Current Affairs One-Liner: 3rd October 2020

• Reserve Bank of India excluded 6 PSBs from the 2nd schedule of RBI Act, 1934, following the mergers of banks from 1st April 2020. The six banks are: Allahabad Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Syndicate Bank, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank and United Bank of India.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of RBI: Mumbai
• Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das
• ‘Bongosagar’: It is the bilateral Navy exercise between Indian and Bangladesh Navy and its second edition commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal.
  

• Awards and Recognition: Sanjay Singh: He is the Member of Parliament and belongs to Aam Aadmi Party and he is selected for ‘2020 Gandhi Award’. He is recognized with this award for being instrumental in the diplomatic intervention of India to remove Mahatma Gandhi’s image on the beer bottles of Malka Brewery. 
• ‘Kritagyata’: It is the web portal launched by Assam Government to have online pension submission and tracking system. The portal will help the pensioners to dispose of their pension related claims. 
• Static Part: 
• CM of Assam: Sarbananda Sonowol
• Governor of Assam: Jagdish Mukhi
• Crime in India Report 2019
• SBI and HUL signs MoU
• Tribal Entrepreneurship Development Programme
• NABARD launched Refinance Scheme for WASH Programme
• ‘Pathashree Abhijan’ Scheme— West Bengal

Questions: 

Q.1 India conducts ‘Bongosagar’ Naval Exercise with which country?
a. Bangladesh
b. Indonesia
c. Sri Lanka
d. Indonesia

Q.2 Which state launched ‘Kritagyata’ web portal for online pension submission and tracking system?
a. West Bengal
b. Tripura
c. Assam
d. Manipur