANGAN 2022’-three-day international Conference “Making the Zero-Carbon Transition in Buildings” held

• 19th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap City, Cambodia

• First trilateral ministerial meeting held in US by India, France, and UAE

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• CSIR’s Popular Science Magazine ‘Vigyan Pragati’ receives ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Award’

• Indian Industrialist Swati Piramal Conferred Top French Honour for Business, Industry Contributions

• Gujarati film 'Chhello Show' is India's official entry for Oscars 2023

SPORTS

• Pranav Anand becomes India’s 76th GM

• Sikandar Raza, Tahlia McGrath win ICC Player of the Month award for August