Current Affairs One-Liner: 30th April 2021

• China launched a robot prototype named ‘NEO-01’. It was launched in the Earth’s low orbit on China’s Long March 6 rocket.
• Static Part: 
• Capital of China: Beijing
• Currency of China: Renminbi
• Important Days and Themes: 30th April 2021: International Jazz Day 
• 30th April 2021: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
• Awards and Recognition: Dr Krithi K Karanth: She has become the first Indian woman to be awarded the ‘Wild Innovator Award’ by Wild Elements Foundation.

• The GOI has infused Rs 200 crore funds in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) due to which the holdings of gov. in IFCI increased from 61.02% to 63.8%.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of IFCI: New Delhi
• Indian Bank signed MoU with BSNL with an aim to grant seamless telecom connectivity to the bank at a competitive rate.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of Indian Bank: Chennai 
• HQ of BSNL: New Delhi 
• CMD of BSNL: Pravin Kumar Purwar
• HDFC Bank: It has emerged as the top arranger for corporate bond deals for FY21. The second and third positions are marked by Axis Bank and ICICI Bank respectively.
• ‘Merchant Stack’—ICICI Bank
• Appointments on 30th April 2021
• TIME 100 Most Influential Companies 2021
• 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting
• DRDO Conducted Trail of Python 5 AAM

Question: 

Q.1 Which bank signed MoU with BSNL to have seamless telecom connectivity at its branches?
a. Canara Bank
b. Indian Bank
c. Bank of Baroda
d. Bank of Maharashtra