- The HDFC Life will be acquiring a 100% stake in Exide Life Insurance Company for Rs 6687 crore.
- Static Part:
- HQ of HDFC Life: Mumbai
- MD and CEO of HDFC Life: Vibha Padalkar
- Awards and Recognition: Dr. Basant Kumar Misra: He is a neurosurgeon and was awarded International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He is the first Indian to receive this award.
- NASSCOM Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things (CoE-IoT) signed intent of cooperation Taiwan-India Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Research Centre. The agreement was signed to support tech startups in India. The startups will receive hardware components from Taiwan during the production phases.
- Static Part:
- HQ of NASSCOM CoE-IoT: Bengaluru
- Important Days and Themes: 5th Sep 2021: International Day of Charity
- 5th Sep 2021: National Teacher’s Day
- The New Development Bank (NDB) which has set up BRICS group of nations has announced that UAE, Uruguay, and Bangladesh have joined 1st batch of new members of NDB.
- Static Part:
- HQ of NDB: Shanghai, China
- 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue: Indian delegation was represented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the UK delegation was represented by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Both the nations have signed USD 1.2 billion packages for the welfare of the public and make investments in green projects in order to boost renewable energy usage in India.
- Books and Authors: Title of Book: ‘Haryana Environment and Pollution Code’
- Compiled by: Dheera Khandelwal
- Released by: Manohar Lal Khattar (CM of Haryana)
- ‘Pulse’-- PhonePe
- Exim Bank extended LoC to Maldives for Sports Infrastructure
- India signed MoU with Nepal
- Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022
Question:
Q.1 Who among the following represented India in the 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue?
a. Dr Virendra Kumar
b. Piyush Goyal
c. Nirmala Sitharaman
d. S Jaishankar
a. Dr Virendra Kumar
b. Piyush Goyal
c. Nirmala Sitharaman
d. S Jaishankar
