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A)
Axis Bank
B)
IDBI Bank
C)
RBL Bank
D)
Yes Bank

Correct Answer : Option (C) - RBL Bank


Private lender RBL Bank on Monday (27th February 2023) announced it has entered into an agreement with Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) under Trade Assistance Programme (TAP) to support cross-border trade transactions.

Under trade assistance programme (TAP) for cross-border transactions, Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank)

Aim : To facilitate India’s exports globally by providing credit enhancement to trade instruments.

* With Exim Bank’s support, RBL Bank will be able to gain footholds in nations, where trade lines are constrained, said RBL Bank in its filing.

* Through the programme, India Exim Bank will extend trade lines into the participating overseas banks/institutions in the emerging markets. The credit enhancements to trade instruments provided under TAP, will help mobilise trade finance and would increase support to Indian exporters.

* On February 27, 2023, in the presence of Ms. Harsha B. Bangari, Managing Director – India Exim Bank, and Mr. R. Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, RBL Bank, the agreement was signed at India Exim Bank’s headquarters in Cuffe Parade.

RBL Bank Shares :

* RBL Bank Limited shares were last seen trading on the BSE for Rs. 152.40, down from the previous close of Rs. 153.15.

* A total of 352441 shares were moved in roughly 3021 trades during the day.

* The stock’s intraday high and low were Rs. 154.40 and 150.70, respectively. The daily net turnover was Rs. 53685938.00.

* The company’s stock ended the day on the BSE down 0.098 percent to 153...

Source : Mint

Published On : February 28, 2023
A)
Kerala
B)
Goa
C)
Jammu & Kashmir
D)
Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Jammu & Kashmir


The India Today Tourism Survey has chosen Jammu & Kashmir Tourism for best adventure tourism destination award. The awards were given away at New Delhi by Union Minister of State for Culture & Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal 23rd Feb 2023 at a glittering function after the results of the survey were announced.

* The award has been given to the Tourism Department in recognition of its sustained efforts in promoting Gulmarg as an adventure destination of international order.

* The award was received by Deputy Director, Tourism, Alyas Ahmad on behalf of the Department.

* Ministers from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, representatives of Tourism Boards of several states and UTs, representatives of national travel trade and business bodies were present on the occasion.

* It may be recalled that the India Today award comes just within a month of the South Asian Travel Trade Expo(SATTE), one of the best trade expos in the country in which the J&K Tourism Department was awarded for its efforts in post COVID-19 recovery of the tourism sector.

* The Department during the last two years has taken several new initiates for the quick revival of tourism in the UT. This winter, besides Gulmarg, resorts of Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Doodhpathri and other resorts were kept open and these destinations received a considerable footfall.

* Besides, new trekking routes, rafting and adventure activities were added to the recreation portfolio for sustaining the interest of coming tourists. This is besides the opening of new areas like Gurez and other border areas for tourism which have enhanced the attraction and urge for visiting J&K. Last year Gurez was adjudged as the best offbeat destination in the country.

Source : The Kashmir Monitor

Published On : February 28, 2023
A)
$250 Billion
B)
$300 Billion
C)
$350 Billion
D)
$400 Billion

Correct Answer : Option (B) - $300 Billion


The country’s services exports are doing “extremely well” and going by the current trend these outbound shipments would register about 20 per cent growth in this fiscal (FY 2022 - 2023) and cross the USD 300 billion target despite global economic uncertainties, Commerce and Industry Minister "Piyush Goyal" has said.

* Minister Piyush Goyal further said that on the merchandise front also, exports are so far registering healthy growth despite the world being under recession, huge inflationary pressure, and overstocking of various commodities.

* With all these stress, where every global leader is talking of “very” tough times, India’s exports rose 9 per cent year-on-year during April-December 2022-23.

* During April-December 2022-23, overall exports rose 9 per cent to USD 332.76 billion while imports increased 24.96 per cent to USD 551.7 billion.

Widening Trade Deficit :

* Trade deficit during the nine-month period widened to USD 218.94 billion as against USD 136.45 billion in April-December 2021-22. In last fiscal year, the country’s merchandise shipments touched an all-time high of USD 422 billion.

* India’s exports contracted 12.2 per cent to USD 34.48 billion in December 2022, mainly due to global headwinds, and the trade deficit widened to USD 23.76 billion during the same period. The minister said individual months have seen some ups and downs, but overall the exports sector is doing well so far despite global economic uncertainties.

All time high Services Exports :

* According to the data of the commerce ministry, the estimated value of services export in April-December 2022 is USD 235.81 billion as compared to USD 184.65 billion in the year-ago period. In 2021-22, these exports touched an all-time high of USD 254 billion.

* IT and ITeS accounts for 40-45 per cent share in the exports. It is followed by travel and tourism, education, and financial services like banking, and accountancy.

* Developed countries are contributing maximum share in these exports, he said adding Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries holds huge potential to increase the exports....

Source : India Times

Published On : February 28, 2023
A)
Nida Dar
B)
Poonam Yadav
C)
Anya Shrubsole
D)
Shabnim Ismail

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Shabnim Ismail


* South Africa's Shabnim Ismail has become the most successful bowler in the history of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023.

* Ismail represented the South African Women's team between 2009 and 2023 in which she played 32 matches.

* Shabnim Ismail has left behind Anya Shrubsole of England, who has taken a total of 41 wickets.

* Poonam Yadav is the highest wicket-taker for India in the World Cup as she has taken 28 wickets in 18 matches.

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Manchester
B)
Newcastle
C)
Aston Villa
D)
Real Sociedad

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Manchester


Manchester United’s six-year wait for a trophy is over after beating Newcastle 2-0 to win the League Cup on Sunday (26th Feb 2023).

United manager Erik ten Hag has wasted no time in guiding the club to silverware just 10 months after being hired.

Casemiro headed United in front in the 33rd minute of the final at Wembley Stadium and Sven Botman’s own-goal made it 2-0 in the 39th.

It is United’s first trophy since winning a League Cup and Europa League double under Jose Mourinho in 2017. The victory keeps alive Ten Hag’s four-pronged challenge this season, with his team in contention for the title and still competing in both the Europa League and FA Cup.

For Newcastle, the wait for a first major domestic trophy since winning the FA Cup in 1955 goes on. The Saudi Arabian-backed club mounted a fightback in the second half, but could not find a breakthrough goal.

Source : Indian Express 

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Gaurav Baliyan
B)
Ankit Gulia
C)
Deepak Punia
D)
Yogeshwar Dutt

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ankit Gulia


Indian Greco-Roman wrestler Ankit Gulia has won a bronze medal in the Ibrahim Moustafa ranking-series in Alexandria, Egypt (25th Feb 2023).

The 19-year-old Ankit, who lost 9-0 to Georgian Otar Abuladze, got the better of Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan 9-0 in the repechage round.

The Indian grappler won the medal after Iranian 67kg Olympic champion Mohammadreza Abdolhamid Geraei withdrew from the bronze medal match due to an injury. Geraei suffered the injury in one of his earlier bouts..

Source : AIR

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Apple
B)
Amazon
C)
Twitter
D)
Meta

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Meta


On Friday (24th Feb 2023), Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Platforms' impending release to researchers of a new large language model called LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI).

* The model, developed by Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, is intended to aid scientists and engineers in exploring AI applications and functions such as answering questions and summarizing documents.

* Meta has said that it will offer LLaMA in sizes such as 7B, 13B, 33B, and 65B parameters.

* In its research paper, Meta noted that LLaMA-13B outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-3 (175B) on most benchmarks and LLaMA-65B is competitive with the best models, DeepMind’s Chinchilla70B and Google’s PaLM-540B.

* Once fully trained, LLaMA-13B can be a boon for small businesses that are looking forward to running tests on these systems, however, it may still be far from researchers working isolation.

* LLaMA comes as tech companies race to promote advances in AI techniques and integrate technology into their commercial products. As CNBC notes, Meta's release is distinguished from competitors' models as it will be available in a selection of sizes, from 7 billion parameters up to 65 billion parameters.

* Another way LLaMA is different, according to Meta : It requires "far less" computing power than previous offerings and is trained in 20 languages, focusing on those based on the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

* With its 13 billion parameters, LLaMA should outperform GPT-3, the model upon which ChatGPT is built. Meta also attributed LLaMA's performance to "cleaner" data and "architectural improvements" in the model that improved training stability.

* Meta's launch of LLaMA may mark a major development in AI language models. The social media giant's commitment to open science and allowing researchers to study under a non-commercial license will limit the model's misuse.

* LLaMA's versatility and problem-solving potential may provide a glimpse of AI's substantial potential benefits to billions of people at scale..

Source : Entre Preneur

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Karnataka
B)
Tamil Nadu
C)
Maharashtra
D)
Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Madhya Pradesh


Madhya Pradesh were crowned champions of the 13th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2023 in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, after defeating Maharashtra 5-1 in the Final.

Madhya Pradesh relied on penalty corners to overcome Maharashtra in today’s (26th Feb 2023) Final with Diksha Tiwari (2’, 4’) converting two early in the game.

With just enough time left, Lalrindiki (25') scored to give Hockey Maharashtra some hope, but Manmeet Kaur (38'), Preeti Dubey (42'), and Aishwarya Chavan (42') scored for Hockey Madhya Pradesh to clinch the title.

Jharkhand wins bronze :

* On the other hand, Jharkhand defeated Haryana 2-1 in the third-place match.

* Roshni Dungdung (25') scored to give her team a slender lead, Reshma Soreng (59') doubled the lead at the very end, but Haryana's Devika Sen (60') pulled one back to give her team a sliver of hope, but they failed to capitalise on this opportunity, and the match ended in Jharkhand's favour.

* Albela Rani Toppo was seen competing for every single ball, and her outstanding performance on the day earned her the Player of the Match Award.

* "The game was on edge throughout but the team kept their composure all along, believing that we can make amends for the loss yesterday. Receiving the Player of the Match Award is something I will remember for the rest of my life, but it is all because of my teammates' support; I couldn't have done it without them," she said after the game.

Best player Awards :

Best Goalkeeper - Sonal Minj (Hockey Jharkhand)
Best Defender - Pratibha Arya (Hockey Madhya Pradesh)
Best Midfielder - Manashri Narendra Shedage (Hockey Maharashtra)
Best Forward - Albela Rani Toppo (Hockey Jharkhand).

Source : The Bridge

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Novak Djokovic
B)
Andy Murray
C)
Daniil Medvedev
D)
Carlos Alcaraz

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Daniil Medvedev


Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open on debut when he defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s on Saturday (25th Feb 2023).

* Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second.

* Murray fought back but Medvedev stifled him and earned his 17th singles title.

* “Sometimes we were playing bad, then suddenly both of us were playing amazing,” Medvedev said. “I’m happy to win.”

* Medvedev also won in Rotterdam last weekend and his winning streak is at nine matches..

Source : Indian Express

Published On : February 27, 2023
A)
Randy Katz
B)
Hari Balakrishnan
C)
Keith Winstein
D)
Hamsa Balakrishnan

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Hari Balakrishnan


Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi Prize. He is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He has been cited “for fundamental contributions to wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems”.

About Marconi Prize

* The Marconi Prize is an annual award that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of communications and information technology.

* It is named after Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor and pioneer in the development of wireless communication.

* The Marconi Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of telecommunications and is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Telecommunications.”

* The prize is administered by the Marconi Society, a non-profit organisation that promotes awareness and understanding of important scientific and technical issues in the field of communications.

* The Marconi Prize consists of a cash award of $100,000 and a commemorative medal.

* The Marconi Society also awards other prizes and scholarships, including the Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award, which recognizes young researchers who have demonstrated exceptional technical and leadership abilities in the field of communications and information technology.

* Previous winners of the award include Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke.

Published On : February 27, 2023