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

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI to extend PCA supervisory norms to govt-owned NBFCs from October 2024

• IMF raises India FY24 GDP growth forecast by 20 basis points to 6.3%

• Non-residents, foreign companies without PAN can open bank a/cs in IFSC-Gift City

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI resolves over 3,700 complaints through SCORES in September 2023

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• Govt approves 1.34 MT of non-basmati white rice exports to seven Asian & African countries

NATIONAL

• Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas

• Cabinet approves Following Memorandum of Understanding recently

• Memorandum of Understanding signed between ICAR Indian Agricultural Research Institute and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to support incubators and start-ups

INTERNATIONAL

• Sri Lanka to take over as Chair of Indian Ocean Rim Association

• Israel launched 'Operation Iron Swords' after Hamas' surprise attack

STATES

• Chennai woman wins the ‘British High Commissioner for a Day’ competition

• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India launched the ‘A-HELP’ programme today at Jharkhand

• J3 Products from Arunachal Pradesh Get GI Tags

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Report Highlights Dismal State of Several State Information Commissions

• UNICEF reports on children displaced in a changing climate

• Inflation expectations moderate in September 2023 - RBI survey

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Dr. Jitendra Singh launches the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance portal and Automated Analysis in Tree Dashboard

• Ganga-Ghagra basin canals pose a threat to dolphins

• Europe's first fully private rocket launch takes place from Spain

DEFENCE

• Indian Navy Introduces Groundbreaking 360-Degree Appraisal System

• Indian Navy & SBI join hands to launch Nav-eCash’ card

• First-ever mobile tower in Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield; Anand Mahindra lauds move

EVENTS

• PM inaugurates 9th G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P20)

• India Sweden Innovation Day

• International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research to be held at SSS – NIBE, Kapurthala during October 9 – 12, 2023

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Bal Sahitya Puraskar in Manipuri language for Dilip Nongmaithem

• Claudia Goldin wins 2023 Economics Nobel Prize for research on workplace gender gap

• Tamil writer Sivasankari presented with Saraswati Samman 2022

SPORTS

• IOC and Reliance sign deal to boost Olympic sports

• Kenyan Kiptum breaks Kipchoge’s world record to win Chicago Marathon men’s title

• Asian Games 2023