Current Affairs One-Liner : 30th April 2023

Banking:  Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) reported a robust credit growth of 15.4% in FY23 as compared to the 9.7% in FY22. The development is driven by growth in personal loans, and loans to services sector, and agric…

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Arya.ag Partners with Shivalik SFB to Lend Farmers & FPO

Current Context: Arya.ag is a grain commerce platform that partners with various financial institutions to offer loans to small and marginal farmers and FPOs (Farmer Producer Organizations) who fall out of the considera…

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MoHUA launches the ‘City Beauty Competition’ and Portal

Current Context: The ‘City Beauty Competition’ is a national-level initiative launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to celebrate the beauty and diversity of urban areas in India. The competition …

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NLCIL signs MoU with TNC India for Repurposing Mined-Out Lands for RE Projects

Current Context: NLC India Limited (NLCIL) and Nature Conservancy India Solutions Private Ltd. (TNC India) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 26.04.2023 to collaborate on research work related to repurpo…

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7th Edition of India, UK Bilateral Training Exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior 2023’

Current Context: Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 is a biennial training event with the United Kingdom that is conducted alternatively in the United Kingdom and India. The 7th edition of the exercise is being conducted at Sal…

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Current Affairs One-Liner : 29th April 2023

National: Sinthan Snow Festival-2023 is taking place at Sinthan Maidan, Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. It is being organized by the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu and Kishtwar Tourism Development Authority (KTDA) in colla…

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Dubai-based airline Emirates has unveiled the world’s first robotic check-in assistant

Current Context: Emirates has introduced the world’s first ever check in robot assistant which it calls Sara. Sara can match faces with scanned passports, check passengers in, and guide them to the luggage drop area at …

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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and NAFED launched the ‘Millets Experience Centre (MEC)’

Current Context: The Millets Experience Centre (MEC) is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (N…

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India's first Cable-Stayed Rail Bridge, Anji Khad bridge

Current Context: The Anji Khad bridge is a cable-stayed bridge connecting Katra and Reasi section of Jammu–Baramulla line in the Jammu Division of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is India’s first cable-stayed railway bridg…

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Current Affairs One-Liner : 28th April 2023

National: India has sent a third ship, INS Tarkash, to Port Sudan for evacuating citizens as part of Operation Kaveri. The operation aims to evacuate over 3,000 citizens who are trapped in Sudan amid the ongoing unrest. T…

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India and UK to create India-UK NET zero innovation virtual centre

Current Context: India and the UK have agreed to create India-UK NET zero innovation virtual centre. This centre will provide a platform for stakeholders of both countries to work together in areas like the decarbonizat…

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Ministry of Heavy Industries Announces release of SOPs under PLI Auto Scheme

Current Context: Ministry of Heavy Industries, the SOPs under the PLI Auto scheme to testing agencies were released on April 27, 2023. The SOPs aim to promote local manufacturing and reduce dependence on imports, thereby…

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Tripartite Memorandum of Settlement signed between Centre, Assam state government and DNLA/DPSC

Current Context: A tripartite Memorandum of Settlement was signed between the Centre, the Assam government and representatives of Dimasa National Liberation Army/Dimasa Peoples’ Supreme Council (DNLA/DPSC) on April 27, …

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Himachal Pradesh Government & Oil India signs MoU

Current Context: The Himachal Pradesh government and Oil India Limited (OIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 26, 2023 to establish a framework for cooperation in harnessing and developing new and rene…

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World Bank has approved a USD 1.25 billion loan for three new projects

Current Context: The financing was approved after the meeting of the Bank to discuss a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Bangladesh (2023-27) on Friday. The CPF will support Bangladesh’s goal to achieve upper-…

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leads the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Current Context: India is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting on April 28th in New Delhi. The SCO is an intergovernmental organization established in 2001 that includes eight m…

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Current Affairs One-Liner : 27th April 2023

National: NASA has successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment for the first time.This achievement represents a significant milestone for NASA, bringing them one step closer to the est…

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PM Dedicated Various Projects Worth Rs 4850 cr in Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Current Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various development projects related to health, housing, tourism, education and urban development, worth more than Rs 4850 crore in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli…

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Reliance General Becomes 1st Insurer to Accept eRupee in Partnership with Yes Bank

Current Context: Reliance General Insurance has become the first general insurance company to accept eRupee - or the central bank digital currency (CBDC) - for premium payments. It has tied up with Yes Bank to facilitat…

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India’s FIEO sign MoU with Business Russia to promote trade & FDI

Current Context: India’s apex exporters body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Business Russia to promote trade and investments between the two countrie…

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