Bangladesh Planning Minister M.A. Mannan informed the country’s cabinet this week that the per capita income of Bangladesh has now increased from $2,064 to $2,227. Bangladesh’s per capita income is now $280 higher than India’s $1,947. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In 2007, the per capita income of Bangladesh was half of that of India […]
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The Supreme Court recently upheld a government move to allow lenders to initiate insolvency proceedings against personal guarantors, who are usually promoters of big business houses, along with the stressed corporate entities for whom they gave guarantee. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It held that the November 15, 2019, government notification allowing creditors, usually financial
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Environmentalist and Gandhian Sunderlal Bahuguna has passed away at the age of 94. Mr. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927 – 2021) was an Indian noted Garhwali environmentalist. He was one of the early environmentalists of India. He was one of the founders of the Chipko, or hug the tree movement, in the
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Indian promoters of insurance joint ventures with foreign partners will no longer be able to nominate a majority of the board members, as per the new rules notified under the Insurance Act. This follows the recent amendments to enhance the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector to 74% from 49%. Daily Current Affairs
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Renowned Carnatic vocalists Sudha Ragunathan and Neyveli Santhanagopalan and flautist Shashank Subramanyam have been nominated members of the governing board of the Kalakshetra Foundation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Kalakshetra Foundation is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam
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Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched National Mobile Monitoring Software, NMMS app and Area officer monitoring App through Video-Conferencing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The NMMS App permits taking real time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGS worksites along with geotagged photograph, which will increase citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced to transfer ₹99,122 crores to the government from its profit, helping the Centre keep its fiscal deficit in check amid strained public finances because of the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The higher-than-expected dividend or surplus transfer to the government comes as the government is expecting a
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has approved an amount of Rs 2 lakh for Karnataka’s V Tejaswini Bai, who won the Arjuna Award in 2011 and was a member of the women’s kabaddi team that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games respectively. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The
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The Delhi High Court held the Government’s imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on oxygen concentrators imported for personal use as ‘unconstitutional’ and said oxygen concentrators constitute a life-saving device during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It said that oxygen concentrators constitute a life-saving device during the COVID-19 pandemic and during
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Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), the research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed an antibody detection-based kit called ‘DIPCOVAN’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The kit will help people detect if they have previously been exposed to the COVID-19 virus and if their bodies had produced antibodies to
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