#Banking #SSC #Railway #Competitive exams #Current Affairs
Banking and Financial
- RBI imposed penalties of Rs 93 lakh each on Axis and IDBI Bank
- RBI has issued guidelines for establishing 24×7 Digital Banking Units
- Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank launched Vikas Siri Sampat-111 scheme
- India’s gold imports increased by 33.34% to Rs. 46.14 billion in 2021-22
- Bank of Maharashtra will divest 4% Stake in India SME Asset Reconstruction Company
- ADB will provide $2 million project readiness financing loan to Nagaland for urban infrastructure development
- CPI-based Retail inflation rose to 6.95% in March, highest in 17 months
- International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) signed MoU with GVFL Limited for strengthening the FinTech ecosystem in GIFT IFSC
- Karnataka established ‘Nandini Ksheera Samridhi Cooperative Bank’ for milk producers
- Kotak Mahindra Bank launched digital platform “FYN” for business banking, corporate clients
- Fino Payments Bank will buy 12.19% stake in Paysprint Pvt Ltd
- UBI will buy 75% stake jointly held by BoB & IOB in India International Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (IIBM)
- ICICI Bank signed MoU with GIFT SEZ to promote global, Indian businesses
- Reserve Bank of India Monetary Policy 2022 released; key rates unchanged
- India’s trade deficit rose 88% to $192.41 billion in FY22
- India’s agriculture exports cross $50 billion mark for the first time in 2021-22
- Axis Bank signed Partial Guarantee Facility Agreement worth USD 150 million with ADB to support supply chain financing
- ADB sanctioned 551 crores for three Agartala projects
- Mashreq NEO tied up with Federal Bank to enable NR accounts opening for Indians in UAE
- World Bank projected India’s FY23 GDP growth at 8%
National News
- Gujarat topped NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index Round 1
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’
- Mumbai & Hyderabad recognised as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ by UN-FAO
- BPCL collaborated with Microsoft to step up digital transformation
- Uttarakhand will launch “Him Prahari” scheme for ex-servicemen & youngsters
- Centre extended ₹40 crore relief to Dalai Lama’s Central Tibetan Relief Committee
- India’s first Community Museum inaugurated in Gya-Sasoma villages of Leh, Ladakh
- Sarhul Festival celebrated in Jharkhand
- Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana completed 7 years
- Uttarakhand CM launched ‘1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App’
- Cabinet approved extension of Atal Innovation Mission till March 2023
- AAI launched ‘AVSAR’ scheme to provide platform to SHGs
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted animation, visual effects, gaming, and comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force
- SEBI formed 2 separate panels to review ownership norms of MFs sponsors and trustees
- Amit Shah inaugurated Seema Darshan Project at Indo-Pak border in Gujarat
- Bhupender Yadav chaired the 20th National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) meeting held in Arunachal Pradesh
- Odisha signed MoU with BPCL for developing renewable energy plant and green hydrogen plant
- Rongali or Bohag Bihu Festival celebrated in Assam
- National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) completed 6 years
International News
- WTO slashed global trade growth projection for 2022 to 3% from 4.7%
- Airports Council International (ACI) list of Top 10 busiest airports in the world 2021: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport topped
- UNDP announced $2.2 million in climate action grants for innovators
- 12th QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: IIT Bombay & IIT Delhi among top 100
- World Bank & AIIB will provide Rs 7,500 crores loan for Gujarat’s Mission School of Excellence Project
- Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea will get GI Tag from European Commission
- Ecuador became 1st country to give legal rights to wild animals
- Shehbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan’s 23rd Prime Minister
- Telangana signed MoU with Thailand to promote trade and investment
Appointment and Resignation
- Jay Shah appointed as Member Board Representative of ICC Cricket Committee
- Iqbal Singh Lalpura re-appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Minorities
- Manoj Soni appointed as new chairman of UPSC
- Harsh Vardhan Shringla to be India’s G20 chief coordinator
Awards
- Veteran Bengali writer Amar Mitra won Henry Award
- PM Narendra Modi to be honoured with 1st Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
- National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) won a gold and a silver award at 80th SKOCH Summit 2022
- Amber Bracken’s photo titled “Kamloops Residential School” won 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award
- Venkaiah Naidu conferred Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018: Zakir Hussain, Jatin Goswami, Dr. Sonal Mansingh and Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram were conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
- IndusInd Bank’s ‘Indus Merchant Solutions’ App won Digital CX Awards 2022 for ‘Outstanding Digital CX – SME Payments’
- Renowned Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan conferred with 56th Jnanpith Award
- Falguni Nayar won EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021
- Divyanka Tripathi won Madhya Pradesh Champion of Change Award 2021
- Prabhat Patnaik selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022
- Vice President conferred International Gandhi Award for Leprosy 2021 to Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust
Defence
- DRDO successfully flight-tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet technology
- HAL signed contract with Nigerian Army for Phase II training on Chetak Helicopter
- India successfully flight-tested Anti-Tank Guided Missile Helina in Pokhran
- Indian Coast Guard commissioned advanced light helicopter MK III squadron
- DRDO & Indian Army successfully test-fired Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System
- IAF signed MoU with IIT Madras to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems
Science
- UIDAI inked a pact with ISRO for technical collaboration
- IIT-Madras launched India’s 1st indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee “Kadam”
- China successfully launched new satellite ‘Gaofen-3 03’ for earth observation
- Infosys and Rolls-Royce launched ‘Aerospace Engineering and Digital Innovation Centre’ in Bengaluru
- Amazon signed agreement with three firms for Project Kuiper to launch its satellite internet constellation
- IIT Guwahati partnered with NTPC to develop energy efficient tech to capture CO2
Sports
- Dipika Pallikal & Saurav Ghosal won 1st-ever gold medal at 2022 WSF World Doubles Squash championships
- 1st Khelo India National Ranking Women Archery Tournament held in Jamshedpur
- Babar Azam, Rachael Haynes declared ICC Players of the Month for March 2022
- Australia’s Victoria will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Netherlands won FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022
- India will host National Delphic Games for Arts and Cultures in 2023
- India will host the Asian Junior U-20 Men & Women and Cadet U-17 Boys & Girls Fencing Championships in 2023
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports released India’s contribution of USD 72,124 to UNESCO Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sport in 2022
- Riya Jadon won 11th DGC Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship
- Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won 2022 F1 Australian Grand Prix
- India bagged 10 medals with 3 gold at Thailand Open Boxing Tournament 2022
- Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa won Reykjavik Open chess tournament
- Indian Shuttler Mithun Manjunath won silver in Men’s Singles at Orleans Masters 2022
- India will host Street Child Cricket World Cup in 2023
Book and Author
- Harish Mehta authored a book titled ‘The Maverick Effect’
- Former CAG Vinod Rai authored a new book titled ‘Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings with BCCI’
- A book titled ‘Hear Yourself’ authored by Prem Rawat
Important day
- 1-7 April: Prevention of Blindness Week
- 8 April 2022: 247th Army Ordnance Corps Day
- 9 April 2022: 57th CRPF Valour Day
- 10 April: World Homeopathy Day (Theme 2022: ‘People’s Choice For Wellness.’)
- 10 April: National Siblings Day
- 11 April: World Parkinson’s Day (Theme 2022: “integrated health care”.)
- 11 April: National Safe Motherhood Day
- 11 April: National Pet Day
- 12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight
- 12 April: International Day of Street Children
- 13 April: Siachen Day
- 13 April: International Turban Day
- 13 April: Jallianwala Bagh massacre Day
- 14 April: B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
- 14 April: World Chagas Disease Day (Theme 2022: finding and reporting every case to defeat chagas disease.)
- 12 April 2022: 128th Foundation Day of Punjab National Bank
- 14 April: Tamil Nadu observed ‘Equality Day’
- 15 April: World Art Day
- 15 April: Himachal Day
