Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd-31st December 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI extends Payments Infrastructure Development Fund scheme till 2025

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri. Piyush Goyal releases ‘E-Commerce Exports handbook for MSMEs’

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Ministry of Textiles launches “Paat-Mitro” application to facilitate jute farmers

NATIONAL

• National Transit Pass System (NTPS)-‘One Nation-One Pass’

INTERNATIONAL

• Argentina formally rejects BRICS membership

STATE

• Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates and lays foundation stone of several projects worth over Rs 3500 crore in Chandigarh

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India's Steel Sector records remarkable growth, emerges as the 2nd largest global producer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test a Success

DEFENCE

• Defence minister commissions warship INS Imphal into Indian Navy in Mumbai

EVENTS

• PM inaugurates Maharishi Valmiki International Airport at Ayodhya Dham and redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Japanese university confers doctorate on Fadnavis

SPORTS

• Chennai Grand Masters 2023; Dommaraju Gukesh clinches title; Arjun Erigaisi secures second spot in Chess