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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has unanimously approved the appointment of Carol Furtado as the officer on special duty leading the day-to-day operation of the bank from August 26. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A board meeting was scheduled to put in place a crisis management team six days after MD and CEO Nitin Chugh resigned […]
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation published the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules, 2021. Based on the feedback, the Government has decided to repeal the UAS Rules, 2021 and replace the same with the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Key features of Drone Rules 2021 Several approvals abolished: unique authorisation number, unique
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World Bank has halted all financial assistance for projects to Afghanistan. The move comes in the wake of the Taliban assuming power in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The World Bank paused disbursements in its operations in Afghanistan and is closely monitoring and assessing the situation in line with its internal policies and
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India approved the merger of the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 (SBEB Regulations) and the SEBI (Issue of Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2002 (Sweat Equity Regulations) into the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new regulations have widened
The government of Maldives and an Indian construction firm signed a contract for the $500-million Greater Malé Connectivity Project (GMCP), the Indian Ocean archipelago’s largest infrastructure project that is being funded by New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This infrastructure project, the largest-ever by India in the Maldives, involves the construction of a 6.74-km-long
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The ground at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been rumbling and swelling in recent days, prompting scientists to warn that the mountain could once again disgorge lava. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The activity is occurring at the summit of Kilauea volcano, an uninhabited area within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the
Government think tank NITI Aayog recently released the first edition of the North-Eastern Region District Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index and Dashboard 2021–22. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The NER District SDG Index& Dashboard, a collaborative effort by NITI Aayog and Ministry of DoNER, with technical support from UNDP. The Index measures the performance of
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India’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took over charge as the Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Minister will hold the responsibility with immediate effect until 2024. He also expressed his gratitude to outgoing Chair of Stop TB Board, former Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissionedthe Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) in Chennai on August 28, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ship will be based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the eastern seaboard under the Operational and Administrative Control of the Commander,
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Union Minister for Steel, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated MSTC’s new Corporate building at Newtown, Kolkata. The Minister also inaugurated a Data center and launched the mobile app on 10 S android. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 MSTC Ltd, previously known as Metal Scrap Trade Corporation was set up in 1964 as a regulatory
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