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Q .

India's first mega consortium on 'One Health' consists of how many organisations?

25 Organisations

27 Organisations

31 Organisations

36 Organisations

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 27 Organisations

Note :

* The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched India’s first mega consortium on ‘One Health’, in post-COVID times.

* The ‘One Health’ project was launched by Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing.

* The Consortium comprise of 27 organisations, and will be led by DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.

* Some other members of the One health consortium consists of AIIMS-Delhi, AIIMS-Jodhpur, IVRI-Bareily, GADVASU-Ludhiana, TANUVAS-Chennai, MAFSU-Nagpur, Assam agricultural and veterinary university, and many more ICAR, ICMR centres and wild life agencies.

* The ‘One Health’ is “where man, animal, plants and environment are considered complimentary to each other for maintaining ‘health of all’”.

* The project aims to encourage collaborations in research and sharing of knowledge at multiple levels across various disciplines like human health, animal health, plants, soil, environmental and ecosystem health so as to improve, protect and defend the health of all species, and to minimize the damage caused by future pandemics.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Indo-US Joint Military Exercise 'Ex Yudh Abhyas 2021' organised in –

Texas

Alaska

Florida

California

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Alaska

Note :

The 17th edition of the Joint Military Training Exercise “Ex Yudh Abhyas 2021” between the Indian Army and the United States Army, is scheduled to take place from 15th October 2021 to 29th October 2021 at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska in USA.

* The Indian contingent will comprise of 350 personnel of an Infantry Battalion Group.

* The exercise will further enhance understanding, cooperation and inter-operability between the two Armies.

* The previous version of the exercise was held at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Bikaner, Rajasthan in February 2021.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

RBI has recently granted small finance bank licence to Unity Small Finance Bank. It is a consortium of which entities?

Centrum and BharatPe

LIC and L&T Finance

PFC Ltd and Aditya Birla

Tata Capital and Bandhan

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Centrum and BharatPe

Note :

The Reserve Bank of India has granted a banking licence to Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd (USFBL), which was established jointly by the Centrum Financial Services Ltd (CFSL) and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe), to carry on a SFB business in India. It is the first time ever that two partners are uniting equally to build a Bank. The proposed business model is one of collaboration and open architecture, uniting all its stakeholders to deliver a seamless digital experience.

RBI had accorded “in-principle” approval to CFSL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrum Capital, on June 18 to set up a small finance bank (SFB). Centrum’s MSME and Micro Finance businesses shall be merged into Unity Small Finance Bank.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Which is the first city in India to use ropeway services in public transportation?

Shimla

Dehradun

Kerala

Varanasi

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Varanasi

Note : Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh will become the first city in India to use ropeway services in public transportation. Overall, Varanasi will be the third city in the world after Bolivia and Mexico City to use ropeway in public transportation.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Which ministry has launched the scheme of 'Good Samaritan'?

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)

Note : The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has launched a “Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan”.The scheme aims to motivate the general public to help the victims of road accident in emergency situation, as well as inspire and motivate others to save innocent lives on road. Under this Good Samaritan scheme, a cash award of Rs. 5,000 per incident will be given to those who save the life of a road accident victim.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Which company has won the bid to acquire Air India?

Adani Group

Mahindra Group

Tata Sons

Larsen and Toubro

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Tata Sons

Note :

Tata group has emerged as the successful bidder of the divestment process of the national carrier Air India. The Tata group’s holding company, Tata Sons through its wholly-owned subsidiary Talace Pvt Ltd submitted a winning bid of Rs 18,000 Crore as the Enterprise Value of Air India.

Consequent to the acquisition, the Tatas will own a 100% stake in Air India (a full-service airline operating in domestic and international markets) as also 100% in its subsidiary Air India Express (a low-cost carrier airline that focusses on short-haul international operations especially in the Middle East market) and 50% in the joint venture Air India SATS (airport services on ground and cargo handling). The total permanent and contractual employee strength of Air India & AIXL is 13,500.

Commenting on the development, N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons Pvt Ltd said, “At the Tata group, we are delighted to be declared as the winner of the bid for AIR INDIA. This is a historic moment, and it will be a rare privilege for our group to own and operate the country’s flag bearer airline. It will be our endeavour to build a world-class airline that makes every Indian proud. On this occasion, I would like to pay tribute to JRD Tata, pioneer of Indian aviation, whose memory we cherish.”

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Government has launched India's first first mega consortium on 'One Health', in post-COVID times. The consortium will be led by which institution?

AIIMS Delhi

National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad

Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam

Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali

Correct Answer : Option (B) - National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad

Note : The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched India’s first mega consortium on ‘One Health’, in post-COVID times.. The ‘One Health’ project was launched by Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing. The Consortium comprise of 27 organisations, and will be led by DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

The mobile App Fishwaale is launched by which state as India's first e-fish market?

Assam

Kerala

Telangana

Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Assam

Note : App named Fishwaale has been launched in Assam and it is India's first e-fish market. The launch was done by Minister for Fisheries, Environment and Forest and Excise, Parimal Suklabaidya.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

India's first 5G network trial in a rural location has been undertaken by which company?

BSNL

Reliance Jio

Vodafone Group

Bharti Airtel

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Bharti Airtel

Note :

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have conducted India’s first 5G network demonstration in a rural geography. The demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan village on the outskirts of Delhi/NCR using 5G trial spectrum allocated to Airtel by the Department of Telecom.

The trial showcases the massive potential offered by 5G towards bridging the digital divide by enabling access to high speed broadband through solutions such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services.

The highlight of the trial was the demonstration of over 200 Mbps throughput on 3GPP-compliant 5G FWA device at distance of over 10 Km from the site. This translated into an inter-site (between two 5G sites) coverage of approximately 20 kms, thus offering the ability to provide high-speed broadband coverage even in the remotest of geographies. As part of the trial, even a commercially available 3GPP-based 5G smartphone was able to connect to the 5G test network and record 100+ Mbps speeds at a distance of over 10 Km from the site.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

Q .

Who has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?

Ritesh Chauhan

Tushar Mehta

Sanjay Kothari

Pradeep Kumar

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Ritesh Chauhan

Note :

Senior bureaucrat Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Joint Secretary, Agriculture under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.

* Chauhan will have a combined tenure of seven years up to September 22, 2023.

* He is a 2005-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

* He will succeed Ashish Kumar Bhutani, who was appointed in 2018.

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Published On : October 15, 2021

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