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- Name the organisation that has recently (in Dec ‘22) introduced “Bima Vahaks“ in each Gram Panchayat to strengthen the insurance force in India.
1) Small Industries Development Bank of India
2) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3) Securities and Exchange Board of India
4) Reserve Bank of India
5) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of IndiaAnswer-5) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Explanation:
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) will soon introduce “Bima Vahaks“ in each Gram Panchayat in order to strengthen the insurance force in India.
i. Rakesh Joshi, an IRDAI member, made the announcement during the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2022 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
ii. A “Bima Vahak” will be assigned to each Gram Panchayat, to sell and service the ‘Bima Vistar’ line of basic parametric bundled insurance policies, which provide protection against health, property, life, and personal accident. - Which bank has recently (in Dec ‘22) signed an MoU with Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to provide Financial Services to Startups?
1) IDBI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) YES Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Axis BankAnswer-2) HDFC Bank
Explanation:
Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has signed an MoU with HDFC Bank Limited to facilitate an array of banking services to startups in the state through KSUM’s smart solution SmartUp. The MoU has a time frame of 1 year.
i. This MoU is a part of the bank’s ongoing effort to support startup culture in Kerala.
ii. Under this MoU, KSUM will refer startups to SmartUp which will provide smart financial tools, advisory services and technology to aid in achieving their goals. - Which has recently (in Dec ‘22) enabled its clients to pay customs duty online by going live on the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway (ICEGATE)?
1) YES Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) RBL Bank
5) HDFC BankAnswer-3) Karnataka Bank
Explanation:
Karnataka Bank has enabled its clients to pay customs duty online by going live on the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway (ICEGATE), the national gateway of Indian Customs of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
i. All of Karnataka Bank’s corporate and individual customers will be able to pay customs duty at their convenience because of the bank’s integration on the ICEGATE platform.
ii. This digital initiative is dedicated to the clients under the KBL–Nxt Digital Transformation project of the bank. - Name the digital payment company that has recently (in Dec ‘22) received in-principle authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as Payment Aggregator (PA).
1) Cashfree
2) Razorpay
3) NineHertz
4) Worldline ePayments India
5) CCAvenueAnswer-4) Worldline ePayments India
Explanation:
Worldline ePayments India, a leader in digital payments, has received in-principle authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as a Payment Aggregator (PA) under the provisions of Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways dated March 17, 2020.
i. WEIPL received this communication from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 20, 2022. - Name the company that has recently (in Dec ‘22) signed an MoU with Cognizant for Advanced Digital Tools.
1) Airnetz Aviation Pvt Ltd
2) Boeing India Pvt Ltd
3) Aroon Aviation Services Pvt Ltd
4) Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd
5) Dassault-Reliance Aerospace LtdAnswer-4) Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd
Explanation:
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (Cognizant), United States (US)-based Information Technology (IT) service provider, signed an MoU with Chennai (Tamil Nadu)-based Garuda Aerospace, a homegrown drone startup, to power its drones with advanced digital tools.
i. Cognizant and Garuda Aerospace will work together to deliver a wide range of drone-based management and monitoring services for companies across all sectors. - Name the company that has recently (in Dec ‘22) signed a time charter contract with the Japanese transport firm Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) for a new-build Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier.
1) Bharat Petroleum Limited
2) GAIL India
3) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
4) Hindustan Petroleum Limited
5) Indian Oil CorporationAnswer-2) GAIL India
Explanation:
State-owned GAIL (India) Limited and Japanese transport firm Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), signed a time charter contract through its wholly owned subsidiary, for a new-build Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, and also for joint ownership of an existing LNG carrier.
i. The vessel will be built by South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering with a charter period from 2023.
ii. This is the 2nd agreement for a LNG carrier signed between MOL and GAIL.
iii. The 1st carrier, under the agreement signed in 2019, ships LNG from the United States of America Gulf Coast to India. - Who was recently (in Dec ‘22) appointed as the Chairperson of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC)?
1) Justice Rajeeve Mehra
2) Justice Rekha Palli
3) Justice Vibhu Bakhru
4) Justice Hemant Gupta
5) Justice Mohit MathurAnswer-4) Justice Hemant Gupta
Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Justice Hemant Gupta, retired Supreme Court Judge, as the Chairperson of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) and Ganesh Chandru and Anant Vijay Palli as part-time members of NDIAC.
About New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC):
The NDIAC, under the Ministry of Law and Justice was established for creating an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration.
Headquarters – New Delhi, Delhi
Establishment – 1961 - In December 2022, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) signed definitive agreements to acquire a 100% equity stake in Metro Cash and Carry India Pvt Ltd (Metro India) for a cash consideration of ____________.
1) Rs 2,850 crore
2) Rs 4,278 crore
3) Rs 5,879 crore
4) Rs 3,289 crore
5) Rs 1,678 croreAnswer-1) Rs 2,850 crore
Explanation:
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), signed definitive agreements to acquire a 100% equity stake in Metro Cash and Carry India Pvt Ltd (Metro India), the Indian arm of the German Retailer Metro AG, for a cash consideration of Rs 2,850 crore.
i. The transaction is scheduled to close by March 2023, subject to a few regulatory requirements and other usual closing conditions.
ii. METRO AG started operations in India in 2003 as the first company to introduce cash-and-carry business format in India. - Which organisation has recently (in Dec ‘22) got selected by NASA to Provide Launch Services for Sentinel-6B Mission?
1) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2) Blue Origin
3) SpaceX
4) European Space Agency
5) Canadian Space AgencyAnswer-3) SpaceX
Explanation:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States (US) has granted Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, US, a contract for launch services for the ‘Sentinel-6B mission’ worth approximately USD 94 million.
• The mission aims to continue global sea level observations for at least the next 10 years.
i. It is a collaboration among NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
ii. The Sentinel-6B mission will be launched in November 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. - When was National Mathematics Day 2022 observed across India?
1) 18th December 2022
2) 19th December 2022
3) 20th December 2022
4) 21st December 2022
5) 22nd December 2022Answer-5) 22nd December 2022
Explanation:
National Mathematics Day 2022 was celebrated across India on 22nd December 2022 to mark the birth anniversary of renowned Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who was born on 22nd December 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency, British India (now Tamil Nadu, India).
• 22nd December 2022 marks the 135th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan.
• The first-ever National Mathematics Day was observed on 22nd December 2012.
i. The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 was awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, United States of America (USA) for her works in arithmetic and geometry of modular curves and Shimura varieties.
ii. An American biographer and science writer, Robert Kanigel authored Srinivasa Ramanujan’s biography “The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan” published in 1991.
- Name the organisation that has recently (in Dec ‘22) introduced “Bima Vahaks“ in each Gram Panchayat to strengthen the insurance force in India.
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