A consignment of fibre and mineral rich ‘Dragon Fruit’, also referred as Kamalam, has been exported to Dubai from Tadasar village, Sangli district, Maharashtra. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Scientifically referred to as Hylocereusundatus, the dragon fruit is grown in countries such as ...

A consignment of fibre and mineral-rich Jalgaon banana has been exported to Dubai, in a major boost to exports of Geographical Indications (GI) certified agricultural produce. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The twenty-two metric tonnes of GI-certified Jalgaon banana were sourced from ...

Giving a possible boost to the potential of farm exports from the eastern region, India exported the first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications (GI) certified ‘Jardalu’ mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar, to the United Kingdom. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Agricultural and ...

The forex reserves of India crossed the $600-billion mark for the first time on the back of continued foreign investment flow into the capital markets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 India is now less than $200 million behind Russia, which has an almost identical level of reserves. The ...

A consignment of 24 metric tonnes (MT) of groundnuts was exported to Nepal from West Bengal by opening a window of possibilities of boosting groundnut exports from the eastern region. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 According to the third advance estimates of oilseeds production by the ...

Sixteen varieties of mangoes, including three GI certified Khirsapati and Lakshmanbhog (West Bengal), Zardalu (Bihar) are being exported to Bahrain in a significant boost to mango exports potential from the eastern region. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 APEDA has been initiating measures to ...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its meeting recently decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 4.0 per cent on the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ...

Private sector lender HDFC Bank recently announced its plans to become carbon-neutral by 2031-32. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Carbon neutrality generally refers to achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions (referred to as personal, organizational, or national carbon neutrality). ...

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It marginally better than the 8% contraction in the economy projected earlier. GDP growth in 2019-20, ...

A start-up firm has exported two consignments of 4.5 tonnes of patented “village rice” sourced from Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district to Ghana and Yemen via air and sea routes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This development comes on the heels of APEDA helping in the shipments ...