Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 9th-15th January 2024

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI imposes Rs 2.49 crore penalty on 3 banks including Punjab & Sind

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Fiscal deficit at 5.2-5.4% in interim Budget 2024-25: Goldman Sachs

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Piyush Goyal inaugurates Indus Food 2024

NATIONAL

• Palaeolithic tool discovery adds to understanding of human settlements in Telangana

INTERNATIONAL

• IIT Madras to open new campus at Kandy in Sri Lanka

STATE

• L-G inaugurates 2-day long international ‘Patang Utsav’

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• 20th Report on Central Ministries/Departments performance on CPGRAMS released by DARPG for the month of December, 2023

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Microsoft launches program AI Odyssey to upskill 100,000 Indian developers in AI

DEFENCE

• Army adopts Topa Pir as model village after civilian deaths

EVENTS

• Dharmendra Pradhan to attend inaugural ceremony of Kala Utsav

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022

SPORTS

• Zverev-led Germany beat Swiatek’s Poland to win United Cup