Current Affairs One-Liner: 21st July 2020

• India’s First public Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Plaza inaugurated in Delhi by Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy R K Singh.
• PASSEX Exercise: It is the navy exercise which was conducted between India and the United States.
• Aditya Puri: He is MD of HDFC Bank and has emerged as the highest-paid banker among top banking executives for FY 2019-2020.

• Renewable Energy Export Policy: The policy is launched by Andhra Pradesh. The policy will allow the sale of power to the other states. Tenure of the policy is 5 years.
• Static Part: 
• CM of Andhra Pradesh: Jaganmohan Reddy 
• Governor of Andhra Pradesh: Biswabhushan Harichandan
• Books and Authors: Title of Book- ‘The Endgame’
• Author- Hussain Zaidi
• Publisher- HarperCollins India
• Government of Maharashtra has started to use a drone to inspect the power lines and transmission towers. And thus has become the first state in India to do so. 
• Static Part: 
• CM of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
• Governor of Maharashtra: Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
• Obituaries: Lalji Tandon- He was Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
• Barry Jarman- He was a former Australian cricket player.
• Bijay Mohanty- He was Odia Actor.
• KURMA Mobile App—To Track and Conserve Indian Turtles
• CBDT signs MoU with MSME for Data Sharing
• Zoram Mega Food Park—Mizoram
• Ministry of Defence signs Contract with BEML
• Appointments on 21st June 2020

Questions: 

Q.1 Which state launched Renewable Energy Export Policy?
a. Maharashtra
b. Karnataka
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Punjab

Q.2 Which is the first state to inspect power lines and transmission towers with the help of drones?
a. Maharashtra
b. Kerala
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Andhra Pradesh

Q.3 With which country, India conducted PASSEX Exercise?
a. China
b. Russia
c. Unites States
d. Japan