Current Affairs One-Liner: 20th September 2021

Published on September 20, 2021
  • ‘Loan Against Mutual Funds’ Scheme: It is the name of the digital banking scheme of Tata Capital. The scheme grants instant loans from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 2 crore to the customers on the basis of their Mutual Funds.
  • Static Part: 
    • HQ of Tata Capital: Mumbai
  • Earthshot Prize: It is the first-ever Environment Prize which was launched by Britain’s Prince William and David Attenborough in 2020. The two Indian Projects are selected to get the prize. The projects are: (a) Solar-Powered Ironing Cart project: It was Solar-Powered Ironing Cart project (b) Agricultural Waste Recycling Concept: It was designed by an entrepreneur from Delhi.
  • The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) signed MoU with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) to install a public charging station for electric vehicles in Punjab.
Current Affairs One-Liner: 20th September 2021
  • Static Part: 
    • CESL is the subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL).
  • The Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has issued its maiden Euro Green Bond of £300 million under the U.S. Global Medium Term Note Program. It is the first-ever Euro-denominated green bond issuance from India.
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    • HQ of PFC: New Delhi
  • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned North Korea till 2022. It means that the country’s athletes will not be able to play in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The ban was imposed because North Korea failed to send a team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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    • HQ of IOC: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Obituaries: Casimir Oye Mba: He was former Prime Minister of Gabon.
    • Thanu Padmanabhan: He was an Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist.
  • KMBL partnered with IISc
  • India & El Salvador held Third Foreign Office Consultations
  • ‘Ek Pahal Drive’
  • Appointments on 20th September 2021
  • IIFL HFL signed Co-Lending Agreement with PNB

Question: 

Q.1 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned ___ till 2022, as it failed to send a team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.?
a. North Korea
b. Algeria
c. Poland
d. Bahrain
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