{"id":6224,"date":"2023-01-18T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T07:34:43","slug":"january-17-2023-current-affairs-banking-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/january-17-2023-current-affairs-banking-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"January 17, 2023 | Current Affairs &#038; banking Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1.<\/td><td><strong>Kollam<\/strong> becomes India&#8217;s first constitutionally literate district.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.<\/td><td>In the face of widespread protest, <strong>Peru<\/strong> declared a state of emergency.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.<\/td><td><strong>Thiruvalluvar Day<\/strong>: January 15 or 16.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4.<\/td><td><strong>National Entrepreneurship Day 2023<\/strong>: January 16, 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5.<\/td><td><strong>NTPC REL<\/strong> and the <strong>Government of Tripura<\/strong> signed an agreement to collaborate on renewable energy development.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6.<\/td><td>A Think-20 meeting was held in Bhopal as part of the <strong>G-20.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7.<\/td><td>The 21st edition of Exercise Varuna began on the western seaboard on January 16, 2023.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8.<\/td><td>India&#8217;s overall exports are expected to increase by 16.11% from April to December 2022 compared to the same period last year.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9.<\/td><td>The <strong>Padho Pardesh scheme <\/strong>has been discontinued by the <strong>Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA).<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.<\/td><td>By 2025, the entire country will be covered by a <strong>Doppler weather radar network.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.<\/td><td>The last <strong>Nizam of Hyderabad<\/strong> died in Turkey.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.<\/td><td>RRR was named Best Foreign Language Film at the <strong>28th Critics&#8217; Choice Awards.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13.<\/td><td>Rajasthan is the first state to implement a blindness control policy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14.<\/td><td>The Centre will launch a <strong>National Urban Technology Mission<\/strong> for municipal services and ULBs.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15.<\/td><td>The<strong> Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)<\/strong> has issued an audit standard for sustainability information.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16.<\/td><td>In December, <strong>wholesale inflation<\/strong> fell to 4.95%.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17.<\/td><td>From April to December 2022, India&#8217;s imports from Russia would climb 400% (year on year) to $32.88 billion.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18.<\/td><td>India&#8217;s goods exports fell to <strong>$34.48 billion<\/strong> in December 2022.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19.<\/td><td>RBI issued the paper titled <strong>&#8220;State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2022-23&#8221;.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20.<\/td><td>FSIB has recommended <strong>Debadatta Chand<\/strong> for the position of MD &amp; CEO at Bank of Baroda.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21.<\/td><td>RBI issued directives on <strong>&#8220;Acquisition and Holding of Shares or Voting Rights in Banking Companies&#8221;.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22.<\/td><td>Government incentives to banks for promoting <strong>RuPay debit cards<\/strong> and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions should not be subject to GST.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Kollam becomes India&#8217;s first constitutionally literate district. 2. In the face of widespread protest, Peru declared a state of emergency. 3. Thiruvalluvar Day: January 15 or 16. 4. National Entrepreneurship Day 2023: January 16, 2023 5. NTPC REL and the Government of Tripura signed an agreement to collaborate on renewable energy development. 6. 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