- ‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’: This is the name of the Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under the PM SVANidhi scheme. The campaign was jointly launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Cuba: It has become the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against COVID-19, using home-grown jabs not recognised by the WHO.
- Static Part:
- Capital of Cuba: Havana
- Currency of Cuba: Cuban Peso
- The Emergency Landing Facility on a National Highway in Rajasthan was jointly inaugurated by Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh and Union Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari. It is constructed at the Satta-Gandhav stretch of National Highway (NH) 925A in Barmer, Rajasthan, and is the first time that a national highway will be used for the emergency landing of IAF aircraft.
- The RBI has taken out the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework imposed on UCO Bank. The PCA was imposed on improvement in financial and credit profile. However, the Indian Overseas Bank and Central Bank of India remain under the PCA framework.
- Awards and Recognition: Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli: It has won the 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from CII.
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): It has won the 2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
- ADB approved Loan for Jharkhand
- NIRF India Rankings 2021
- ‘Centre of Excellence on Offshore Wind’
- ‘bob World’—Bank of Baroda
- Appointments of New Governors
Question:
Q.1 Which institute won the 2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa?
a. Food Corporation of India
b. ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
c. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
d. ICAR- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
a. Food Corporation of India
b. ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
c. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
d. ICAR- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute