Weekly Current Affairs 23rd to 31st August 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI allows American Express to acquire new credit card customers after 15 months of ban

• Centre proposes stricter valuation rules for overseas direct investments

• ADB to provide $96.3-mn loan to improve water supply in Himachal Pradesh

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI joins the Account Aggregator system

• SEBI announced Ananth Narayan as the 4th Whole-time Member

• IRDAI eases firm registration process from 8 to 2 months

NABARD & Agriculture

• NABARD’S RIDF to fund UAS for setting up R&D millet incubation centre in Raichur

• NABARD sanctions financial assistance of Rs 230 crore for Mizoram

• Farm ministry body testing 11,000 seed varieties for IPR certification

NATIONAL

• EAM Jaishankar unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay

• Tripartite MoU signed for swift development of modern Multi Modal Logistics Park (MMLP)

• PM Modi inaugurates Smriti Van memorial for earthquake victims

INTERNATIONAL

• Fuel crisis prompts Bangladesh to cut govt office hours to save energy

• US Navy Ship docks in India for first time for repairs and maintenance

• Indiana becomes first U.S. state to approve abortion ban

STATES

• Govt awards GI tag to Mithila Makhana

• India’s 1st Commercial Space Situational Awareness Observatory to be set up in Uttarakhand

• Uttarakhand CM launches ‘CM Udyman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana’

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Cybercrime against women up 28% since 2019, Karnataka's share highest: NCRB

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• ‘Tomato flu’ detected among children in India, says Lancet

• New species of long-fingered bat discovered in India, Sri Lanka

DEFENCE

• DRDO, Indian Navy test indigenous missile

• 12th DefExpo to be held in Gandhinagar

• India’s 1st Composite Indoor Shooting Range Inaugurated at INS Karna

EVENTS

• BioAsia’s 20th edition will be hosted by the Telangana government

• The India Clean Air Summit 2022 begins in Bengaluru on 23rd August 2022

• 8th International Film Festival of Shimla begins at Gaiety Theater,Himachal Pradesh

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Bangladesh-born Fahmida wins Pulitzer

• Liberty Medal to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Sports

• Audi to enter Formula One in 2026 as power unit manufacturer

• Neeraj Chopra creates history, Wins Lausanne Diamond League Meet title in the Javelin throw

• Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi wins 28th Abu Dhabi Masters