- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the digital version of Central Government Health Schemes (CHGS), Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on the NHA (National Health Authority) IT platform.
- Static Part:
- Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare: Dr Harsh Vardhan
- CEO of NHA: Ram Sewak Sharma
- IIT Madras’s Centre for Memory Studies hosted an International Memory Studies Workshop in a virtual manner. The workshop was preceded by the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), which is the first national network in the field in Asia under the aegis of the International Memory Studies Association, Amsterdam.
- NABARD to grant Rs 254 crore under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to Odisha to set up two mega piped drinking water supply projects in the state. The projects will be set up in Jaipur district and Puri district.
- Static Part:
- HQ of NABARD: Mumbai
- Chairman of NABARD: Govinda Rajulu Chintala
- The Indian Navy’s oldest hydrographic survey ship named INS Sandhayak was decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. It served its duty to the nation for 40 glorious years.
- Awards and Recognition: David Diop: He is a French Novelist. He has won International Booker Prize 2021 for ‘At Night All Blood Is Balck’.
- Wipro: It has become India’s 3rd IT firm to scale Rs 3 trillion in market capitalisation for the first time. The 1st and 2nd positions were marked by TCS and Infosys respectively.
- Static Part:
- HQ of Wipro: Bengaluru
- Chairman of Wipro: Rishad Premji
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) signed MoU with Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) to strengthen the securities regulation through cross border cooperation. The MoU will lead to having supervisory functioning, proper enforcement of laws and regulations to govern the security market.
- Static Part:
- HQ of SEBI: Mumbai
- Chairman of SEBI: Ajay Tyagi
- HQ of CSSF:Luxembourg
- MoD signed Contract with Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Limited
- Indus Best Mega Food Park
- SAGE (Seniorcare Aging Growth Engine) Programme and its Portal
- DAC approved Rs 43000 cr RFP to Construct Submarines
Question:
Q.1 NABARD granted Rs 254 crore RIDF support to which state to set up two mega piped drinking water supply projects?
a. Odisha
b. West Bengal
c. Haryana
d. Sikkim
a. Odisha
b. West Bengal
c. Haryana
d. Sikkim
