Current Affairs One-Liner: 3rd April 2021

• The government of Maharashtra has announced ‘Amboli’, the area in Western Ghats of Sindhudurg district of the state as a biodiversity heritage site.
• Static Part: 
• CM of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
• Governor of Maharashtra: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• Paytm Money has set up its new R&D centre facility in Pune, Maharashtra.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of Paytm: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Founder of Paytm: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• Axis Bank and ICICI Bank partnered to launch New Umbrella Entity (NUE) for retail payments with Amazon and Visa being the partners.
• GE Power India signed a contract for maintenance with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Ltd for the upcoming 712 MW combined power plant to be set up at Meghnaghat, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

• Books and Authors: Title of Book: ‘Suparipalana’
• Author of Book: Dr Shailendra Joshi
• Released by: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
• The Adani Transmission Ltd signed definitive agreements with Essel Infra Projects Ltd to acquire Warora-Kurnool Transmission Limited for Rs 3370 crore.
• As per United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), India to have economic growth of 7% for FY 2021-22.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of UNESCAP: Bangkok, Thailand
• Indian Army to Participate in ‘Shantir Ogroshena 2021’
• Appointments on 3rd April 2021
• DRDO and DMSRDE (Kanpur) Developed Light Weight Bullet Proof Jacket
• AIM-PRIME
• ACI Worldwide’s Report on ‘Prime-Time for Real Time’

Question: 

Q.1 Who is the author of a book titled ‘Suparipalana’?
a. Dr. Shailendra Joshi
b. Dr. Sharankumar Limbale
c. Neha Sinha
d. Jeet Thayil