Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 9th-15th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI to auction green bonds in 2 tranches of ₹8,000 crore each in January,Feburary,2023

• Ministry of MSME launches web portal for World Bank-assisted RAMP scheme

• Cabinet approves setting up of three new multi-state cooperative societies

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI brings OFS framework 2.0 allowing exit to non-promoters

• PFRDA introduces new bank account verification and name/PAN matching process

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Free seeds distributed under 'Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Yojana' helping women farmers

• Rajasthan govt's scheme to provide agricultural equipment at low rentals

NATIONAL

• US approved world’s first vaccine for declining honey bees

• India, Britain signed and exchanged letters for Young Professionals Scheme

• U.S. fund to help restore Paigah Tombs in Hyderabad

INTERNATIONAL

• Kilauea Volcano In Hawaii Erupted Again

• Gabon named first female vice president and new prime minister

STATES

• Imoinu Eratpa Festival Celebrated in Manipur

• Talcher fertilizer plant to be functional by Oct 2024

• PM flagged off World’s Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and inaugurate Tent City at Varanasi on 13th January

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India stood at 85th rank in Henley Passport Index for 2023

• Banks raise Rs 91,500 crore in debt capital in FY23 so far: ICRA Ratings

• Central govt's borrowings is expected to touch Rs 14.8 trillion in FY24: ICRA

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Silent Valley bird species went up to 175

• Union Minister DrJitendra Singh unveiled the theme for National Science Day 2023

• Skyhawk: India’s first 5G-enabled drone developed by IG Drones

DEFENCE

• Navy signed contract for autonomous armed boat swarms

• Successful training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II, carried out off Odisha coast

• ICG ship ‘Kamla Devi’, last vessel of FPV series, commissioned

EVENTS

• Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education organized the ‘Dhara’ on Sangeet and Natya Parampara

• Country’s largest student-run festival ‘Saarang 2023’

• Google Doodle honoured India’s ‘Pocket Dynamo’ Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav on his 97th birth anniversary

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Maha: Jalna and Nagpur Police won ‘Best Police Units’ award

• RRR’s Naatu Naatu won Golden Globe

• Miss Universe 2022 Winner

SPORTS

• Australian great Clark became first female cricketer to have statue

• Mascot, torch and anthem of Khelo India Youth Games unveiled in Bhopal

• Sania Mirza Announced Retirement