Banking related News - 15/09/2021

Banking related News

1) RBI and Singapore monetary authority link payments system for fast funds transfer and make cross border transaction easier. 

2) Wholesale inflation rises to 11.39% in auguest and consumer price index slipped to 5.3%. 

3) Banks gross NPAs may cross Rs. 10 Lakh cr by March 2022 says Assocham- CRISIL study. 

4) PNB to sell its entire stake 23% in Canara HSBC OBC life Insurance (CHOICE). 

GK Quest

1) Tapovan and vishnugarh hydroelectric power located in _____? 

2) Namchik Namphuk coalfield located in ____? 

3) Dal hasti power station is located in banks of river ____? 

4) Tehri hydropower complex located in ____ River? 

5) lake sambharis is located in state ___? 

Answer

1) Uttrakhand

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Chenab

4) Bhagirathi

5) Rajasthan

Current Affairs 26.08.2021

Deputy chairmen of NITI Aayog - Rajiv Kumar

Chief executive officer of NUTI Aayog - Amitabh Kant

Health Secretary - Rajesh Bhushan

Finance Minister - Nirmala Sitharanan

Secretary of Finance - Debasish Panda

Revenue Secretary - Tarun Bajaj

Commerce and Industry Minster, Consumer Affairs and public distribution - Piyush Goyal

Heavy industries Minister - Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Information and Broadcast, Sports Minister - Anurag Singh Thakur

Power Minister - RK Singh

NMDC CMD - Sumit Deb

Mos for Steel and rural development - Faggan Singh Kulaste

Labour and employment minister - Bhupender Yadav

Knowledge Quest

1) What is Mixed Farming? 

Cultivation of crops and Rearing of animals together. 

2) Majuli island is located in which state? 

Assam

3) Agaliga island is located in? 

Indian Ocean, Mauritius 🇲🇺

4) Pensilungpa Glacier Is located in ___? 

Ladakh

5) Which state recently become the first state to recognise Community forest resource rights in urban areas? 

Chhattisgarh

Current Affairs 25.07.2021

1) UNESCO declares Rudreswara Temple (Ramappa Temple) in Palampet, Mulugu District, Warangal as India's 39th World Heritage Site