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- In August 2022, ____________ became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) in partnership with the government think tank NITI Aayog.
1) Karnataka
2) Ladakh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Jammu and Kashmir
5) Gujarat
Answer & Explanation
Answer- 4) Jammu and Kashmir
Explanation:
The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) in partnership with the government think tank NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog.
i. NITI Aayog will replicate the J&K model of Atal Tinkering Lab to all parts of India on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis.
ii. The aim is to encourage young minds in the field, and challenge students to become producers of products themselves instead of consumers
- Which company recently (in Aug ‘22) partnered with RailTel to launch India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution for congested locations?
1) Zenith InfoTech
2) Cirrologix
3) CipherCloud
4) CloudExtel
5) InstaCompute
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) CloudExtel
Explanation:
Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE), a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” under the Ministry of Railways, RailTel and CloudExtel, a Full Stack Network as a Service (NaaS) Provider partnered together to launch India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution for congested locations to have better network usage.
i. The Pilot project of this RAN solution had successful results with the partnership of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Nokia, and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP)’s NaaS Solutions Group, with support from the Railways, at Mumbai Central railway station.
- Name the country that recently (in Aug ‘22) signed an MoU with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to facilitate smart, sustainable aviation technology.
1) Germany
2) Sweden
3) France
4) Netherlands
5) Canada
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) Sweden
Explanation:
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Sweden’s LFV Air Navigation Services (LUFTFARTSVERKET) inked an MoU for collaboration in aviation technology at the Corporate Headquarters of AAI in New Delhi, Delhi.
i. The objective of this initiative is to support India’s efforts to build an efficient, secure, safe, and sustainable sector.
- Which insurance company recently (in Aug ‘22) launched India’s First Electric Vehicles Ecosystem named ‘All Things EV’?
1) Edelweiss General Insurance
2) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
3) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
4) Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
5) HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Answer & Explanation
Answer- 5) HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Explanation:
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited, a leading private sector general insurance company, has launched ‘All Things EV,’ India’s first one-stop-solution portal that provides all the required information related to Electric Vehicles (EVs).
i. This launch is in line with the Government of India’s (GoIs) initiative for Electric Mobility.
About HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited:
MD & CEO – Ritesh Kumar
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Name the organisation that recently (in Aug ‘22) partnered with TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd., (TPRMG) to establish 1,000 green energy enterprises across India.
1) Small Industries Development Bank of India
2) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
3) Reserve Bank of India
4) Securities and Exchange Board of India
5) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Answer & Explanation
Answer-1) Small Industries Development Bank of India
Explanation:
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has partnered with TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd., (TPRMG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, to develop an innovative programme that will establish 1,000 green energy enterprises across India.
i. According to the pact, after entrepreneurs complete a capacity-building programme organized by TPRMG, SIDBI will provide them a “Go REsponsive, ENterprise incentive (GREENi)”.
ii. Through TPRMG, Tata Power manages one of the largest Microgrid programmes in the world and runs a solar-based off-grid producing facility with an energy storage system that provides power to rural areas of India.
- As per the Practus Hurun India PE Performers 2022 report released (in Aug ‘22), _________ tops the list of best-performing companies for 2020–21.
1) Encube Ethicals
2) Honasa Consumer Private Limited (Mamaearth)
3) Ecom Express
4) ACME Foundation
5) CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) Honasa Consumer Private Limited (Mamaearth)
Explanation:
Mamaearth’s parent company Honasa Consumer Private Limited (HCPL) has topped the Practus Hurun India PE Performers 2022, list of best-performing companies for 2020-21 released by the Practus (earlier MyCFO) and Hurun India.
i. HCPL leads the ranking with an average growth of 491% followed by the Encube Ethicals with a growth of 343 percent and Ecom Express with a growth of 283 percent in 2nd & 3rd position respectively.
ii. This is the 1st edition of Practus Hurun India PE Performers 2022 report that ranks India’s best-performing Private Equity (PE)-backed companies.
- Who was recently (in Aug ‘22) appointed as the Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D?
1) Radha Sridharan
2) G Satheesh Reddy
3) Muthuthevar Kannan
4) Samir V Kamat
5) Nivedita Shukla Verma
Answer & Explanation
Answer- 4) Samir V Kamat
Explanation:
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) appointed Dr Samir V Kamat as the new Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (R&D).
i. He succeeded Dr G Satheesh Reddy who took charge as Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister).
- Name the personality who was recently (in Aug ‘22) appointed as the first brand ambassador of DreamSetGo (DSG).
1) Kapil Dev
2) Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) Virender Sehwag
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Explanation:
A premium sports and travel platform, DreamSetGo (DSG) announced that the former Indian cricketer “Maharaja of Cricket” Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was appointed as its first brand ambassador.
i. Ganguly has also become the “Supercaptain” for the company DreamSetGo.
Note- Founder and Chief Business officer of DreamSetGo, Monish Shah.
- Which airline became the first airline in India to use AI-powered CAE Rise™ Training System?
1) SpiceJet
2) IndiGo
3) AirAsia India
4) Go First
5) Vistara
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) AirAsia India
Explanation:
AirAsia India (AAI) and Canadian Aviation Electronics Limited (CAE) announced their collaboration to merge the CAE Rise™ training system with the airline’s simulator training program.
i. AirAsia India is the first airline in India to adopt a data-driven training program using CAE Rise™.
ii. The training system provides the real-time data during training sessions which enable them to assess a pilot’s technical performances with the given insights.
- Which state govt. recently (in Aug ‘22) signed an MoU with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to collaborate and unleash the potential of entrepreneurial talents?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Mizoram
4) Assam
5) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer & Explanation
Answer-1) Nagaland
Explanation:
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signed an MoU with the Nagaland Government to collaborate and unleash the potential of entrepreneurial talents in Nagaland.
i. The MoU was signed at the Nagaland Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Investment Conclave 2022 in Kohima, Nagaland.
ii. The conclave was held from 22nd to 23rd August 2022 under the theme “Partnerships for strengthening sustainable development”.
- In August 2022, ____________ became the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) in partnership with the government think tank NITI Aayog.
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