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- Name the Indian city that will host the Space 20 programme of G20 (Group of 20) in April 2023.
1) Guwahati, Assam
2) Shillong, Meghalaya
3) Imphal, Manipur
4) New Delhi, Delhi
5) Aizawl, Mizoram
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) Shillong, Meghalaya
Explanation:
Meghalaya Governor BD Mishra, announced that as a part of the G20 (Group of 20) programme, Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is set to host the Space 20 programme on 17th and 18th April 2023.
• The Space20 programme will discuss the contribution of the space partnerships to the economy of the countries.
i. India has decided to host around 200 G20 meetings across India during its yearlong Presidency of G20. India holds the Presidency of the G20 from 1st December 2022 to 30th November 2023.
- In which country, the 3rd edition of the Interpol Young Global Police Leaders Programme (YGPLP) began in January 2023?
1) Indonesia
2) United Arab Emirates
3) France
4) India
5) Singapore
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) India
Explanation:
On 25th January 2023, the 3rd edition of the Interpol Young Global Police Leaders Programme (YGPLP) began in New Delhi, Delhi (India). The 9-day Interpol YGPLP will end on 2nd February 2023.
i. The theme of the 3rd Interpol YGPLP is “Trust”, which aims to build trust between public-police and also to build trust factors between international police forces in the era of technology.
ii. Around 60 participants from 44 countries took part in the event, which is being organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- Which country will host the 15th BRICS summit in August 2023?
1) Brazil
2) South Africa
3) India
4) China
5) Russia
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) South Africa
Explanation:
On 26th January 2023, Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, and Osman Saleh, the foreign minister of the State of Eritrea, jointly announced South Africa’s Durban as a host of the 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit. The summit will be held in August 2023.
i. Previously, South Africa hosted the 5th BRICS Summit from 26 to 27 March 2013.
- Name the bank that has recently (in Jan ‘23) renewed its Bancassurance agreement with Star Health and Allied Insurance for a long-term period.
1) Union Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Punjab National Bank
4) Canara Bank
5) Bank of India
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) Punjab National Bank
Explanation:
Star Health and Allied Insurance, renewed its strategic corporate agency Bancassurance tie-up with Punjab National Bank (PNB) for a long-term period.
i. PNB will continue to distribute Star Health’s insurance products across all their branches pan India.
ii. Under the agreement, Star Health’s best-in-class health insurance products will be available through the PNB’s distribution network across India, providing customers with a one-stop solution for all their health insurance needs.
- Name the company that has recently (in Jan ‘23) launched its first line of customised health insurance products.
1) Insurify
2) Policybazaar
3) RenewBuy
4) Turtlemint
5) Borrowell
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) RenewBuy
Explanation:
RenewBuy has launched its first line of customised health insurance products, RenewBuy Health Wellness plan with a focus on the large uninsured segment beyond the tier 1 markets.
i. This new product aims to bridge that gap in purchasing such products in smaller cities compared to metro cities and has introduced various benefits in pre-hospitalization and Out-Patient Department (OPD) treatments. - Which country’s central bank has recently (in Jan’ 23) launched the “AfriGo” domestic card scheme to boost the cashless economy and compete with foreign cards?
1) Gambia
2) Kenya
3) Madagascar
4) Libya
5) Nigeria
Answer & Explanation
Answer-5) Nigeria
Explanation:
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, launched a domestic card scheme ‘AfriGo’ to boost the cashless economy and compete with foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa.
i. Objective: To save the country’s foreign transaction fees.
ii. Through this launch, Nigeria was joining China, Russia, India and Turkey to be a country with a domestic card scheme and the AfriGo is owned by CBN and Nigerian banks.
- Name the insurance company that recently (on January 23) launched a non-participating unit-linked individual life insurance plan for millennials and GenX customers.
1) Aviva Life Insurance
2) Reliance General Insurance
3) Exide Life Insurance
4) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
5) Aegon Life Insurance
Answer & Explanation
Answer-1) Aviva Life Insurance
Explanation:
Aviva Life Insurance launched Aviva Signature Investment Plan, a unit-linked non-participating individual life insurance plan targeting millennial and GenX customers. The plan comes with two options, Signature Millennial and Signature GenX.
i. Signature Millennial has an inbuilt premium waiver and a guaranteed amount for a dependent parent, spouse, or child after the death of the insured person.
• All future premiums are waived in case of death of the life insured during the policy term in the Signature Millennial option.
ii. Signature GenX enables customers to grow their wealth for up to 60 years through disciplined monthly savings.
- In January 2023, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced a plan to launch the ________________ (mission), 1st Indian space mission to observe the Sun by June or July 2023.
1) Gaganyaan 1
2) Shukrayaan-1
3) Aditya-L1
4) Pragyan-L1
5) Parker Solar Probe-1
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) Aditya-L1
Explanation:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the Aditya-L1 mission, 1st Indian space mission to observe the Sun and the solar corona, to the L1 orbit (which is the first Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system) by June or July 2023 since the launch window for the mission would close by August 2023.
• L1 orbit allows Aditya-L1 to look at the Sun continuously.
i. The Aditya-1 Mission, originally known as Aditya-L1, was initially meant to put into an 800-kilometre (km) low-Earth orbit (LEO) as a 400-kg class satellite but it was later decided that the satellite would be launched into a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system’s first Lagrangian Point (L1).
- Name the company that has been recently (in Jan ‘23) named as the title sponsor of the 1st ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race, which will take place in Hyderabad, Telangana, in February 2023.
1) Greenko Group
2) Suzlon Energy Limited
3) Azure Power Global Limited
4) Adani Group
5) Tata Power Solar Systems Limited
Answer & Explanation
Answer-1) Greenko Group
Explanation:
Greenko Group, a dispatchable renewables company, has been named the title sponsor of the 1st ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race which will be held in India. The Formula E 2023 will be held in Hyderabad, Telangana, on 11th February 2023.
• Greenko will use renewable energy to power the entire 2023 Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix event, making it the world’s first Net Zero event of this scale.
i. Greenko’s core, a lifestyle brand, was named as the new title sponsor of the Formula E 2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia, which was held within the town walls of the UNESCO World Heritage site on 27th and 28th January 2023.
- When was the 17th edition of Data Protection Day observed across the globe?
1) 29th January 2023
2) 27th January 2023
3) 25th January 2023
4) 28th January 2023
5) 26th January 2023
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) 28th January 2023
Explanation:
The 17th edition of Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day was observed across the globe on 28th January 2023. It is an international initiative to raise awareness about the significance of protecting Data Privacy Day 2023, promoting trust, and respecting privacy.
i. The day commemorates the anniversary of the opening for signature of Convention 108, the global data protection Convention, on 28th January 1981.
ii. The title of Convention 108 is “Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to the automatic processing of personal data”.
• The Committee of Convention 108 established the Stefano Rodotà Award to recognise innovative and original academic research projects in the field of data protection. Click here for the winners of the Stefano Rodotà Award 2023.
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