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1 .

Which company announced(17th Oct 2022) it has collaborated with the government of Assam to drive digital-led learning and skill development for students and youth in the state?

A)

TCS

B)

Meta

C)

Google

D)

Twitter

Correct Answer : Google

Tech giant Google on Monday(17th Oct 2022) announced it has collaborated with the government of Assam to drive digital-led learning and skill development for students and youth in the state.

Under the initiative, Google will collaborate with the Assam Government's Skill, Employment, and Entrepreneurship Department (SEED) to strengthen its school digitisation efforts with learning tools and solutions.

The 'Be Internet Awesome' programme would also promote the fundamentals of online safety and digital citizenship to school children.

Google will extend scholarships for Google Career Certificates to Assam's youth in collaboration with the Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM), according to a statement.

Under the pact, Google will collaborate with ASDM to provide scholarships and wrap-around training to enable youth to become job-ready for the demand for digital talent.

The programme will support qualified applicants to pursue Google career certificates in high-demand fields like IT support, IT automation, project management, and data analytics among others..

Source : Economic Times

Published On : October 20, 2022

2 .

Who announced has partnered with the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), to provide a "travel now pay later" (TNPL) payment option on its travel app?

A)

Paytm

B)

CASHe

C)

Zestmoney

D)

moneyview

Correct Answer : CASHe

CASHe, (18th Oct 2022) announced that it has partnered with Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), to provide a ’travel now pay later’ (TNPL) payment option on its travel app, IRCTC Rail Connect.

This feature will enable travellers of Indian Railways to book their rail tickets instantly and pay for it later in EMIs, ranging from three to six months.

With this option, the booking and paying for rail tickets on the IRCTC travel app, is become easier and hassle-free.

The IRCTC travel app has over 90 million downloads and powers over 1.5 million railway ticket bookings per day.

V. Raman Kumar, founder chairman, CASHe, said, “This is India’s biggest travel now pay later embedded EMI payment journey with IRCTC of its kind. I am delighted to say that our association with IRCTC is another step to reach out and accelerate digitised EMI payments in the country. .

Source : Mint

Published On : October 20, 2022

3 .

Who inaugurated Asia's largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, Sangrur, Punjab?

A)

Kiren Rijiju

B)

Hardeep Singh Puri

C)

R. K. Singh

D)

Vijay Kumar Singh

Correct Answer : Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas "Hardeep Singh Puri" inaugurated Asia's largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, in Punjab's Sangrur on Tuesday(18th Oct 2022).

Addressing the inaugural event of the CBG plant, Puri said the plant in Sangrur is just the beginning of India's master plan for a CBG-based rural economy and the government is taking all steps to promote the ecosystem around it.

The plant has been commissioned with a foreign direct investment of approximately Rs. 220 crores by Verbio AG, one of Germany's leading bio-energy companies.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and senior management from Verbio India Private Limited were also present at the inaugural ceremony.

The CBG plant at Sangrur is spread across an area of 20 acres.

The plant's present production is about six tonnes per day but soon it will process 300 tonnes of paddy straw per day to produce 33 TPD of compressed biogas using eight digesters of 10,000 cubic meters..

Source : India Today

Published On : October 20, 2022

4 .

What is the name of the Integrated Pensioners Portal launched (18th Oct 2022) for Central Government pensioners?

A)

Jeevan

B)

Kalyan

C)

Sankalp

D)

Bhavishya

Correct Answer : Bhavishya

Union Minister of state for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh launched the 'Single Integrated Pensioners' Portal named ‘BHAVISHYA’ for the Central Government pensioners on Tuesday(18th Oct 2022).

"Bhavishya is a portal for pension payment and tracking system. It is being integrated with Pension Seva portal of SBI and will enable pensioners to get all information and services at one place with a single login."

“The portal is developed in collaboration with State Bank of India and aimed at ‘Ease of Living’ for the central government pensioners. All remaining 16 pension disbursing banks will now begin their integration with Bhavishya," the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.

On completion of all phases of this integration the retirees can choose a bank and branch for opening an online pension account, check their monthly pension slips, Form 16, status of life certificate as well as change their pension disbursing bank through Bhavishya.

Singh added that Bhavishya was recently rated as the 3rd best portal among all government of India service portals by National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA).

“The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) therefore chose this end-to-end digitized portal for the integration with Bhavishya as the base portal which will finally become a single window for all central government pensioners. The following portals have now been merged with Bhavishya window: CPENGRAMS, ANUBHAV, ANUDAAN, SANKALP & Pension Dashboard." ..

Source : Mint

Published On : October 19, 2022

5 .

National Maritime Heritage Complex is being built in which state?

A)

Gujarat

B)

Tamil Nadu

C)

Maharashtra

D)

Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer : Gujarat

The National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal in Gujarat, will act as a centre for learning and understanding India’s diverse maritime history, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday(18th Oct 2022) while reviewing the work in progress at the site via video conferencing.

* Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that Indian maritime heritage is handed down by our ancestors. “There are many such tales of our history, which have been forgotten and ways have not been found to preserve them to pass them on to the next generation.

* How much can we learn from those events of history? India’s maritime heritage is also a topic that has been talked about inadequately."

* He added that India’s trade and business was vast spread in the old times. It has relations with every civilization of the world.

* “The Chola Empire, Chera Dynasty, and Pandya Dynasty from South India understood the power of marine resources and took it to unprecedented heights. It led to the strengthening of the naval powers of the country while also expanding trade from India to all parts of the globe.".

Source : Mint

Published On : October 19, 2022

6 .

Who inaugurated the 1st SemiconIndia Future Design Roadshow on 17 October 2022 in Gujarat?

A)

Nitin Gadkari

B)

Ashwini Vaishnaw

C)

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

D)

Dharmendra Pradhan

Correct Answer : Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of state for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar flagged off the first SemiconIndia Future Design roadshow in Gujarat on Monday(17th Oct 2022).

“As part of the efforts to give a boost to the semiconductor design industry in India, the ministry launched a series of SemiconIndia FutureDesign roadshows across the country.

Reposing faith in PM Narendra Modi’s pitch for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and IndiaTechade, Gujarati Industrialists and HNIs pledged Rs. 1500 Crore for catalyzing the Gujarat’s Startup ecosystem," the ministry of Electronics & IT said.

Addressing the occasion, Chandrasekhar said that the roadshows have been planned with an aim to inspire the startups, next-gen innovators and industry leaders to invest in Semiconductor Design. It will help create a robust Semiconductor ecosystem in the country, as envisioned by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

“We intend to take the Semicon India program to every student, every college and make as many young Indians excited by and participate in the Semicon India journey."..

Source : Mint

Published On : October 19, 2022

7 .

Which country likely to exit anti-terror Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list?

A)

Pakistan

B)

Iran

C)

Afghanistan

D)

Bangladesh

Correct Answer : Pakistan

Pakistan is likely to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this week after it was placed in the infamous category since 2018 for failing to check money laundering and terrorist financing, a media report said on Monday(17th Oct 2022).

Pakistan was included in the increased monitoring list in June 2018 for deficiencies in its legal, financial, regulatory, investigations, prosecution, judicial and non-government sector to fight money laundering and combat terror financing considered serious threat to global financial system, Dawn reported.

The Paris-based global watchdog on money laundering and terrorist financing said that the “first FATF Plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T Raja Kumar will take place on October 20 and 21”. Pakistan has made high-level political commitments to address these deficiencies under a 27-point action plan. But later, the number of action points was enhanced to 34.

The country had since been vigorously working with the FATF and its affiliates to strengthen its legal and financial systems against money laundering and terror financing to meet international standards in line with 40 recommendations of the FATF..

Source : Tribune India

Published On : October 19, 2022

8 .

Which company has announced the appointment of its new Country Head of India, 'Kaustubh Kulkarni' on 17th Oct 2022?

A)

Bank of America

B)

JP Morgan

C)

Citigroup

D)

Citizens Financial Group

Correct Answer : JP Morgan

Wall Street investment bank JP Morgan has announced a slew of appointments, including a new India head in "Kaustubh Kulkarni" to succeed the incumbent Madhav Kalyan, who is moving to a larger global role within the company.

The bank said Kalyan will be heading the payments division in Asia Pacific effective from November 1, 2022 and is succeeding Sridhar Kanthadai, who will be moving into his new role as co-head of global payment rails and payment VAS. Kalyan, however, will continue as vice-chairman of Asia Pacific.

Kulkarni succeeds Kalyan as senior country officer (country head) for India, effective November 1, 2022.

In another appointment, the bank said Navin Wadhwani has been appointed as head of investment banking for JP Morgan India. Wadhwani joins from Reliance Industries where he headed M&A for the past 10 years. Prior to that, he was a senior managing director at Rothschild India.

PD Singh will expand his current responsibilities as head of corporate banking in India and be appointed as interim chief executive of JP Morgan Chase Bank India from November 1, 2022.

With Kalayan's new role, Vineet Mishra will become the sole head of investment banking for Southeast Asia, the bank said..

Source : Economic Times

Published On : October 19, 2022

9 .

Who has been elected as a 'Member' of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI) on 17th Oct 2022?

A)

Dr Monisha Rawat

B)

Dr Manoj Gupta

C)

Dr Anjan Bhattacharya

D)

Dr Prashant Garg

Correct Answer : Dr Prashant Garg

The Executive Chair of Hyderabad-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Dr Prashant Garg has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI), a press release on Monday(17th Oct 2022) said.

The AOI is a university-centred international organization committed to excellence in education, research and culturally appropriate medical services to preserve and restore the vision of people of the world.

The membership in AOI is limited to 100 active members, consisting of eminent academicians from the field of ophthalmology. Dr Prashant Garg’s tenure as a member of AOI will formally commence next year during AOI’s next general assembly meeting. Dr Garg becomes the fifth from India to ever receive this honour.

Dr Prashant Garg is an internationally renowned leader in corneal infections, anti-microbial resistance and eye banking. Dr Garg has received numerous prestigious awards and has over 190 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and has also authored several book chapters. He has been invited to faculty for prestigious international meetings and has delivered several named lectures..

Source : Telangana Today

Published On : October 19, 2022

10 .

Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala to conduct the Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre in which state?

A)

Karnataka

B)

Kerala

C)

Tamil Nadu

D)

Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer : Kerala

Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala will conduct Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre in Kerala from Tuesday(18th Oct 2022).

This mega championship is the largest intra-Navy sailing regatta in which nearly one hundred yatchpersons from all three Indian Naval Commands will participate.

This Sailing Championship is one of the events being conducted by the Indian Navy to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and khelo India. The Championship will be held from 18 October 2022 to 21st October 2022..

Source : AIR

Published On : October 19, 2022