India has emerged as the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said the country’s forex reserves stood at around 609 billion Dollars on 25th of last […]
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The Central Government of India launched a Bad Bank with all the regulatory approvals in place. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In February, state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) put its entire 10.01% stake in Arcil, one of India’s oldest ARCs with assets worth ₹12,000 crore under management, for sale. This was followed by private lender
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The Government of India has been promoting use of ethanol as a blend stock with main automotive fuel like petrol in line with the National Policy on Biofuels -2018 under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This policy envisages an indicative target of blending 20% ethanol in petrol by 2030.
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A Beijing-based veterinarian who was confirmed as China’s first human infection case with Monkey B virus (BV) has died. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The virus, initially isolated in 1932, is an alphaherpesvirus enzootic in macaques of the genus Macaca. B virus is the only identified old-world-monkey herpesvirus that displays severe pathogenicity in humans. The
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NASA announced that its new spacecraft, named NEA Scout, has completed all required tests and has been safely tucked inside the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 NEA Scout is one of several payloads that will hitch a ride on Artemis I, which is expected to be launched in November. Near-Earth
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The Government had signed loan agreement with the World Bank to develop Green National Highway Corridors (GNHCP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The project includes Upgradation of about 781 km length of various National Highways passing through the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Out of total length of 781 km,
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Government of India set up Dairy Investment Accelerator to promote & facilitate investments in the Dairy sector. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This Investment Accelerator is a cross functional team constituted to serve as the interface with investors. It shall provide support across the investment cycle: Offering specific inputs for evaluation of investment opportunities. Addressing
Union Defence Ministry recently informed Rajya Sabha about the status of Implementation of CoE Recommendations Related to Defence Reforms. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Committee of Experts (CoE) constituted by the Ministry of Defence under the chairmanship of Lt Gen (Retd) DB Shekatkar to recommend measures to enhance combat compatibility and rebalance defence expenditure
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The government of India recently decided to set up the Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Institute is being set up as Deemed to be University by integrating Institute of Archaeology (Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology), School of Archival Studies under National Archives of India, New Delhi, the
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As many as 104 startups from diverse sectors such as food-tech, green energy, defence, ed-tech and health-tech, have currently on-boarded the ‘Startup India Showcase Platform’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Startup India Showcase Platform is an online discovery platform for the most promising startups of the country. These innovations span across various cutting-edge sectors such
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