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August - 2021 Current Affairs
A)
Sydney
B)
New York
C)
Judbury
D)
Kailua Kona

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Judbury


Judbury in Australia bagged the top position in the list of cities with the cleanest air with a PM2.5 level of 2.4µg/m3. Kailua Kona in America’s Hawaii and Muonio in Finland with PM2.5 concentrations of 2.6µg/m3 and 2.8µg/m3 respectively were the next top cities of 2020 with clean air.

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A)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
B)
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
C)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
D)
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)


Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and MBDA of United Kingdom (UK) have signed a licensing agreement to establish a facility for the Final Assembly, Integration and Test (FAIT) of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missiles in India on 17-08-2021.
 
The agreement was signed by BDL director (Technical) NP Diwakar and MBDA international cooperation director George Kyriakides in the presence of Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), BDL’s chairman & managing director at a virtual ceremony along with director (production) P. Radhakrishna, director (finance) N. Srinivasulu, and others.
 
Under the agreement, MBDA will transfer the equipment and knowledge to BDL for establishing the facility expected to commence operations by 2022-23. Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), CMD, BDL stated that signing of the licencing agreement reinforces the BDL’s commitment to contribute towards ‘Make in India’ and the ‘Atmanirbhar’ initiatives in the defence sector.
 
This pact is part of BDL’s endeavours to enter into tie-up with foreign OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) in pursuit of its expansion programme, he said. ASRAAM is one of the ‘within visual range’ missiles available and BDL will be manufacturing these at its Bhanur unit in Telangana for domestic and export purposes through MBDA. The new facility will provide India with the ability to carry out final assembly, integration and test of ASRAAM missiles.

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A)
Safe
B)
Secured
C)
Superfast
D)
Supervision

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Supervision


The Reserve Bank of India is implementing a web-based end-to-end workflow automation system to give strength to compliance by supervised entities (SEs).
 
The web-based end-to-end workflow automation system is named as ‘Platform for Regulated Entities for Integrated Supervision and Monitoring (PRISM)’.
 
The PRISM will help supervised entities to strengthen their internal defenses and resilience. It will allow SEs to focus on Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

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A)
Actor
B)
Politician
C)
Journalist
D)
Environmentalist

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Actor


Anandha Kannan took his last breath on August 16th Popular Tamil actor and host Anandha Kannan, 48, passed away due to bile-duct cancer. A few months ago, Kannan, a native of Singapore, was diagnosed with this rare disease and was undergoing treatment.

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A)
Ladakh
B)
New Delhi
C)
Andaman and Nicobar
D)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Ladakh


Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the government would be setting up a separate Civil Services Exam (CSE) centre for Ladakh. The centre will be located in Leh.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will, from this year, have an Examination Centre at Leh, which will operate for the first time for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, scheduled to be held on 10th of October this year.

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A)
Narendra Modi
B)
Amit Shah
C)
Rajnath Singh
D)
Nirmala Sitharaman

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Rajnath Singh


Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) initiative, on August 19, 2021, in New Delhi. The Ministry of Defence has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for domestic procurement through the iDEX initiative for the financial year 2021-2022. The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has approved budgetary support of Rs. 498.80 crore for iDEX for the next 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
 
About the DISC :
DISC is a platform wherein the Government, Services, think tanks, industry, startups and innovators can work together to help the defence & aerospace sectors reach full potential by creating a strong, modern & well-equipped military and equally capable & self-reliant defence industry.

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A)
Ministry of Defence
B)
Ministry of Coal & Mines
C)
Department of Atomic Energy
D)
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ministry of Coal & Mines


The Ministry of Coal & Mines in India is set to launch the Vriksharopan Abhiyan 2021 on August 19, 2021, as a part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav. Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs will launch the Abhiyan via video conferencing in the presence of Raosaheb Patil Danve, Minister of State for Coal, Mines, and Railways.
 
The coal/lignite Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India has an ambitious target under the "Go Greening" drive to bring 2,385 hectares of land under bio-reclamation or plantation.
 
The Abhiyan is expected to give the right stimulus to the Go Greening drive and thereby connecting more than 300 plantation sites in and around coalfields in India.
 
What is Vriksharopan Abhiyan 2021?

* Vriksharopan Abhiyan 2021 is one of the key initiatives of the Ministry of Coal as a part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations in the coal sector of India.
 
* The Abhiyan aims to aid India’s coal sector to achieve environmental and social license to operate and induce environmental stability in the mining sector.
 
* The Abhiyan is also expected to drive the citizens of India to launch more afforestation initiatives in their neighboring areas.

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A)
RBI
B)
SBI
C)
SEBI
D)
NITI Aayog

Correct Answer : Option (D) - NITI Aayog


Taking the onus to nurture and support student innovation in India, the Public policy think tank of the Government of India, NITI Aayog has joined hands with La Fondation Dassault Systemes to commence the third series of the ‘Student Entrepreneurship Program’ (SEP 3.0) for the young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL).
 
The Student Entrepreneurship Programme is based on the theme of ‘Made in 3D – Seed the Future Entrepreneurs Program’, which was conceptualized and rolled out in France by La Main à la Pate Foundation and La Fondation Dassault Systèmes Europe in 2017.
 
As a part of the program, a total of 50 teams from 26 states are selected. These teams include the top 20 teams of (Atal Tinkering Lab) ATL Marathon 2019, 10 teams from Aspirational Districts, 10 teams selected by Dassault, and 10 teams from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and Northeast regions.

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A)
SEBI
B)
SBI
C)
RBI
D)
NITI Aayog

Correct Answer : Option (C) - RBI


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the formation of a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country.
 
The annual FI-Index for the period ended March 2021 stood at 53.9 compared with 43.4 for the period ended March 2017. The FI-Index will be published in July every year, the RBI said in a release.
 
The index has been conceptualised as a comprehensive index incorporating details of banking, investments, insurance, postal as well as the pension sector in consultation with the government and respective sectoral regulators, the RBI said.
 
The index captures information on various aspects of financial inclusion in a single value ranging between 0 and 100, where 0 represents complete financial exclusion and 100 indicates full financial inclusion.
 
“The FI-Index comprises three broad parameters (weights indicated in brackets) viz., Access (35%), Usage (45%), and Quality (20%) with each of these consisting of various dimensions, which are computed based on a number of indicators,” the RBI said.
 
The index is responsive to ease of access, availability and usage of services, and quality of services for all 97 indicators.
 
The FI-Index has been constructed without any ‘base year’ and as such it reflects cumulative efforts of all stakeholders over the years towards financial inclusion, it said.

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A)
N K Singh
B)
Arun Jaitley
C)
Urjit Patel
D)
Raghuram Rajan

Correct Answer : Option (A) - N K Singh


N K Singh, Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission has been elected as the President of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Society, at a meeting of the general body on August 16, the society said on 19-08-2021.
 
According to a statement issued by IEG, the name of Singh was suggested for consideration of the General Assembly of the IEG by Dr Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh had served as the President of IEG since 1992 and has been closely associated with the institute for several decades.
 
N.K Singh succeeds Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, who retired from the Presidency of the IEG Society earlier this month. Tarun Das former Director-General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is the current Chairman, Board of Governors and Professor Ajit Mishra is the Director of the institute....

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