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CURRENT AFFAIRS SECTION

Q. The Mukhyamantri Grammya Paribahan Achoni scheme has been launched by which state?

A) Odisha

B) Himachal Pradesh

C ) Assam

D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : C

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MOST IMPORTANT LATEST SCHEME 2020

ANDHRA PRADESH

Jagananna Vidya Kanuka scheme

YSR Sampoorna Poshana scheme

YSR Zero Interest Loan Scheme

Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme

Jagananna Chedodu scheme

UTTARAKHAND

Ekikrit Adarsh Krishi Gram Yojana

Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana- Uttarakhand

Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana

GUJARAT

Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana

Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana

Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana

Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana

Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) scheme

Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan







CHHATTISGARH

Indira Van Mitan Yojana Godhan Nyay Yojna Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay

Scheme Padhai Tuhar Para scheme Shaheed Mahendra Karma

Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana

TRIPURA

Ektu Khelo Ektu Padho scheme

Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar scheme

Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana

WEST BENGAL

Pathashree Abhijan scheme Matir Smristi scheme Karma Sathi Prakalpa

Scheme

RAJASTHAN

Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020 Indira Rasoi Yojana

MADHYA PRADESH

Rozgar Setu scheme Jivan Shakti Yojana Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan

Yojna Jeevan Amrit Yojana scheme

UTTAR PRADESH

Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana

Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna

Panchvati Yojna Scheme

KARNATAKA

Nekara Samman Yojane Weavers Sammaan Yojana

ODISHA

“Sujal”- ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ scheme

GARIMA Scheme Balaram Scheme







ASSAM

Orunodoi Scheme Dhanwantari scheme SVAYEM Scheme Mukhyamantrir Grammya

Paribahan Achoni Scheme

DELHI

Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana

Q. Who has been appointed as the new and fourth Deputy Governor of RBI?

A) Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

B) Sachin Chaturvedi

C) M Rajeshwar Rao

D) Manish Sabharwal

Answer : C

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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI)

Founded : 1 April 1935 RBI Nationalised : 1 January

1949 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra 1st Governor : Sir Osborne

Smith 1st Indian Governor : CD

Deshmukh 25th Governor : Shaktikanta

Das

RBI Deputy Governor (4)

1. Mukesh Kumar Jain

2. B P Kanungo







3. Michael D Patra

4. M Rajeshwar Rao

Four Subsidiaries of RBI :

1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC)

2. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)

3. Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT)

4. Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS)

RBI IN NEWS 2020

RBI signs $400 mn currency swap with Sri Lanka RBI to launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque Truncation System RBI publishes “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for UCBs RBI ceased Banking operations of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank RBI announces ‘positive pay’ feature to help avert cheque frauds RBI enhances withdrawal limit for PMC’ depositors to Rs 1 Lakh RBI launches “Payments Infrastructure Development Fund” RBI cancels licence of The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd, Mumbai RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual

Funds RBI cancels the licence of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank of Goa RBI approved- additional special liquidity facility of Rs 5000 cr each for

NHB & NABARD RBI- extended loan of Rs 15,000 crore to the EXIM Bank

Q. Which day of the year is marked as the Air Force Day in India?

A) 7 Oct

B) 8 Oct

C) 6 Oct

D) 5 Oct

Answer : B







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The Air Force Day 2020 celebrates the 88th anniversary of the official foundation day of the force on October 8

IMPORTANT DAYS RELATED TO DEFENCE

14 January : Armed Force Veterans Day

15 January : Army Day

72nd Raising Day 2020

10 March : CISF Raising Day

51st Raising Day 2020

9 April : CRPF Valour Day

55th Anniversary 2020

26 July : Kargil Vijay Diwas

21st Anniversary 2020

27 July : Raising Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

82nd Raising Day 2020

8 October : Air Force Day

88th Anniversary 2020

4 December : Indian Navy Day

7 December : Indian Armed Force flag Day

INDIAN AIR FORCE IN NEWS

IAF launches ‘MY IAF’ app to provide career-related information IAF airlifts essential drugs to Maldives under ‘Operation Sanjeevani’ IAF develops rescue pod “ARPIT” for evacuation Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference begins in Delhi First batch of five Rafale aircraft formally inducted into Indian Air Force Boeing Completes delivery of all 22 Apache and 15 Chinook military

helicopters to the IAF Shivangi Singh set to become India’s 1st woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale IAF inducts Tejas Mk-1 FOC aircraft in Squadron “Flying Bullets”

INDIAN AIR FORCE (IAF)

Founded : 8 October 1932 HQ : New Delhi 1st Chief : Subroto Mukerjee 26th Chief : Rakesh Kumar Singh







Vice Chief : Harjit Singh Arora

Q. Name the newly appointed Chairman of the State Bank of India

A) C.S. Setty

B) Arijit Basu

C) Rajashree Birla

D) Dinesh Kumar Khara

Answer : D

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STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI )

Founded : 1 July 1955 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra Chairman : Dinesh Kumar

Khara

DON'T CONFUSE

Dinesh Kumar Khara : Chairman of State Bank of India

Charanjit Singh Attra : Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI

Ashwani Bhatia : MD of SBI Challa Sreenivasulu Setty Arjit

Basu : MD of SBI Prakash Chandra Kandpal :

MD& CEO of SBI General Insurance

Ashwini Kumar tewari : MD&CEO of SBI Card

Vinay Tonse : MD&CEO of SBI Mutual Funds

SBI IN NEWS 2020

SBI to launch loan product ‘SAFAL’ for organic cotton growers SBI, Titan launch contactless payment watches “Titan Pay” SBI creates separate business vertical for financial inclusion, agri biz Ashwani Bhatia appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India







SBI Ecowrap report predicts India’s real GDP for FY21 at -10.9% SBI Card starts new brand campaign ‘Contactless Connections’ SBI lists USD 100 million green bonds on India INX SBI will buy Yes Bank shares worth Rs 7250 crore SBI General Insurance launches “Arogya Sanjeevani” Health Insurance

Policy

Q. The Indian cotton has been given a brand name by the Government of India on the occasion of World Cotton Day. What is the brand name of the product?

A) Kuber Cotton

B) Kasturi Cotton

C) Kesar Cotton

D) Kanak Cotton

Answer : B

Q. Which state has launched the ‘Digital Seva Setu’ programme to connect each village panchayat of the state through optical fiber network?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Rajasthan

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Gujarat

Answer : D

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GUJARAT RELATED NEWS 2020

Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana







Madhavpur Mela In Gujarat

Potato Conclave 2020 Gandhinagar, Gujarat World’s 2nd Tallest Statue Of Vallbhabhi Patel In Ahmedabad Krishi Manthan 2020 Ahmedabad, Gujarat Gujarat Tops Domestic Solar Rooftop Installations 2020 Gujarat Tops Fssai State Food Safety Index 2019-20 Export Preparedness Index (Epi) 2020 : Gujarat Tops Defence Conclave 2020 In Gujarat Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana Sauni Scheme Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana Vahil Dikri Yojana Emission Trading Scheme

Gujarat inks MoU with Denmark in water sector Gujarat declares its first heritage tourism policy Gujarat to commence Seaplane service from 31 October 2020

Q. The ICGS ‘Vigraha’ is last in the series of seven Offshore Patrol vessel, built for the Indian Coast Guard. The OPV has been built by which company?

A) L&T Shipbuildings Ltd

B) GRSE Ltd

C) Mazagon Dock Limited

D) Hindustan Shipyard Limited

Answer : A

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DON'T CONFUSE

FAST PATROL VESSEL (FPV) 1. ICGS PRIYADARSHINI







2. ICGS ANNIE BESANT

3. ICGS AMRIT KAUR

4. ICGS KAMALA DEVI

5. ICGS KANAKLATA BARUA

OFFSHORE PETROL VESSEL (OPV)

1. ICGS VIKRAM

2. ICGS VIJAYA

3. ICGS VEERA

4. ICGS VARARLA

5. ICGS VARAD

6. ICGS VAJRA

7. ICGS VIGRAHA

ICGS OFFSHORE & FAST PATROL VESSESL IN NEWS 2020

Indian Coast Guard launches L&T built Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Vigraha’ Indian Coast Guard Commissions ICGS ‘Kanaklata Barua’ FPV in Kolkata ICG Launches Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS ‘Sarthak’, built by Goa

Shipyard Limited “ICGS Varad” commissioned as Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol

Vessel Indian Coast Guard launches Interceptor Boat ‘ICGS C-454’ in Surat,

Gujarat. Offshore Patrol Vessel-6 “VAJRA” launched at Chennai Raksha Mantri commissions ICGS “Sachet” & two interceptor boats ( C-

450 and C-451 ) GRSE delivered to the ICGS ‘Amrit Kaur’, the third in a series of five ‘Fast

Patrol Vessels’ (FPV) GRSE delivers fast patrol vessel, ‘Annie Besant’ to Indian Coast Guard

Q. India will be launching a constellation of maritime surveillance satellites along with which nation?

A) Israel

B) US

C) France







D) Russia

Answer : C

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FRANCE IN NEWS 2020

France to boost India’s COVID-19 response with 200-million-euros Jean Castex appointed as Prime Minister of France Indo-French to launch constellation of maritime surveillance satellites

to trace illegal oil spillage in IOR Tour de France postponed due to Coronavirus Pandemic India overtakes UK and France to become 5th largest economy India-France-Australia holds first-ever Trilateral Dialogue on Ind0-

Pacific France will train Indian flight surgeons for Gaganyaan mission Edouard Philippe resigns as Prime Minister of France Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. who

won the 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize

FRANCE

Capital : Paris Currency : Euro President : Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister : Jean Castex

Varuna Naval exercise India and France Garuda Air exercise India and France Shakti Army exercise India and France Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HA : Paris,

France Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) HQ :

Paris, France International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) HQ : Paris,

France







Q. India’s 1st ever organic spices seed park will be set up in which state?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Uttarakhand

C) Himachal Pradesh

D) Gujarat

Answer : D

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PARK IN NEWS 2020

India’s first multi-modal logistic park in Assam India's 1st ever organic spices seed park set up Gujarat Odisha govt has decided to set up bulk drug park Missile park “Agneeprastha” to be set up at INS Kalinga Uttarakhand forest department develops India’s 1st lichen park Uttarakhand opens its biggest biodiversity park in Haldwani NTPC to build India’s biggest solar park in Gujarat India’s first space tech park to come up in Kerala Jim Corbett National park has set up India's first quarantine facility for

animals

Q. Naugarh railway station which was renamed as Siddharthnagar railway station is located at which state?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Telangana

C) Rajasthan

D) Tamil Nadu

Answer : A







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Fed Cup has been renamed as Billie Jean King Cup. Hubbali railway station, Karnataka renamed as : Shree Siddaroodha

Swamiji railways station Raigir railways station, Telangana renamed as Yadadri Railway station

Q. Which country successfully test-fired its highly touted hypersonic cruise missile called Tsirkon?

A) Italy

B) Netherlands

C) Russia

D) Germany

Answer : C

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RUSSIA IN NEWS 2020

Russia Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine EpiVacCorona, After Sputnik V

Russia Becomes World’s 1st Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’

Russia first regiment of S-400 anti-air system will be delivered to India 6th International Military-Technical Forum Army-2020 held in Russia Russia to host 12th Brics summit 2020 KavKaz 2020 Military Exercise Russia Valtteri Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix 2020 India Pavilion Inaugurated at Army-2020 International Military and

Technical Forum In Russia Indian Navy and Russian Navy commenced the 11th edition of exercise

INDRA NAVY begins in Bay of Bengal India, Russia announced joint winners of FIDE Online Olympiad 2020

(Chess) Russia is Theme Country for International Kolkata Book Fair 2020







India withdraws from multilateral military exercise, Kavkaz 2020, in Russia

India-Russia to sign MoUs on AK-203 assault rifles Russia plan to launch 1st satellite to monitor Arctic climate in 2020

RUSSIA

Capital : Moscow Currency : Ruble PM : Mikhail Mishustin President : Vladimir Putin 'Roscosmos' Space Agency : Russia 'INDRA' Naval Exercise : India and Russia 'Aviaindra' Air Force Exercise : India and Russia

Q. The Jewar International Airport is a proposed Indian airport that will be constructed by the Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International. The airport will be built in which city of India?

A) Noida

B) Pune

C) Amritsar

D) Shmila

Answer : A

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AIRPORT IN NEWS 2020

Puducherry airport becomes AAI’s first 100% solar-powered airport Fiumicino International Airport in Rome becomes World’s First Airport

to earn “COVID-19 5-star airport rating” from Skytrax India's first and exclusive private jet terminal opens at Delhi's Indra

Gandhi airport 2019 Airport Service Quality awards- Kempegowda International

Airport adjudged as Best Airport in 2019 Kempegowda International Airport becomes the 1st airport in India to

get AWMS at both ends of the runway







Kempagowda International Airport Bengaluru SKYTRAX award for Best regional Airport in India and Asia

Kempogowda International Airport first Indian Airport to get Disabled Airplcrafft Recovery Equipment (DARE)

Indra Gandhi International Airport Delhi has unveiled India's tallest ATC tower

Indra Gandhi International Airport India's first Single use plastice free Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi India's first Coronavirus airport testing facility

Maharashtra Govt has Aurangabad Aiport renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport

Kushinagar Airport, Uttar Pradesh declared as International Airport Rajiv Gandhi Airport won CII-GBC National Energy Leader and Excellent

Energy Efficient Unit award Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Introduces India’s First Fully

Contactless Car Parking Rajiv Gandhi International Airport gets additional Thermal screening

system

Q. Name the India’s first indigenous anti-radiation missile, which was flight testes recently by DRDO

A) RUDRAM

B) DHRUVA

C) AKASHA

D) SURYA

Answer : A

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DRDO successfully flight tested a new generation Anti-Radiation Missile (RUDRAM-1) on 9 October 2020 at the Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha

DRDO IN NEWS 2020







DRDO successfully flight tests Indigenously Developed Anti Radiation Missile RUDRAM

DRDO successfully flight tests ‘Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo’ (SMART) Off Odisha Coast

India successfully test-fires new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya Missile from Odisha coast Shaurya : surface-to-surface missile

DRDO successfully test fires laser-guided anti-tank guided missile India successfully test fires Brahmos surface-to-surface cruise missile

featuring indigenous booster India Successfully test-fires indigenously developed surface-to-surface

Prithvi-II missile Prithvi-II missile strike range : 350 km

DRDO successfully test-fires high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT)- ABHYAS

Centre Forms 5-member Panel under IIT Delhi Director V. Ramagopal Rao to redefine DRDO Charter

DRDO successfully test-fires HELINA ‘Dhruvastra’ from ITR Chandipur Indian Army Gets DRDO’s indigenously-developed Bharat Drone for

accurate surveillance along China border DRDO Developing new 200-km strike range Pranash ballistic missile India successfully test-fires K-4 nuclear capable ballistic missile off coast

in Andhra Pradesh DRDO Successfully Test Fires First Pinaka Rockets Produced by Private

Sector DRDO develops P7 Heavy Drop System for IL 76 aircraft DRDO Develops 'UV blaster' Ultraviolet Disinfection Tower DRDO Develops 'DRUVS' automated UV system to Sanitise electronic

gadgets DRDO Develops Ultra Swachh to Disinfect PPE

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Founded : 1958 HQ : New Delhi Motto : Strength's Origin is in Knowledge Chairman : G. Satheesh Reddy







Q. Which bank has recently partnered with the airline company Vistara to launch a co-branded forex card?

A) ICICI Bank

B) HDFC Bank

C) Yes Bank

D) Axis Bank

Answer : D

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AXIS BANK IN NEWS 2020

Axis Bank launches hiring initiative named ‘Gig-a-Opportunities’

Axis Bank introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’ for the Indian Youth

Axis Bank launches Automated Voice Assistant ‘AXAA’

AXIS BANK

Founded : 1993 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra Chairman : Rakesh Makhija MD & CEO : Amitabh

Chaudhary Tagline : Badhti Ka naam

Zindagi

Q. J Venkatramu has recently been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which bank?

A) Bandhan Bank

B) India Post Payments Bank

C) IDFC FIRST Bank

D) IndusInd Bank

Answer : B

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BANKS NEWLY MD & CEO IN NEWS 2020

S Krishnan : MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank Murali Ramakrishnan : MD & CEO of South Indian Bank Sashidhar Jagdishan : MD & CEO of HDFC Bank Vinay Tonse : MD & CEO of SBI Mutual fund Ashwani Bhatia : MD of SBI SBI Hardayal Prasad : MD & CEO of PNB Housing Finance Shyam Srinivasan : MD & CEO of Federal Bank Rajkiran Rai G : MD & CEO of Union Bank of India Partha Pratim Sengupta : MD & CEO of IOB Prakash Chandra Kandpal : MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance Ramesh Babu Boddu : MD & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank Ashwini Kumar Tewari: MD & CEO of SBI Cards Zubair Iqbal : MD & CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Krishnan Ramachandran : MD & CEO of Max Bupa Health Insurance Mahabaleshwara M S : MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank Sanjay Agarwal : MD & CEO of AU Small Finance Bank K .Kamakodi : MD & CEO of City Union Bank Vineet Arora : MD & CEO of Paytm General Insurance Ajay Mahajan : MD of CARE Ratings Parag Raja : MD & CEO of Bharti AXA Life Insurance Prashant Kumar : MD & CEO of Yes Bank Sanjeev Nautiyal : MD & CEO of SBI Life Insurance Sunil Gurbaxani : MD & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank Challa Sreenivasulu Setty : MD of SBI Atanu Kumar Das : MD & CEO of Bank of India Lingam Venkat Prabhakar : MD & CEO of Canara Bank Sanjiv Chadha : MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda

Q. Ashwani Kumar, who has passed away recently was the former Chief of which organisation?

A) Narcotics Control Bureau

B) Central Bureau of Investigation

C) National Investigation Agency







D) Central Vigilance Commission

Answer : B

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Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar, who led the Aarushi murder investigation, has passed away. also served as the Governor of Nagaland and held the additional charge of Governor of Manipur

IMPORTANT Obituary IN NEWS 2020

First woman IAF Officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan Bengali Vocal Artiste Pradip Ghosh Nightingale of Gujarat’, Kaumudi Munshi 55th Jnanpith Awardee Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan

Namboothiri Bhanu Athaiya, first Indian to win Oscar Cricket Journalist And Commentator Kishore Bhimani Kuchipudi dancer Shoba Naidu Mexican Nobel Laureate Mario Molina CBI Director Ashwani Kumar Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs, Ram Vilas Paswan Samajwadi Party leader and former MLC Mulayam Singh Yadav Lyricist Abhilash, best known for ‘Itni Shakti Hame Dena Daata’, Assam’s only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Sekhar Basu p singer SP Balasubramanyam Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner Nepal’s Legendary Mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa Assam Musician Bibhuranjan Choudhury Rabindra Sangeet exponent Purba Dam Amitabha Ghosh, who served as RBI governor for 21 days Former President of Mali Moussa Traore Legendary scholar of Indian classical dance & arts, Dr Kapila

Vatsyayan Govind Swarup, Pioneer of Radio Astronomy in India Telugu actor Jaya Prakash







Kesavananda Bharati, whose petition in SC ensured basic structure of Constitution cannot be altered,

India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati 13th President of India Pranab Mukherjee (2019 : Bharat Ratna) ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman ‘Scooby Doo’ Co-Creator Joe Ruby Assamese Folk Singer Archana Mahanta Former Supreme Court Judge Justice AR Lakshmanan Former cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan Computer Scientist Russell A. Kirsch, who Invented Pixel, Director/actor Nishikant Kamat Classical Vocalist, Pandit Jasraj cricketer and Uttar Pradesh Minister Chetan Chauhan Journalist GK Menon Urdu Poet Rahat Indori Mukund Lath, prominent cultural historian and exponent of Mewati

gharana, Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor, Ram Pradhan Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Architect of the Modern Indian Theatre, Ebrahim Alkazi Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume William English, the co-inventor of the computer mouse Former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh Former Taiwan President Lee Teng Action director Parvez Khan Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon Cartoonist Avad Bin Hassan Jami Veteran actor Jagdeep, who played Soorma Bhopali in ‘Sholay’

Q. Nityananda Nayak has been selected for the Sarala Puraskar 2020. It is an annual literary prize by which state?

A) Assam

B) West Bengal

C) Maharashtra







D) Odisha

Answer : D

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Veteran Odia poet Nityananda Nayak has been chosen for the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for the year 2020, for his literary work of poetry ”Setebelaku Nathiba”

Q. Name the winner of the 2020 French Open Men’s Tennis Championship

A) Diego Schwartzman

B) Rafael Nadal

C) Denis Shapovalov

D) Novak Djokovic

Answer : B

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Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-0,6-2,7-5 to win the men’s 2020 French Open

Rafael Nadal 13th French Open men’s singles title and 20th Grand Slam title

GRAND SLAM 2020 WINNER

Grand Slam Chronological order

1. Australian open

2. French open

3. Wimbledon open

4. US open

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MEN'S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner up : Dominic Thiem (Austria)

WOMEN'S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Sofia Kenin (USA) Runner up : Garbine Muguruza

(Spain)







FRENCH OPEN

MEN’S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Rafael Nadal (Spain) Runnerup : Novak Djokovic

(Serbia)

WOMEN’S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Iga Swiatek (Poland) Runnerup : Sofia Kenin (US)

US OPEN

MEN'S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Dominic Thiem (Austria)

Runnerup : Alexander Zverev (Germany)

WOMEN'S SINGLE 2020

Winner : Naomi Osaka (Japan) Runnerup : Victoria Azarenka

(Belarus)

Q. Which player has claimed the Formula One Eifel Grand Prix 2020?

A) Daniel Ricciardo

B) Sebastian Vettel

C) Max Verstappen

D) Lewis Hamilton

Answer : D

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LIST OF FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX 2020

LEWIS HAMILTON

Great Britain : Mercedes Eifel Grand Prix 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 Belgian Grand Prix 2020 Spanish Grand Prix 2020 British Grand Prix 2020

Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 Styrian Grand Prix 2020

VALTTERI BOTTAS

Finland : Mercedes Russian Grand Prix 2020







Austrian Grand Prix 2020

MAX VERSTAPPEN

Netherland : Red Bull 70th Anniversary Grand Prix

PIERRE GASLY

France : Alpha Tauri Italian Grand Prix 2020

Q. Which state has launched the first ever Tree Plantation Policy?

A) Delhi

B) Assam

C) Gujarat

D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : A

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DELHI RELATED NEWS 2020

LEAD Portal Operation SHIELD 5T Programme Himmat Plus App Rozgaar Bazaar Portal 'Ayuraksha’ programme 'Assess Koro Na’ App Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar

Ration Yojana '10 Hafte -10 Baje -10 Minute'

campaign aginst dengue 'Podhe Lagao Prayavaran

Bachao' Campiagn

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ fitness campiagn

India’s First Plasma Bank for COVID-19 Treatment

India’s 1st public EV Charging Plaza

India’s first ‘Thermal Corona Combat Headgear

National Krishi Vigyan Kendra conference 2020

National Organic Food Festival India’s 1st global Mega Science

Exhibition

Q. Which state of India has become the first Har Ghar Jal state of the country by fully implementing the scheme of providing tap water connection to every rural household?







A) Goa

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Rajasthan

D) Uttarakhand

Answer : A

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Central Govt has approved Funds of Jal Jeevan Mission

12.40 Cr : Goa 326.20Cr: Himachal Pradesh 412.19 Cr : Telangana 156.61 Cr : Tripura 2522 Cr : Rajasthan 1,189.40 Cr : Karnataka 1829 Cr : Maharashtra 1280 Cr : Madhya Pradesh 572 Cr : Jharkhand

175 Cr : Meghalaya 1,832.66 Cr : Bihar 445 Cr : Chhattisgarh 812 Cr : Odisha 255 Cr : Arunachal Pradesh 1407 Cr : Assam 680 Cr : J&K 290 Cr : Haryana

Budget 2020 : Govt approves Rs 11,500 cr for Jal Jeevan Mission for FY21

Govt has resolved to provide piped water (Har Ghar Jal) to all households by "2024"

Q. Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana has been launched by which state to generate self-employment for youth & migrants through green energy?

A) Maharashtra

B) Rajasthan

C) Himachal Pradesh







D) Uttarakhand

Answer : D

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UTTARAKHAND RELATED NEWS 2020

Ganga Avalokan the first museum on River Ganga, located at Chandi Ghat, Haridwar Uttrakhand

PM Modi to inaugurate 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand under ‘Namami Gange Mission’

ITBP ties up with Uttarakhand govt to promote adventure tourism Uttarakhand Develop India's first snow leopard conservation centre Ganga Kayak Festival celebrated in Uttarakhand Uttarakhand 1st state in the country to implement agricultural

leasing policy India’s first Glass floor bridge to replace the iconic Lakshman Jhula in

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Phool Dei festival celebrated in Uttarakhand Jim Corbett National Park of Uttarakhand becomes India’s 1st quarantine centre for animals ‘HOPE’ Portal ‘HOPE’- Helping Out People Everywhere Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana Uttarakhand Develops India’s First Lichen Park to Conserve Gairsain in Chamoli district declared as summer capital of

Uttarakhand Harela festival celebrated in Uttarakhand

Q. Which country has become the first nation to get Blue Flag certification for 8 beaches in the very first attempt?

A) Malaysia

B) Australia

C) India

D) Sri Lanka

Answer : C







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Beaches in India for Blue Flag certification :

1. Shivrajpur (Gujarat)

2. Ghoghla (Diu)

3. Kasarkod (Karnataka)

4. Padubidri (Karnataka)

5. Kappad (Kerala)

6. Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh)

7. Golden (Puri-Odisha)

8. Radhanagar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

Q. Centre has extended how much subsidy on transportation of fruits and vegetables through Kisan Rail Trains?

A) 20%

B) 30%

C) 50%

D) 60%

Answer : C

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First Kisan Rail was flagged off between Devlali in Maharashtra and Danapur in Bihar

The country’s 2nd and South India’s first “Kisan Train” was flagged off from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh to Adarsh Nagar Railway Station in Delhi

Q. Which state has launched Jagananna Vidya Kanuka scheme for government schools?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Rajasthan

C) Odisha

D) Kerala







Answer : A

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ANDHRA PRADESH RELATED NEWS 2020

YSR Sampoorna Poshana scheme YSR Aarogyasri scheme Amma Vodi scheme YSR Pension Kanuka Nadu-Nedu scheme YSR Kanti Velugu Jagananna Vasathi Deevena YSR Nirman Zero interest loan scheme Vidya Deevena Scheme YSR Matsyakara Bharosa YSR Rythu Bharosa Jagananna Chedodu scheme YSR Kapu Nestham Scheme Aarogyasri scheme India’s first ‘fruit train’ with bananas AP’s 1st Disha police station in Rajamahendravaram “NIGHA” App Covid Pharma App Panel headed by Neerabh Kumar Prasad to probe Vizag gas leak India’s 1st online waste management platform Andhra Pradesh tops Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of

states 2019 Cybercrime awareness programme named as ‘E-Raksha Bandhan’

Q. Border Road Organization (BRO) has build the country’s longest steel bridge on Manali-Leh highway. The bridge is built on which river?

A) Bhaga River

B) Chenab River







C) Ravi River

D) Jhelum River

Abswer : A

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BRIDGE IN NEWS 2020

India’s 1st glass floor suspension bridge to be built in Rishikesh Jitendra Singh inaugurates Devika and Puneja Bridges in J&K BRO constructs Daporijo Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh BRO builds bridge to link Kasowal enclave in Punjab with rest of India Anji Khad bridge: Indian Railways’ 1st cable-stayed rail bridge in J&K Indian Railways Constructs Country’s Tallest Pier Bridge in Manipur Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Keerian Gandial bridge over River Ravi in

J&K Nitin Gadkari inaugurates refurbished upstream carriageway of

Mahatma Gandhi bridge over river Ganga in Bihar

Q. India signed a Line of Credit (LOC) Agreement of USD 400 million with which nation?

A) Maldives

B) Vietnam

C) Mauritius

D) Indonesia

Answer : A

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MALDIVES IN NEWS 2020

India extends $250 million in financial support to Maldives to overcome impact of COVID-19







Maldives becomes 54th member of the Commonwealth India-Maldives sign agreement to establish “Emergency Medical

Services” India has handed over outdoor fitness equipment for 61 islands across

the Maldives GoI extends Line of Credit worth 18 Million dollars to Maldives India facilitates $ 150 million foreign Currency swap facility to Maldives India Navy 'Samundra Setu' to bring stranded Indian citizens from

Maldives

MALDIVES

Capital : Male Currency : Rufiyaa President : Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Ekuverin Exercise : India and Maldives

Q. Name the first state of India to become completely digital in public education sector?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Gujarat

C) Kerala

D) Assam

Answer : C

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KERALA RELATED NEWS 2020

Kerala tops 'The State of young Child in India' Dragonfly Festival (Thumbi Maholsavam 2020) Festival Mascot : “Pantalu” Yodhavu mobile App Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’







Kerala tops India's literacy chart at 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh worst performer

India’s 1st International Women’s Trade Centre to be set up in Kerala Kerala becomes 1st state to provide free internet for the poor (K-FON

project) Kerala became 1st State to pass resolution against CAA Kerala launches ‘break the chain’ campaign to combat coronavirus Kerala announces ‘Dream Kerala Project’ Kerala hospital deploys “KARMI-Bot” robot to serve COVID-19 patients Kerala CM inaugurates India’s 1st Super Fab Lab

Q. Shobha Naidu, who has passed away recently was a renowned exponent of which classical dance?

A) Bharatnatyam

B) Kuchipudi

C) Kathakali

D) Mohiniyattam

Answer : B

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Some of the famous awards won by her includes, Padma Shri in 2001, Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1991.

List of Famous Indian Dance

Bharatnatyam : Tamil Nadu/South India

Kathak : Uttar Pradesh/North India

Kathakali : Kerala/South India

Kuchipudi : Andhra Pradesh/South India

Manipuri : Manipur/Northeast India

Odissi : Odisha/East India Sattriya : Assam, North East

India Mohiniyattam : Kerala, South

India







Lavani : Maharashtra, West India

Bihu : Assam, North-east India Chhau Mayurbhanj : Odisha Ghoomar : Rajasthan

Rouf : Kashmir, North India Garba : Gujarat, West India Bhangra/Gidda : Punjab,

North India

Q. Which state has launched the “Sujal”- ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ scheme to provide piped water connections to all urban areas?

A) Gujarat

B) Odisha

C) Maharashtra

D) Kerala

Answer : B

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ODISHA RELATED NEWS 2020

GARIMA Scheme Madhu Babu Pension Yojana Balaram Scheme Raja Parba Festival celebrated in Odisha Ama Sahar and Swachha Sahar App India’s 1st e-Gazette portal Agni Shama Seva online portal Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik conferred PETA’s “Hero to Animals Award” Mo Prativa programme Mo Jeeban Programme 1st Khelo India University Games 2020 Bhubaneswar, Odisha Odisha to set up the largest COVID-19 hospital in the country Odisha becomes 1st state in India to receive ISO certification 100% solarisation of Konark sun temple in Odisha BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise-2020 in Odisha Odisha gives state anthem status to “Bande Utkala Janani”







DRDO successfully test fires ABHYAS from Odisha Utkal Divas or Odisha Day is celebrated on 1 April Odisha to open department for SHGs called “Mission Shakti” Odisha’s Krushi Bhawan Considered As ‘People’s Choice Winner’ At AZ

Awards Nityananda Nayak has been chosen for the prestigious Sarala Puraskar

for the year 2020, for ”Setebelaku Nathiba” By Odisha govt A. Which state police have started an initiative to connect Banchhara

and Kanjar community with the mainstream of the society?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Odisha

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Jharkhand

Answer : C

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MADHYA PRADESH RELATED NEWS 2020

Sambal Yojana Rozgar Setu Yojana FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana Jeevan Amrit Yojana Jeevan Shakti Yojana Everybody will get employment Chief Minister COVID-19 Yoddha Kalyan Yojana 'Gandgi Bharat Chhodo' Campaign 'Kill Corona’ Campaign 'Charan Paduka' Campaign 'Roko -Toko' Campaign ‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ Campaign 'Intzaar Aap Ka‘ Campaign 'Ek Sankal Bujurgo Ke Naam' Campaign 'Ek Mask-Anek Zinagi' Campaign Didi Vehicle Service Sanjeevani a unique vehicle







Namaste Orchha festival begins in Madhya Pradesh Nimad Chilli Festival 2020 begins in Madhya Pradesh Swachh Survekshan 2020 : Indore Cleanest City India’s first e-waste clinic opens in Bhopal Asia’s Largest Solar Power Project Rewa Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh becomes the first state in country to provide Mid-Day

Meal ration Gwalior Chambal Expressway renamed as Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Chambal Progressway Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon dies Chambal Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh received eco-sensitive zone tag

Q. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand "Transform"?

A) B. Sai Praneeth

B) Pullela Gopichand

C) P.V. Sindhu

D) Chetan Anand

Answer : D

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MOST IMPORTANT LATEST BRAND AMBASSADOR 2020

Ajinkya Rahane : Hudle Robin Uthappa : Ker startup

Entri Aamir Khan : Vendantu Aamir Khan : CEAT Tyres Yuvraj Singh : Aakash

Educational Services Limited (AESL)

Sonu Sood : Acer India Virat Kohli : Great Learning

Suresh Raina : 9Stacks Sachin Tendulkar : Paytm first

Games Bhuvneshwar Kumar and

Smriti Mandhana : Playerzpot Dwayne Bravo : SBOTOP Ayushmann Khurrana : Bajaj

Allianz Life Insurance Kiara Advani : Myntra Rohit Sharma : Oakley







Harbhajan Singh : ebikeGo Suresh Raina and

Harmanpreet Kaur : WTF Sports

Brett Lee : SportsAdda Sukhbir Singh : Luxury Ride Sourav Ganguly and Sunil

Chhetri : JSW Cement Pankaj Tripathi : Bihar Khadi Sonu Sood : Gargo

International Rohit Sharma : IIFL Finance Manushi Chillar : Adidas Ajinkya Rahane : ELSA Corp Devgan : Aarogya Setu App Rohit Sharma : CricKingdom

Viswanathan Anand : World Wide Fund India Environment

MS Dhoni : PokerStars India PV Sindhu : BWF’s ‘I am

badminton’ campaign Shafali Verma : PepsiCo Rishabh Pant : JSW Steel Shardul Thakur : TATA Power Virat Kohli : iQOO Smart

Phone Virat Kohli : Blue Star Kareena Kapoor : Puma Amitabh Bachchan : IDFC

First Bank Suniel Shetty : NADA Rohit Sharma : La Liga Rohit Sharma : Trusox

Q. Name the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?

A) William D. Nordhaus and Paul Romer

B) Richard Thaler and Oliver Hart

C) Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer

D) Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson

Answer : D

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NOBEL PRIZE 2020 IN ECONOMIC

Paul R. Milgrom (USA) Robert B. Wilson (USA)

“for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”







COMPLETE WINNERS LIST NOBLE PRIZE IN 2020

NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY 2020

Harvey J Alter (USA) Charles M Rice (USA) Michael Houghton (UK)

"For the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus"

NOBLE PRIZE IN PHYSICS 2020

Roger Penrose (UK) Reinhard Genzel (Germany) Andrea Ghez (USA)

Roger Penrose

“For the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,”

Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

“For the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy,”

NOBLE PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2020

Emmanuelle Charpentier (France) Jennifer A. Doudna (USA)

"For the development of a method for genome editing"

NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2020

Louise Gluck (USA)

“For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”







NOBLE PRIZE IN PEACE 2020

World Food Programme (WFP)

NOBEL PRIZE 2020 IN ECONOMIC

Paul R. Milgrom (USA) Robert B. Wilson (USA)

“For improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”

Q. Which among the following institutes has developed antimicrobial food wrapping material?

A) IIT Delhi

B) IIT Kanpur

C) IIT Madras

D) IIT Roorkee

Answer : C

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IIT MADRAS IN NEWS 2020

IIT Madras incubated startup Stellapps launches ‘mooPay’ for dairy farmers in Rajasthan

IIT Madras Develops ‘MOUSHIK’ Microprocessor For IoT Devices IIT Madras launches world’s first online BSc degree in Programming and

Data Science IIT Madras start-up developed a portable hospital called “MediCAB” IIT Madras Professor Thalappil Pradeep selected for Nikkei Asia Prize

2020 IIT Madras Tops Atal Rankings (ARIIA) 2020







IIT Madras develops light-weight Magnesium Alloy to replace steel & aluminium in Automobile Industry

Q. Recently the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of Nechiphu tunnel in ____.

A) Arunachal Pradesh

B) Himachal Pradesh

C) Leh

D) Sikkim

Answer : A

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 44 bridges built by Border Road Organisation (BRO), and laid the foundation stone of Nechiphu tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN NEWS

Arunachal Pradesh launches COVIDCARE app to combat COVID-19 Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor Ram Pradhan passes away 'Innovation Festival’ begins in Arunachal Pradesh BRO constructs Daporijo Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Becomes First State to ink Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with IUCN Parshuram Kund Mela of Arunachal Pradesh Begins KVIC to set up Silk Training cum Production Center in Arunachal

Pradesh

Q. EXIM bank of India has credited $310 million to which country to finance repowering of Hwange Thermal Power Station?

A) Zimbabwe

B) Mozambique

C) Cuba







D) Surinam

Answer : A

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EXIM BANK EXTENDS LINE OF CREDIT IN NEWS 2020

Exim Bank extends LOC of USD 20.10 million to Nicaragua Exim Bank grants $30 million line of credit to Ghana Exim Bank's Government of India supported (LoC) of USD 215.68

million to Malawi Exim Bank extends USD 250 million line of credit to Mozambique $75 million line of credit via EXIM Bank for solar parks in Cuba Exim Bank extends USD 35.80 million line of credit to Suriname Exim Bank Extends $400 Million Line of Credit to the Maldives Exim Bank's Government of India supported (LoC) of USD 310 million to

Zimbabwe

Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)

Founded : 1 Jan 1982 HQ : Mumbai MD : David Rasquinha

Q. How much amount of loan value has been approved by the ADB for the Rajasthan Secondary Towns Development Sector Project?

A) USD 300 million

B) USD 200 million

C) USD 100 million

D) USD 500 million

Answer : A







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ADB LOAN IN NEWS 2020

ADB to support Maharashtra with $346 mn loan for power sector ADB $60 million Loan to Aavas to Boost Women’s Access to Housing in

India ADB assures $2.2 bn support package to India to fight Covid-19 ADB approves USD 177 mn loan for road projects in Maharashtra ADB approves $1 billion loan for construction of Delhi-Meerut RRTS ADB inks $500 Million Loan agreement with India for Delhi-Meerut

RRTS Corridor ADB approves grant worth USD 3 million to India to combat COVID-19

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)

Founded : 19 December 1966 HQ : Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines President : Masatsugu Asakawa Vice President : Ashok Lavasa Director of ADB for India : Takeo Konishi Executive Director : Sameer Kumar Member Counrtries : 68 (Nuie)

Q. Which neighbouring country’s cabinet has approved capital punishment for rape?

A) Myanmar

B) Bhutan

C) Sri Lanka

D) Bangladesh

Answer : D

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BANGLADESH IN NEWS 2020







2nd edition of India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise “Bongosagar” India hands over 10 broad-gauge railway locos to Bangladesh Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Launches E-passport Facility India-Bangladesh Joint Exercise ‘SAMPRITI-IX’ Begins in Umroi,

Meghalaya Bangladesh starts ‘Shohojodha’ online plasma network for COVID 19 Bangladesh wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 Bangladesh launches “Digital Haat” for sacrificial animals Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed India’s next envoy to Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Capital : Dhaka Currency : Taka President : Abdul Hamid Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina

Q. Which bank has recently partnered with the Apollo Hospitals to launch a holistic healthcare solution, ‘The HealthyLife Programme’?

A) ICICI Bank

B) Axis Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Answer : C

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HDFC BANK IN NEWS 2020

HDFC Bank tops 2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking

HDFC Bank launches 'e-Kisaan Dhan' App for Farmers HDFC Bank launches first of its kind card 'Shaurya KGC' Sashidhar Jagdishan to be the new CEO of HDFC Bank “Summer Treats” campaign launched by HDFC Bank HDFC Bank starts #HDFCBankSafetyGrid campaign for social distancing







HDFC Bank releases song “#HumHaarNahiMaanenge” Penned by : Prasoon Joshi composed by : AR Rahman

MD of HDFC Bank, Aditya Puri conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney 2020

HDFC Bank & Adobe partners to enhance digital customer experiences Volvo Car India has partnered with HDFC Bank

ABOUT : HDFC BANK

Founded : 1994 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra MD & CEO : Sashidhar Jagdishan Tagline : We understand your world

Q. PM Modi recently released the autobiography titled Deh Vechwa Karani, which is based on the life of which former Union Minister?

A) Ashok Shankarrao Chavan

B) Sujay Vikhe-Patil

C) Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

D) Uddhav Thackeray

Answer : C

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FAMOUS SPORTSPERSON AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

Abhinav Bindra : A Shot at History

Kapil Dev : Straight from the Heart

Mary Kom : Unbreakable Milka Singh :The Race of My

Life

Sachin Tendulkar : Playing it My Way

Saina Nehwal : Playing to win Yuvraj Singh : The Test of My

Life Sania Mirza : Ace against Odds Sunil Gawaskar : Sunny Days Sanjay Manjrekar : Imperfect







Muhammad Ali : The Greatest My Own Story

Ricky Ponting : At the Close of Play

Shane Warne : No spin VVS Laxman : 281 and Beyond Shahid Afridi : Game Changer

Viswananthan Anand : Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life Co-written by - Susan Ninan

PV Shindu : “Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu” Authored By - V. Krishnaswamy

Vishesh Bhriguvanshi : " Vishesh Code to Win" Authored By - Nirupama Yadav

Q. The Mobile-Water Testing Laboratory on Wheels has been launched by which state to test the aquality of water at doorstep?

A) Madhya Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Haryana

D) Maharashtra

Answer : C

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HARYANA RELATED NEWS 2020

Reading Mission Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana Mukhya Mantri Doodh Uphar Yojana Mukyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana Anti Bullying Campaign Parivar Pehchan Patras initiative Haryana to host the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2021 Haryana’s Amin village renamed as Abhimanyupur Haryana to open Atal kisan – majdoor canteens to provide affordable

meals to farmers Ambala city bus stand renamed after late SushmaSwaraj







NIFM, Faridabad, Haryana renamed Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management

Haryana and Reliance Jio TV partners to educate 52 Lakh students Haryana Govt Launched ‘Gram Darshan’

Q. Who has been appointed as the head of the panel of secretaries to streamline the spectrum allocation process?

A) Rajiv Gauba

B) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

C) Preeti Sudan

D) Rajiv Mehrishi

Answer : A

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IMPORTANT COMMITTEE IN NEWS 2020

SEBI Sets Up Advisory Committee under Madhabi Puri Buch to Recommend Policy on Market Data Access

Supreme Court appoints Former Justice M B Lokur as one-man panel to prevent stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and UP

BCCI Appoints Neetu David as head of India women’s selection committee for 4 years

Sebi forms technical committee on social stock exchange under the chairmanship of Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

MCA extends the tenure of Company Law Committee by 1 year; Head- Rajesh Verma

Govt Sets up Empowered Group of Ministers to Oversee OFB’s Corporatisation; Head-Rajnath Singh

Govt sets up committee to study calls for giving interest relief on bank loans; Head- Rajiv Mehrishi

NITI Aayog constitutes Multidimensional Poverty Index Coordination Committee ; Head- Ms Sanyukta Samaddar







MoD sets up a committee to review the AFHQ CS cadre; Head- D B Shekatkar

Centre Forms 5-member Panel under IIT Delhi Director V. Ramagopal Rao to redefine DRDO Charter

Center forms search-cum-selection committee to name the new three govt nominees on Monetary Policy Committee (MPC); Head- Rajiv Gauba

Committee on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 headed by Dr V K Paul

IFSCA sets up a panel chaired by Pradip Shah to formulate plan to develop international retail business

committee on retaining students in India, to be headed by UGC chairman D. P. Singh

NFRA constitutes technical advisory committee under the chairmanship of R Narayanaswamy

SEBI Revamps advisory committee on mutual funds; Usha Thorat new head

NHRC sets up panel, headed by Dr K S Reddy, to assess Covid-19 impact on human rights

IBBI Reconstitutes Advisory Committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation with Uday Kotak

WCD Ministry sets up task force under Jaya Jaitly to examine maternal mortality rate, women’s health among others

PM Modi constitutes committee headed by Rajnath Singh for implementing Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs

Govt forms high level panel to recommend reforms in India’s drug regulatory system; Head- Rajesh Bhushan

Q. What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020?

A) 117

B) 105

C) 94

D) 76

Answer : C







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Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020

INDIA : 94 Published By : Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and Concern Worldwide

MOST IMPORTANT INDIA'S RANK IN VARIOUS INDEX 2020

Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index

TOP : Norway INDIA : 129

Human Capital Index 2020

Released By : World Bank TOP - Singapore INDIA - 116

IMD’s Global Smart City Index 2020

TOP - Singapore Indian City Top - Hyderabad

Global Economic Freedom Index 2020

Released By - Fraser Institute, Canada

TOP - Hong Kong INDIA - 105

Globle Innovation Index 2020

Released By - WIPO TOP - Switzerland INDIA - 48

Sustainable Development Index 2020

TOP - Sweden INDIA - 117

World Competitiveness Index 2020

TOP - Singapore INDIA - 43

Environmental Performance Index 2020

TOP - Denmark INDIA - 168

Henley Passport Index 2020







TOP - Japan INDIA - 84

Social Mobility Report 2020

Released By - WEF TOP - Denmark INDIA - 76

World Happiness Report 2020

Released By - United Nations

TOP - Finland INDIA - 144

World Press Freedom Index 2020

Released By - Reporters Without Borders

TOP - Norway INDIA -142

Ease of Doing Business Ranking 2020

Released By - World Bank TOP - New Zealand INDIA - 63

Gender Gap Report 2020

TOP - Iceland INDIA - 112

Global Real Estate Transparency Index

TOP - UK INDIA - 34

World Risk Index 2020

Vanuatu - Highest disaster risk

Qatar - lowest risk INDIA - 89

Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list

TOP - Switzerland’s Nestle Amul - 16th rank

Future Brand Index 2020

TOP - Apple Reliance Industries - 2nd

Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2020,

TOP - China INDIA - 3rd

SIPRI Yearbook 2020

TOP - US India : 6th highest nuclear

weapons stockpile







Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2020

TOP - US INDIA -23

Brand Finance Global 500 2020 report

TOP - Amazon Top Indian brand - Tata

Group

Q. Name the Prime Minister of New Zealand who has been elected for a second term in the Parliamentary election recently?

A) Jacinda Ardern

B) Justin Trudeau

C) Frank Bainimarama

D) Scott Morrison

Answer : A

: RECAP POINTS :

NEW ZEALAND IN NEWS

Jacinda Ardern wins 2nd term as New Zealand’s PM New Zealand declares itself free from “Coronavirus” New Zealand cancels the APEC Summit 2021 Chef Angad Singh Rana wins QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 Australia and New Zealand named as hosts of FIFA Women’s World Cup

2023 New Zealand Cricket announces ANZ Cricket Awards New Zealand’s stock exchange (NZX) resumes trading after cyberattacks

NEW ZEALAND

Capital : Wellington Currency : Dollar

PRIME MINISTER IN NEWS 2020







Bishr al- Khasawneh : Jordan

Moctar Ouane : Mali Mohamed Hussein Ruble :

Somalia Yoshihide Suga : Japan Francisco Asue : Equatorial

Guinea Keith Rowley : Trinidad and

Tobago Mohamed Ould Bilal :

Mauritiana Walter Roger Martos Ruiz :

Peru Mahinda Rajapaksa : Sri

Lanka Hichem Mechichi : Tunisia Ossouka Raponda : First

woman PM of Gabon

Lee Hsien Loong : Singapore Jean Castex : France Micheal Martin : Ireland Kubatbek Boronov :

Kyrgyzstan Robert Abela : Malta Pedro Sanchez : Spain Mikhail Mishustin : Russia Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa

bin Abdulaziz Al Thani : Qatar Muhyiddin bin Haji

Muhammad yassin : Malaysia

Janez Jansa : Slovenia Denys Shmygal : Ukraine Mustafa Al Kadhimi : Iraq Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel

Q. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to UNESCO?

A) lndra Mani Pandey

B) Brajendra Navnit

C) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

D) Vishal V. Sharma

Answer : D

: RECAP POINTS :

INDIA'S AMBASSASOR TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

Vishal V. Sharma appointed as the next Ambassador of India to UNESCO Khushi Chindaliya appointed as UNEP regional ambassador M Nethra appoints as ‘Goodwill Ambassador for the Poor’ by UNADAP UNICEF appoints Ayushmann Khurrana for children’s rights campaign







UNEP extends Dia Mirza term as goodwill ambassador till 2022 Brajendra Navnit becomes India’s new ambassador to WTO TS Tirumurti appointed new Permanent Representative of India to UN Indra Mani Pandey Appointed India's Permanent Representative To UN

In Geneva

Q. Name the India’s first indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile, which has been developed by DRDO?

A) Akash-2

B) Agni-2

C) Prithvi-2

D) Gagan-2

Answer : C

: RECAP POINTS :

India conducts successful night trial of nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile off Odisha coast, Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur

INDIA'S SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT TEST IN NEWS 2020

DRDO successfully conducts final trial of Nag anti-tank guided missile in Pokhran range

DRDO successfully flight tests Indigenously Developed Anti Radiation Missile RUDRAM

DRDO successfully flight tests ‘Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo’ (SMART) Off Odisha Coast

India successfully test-fires new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya Missile from Odisha coast

Shaurya : surface-to-surface missile DRDO successfully test fires laser-guided anti-tank guided missile India successfully test fires Brahmos surface-to-surface cruise missile

featuring indigenous booster India Successfully test-fires indigenously developed surface-to-surface

Prithvi-II missile Prithvi-II missile strike range : 350 km







DRDO successfully test-fires high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT)- ABHYAS

DRDO successfully test-fires HELINA ‘Dhruvastra’ from ITR Chandipur Indian Army Gets DRDO’s indigenously-developed Bharat Drone for

accurate surveillance along China border DRDO Developing new 200-km strike range Pranash ballistic missile India successfully test-fires K-4 nuclear capable ballistic missile off coast

in Andhra Pradesh DRDO Successfully Test Fires First Pinaka Rockets Produced by Private

Sector India successfully test-fires Stand-Off Anti-Tank (SANT) Missile off

Odisha coast SANT is a air-to-surface missile developed by DRDO

Q. Who is the author of the book “The Battle of Belonging”?

A) Shashi Tharoor

B) Subramanian Swamy

C) Sachin Pilot

D) P. Chidambaram

Answer : A

: RECAP POINTS :

LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS & AUTHORS 2020

Portraits of Power’, autobiography of NK Singh, Chairman of 15th Finance Commission

‘The Battle of Belonging’,

Authored By : Shashi Tharoor

“The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”

Authored By : S Jaishankar

“Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India”

Authored By : Viral V.Acharya

"Overdraft : Saving the

Indian Saver"

Authored By : Urjit Patel







"A Song of India"

Authored By : Ruskin Bond

"Hop On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes"

Authored By - Ruskin Bond

"One Arranged Murder"

Authored By : Chetan Bhagat

"Burnt Sugar"

Authored By : Avni Doshi

“Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World”

Authored By : Dalai Lama

"Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India”

Authored By - Amish Tripathi

'Klara and the Sun’

Authored By - Kazuo Ishiguro

"The lckabog"

Authored By - JK Rowling

"Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu "

Authored By - V. Krishnaswamy

"Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess"

Authored By - Satyarth Nayak

"The Big Boss of tittle luv"

Authored By : Karan Johar

"Voices of Dissent"

Authored By : Romila Thapar

"Kitchens of Gratitude”

Authored By : Vikas Khanna

“A promised land” Authored By : Barack Obama

"The Commonwealth of Cricket"

Authored By : Ramachandra Guha

Azadi : Freedom. Fascism. Fiction

Authored By : Arundhati Roy

"Judiciary, Judges and the Administration of Justice"

Authored By : R. Banumathi

"Breaking The Cocoon @ 40"

Authored By : Radha Nair

“Let Us Dream”

Authored By : Pope Francis

"A bouquet of flowers"

Authored By : Krishna Saksena

Launched By : Rajnath Singh

"Sach Kahun Toh"

Authored By : Neena Gupta

“The Little Book of Green Nudges”

Launched By : UNEP







“My Life In Design” Authored By : Gauri Khan

Q. As per the Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS), 2020 report of the Tourism Ministry, which state was the top most domestic tourist destination in 2019?

A) Goa

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Maharashtra

D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : D

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LIST OF LATEST STATE RANKING 2020

Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh bags top position for implementation of PMGSY

India Happiness Report 2020 TOP - Mizoram

States Startup Ranking Results 2019 TOP - Gujarat

Young child india report TOP – Kerala

Export Preparedness Index

TOP : Gujarat

Solar Rooftop Installations

TOP : Gujarat

Food Safety Index

TOP : Gujarat

MUDRA Loan Scheme

TOP : Tamil Nadu

Good Governance Index

TOP : Tamil Nadu

Market Borrowing

TOP : Tamil Nadu

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index

TOP : Kerala

Corruption Perception Index

TOP : Rajasthan

Provide Employment Under MGNREGA

TOP : Uttar Pradesh







Budgetary Process Report

TOP : Assam

Best Police Station Ranking

TOP : Nadaun Police Station, Himachal Pradesh

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Implementation TOP : Madhya Pradesh

Business Reform Action Plan ranking

TOP : Andhra Pradesh

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation Scheme (AMRUT)

Implementation TOP : Odisha

Poshan Abhiyan Implementation TOP :

Andhra Pradesh Participant TOP : Tamil

Nadu Aspirational Districts

Ranking

TOP : Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

Swachh Survekshan 2020

Cleanest city : Indore

Q. Which bank has recently become the first in the country to launch a debit card facility for the customers availing the Loan Against Securities (LAS) from the Bank?

A) HDFC Bank

B) Yes Bank

C) ICICI Bank

D) Axis Bank

Answer : C

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ICICI BANK IN NEWS 2020







ICICI Bank introduces ‘iStartup2.0’ Virtual Property Exhibition ' 'Home Utstav' 'iPal' Chatbot : ICICI Bank ICICI Bank launches ‘Insta Flexicash’ ICICI Bank Launched a Facility, ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’ ICICI Bank Becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data ICICI Bank introduced ‘ICICI Bank Golden Years FD’ for Senior Citizens ICICI Bank Launches a unique self-service delivery facility ‘iBox’ for

customers Swiggy in Partnership with ICICI Bank PhonePe Partnered with ICICI Bank

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) BANK

Founded : 1994 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra MD & CEO : Sandeep Bakhshi Tagline : Hum Hai Na Khayal Apka

Q. Dalle Khursani, a red-hot cherry pepper has received GI Tag. It belongs to which state?

A) Sikkim

B) Odisha

C) West Bengal

D) Gujarat

Answer : A

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MOST IMPORTANT LATEST GI TAG 2020

Sohrai and Kohbar Art

Jharkhand

Khola chilli

Goa

Chak-Hao, Black rice

Manipur







Gorakhpur terracotta

Uttar Pradesh

Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai

Tamil Nadu

Kashmir saffron

Jammu & Kashmir

Thanjavur Netti and Arumbavur Wood carving

Tamil Nadu

Sohrai Khovar Painting

Jharkhand

Telia Rumal

Telangana

Shahi Lichi & Zardalu Mango

Bihar

Moira bananas, Harmal Chillies, Khaje

Goa

Q. “Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh” is a mega anti-air pollution campaign launched by which state?

A) Delhi

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Haryana

D) Punjab

Answer : A

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LIST OF IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN IN NEWS 2020

1) ‘Safe City Project’ : Lucknow UP 2) 'Contactless Connections' Campaign : SBI Card 3) 'My Family My Resposnibility' Campaign : Maharashtra 4) 'Gandgi Bharat Chhodo' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 5) 'Kill Corona’ Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 6) 'Charan Paduka' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 7) 'Roko -Toko' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 8) ‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 9) 'Intzaar Aap Ka‘ Campaign : Madhya Pradesh







10) 'Ek Sankal Bujurgo Ke Naam' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 11) 'Ek Mask-Anek Zinagi' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh 12) 'Pure for Sure' Campaign : Rajasthan 13) 'Spandan' Campaign : Chhattisgarh 14) 'Surakshit Dada-Dadi and Nana- Nani' Campaign : NITI Aayog 15) ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ Campaign : Bharti AXA General Insurance 16) ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ Campaign : Amazon 17) “Ayush for Immunity” Campaign : Ministry of AYUSH 18) 'Namaste Over Handahake' Campaign : Karnataka 19) 'Kona Kona Umeed’ Campaign : Kotak Mahindra Bank 20) 'DIGITAL APNAYEN’ Campaign : Punjab National Bank 21) 'Podhe lagao-paryavaran bachao' Campaign : Delhi 22) 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind' Campaign : Delhi 23) '10 Hafte -10 Baje -10 minute' Campaign : Delhi

Q. BRICS Summit 2020 will be held virtually in November 2020. It will be which edition of the annual summit?

A) 8

B) 12

C) 15

D) 20

Answer : B

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The Summit is being held under the Chairmanship of Russia BRICS : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

LIST OF BRICS SUMMIT

1st Brics summit 2009 : Russia 4th Brics summit 2012 : India 8th Brics summit 2016 : India 11th Brics summit 2019 : Brazil 12th Brics summit 2020 : Russia 13th Brics summit 2021 : India







BRICS DEVELOPMENT BANK (New Development Bank)

Founded : 2015 HQ : Shanghai, China President : Marcos Prado Troyjo (Brazil) Vice President : Anil Kishora ( Indian)

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN NEWS 2020

UN and Britain to co-host global climate summit on 12 December 2020 Quad Countries’ Foreign Minister Meet held in Tokyo World Economic Forum shifts annual meeting 2021 from Davos to

Lucerne Andorra Joins IMF as its 190th Member India becomes member of United Nation’s Commission on Status of

Women (UNCSW) WHO certifies African region as wild polio-free; Now Disease occurs

only in Pakistan & Afghanistan China launches optical remote-sensing satellite Gaofen-9 05 Nirmala Sitharaman attends virtual 5th Annual Meeting of Board of

Governors of AIIB India extends medical assistance worth USD 1 million to North Korea China launches its first independent Mars mission ‘Tianwen-1’ Turkmenistan gets WTO observer status Turkmenistan (25 observer) SpaceX Launches South Korea’s Military Communications Satellite

ANASIS-II UAE successfully launches ‘HOPE’, its first spacecraft bound for Mars Aava Murto becomes Finland’s PM post for a day Mexico issues world’s first sovereign bond Trump announces Wilmington as 1st WWII Heritage City Singapore becomes 1st country to use facial recognition to pay taxes Ease of Doing Business report suspended by World Bank World Health Organization certifies Africa free from wild Polio Israel successfully tested “Arrow-2” Ballistic Missile Interceptor Mauritius declares a “state of environmental emergency” UAE becomes 1st Arab Nation to open a Nuclear Power Plant Nicaragua becomes the 87th Country to sign ISA agreement Maldives & Sri Lanka eliminate measles & rubella, ahead of 2023 target







ADB becomes “Observer” for Network for Greening the Financial System India becomes second-largest foreign investor in UK China successfully launched “APSTAR-6D” telecommunication satellite

Q. Name the India’s largest HPC-AI supercomputer, that will be commissioned by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)?

A) PARAM Siddhi

B) PARAM Gyaan

C) PARAM Anand

D) PARAM Brahma

Answer : A

Q. Which space agency has launched the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft named SS Kalpana Chawla?

A) NASA

B) CNSA

C) ISRO

D) JAXA

Answer : A

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NASA IN NEWS 2020

Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in 2020 NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’ Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as

'Ingenuity’ NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy

Grace Roman







NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean

Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”

NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19 NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance” NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football

stadium-sized balloon SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Successfully docks 2 NASA Astronauts

at ISS after historic launch NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in

Service

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Founded : 1958 Headquarters : Washington, D.C Motto : For the Benefit of All Administrator : Jim Bridenstine

Q. Who has been appointed as a new labour secretary of the union government?

A) Rajiv Kumar

B) Arvind Kumar Sharma

C) Apurva Chandra

D) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Answer : C

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NEW UPDATED IMPORTANT SECRETARY 2020

Cabinet Secretary :Rajiv Gauba Home Secretary : Ajay Kumar Bhalla







Defence Secretary : Ajay Kumar Revenue Secretary: Ajay Bhushan Pandey Principal Secretary PM : Pramod Kumar Mishra Expenditure Secretary: TV Somanathan Foreign Secretary: Harsh Vardhan Shringla Finance Secretary: Ajay Bhushan Pandey Secretary To President: Kapil Dev Tripathi Economic Affairs Secretary : Tarun Bajaj MSME Secretary : Arvind Kumar Sharma New & Renewable Energy Secretary : Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi Ministry of Steel Secretary : Pradip Kumar Tripathi Road Transport & Highways Secretary : Aramane Giridhar Private Secretary to President: P Praveen Siddharth Health Secretary: Rajesh Bhushan Private Secretary to PM: Hardik Satishchandra Shah Ministry of Culture Secretary: Raghavendra Singh

Q. Which nation will host Foreign Ministers of all four Quad countries?

A) Russia

B) India

C) Japan

D) Australia

Answer : C

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Quad Countries : 4 (US-Japan-India-Australia)

JAPAN IN NEWS 2020

Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Japan’s PM Quad Countries’ Foreign Minister Meet held in Tokyo Japan’s Naomi Osaka wins 2020 US Open Tennis Tournament Naomi Osaka becomes world’s highest-paid female athlete Japan commits ODA of Rs 3500 crore to fight COVID-19 in India Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 rescheduled to year 2021







India & Japan signs MoU on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies & Services Japan’s longest-serving PM Shinzo Abe resigns Canada withdraws from Tokyo 2020 Olympics India and Japan conduct PASSEX naval exercise in Indian Ocean Region Japan launches new unit for defense in outer space named Space

Operations Squadron India Ranks 84th in Henley Passport Index 2020; Japan Tops PNB Housing Finance ties-up with Japan International Cooperation

Agency (JICA) to raise $75 million Thangjam Dhabali Singh conferred ‘Order of Rising Sun’ by Japan GOI approves MoU between India, Japan for cooperation in technical

textile

Q. How many individuals have been conferred with the Right Livelihood Award 2020?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

Answer : C

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Right Livelihood Award 2020

1. Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran)

2. Bryan Stevenson (US)

3. Lottie Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua)

4. Ales Bialiatski ( Belarus)

Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize

Q, Tamil Nadu & Arunachal Pradesh has been integrated under One Nation One Ration Card Scheme. After the integration of these two







states the number of states/UT under ONOR has been increased to _____.

A) 24

B) 25

C) 28

D) 30

Answer : C

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KEY FACTS ONE NATION, ONE RATION CARD SCHEME

One Nation, One Ration Card scheme implemented by 1 June 2020 in India

Government aims to One Nation, One Ration Card Scheme by 31 March 2021

The scheme got implemented initially Telangana-Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra & Gujarat

Total = 4

Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tripura ( Included 1 Jan 2020 )

Total : 4+7 =11

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu ( Included 1 May 2020 )

Total : 11+6 = 17

Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram ( Included 1 June 2020 )

Total : 17+3 = 20

Manipur, Nagaland, Uttarakhand and J&K ( Included 1 August 2020 )

Total : 20+4 = 24

Ladakh & Lakshadweep ( Included 2 September 2020 )

Total : 24+2 =26







Tamil Nadu & Arunachal Pradesh ( Included 3 October 2020)

Total : 26+2=28

Q. How much amount has been invested by GIC, TPG in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited?

A) Rs 3900 crores

B) Rs 7350 crores

C) Rs 9092 crores

D) Rs 1200 crores

Answer : B

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GIC will invest Rs 5,512.5 crore for a 1.22% equity stake TPG will invest Rs 1,837.50 crore for a 0.41% stake

LIST OF RELIANCE RETAILS STAKE SALE

SILVER LAKE

Stake : 1.75% Investment : 7,500 Cr ( US, Based)

KKR

Stake : 1.28% Investment : 5,550 Cr (US, Based)

GENERAL ATLANTIC

Stake : 0.84% Investment : 36.75 billion (US, Based)

MUBADALA

Stake : 1.4% Investment : 6247.50 Cr (UAE, Based)

TEXAS PACIFIC GROUP (TPG)

Stake : 0.41% Investment : 1837.50 Cr (US, Based)

GIC

Stake : 1.22% Investmet : 5512.5 Cr (Singapore, Based)

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)







Stake : 1.2% Investment : 5,512 crore

( UAE Based)

Q. Name the actress who has topped the Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actresses 2020 list?

A) Nicole Kidman

B) Meryl Streep

C) Sofia Vergara

D) Angelina Jolie

Answer : C

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The Colombia-born American actress Sofia Vergara tops Forbes’ highest paid actress list 2020

Earning of $43 million (equivalent of Rs 315 crore)

COMPLETE FORBES LIST 2020

World's Highest Paid Celebrities 2020

Top : Kylie Jenner Earning : $590 Million 52nd : Akshay Kumar Earning : $48.5 Million

World's Highest Paid Male Athletes 2020

Top : Roger Federer Earning : $106.3 Million 66th : Virat Kohli Earning : $26 Million

World's Highest Paid Female Athletes 2020

Top : Naomi Osaka Earning : $37.4 Million

World Highest Paid Actors 2020

Top : Dwayne Johnson Earning : $87.5 million 6th : Akshay Kumar Earning : $48.5 million

World's Highest Paid Soccer Players

Top : Lionel Messi Earned : $126 million

Hurun India Rich List 2020

Top : Mukesh Ambani







Net worth : 6,58,400 Crore Mukesh Ambani top 13th consecutive year

Q. Atal Tunnel is the world longest highway tunnel above 10000 ft. The tunnel was recently dedicated to the nation by PM Modi in which state?

A) Rajasthan

B) Uttarakhand

C) Jammu & Kashmir

D) Himachal Pradesh

Answer : D

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PM Modi dedicated to the nation Atal Tunnel , on 3rd October 2020. Atal Tunnel is world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet from

the Mean Sea Level This 9.02 km long tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul & Spiti Valley Rohtang tunnel in Himachal Pradesh named as Atal tunnel

HIMACHAL PRADESH RELATED NEWS 2020

Panchvati Yojana Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna Nadaun Police Station of Himachal Pradesh declared as one of the

best in India Himachal Pradesh starts to use eSanjeevaniOPD World Bank to provide USD 80 million to an integrated project in

Himachal Pradesh Fagli festival celebrated in Himachal Pradesh “Active Case Finding Campaign” begins in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh wins e-Panchayat Puraskar 2020 HP govt to starts ‘Nigah’ to educate family members of migrant

returnees Himachal Pradesh becomes first state of India where every

household has LPG gas connections







Himachal Pradesh, World Bank sign $82 mn loan deal for HP State Roads Transformation Project

Q. Pathashree Abhijan is a road repair scheme launched by which state?

A) West Bengal

B) Maharashtra

C) Assam

D) Odisha

Answer : A

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WEST BENGAL RELATED NEWS 2020

Karma Sathi Prakalpa scheme Matir Smristi scheme Sneher Porosh Scheme Prochesta Scheme Pathashree Abhijan Scheme Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme exit app “Karmo Bhumi” a job portal “SelfScan” document scanning App India’s 1st digital parcel locker service in Kolkata, West Bengal Kolkata Port Trust remaned as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust NABARD Sanctioned Rs 795 crore to West Bengal for

Reconstructing Infrastructure Damaged by Cyclone Amphan

Q. The Bilateral Navy Exercise Bongosagar is being conducted between the Indian Navy with the Navy of which country?

A) Bhutan

B) Nepal







C) Bangladesh

D) Thailand

Answer : C

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The second edition of Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal

LIST OF MILITARY EXERCISE IN NEWS 2020

8th India-Sri Lanka Maritime Exercise SLINEX-20 to begin in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Australia to Join Malabar-2020 Naval Exercise with India, US & Japan in November

4th edition India-Japan biennial naval exercise JIMEX-20 begins in Arabian sea

US Navy and Indian Navy conduct naval exercise PASSEX in A&N India and Japan conduct PASSEX naval exercise in Indian Ocean Region US-Israel Joint military Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 Cancels over

coronavirus Bimstec Disaster Management Exercise 2020 Held in Odisha Indian Navy and Russian Navy has commenced 11th edition of exercise

INDRA NAVY begins in Bay of Bengal India & US conducts Passage Exercise in Indian Ocean Australia cancelled “Pitch Black 2020” due to coronavirus India withdraws from Russia military exercise Kavkaz 2020 US & UAE troops launch biennial exercise “Native Fury” India and UK to hold joint military drill ‘Ajeya Warrior’ India-UK joint Air Force Exercise Indra Dhanush Exercise 2020 India and Oman conduct bilateral naval exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ SAMPRITI-IX: India-Bangladesh joint Exercise to be held in Meghalaya

Q. Which state has launched the portal ‘Kritagyata’, an online pension submission and tracking system for the retired pensioners?

A) Assam







B) Madhya Pradesh

C) Punjab

D) Gujarat

Answer : A

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IMPORTANT PORTAL IN NEWS 2020

Unified portal ‘U-Rise’ : Uttar Pradesh NRI Unified Portal : Uttar Pradesh Agni-Shama Seva Online Portal : Odisha MSME Saksham Portal : SIDBI Swasthya Portal : Ministry of Tribal Affairs AIR SUVIDHA portal : Delhi Airport SURAKHSYA Portal : Ministry of Environment Rozgar Bazar Portal : Delhi GATI Portal : Road Transport and Highways Ministry Bhoomi Rashi portal : Ministry of Road Transport and Highways AkshayUrja Portal : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy e-Gram swaraj Portal : PM Modi Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan portal : Minister of Rural Development LEAD portal : Delhi Udyam portal : MSME Ministry SATYABHAMA portal Minister for Coal, Mines I-STEM Portal : PM Modi ASEEM Portal : MSDE ASPIRE e-Portal : International Centre for Skill Connect Forum Portal : Karnataka Annapurna & Supply Mitra Portals : Uttar Pradesh Padhai Tunhar Dwar Portal : Chhattisgarh YUKTI Portal : Ministry of HRD YSR NIRMAN portal : Andhra Pradesh GARUD Portal : Ministry of Civil Aviation CHAMPIONS Portal : Ministry of MSME Skill Register Portal : Himachal Pradesh TULIP Portal : Ministry of HRD ,Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs







Raj Kaushal Portal : Rajasthan Rozgar Setu Portal : Madhya Pradesh KarmaBhumi Portal : West Bengal e-Sachivalaya portal : Haryana ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal & app : Assam

Q. Which state/UT is organisting 'Corona Intensive Community Survey Campaign'?

A) Bihar

B) New Delhi

C) Maharashtra

D) Chhattisgarh

Answer : D

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CHHATISGARH RELATED NEWS 2020

Padhai Tuhar Parascheme Godhan Nyay Yojana Indira Van Mitan Yojana Adarsh police station scheme Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana Shaheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha

Yojana Rojgar Sangi App Chhattisgarh awarded “Elites Excellence Awards 2020” Chhattisgarh organises India’s first E-Lok Adalat Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur tops Niti Aayog’s delta ranking of Aspirational

districts Chhattisgarh’s First CM Ajit Jogi passed away







Q. How much amount has been earmarked by NABARD for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme, under its refinance facility for the 2020-21?

A) Rs 400 crore

B) Rs 600 crore

C) Rs 500 crore

D) Rs 800 crore

Answer : D

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NABARD IN NEWS 2020

Govinda Rajulu Chintala appointed as Chairman of NABARD NABARD sanctions ₹795 cr to re-construct infra damaged by cyclone in

Bengal NABARD extends Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash Bank NABARD organised ‘Digital Choupal’ to mark its 39th foundation day Nabard launches credit guarantee programme for NBFC-MFIs NABARD Sanctions Rs 400.64 cr to Boost Infrastructure in J&K NABARD sanctions Rs 1,050 crore credit support to West Bengal NABARD launches Rs 44 lakhs worth projects in Andaman and Nicobar

Islands

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

Founded : 12 July 1982 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra Chairman : Govinda Rajulu Chintala NABARD established on the recommendations of B.Sivaramman

Committee

Q. The interest rate on Sukanya Samriddhi Account in October-December qtr of FY21 is_________

A) 7.3%

B) 7.1%







C) 7.9%

D) 7.6%

Answer : D

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Interest Rates on Small Savings Schemes Unchanged for the Third Quarter 2020-21 (Oct-Dec)

Sukanya Samriddhi Account : 7.6% Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) : 6.9% National Savings Certificates (NSC) : 6.8% Provident Fund Account (PPF) : 7.1% Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) : 7.4%

Q. What amount of financial assistance has been extended by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to help the informal sector of India affected by COVID-19?

A) USD 3 million

B) USD 1.9 million

C) USD 2.5 milliom

D) USD 5.1 million

Answer : B

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US Agency for International Development (USAID)

HQ : Washington Dc

SUPPORT INDIA'S COVID-19 LOAN IN NEWS 2020

World Bank approves $750 mn emergency response fund for India’s COVID-hit MSME sector

US, CDC Commits $3.6 mn to assist India's fight against COVID-19 NDB Provides $1 billion loan to India to fight COVID-19







USAID grant of $2.9 mn to India to help it fight the COVID-19 AIIB approves $500 mn loan to support India's fight against COVID-19 ADB Assured India $2.2 billion in its fight against the COVID-19 World Bank lends Rs 1,950 Cr laons to West Bengal govt for tackling

COVID-19 situation AIIB Approves $750 mn loan to India for COVID-19 response France commits 200 mn euro to Support India COVID-19 response

Q. How much amount of loan has been approved by the New Development Bank (NDB) for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Project?

A) USD 500 million

B) USD 250 million

C) USD 700 million

D) USD 300 million

Answer : A

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DON'T CONFUSE : RRTS PROJECT LOAN

NDB Board has approved a loan of USD 500 million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Project

NDB Approved USD 241 million loan is for the Mumbai Metro Rail II Project

ADB inks $500 Million Loan agreement with India for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor

ADB approves USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System

NDB IN NEWS 2020

NDB Provides $ 1 billion loan to India to fight Covid-19 Marcos Troyjo from Brazil elected as next President of NDB







Anil Kishora from India has been elected as next Vice President of the NDB

Q. 'Operation My Saheli’ has been launched by which zone of the Indian Railways to enhance the security of women passengers while travelling?

A) South Eastern Railway

B) Northern Railway

C) East Coast Railway

D) South Central Railway

Answer : A

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South Eastern Railway Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal.

UPDATED IMPORTANT OPERATION & CODE NAME

OPERATION DURACHARI

Uttar Pradesh decided to check crimes against Women

OPERATION VANILLA

Indian Navy to help cyclone-hit Madagascar

OPERATION NAKAIL

For auto-rickshaw in Ghaziabad Police

OPERATION NAMASTE

Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund launched to Combat COVID-19

OPERATION SANJEEVANI

Indian Air Force delivered 6.2 million tonnes of essential medicines to Maldives







OPERATION SHIELD

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched to fight Covid-19

OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU ( SEA BRIDGE)

Indian Navy launches to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas

Q. ISRO is planning to launch a space mission to which planet in 2025?

A) Mars

B) Jupiter

C) Saturn

D) Venus

Answer : D

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The Indian Space of Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its Venus Mission in 2025 along with participation from French Space Agency CNES (The National Centre for Space Studies).

Q. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2020 has been bestowed upon 14 people. The annual award is given for outstanding work in which field?

A) Sports

B) Science & Technology

C) Arts & Television

D) Literature

Answer : B

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FULL LIST SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE 2020

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dr Subhadeep Chatterjee Dr Vatsala Thirumalai

CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Dr Jyotirmayee Dash







Dr Subi Jacob George

EARTH, ATMOSPHERE OCEAN AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

Dr Abhijit Mukherjee Dr Suryendu Dutta

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Dr Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni Dr Kinshuk Dasgupta

MATHEMATICS SCIENCES

Dr UK Anandavardhanan Dr Rajat Subhra Hazra

MEDICINE SCIENCES

Dr Bushra Ateeq Dr Ritesh Agarwal

PHYSICS SCIENCES

Dr Rajesh Ganapathy Dr Surajit Dhara

First awarded : 1958 Field : Science and Technology Presented by : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is the Highest Science Award in India

Q. Which state’s Chief Minister recently presented the ‘Anundoram Borooah Award 2020’ to students who scored above 75% in 10th exams?

A) Bihar

B) Assam

C) Karnataka

D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer : B

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ASSAM RELATED NEWS 2020







1) Paryatan Sanjeevani Scheme 2) Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni Yojana 3) SVAYEM Scheme 4) Dhanwantari Scheme 5) Uttaran Scheme 6) Orunodoi (Arunodoi) Scheme 7) Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme 8) Arundhati Scheme 9) Abhinandan Scheme 10) Poba Reserve Forest in Assam’s Dhemaji to be upgraded to wildlife

sanctuary 11) Assam Govt to Upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary to National

Park 12) Guwahati’s first manhole cleaning robot named “BANDICOOT”, 13) Magh Bihu festival celebrated in Assam 14) Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal honoured with Dr. Syama Prasad

Mukherjee award 15) 3rd Khelo India youth games 2020 held in Guwahati,Assam 16) Assam wins the best tableaux awards for 71st Republic Day Parade

2020 17) India’s Longest River Ropeway Inaugurated in Guwahati, Assam 18) First Children newspaper 'The young Minds' launched in Assam

Q. India signed an agreement with which nation to support the decarbonisation and energy transition agenda?

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) Maldives

D) Sri Lanka

Answer : B

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NEW NEALAND

Capital : Wellington







Currency : Dollar Prime Minister : Jacinda Ardern

LIST OF IMPORTANT SIGN AGREEMENTS 2020

India and Bhutan Sign MOU on areas of Environment India and Denmark Sign MOU on Power Sector India and Indonesia Sign MOU on Maritime Safety and Security India and Zimbabwe Sign MOU on traditional medicine India and Afghanistan Sign MOU on educational infrastructure India and Australia sign MOU on Mutual Logistics Support India and Nigeria Sign MOU on outer Space Exploration India and Israel Sign MOU on Cyber Security India and Maldives Sign MOU on 'Emergency Medical Services' India and Russia Sign MOU on Logistics Defence witn US, France and

Australia India-European Union sign MOU on Scientific and Technological India and Japan Sign MOU on Good quality textile products India and Finland Sign MOU on Geology and Mineral Resources India and Japan sign MOU on reciprocal provision of Supplies and

services b/w the armed forces India & Denmark Inks MoU for Cooperation in the field of Intellectual

Property Gujarat inks MoU with Denmark in water sector NITI Aayog and Embassy of the Netherlands sign Statement of Intent on

‘Decarbonization and Energy Transition Agenda’ India-UK sign MoU on Water Partnership through video conferencing In Uttarakhand Govt Inks MoU with ITBP to promote adventure tourism at

Tehri Lake India-France-Australia holds first-ever Trilateral Dialogue on Ind0-

Pacific

Q. The Government of India has set the target to restore 26 million hectares of degraded and deforested land, and achieve land-degradation neutrality by which year?







A) 2025

B) 2030

C) 2027

D) 2022

Answer : B

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LIST OF IMPORTANT INDIA'S TARGET YEAR IN NEWS 2020

2021-22 : Indian Railways planned 1000 MegaWatt Solar Power 2022 : Indian renewable energy 175 GW installation 2022 : Doubling Farmers income 2023 : Indian Railways electrify Broad Gauge routes 2023-24 : India produce one billion tonnes of coal 2024 : Defence target of Rs 35,000 crores 2024 : Indian railways 100% electrification 2024 : Provide Clean Drinking Water to All Citizens 2024 : Har ghar jal for rural households 2025 : To Eliminate TB 2025 : India's vision of 5 trillion economy 2030 : Indian railways Net Zero’ Carbon Emission 2030 : India reduce the energy intensity by 33-35% 2030 : India plans 500 GW renewable energy 2030 : India to eliminate malaria 2030 : Green Railways 2030 : India target Zero road accident fatalities 2030 : 100 MT Coal Gasification in India

Q. The BSE has joined hands with which bank to empower the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) listed on the platform?

A) Punjab National Bank

B) SBI

C) HDFC Bank







D) Yes Bank

Answer : D

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YES BANK IN NEWS 2020

Yes Bank acquires 24.19% stake in Dish TV via pledged shares YES Bank launches unique facility ‘Loan against Securities’ Yes Bank partners with UDMA to launch ‘Yuva Pay’ mobile app Yes Bank partners with Affordplan to launch “Swasth Card” YES Bank launches ‘Loan in Seconds’ for instant loan disbursement

YES BANK

Founded : 2004 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra MD & CEO : Prashant Kumar Tagline : Experience our Expertise

Q. Who represented India in the 18th Prosecutors General meeting of SCO held recently?

A) Mukul Rohatgi

B) Tushar Mehta

C) Kapil Sibal

D) Arun Kumar Mishra

Answer : B

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DON'T CONFUSE

India participates in 18th meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO, India represented by the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

India hosts 7th meeting of Ministers of Justice of SCO







Prakash Javadekar represent India in the Virtual G20 Environment Ministerial meeting 2020

Ajit Doval represented India 10th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors

S Jaishankar chairs IBSA Foreign Ministers’ Virtual Meeting Prahlad Singh Patel virtually attends BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meet in

Russia Saudi Arabia Chairs G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting, S.

Jaishankar Represents India Narendra Tomar participates in G-20 Extraordinary Agriculture

Ministers Meeting Ravi Shankar Prasad attended an extraordinary virtual ‘G20 Digital

Economy Ministers’ meet Nirmala Sitharaman attended G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank

governors meeting virtually Piyush Goyal participates G20 Trade and Investment Miniters meeting

virtual PM Modi participated in Virtual G20 leader Summit to develop action

plan against COVID-19 India was represented by Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Saudi Arabia

chairs G20 Education Ministers Meeting Om Birla participated in 5th World Conference of Speakers of

Parliament held virtually Rakesh Asthana, led the Indian delegation, Russia chaired the 4th

Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group. Prakash Javadekar represented India in Russia chaired 6th BRICS

Environment Ministers’ Meeting V Muraleedharan participates in 27th ASEAN regional forum Parshottam Rupala represented India in 35th FAO Regional Conference

for Asia and the Pacific 2020 held in bhutan, Bangladesh will host the 36th

FACTS G20 ( Group of Twenty )

Member : 19 Countries + European Union

1st G20 Summit 2008 : USA 14th G20 Summit 2019 : Japan 15th G20 Summit 2020 : Saudi







16th G20 Summit 2021 : Italy 17th G20 Summit 2022 : India

Q. Who among the following has been honored with the SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

A) Virat Kohli

B) Sonu Sood

C) Amitabh Bachchan

D) Akshay Kumar

Answer : B

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SONU SOOD IN NEWS

Acer India appointed Sonu Sood as Brand Ambassador Gargo International appointed sonu sood as Brand Ambassador Sonu Sood launches Pravasi Rojgar app to help migrants find job

opportunities

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Founded : 1965 HQ : New york, US Administrator : Achim Steiner

Q.Which state is set to launch the web portal named “Dharani” for integrated land record management?

A) Punjab

B) Bihar

C) Telangana







D) Rajasthan

Answer : C

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TELANGANA RELATED NEWS 2020

Telangana To Observe 2020 as “Year of AI” BioAsia Summit 2020 Begins in Hyderabad, Telangana Telangana launches ‘CybHer’ campaign to Tackle Cybercrime Against

Women & Children Telangana Formation Day : 2nd June India's biggest rural technical festival 'Antahpragnya 2020' held in Telangana Kondapochamma Sagar project inaugurated in Telangana Telia Rumal GI Tag ‘Covid-19 Monitoring System’ app ‘V Safe Tunnel’ installed in Telangana to sanitize people Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake near

Hyderabad, Telangana. Telangana's Raigir railways station renamed as Yadadri Railway Station

Q. India’s first COVID-19 related vaccine portal has recently been launched by which organisation?

A) All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

B) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research abbreviated (CSIR)

C) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

D) Medical Council of India (MCI)

Answer : C

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ICMR IN NEWS 2020







ICMR tie up with Bharat Biotech for Indian COVID-19 vaccine ICMR partners India Post for delivery of COVID-19 testing kits ICMR-NIV develops 1st indigenous antibody detection Kit " COVID

KAVACH ELISA" ICMR nods Sree Chitra Kerala become the first state to commence

clinical trial plasma therapy treatment

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Founded : 1911 HQ : New Delhi D.G : Balram Bhargava

Q. How much amount has been extended by India to Sri Lanka for the promotion of Buddhist ties between the two countries?

A) USD 10 million

B) USD 20 million

C) USD 15 million

D) USD 25 million

Answer : C

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SRI LANKA IN NEWS 2020

RBI signs $400 mn currency swap with Sri Lanka WHO Declares Sri Lanka & Maldives as Rubella and Measles-Free Sri Lankan Bowler Sripali Weerakkody retires Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan PM for 4th time Sri Lanka withdraws from UN Rights Resolution Sri Lanka celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on 4th February 2020. 2 Indian banks Axis Bank and ICICI Bank to end their operations in Sri

Lanka Sri Lanka’s Shehan Madushanka suspended after heroin arrest Sri Lankan cricketer Tharanga Paranavitana retires

SRI LANKA







Capital : Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) Colombo (executive and judicial) Currency : Rupee President :Gotabaya Rajapaksa Prime Minister : Mahinda Rajapaksa Mitra Shakti Military Exercise : India and Sri Lanka Slinex Navel Exercise : India and Sri Lanka

Q. Late Amitabha Ghosh, was the former Chief of which of these institutions?

A) RBI

B) SEBI

C) SIDBI

D) NABARD

Answer : A

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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI)

Founded : 1 April 1935 RBI Nationalised : 1 January

1949 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra 1st Governor : Sir Osborne

Smith 1st Indian Governor : CD

Deshmukh

25th Governor : Shaktikanta Das

RBI Deputy Governor (4)

1. Mukesh Kumar Jain

2. B P Kanungo

3. Michael D Patra

4. M Rajeshwar Rao

Four Subsidiaries of RBI :

1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC)

2. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)

3. Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT)







4. Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS)

RBI IN NEWS 2020

RBI signs $400 mn currency swap with Sri Lanka RBI to launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque Truncation System RBI publishes “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for UCBs RBI ceased Banking operations of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank RBI announces ‘positive pay’ feature to help avert cheque frauds RBI enhances withdrawal limit for PMC’ depositors to Rs 1 Lakh RBI launches “Payments Infrastructure Development Fund” RBI cancels licence of The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd, Mumbai RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual

Funds RBI cancels the licence of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank of Goa RBI approved- additional special liquidity facility of Rs 5000 cr each for

NHB & NABARD RBI- extended loan of Rs 15,000 crore to the EXIM Bank

Q. Which organisation will develop the Positive Pay System for Cheque Truncation System (CTS), as announced by RBI?

A) Data Security Council of India

B) NPCI

C) NASSCOM

D) Internet and Mobile Association of India

Answer : B

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NPCI IN NEWS 2020

NPCI launches “UPI Chalega” Campaign to promote UPI







Blockchain-Based “Vajra Platform” launched by NPCI for secure payments

NPCI rolls out AI virtual Artificial Intelligence assistant PAi NPCI launches omni-channel loyalty platform ‘nth Rewards’ NPCI launches its subsidiary firm – NPCI International Payments Ltd

(NIPL) NPCI approves WhatsApp to expand its UPI project 10 million users NPCI to set up Rs 500-crore data centre in Hyderabad to handle digital

transactions

National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI)

Founded : 2008 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra MD & CEO : Dilip Asbe

Q. Which state has recently launched the largest piggery mission of the country?

A) Arunachal Pradesh

B) Sikkim

C) Andaman & Nicobar Island

D) Meghalaya

Answer : D

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MEGHALAYA RELATED NEWS 2020

Meghalaya launched India’s largest “Piggery Mission” Satya Pal Malik Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya World’s largest species of cave fish discovered in Meghalaya’s Jaintia

Hills 9th India-Bangladesh joint military exercise SAMPRITI-IX to be

conducted in Umrong, Meghalaya Centre approves Rs 175 crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission

in Meghalaya







Q. Which state government gave ambulance status to vehicles carrying medical oxygen for one year?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Maharashtra

C) Bihar

D) Rajasthan

Answer : B

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MAHARASHTRA RELATED NEWS 2020

‘Cyber Safe Women’ campaign Maharashtra Maharashtra celebrates 6 January as Journalists’ Day Shiv Bhojan scheme World Bank $210 mn loan pact for Maharashtra’s Agri & Rural

Transformation Project Pulses conclave 2020 Lonavala, Maharashtra Aurangabad Airport renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport Mumbai Central station to be renamed as Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai

Central railway station ADB approves $ 346 mn loan for Maharashtra to electrify rural

agriculture customers Maha Jobs portal Maharashtra Launches ‘Platina’, World’s Largest Convalescent Plasma

Therapy

AMBULANCE IN NEWS 2020

Pashu Sanjeevani Animal Ambulance service launched in Mysuru 'Pratheeksha' Kerala first Marine Ambulance Tamil Nadu Appointed M Veeralakshmi India's first ever women

ambulance driver







India's 1st integrated air ambulance service launched at Bengaluru, Karnataka

Maharashtra gave ambulance status to vehicles carrying medical oxygen for one year

Q. Titan Company has partnered with which bank to launch India’s first contactless payment watches ‘Titan Pay’?

A) ICICI Bank

B) HDFC Bank

C) Punjab National Bank

D) State Bank of India

Answer : D

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STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI)

Founded : 1 July 1955 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra Chairman : Dinesh Kumar Khara

DON'T CONFUSE

Dinesh Kumar Khara : Chairman of State Bank of India Charanjit Singh Attra : Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI Ashwani Bhatia : MD of SBI Challa Sreenivasulu Setty Arjit Basu : MD of SBI Prakash Chandra Kandpal : MD& CEO of SBI General Insurance Ashwini Kumar tewari : MD&CEO of SBI Card Vinay Tonse : MD&CEO of SBI Mutual Funds

SBI IN NEWS 2020

SBI to launch loan product ‘SAFAL’ for organic cotton growers







SBI, Titan launch contactless payment watches “Titan Pay” SBI creates separate business vertical for financial inclusion, agri biz Ashwani Bhatia appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India SBI Ecowrap report predicts India’s real GDP for FY21 at -10.9% SBI Card starts new brand campaign ‘Contactless Connections’ SBI lists USD 100 million green bonds on India INX SBI will buy Yes Bank shares worth Rs 7250 crore SBI General Insurance launches “Arogya Sanjeevani” Health Insurance

Policy

Q. Which state government has signed an MoU with SIDBI to develop the MSME ecosystem in the state?

A) Rajasthan

B) Jharkhand

C) Bihar

D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : A

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RAJASTHAN RELATED NEWS 2020

‘One-Stop Shop’ Scheme Indira Rasoi Yojana “Pure for Sure” Campaign Raj Kaushal Portal Suposhit Maa Abhiyan “Aayu & Sehat Sathi” App “RajCop citizens” App Rajasthan Indian's 1st State to carry out Rapid Testing for Covid-19 ‘Pink City’ Jaipur received UNESCO World Heritage City certificate India's 1st regional voters' awareness centre to come up in Jaipur Patrika Gate has been inaugurated in Jaipur by Narendra Modi







SIDBI SIGNED MOU

Maharashtra signed MoU with SIDBI to develop MSME ecosystem Rajasthan signed MoU with SIDBI to develop MSME ecosystem Gujarat signed MoU with SIDBI to support MSMEs

Q. Which state has launched the “Arthika Spandana” programme to disburse loan in agricultural and non-agricultural sector through various cooperative institutions?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) West Bengal

C) Maharashtra

D) Karnataka

Answer : D

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KARNATAKA RELATED NEWS 2020

Arthika Spandana Programme Weavers Samman Yojana Nekara Samman Yojane Janasevaka Scheme Skill Connect Forum portal Varunamitra portal Corona Watch App Meghasandesha App Apthamitra App

Karnataka Observes Mask Day on 18th June 2020 Karnataka approves Rs. 600-cr watershed project ‘REWARD’ with

World Bank assistance Karnataka launches India’s first integrated air ambulance service







Q.Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?

A) P D Vaghela

B) H Pradeep Rao

C) Nitin Kumar Kohli

D) Sunil K. Gupta

Answer : A

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IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT IN NEWS 2020

Centre Extends Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s tenure till 22 August, 2021

Vishal V. Sharma appointed as India’s next envoy to UNESCO Jacinda Ardern wins second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister Rajkiran Rai elected as IBA Chairman NTPC’s CMD Gurdeep Singh gets term extension till July 2025 Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs J Venkatramu appointed as MD & CEO of India Post Payments Bank Nilesh Shah re-elected as Chairman of AMFI M Rajeshwar Rao as new deputy governor of RBI Dinesh Kumar Khara appointed as Chairman of State Bank of India MA Ganapathy appointed DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security GOI Appoints Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma & Shashanka Bhide as

RBI’s MPC members SBI appoints Charanjit Attra as CFO The State Bank of India (SBI) Shekhar Kapur appointed as new President Of FTII Society and Iits

Governing Council P D Vaghela appointed new Chairman of TRAI EESL appoints Rajat Sud as new Managing Director Khushi Chindaliya Appointed As Indian Ambassador for UNEP’s Anil Dhasmana appointed as new chief of National Technical Research

Organisation (NTRO) RBI appoints AK Das as the new administrator of PMC Bank







Udit Singhal, named in UN’s 2020 list of Young Leaders for Sustainable Goals

Harivansh Re-elected Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director at World Bank ADB appoints Takeo Konishi as Country Director for India Subhash Kamath elected as Chairman of ASCI UNICEF ropes in Ayushmann Khurrana as celebrity advocate for

children’s rights campaign Jane Fraser named the first female CEO of Citigroup Preeti Sudan appointed to WHO’s Panel For Pandemic Preparedness K Padmakar appointed as CMD of BPCL V k Yadav named as the first CEO of Railway Board T Vinkesh Gulati appointed as new President of FADA Anil Jain Elected As New President of All India Tennis Association Paresh Rawal appointed as chairperson of National School of Drama Hemant Khatri takes charge as CMD of Hindustan Shipyard Indian Rajiv Lall resigns as chairman of IDFC First Bank Pramod Chandra Mody gets six-month extension as CBDT Chairman Vinay Tonse appointed as MD and CEO of SBI Mutual Fund Rajiv Srivastava Steps Down as MD & CEO of Indian Energy Exchange

(IEX) Aveek Sarkar elected new Chairman of Press Trust of India DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy gets two-year extension till August 2022 Rajiv Kumar Appointed as new Election Commissioner Ashwani Bhatia appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner to join ADB as Vice-

President G P Garg appointed as Executive Director of SEBI Satya Pal Malik appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, Bhagat Singh

Koshyari given additional charge as Goa Governor Rakesh Asthana appointed as chief of BSF Central bank of India appoints Ashwini Kumar Shukla as Chief Risk

Officer Kaushik Khona appointed as CEO of GoAir Soma Mondal selected as the next chairman of SAIL Sameer Gehlaut Steps down as Chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance,

SS Mundra appointed







Former NABARD Chief Harsh Bhanwala appointed as executive chairman of Capital India Finance Financial

Pradeep Kumar Joshi takes over as new Chairman of UPSC Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as new Comptroller and Auditor

General (CAG) of India Centre Extends Ajay Tyagi’s Tenure as SEBI Chairman by 18-Months till

February 2022 Manoj Sinha takes charge as new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and

Kashmir Sashidhar Jagdishan to be the new CEO of HDFC Bank Hardik Satishchandra Shah Appointed as Personal Secretary to PM Modi Rating Agency ICRA appoints N. Sivaraman as MD and Group CEO Varun Sridhar appointed as CEO of Paytm Money UP Governor Anandiben Patel Gets Additional Charge Of Madhya

Pradesh Naveen Tahilyani Appointed as MD & CEO of Tata AIA Life Insurance Partha Pratim Sengupta takes over as new MD & CEO of Indian Overseas

Bank Rahul Bajaj steps down as Chairman of Bajaj Finance, son Sanjiv to take

over Arun Kumar, nominated as the Vice-Chairman of the International Union

of Railways Security Platform Sumit Deb appointed as CMD of National Mineral Development

Corporation (NMDC) Ramesh Babu Boddu appointed as MD & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank P Praveen Siddharth appointed as new Private Secretary to President SBI Cards Appoints Ashwini Tewari as new MD, CEO Roshni Nadar takes over as new Chairman of HCL Technologies Indian-Origin Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi, Takes over as President

of ‘Suriname’ Ashok Lavasa appointed as new Vice-President of ADB Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong re-elected, as governing party PAP

wins Gyanendro Ningombam as new Officiating President The Hockey India UKIBC Appoints Jayant Krishna as new group CEO Government appoints Injeti Srinivas as first Chairman of IFSCA Centre Extends Tenure of Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as NHAI Chairman







Indra Mani Pandey appointed India’s Permanent Representative to UN Shrikant Madhav Vaidya takes charge as IOC Chairman Ravinder Bhakar takes charge as CEO of Central Board of Films

Certification (CBFC) K K Venugopal & Tushar Mehta re-appointed as Attorney General and

Solicitor General of India respectively Hardayal Prasad appointed new MD& CEO of PNB Housing Finance

Q. Which state has launched the “Arthika Spandana” programme to disburse loan in agricultural and non-agricultural sector through various cooperative institutions?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) West Bengal

C) Maharashtra

D) Karnataka

Answer : D

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KARNATAKA RELATED NEWS 2020

Arthika Spandana Programme Weavers Samman Yojana Nekara Samman Yojane Janasevaka Scheme Skill Connect Forum portal Varunamitra portal Corona Watch App Meghasandesha App Apthamitra App

Karnataka Observes Mask Day on 18th June 2020 Karnataka approves Rs. 600-cr watershed project ‘REWARD’ with

World Bank assistance Karnataka launches India’s first integrated air ambulance service







Q.Which state in India is the first to launch policies on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity policies?

A) Gujarat

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Maharashtra

D) Karnataka

Answer : B

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TAMIL NADU RELATED NEWS 2020

Tamil Nadu appoints M Veeralakshmi India’s 1st-ever woman ambulance driver

Tamil Nadu launches Electronic Hardware manufacturing policy-2020 G.Akash from Chennai,Tamil Nadu Becomes India’s 66th Grandmaster Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami with Paul Harris Fellow

Recognition Tamil Nadu Tops Market Borrowings Tamil Nadu Tops Good Governance Index Tamil Nadu tops MUDRA Loan Scheme Thanjavur Netti GI Tag Arambavur Wood Carvings GI Tag Mayiladuthurai to become Tamil Nadu’s 38th district L&T-built 5th offshore patrol vessel called ‘ICGS Varad’ commissioned in

Chennai, Tamil Nadu India’s 1st Sukhoi-30 squadron to be stationed in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu ISRO to set its 2nd launch port in Thoothukodi district of Tamil Nadu

Q.Which institute has developed a low cost ventilation device name 'Swasner'?

A) IIIT Bangalore

B) IIIT Jabalpur







C) IIT Allahabad

D) IIIT Bhubaneswar

Answer : D

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VENTILATOR IN NEWS 2020

Indian Railways develops low-cost ventilator prototype named “Jeevan” IIT Roorkee Develops low-cost portable ventilator Called "Prana-vayu" IIT-Hyderabad develops low-cost ventilator called "Jeevan Lite" IIT Bombay Develops low-cost mechanical ventilator "Ruhdaar " NASA Develops high-pressure ventilator "VITAL" CSIR-NAL develops Non-Invasive Ventilator ''SwasthVayu'' SpiceJet launched a portable ventilator named as 'Spiceoxy'

Q.Which state has launched an ‘e- Peek Pahani’ app for crop survey?

A) Punjab

B) Rajasthan

C) Bihar

D) Maharashtra

Answer : D

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Most Important App and Launcher in News 2020

Kormo App : Google Harit Path App : Nitin

Gadkari MY IAF App : Indian Air

Force DGNCC App : Rajnath Singh COVID19BWM App :

Superme Court

OHE Inspection App : Indian Railways

Pension Corner App : CISF Super App : TATA Group ‘Rojgar Sangi’ App :

Chhattisgarh Mausam App : Minister of

Earth Sciences







BIS-Care App : Consumer Affairs Minister

E-Gyan Mitra mobile app : Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and

Diu “Yodhav” App : Kerala “Himmat Plus App : Delhi

Police “Santusht” App : Labour

Minister ‘Humsafar’ app : Labour &

Employment Ministry ‘Sebi SCORES’ App : SEBI NIGHA App : Andhra

Pradesh e-Gram swaraj Portal &

Mobile app : Narendra Modi ‘e-karyalay’ App : CISF ‘eBloodServices ‘mobile app

: Health Ministry Pravasi Rojgar’ app : Sonu

Sood ATL App : NITI Aayog SelfScan app : West Bengal JioMeet App : Reliance e-Kisaan Dhan’ App : HDFC

Bank MeraVetan App : J&K OrderMe app : Patanjali HRMS Mobile App :

Railways Ministry MANI app : RBI Pauti App : Odisha Elyments App : Vice

President of India

Team -11 App : Uttar Pradesh

Corona Watch App : Karnataka

Apthamitra App : Karnataka Self Deceleration App :

Nagaland Vera's Covid-19 Monitoring

System App : Telangana CORONTINE App : IIT

Bombay Assess Koro Na App : Delhi Kisan Rath App : Agriculture

Minister Aragya Setu App : Govt of

India COVIDCARE App : Arunachal

Pradesh Pragyaan App : Jharkhand Rakhsa Sarv App :

Chhattisgarh Police Naadi App : Puducherry Corona Sahayat App : Bihar Gurur App : Bihar Aayu & Sehat Sathi App :

Rajasthan Cowin 20 App : NITI AAYOG MCovid-19 App : Mizoram COVA App : Punjab Mahakavach App :

Maharashtra Sandhan App : West Bengal Covid Pharma App : Andhra

Pradesh Saiyam App : Pune

Municipal Corporation







Ayush Kavach App : Uttar Pradesh

CHDCOVID App : Chandigarh

Kisan Sabha App : CSIR-CRRI

Exit App : West Bengal Ayush Sanjivani App :

Health Ministry

Q. Ashleigh Barty has won the Brookwater Golf Club women’s championship. She is from which country?

A) Germany

B) Spain

C) United States

D) Australia

Answer : D

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AUSTRALIA IN NEWS 2020

Australia cancelled “Pitch Black 2020” due to coronavirus Shobha Sekhar conferred with “Medal of the Order of Australia” Australia all-rounder Cameron White announces retirement 108th Australian Open 2020 held in Melbourne, Australia Australian Open 2020 Men's single title : Novak Djokovic Women's Single title : Sofia Kenin

Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 Women's Football World Cup ABOUT : Australia Capital : Canberra Currency : Dollar Prime Minister : Scott Morrison







Q.The government has partnered with which organisation to launch YuWaah platform for helping youth in developing skills at par with 21st century?

A) UNICEF

B) World Bank

C) UNESCO

D) World Economic Forum

Answer : A

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UNICEF IN NEWS 2020

UNICEF appoints Ayushmann Khurrana for children’s rights campaign UNICEF INDIA partners with FICCI for #Reimagine Campaign UNICEF India partners with SAP India for employability of young people Airtel Africa & UNICEF to support children & families affected by COVID-

19 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports partners with UNICEF to promote

volunteerism among youth HUL teams up with UNICEF to support India to combat COVID-19

ABOUT : United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Founded : 11 December 1946 HQ : New york, US Executive Director : Henrietta H. Fore

Q.Who has been appointed as advisor to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Director?

A) Simanchala Dash

B) Rajeev Topno

C) Rajesh Khullar







D) Sameer Kumar

Answer : A

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Don't Confuse Indian Origin Head

Simanchala Das : Executive Director of IMF Rajesh Khullar : Executive Director of World Bank Sameer Kumar : Executive Director of ADB Takeo Konishi : Director of ADB for India Anshula Kant : MD of World Bank Gita Gopinath : Chief economist of IMF Rajeev Topno : Senior advisor to the Executive Director, World Bank Anil Kishora : Vice President of NDB

About : International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Founded : 1945 HQ : Washington Dc Managing Director :Kristalina Georgieva Chief Economist : Gita Gopinath Member Countries : 189

Q.Name the countries which is going to co-host the global climate summit along with United Nations on December 12 to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of Paris Climate Agreement?

A) Canada

B) United Kingdom

C) United States

D) Germany

Answer : B

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United Kingdom in News 2020







1. United Kingdom hosts virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020

2. UK launches £3 Million Innovation Challenge Fund in India

3. India becomes second-largest Foreign investor in UK

4. Rishi Sunak appointed as UK’s new Finance Minister

5. Birmingham to Host Commonwealth Games in 2022

6. Ajeya Warrior military Exercise : India and UK

7. Konkan Naval Exercise : India and UK

8. Indra Dhanush Air Force Exercise : India and UK

Important Organisation Headquarters, United Kingdom

International Maritime Organization (IMO) : London, UK Amnesty International : London, UK Commonwealth of Nations : London, UK International Tennis Federation : London, UK

ABOUT : UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

Capital : London Currency : Pound Monarch : Elizabeth II Prime Minister : Boris Johnson

Q.Which state has launched the unified portal called ‘U-Rise’ to help students get employment?

A) Kerala

B) Maharashtra

C) Rajasthan

D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : D







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Uttar Pradesh Related News 2020

Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana ‘Team-11’ App ‘Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ app Ayush Kavach-COVID’ App 'Annapurna', Supply Mitra Portal ‘Kaushal Satrang' programme Mission Vriksharopan-2020 Uttar Pradesh becomes 1st state to geotag community kitchens Uttar Pradesh became 1 state to Initiate Pool Testing of COVID-19 India’s 1st War Memorial for Animals to be set up in Meerut, UP Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as an International Airport Uttar Pradesh govt launches NRI unified porta

Q.Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Croatia?

A) Vikram Doraiswami

B) Rudrendra Tandon

C) Indra Mani Pandey

D) Raj Kumar Srivastava

Answer : D

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LIST OF INDIA'S AMBASSADOR & HIGH COMMISSIONER 2020

INDIA'S AMBASSADOR

Vikram Doraiswami : Bangladesh

Rudrendra Tandon : Afghanistan

Vidhu P. Nair : Turkmenistan







Indra Mani Pandey : United Nations & other organisations in Geneva

Vijay Khanduja : Zimbabwe Santosh Jha : Belgium Shambhu S. Kumaran :

Philippines Monika Mohta : Switzerland Brajendra Navnit : WTO Rahul Srivastava : Romania Raveesh Kumar : Finland Sushil Singhal : Papua New

Guinea

Sibi George : Kuwait Jawed Ashraf : France Abhishek Singh : Venuzuela Taranjit Singh Sandhu : USA Vinay Mohan kwatra : Nepal Sanjay Kumar Panda : Turkey T .S Tirumurti : United

Nations Jaideep Mazumdar : Austria Namrata S. Kumar : Slovenia Deepak Mittal : Qatar Piyush Srivastava : Bahrain Prem K Nair : Niger

INDIA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER

Gaitri Kumar : United Kingdom Periasamy Kumaran : Singapore Ajay Bisaria : Canada Gopal Baglay : Sri Lanka Ajay Kumar : Uganda

Q.Delhi has been paired with ____ under 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' programme?

A) Sikkim

B) Assam

C) Tripura

D) Kerala

Answer : A

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KEY FACTS ABOUT "EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT"







“Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” announced by Modi on 31st October, 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate

"Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat" under Ministry of Tourism

LIST OF PAIR STATE UNDER "EK BHARAT SHRESTHA BHARAT"

Goa : Jharkhand Punjab : Andhra Pradesh Assam : Rajasthan Tamil Nadu : J&K and Ladakh Lakshadweep : Andaman and

Nicobar Puducherry : Daman & Diu Chandigarh : Dadra & Nagar

Haveli Bihar : Tripura and Mizoram

Uttar Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya Madhya Pradesh : Manipur

and Nagaland Delhi : Sikkim Maharashtra : Odisha Chhattisgarh : Gujarat Telangana : Haryana Uttarakhand : Karnataka Himachal Pradesh : Kerala

Q.The SPARROW is a system launched by which state/UT of India for the Administrative Service officers?

A) Jammu and Kashmir

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Karanatak

D) Rajasthan

Answer : A

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J&K RELATED NEWS 2020

Manoj Sinha appointed as Lt Governor of J&K J&K Launches E-Auction Portal for Kashmir Saffron Macadamisation Program “MeraVetan" App ”Puneja Bridge” & “Devika Bridge” in J&K







‘SUKOON’ COVID-19 Beat the Stress Samagra Shiksha programme Kashmir saffron gets GI tag Student Health Card scheme Historic city Chowk renamed as ‘Bharat mata chowk’ in J&K

Q.Which state government has launched the Kifayati LED Bulb Yojna?

A) Punjab

B) Haryana

C) Chhattisgarh

D) Rajasthan

Answer : A

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PUNJAB RELATED NEWS 2020

'I Rakhwali' App 'Cova' App ‘Ghar ghar nigrani’ App Holla Mohalla festival celebrated at punjab Punjab becomes 1st state to impose curfew amid COVID-19 Vini Mahajan Becomes Punjab’s 1st Woman Chief Secretary

Q.Which bank has signed an $82 million loan for the implementation of the Himachal Pradesh State Roads Transformation Project?

A) Asian Development Bank

B) World Bank

C) New Development Bank

D) International Monetary Fund

Answer : B







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WORLD BANK LOAN IN NEWS 2020

World Bank $750 million funding support to MSME in india World Bank approve $500 million loan under 'STARS project World Bank $82 million loan for Himachal Pradesh Road

Transformation World Bank $80 million loan improve water management in Himachal

pradesh World Bank $88 million loan Implementation of Assam Inland water

transport project World Bank $450 million loan agreement with India on support the Atal

Bhujal Yojana World Bank $210 million loan for Maharashtra Agribusiness and rural

Transformation project World Bank enchance the financial support for Ganga rejuvenation with

$400 million World Bank lends Rs 1,950 Crore loans to west Bengal govt for tackling

Covid-19 Situation Tamil Nadu, World Bank sign loan agreements worth $250 mn to boost

affordable housing projects

WORLD BANK

Founded : 1944 HQ : Washington Dc President : David Malpass MD&CFO : Anshula Kant Chief Economist : Carman Reinhart Executive Director : Rajesh Khullar Senior Advisor to Ed of World Bank : Rajeev Topno Member Countries :189 World Bank Group : 5 (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA and ICSID)







Q.India’s first integrated air ambulance service has been launched in which state for medical emergencies amid Covid-19?

A) Kerala

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Karnataka

D) Telangana

Answer : C

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AMBULANCE RELATED NEWS 2020

Pashu Sanjeevani Animal Ambulance service launched in Mysuru 'Pratheeksha' Kerala first Marine Ambulance Tamil Nadu Appointed M Veeralakshmi India's first ever women

ambulance driver India's 1st integrated air ambulance service launched at Bengaluru,

Karnataka Maharashtra gave ambulance status to vehicles carrying medical oxygen

for one year

Q.Which Institute topped the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2021?

A) Stanford University

B) University of Oxford

C) University of Cambridge

D) Harvard University

Answer : B







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LATEST UNIVERISITY RANKING 2020

THE World University Rankings 2021

Top : Oxford University IISc Bengaluru : Top Indian University

THE Young University Ranking 2020

Top : Hong Kong University of Science and Technology IIT-Ropar : Top Indian University (62nd ranked)

THE Asia University Ranking 2020

Top : Tsinghua University, China IISc Bengaluru : Top Indian Institute ( 36th ranked)

THE Emerging Economies University Rankings, 2020

Top : Tsinghua University, China IISc Bengaluru : Top Indian University (16th ranked)

Q.The Cycling Federation of India (CFI) will host the first-ever "Cycling Summit" in 2021 across __

A) New Delhi

B) Mumbai

C) Bengaluru

D) All of the above

Answer : D







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INDIA HOST UPCOMMING SPORTS EVENTS

FIFA U-17 Women World Cup 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 ICC Men's World Cup 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022

Q. Pang Lhabsol is the festival celebrated in which state?

A) Tripura

B) Manipur

C) Assam

D) Sikkim

Answer : D

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LATEST FESTIVALS 2020

Festivals Name States Mandu Festival Madhya Pradesh Belum Caves Festival Andhra Pradesh Ritualistic Festival, Lai Haraoba Tripura Buxa Bird Festival West Bengal Kite Festival Ahmedabad Zo Kutpui Festival Mizoram Dhanu Jatra Festival Odisha Madhavpur Mela Gujarat Chariot Festival Tamil Nadu National Youth Festival Lucknow UP Karavali Utsav Mangaluru Karnataka Magh Bihu Assam Pongal Festival [ Jallikattu ] Madurai Tamil Nadu Chapchar Kut Festival Mizoram







Innovation Festival Arunachal Pradesh Nagoba jatra Telangana Surajkund Craft Mela Haryana Narmada Mahotsav Madhya Pradesh Kala Ghoda Art Festival Mumbai MH Hornbill Festival 2020 Tripura Seed sowing festival ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni’ Manipur Losar Festival Himachal Pradesh Nimad Chilli Festival Madhya Pradesh Rangotsav Barsana Mathura National Organic Food Festival New Delhi Kobita Utsav West Bengal Ganga Kayak Festival Uttarakhand Namaste Orchha Festival Madhya Pradesh Global Ayurveda Festival Kochi Kerala Fagli Festival Himachal Pradesh Hola Mohalla Festival Punjab Phool Dei Festival Uttarakhand Kheer Bhawani Mela J&K Raja Praba Festival Odisha Ambubachi Mela Assam Harela Festival Uttarakhand Aadi Perukku Festival Tamil Nadu Bangas Awaam Mela J&K Matsya Festival Rajasthan Dwijing Festival Assam Dragonfly Festival “Thumbimahotsavam 2020”

Kerala

Nuakhai Festival Odisha and Chhattisgarh Kati Bihu festival Assam







NEW UPDATED GDP OF INDIA DATED ON: 24 / OCTOBER / 2020

ORG FY 21

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ADB -9.0 Fitch Rating -10.5 WB -9.6 IMF -10.3 RBI -9.5 India Rating -11.8 CRISIL -9.0 MOODY'S -11.5 SBI -10.9 S&P -9.0 Goldman Sach -14.8 Fitch Solution - 8.6 CARE Ratings 8-8.2 NCAER -12.6 UBS -8.6 ICRA -11 OECD -10.2 UNCTAD -5.9 NOMURA -10.8

India’s GDP contracts by 23.9% in Q1 of FY21: NSO data GVA for India for Q1 of FY21 as per NSO data = -22.8%

RBI BI-MONTHLY RATES

Repo Rate : 4.0% Reverse Repo Rate : 3.35% MSF : 4.25% Bank Rate : 4.25% CRR : 3%







SLR : 18%

STATE IN NEWS 2020

Kati Bihu festival celebrated across Assam IIT Madras startup launches ‘mooPay’ for dairy farmers in Rajasthan Gujarat govt announces to set up the world’s biggest Zinc Smelter

project Odisha launches ‘Sujal’ Mission to provide tap water fit for drinking Goa Govt ties up with India Post to get farmers enrolled in PM-KISAN

scheme Kerala becomes 1st state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms Goa becomes first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ State across the nation Gujarat govt to launch ‘Digital Seva Setu’ programme Assam CM launches ‘Kritagyata’ for online pension submission and

tracking Gujarat govt signs MoU with Denmark in water sector PM Modi launches “Ghar Tak Fibre” scheme in Bihar Karnataka Govt launches “Arthika Spandana” loan disbursal programme Rajasthan Govt signs MoU with SIDBI to develop its MSME ecosystem Maharashtra Govt launches ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign Union Cabinet approves establishment of AIIMS at Darbhanga, Bihar Meghalaya launched India’s largest “Piggery Mission” Karnataka CM inaugurates flyover named after Veer Savarkar Organic Food Processing Unit inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh Haryana CM launches “Apka Mitra” chatbot for UG courses Punjab government rolls out ‘I Rakhwali’ App India’s 1st International Women’s Trade Centre to be set up in Kerala Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’ Uttar Pradesh government launches NRI unified portal Tribal Affairs Minister launches “Trifood Project” of TRIFED in Raigad,

Maharashtra and Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh Nagaland Govt launches “YellowChain” centralized e-commerce

platform Price Monitoring and Resource Unit set up in Karnataka Webinar on ‘AtmaNirbhar Madhya Pradesh: Health and Education’ KVIC to set up Silk Training cum Production Center in Andhra Pradesh







Maharashtra ties up with Google to start virtual classes “Thenzawl Golf Resort” virtually inaugurated in Mizoram “Bharat Air Fibre Services” inaugurated in Maharashtra Guwahati gets manhole cleaning robot ‘BANDICOOT’ Uttarakhand govt to generate electricity from waste Madhya Pradesh tops in implementing PM Svanidhi scheme Chhattisgarh Government organises India’s first e-Lok Adalat West Bengal Govt launches ‘Self Scan app’ to scan documents Himachal Pradesh becomes first state where everyone possess LPG

connection Maharashtra government launches “Maha” Job portal Uttar Pradesh Government launches “Mission Vriksharopan-2020” drive Kerala announces ‘Dream Kerala Project’ aimed at aiding returning

expats Karnataka government launches portal “Skill Connect Forum” Maharashtra launches largest plasma therapy trial “Project Platina” Uttarakhand forest department develops India’s 1st lichen park in

Kumaon’s Munsiyari Maharashtra Govt introduced “Maha Parwana” plan to boost investment “Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan” launched in Uttar Pradesh Manipur celebrated 19th Great June Uprising Day observed on 18th June Karnataka observes “Mask Day” on 18 June Composite Regional Centre for PwDs” inaugurated in Ranchi West Bengal govt launches “Karmabhumi” a job portal to help IT

professionals Punjab launches mobile App “Ghar Ghar Nigrani” Flood warning system “iFLOWS” launched in Mumbai Odisha becomes 1st state to get ISO for tribal hostels Hyderabad police launches ‘STREE’ programme for women Uttarakhand opens its biggest biodiversity park in Haldwani India records 29% increase in Asiatic Lion population Manipur CM N. Biren Singh inaugurates “Plant Health Clinic” in Imphal Kerala becomes 1st state to provide free internet for the poor Andhra Pradesh launches online waste exchange website “APEMC” Mizoram Cabinet grants “Industry” status to “Sports” R Sreerekha to become Kerala’s first woman DGP Uttar Pradesh governement launches ‘UP Start-up Fund’ “Mee Annapurna” initiative launched in Maharashtra







Uttar Pradesh becomes 1st state with in-house facility of virtual courts Uttar Pradesh became 1st state to start “Pool Testing” of Covid-19

samples

Q. Who has recently become the first ever Indian women to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award?

A) Rathika Ramasamy

B) Sooni Taraporevala

C) Dayanita Singh

D) Aishwarya Sridhar

Answer : D

MOST IMPORTANT AWARDS AND HONOURS 2020

Kerala Tourism bags prestigious PATA Grand Award 2020 in Marketing

Usha Mangeshkar Honored with Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for 2020-21 by Maharashtra Gov

Sonu Sood honoured with SDA Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP

Gurpreet Sandhu & Sanju Yadav Declared Winners of AIFF Player of The Year Awards

Kerala Wins UN Award For Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind confers NSS Awards for 2018-19 to 42 Awardees

PM Modi Awarded Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education Margaret Atwood wins 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Vikas Khanna Named for 2020 Asia Game Changer Award Aditya Puri conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney

2020







David Attenborough wins Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest to win

International Booker Prize 2020 Novel : ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ Hyderabad’s Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash wins Mental Calculation

World Championship Anand Mahindra and Shantanu Narayen selected for 2020

Leadership Awards by USISP 121 Police personnel honored with Union Home Minister’s Medal for

Excellence in Investigation for 2020 Dipankar Ghose and website PARI wins 2020 Prem Bhatia journalism

awards Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune wins first prize in

Smart India Hackathon-2020 India’s first solar-powered ferry ‘Aditya’ wins global honour for best

passenger ferry Sunil ydv SS Honored with Karamveer Chakra Award of United

Nations and ICONGO Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson wins 2020 FWA Footballer of the Year

award Greta Thunberg awarded Inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity

worth $1.15M Arnab Chaudhuri Posthumously Conferred with Toonz Media Award

2020 Marianna Vardinoyannis of & Morissana Kouyate wins prestigious

2020 Nelson Mandela Prize Ved Parkash Dudeja, wins ‘Infra Business Leader of the Year’ Sachin Awasthi Honored with the Prestigious Global Humanitarian

Award 2020 ISRO Chief K Sivan to be Conferred with 2020 Von Karman Award Gurbux Singh and Palash Nandy to be conferred with Mohun Bagan

Ratna Award 2020 NTPC Limited wins prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion wins annual environment award Kritika Pandey wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Story : "The Great Indian Tee and Snakes"







C Rangarajan Conferred with First ‘P C Mahalanobis Award for lifetime achievements

Beyonce Honored With Humanitarian Award at BET Awards 2020 United Nations honours Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja for

efforts to fight pandemic Amartya Sen wins 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to receive Richard Dawkins Award

2020 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year

2020 Patna-based NGO ‘SEEDS’ Wins World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 Quarraisha Abdool Karim wins France’s Christophe Merieux Prize Suman Gawani Becomes first Indian peacekeeper to be honoured

with UN Military Gender Advocate award Rajiv Joshi wins Inventor of the Year Award 2020 Women Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara wins 2020 Pritzker

Prize Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi Selected for 29th Saraswati Samman Book

: ‘Chequebook’ Rohit Sharma Named ICC’s 2019 ODI Cricketer Of The Year, Virat

Kohli Bags “Spirit of Cricket” Award Manoj Das Selected for Mystic Kalinga Literary Award 2020 C Shaktikanta Das Named Central Banker of the Year 2020 Indian Women Hockey Captain Rani Rampal wins the World Games

Athlete of the Year 2019 Mukherjee and Raj Chetty Named among ‘2020 Great Immigrants’

Honourees Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh conferred ‘Order of Rising

Sun’ by Japan Hillel Furstenberg & Gregory Margulis won Abel Prize Laureates

2020 India’s first Living Culinary Arts and Museum of WGSHA enters Limca

Book of Records Fiumicino Airport, Italy awarded world’s 1st 5-star Anti-Covid award Hyderabad International Airport wins CII-GBC ‘National Energy

Leader’ award







NLCIL bags “Swachhta Hi Seva award” Ministry of Tribal Affairs receives SKOCH Gold Award Kalanarayanasamy honoured with President’s Award in Singapore Chhattisgarh awarded “Elites Excellence Awards 2020” Kezang D Thongdok bags Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2020 For a short

documentary “Chi Lupo“ Himachal Pradesh wins e-Panchayat Puraskar 2020 Shobha Sekhar conferred with “Medal of the Order of Australia”V

Praveen Rao wins MS Swaminathan Award Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Distinguished Public Service

Medal” Sania Mirza becomes 1st Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan conferred with Chameli Devi Jain

Award Saurabh Lodha gets Young Career Award in Nano Sci. & Tech. 2020 Zoya Akhtar honoured with IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 Rajiv Joshi wins NYIPLA Inventor of the year Award 2020 Vinay Badhwar wins Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019 IIT Madras Professor T Pradeep selected for Nikkei Asia Prize 2020 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik honoured by Peta India for feeding

animals India’s Freya Thakral wins “The Diana Award 2020” Sudha Painuli selected for National Award to Teachers 2020 Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami honours with Paul Harris Fellow

Recognition International Olympic Committee (IOC) receives EU Green Building

Leadership Award 2020 Ved Parkash Dudeja conferred with ‘Infra Business Leader of the

Year’ Sudha Murthy and Sivakumar bags Gramodaya awards Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize 2020 Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand wins Pulitzer Prize 2020

in feature photography Ruchika Tomar wins Pen/hemingway Award 2020







Q. Name the player who beat Carolina Marin in Denmark Badminton Open 2020 to lift women’s single title?

A) Nozomi Okuhara

B) Misaki Matsutomo

C) Akane Yamaguchi

D) Yuki Fukushima

Answer : A

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SPORT'S IN NEWS

Indian Shooter Elavenil wins gold, Shahu Mane bags silver in Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship

Nozomi Okuhara (Women's) and Anders Antonsen ( men's) clinches Denmark Open (Badminton)

Simona Halep (Women) & Novak Djokovic (Men's) wins 2020 Italian Open Tennis title

BCCI Appoints Neetu David as head of India women’s selection committee

Ashleigh Barty wins Golf Club Championship Simona Halep & Novak Djokovic wins 2020 Italian Open Tennis title International Tennis Federation (ITF) Renames Fed Cup as Billie Jean

King Cup Badminton World Federation (BWF) Postpones Thomas And Uber Cup

Finals To 2021 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup is related to Badminton Dominic Thiem beats Alexander Zverev to win US Open 2020 Japan’s Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win US Open Tennis

Tournament Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties to win 2020 FA Community Shield Punjab University wins prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to reach 600 wickets in Test German Golfer Sophia Popov wins Women’s British Open 2020 Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to win UEFA Champions

League 2019-20 I







South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, Australia’s Lisa Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Total 93 players and includes 9 women players Dream11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship rights for Rs 222 crore Kevin de Bruyne named Premier League Player of the Season 2019-20 Jamie Vardy bags ‘Golden Boot’ while Ederson wins ‘Golden Glove’ of

2019-20 Premier League Indian 4x400m relay squad’s Silver medal at 2018 Asian Games

upgraded to Gold Haryana to host 4th Khelo India Youth Games in 2021 Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson wins 2020 FWA Footballer of the Year

award Real Madrid clinch record 34th La Liga title defeating Villarreal Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu creates history by securing podium position in first

edition of Virtual Race Across America Shashank Manohar steps down as ICC chairman after serving two terms Ravindra Jadeja Rated As India’s Most Valuable Test Cricketer In 21st

Century by Wisden Magazine Niki Poonacha elected to ITF Men’s Player Panel Mizoram Cabinet Grants ‘Industry’ status to Sports Italy beat Serbia to win the inaugural UEFA eEURO 2020 Poonam Khatri crowned Wushu World Champion Dwayne Bravo becomes 1st bowler to scalp 500 wickets in T20 cricket India plans to host BRICS Games in 2021 INOX Group becomes sponsor of Indian team for Tokyo Olympics Govt of India gave nod to IPL 2020 in UAE Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 Test wickets Kiren Rijiju launches “NADA App” for athletes Rahul Dravid beats Sachin Tendulkar in Wisden India’s poll Liverpool wins English Premier League 2019-20 title Indian Table Tennis star Poulomi Ghatak announced retirement Suresh Raina announces retirement from International Cricket debut against Sri Lanka in 2005 and represented India in 226 ODIs, 78

T20Is and 18 Tests

MS Dhoni retires from International Cricket

Win trophies







World Cup (2011) World Twenty20 (2007) Champions Trophy (2013)

He represented India in 350 ODI’s, 98 T20 and 90 test matches. Para-athlete Deepa Malik announces retirement Govt of India gave nod to IPL 2020 in UAE India withdraws from women’s world team Squash championship Indian umpire Nitin Menon inducted in ICC Elite Panel Niki Poonacha elected as player member to ITF Men’s player panels FIFA’s latest ranking: India retains 108th slot Kiren Rijiju inaugurates “Khelo India e-Pathshala” programme ICC cricket committee set to ban the use of saliva to shine ball Committee chaired by Anil Kumble FIFA launches #WeWillWin campaign to pay tribute to health workers BWF selects Sindhu as ambassador for ‘i am badminton’ campaign “Feifei” to be the mascot for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games Thailand & Malaysia weightlifters banned from Tokyo Olympics 2020 “The Smart Triplets” to be the mascot 19th Asian Games International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) cleared K Sanjita Chanu of

anti-doping violation charges

UPDATED UPCOMMING SPORTS EVENTS & VENUES

Summer Olympic

2021- Tokyo, Japan

2024 - Paris, France

2028 - Los Angeles, USA

Winter Olympic

2022 - Beijing, China

2026 - Milan & Cortina , Italy

Asian Games

2022 - Hangzhou, China

2026 - Nagoya, Japan

FIFA World Cup

2022 - Qatar

2026 - Canada, Mexico, US







FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup

2021 - Indonesia

FIFA U-17 World Cup

2021 - Women's : India

2021- Men's : Peru

FIFA Club World Cup

2020 - Qatar

2021 - China

National Games of India

2020 - Goa ( 36 )

2021 - Chhattisgarh ( 37 )

2022- Uttrakhand ( 38 )

2023 - Meghalaya ( 39 )

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

2021 - India

2022 - Australia

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

2020 - Australia

2022 - South Africa

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup

2020 - South Africa

ICC Women's U-19 World Cup

2021- Bangladesh

ICC Cricket World Cup

2021 - Women's : New Zealand

2023 - Men's : India

AIBA World Boxing Men's C'Ship

2021 - Serbia

AIBA Team World Cup

2020 - Russia

World Games

2022 - Birmingham, US

Commonwealth Games

2022 - Birmingham ,UK

Commonwealth Youth Games

2023 - Trinidad & Tobago

World Athletics Championships

2022 - Eugene, Oregon, US







2023 - Budapest, Hungary

South Asian Games

2021 - Pakistan

Commonwealth Archery & Shooting Championships

2022 - India

Asian Youth Games

2021 - China

Asian Para Games

2022 - China

Badminton World Championship

2021 - Spain

FINA Aquatics World Championships

2022 - Fukuoka, Japan

Hockey World Cup

2022 - Women : Spain and Netherland

2023 - Men's : Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha

National Hockey Championship

2021 - Men's : Maharashtra

2021- Women's : Uttar Pradesh

AFC Women’s Asian Cup

2022 - India

Asian youth Para Game

2021- Bahrain

FIFA Women's World Cup

2023 - Australia and New Nealand

Cycling Summit

2021- India







Government enhances prize money of Khel Ratna, Arjuna,

Dronacharya and Dhyanchand Awards

On the occasion of the National Sports Day on 29 August 2020, the

Ministry of Sports has announced a hike in the award money for

four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure

Awards.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju offically announced the new massive hike

in the prize money.

Award Old Prize Money Enhanced Prize

Money

Rajiv Gandhi Khel

Ratna Award Rs 7.5 lakh Rs 25 lakh

Arjuna Award Rs 5 lakh Rs 15 lakh

Dhronacharya

(Lifetime) Rs 5 lakh Rs 15 lakh

Dhronacharya

(Regular) Rs 5 lakh Rs 10 lakh

Dhyanchand Award Rs 5 lakh Rs 10 lakh

National Sports Awards 2020 announced

Here is the complete list of winners of the award:

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD: This award is being conferred for the

spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a

sportsperson over a period of four years.







S.No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1 Shri Rohit Sharma Cricket

2 Shri Mariyappan T. Para Athletics

3 Ms. Manika Batra Table Tennis

4 Ms. Vinesh Wrestling

5 Ms. Rani Hockey

ARJUNA AWARD: This award is being conferred for consistent outstanding

performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.


1 Shri Atanu Das Archery

2 Ms. Dutee Chand Athletics

3 Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Badminton

4 Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty Badminton

5 Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Basketball

6 Subedar Manish Kaushik Boxing

7 Ms. Lovlina Borgohain Boxing

8 Shri Ishant Sharma Cricket

9 Ms. Deepti Sharma Cricket








10 Shri Sawant Ajay Anant Equestrian

11 Shri Sandesh Jhingan Football

12 Ms. Aditi Ashok Golf

13 Shri Akashdeep Singh Hockey

14 Ms. Deepika Hockey

15 Shri Deepak Kabaddi

16 Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar Kho Kho

17 Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing

18 Ms. Manu Bhaker Shooting

19 Shri Saurabh Chaudhary Shooting

20 Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar Table Tennis

21 Shri Divij Sharan Tennis

22 Shri Shiva Keshavan Winter Sports

23 Ms. Divya Kakran Wrestling

24 Shri Rahul Aware Wrestling

25 Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav Para Swimming

26 Shri Sandeep Para Athletics

27 Shri Manish Narwal Para Shooting







DRONACHARYA AWARD: This award is being conferred to coaches for producing

medal winners at prestigious international sports events.

Life- Time Category

S.No. Name of the Coach Discipline

1 Shri Dharmendra Tiwary Archery

2 Shri Purushotham Rai Athletics

3 Shri Shiv Singh Boxing

4 Shri Romesh Pathania Hockey

5 Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda Kabaddi

6 Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar Para Powerlifting

7 Shri Naresh Kumar Tennis

8 Shri Om Parkash Dahiya Wrestling

Regular Category


1 Shri Jude Felix Sebastian Hockey

2 Shri Yogesh Malviya Mallakhamb








3 Shri Jaspal Rana Shooting

4 Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo Wushu

5 Shri Gaurav Khanna Para Badminton

DHYAN CHAND AWARD: This award is being conferred for the life time

contribution towards the development of sports.


1 Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar Athletics

2 Ms. Jincy Philips Athletics

3 Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe Badminton

4 Ms. Trupti Murgunde Badminton

5 Ms. N. Usha Boxing

6 Shri Lakha Singh Boxing

7 Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu Football

8 Shri Ajit Singh Hockey

9 Shri Manpreet Singh Kabaddi

10 Shri J. Ranjith Kumar Para Athletics

11 Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari Para Badminton








12 Shri Manjeet Singh Rowing

13 Late Shri Sachin Nag Swimming

14 Shri Nandan P Bal Tennis

15 Shri Netarpal Hooda Wrestling

RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR: This award is being

conferred to the corporate entities (both in private and public sector) as well

as individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion

and its development.

S.No. Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya

Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020

1 Identification and Nurturing of Budding

and Young Talent 1. Lakshya Institute

2. Army Sports Institute

2 Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.

3 Employment of sportspersons and

sports welfare measures Air Force Sports Control Board

4 Sports for Development International Institute of Sports

Management (IISM)







MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY: This award is being

conferred to the overall top performing university in inter-university

tournaments.

1. Panjab University, Chandigarh

TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019: It is being

awarded to recognize the spirit of adventure among the people of the

country.

S.No. Name of the Sportsperson Category

1 Ms. Anita Devi Land Adventure

2 Col. Sarfraz Singh Land Adventure

3 Shri Taka Tamut Land Adventure

4 Shri Narender Singh Land Adventure

5 Shri Keval Hiren Kakka Land Adventure

6 Shri Satendra Singh Water Adventure

7 Shri Gajanand Yadava Air Adventure

8 Late Shri Magan Bissa Life Time Achievement

Q. COVIRAP is a Covid-19 diagnostic technology launched by which institute to provide easy and affordable test technology?

A) IIT Madras

B) IIT Kanpur







C) IIT Kharagpur

D) IIT Bombay

Answer : C

: RECAP POINTS :

MOST IMPORTANT IIT IN NEWS 2020

IIT Madras develops “MOUSHIK” microprocessor IIT Delhi launches ‘‘Chakr DeCoV’’ to decontaminate N95 masks IIT-Bombay students launch AI-based scanning app “AIR Scanner” IIT Madras start-up developed a portable hospital called “MediCAB” IIT Delhi develops COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit “Corosure” IIT Kanpur develops UV sanitizing device ‘SHUDH’ IIT Roorkee researchers develops disinfection box “Unisaviour” IIT Kanpur develops teaching setup ‘Mobile Masterjee’ IIT Gandhinagar develops AI based tool to detect Covid-19 IIT-Bombay develops Indian receiver chip “Dhruva” IIT Bombay student team develops low-cost ventilator “Ruhdaar” IIT-Mandi develops high-speed magnetic RAM IIT Ropar develops ‘WardBot’ for COVID-19 patients IIT-Bombay develops digital stethoscope called “AyuSynk” IIT Bombay develops mobile app ‘CORONTINE’ IIT Madras Tops Atal Rankings (ARIIA) 2020 for second straight year IIT Madras launches world’s first online BSc degree in Programming and

Data Science IIT Madras develops light-weight Magnesium Alloy to replace steel &

aluminium in Automobile Industry IIT Madras incubated startup Stellapps launches ‘mooPay’ for dairy

farmers in Rajasthan IIT Kanpur Incubated Start-ups Develops Smart Water Quality Testing

Device “PADMAVATI”







Most Important Static GK Notes for SBI

REPORT PUBLISHED BY ORGANISATION

Global Economic Freedom Index- published by Fraser Institute, Canada

Global Forest Resources Assessment reports is released by FAO The Lost at Home’ report is published by- UNICEF Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

published by - UN Ease of Doing Business report published by - World Bank

STATIC GK Questions Related News 2020

Zurich Airport International- Switzerland Thomas Cup and Uber Cup related to – Badminton Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)- Rome, Italy Fed Cup is related to - Tennis Barakah Nuclear Plant- Abu Dhabi, UAE Mariana Trench – Pacific Ocean Pashupatinath Temple – Nepal Coppa Italia cup – Football Kalapani border dispute- Between India and Nepal Kamban Festival- Puducherry Laver Cup related to which sports - Tennis Banter Blitz Cup related to which sports?- Chess

STATIC GK IN NEWS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)- Paris, France

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)- Budapest, Hungary United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO)- Paris, France International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Gurugram, India







Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)- Rome, Italy World Economic Forum (WEF)- Cologny, Switzerland International Monetary Fund (IMF)- Washington, D.C Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Manila, Philippines New Development Bank (NDB)/ BRICS bank- Shanghai, China European Investment Bank- Luxembourg World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)- Geneva,

Switzerland Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)- Beijing, China BIMSTEC- Dhaka, Bangladesh UN Environment Programme (UNEP)- Nairobi, Kenya World Bank- Washington, D.C., U.S United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)- New York, United States Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Jakarta, Indonesia United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW)- New

York, U.S United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)- New York,

U.S Badminton World Federation (BWF)- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-

Geneva, Switzerland Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) – Los Angeles, California, USA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)- Norfolk,

Virginia, US South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)-

Kathmandu, Nepal International Air Transport Association – Montreal, Canada International Maritime Organization (IMO) – London, United

Kingdom Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) –

Stockholm, Sweden International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) – London, United

Kingdom Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – Paris, France International Tennis Federation (ITF) – London, United Kingdom Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) – London, United Kingdom Amnesty International – London, United Kingdom World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, Switzerland







International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)- Gandhinagar, Gujarat

US Agency for International Development (USAID) – Washington, D.C. European Union – Brussels, Belgium International Energy Agency (IEA) – Paris, France United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – New York Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)- Beijing, China International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) – Rome, Italy World Food Programme (WFP) – Rome, Italy International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) -Brussels, Belgium International Chess Federation (FIDE) – Lausanne, Switzerland United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) – Geneva, Switzerland

MEMBER COUNTRIES IN NEWS

Quad Nations : United States, Japan, Australia and India "Cotton four” (C4) countries : Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad and Mali BRICS Nations : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa IBSA is a Forum of three countries including India, Brazil and South

Africa ASEAN- 10 members- Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,

Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos G7 Members: France, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, UK and US BIMSTEC - 7 Member : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,

Myanmar and Thailand SAARC - 8 member : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka G20 Countries : 19 Nation +1 organisation :20 : Argentina, Australia,

Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK, US, and European Union.

New Cabinet Ministers of India with their Portfolios & Constituencies

1) Narendra ModiPrime Minister,







PORTFOLIO: Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space and All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

CONSTITUENCY: Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh

2) Rajnath Singh

PORTFOLIO: Defence

CONSTITUENCY: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

3) Amit Shah

PORTFOLIO: Home Affairs

CONSTITUENCY: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

4) Nitin Gadkari

PORTFOLIO: Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

CONSTITUENCY: Nagpur. Maharashtra

5) D.V. Sadananda Gowda

PORTFOLIO: Chemicals and Fertilizers.

CONSTITUENCY: Bangalore North, Karnataka

6) Nirmala Sitharaman

PORTFOLIO: Finance and Corporate Affairs. Rajya Sabha

CONSTITUENCY: MP, Karnataka







7) Piyush Goyal

PORTFOLIO: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

8) Narendra Singh Tomar

PORTFOLIO: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

CONSTITUENCY: Morena, Madhya Pradesh

9) Ravi Shankar Prasad

PORTFOLIO: Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology.

CONSTITUENCY: Patna Sahib, Bihar

10) Narendra Singh Tomar

PORTFOLIO: Food Processing Industries.

11) Thawar Chand Gehlot

PORTFOLIO: Social Justice and Empowerment. Rajya Sabha

CONSTITUENCY: MP, Madhya Pradesh

12) Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

PORTFOLIO: External Affairs. Rajya Sabha MP,

CONSTITUENCY: Gujarat

13) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

PORTFOLIO: Human Resource Development.







CONSTITUENCY: Hardwar, Uttarakhand

14) Arjun munda

PORTFOLIO: Tribal Affairs.

CONSTITUENCY: Khunti, Jharkhand

15) Smriti Irani

PORTFOLIO: Women and Child Development; and Textiles.

CONSTITUENCY: Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

16) Dr Harshavardhan

PORTFOLIO: Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology; and Earth Sciences.

CONSTITUENCY: Chandni Chowk, Delhi

17) Prakash Javadekar

PORTFOLIO: Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information and Broadcasting.

CONSTITUENCY: Rajya Sabha MP,Maharastra

18) Piyush Goyal

PORTFOLIO: Railways and Commerce and Industry.

CONSTITUENCY: Rajya Sabha MP,Maharashtra

19) Dharmendra

PORTFOLIO: Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel.







CONSTITUENCY: Rajya Sabha MP, Madhaya Pradhan Pradesh

20) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

PORTFOLIO: Minority Affairs. Rajya Sabha MP,

CONSTITUENCY: Jharkhand

21) Pralhad Joshi

PORTFOLIO: Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines.

CONSTITUENCY: Dharwad, Karnataka

22) Mahendra nath pandey

PORTFOLIO: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

CONSTITUENCY: Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh

23) Prakash Javadekar (Addl Charge)

PORTFOLIO: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.

24) Giriraj Singh

PORTFOLIO: Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

CONSTITUENCY: Begusarai, Bihar

25) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

PORTFOLIO: Jal Shakti.

CONSTITUENCY: Jodhpur, Rajasthan






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