Current Affairs One-Liner: 12th March 2023

Maharashtra government will introduce the 4th women’s policy to give vast opportunities for women.
The first version of joint military exercise between India and France, named as FRINJEX-23 has occurred in Kerela at Pangode military Station.

IIT Kanpur and Reliance Life sciences have collaborated to research on gene therapy method to treat eye ailments.
Geeta Rana: First woman officer of Indian Army to command in Ladakh. She is under the Department of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.
Ministry of defense has signed a MoU with Hindustan Aeronautical Limited to provide 6 Dornier-228 aircrafts.
PhonePe earns payment aggregator license.
IDFC Mutual Fund has been rebranded as Bandhan Mutual Fund and all existing schemes of IDFC Mutual Fund will be renamed with effect from March 13, 2023. The rebranding exercise comes after a consortium of Bandhan Financial Holdings, GIC and ChrysCapital announced acquisition of IDFC AMC for Rs 4,500 crore in April 2022
Appointment and Resignation:

Sumant Kathpalia: Appointed as MD and CEO of IndusInd bank
Mohit Joshi: Appointed as MD and CEO of Tech Mahindra
Rohit Jawa has been appointed as the new CEO of Hindustan Unilever LTD (HUL) and will take over from the current CEO Sanjiv Mehta on June 27, 2023. Rohit Jawa will be appointed for a five-year period that will come into effect from June 27, 2023
Tablesh Pandey and M Jagannath have been appointed as Managing Directors of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) with effect from March 13, 2023. Tablesh Pandey will take charge starting April 1, while M Jagannath will assume office with effect from March 13. Siddhartha Mohanty will assume the functions of Chairperson in the interim with effect from March 14.

Question:

Q.1 What is the name of the joint military exercise between India and France?
a. FRINJEX-23
b. BRIJEX
c. IND-FRANCE
d. KAZIND

Q.2 IIT Kanpur and _________has collaborated to research on gene therapy method to treat eye ailments.

a. Ayurveda University
b. Reliance Life sciences
c. AIIMS
d. Biotechnology University