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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI to start new data centre, governor stresses on tech, cybersecurity role

• SCRIF Connect gets RBI’s approval to operate as account aggregator

• NPCI partners with payment aggregators for merchant transactions through credit cards on UPI

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI simplifies FPIs onboarding process to facilitate ease of doing business

• SEBI to set up corporate debt market development fund with Rs 3,000 crore initial corpus from MFs

• PFRDA increases Ombudsman's upper age limit to 70 years from 65 years

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Ministry of Agriculture has launched DigiClaim platform for speedy disbursal of insurance claims to farmers

• APEDA participates in International Food & Drink Exhibition, London

• India stands third in world in terms of fish production, contributing 8 percent to the global fish production and ranks second in aquaculture production

NATIONAL

• Government approved installation of 'Statue of Knowledge' dedicated to Ambedkar

• NREGS wage rates hiked in 2-10% range

• DigiClaim launched for National Crop Insurance Portal's claim disbursal

INTERNATIONAL

• Ukraine, IMF agreed on USD 15.6 billion loan

• Uganda passed a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

• Tanzania announced outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease

STATES

• Rajasthan is the first Indian State to pass RTH Bill

• Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Mission Lifestyle for Environment in Assam

• Jaipur to get India's 2nd largest cricket stadium named after Anil Agarwal

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: IIT-Delhi enters top 50 club

• India ranks at 144th spot in 2023, sees the largest global drop - Passport Index

• India's merchandise imports to cross $700 billion in FY23 on higher crude, coal shipments: GTRI

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Chandrayaan 3 likely to be launched in mid-2023

• India’s largest Space Rocket LVM3 went off from SDSC Centre, ISRO placed 36 OneWeb Satellites

• Colorful New Species of Dartfish Discovered in Pacific Ocean

DEFENCE

• MoD signs contracts worth ₹3,700 cr. for radars for IAF

• Annual Bilateral Maritime Exercise Konkan 2023

• Army, IAF conducted joint multi-domain exercise close to LAC in Northeast

EVENTS

• G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference

• India participated in the Second Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Negotiating Round, Bali, Indonesia, 13-19 March 2023

• India invited for G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• U.S.-Argentine scholar won Abel Prize for mathematics

• National Humanity Medal to Mindy Kaling

• International Booker Prize 2023

SPORTS

• India won Gold Medal at ISSF Shooting Championship

• Nikhat Zareen won her second World Championships title, Lovlina Borgohain also wins gold

• Paralympic Committee of India signed MOU with Makers Hive and Vilay Sports