DAILY GK 27-29 APRIL
1. RBI GRANTED NBFC LICENCE TO NEOBANKING JUPITER
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
granted a non-banking financial company
(NBFC) licence to the Neobanking
platform Jupiter enabling the latter to scale up its lending business.
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RBI has cancelled the banking licence of
the Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd,
Adoor, Kerala (initiated on January 3, 1987) to carry on banking business in India under
Section 22 read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act,1949 with effect
from the close of business on April 24, 2023.
2. IAA’S MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
2023
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Indo-Australian
Association (IAA) conferred the Meritorious Service Award
2023 to His Excellency Nawab Mohammad
Abdul Ali, the current and eighth titular Prince of Arcot, at Amir Mahal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
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The award is given in recognition of
Nawab’s long-standing efforts to uphold communal peace, harmony, and
international relations between the 2 countries (Indo-Australia).
3. NEW CEO OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ARC
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Hari
Hara Mishra takes charge as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the Association of
Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARC)s.
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Association of ARCs, a Non-government, a Non-profit organization,
Indian ARC Association (“IAA”) is
voice of all ARCs in India is a Representative Body of 28 ARCs registered with
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and it has been active for more than eight years.
4. NASSCOM CHAIRPERSON
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The
National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)
appointed Anant Maheshwari, who is
the President of Microsoft India, as
its Chairperson for the year 2023-24.
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Rajesh
Nambiar, chairman and Managing Director, is appointed Cognizant
India as its Vice Chairperson
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NASSCOM is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group, focused
mainly on the technology industry of India.
5. PARKASH SINGH BADAL PASSED AWAY
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Five-time Punjab Chief Minister (CM) and
veteran Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader
Parkash Singh Badal passed away at the age of 95 in Mohali, Punjab.
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He was born on 8th December 1927 at Abul Khurana, near Malout in Punjab.
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Parkash Singh Badal started his
political career in 1947, he was elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 1957 for the
first time from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a Sikh-centered regional
political party, in Punjab.
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Parkash Singh Badal held the CM post for
five terms: Between 1970 and 1971; from 1977-1980; from 1997-2002; from
2007-2012 and from 2012-2017.
6. WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY
2023 – APRIL 26
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World Intellectual Property Day (World
IP Day) is annually observed across the globe on 26th April to recongise the
importance of intellectual property (IP) rights such as, patents, trademarks,
industrial designs, copyright, in encouraging innovation and creativity.
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The
theme of World Intellectual Property Day 2023, is “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and
Creativity”.
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World Intellectual Property
Organization(WIPO) Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
7. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES POLICY
2023
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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi approved the National Medical Devices Policy, 2023,
which is expected to help the Medical Devices sector expand to USD 50 billion(~Rs 4 lakh crore) by 2030.
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved the establishment of 157 new nursing colleges in
co-location with existing medical colleges established since 2014.
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Uttar Pradesh (UP) will have the maximum
number of colleges (27), while Rajasthan will have 23 and Madhya Pradesh, 14.
8. NITI AAYOG REPORT “PROMOTING
MILLETS IN DIETS
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NITI Aayog (National Institution For Transforming India) released a report
titled “Promoting Millets in Diets: Best
Practices across States/UTs of India” which presents a collection of good
and innovative practices adopted by state governments and organisations in
various aspects of the millet value chain.
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Suman K. Bery Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog unveiled the report in the
presence of Member (Health) Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Agriculture) Dr. Ramesh
Chand and B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, Chief
Executive Office(CEO) of NITI Aayog.
9. NAVRATNA STATUS TO RAIL VIKAS NIGAM
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Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,
Ministry of Finance (MoF), approved the upgradation of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
(RVNL) to a Navratna Central Public
Sector Enterprise (CPSE) from a Category-I MiniRatna CPSE.
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According to the Department of Public
Enterprises (DPE), RVNL, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of
Railways (MoR), has become the 13th
Navratna amongst CPSEs.
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Since RVNL has been promoted to the
‘Navratna’ category of CPSE, it will have more autonomy in terms of investment,
setting up joint ventures, and other financial decisions.
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India has 12 Maharatna, 13 Navratna,
and 74 Miniratna CPSEs.
10. WORLD’S 1ST ‘NANO DAP’ DEVELOPED BY
IFFCO
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“IFFCO Nano DAP(liquid)”, the world’s first liquid Nano DAP(Diammonium
phosphate), developed by Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited
(IFFCO) launched at Delhi
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The launch of Nano DAP is a second
initiative of IFFCO, i.e. in 2021, IFFCO introduced World’s First ‘Nano Urea’.
11. INDIA SIGNS NEW WORK PLAN 2023 ON
QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE
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India and Germany signed the new Work Plan for 2023 during the
9th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working
Group on Quality Infrastructure (QI) in Berlin, Germany.
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The Work Plan 2023 is structured along
the key elements of QI, including standardisation, accreditation, conformity
assessment, legal metrology, product safety and market surveillance.
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Germany
Capital– Berlin
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Currency–
Euro
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President–
Frank-Walter Steinmeiera
12. WB’S WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2023
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According to the World Bank’s (WB)
annual report ‘World Development Report
2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies’, there are 184 million people (i.e. 2.3 % of the world’s population) are migrants
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Out of the 184 million migrant people,
37 million are refugees, a number that has tripled over the last decade.
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Spain, with a population of 47 million,
is projected to reduce by more than one-third by 2100, with those above age 65
increasing from 20% to 39% of the population.
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As the population of Countries like
Mexico, Thailand, Tunisia and Türkiye are not growing they may soon need more
foreign workers.
13. WORLD’S 1ST SOCIAL CURRENCY PAYMENT
CARD
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WYLD,
the world’s 1st Social Currency Payment Card, was launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and was powered by San Francisco (California, USA)-based VISA Inc.,
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The app lets anyone who has over 1000
Instagram followers and a “WYLD Score” of over 100 can apply for the WYLD
payment card via the app.
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WYLD enables users to profitably use
their social media following and gets rewarded with up to 100% cashback on
brand purchases.
14. HUDCO AWARDS 2022-23
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Housing and Urban Development
Corporation Limited (HUDCO), the HUDCO Awards of 2022-2023 were announced in
New Delhi, Delhi.
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The
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Uttar Pradesh has been
awarded the HUDCO Award (2022-2023) for Best Practices to Improve the Living
Environment 2022-23 category for
Sanitation.
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Jammu
and Kashmir (J&K) Bank was conferred with the award for
its outstanding contribution towards the housing
sector of the country under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) – Credit
Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) through various innovative initiatives.
15. DALAI LAMA GETS THE 1959 RAMON
MAGSAYSAY AWARD IN PERSON
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The 1959
Ramon Magsaysay Award was presented to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in person after 64 years in
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, by Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation president
Susanna B Afan and foundation trustee Emily A Abrera.
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The Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called
the “Nobel Prize of Asia”, is an
annual award established to preserve former Philippine seventh President Ramon
Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the
people, and practical idealism within a democratic society.
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In 1989 Dalai Lama received the Nobel
Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts towards the liberation of Tibet and
the efforts taken by him for a peaceful resolution instead of using violence as
a key
16. RAJBHASHA SAMMAN
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RINL
(RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited), also known as Vizag Steel, bagged the Ministry of
Steel’s “Ispat Rajbhasha Samman” First
Prize for the year 2021-22.
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MoS also released RINL’s March issue of
Hindi In-house Magazine “RashtriyaIspat
Sugandh”.
17. REVAMPED CGTMSE SCHEME LAUNCHED
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The Union Minister Narayan Tatu Rane,
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (M/o MSME) launched the
revamped Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for
Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) Scheme in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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This launch was on the lines of an additional corpus support of Rs 9,000 crore
in the Union Budget for FY 2023-24 to CGTMSE to revamp its Scheme to
provide guarantee for additional Rs 2 lakh crore to MSEs.
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Reduction
in guarantee fees for loans upto Rs 1 crore by 50% bringing the minimum guarantee
fee to the level of 0.37% pa only.
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Raising
of ceiling for guarantee from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore
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Enhancing
the threshold limit for claim settlement without initiation of
legal action to Rs 10 lakh.
18. RBI REMOVES RESTRICTIONS ON
INDIVIDUALS FROM OPENING INTEREST-EARNING FCAS IN IFSCS
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed
restrictions on resident individuals from opening interest-earning Foreign Currency Accounts (FCA) in
International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) for making investments
under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS).
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RBI
also removed the condition of repatriating any funds lying
idle in the FCA account for up to 15
days.
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RBI
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
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Deputy
Governors – Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata
Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar
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Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Establishment – 1st April 1935
19. ITC IS INDIA’S 6TH LARGEST COMPANY
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ITC Limited has overtaken Infosys
Limited, an Indian multinational information technology company, to become
India’s 6th largest company, as per
market capitalization(m-cap).
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ITC’s market cap stands at Rs 5.11 lakh crore (as of April 24,
2023) while the market cap of Infosys (7th place) stands at Rs 5.08 lakh crore.
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is
India’s largest company with a market cap of ~Rs 16.07 lakh crore followed by
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with ~Rs 11.62 lakh crore and HDFC Bank with
~Rs 9.28 lakh crore.
20. 68TH FILMFARE AWARDS
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68th edition of the Hyundai Filmfare
Awards (Filmfare Awards 2023) took place at the Jio World Conventional Centre
in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Best Film-Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Best Film (Critics’) -Badhaai Do
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Best Actor (Male) -Rajkummar Rao for
Badhaai Do
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Best Actor (Female)-Alia Bhatt for
Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
for Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Veteran Bollywood actor Prem Chopra received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
21. GREEN WORLD AWARD 2023
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The Green Organization, London, United
Kingdom (UK), presented the Green World Awards 2023, at Miami International
Airport in the United States of America (USA).
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Vedanta
Limited has been conferred Global Gold Award in the Environmental Policy & Management
category
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POWERGRID,
a Maharatna Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) of the Ministry of Power
(MoP), has been conferred Global Gold Award in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) category.
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The
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) won Global Silver
Award in the Environmental Policy
category of the Green World Awards 2023.
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Grupo
Ambipar of Brazil has been named the Green World Champion of Champions 2023 for their project
Sustainable Biocapsules-Transforming Waste into trees.
