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"Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man."
- Swami Vivekananda
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COVID-19: Race For Vaccine- Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and
birds. In humans, these viruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal.
Agricultural Threats: Locust- In mid-June, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a threat
level warning to countries across East Africa and southwest Asia: Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are swarming.
Neighbors and Territorial Claims- China has doubled down on its territorial claim on a nature preserve in Bhutan,
a move seen by some as a thinly veiled message over its border disputes with India.
The Future of Learning- The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed online learning modules in
various languages keeping in mind the social distancing in view of COVID-19.
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SpaceX announced that its Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched 58 more satellites for
the Starlink constellation.
SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 5
CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner
ONE Liner
PERSONS IN NEWS
## Padma Vibhushan award winning artist, architect,
sculptor and writer Satish Gujral passed away, he was
AWARDS
## Sunil Gurbaxani has appointed as managing director
and CEO of which bank for a period of three years?
awarded by Padma Vibhushan in which year? - Feature Photography
- 1999 ## Recently who has won the 7th Dr. MS Swaminathan
## Recently who has become the brand ambassador of Award for the period 2017-2019?
IDFC FIRST Bank? - Amitabh Bachchan - V Praveen Rao
## Recently who has been appointed as Chairman and ## Recently who has become the first Indian to win Fed
Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation? Cup Heart Award 2020 for Asia/Oceania zone?
- Ravinder Singh Dhillon - Sania Mirza
## A. Ajay Kumar appointed as the next High ## Recently who has been awarded by the Alexander
Commissioner of India to which country? Dalrymple Award 2019? - Vinay Badhwar
- Uganda ## Recently who has been honoured with the Young
## Former India footballer Abdul Latif has passed away Career Award in Nano Science & Technology for the
recently, he worked as a key member of the trophy- year 2020? - Saurabh Lodha
winning team in which year, at Asian Games? ## Recently who has won the ' The Hindu Prize 2019 ' in
- 1970 Non Fiction? - Santanu Das
## Former world champion Roger Mayweather passed ## Who is the winner of the 2020 PEN/Hemingway
away recently, he was related to which country? Award for Debut Novel, “A Prayer for Travelers”?
- USA - Ruchika Tomar
## Ho Sung Song was appointed as the President of which ## Who will be conferred with Swami Vivekananda
of the company recently? - Kia Motors Karmayogi Award, for his efforts in creating a man-made
## Javier Perez de Cuellar has passed away recently, he forest through reforestation? - Jadav Payeng
worked as Former Secretary General of-
- United Nation SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES
## Recently Carmen Reinhart has been appointed as its ## Recently which state government has launched a new
new Vice President and Chief Economist of which scheme called “Dhanwantari” for home delivery of
organisation? - World Bank medicines? - Assam
## Recently National Anti-Doping Agency lifted the one- ## Government’s pan-India Agriculture trading portal
year ban imposed on which Indian boxer? e-NAM has completed how many years of implementation
- Sumit Sangwan on April 14, 2020? - Four
## Recently who has assumed additional charge as Chairman ## Recently ‘Jagananna Vasthi Deevena’ scheme has been
and Managing Director of Metals and Minerals Trading launched by which state? - Andhra Pradesh
Corporation Ltd? - Sudhanshu Pandey
## Recently “Atal Pension Yojana” has completed 5 years
## Recently who has become the third Woman Lieutenant of its implementation on which date?
General of India? - Madhuri Kanitkar - 9th May
## Recently who has been appointed as chairman and ## Recently the central government has launched a
managing director of Housing and Urban Development scheme for complete solarization of the temple?
Corporation (HUDCO)? - Shiv Das Meena - Konark Sun Temple
6 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 A new spider species has been named after Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.
One Liner
## Recently which state government has “Mukhya Mantri State/UT topped the highest Internet penetration rate
Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna”, guaranteeing at among all states of India? - Delhi
least 120 days of employment to people living in urban ## After successfully tested which nuclear missile, every
areas? - Himachal Pradesh year National Technology Day is celebrated on 11 May
## Recently which state government has begun the third across India? - Shakti-I
phase of its ‘Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan’ ## Arunachal Pradesh has celebrated its 34th Statehood
scheme? - Gujarat Day on 20th February, who is the governor of
## Recently which state government has introduced Arunachal Pradesh? - B.D. Mishra
two schemes- CMAST and CMAT- to benefit the ## Border Roads Organisation has constructed 430 feet
sportspersons and artists in the state? long bailey “Daporijo bridge” over which river in
- Manipur Arunachal Pradesh’? - Subansiri River
## Recently which State Government has launched ‘Matir ## Government of India has declared National Chambal
Smristi’ scheme to utilise 50,000 acres of barren land Sanctuary as Eco-Sensitive Zone recently, it is situated
in 6 districts? - West Bengal in which state? - Madhya Pradesh
## Recently which State Government has launched ## How much financial package was announced by Prime
Annapurna, Supply Mitra portals for citizens’ food Minister Narendra Modi on 12th May to deal with the
needs? - Uttar Pradesh coronavirus pandemic? - Rs 20 lakh crore
## Recently which state government has launched the ## In which city the Antar Rashtriya Yog Mahotsav was
“Jivan Shakti Yojana” for women? inaugurated? - Rishikesh
- Madhya Pradesh
## In which city the Joint Ministerial Commission
## Recently which state government has launched the between India and Australia was held recently?
'Jagananna Vidya Deevena' scheme, in order to provide - New Delhi
100 percent fee reimbursement to all students across
## Indian Navy has installed Quarantine Facility in which
the state? - Andhra Pradesh
city recently? - Visakhapatnam
NATIONAL & STATE ## Indian Railways has launched its first “Restaurant
on Wheels” at the circulating area of which railway
## Recently which State Government has launched ‘COVAAS’, station recently? - Asansol, West Bengal
a mobile application to address all the COVID-19 related ## Indian Railways South Central Railways (SCR) zone
issues? - Assam has become the 1st zonal railway in the country to
## Recently which state government has launched “Charan have functional “energy neutral” railway stations on
Paduka” campaign for the migrant labourers moving the network, where is the headquarter of South Central
through the state? - Madhya Pradesh Railways located? - Secunderabad
## Which of the National Park has become India's first ## Maharashtra Cabinet approved the proposal to rename
National Park to quarantine facility for animals? Mumbai Central Station to the name of-
- Jim Corbett National - Nana Shankarseth
Park ## Recently Geographical Indications Registry has given
## Indian Air Force has signed an MoU with which the Geographical Indication tag to saffron of which
university to establish a "Chair of Excellence"? region? - Kashmir
- Savitribai Phule ## Recently how much amount was announced by Finance
University Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for Animal Husbandry
## Namaste Orchha festival is celebrated in which state? Infrastructure Development Fund?
- Madhya Pradesh - `15,000 crore
## Under which Act Government of India has declared ## Recently how much fund was released by NABARD
hand sanitizers and masks are essential commodities? for Kharif and pre-monsoon operations?
- Essential Commodities - Rs 20,500 crores
Act 1955 ## Recently the government has announced how much amount
## According to a study by the Internet and Mobile to support micro food enterprises under Aatmanirbhar
Association of India titled 'Digital in India', which Bharat economic package? - Rs 10,000 crore
Automobile major Tata Motors said that JT Special Vehicles (JTSV) will become a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the company.
CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AWARENESS
## Hyderabad-based Indian Immunological Limited ## Recently SIDBI has offered how much amount as
has partnered with Griffith University to develop the emergency working capital to the Micro, Small and
COVID-19 vaccine, Griffith University is situated in Medium Enterprises manufacturing essential items?
which country? - Australia - Rs 1 Crore
## Recently Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development ## Recently, how much amount of loan was sanctioned by
Federation of India has collaborated with which New Development Bank to India to fight COVID-19?
organization for developing a digital communication - USD 1 Billion
strategy for promoting a digital campaign for Self ## Vineet Arora was appointed as the new managing director
Help Groups? - UNICEF and chief executive officer of which of the Insurance
## India will construct three school buildings in which Company recently? - Paytm General
country as per the MoU signed on March 16, 2020? Insurance
- Nepal ## Recently which payment bank has partnered with Visa
## 7th World Cities Summit will be held in which country to issue Visa debit cards? - Paytm Payments Bank
in July 2020? - Singapore ## Economist Intelligence Unit released the Inclusive
## According to the report of World Health Organization Internet Index, what is India’s rank in Inclusive
what is the rank of India at Child Flourishing Index Internet Index 2020? - 46th
2020? - 131st ## How much amount has been sanctioned by Asian
## According to the report of World Population Review, Development Bank to India to help in the fight against
what is the rank of India in the ‘Largest Economy of the coronavirus epidemic? - $1.5 billion
the World’ list? - Fifth ## How much amount was approved by World Bank to
## Dwight D Eisenhower was the first President of the USA coastal resources of India recently?
who visited India, what is the number of President Donald - $400 Million
Trump to visit India? - 6th ## How much fund was announced by the world’s largest
## How many agreements were exchanged between India streaming media service, Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) the
and Myanmar during the visit of Myanmar President U formation of fund for film and TV workers?
Win Myint? - 10 - $100 million
## How much Fund was allocated South Asian ## India has ranked 120th in Economic Freedom Index
Association for Regional Cooperation Development 2020, which country has topped?
for COVID-19 related projects in its member states? - Singapore
- $5 million ## Recently Birupaksha Mishra has taken charge as the
## In which city the 19th edition of the World Productivity Executive Director of which of the Bank?
Congress will be held? - Bengaluru - Union Bank of India
## Recently how much amount was announced by Asian
## In which country the 9th Defence and Security Expert
Development Bank to invest in National Investment
Working Group meeting of Shanghai Cooperation
and Infrastructure Fund? - 100 million USD
Organisation was held? - Pakistan
## Recently how much amount was announced by the
## Mohammed Hosni Mubarak passed away recently,
Reserve Bank of India to the special liquidity facility
He had served as the President of which among the
for mutual funds? - Rs 50,000 crores
following Country? - Egypt
## Recently how much amount was approved by World
## Recently Global Humanitarian Response Plan was Bank to India to accelerate COVID-19 social protection
launched by which organisation to fight against response programme? - $1 billion
COVID-19? - United Nations
## Recently how much loan has been approved by Asian
## Recently how much amount has been announced by China Infrastructure Investment Bank to support India's
to provide over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic?
at WHO assembly? - USD 2 billion - USD 500 million
## Recently which country has become the world's first ## Recently Sumant Kathpalia has taken charge as CEO
Dark Sky country? - Niue & MD of which bank? - IndusInd Bank
Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Bihar
8 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020
Khadi by the state government.
One Liner
SPORTS ## Recently which country has developed ‘iFeel-You’ bracelet
for social distancing? - Italy
## Tony Lewis, one of the men behind the Duckworth- ## Recently which country has successfully launched
Lewis-Stern method has passed away recently, this its first-ever military satellite named “Noor” into the
method was approved by the ICC in which year? orbit? - Iran
- 1999 ## Recently which IIT has developed a digital stethoscope
## 2021 Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in called “AyuSynk” to check patients who are infected
which country? - India with COVID-19? - IIT-Bombay
## Bhawna Jat qualified for the 2020 Olympics, she is ## Recently which IIT has Developed Low-Cost Portable
related to which sports? - Athletics Ventilator? - IIT Kanpur
## Former Test spinner Stephen O'Keefe has retired from ## Recently which IIT has developed Mobile App Named
first class cricket after being omitted from New South ' CORONTINE '? - IIT Bombay
Wales' list, he is related to which country? ## Recently which Institute has developed a mobile app
- Australia named ‘WashKaro’ to warn about COVID-19?
## Former World Snooker Champion Peter Ebdon has - IIIT Delhi
announced his retirement from professional snooker, he is
related to which country? - England MISCELLANEOUS
## P K Banerjee has passed away recently, he was what? ## A Book titled Shuttling to the Top “The Story of P.V.
- Footballer Sindhu” was released recently, who is the author of
## Recently Cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been banned for this book? - V. Krishnaswamy
4 years by the International Cycling Union, he is related ## The theme of World Hemophilia Day 2020 is Get +
to which Country? - France Involved, it is observed every year on which date?
## Recently the Badminton World Champions 2020 has been - 17th April
postponed to November 2021, it has been scheduled to be ## ‘World Heritage Day’ is celebrated every year on
held in which country? - Spain which date? - 18th April
## Recently which batsman has won the Sir Richard ## An Extraordinary Life is a biography of which
Hadlee Medal as New Zealand's cricket player of the Personality, which is co-authored by veteran journalists
year? - Ross Taylor Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar?
## Recently which Pakistani women skipper has - Manohar Parrikar
announced retirement from international cricket? ## Every year International Nurse Day is observed at the
- Sana Mir birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale on which
## Recently which team has won the Ranji Trophy title? date? - 12th May
- Saurashtra ## Every year World Water Day is celebrated on March
22, what is the theme of World Water Day 2020?
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Water and Climate
## In order to boost immunity during the pandemic, Change
Spirulina groundnut Chikki has been developed by the ## Recently the book titled “The Death of Jesus” was
Central Food Technological Research Institute, where released, who is the author of this book?
is the Central Food Technological Research Institute - J M Coetzee
situated? - Mysore, Karnataka ## Recently which Institute has developed first indigenous
## In which city ‘Portable Multi-feed Oxygen Manifold has Elisa test kit for Covid-19? - National Institute of
been designed recently? - Visakhapatnam Virology
## In which city the International Conference on Nano- ## Recently who has released a comic book titled “The
Science and Nano Technology was held? Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat’?
- Kolkata - Naveen Patnaik
## Recently Indian Herpetologists have discovered new ## The theme of World Autism Awareness Day ‘2020’ is
species of viper family at which Tiger Reserve? the Transition of Adulthood, is it celebrated every year
- Pakke Tiger Reserve on which date? - 2nd April
Veteran journalists and freedom fighter Dinu Randive passed away in Mumbai. He was 95
year-old.
SPOTLIGHT ALL THAT MATTERS
ABBREVIATIONS IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES
EFTPOS : Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale September 05 Teacher's Day
DTAA : Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement September 08 International Literacy Day
ICRA : Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency September 14 Hindi Day
VPA : Virtual Payment Address September 15 Engineers Day
DSCR : Debt Service Coverage Ratio September 16 World Ozone Day
KVIC : Khadi and Village Industries Corporation September 21 World Alzheimer's Day
IMT : Instant Money Transfer September 27 World Tourism Day
DRAT : Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal September 29 World Heart Day
ECONOMIC GLOSSARY BOOKS & AUTHORS

Economic Glossary
01
Quest for Restoring
Moratorium Financial Stability in
Moratorium period refers to a time India
during which a borrower do not have :- Viral V. Acharya

to pay an EMI on the loan taken.
This is also known as EMI holiday.
02
Getting Competitive: A
Moratorium is provided to a borrower
Practitioner’s Guide for
as a relief during temporary financial India
difficulties.
:- R C Bhargava
The Reserve Bank of India has extended
the moratorium on term loan EMIs till
03
August 31, 2020.
Klara and the Sun
This extension of the three-month EMI
moratorium on repayment of term
:- Kazuo Ishiguro
loans means that a borrowers will not
have to pay their loan EMI instalments
till August 31, 2020.
Under the normal circumstances, if loan
Overdraft: Saving the
Indian Saver 04
repayment is deferred, the borrower's
:- Urjit Patel
credit history and risk classification
of the loan can be adversely affected.
However, in case of this moratorium,
the borrower's credit rating will not 05 The Dry Fasting Miracle:
From Deprive to Thrive
be impacted in any way, should he/she
opt for it. :- Luke Coutinho
10 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 Former Goa minister Achyut Kashinath Sinai Usgaonkar died. He was 92..
APPOINTMENTS THE PEOPLE
Shri. T Rabi Sankar as the company said in a statement.
Reuters reported the move earlier,
Chairman and Dr N Rajendran as citing sources. Two people with
the CEO of IFTAS knowledge of the matter said the
I FTAS (Indian
Financial Technology
& Allied Services),
reshuffle is due to the e-commerce
firm’s middling performance.
Lazada has struggled to fend
a wholly-owned off rivals like the Singapore-
subsidiary of Reserve headquartered SEA’s e-commerce
Bank of India announces arm Shopee, which is backed by
the appointments of Alibaba rival Tencent, for control of
Shri. T Rabi Sankar the fast-growing market of 650 million consumers. The firm said
as the Chairman and Dr N Rajendran as the CEO of the Li would work to improve “Lazada’s competitive advantage
organization. through data technology application and business localisation,”
Shri. T Rabi Sankar, currently serving as Executive Director, and Lazada had seen “healthy growth” under Poignant. Lazada
Reserve Bank of India for Payment Systems, Information said it had over 70 million users in the year to the end of March.
Technology, Risk Management, and Fintech has taken over Poignant had himself replaced Lucy Peng, an Alibaba co-
concurrent charge, ex officio, as the Chairman of IFTAS. founder, who stepped down as CEO after nine months in
Shri Sankar, who has an M.Phil. (Economics) degree, has 2018 although she remains executive chairwoman. Lazada
long experience across a wide spectrum of central banking said Poignant will now become special assistant to Alibaba
functions, particularly, exchange rate management, reserves Group Chairman and CEO Daniel Zheng. Alibaba has
portfolio management, public debt management, monetary long had struggles with managing Lazada,
operations, development, regulation and surveillance of a company it owns 90% of after investing
financial markets and of payment systems, and managing $3 billion since 2016, with employees
the Bank's IT infrastructure. Dr N Rajendran, who has highlighting a long-running culture clash
joined IFTAS as the Chief Executive Officer, is a leading with management from China.
expert in the field of Payments and Banking Systems and
holds a Ph.D. in computer science.
Micheal Martin
With an outstanding track record in strategizing, people and
technology management, cybersecurity, administration,
T he 59-year-old Cork native
was elected at a special
meeting of the Irish parliament
thought leadership, and project and business execution,
in Dublin. He has been the leader
Dr Rajendran has consistently excelled and succeeded in
of the Fianna Fáil party since
delivering at multiple technical leadership positions for
2011. He will lead a three-party
over 20 years of his industry presence and experience.
coalition consisting of Fianna
IFTAS (Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services) Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green
Headquartered in Mumbai, is a wholly Party. Mr Martin said that to
owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank be elected to serve as taoiseach
of India, mandated to design, deploy & was "one of the greatest honours
support IT-related services to the Reserve which anyone can receive". Speaking to the Dáil (Irish
Bank of India, and all Banks and Financial lower house) as taoiseach for the first time, Mr Martin
Institutions in the country. said the focus would be on the social, economic, and
cultural recovery from the coronavirus. He said would
Chun Li would begin immediately on preparing an investment-
L azada, the Southeast Asian arm of Chinese e-commerce

firm Alibaba Group Holding, it would replace its chief
executive officer, as it battles for dominance in the fast-
led jobs and recovery initiative. These proposals would
be brought before the Dáil. It is the first time in history
that former Civil War rivals Fianna Fáil
growing market. Lazada Group Chief Executive Officer and Fine Gael have governed together.
and co-founder Pierre Poignant will be replaced by Chun Mr Martin is expected to lead the country
Li, a former Alibaba executive, who is currently Lazada until December 2022 before handing back
co-president and head of its Indonesia operations, the over to Leo Varadkar, the Fine Gael leader.
Maha Vir Chakra awardee Lt Col (retd) Raj Mohan Vohra has died due to COVID-1 He
was 88.
THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS
Ramnath Krishnan Kalyan Jewellers said, “with an aim to continue expanding
the company’s footprint to cater to newer audiences, we
I CRA has announced the
appointment of Ramnath
Krishnan as President of Ratings.
are confident that our enhanced team will take us to newer
horizons and achieve bigger milestones, leveraging growth
opportunities despite the challenges in the new Covid-19 era.”
Krishnan will be responsible
for driving strategy for ICRA Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian jewellery showroom chain.
Limited, the Group’s rating From a single showroom, single city presence, Kalyan
business, continuing to strengthen Jewellers is present across all major cities in the country
ICRA’s analytical capabilities and and also has a presence in West Asia with over 8000
thought leadership, and managing employees worldwide. Kalyan Jewellers was founded by T.
client relationships. S. Kalyanaraman, who opened the first jewellery showroom
in 1993 in Thrissur, Kerala, India with an initial capital
Krishnan has displayed
of `7.5 million (US$110,000). Kalyan
tremendous leadership skills over his long career, holding
Jewellers is one of the largest jewellery
multiple senior roles in India and abroad, successfully
manufacturer distributors in India. The
managing large teams, and building businesses across
company also has strong roots in the
geographies. “I am excited about heading the rating
textile trading, distribution and wholesale
business of ICRA. More than ever, market participants look
business.
to ICRA to help assess and manage increasingly complex
risks to support their decision making. I look forward to JPMorgan Chase appoints three
providing thought leadership on traditional and emerging
new MDs
credit issues such as ESG, and guidance on providing best-
in-class ratings and research to the markets,” Krishnan said.
Krishnan has over 33 years of experience in banking and
G lobal
JPMorgan
investment
Chase
appointed three new managing
bank
has
finance. Krishnan joins ICRA from RBL Bank where he has
directors elevating existing
been Chief Risk Officer since 2018, prior to which he spent 23
executives. The appointment
years with HSBC, holding senior positions at HSBC Bank in
demonstrates the bank’s growing
corporate credit, wholesale, private and investment banking
focus on India presence.
in India and as Chief Risk Officer at HSBC Malaysia. ICRA
Limited (ICRA) is an Indian independent and professional They include India chief economist
investment information and credit rating Sajiid Chinoy, Madhur Agarwal
agency. It was established in 1991, and was – head of debt capital market and
originally named Investment Information Rajagopal Guhaprasath, who is
and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited overseeing the wholesale payments team. Chinoy is also a
(IICRA India). part- time member of the economic advisory council to the
prime minister. The bank implemented those promotions
Sanjay Raghuraman effective from July 1. In the last few years, Agarwal has helped
K alyan Jewellers appointed JPM retain its dominance as the leading debt capital market
Sanjay Raghuraman as its franchise. Guhaprasath has been instrumental in driving cash
first Chief Executive Officer. management and transaction banking for the bank in India.
Raghuraman also holds the JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment
position of Chief Operating bank and financial services holding company headquartered in
Officer of the jewellery chain. New York City. JPMorgan Chase is ranked by S&P Global
as the largest bank in the United States and the sixth largest
The company appointed Salil Nair bank in the world by total assets, with total assets of US$2.687
as Non-Executive Director and Anil trillion. JPMorgan Chase & Co. in India began in 1922, when
Nair was named as Independent a heritage firm took an ownership interest in a
Director. The company already merchant bank in Calcutta. Its global service
has 4 independent directors with banking and financial sector centers in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
expertise. With these two new appointments, the Kalyan support operations globally. It has operated in
Jewellers board will include both retail and marketing know- Asia Pacific since 1872, and today are present
how. T S Kalyanaraman, Chairman and Managing Director, across 17 markets in the region.
Veteran banker Pralay Mondal has resigned as executive director and head of retail banking at
Axis Bank.
APPOINTMENTS
Naveen Kumar Nerlaje Anil Cheriyan
M eat, meat-products, and

seafood brand Licious has
brought on board Naveen Nerlaje
C ognizant has
the former director of
hired
technology transformation of the

as its head of human resources, US government, Anil Cheriyan as
said a statement issued. His its new Executive Vice President
appointment is aimed at fortifying of Strategy and Technology.
the company’s efforts of building Cherian will also be part of the
a workplace that is diverse yet executive council. This is the
inclusive, agile yet rooted in first time that a technology head
strong values. will be reporting directly to the
Nerlaje comes with strong CEO of the technology services company. Cheriyan joined
experience in shaping organisational culture, nurturing Cognizant on August 3.
progressive employee relations, and talent and organisational In his previous stint he served as the US Presidential
development. He also brings a diverse industry experience Appointee in charge charge of Technology Transformation
by virtue of various stints he had with reputed companies Services where he was responsible for the technology
spread across automobile, FMCG and retail industries. transformation strategy, roadmap, and agenda across the US
Prior to joining Licious, he was associated with Tata Starbucks federal government. He oversaw a $100 billion technology
as its director of partner resources. He has also worked with budget, and worked closely with the White House, Agency
Hindustan Unilever for nearly 10 years, Nestle India, and leadership, and the Federal CIO.
Toyota India. He will be heading all functions under the
human resources umbrella and will be responsible towards Cheriyan will oversee the company’s Global IT, Global
shaping the people agenda to enable growth and scale up. Security, Strategy, Alliances, and Business Development
Currently in its fifth year of operations, Licious plans organizations and will report directly to chief executive
to induct top-notch talent and elevate key management Brian Humphries. As the company’s leader of Technology,
roles to aid the next phase of growth, while empowering he will be responsible for informing strategy, digitizing the
employees for newer growth prospects. business, and strengthening IT and Security capabilities
and resilience, according to Cognizant.
Licious is a meat and seafood company headquartered in
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The company operates on Cognizant is an American multinational corporation that
a farm-to-fork model, owning the entire provides IT services, including digital,
back-end supply chain and cold chain. It technology, consulting, and operations
operates across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, services. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New
Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Jersey, United States. Cognizant is part of the
Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Chandigarh. NASDAQ-100 and trades under CTSH.
AWARDS
German Book Trade for 2020 questions around social inequality in education and
healthcare.
Peace Prize
N
A statement by the foundation's jury, which bestowed the
obel Laureate
award on the 86-year-old economist acknowledged Sen's
Amartya Sen has
contribution to the idea of evaluating a country's wealth,
been awarded the Peace
not on economic growth alone, but also the number of
Prize of the German
development opportunities available to citizens across
Book Trade for his
various economic backgrounds. According to a statement
decades-long work
reads, "The association and its members have chosen to pay
around issues of global
tribute to a pioneering scholar, who has addressed issues of
justice. To be presented
global justice for decades and whose work to combat social
by the German Publishers
inequality in education and healthcare is as relevant today
and Booksellers Association, Börsenverein, the award will
as ever."
recognise the Indian economist's contribution in addressing
The MLA of Balasore Sadar constituency in Odisha and BJP leader Madan Mohan Dutta
died. He was 63.
THE PEOPLE AWARDS
The award ceremony is set to take place on 18 October, Central government
2020 in Frankfurt. Sen, who was born and raised in West and other applications
Bengal went on to receive his doctorate developed by the state
from Trinity College, Cambridge and was government, he said.
the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Memorial Mr Thakur said that all
Prize in Economic Sciences. Since 2004, 3,226 panchayats in the
he has been a professor of economics and state have been provided
philosophy at Harvard University. with internet facility, now
UN honours Kerala Health with the help of it, people
can access to various services online. He said that various
Minister services such as family register, registration of birth, death
K erala
Minister
Health
Shailaja, was among

KK
and marriages are registered online in the panchayats.
"The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been making
efforts to bring in transparency, efficiency and accountability
those honoured for in the functioning of gram panchayats through the use
tackling the COVID-19 of information and communication
pandemic when technology. The E-Panchayat Puraskar
the United Nations is conferred to those states which have
celebrated the Public ensured maximum use of information
Service Day. technology for monitoring the works of the
The function, held on a virtual platform, saw the panchayats,” he added.
participation of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
and other top UN dignitaries who applauded all the leaders, 2020 Commonwealth Short Story
including Shailaja, for effectively tackling COVID-19. Prize
Speaking on the occasion, KK Shailaja noted that the
experiences of tackling Nipah virus and the two floods –
2018 and 2019 – where the health sector played a crucial
K ritika Pandey’s
short story, The
Great Indian Tee and
role, all helped in tackling COVID-19 in a timely manner. Snakes has won the 2020
“Right from the time when COVID cases got reported in Commonwealth Short
Wuhan, Kerala got into the track of the WHO and followed Story Prize. The story
every standard operating protocols and international norms had been adjudged the
and hence, we have been able to keep the contact spread regional winner from
rate to below 12.5 percent and the mortality rate to 0.6 Asia.
percent.” KK Shailaja said. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded to
The moderator, Odette Ramsingh, reportedly hailed the unpublished short fiction in English, or stories that have
Kerala health minister for low mortality been translated from Bengali, Chinese, French, Greek,
rates in the state due to early intervention. Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil and Turkish.
Shailaja explained the three strategies Regional winners each receive £2,500 and the overall
adopted by the state to tackle the pandemic winner receives £5,000.
included, “Trace, Quarantine, Test, Isolate Pandey is 29 years old and a Pushcart-nominated writer
and Treat”, “Break the Chain” and “Reverse from Jharkhand. She holds an MFA from the University of
Quarantine.” Massachusetts, Amherst and is a recipient of a 2020 grant
from the Elizabeth George Foundation.
e-Panchayat Puraskar 2020
It is given by the Commonwealth Writers organisation, set
T he Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj department has
won a first prize under the E-Panchayat Puraskars-2020
to be given by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, state
up under the Commonwealth Foundation.
This year, regional finalists other than Pandey were
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said. Nigerian Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Africa), UK’s Reyah
Martin (Canada and Europe), Jamaican Brian S. Heap
The state has been selected for the award for effective (Caribbean), and Australian Andrea E. Macleod (Pacific).
implementation of the e-application developed by the
14 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 Pakistan's first television male broadcaster Tariq Aziz passed away. Aziz was 84..
AWARDS
She is the winner of the 2020 James W. at Khana organisation
Foley Memorial Award, the 2018 Harvey to test the feasibility
Swados Fiction Prize, the 2018 Cara and effectiveness of the
Parravani Memorial Award in Fiction "SMARTgirl Chatline,"
and a 2014 Charles Wallace India Trust which provides 24-hour
Scholarship for Creative Writing at the support via WhatsApp
University of Edinburgh. to female entertainment
workers who are at risk
CogX Innovation Awards 2020 or survivors of gender-
I n a leg-up to Union
government’s
e-governance initiatives
based violence, the statement said.
"Gender equality is a high priority for the World Bank
in Cambodia and it is a strong theme in our Country
at the time of pandemic Partnership Framework," said Inguna Dobraja, World Bank
comes the ‘Best country manager for Cambodia.
Innovation for Covid-19
- Society’ and ‘People’s "The project by Khana is an important effort to find ways
Choice Covid-19 Overall to keep female workers safe, especially those at the highest
Winner’ award for risk," she added.
‘MyGov Corona Helpdesk’ at the CogX 2020 in London. The Development Marketplace, jointly funded by the
This also comes at a time when the flagship Digital India World Bank and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative
programme celebrates its fifth anniversary. (SVRI), is an annual, global competition for researchers
AI-enabled ‘MyGov Corona Helpdesk’ a e-governance to find innovative solutions that can help individuals,
initiative under the Digital India programme looks to communities, and nations prevent and respond to gender-
provide timely updates to help citizens clear their queries based violence.
on Covid-19. The awards were won by the technical partner During the Covid-19 global pandemic,
of MyGov. violence against women and girls, in
MyGov is an e-platform promoted by the Union particular domestic violence, has intensified
government that facilitates two-way communication around the world due to confinement and
between the government and citizens. Following the lack of access to services, the statement
outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic the platform was floated said.
in collaboration with MyGov, Jio Haptik Technologies Mohun Bagan LifetimeAchievement
Limited and WhatsApp and an artificial intelligence-
enabled ‘MyGov Corona Helpdesk’ was developed in a Award
record five days.
Further the CogX is a global AI event held annually A shok Kumar, a
key member of
India's 1975 World
in London with over 15,000 participants in attendance
from the world of business, government, Cup-winning hockey
industry, and research. “After a rigorous team, will be conferred
evaluation, the Indian chatbot was chosen with the Lifetime
among hundreds of entries that made a Achievement Award
difference to society during the pandemic,” by city football club
the statement added. Mohun Bagan on the
occasion of its foundation day in a virtual ceremony in
Development Marketplace Award the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. "We will record
A research team from Khana Centre for Population the presentation of the award and also their individual
Health Research in Cambodia has won funding to messages which would be shared on our social media
implement a 24-hour platform for gender-based violence platforms," Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy
response and support for female entertainment workers Bose said in a statement.
in the country, said a World Bank's press statement. The Son of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, Kumar scored an
2020 Development Marketplace: Innovations to Address important goal in the gold medal match for India against
Gender-Based Violence award will enable the researchers Pakistan in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn, the Forces' Sweetheart whose songs helped raise morale in
World War II, has died aged 103.
THE PEOPLE AWARDS
Besides the 1975 gold, the 70-year-old Kumar had also won USIBC Global Leadership Awards are conferred upon
bronze (1971) and silver (1973) medals in World Cups, executives in recognition of outstanding leadership
besides a bronze medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics. and for promoting Indo-US trade and business,"
Mohun Bagan Day is celebrated every year on July 29 to Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC)
commemorate their IFA Shield triumph in 1911 when they said.
had won the tournament defeating East Yorkshire Regiment It added that this year, the prestigious annual award would
2-1, thus becoming the first Indian club to end the British be presented to Jim Taiclet, chief executive of Lockheed
stranglehold. The club's footballing rights were recently Martin and co-chair of the US-India CEO Forum, and
acquired by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group which holds a Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata group and
majority stake of 80 percent. The new entity co-chair of the US-India CEO Forum.
is called ATK Mohun Bagan FC. The earlier receivers of this award include Google CEO
This year's Mohun Bagan Ratna would Sundar Pichai, Google CEO Adena Friedman, Amazon
be presented to Gurbux Singh and Palash CEO Jeff Bezos, and Sun Pharmaceuticals Founder and
Nandi, the club stated in the release. Managing Director Dilip Shanghvi.
Global Leadership Award 2020 "I'm honoured to receive the USIBC's Global Leadership
Awards at a time when the Council's work to connect
T ata group Chairman
N Chandrasekaran
and Lockheed Martin
business with governments in the US and India has never
been more critical," said Taiclet.
CEO Jim Taiclet will Chandrasekaran said, "It is a great honour
receive the USIBC and privilege to receive the Global
Global Leadership Leadership Awards. My thanks to the
Award this year, USIBC for this award and their ongoing
business advocacy efforts to build a better future for the
group USIBC said. India-US partnership especially in these
"Every year, the challenging times."
OBITUARY
Bijay Mohanty and I Love My India. He also directed the movie Bhuli
Huena.
O dia actor Bijay Mohanty
has passed away. He was
70. Bijay Mohanty was an Indian
Bijay Mohanty was born in 1950 at Pandiri, Kendrapara. He
started acting in his school days while studying at M.K.C
film actor in Odia Cinema. He High School. After his graduation from BA, he joined the
won the National Film Awards. National School of Drama. He passed successfully from the
NSD with classmates like Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar,
In 1977, he started his career
Om Puri, etc. He acted in the theatres and stayed in Delhi
in the Oriya film industry with
up to 1975. After returning to Odisha, he devoted himself
the film Chilika Tire which won
to directing plays.
the National Award for that
year. Initially, he opted mostly Brahm Vasudeva
H
for negative roles. Naga Phasa,
awkins Cookers Chairman,
Samay Bada Balaban, Danda Balunga, Sahari Bagha,
Brahm Vasudeva has passed
Chaka Bhaunri, and Chaka Akhi Sabu Dekhuchi are some
away. He was appointed as
of his most notable films in this role.
Vice Chairman and Managing
He has acted almost all kinds of roles ranging from hero, Director on the board of the
villain, comedian, character roles, etc. In every field, he left company in 1968 and became
his incomparable mark. Other notable films include Arati the Wholetime Chairman and
(1981), Mamata Mage Mula (1985), Aei Aama Sansara Managing Director in 1984. He
(1986), Aama Ghara Aama Sansara (1991), Ki Heba Sua was the Non-Executive Chairman
Posile, Bhisma Pratigya (1993), Bhai Hela Bhagari (1994), and advisor to the company since
Suna Panjuri, Laxman Rekha, Rakhi Bhijigala Akhi Luhare 2006.
Noted Malayalam film director and scriptwriter K R Sachidanandan, died in Thrissur. He
was 48.
OBITUARY
Hawkins Cookers Limited is an Indian company, based in Jab We Met, and Sringaram (Tamil). She won Filmfare
Mumbai and manufactures pressure cookers and cookware. Awards for movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Guru,
The company has three manufacturing plants at Thane, Khalnayak and Chaalbaaz.
Hoshiarpur, and Jaunpur. It manufactures under brand Saroj Khan was a leading Indian dance choreographer in
names of Hawkins, Futura, Contura, Hevibase, Big Boy, Hindi cinema. She was born in Mumbai, India. She was
and Ventura. Hawkins is one of the largest pressure cooker best known for Dance Form Mujra and the first woman
manufacturers in India and exports its products to more choreographer in Bollywood. With a career spanning over
than 40 countries. forty years, she choreographed more than 3000 songs.
The company is traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange
under the symbol HWKN. It has raised funds through Lalji Tandon
"fixed deposits", a term for high-interest term deposits
issued by industrial companies rather than banks. M adhya Pradesh Governor
Lalji Tandon has passed
away at 85. He was elected to
Hawkins has sold over 72 million pressure cookers
worldwide, it makes 65 different models of pressure the 15th Lok Sabha from the
cookers in eight different types. All Hawkins pressure Lucknow constituency in 2009,
cookers are listed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., USA, and later appointed the Governor
an independent institution testing products for public of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
safety. Hawkins pressure cookers feature an inside-fitting Tandon was a member of the
lid, which cannot be opened until the steam pressure inside Uttar Pradesh State Legislature
the cooker falls to a safe level. Hawkins was listed as Council for two terms, and a
India's most trusted kitchen appliance brand by The Brand member of the Uttar Pradesh
Trust Report 2015. Legislative Assembly thrice. He has served as a Minister in
the State’s government.
Saroj Khan During his absence, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben
V eteran
choreographer,
Bollywood
Khan has passed away. She was

Saroj
Patel took the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh
Governor earlier this month. The Governor is appointed by
the President for a period of 5 years.
popularly known as Saroj Khan Lalji Tandon was an Indian politician who served as the
but her real name was Nirmala 22nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh and 28th Governor of
Nagpal. She joined the Indian film Bihar. On 20 July 2019, he was appointed as the Governor
industry as a child artiste, playing of Madhya Pradesh, replacing Anandiben Patel. He also
the younger Shyama in Nazarana. served as the Governor of Bihar between 23rd August 2018
She eventually became a to 28th July 2019.
background dancer in 1950s films
like Bimal Roy’s “Madhumati” He had also served as a Member of Parliament from 1996
under the guidance of dance director B. Sohanlal. until 2014 and as the Leader of the Opposition of the
Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from 2003 until
Career - Saroj Khan's first breaks as an independent 2007. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and
choreographer came with Geeta Mera Naam (1974). She a protégé of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
tasted fame with the song “Hawa Hawai” from Mr. India
(1987). Her collaboration with Sridevi on other projects Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India. Its capital is
like Chandni and Nagina further boosted her profile. Saroj Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur,
Khan’s other popular films include Darr, Baazigar, Mohra, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain being the other major cities. Madhya
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Pardes, Soldier, Taal, Veer- Pradesh is the second-largest state by area.
Zaara, Don, Saawariya, Lagaan, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Jyotsna Bhatt
Manikarnika among more. Her last film was Kalank (2019),
where she choreographed “Tabaah Ho Gaye”, picturized on
Madhuri. I ndia’s celebrated ceramic artist Jyotsna Bhatt passed
away in Vadodara. She was 80 years old.
Awards - In a career spanning four decades, Khan Born in 1940 in Mandvi, Kutch, Bhatt’s desire to learn art
choreographed nearly 2000 songs. The legendary artist took her to several places. After studying at Sir JJ School
was a recipient of three National Awards for films Devdas, of Art in Mumbai for a year, she enrolled to study sculpture
at MS University in Baroda in 1958 under the tutelage of
Concrete pipe manufacturing company Indian Hume Pipe has bagged an order worth Rs
234.91 crore from the Uttar Pradesh government.
THE PEOPLE OBITUARY
Sankho Chaudhuri. It is where In his career, Weekes played 48 test matches and made
she met her husband, artist Jyoti 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61 per innings. That included
Bhatt, and also discovered her a world-record five consecutive centuries in 1948 - scores
interest in ceramics. of 141 against England in Jamaica, was followed by scores
After studying a course in of 128, 194, 162, and 101 in India. In his next innings, he
ceramics at the Brooklyn Museum made 90 when he was run out.
Art School under Jolyon Hofstede His test career spanned between 1948 to 1958, where he
in the mid-1960s, she settled in played 48 Tests. He retired in 1958, after which he had
Baroda (now Vadodara), where served as a coach, administrator, and ICC match referee.
she was also a faculty member
at MS University from 1972, Major General (Retd) Lachhman
retiring as the head of the Department of Ceramics in 2002. Singh Lehal
While her works are in prominent collections world over,
in over five decades of her art practice, Bhatt experimented
with stoneware, terracotta, and the countless possibilities
M ajor General (Retd)
Lachhman Singh Lehal,
who was the commander of 20
that ceramics offered. Mountain Divisions of the Army,
She was a keen observer of crafts, she imbibed the who showed courage and valor
traditional, and the modern. For Jyotsna Bhatt, each during the Indo-Pak war in 1971,
exhibition she had was another journey. Her works were passed away. He was 97 years
like little souvenirs, earth songs that reflected so many old.
rhythms of the earth”. He was one of the finest military
Apart from ceramics, she also experimented with stoneware jawans in the country and one
and terracotta. In her ceramics, she used matte, and satin- of the surviving officers who
matte glazes as well as teal blue to moss green, and other participated in both the 1948 and 1971 wars. He was
clay colors. She frequently used alkaline clay, amorphous commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery in 1943.
moulds, and various minerals. Lachhman Singh Lehal participated in the Jhangar area of
Jammu and Kashmir as a captain in 1948 and commanded
Everton Weekes a division in the 1971 war. He has also been awarded the
W est Indies' former cricketer,

Everton Weekes has passed
away. He was born in Pickwick
Vir Chakra, the third highest gallantry award in India for
his role as an observer for 50 Para Brigade.
Lehal was given command of the 20 Mountain Division on
Gap, Barbados on February 26, 13 November 1970. "The famous battles fought in the 1971
1925. Everton Weekes made his campaign in" Hilly "and" Bogra "were decisive battles on
first-class debut at 19-year-old the Eastern Front."
and his Test debut in 1948 at 22.
The incident of Lehal surrendering to Pakistan's 16th
Weekes was honored with Knight Infantry Division tells the saga of the valor of the 20
of the Order of St Michael and St Mountain Division on the Eastern Front under his
George for his services to cricket leadership.
in 1995 & was inducted into
the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009. He is the last member of Lehal was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 20
the legendary Three Ws, the legendary trio of cricketing Mountain Division for two and a half years. Later, on 14
knights. Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell were the other March 1974, he moved to New Delhi as Deputy Quarter
members of “Three W's”. He was the 3rd oldest surviving Master.
men’s Test cricketer, after South African John Watkins, and He was born in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab and was
England’s Don Smith. admitted to the Indian Military Academy (IMA) as a
The legendary Weekes, who was hailed as one of the temporary commissioned officer. He joined the 1st Field
greatest batsmen in the 40s and 50s, had an illustrious Test Regiment on 11 July 1943 as a commissioned officer. Lehl
career. Weekes made his Test debut at the age of 22 against also led the 3rd Field Regiment, 301 Infantry Brigade,
England at Kensington Oval. His final match was against and 20 Infantry Division. He wrote a comprehensive book
Pakistan in Trinidad a decade later. "Missed Opportunities" on the Indo-Pak War of 1965.
Investments by global tech investors and a 'Rights Issue' has made Reliance Industry a net debt-
free company.
OBITUARY
Joel Schumacher Poornima Zanane
T he Costume designer
cum Film Director Joel
Schumacher has passed away
F ormer
Poornima
Indian
Zanane
shooter
has
passed away. Purnima was 42
at the age of 80 in New York, years old.
United States of America. He was National record holder Purnima
born on August 29, 1939, in New in 10-meter air rifle attached to
York, USA. coaching and Zanane was born
He was the production designer in Nanded, Maharashtra. She was
for telefilm "Killer Bees" in 1974. a licensed 'B' coach certified by
His most well - known directed the International Shooting Sport
movies are St Elmo’s Fire”, Federation (ISSF). She was soon
“Falling Down” as well as two “Batman” movies. to get a license 'A'.
He became a writer in the late 1970s for films like A veteran shooter, Purnima has represented India several
“Sparkle”, “Car Wash” and a film adaptation of Broadway times in the ISSF World Cup, Asian Championships, and
musical “The Wiz”. Commonwealth Championships. He was honored with
He debuted as a director for the sci-fi comedy “The the Shiv Chhatrapati Khel Award by the Maharashtra
Incredible Shrinking Woman” in 1981. government. She was the national record holder in the
10-meter air rifle event.
Joel Schumacher began his career as a costume designer.
After this, he directed many brilliant films. Joel Schumacher After his retirement in 2012, Zanane coached with
had gained a lot of fame by directing Falling Down, The accomplished names, including six-time world champion
Lost Boys, and two Batman films. Austrian shooter Farnik Thomas. He also served as the
coach of the Sri Lankan and South African teams.
Joel Schumacher made Batman's first film, Batman Forever,
which was released in 1995. He made a lot of headlines The International Shooting Sport Federation is the
with this film. Batman Forever had actors like Tommy Lee governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in rifle,
Jones, Val Kilmer, Nicole Kidman, and Jim Carrey in the pistol, and shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic
lead roles. Batman's second film was Batman & Robin. Shooting sport events.
The film was released in the year 1997. The film featured ISSF's activities include regulation of the sport,
George Clooney as Batman. Olympic qualifications, and organization of international
He received the Distinguished Collaborator Award from competitions such as the ISSF World Cup Series, the ISSF
the Costume Designers Guild and was nominated for the World Cup Finals, the ISSF Separate World Championship
Daytime Emmy Award for the mental health documentary in Shotgun events and the ISSF World Championship in
‘Half of Us’ in 2011. all events.
Tech Mahindra Ltd has been recognised amongst India's 50 best companies to work for in
2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute.
NEWS BITES NATIONAL
Burning Topics of the Month
Vice President of India Union HRD Minister
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches
launched the first Indian launched YUKTI 2.0 platform
the "eBloodServices"
social media super app for Higher Education
mobile app.
Elyments. Institutes in New Delhi.
& Many More...
Entire nation delighted over SC Union HRD Minister launched YUKTI

decision on Jagannath Rath Yatra: 2.0 platform for Higher Education
22 June' 20 Institutes in New Delhi 24 June' 20
U U
nion Home Minister Amit Shah said the entire nion Minister of Human Resource Development,
country is delighted over the Supreme Court Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', launched an initiative
decision on Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri and 'YUKTI 2.0' to help systematically assimilate
stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the technologies having commercial potential and information
initiative for consultations which ensured that the "great related to incubated startups in our higher education
traditions of our land are observed". institutions. Earlier, the Minister had launched the YUKTI
In a series of tweets, Shah said that, as per the instructions (Young India combating COVID with Knowledge,
of the prime minister, "he spoke to Gajapati Maharaj (The Technology and Innovation) web portal on 11 April, 2020.
King of Puri) and the respected Shankaracharya of Puri and Ministry of HRD prepared the portal in view of coronavirus.
sought their views on the Rath Yatra". The portal intends to cover the different dimensions of
Amit Shah said this morning, on the prime minister's COVID-19 challenges in a very holistic and comprehensive
instructions, he spoke to the Solicitor General. way. Through this portal, the Ministry of Human Resource
Development will endeavor to ensure that students,
The Supreme Court indicated it would allow Puri's Rath teachers and researchers in higher educational institutions
Yatra, scheduled to start from June 23, saying it cannot are getting appropriate support to meet the requirements
"micro-manage" the rituals and left it to the wisdom of needed to advance their technologies and innovations.
state, the Centre and temple management to deal with that
issue. The minister appreciated the initiative and said that our
Prime Minister has given us the mission of making Bharat
The Supreme court had on June 18 said that in the interest 'Atmanirbhar' and, YUKTI 2.0 initiative is a very important
of public health and safety of citizens, this year's Puri Rath step in that direction.
Yatra cannot be allowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and
that "Lord Jagannath won't forgive us if we allow" it. "Our youngsters are very capable of thinking innovatively
and we should make every possible effort to help them
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed convert their ideas into enterprises," said Pokhriyal.
by the Centre that Rath Yatra can be conducted without
compromising on citizen's health and with the co-operation More importantly, initiative like YUKTI 2.0 will also help
of state and temple trust. in fostering the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship
in our academic institutions".
The Odisha government too said that it will coordinate
with temple management and the Centre to The Minister expressed his happiness while
make things smooth during the Rath Yatra. launching the YUKTI portal. He also invited
students, faculty members, startups and other
The top court said it is considering the issue stakeholders of higher education institutions
of conducting Rath Yatra in Puri only and to register on the YUKTI portal and share
not at other places in Odisha. their technologies and innovations.
German luxury carmaker BMW has appointed Vikram Pawah as the president of BMW
Group India with effect from August.
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also released a Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM) report, a
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched
manual on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to TB patients
eBloodServices Mobile App under NIKSHAY system, a Training Module, and the
25 June' 20 quarterly newsletter NIKSHAY Patrika.
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e a l t h The key achievements listed in the Report include:
Minister ## Around 24.04 Lakh TB patients have been notified
Dr Harsh in 2019. This amounts to a 14% increase in TB
Vardhan launched notification as compared to the year 2018.
the ‘eBloodServices’ ## Achieving near-complete on-line notification of TB
mobile App patients through the NIKSHAY system.
developed by the
Indian Red Cross ## Reduction in the number of missing cases to 2.9 lakh
Society through a cases as against more than 10 lakhs in 2017.
video conference. The Health Minister is also the Chairman ## Private sector notifications increased by 35% with
of Indian Red Cross Society. 6.78 lakh TB patients notified.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, in keeping with the people-centered ## Due to easy availability of molecular diagnostics, the
vision of the Prime Minister, Digital India has now become proportion of children diagnosed with TB increased to
an integral part of every person’s daily life. This Blood 8% in 2019 compared to 6% in 2018.
Donation App is a prime example of how the Digital India ## Provision of HIV testing for all notified TB patients
Scheme is serving the need for accessing blood services. increased from 67% in 2018 to 81% in 2019.
He added that many people require blood related services
regularly because of certain medical conditions in their ## Expansion of treatment services has resulted in a 12%
families. Through this App, four units of blood can be improvement in the treatment success rate of notified
requisitioned at a time and the blood bank will wait for patients. For 2019 it is 81% compared to 69% in 2018.
as long as 12 hours for the person to collect it. This app ## More than 4.5 lakh DOT Centers provide treatment
makes it easy for those in need to request for Blood units. covering almost every village across the country.
The Minister said that at a time when the country is facing
NIKSHAY also expanded the provision of four Direct
a pandemic like COVID 19, the Mobile App will provide
Benefit Transfers (DBT) schemes of the programme –
succour to all those who direly require blood.
## Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) to TB patients
Once the request is placed through the app, the requisite
units become visible to IRCS, NHQ blood bank in its ## The incentive to Treatment Supporters
E-Raktkosh dashboard and this allows assured delivery ## Incentive to Private Providers and
within the specified time. This feature will make it easy for
## Transport incentive to TB patients in
a blood seeker to obtain blood and shall bring the added
the notified tribal areas
advantage of complete transparency and single window
access to the service.
Indian Navy inducted indigenously
Urging people to become voluntary blood
developed Torpedo Decoy System
donors, the Minister stated that voluntary
blood donation can be done by any person 26 June' 20
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under the age of 65 years as many as four
he Indian
times in a year.
Navy said it
has inducted
Ministry of Health and Family an advanced anti-
Welfare released 2020 Annual TB torpedo decoy system
Report 25 June' 20 called 'Maareech'
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that is capable of
r. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and being fired from
Family Welfare released the annual TB Report all frontline ships.
2020, in the presence of Shri Ashiwni Kumar 'Maareech' has been designed and developed indigenously
Choubey, MOS (HFW), through a virtual event. They by the Defence Research and Development Organization
India-born renowned Pakistani Shia scholar and author Talib Jauhari passed away. He was
80.
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(DRDO) and it is capable of detecting, locating and
President promulgates Banking
neutralizing incoming torpedo.
Regulation Amendment Ordinance
In a release, the Navy said, "The prototype of this
system installed onboard a nominated naval platform 2020 to ensure safety 27 June' 20
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had successfully completed all user evaluation trials n order to ensure
and demonstrated the features as per the Naval Staff the safety of
Qualification Requirements." depositors across
This induction not only stands testimony to the joint banks, President
resolve of the Indian Navy and DRDO towards indigenous Ram Nath Kovind
development of defence technology, but has also given a promulgated the
major fillip to the government's 'Make in India' initiative Banking Regulation
and the country's resolve to become 'atmanirbhar' (self- (Amendment)
reliant) in niche technology, the Navy said. Ordinance, 2020.
Bharat Electronics Limited, a defence PSU, would The Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
undertake the production of this decoy system, the Navy as applicable to Cooperative Banks. It seeks to protect the
stated. "Anti - Submarine warfare capability interests of depositors and strengthen cooperative banks by
of the Indian Navy has received a major improving governance and oversight by extending powers
boost with the conclusion of a contract for already available with RBI in respect of other banks to Co-
advanced torpedo decoy system Maareech operative Banks as well for sound banking regulation, and
capable of being fired from all frontline by ensuring professionalism and enabling their access to
warships," it added. capital.
It also amends Section 45 of the Banking Regulation
1.8km motorable tunnel built on Act, to enable making of a scheme of reconstruction or
Manali-Chandigarh national highway amalgamation of a banking company for protecting the
27 June' 20 interest of the public, depositors and the banking system
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and for securing its proper management, even without
oring for 1.8km-long double-tube motorable making an order of moratorium, so as to avoid disruption
tunnel, one of the 10 such tunnels being built by of the financial system.
the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
The Ordinance, however, will not affect the existing powers
between Aut and Pandoh in Mandi district of Himachal,
of the State Registrars of Co-operative Societies under state
completed.
co-operative laws.
Afcons, the company responsible for making all the traffic
It also does not apply to the Primary
tunnels in the area, achieved this breakthrough after a lot
Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) or co-
of efforts as the whole area is sinking. The tunnel has been
operative societies whose primary objective
built between Rainsnala and Dawada in Mandi district on
is long-term finance for agricultural
Chandigarh-Manali national highway. The breakthrough
development.
in the tunnel was achieved in presence of NHAI project
director Aman Rohila.
Indian Garment Company bagged
It took nearly two years for the company to complete the NRDC license for manufacturing
tunnel. Before this, a 2.9km-long tunnel was built near
Aut in August last year. Work on remaining tunnels is NavRakshak PPEs 29 June' 20
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continuing 24X7 and are proposed to be completed by n Agra-based apparel manufacturing firm named
September 2021. the Indian Garment Company has bagged the
NHAI project director Aman Rohila said credit of this another license to produce a special kind of Personal
achievement should be given to hard work by Protective Equipment (PPE) suits and plans to ramp up
all the workers and engineers. “The remaining production to dole out about a million units in year to keep
tunnels are expected to be completed well up with the demand for the protective gear used widely by
within time. Tunnels will be very modern and the personnel of essential services across the world, who
equipped with all the facilities,” he said. are deployed at the forefront of coronavirus containment
The highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy history, veteran Indian spinner Rajinder Goel passed
away. He was 77.
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efforts. These PPE suits are named NavRakshak and are Instrument. A mechanism for appropriately sharing the
principally designed by a naval Doctor Dr Arnab Ghosh, stamp duty with relevant State Governments has also been
who has used his personal experience of using PPEs to developed which is based on the state of domicile of the
ensure maximum comfort and protection for the doctors, buyer.
who would possibly be amongst the personnel wearing The present system of collection of stamp duty on securities
them. market transactions led to multiple rates for the same
Indian Garment Company is registered with the government instrument, resulting in jurisdictional disputes and multiple
as a micro enterprise under the MSME Act and has been incidences of duty, thereby raising the transaction costs in
manufacturing PPE kits that have been supplied to various the securities market and hurting capital formation.
hospitals. After winning the license, the company has The relevant provisions of the Finance Act, 2019 amending
proposed an annual production target of over one million the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the Indian Stamp
NavRakshak PPE kits. (Collection of Stamp-Duty through Stock Exchanges,
The award of license was done through National Research Clearing Corporations and Depositories) Rules, 2019
Development Cooperation (NRDC), which has signed a were notified simultaneously on 10th December, 2019
technology licensing agreement for the manufacturing and these were to come into force from 9th January,
know-how of the NavRakshak suit with the company. 2020, which was later extended to 1st April, 2020 vide
The special suit incorporates superior quality breathable notifications dated 8th January, 2020. Further, considering
fabric and its design innovation is said to eliminate the need the requests received from stakeholders, country-wide
for costly taping and sealing of the seam which is otherwise lockdown situation due to Covid-19 and in line with the
needed in other PPEs currently available in the market. The relaxations given on statutory and regulatory compliance in
fabric, suit and seam have been found to meet the synthetic other sectors, the date for implementation
blood penetration resistance criteria comfortably. of amendments in the Indian Stamp Act,
1899 brought through Finance Act 2019
The prototype development took place earlier at the Naval and Rules made thereunder was further
Dockyard, Mumbai, and it was tested and certified at the extended to 1st July, 2020 vide notifications
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), dated 30th March, 2020.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),
an accredited lab authorized by the Ministry Vice President of India to launch
of Textile for PPE prototype sample testing
as per the prevailing ISO standards and
Elyments, First Indian Social Media
guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Super App 04 July' 20
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Family Welfare and the Ministry of Textile.
ndia's first social
Amendments in the Indian Stamp Act media super
application,
come into effect from 1 July Elyments, was
29 June' 20 launched by the Vice
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President of India,
he Amendments in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Venkiah Naidu. The
brought through Finance Act 2019 and Rules made app allows users to
thereunder will come into effect from 1st July, 2020 stay in touch through
vide notifications dated 30th March, 2020. a vibrant feed, free audio/video calls, and private/group
In order to facilitate ease of doing business and to bring chats. Under Gurudv Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, more than 1,000
in uniformity of the stamp duty on securities across States IT professionals came together to create the homegrown
and thereby build a pan-India securities market, the Central application. This app is being seen as a massive boost to
Government, after due deliberations and consultations with Indian startups and a major push towards 'Make in India'
the States, through requisite amendments in the Indian initiative.
Stamp Act, 1899 and Rules made thereunder, has created Flagging off the app, the Vice President said this is a step
the legal and institutional mechanism to enable states to towards 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' and said the youth must be
collect stamp duty on securities market instruments at one encouraged to come up with Indian alternatives for most of
place by one agency (through Stock Exchange or Clearing the widely used foreign apps.
Corporation authorized by it or by the Depository) on one
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to use the Railways’ coronavirus isolation wards
with coaches deployed at Mau station.
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Elyments is available in eight languages including Tamil, The smallest is the Quaker (Neopithecops
Telugu, Kannada and English.Venkiah Naidu suggested that zalmora) with a wingspan of 18 mm and
ultimately it must be made available in all the languages, so forewing length of 8 mm. The largest
people from across the country can make use of it. female Golden Birdwing’s forewing length
While the app now combines the features of most social media is 90 mm.
apps, soon the team plans to launch audio/video conference
calls, secure payments, regional voice Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
commands and curated commerce platforms e-inaugurated six major bridges near
to promote Indian brands. Elyments already to LoC in J&K 09 July' 20
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has over two lakh downloads and is available
on both IOS and Android platforms. efence Minister Rajnath Singh e-inaugurated
six major bridges built by the Border Roads
Himalayan butterfly is Indias largest Organisation (BRO) close to the International
Butterfly 07 July' 20 Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and
Kashmir.
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Himalayan “The two bridges on the Tarnah Nallah in Kathua district
butterfly and four bridges located on Akhnoor-Pallanwala road in
n a m e d Akhnoor in Jammu district have spans ranging from 30
Golden Birdwing to 300 metres and were constructed at a total cost of `43
is India’s largest, a crore,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
record an unknown
specimen had held These bridges, constructed by Project Sampark of the
for 88 years. With BRO, would facilitate the movement of armed forces in
a wingspan of 194 this strategically important sector and also contribute
mm, the female of the species is marginally larger than the towards the overall economic growth of remote border
Southern Birdwing (190 mm) that Brigadier William Harry areas, it stated.
Evans, a British military officer and lepidopterist, had “It is a pleasant experience to inaugurate these bridges
recorded in 1932. But the male Golden Birdwing (Troides that ‘connect people’, at a time when the world is insisting
aeacus) is much smaller at 106 mm. on keeping distance, being isolated from each other [due
The new measurements of this and 24 other species of to COVID-19]. I would like to congratulate the BRO on
butterflies were published in the latest issue of Bionotes, completing this important task with great skill,” Mr. Singh
a quarterly newsletter for research on life forms. Shristee said after inaugurating the bridges through videoconference.
Panthee of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences The Ministry said the annual budget of the BRO that varied
in Yunnan and Peter Smetacek of the Butterfly Research from `3,300 crore to `4600 crore in years 2008-2016 saw
Centre at Bhimtal in Uttarakhand are the authors of the study. a substantial rise of `8050 crore in 2019-2020. “With the
“The hitherto largest Indian butterfly that Brigadier Evans focus of the govt on improving infrastructure in border
recorded in 1932 was an individual of the Southern areas, the budget for 2020-2021 is likely to
Birdwing (Troides minos), which was then treated as a be `11,800 crore”. This would give a major
subspecies of the Common Birdwing,” Mr. Smetacek told. boost to the ongoing projects and expedite
the construction of strategic roads, bridges
Brigadier Evans followed a more reliable method. He and tunnels along the northern borders.
measured a butterfly from the centre of the thorax to the tip
of the forewing apex and doubled the result. He provided Cabinet approved Central Sector
wingspans of all butterfly species then known from the
Indian subcontinent and his book is still the standard work
Scheme of financing facility under
on the subject. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
The updated wingspan of three species — all from 09 July' 20
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Uttarakhand — after the Golden Birdwing are Common
he Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Windmill (Byasa polyeuctes) at 98 mm, Great Windmill
Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to a
(Byasa dasarada) at 96 mm, and Common Peacock (Papilio
new pan India Central Sector Scheme-Agriculture
bianor) at 78 mm.
Infrastructure Fund. The scheme shall provide a medium
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) launched paperless customs
export processing, a move aimed at trade facilitation.
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- long term debt financing facility for investment in viable which were tigers and 51,777 were leopards; the remainder
projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and were other native fauna). From these photographs, 2,461
community farming assets through interest subvention individual tigers (excluding cubs) were identified using
and financial support. Under the scheme, Rs. One Lakh stripe-pattern-recognition software,” the Guinness team
Crore will be provided by banks and financial institutions that announced India’s feat has added.
as loans to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), Apart from the unprecedented camera trap usage, the 2018
Marketing Cooperative Societies, Farmer Producers “Status of Tigers in India” assessment also conducted
Organizations (FPOs), Self Help Group (SHG), Farmers, extensive foot surveys that covered 522,996 km (324,975
Joint Liability Groups (JLG), Multipurpose Cooperative mi) of trails and sampled 317,958 habitat plots for vegetation
Societies, Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups, Aggregation and prey dung. It is estimated that the total
Infrastructure Providers and Central/State agency or Local area of forest studied was 381,200 km2
Body sponsored Public Private Partnership Project Loans (147,181 sq mi) and cumulatively the
will be disbursed in four years starting with sanction of Rs. collection and review of data equated to
10,000 crore in the current year and Rs. 30,000 crore each some 620,795 labour-days.
in next three financial years.
All loans under this financing facility will have interest World’s First Reusable PPE Kits by
subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 crore. Indian Manufacturing Company
This subvention will be available for a maximum period
of seven years. Further, credit guarantee coverage will be
12 July' 20
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available for eligible borrowers from this financing facility ndian Manufacturing Company- Loyal Textile Mills
under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small launched the first of its kind in the world-wide reusable
Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme for a loan up to Rs. 2 crore. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) kits on 9th July
The fee for this coverage will be paid by the Government. 2020. Along with reusable PPE kits, Loyal Textile Mills
In case of FPOs the credit guarantee may be availed from also unveiled reusable garments and face masks with zero
the facility created under FPO promotion virus penetration.
scheme of Department of Agriculture,
Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DACFW). The reusable masks, clothing and PPE kits were introduced
The total outflow as budgetary support from by Loyal Textile Mills in partnership with the textile
Government of India will be Rs.10,736 crore. manufacturing company headquartered in Reliance
Industries Limited and Switzerland- HeiQ Materials AG.
The Tiger Census of India sets a New The 3 items will be available on the market under the Loyal
Guinness Record 10 July' 20 Textile Mills name 'Supera Shield.' Contents [hide] Triple
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Viral Shield Reusable Masks, Garments, and Kits Number
ndia’s 2018 of Tmes Reusable Triple Viral Shield Reusable Masks,
tiger census Garments, and PPE Kits Technology-
has entered the 1. The reusable masks, garments, and PPE kits are made
Guinness Book of with the Viroblock Technology of HeiQ Materials AG.
World Record for
being the largest 2. The fiber used for making the reusable masks,
camera trap wildlife garments, and PPE kits was 'R ELAN Fibre' of
survey, yet. The Reliance Industries Limited. R ELAN Fiber inhibits
fourth edition of the bacterial and viral growth.
tiger census, in 2018–19, was the “most comprehensive” 3. Viral Barrier PU film Lamination: The fabric in the
to date, “in terms of both resource and data amassed”, reusable mask and PPE kit has been engineered
Guinness World Record team has said. with viral barrier PU film lamination imported from
“Camera traps (outdoor photographic devices fitted with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Number of Times
motion sensors that start recording when an animal passes Reusable As per Loyal Textile Mills,
by) were placed in 26,838 locations across 141 different the garments and masks can be washed
sites and surveyed an effective area of 121,337 square for up to 25 times for reuse while the
kilometres (46,848 square miles). In total, the camera traps PPE kit can be washed up to 10 times
captured 34,858,623 photographs of wildlife (76,651 of for reuse.
Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said India will transform into a middle-income
country from a lower middle-income economy by 2030.
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the world’s most
Indian Railways to become Green
affordable probe
Railway by achieving net-zero carbon free RT-PCR based
emission 13 July' 20 Covid-19 diagnostic
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kit. The minister
inistry of Railways, with a goal of transforming took to Twitter and
Indian Railways into Green Railways by announced that the
2030 has taken a number of major initiatives kit will be launched.
towards mitigation of global warming and combating
climate change. Railway Electrification, improving energy The HRD minister
efficiency of locomotives & trains and fixed installations, described the launch as a “historic occasion” and lauded the
green certification for installations/stations, fitting bio team of experts at IIT Delhi for developing the diagnostic
toilets in coaches and switching to renewable sources of kit. The test kit uses an alternative testing method for
energy are parts of its strategy of achieving net zero carbon testing Covid-19 samples and is launched by the company
emission. Newtech Medical under the name ‘Corosure’.
Indian Railways has completed electrification of more than During the event, Jatin Goyal, managing director of
40,000 Route km (RKM) (63% of BG routes) in which Corosure, said the total cost of the kit roughly comes to
18,605 km electrification work has been done during 2014- around Rs 650. “This certainly makes it very affordable as
20. Previously, only 3,835 km electrification work was compared to other probe tests that are being imported from
completed during the period 2009-14. Indian Railways has other countries,” he said.
fixed a target of electrification of 7000 RKM for the year “This should change the paradigm of Covid-19 testing in
2020-21. All routes on BG network have been planned to be the country, both in terms of scale and cost. The company
electrified by December 2023. Indian Railways is focusing Newtech Medical Devices, using IIT Delhi
on electrification of last mile connectivity & missing links. technology, can do two million tests per
With this in mind 365 km major connectivity work has month at an extremely affordable cost. This
been commissioned during COVID period. is a true example of lab to market,” IIT
Major connectivity commissioned during COVID period Delhi Director V Ramgopal Rao said.
like Katni-Satna section (99 RKM) of Mumbai-Howrah
via Allahabad route has been commissioned providing
India, China Military Level meeting
an alternate route to Howrah. Likewise, Pachore-Maksi held 16 July' 20
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(88 RKM) section on Indore - Guna-Bina route has also
ollowing complete de-escalation of military troops
been commissioned providing an alternate route to Maksi-
on both sides from Galwan Valley in Ladakh, India
Bhopal-Bina. On Howrah/Sealdah-SVD Katra via Patna
and China will hold the fourth round of Corps
route, Bhagalpur-Shivnarayanpur (45 RKM) section has
commander-level meeting to discuss disengagement
been commissioned. On the route connecting Kariakal
process in the Depsang-Daulat Beg Oldie.
port to coal, fertilizer & steel plants of
Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh, Thiruvarur Notably, this is the meeting between the two countries
- Karaikal port (46 RKM) section has been since the Chinese Army agreed on disengagement along the
commissioned providing port connectivity Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The fourth round
to Erode, Coimbatore & Palghat. of talks come under the second phase of the de-escalation
process.
HRD Minister launches Corosure, In meeting, India and China are expected to discuss the
worlds most affordable COVID-19 withdrawal of forces and weapons from the rear bases
test kit developed by IIT-Delhi in a time-bound manner and finalise a roadmap for the
restoration of peace and tranquillity in the high-altitude
15 July' 20 region of Ladakh where troops of the two nations engaged
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nion Human Resource Development (HRD) in an eight-week bitter standoff.
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Minister While China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has
of State (HRD) Sanjay Dhotre launched a low-cost already completed pulling back its troops from the three
Covid-19 test developed by Indian Institute of Technology crucial positions – Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley
Delhi (IIT) Delhi. The test, Corosure, has been billed as – and it also significantly narrowed down its presence in
Indian-American Gautam Raghavan has joined the transition team announced by the Biden
campaign.
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the ridgeline of Finger Four in the Pangong Tso area, as functionaries. Since the commencement of
demanded by India. India and China have already held lending process under PM SVANidhi on
three rounds of Lt general-level talks, the last one on June July 02, 2020, more than 1,54,000 Street
30, during which both sides agreed on an “expeditious, Vendors have applied for working capital
phased and stepwise” de-escalation to end the face-off. loan across States/ UTs and out of which
India and China had held another round of diplomatic over 48,000 have already been sanctioned.
talks where they resolved to push ahead with “complete
disengagement” of troops in eastern Ladakh in a timely Union Power Minister inaugurated
manner for “full restoration” of peace and tranquillity. Indias first of its kind public EV
The situation at Galwan Valley deteriorated following Charging Plaza 20 July' 20
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the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15 as the two sides
n i o n
significantly bolstered their deployments in most areas along
Minister
the LAC. The Indian and Chinese armies
for Power,
were locked in a violent face-off in which
New and Renewable
20 Indian Army personnel were killed.
Energy, RK Singh,
The Chinese side also suffered nearly 45
inaugurated India's
casualties but refused to give out the details.
first public Electric
Centre launched PM SVANidhi to bring Vehicle (EV)
charging plaza at
Microcredit facility for street vendors at Chelmsford Club in the national capital.
their door steps 17 July' 20 The charging plaza has been set up with a focus on enhancing
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hri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of energy efficiency and promoting e-mobility. This plaza will
Housing and Urban Affairs launched the Mobile host 5 EV chargers of different specifications.
Application of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar "The EV charging plaza is a new avenue for making
Nidhi (PM SVANidhi). This App aims to provide user e-mobility ubiquitous and convenient in India. Such
friendly digital interface for Lending Institutions (LIs) innovative initiatives are imperative for the creation
and their field functionaries for sourcing and processing of a robust e-mobility ecosystem in the country. My
loan applications of street vendors under the Scheme. The congratulations to both EESL and NDMC," he said while
launch event was organised through a video conference in speaking at the occasion.
which, besides senior officials from the Ministry, Principal The Minister also launched retrofit of air-conditioning
Secretaries dealing with Urban Development Department to improve indoor air quality for safety and efficiency
and other officials from the States and UTs participated. (RAISE)- a joint initiative of Energy Efficiency Services
PM SVANidhi Mobile App is a step towards boosting the Limited (EESL) and United States Agency for International
use of digital technology and will enable field functionaries Development (USAID).
of LIs like Banking Correspondents (BCs) and Agents "I believe the RAISE initiative can potentially alleviate the
of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)/ Micro- issue of bad air quality in workspaces across the nation and
Finance Institutions (MFIs), who have proximity with pioneer ways to make them healthier and greener. I look
the street vendors, to ensure maximum coverage of the forward to the success of their programme," he said.
Scheme. It is believed that launch of Mobile App will give
impetus to the implementation strategy of the Scheme EESL has undertaken a retrofit of its office air-conditioning
besides promoting paper-less digital accessing of micro- and ventilation system. This is a part of the larger initiative
credit facilities by the Street Vendors. to "Retrofit of Air-conditioning to improve Indoor air
quality for Safety and Efficiency" developed for healthy
Ministry has already launched the Web Portal on June and energy-efficient buildings, in partnership with
29, 2020. This App has all the features similar to the Web USAID's MAITREE programme. EESL's corporate office
Portal of PM SVANidhi added with the feature of easy in Scope Complex has been taken up as a
portability. The features include vendor search in the survey pilot for this initiative. The pilot focuses on
data, e-KYC of applicants, processing of applications, and improving indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal
real time monitoring. The App can be downloaded from comfort, and energy efficiency (EE) in the
the Google play store for use by the LIs and their field office's air conditioning system.
Credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has estimated the size of the Indian
economy to decline by .1 per cent in 2020.
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IIT Madras start-up The government of

Uttarakhand Forest
developed a portable Karnataka launched the
Department developed
hospital called "MediCAB". "Skill Connect Forum"
India's first lichen park.
portal.
& Many More...
Rajasthan Government to launch The government of Karnataka launched

“Indira Rasoi Yojana” 23 June' 20 "Skill Connect Forum" portal 29 June' 20
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ajasthan state he government
government of Karnataka
will soon has launched
launch Indira Rasoi a new portal called
Yojana for the poor "Kaushal Connect
to provide meals Forum". The portal is
at the concessional an attempt to connect
rate. This scheme job seekers with
will start to ensure employers on one
that “no one sleeps hungry” in the state. Under this platform. It will also provide information on jobs available to
scheme, pure and nutritious food on concessional rates those seeking employment. Apart from this, this portal will also
is going to be provided to the needy twice each day. The work to reduce the gap between job seekers and employers.
State government will spend `100 crores every year on Any person can register on the "Skill Connect Forum" portal
the scheme. by uploading their qualifications, skill details, and other
The scheme will function after keeping in mind information. Thus, employers will also register on the portal
the requirements and tastes of every municipality. according to their requirements and availability. If a person is
Information Technology will be used to ensure smooth unemployed, he will be provided with skills and then enabled
functioning and monitoring of the Yojana. A committee them to get a job. The portal will be a boon for job-seeking
headed by the district collector will be monitoring this youth. “There was no information and communication
Yojana. between the job seekers and the recruiters. The portal will
Local NGOs also will be roped certain the successful solve that problem. ” Employed people can register on the
implementation of the scheme and its effective monitoring portal by uploading their educational, skill qualifications,
is going to be through with the assistance of data technology. and other details at https: //skillconnect.kaushalkar .com.
He also flagged-off five mobile vans loaded with publicity Karnataka is a state located along the Arabian Sea coast
material, and equipment for the notice campaign by the in southwest India. The capital, Bengaluru (formerly
National Health Mission, and UNFPA. Bangalore) is a high-tech hub known for its shopping and
Indira Gandhi was a great leader and the nightlife. Karnataka is a state in the south western region
reason behind the creation of Bangladesh. of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956 with the
She brought the Green Revolution, passage of the States Reorganization Act.
conducted the nuclear tests in Pokhran Originally known as the state of Mysore,
during 1974. Chief Minister of Rajasthan it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. Chief
is Ashok Gehlot and Governor is Kalraj Minister of Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa
Mishra. and the Governor is Vajubhai.
Vijay Khanduja has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Zimbabwe.
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through Direct Benefit Transfer in the first phase. A sum
Maharashtra Launches Largest
of Rs 10.96 crore has been allocated under the program.
Plasma Therapy Testing Program There are about 40,634 handloom weavers registered with
"Project Platina" 30 June' 20 the Seva Sindhu portal. Of them, 37,314 applications for
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financial aid have been approved.
aharashtra
C h i e f A sum of Rs 2,000 each would be credited to their bank
Minister accounts. Under the fourth national handloom census,
Uddhav Thackeray the State was found to have 54,789 registered handloom
launched the world's weavers. Silk, cotton, wool, and other handloom weavers
largest plasma are eligible under the scheme. A total of 1.25 lakh workers
therapy testing were employed in the power loom sector and they would
"Project Platina" for also get a one-time payment of Rs 2,000 each. So far,
COVID-19 patients. the amount has been credited to the accounts of 8,997
The state government has sanctioned Rs 16.65 crore applicants.
from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for this project. Direct benefit transfer or DBT is a new mechanism of the
A total of 21 centers have been selected for this testing, Government of India through which funds are transferred
including the Medical Education and Drugs Department directly to people bank accounts. Pahal (Direct Transferred
of the Government of Maharashtra and four BMC Medical Benefit) is a Government of India scheme under which the
Colleges in Mumbai. assistance amount or subsidy given by a government to an
Convalescent plasma therapy is emerging as one of the most LPG consumer is directly transferred to its back account.
important methods in the treatment of severe COVID-19 The scheme was first launched on 1 June 2013 and covered
patients, in the absence of definite treatment or drugs. This 291 districts in India. It was mandatory
is the world’s largest trial-cum-treatment project, which for the consumer to have an Aadhaar
will benefit 500 lives of critically ill COVID-19 patients number to avail the scheme. In view of
in Maharashtra. He also inaugurated four other services the comprehensive review of the scheme
such as plasma donation, plasma bank, plasma trial, and and the difficulties faced by the consumer,
emergency authorization at the college. appropriate amendments were made in the
scheme.
Under this project, serious patients will be given two doses
of 200 ml of plasma taken from patients with COVID-19. West Bengal government launched
All coronavirus patients will be provided free treatment
under the testing project. Plasma is the part of blood
"SelfScan" app to scan documents
that contains antibodies to coronovirus, 08 July' 20
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which fights infections and helps to cure
critically ill patients. The Chief Minister est Bengal
of Maharashtra is Uddhav Thackeray and C h i e f
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Minister
Mamata Banerjee
Karnataka government launches has launched a new
mobile application
"Nekara Samman Yojana" for called "SelfScan".
weavers 07 July' 20 This new application
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is developed by
hief Minister
the state Department of Information Technology to scan
B . S .
documents.
Yediyurappa
launched the Nekara The "SelfScan" app is a completely safe and secure app.
Samman Yojana, There is no data save on its server. Apart from the scanning
under which financial feature, documents can also be edited on the application.
aid of Rs 2,000 will be The 'Self Scan' app was launched by the Center due to
transferred to 19,744 a call for banning 59 Chinese mobile applications and
handloom weavers boycott of Chinese goods. This 'SelfScan' app is safe and
A low-cost indigenous ventilator, Prana Vayu, was successfully tested at All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh.
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free. Any type of advertisement will not appear in this
IIT Madras start-up developed a
app. The indigenous application has been created by the
IT department of the state government. "This is purely a portable hospital called “MediCAB”
'Swadeshi' app." 16 July' 20
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Mamta Banerjee is an Indian politician who has been ndian Institute
serving as the 8th and present Chief Minister of West of Technology
Bengal since 2011 and is the first woman to hold the post. Madras start-up
He founded the party All India Trinamool Modulus Housing,
Congress in 1998 after separating from has developed a
the Indian National Congress and became portable hospital unit
its president. The Chief Minister of called "MediCAB,".
West Bengal is Mamta Banerjee and the This unit can be
Governor is Jagdeep Dhankhar. installed anywhere
within two hours by four people. It has been launched
Chhattisgarh government-organized recently in Wayanad district of Kerala where the units are
India's first e-Lok Adalat 11 July' 20 deployed to treat COVID-19 Patients.
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ndia's first e-Lok The Medicab is foldable, and is composed of four zones: a
Adalat has been doctor’s room, an isolation room, a medical room/ward, and
organized by a twin-bed ICU, maintained at negative pressure. It aims to
the Government of decentralize the approach to detect, screen, identify, isolate,
Chhattisgarh amid and treat COVID-19 patients in their local communities
the COVID-19 through these portable microstructures.
epidemic. Online Founded by two IIT alumni in 2018, Modulus Housing
live hearings were was supported by IIT Madras Incubation Cell and has the
conducted through vision to revolutionize housing through modular prefab
video conferencing under e-Lok Adalat. The "e-Lok Adalat" structures. They have repurposed their designs to support
was organized by the High Court and the Chhattisgarh the fight against COVID-19.
State Legal Services Authority and inaugurated by PR
Post-COVID-19, these can be transformed into micro-
Ramachandra Menon, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh
hospitals or clinics in rural India where the medical
High Court.
infrastructure needs to be augmented. Modulus Housing
In this difficult period of coronavirus, e-Lok Adalat is a has set up its manufacturing unit at Chengalpet (located
unique idea and unique initiative to resolve pending cases about 35 km from Chennai). India has 0.7 beds per 1,000
in courts and provide relief to the parties. The "e-Lok persons. Innovations such as the MediCAB will help boost
Adalat" was organized amidst the COVID-19 epidemic the healthcare infrastructure in India as it can be rapidly
to provide relief to the people and reduce the pendency of transported.
cases. During the "e-Lok Adalat", more than 3,000 cases
This deployment in Kerala has been undertaken with
were heard in around 200 benches in 23 districts across the
grant funds from Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger
state.
Center for Innovation in Shelter. The
In Chhattisgarh, 2,270 cases were resolved through e-Lok startup collaborated with Sree Chitra
Adalat. The settlement amount of Rs 43 crore 72 lakh 86 Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences
thousand 902 was passed with 2270 cases being disposed and Technology (SCTIMST) who
of through e-Lok Adalat organized by Chhattisgarh State provided inputs on the certifications and
Legal Services Authority Bilaspur. customizations necessary for the project.
Chhattisgarh is the first state in the country where e-Lok
Adalat has been organized for the first Yogi Adityanath launched a scheme
time for the disposal of pending cases in “Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana” 18 July' 20
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courts. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
is Bhupesh Baghel and the Governor is ttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has
Anusuiya Uike. launched “Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana” for all-
round development of the Scheduled Castes.
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batswoman Rachel Priest has announced her retirement from
international cricket.
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He also transferred The Ministry of
financial assistance Food Processing
of 17.42 crore online Industries is making
to 3,484 people continuous efforts
under the "Pandit for the development
Deendayal Upadhyay of food processing
Swarojgar Yojana" industry. This mega
and interacted with food park will
some beneficiaries benefit farmers,
from Rae Bareli, Gorakhpur, Basti, Meerut, Azamgarh, and producers, processors, consumers and will promote the
Moradabad districts through video conferencing. The state development of food processing sector in the North
government extended financial help to make people self- East.
dependent. The chief minister said, "Economic equality Zoram Mega Food Park (MFP) will provide direct and
becomes the basis of social equality. The society with one indirect employment to 5000 persons and CPC (Core
of its sections becoming strong while another remaining Processing Center) and PPC (Primary Processing
weak will not be able to become self-reliant. It is necessary Center) will benefit about 25 thousand farmers in the
that there is a balance in the society and this balance should catchment areas.
also be at the economic level."
In a statement issued after the virtual inauguration
Under this scheme, the Chief Minister of UP has targeted ceremony of this mega food park in Mizoram, the park
to provide financial assistance of 7.50 lakh to the displaced will get an additional investment of around Rs 250 crore in
and unemployed scheduled caste families of the state due about 30 food processing units and ultimately will generate
to infection of the corona epidemic of the country. Under a turnover of Rs 450 to 500 crore annually.
this new employment umbrella scheme, the amount of self-
employment provided to the Scheduled Caste beneficiaries by Zoram Mega Fad Park Private Limited has been set
the Uttar Pradesh government includes the loan as well as the up on 55 acres of land at a project cost of Rs 75.20
amount of grant. The funds being provided by crores.
the UP government under this scheme will be The facilities created by the developer at the Central
used for groceries, generator sets, laundry and Processing Center (CPC) for this mega food park include
dry cleaning, cyber cafes, tailoring, banking cold storage - 1000 MT, drywarehouse - 3000 MT, aseptic
carapace, tent houses, cow farming etc. pulp line for canning, aseptic and tetra packing - 2 MT / HR,
ripeners Chambers - 40 MT / HR, Spices drying facility - 2
Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated MT / HR, Food Testing Laboratory besides enabling state-
"Zoram Mega Food Park" in Mizoram of-the-art infrastructure.
20 July' 20 The park has an administrative building
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for entrepreneurs and 3 primary processing
he "Zoram Mega Food Park" in Mizoram has centers for primary processing and storage
been inaugurated by Union Food Processing near farms in the catchment area to benefit
Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal. farmers.
Air-conditioners company Carrier Midea India Pvt. Ltd has appointed Sanjay Mahajan as the
new Managing Director.
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Trump and Prime Minister
India becomes the 12th NITI Aayog and ITF launch Narendra Modi recognize
largest holder of US "Decarbonising Transport" the strategic importance of
government securities. in India. energy to US-India bilateral
relations.
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India becomes 12th largest holder of NITI Aayog and ITF to launch
US government securities 21 June' 20 ‘Decarbonising Transport in India’
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ccording to, the US Treasury Department, India 22 June' 20
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became the 12th largest holder of US government ITI Aayog in
securities at the end of April, with holding worth collaboration
$157.4 billion. After significantly reducing the exposure w i t h
in March to $156.5 billion, Indian marginally hiked the International
holding by $0.9 billion to $157.4 billion the next month. Transport Forum
The holding touched a record high of $177.5 billion in (ITF) had launched
February, the same was drastically reduced in March. the “Decarbonising
The exposure stood at $164.3 billion in January. Transport in India”
At the end of April, Japan remained the country with the project on 24 June,
maximum exposure at USD 1.266 trillion, followed by with the intention to develop a pathway towards a low-
China ($1.073 trillion) and the UK ($368.5 billion) at the carbon transport system for India.
second and third positions, respectively. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and NITI Aayog
India, which was at the 13th place in March, climbed to the CEO Amitabh Kant will open the public online launch
12th position in April. The American government securities event.
are held by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as it invests in India has been a member of ITF, an intergovernmental
foreign assets as part of its prudential liquidity management. organisation for transport policy, since 2008.
Dollars and other US government assets began to be among
the preferred ones for investments, with the collapse of the The “Decarbonising Transport in India” project will design
gold standard or the Bretton Woods principles in the late 1970s a tailor-made transport emissions assessment framework
and central banks moved to the fractional reserves system. for India. It will provide the government with a detailed
The US dollar/T-bills have been the safest asset class for understanding of current and future transport activity and
any central bank, despite getting one of the lowest returns. the related CO2 emissions as a basis for their decision-
Bretton Woods principles: The Bretton Woods system of making.
monetary management established the rules for commercial The India project is carried out in the wider context of the
and financial relations among the United States, Canada, International Transport Forum's Decarbonising Transport
Western European countries, Australia, and Japan after the initiative.
1944 Bretton Woods Agreement. It is part of the Decarbonising Transport in Emerging
The chief features of the Bretton Woods system were an Economies (DTEE) family of projects, which supports
obligation for each country to adopt a transport decarbonisation across different world regions.
monetary policy that maintained its external India, Argentina, Azerbaijan, and Morocco are current
exchange rates within 1 percent by tying its participants. The DTEE is a collaboration between the ITF
currency to gold and the ability of the IMF to and the Wuppertal Institute, supported by the International
bridge temporary imbalances of payments.
Navin Kumar Choudhary, a senior IAS officer from Bihar, has become the first bureaucrat to
get domicile rights in the Union territory.
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Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for
36th ASEAN Summit 27 June' 20
the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
F
International Transport Forum: The or the first
European Conference of Ministers of time in its
Transport was established by protocol on history, the
17 October 1953 in Brussels, Belgium. The 36th edition of Asean
ECMT remains the legal core of today's Summit held a virtual
International Transport Forum. summit in which
leaders of its member
NTPC awarded project management countries will discuss
regional and post-
contract for solar park in Mali
Covid-19 issues via video conference.
25 June' 20
The theme for the Summit was "Cohesive and Responsive
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TPC has been awarded the project management ASEAN". The Summit was chaired by Vietnam which is
consultancy contract for the development of 500 also holding the chairmanship of ASEAN currently.
megawatt (MW) solar park in the Republic of Mali. The main agenda of the summit is to look into regional and
The event was hosted by ISA in, New Delhi, and was international issues in the post-Covid-19 period.
chaired by renewable energy minister R K Singh. The Summit noted concerns over land reclamations and
The development of Solar Projects in Mali is expected to recent developments in the South China Sea.
make a considerable impact on the socio-economic growth The Summit also discussed the process and priority to be
of Mali. given on the development of Asean Community and the
Sekou Kasse, the Ambassador of Mali attended the event implementation of Asean Community Vision 2025.
along with Upendra Tripathy, director general, ISA; Discussion in summit also took placed various issues were
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, Power secretary; Indu Shekhar discussed, including matters relating to the South China
Chaturvedi, MNRE secretary; and Economic Relations Sea, the latest development in Rakhine and in Palestine,
secretary Rahul Chhabra. nuclear disarmament, and efforts to address the challenges
ISA: is an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India, in the new global landscape post-Covid-19 pandemic.
most of them being sunshine countries, which lie either Association of Southeast Asian Nations
completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the
Tropic of Capricorn. ASEAN is a regional grouping that promotes economic,
political, and security cooperation.
The alliance is a treaty-based inter-governmental organization.
And Headquarters at Gwal Pahari, Gurugram, Haryana, India. It was established in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the
signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by
The initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra the founding fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia,
Modi at the India Africa Summit, and a meeting of member Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate
Change Conference in Paris in November 2015. It consists of ten members namely, Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian Public Sector Thailand, and Vietnam.
Undertaking, engaged in the business of generation of
electricity and allied activities. It is a company incorporated India, TN, WB Sign Agreements for
under the Companies Act 1956 and is promoted by the
Government of India.
Affordable Housing 30 June' 20
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Republic of Mali: he legal agreements were signed for two projects
- $200 million First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector
President: Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Strengthening Programme and $50 million Tamil
Prime Minister: Boubou Cisse Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project - to
Capital: Bamako strengthen the state's housing sector policies, institutions,
and regulations.
Official language: French
Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian is leaving Initialized Capital, the investment firm he co-
founded in 2011 with Garry Tan.
"The $200 million First Theme: “Be the
Tamil Nadu Housing Revival: India and a
Sector Strengthening Better New World”.
Programme supports Aim: Explore
the government's business, strategic and
ongoing efforts to cultural opportunities,
increase the availability understand the
of affordable housing challenges and make
by gradually shifting informed decisions
the role of the state from being the main provider to an enabler. as the world looks ahead to a better, brighter future beyond
It will also aim to unlock regulatory barriers and incentivise Covid-19.
private sector participation in affordable housing for low-
income families," It brings about an action-oriented focus by giving a forum
to global deliberations from geopolitics to business, arts
The first operation will support the government’s ongoing & culture to emerging technologies, banking and finance,
efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing by pharma, defence and security, social impact and the
gradually shifting the role of the state from being the main diaspora dividend.
provider to an enabler. The project aims to strengthen the
state’s housing sector policies, institutions, and regulations. Action-oriented focus to global deliberations are prime
aspects of this summit.
Nearly half of Tamil Nadu's population is urban, and this is
expected to increase to 63 percent by 2030. An estimated The inaugural address at the India Global Week 2020, a
6 million people are currently living in slums (representing virtual conference being organised in the UK, which will
16.6 percent of the state's urban population), as per the also feature a "never-seen-before" performance on the
government release. Junaid Kamal Ahmad Additional “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” campaign.
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Invest India Programme: It will help in improving the Invest
Finance said that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has India programme. India has recently been reviewing 50
put urban households at an unprecedented risk of increased investment proposals from China under its new screening
poverty, loss of human capital, assets and livelihoods. policy which is being done under the new rules.
The ministry informed that concurrently, the Board also New rules: India announced new investment rules in
approved a $50 million Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat April 2020. Under the new rules, all the investments by
Development Project to support innovations in housing the entities based in neighboring countries have to be
finance and strengthen housing sector institutions in the approved by Indian Government. This was introduced
state. It will finance the newly created Tamil Nadu Shelter to curb opportunistic takeovers during Covid-19-
Fund (TNSF) - an innovation in housing finance in India - period.
by providing an equity contribution of $35 million.
India Inc. also produces incisive contents and events on
The World Bank is an international financial institution that investment, trade and policy matters related to India's
provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries increasingly globalized economic and strategic agenda.
for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. It
Its flagship publication: India Global Business.
comprises two institutions: the International
India and a Better New World', the event will have 5,000
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
global participants from 30 nations and it will be addressed
(IBRD), and the International Development
by 250 global speakers in 75 sessions.
Association (IDA). The World Bank is a
component of the World Bank Group. Other officials who will participate at the event are Dr. S.
Jaishankar, Union External Affairs Minister, Shri Piyush
PM Modi to deliver inaugural address at Goyal, Union Minister of Railways, and Commerce &
Industry, Lt Governor of J&K, GC Murmu, Isha Foundation
India Global Week 2020 08 July' 20
Founder Sadhguru, Spiritual leader Sri Sri
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he Prime Minister of India has addressed the Ravi Shankar, along with UK’s Foreign
inaugural session of a three-day virtual conference Secretary Dominic Raab and Home
of India Global Week 2020 organised in London, Secretary Priti Patel, US Ambassador to
United Kingdom by India Inc. India Ken Juster, and among others.
Amazon announced that it has agreed to acquire California-based self-driving car startup
Zoox.
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The annual High-
India-EU summit to be held via video
level Segment
conference 14 July' 20 convenes a diverse
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group of high-level
he Summit
representatives from
will be co-
the Government,
chaired by
the private sector,
Prime Minister
civil society, and
Narendra Modi,
academia.
President of
European Council The theme of the 2020 High-level Segment, on the 75th
Charles Michel Anniversary of the founding of the UN, is "Multilateralism
and President of after COVID19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th
European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. anniversary”.
COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on foreign trade, Set against the changing international environment and
movement of people, and response to the pandemic are the COVID-19 pandemic, this session will focus on
likely to be discussed by the two sides. critical forces shaping the course of multilateralism and
explore ways to bolster the global agenda through strong
India-EU relationship, trade and investment and economic
leadership, effective international institutions, a broadening
issues will also be discussed.
of participation and enhanced significance of global public
The new leadership believes that EU needs to play a goods.
stronger role in the global platform and showed a lot of
This will be first opportunity for PM to address the broader
interest in India and also held telephonic conversations
UN membership since India’s overwhelming election as a
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after taking over.
non-permanent member of the Security Council on 17th
The leaders are expected to reiterate their determination June, for the term 2021-22.
to promote effective multilateralism and a rules-based
The theme of the High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC,
multilateral order, with the United Nations (UN) and the
on the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the UN, also
World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core
resonates with India’s Security Council priority, wherein
The summit is aimed at delivering concrete benefits for the we have called for ‘reformed multilateralism’ in a post-
people in the EU and India. Summit to boost cooperation COVID-19 world. It also recalls India’s role, as the holder
in areas of security, climate, environment, trade and of the inaugural Presidency of ECOSOC (Sir Ramaswami
investment, digital economy and connectivity. Mudaliar, in 1946).
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic PM had earlier delivered the keynote address virtually at
union of 27 member states that are located primarily in the 70th anniversary of ECOSOC in January 2016.
Europe.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council
EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations,
goods, services and capital within the internal market; responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields
enact legislation in justice and home of the organization, specifically in regards
affairs; and maintain common policies on to the 15 specialised agencies.
trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional
Ambassador Mona Juul of Norway was
development.
elected as the seventy-fifth President of the
The current President of the European Economic and Social Council on 25 July
Parliament is David Sassoli from Italy. 2019, and its formation in 1945.
Prime Minister to address High-Level Indo-US Strategic Energy Partnership

Segment of ECOSOC 17 July' 20 18 July' 20
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rime Minister will be speaking at the valedictory ndia and the USA have participated in a virtual
session along with the Prime Minister of Norway ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Energy
and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Partnership (SEP) to review progress, highlight major
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has been given the additional charge of Madhya
Pradesh.
accomplishments, interplanetary mission and the first of three international
and prioritize new missions to the Red Planet this summer.
areas for cooperation. The first Arab (UAE) mission to Mars was initially planned
The next Ministerial to be launched on 14 July, but got delayed twice due to bad
meeting will be held weather.
in 2021. The satellite will orbit around Mars and send back data
Virtual Ministerial about the atmosphere.
meeting of Indo- The total cost of the Emirates Mars Mission is $200 million.
US Strategic Energy
Partnership was held on July 17, 2020. India and the The Hope Probe was developed by the Emiratis and Dubai's
United States have announced new areas of research on Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) worked
transformational power generation based on supercritical with U.S. educational institutions.
CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, The UAE has an ambitious plan for a Mars settlement by
including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). 2117.
The SEP organizes inter-agency engagement on both At present, there are 8 active missions exploring Mars. Of
sides across four primary pillars of cooperation: Power the 8 missions, some satellites orbit the planet and some
and Energy Efficiency, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy, satellites have landed on the surface of Mars planet. China
Sustainable Growth. and the United States, currently, each plan to send another
Through the SEP, the US and India collectively seek to this year.
enhance energy security, expand energy and innovation "The Hope Probe is the culmination of every single step
linkages across the respective energy sectors, bolster that humans have taken throughout history to explore the
strategic alignment, and facilitate increased industry and unknown depths of space."
stakeholder engagement in the energy sector. The meeting,
NASA tweeted its congratulations after Hope's successful
which was due to be held in Washington DC in April this
launch, writing on Perseverance's official Twitter page: "I
year, got postponed due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
wish you a successful journey and look forward to the sol
The Strategic Energy Partnership was when we are both exploring Mars ... I cannot wait to join
established in April 2018 whose objective you on the journey!"
is to encourage meaningful engagements
Growing space sector
through robust government-to-government
cooperation and industry engagement. The Hope Probe is the UAE's latest and most ambitious
step in its burgeoning space sector.
UAE launched mission to Mars The UAE has launched satellites before -- in 2009 and 2013
19 July' 20 -- but they were developed with South Korean partners.
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The country founded its space agency in 2014, and has set
he United ambitious targets including a colony on the Martian surface
Arab Emirates by 2117.
successfully
Government officials have previously
launched its Mars-
spoken of the space program as a
bound Hope Probe
catalyst for the country's growing STEM
on 19 July 2020,
(Science, Technology, Engineering and
marking the the
Math) sector.
Arab world's first
Dustin Johnson won the Travelers Championship to end a long drought and extend his
career-long season victory streak to 13.
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Yes Bank partners with Affordplan to ## Contactless, eliminates cash transactions for the safety
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launch “Swasth Card” 22 June' 20
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Affordplan
ES BANK in partnership with Affordplan, a Delhi- Launched in 2016, Affordplan is a first-of-its-kind fintech
based fintech company specializing in healthcare, platform, which is at the intersection of finance, healthcare,
announced the launch of ‘Swasth Card’, a co- and technology. The start-up is building a full stack of
branded healthcare card, under Swasth program in its financial services for healthcare across savings, lending,
endeavor to enable families plan and manage their finances and insurance products. The savings product allows for
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on Affordplan Swasth to enable wallet QR scan for Hospitals and patients can co-design flexible payment plans
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Affordplan Swasth app. through a manageable payment structure developed based
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deepening distribution and supply chain capabilities.
## Access to goal-based savings projection chart for
medical treatment based on treatment inputs. YES BANK
## Access to healthcare services and treatments at a YES BANK is a ‘Full Service Commercial Bank’ providing
discounted price. a complete range of products, services and technology
driven digital offerings, catering to Retail,
## No documentation required to apply for the card, full MSME as well as corporate clients.
KYC to be done within 24 months.
Yes Bank Limited is an Indian Private
## Flexible recharges from INR 100 up to a maximum Sector Bank headquartered in Mumbai,
balance of INR 1 lakh. India and was founded by Rana Kapoor and
## Cashback benefits offered enable savings on expenses Ashok Kapur in 2004.
related to OPD consultation, diagnostics, medicines
and In-Patient Department (IPD) treatments. IIM Ahmedabad launches ‘IIM
## Access to loan facilities for IPD treatments, in case Ahmedabad Endowment Fund’
a customer faces liquidity issue. The loan for the 23 June' 20
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treatment is disbursed directly to the hospital.
ndian Institute of Management- IIM Ahmedabad has
## Basic cover against accidental hospitalization,
launched the ‘IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund’.
disability, or death. The program has an inbuilt rewards
platform which provides wellness related products According to the official press release, the fund has
and services in the form of rewards and incentives to been launched with an initial commitment of Rs. 100 Crore
customers. from 10 founding alumni.
Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s India-born counsel Abdullah Khan Dogar
has passed away. He was 86.
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The endowment aims banks, building societies and cooperatives,
to raise Rs.1000 crore as well as commercial banking services
over a period of five provided by mutual organizations (such
years. Speaking on as cooperative federations) to cooperative
the occasion, the businesses.
Chairperson of IIMA
Board of Governors Yes Bank partners with UDMA to
Mr. Kumar Mangalam launch ‘Yuva Pay’ mobile app
Birla said that the
fund will ensure financial health of the institute.
25 June' 20
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He said that this fund will play a significant role in realizing es Bank
the long-term goals of the Institute and retain its autonomy. launched its
digital wallet
AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that IIMA is the
solution ‘Yuva Pay’
first management school in India to come up with this fund
in partnership with
setting a benchmark and inspiring other
UDMA Technologies
institutes.
to enable contactless
IIM Ahmedabad has produced over 33000 payments for its
alumni working in different fields across customers.
India since its inception in 1961.
‘Yuva Pay’ has minimum KYC regulations to Yes Bank
GoI brings all cooperative banks will offer bill payments via Bharat Bill Pay and provide
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) facility to customers.
under supervision of RBI 24 June' 20
Customers can pay their utility bills (including municipal,
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overnment of India will bring an ordinance to put house, water tax, electricity, LPG, DTH, Mobile bill,
all cooperative banks under the Reserve Bank of license fees), make insurance renewals, FASTag recharges,
India supervision. This decision was announced EMI payments, and use the app to make payments at retail
by Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash outlets.
Javadekar. Anita Pai, chief operating officer, Yes Bank said, the
The Cabinet also cleared a Rs 15,000-crore fund for objective of the app to make the low income groups
animal husbandry announced as part of “Atmanirbhar transition to digital and contactless transactions by enabling
Bharat Abhiyan” stimulus package, and approved already- wider access to secure electronic payment services,".
announced reforms in the space sector to boost private Yes Bank Limited is an Indian Private Sector Bank
sector participation, and upgrade of Kushinagar airport in headquartered in Mumbai, India and was founded by Rana
Uttar Pradesh to international. Kapoor and Ashok Kapur in 2004.
The cabinet decision, 1,482 urban cooperative banks Yes Bank Headquarters: Mumbai,
and 58 multi-state cooperative banks will come under Maharashtra.
the central bank’s oversight, which would mean tighter
supervision. Yes Bank MD & CEO: Prashant Kumar.
Cooperative banks had for a long been a weak link in the Yes Bank Tagline: Experience our
financial system because of lack of adequate oversight. Expertise.
The Union cabinet had in February this year approved HDFC Bank launches ‘e-Kisaan Dhan’
amendment to the Banking Regulation Act to bring
cooperative banks under the RBI.
app for farmers 02 July' 20
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Cooperative banking is retail and commercial banking DFC Bank announced the launch of ‘e-Kisaan
organized on a cooperative basis. Cooperative banking Dhan' app for farmers allover India.
institutions take deposits and lend money in most parts of Through this app the farmers will be able to
the world. access a bouquet of services, both banking and agriculture,
Cooperative banking, as discussed here, includes retail through their mobile phones.
banking carried out by credit unions, mutual savings
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'e-Kisaan Dhan’ will provide value-added services like The benefits of the Bhavishya Savings Account includes
mandi prices, latest farming news, weather forecast, no minimum account balance requirement and a free debit
information on seed varieties, SMS advisory, e-pashuhaat, card, which can be used at ATMs only to withdraw cash
Kisan TV, and more. with Aadhaar authentication.
Users can also avail multiple banking services like For security reasons, minors should have a mobile number
procuring loans, the opening of Bank accounts, availing that is different from the parent’s number.
insurance facilities, calculate KCC loan eligibility online, Further, on attaining 18 years of age,
and acquiring Government social security schemes at their the BhavishyaSavings Account will be
fingertips. upgraded to regular savings account on the
HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and financial submission of Re-KYC with updated info.
services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Tamil Nadu tops market borrowings
HDFC Bank is India’s largest private sector bank by assets.
It is the largest bank in India by market capitalisation as of
among States so far, in 2020-21
March 2020. 08 July' 20
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A subsidiary of the Housing Development Finance ccording to data from the Reserve Bank of India
Corporation, HDFC Bank was incorporated (RBI), Tamil Nadu has so far raised `30,500 crore
in 1994, with its registered office in (17%) through the issue of bonds, known as state
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. development loans, in the fiscal 2020-21 and has topped
Shyamala Gopinath (Non-Exe Chairperson) market borrowings among States in the country. Followed
and Aditya Puri (managing director) by Maharashtra `25,500 (14%) and Andhra Pradesh
`17,000 crores (9%) and Rajasthan `17,000 crores (9%).
Fino Payments Bank launches On July 7, Tamil Nadu borrowed an additional amount of
‘Bhavishya’ savings account `500 crore rateher than the `2,000 crore originally planned.
07 July' 20 The State had planned to raise `2,000 crore through the
issue of bonds of `1,000 each with tenures of 35 years and
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ino Payments 3 years respectively. Tamil Nadu had an option to raise a
Bank Limited further `250 crore in each of these securities, through what
has announced is known as the ‘green shoe’ option.
that it has launched a Tamil Nadu raised `1,250 crore at the interest rate of 6.63%
savings account for for the 35-year bonds and `1,250 crore at the rate of 4.54%
minor children aged for the three-year bonds in the auction conducted by RBI
between 10 and 18 on July 7.
years. Bhavishya, a
subscription-based The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central bank,
savings account, is aimed at making children banking which controls the issue and supply of the Indian rupee.
ready, inculcating a savings habit. RBI is the regulator of the entire Banking in India. RBI
plays an important part in the Development
The bank will initially introduce Bhavishya Savings Strategy of the Government of India.
Account in UP, Bihar and MP and gradually launch in other
states. RBI was set up in 1935 under the Reserve
Bank of India Act, 1934.
Ashish Ahuja, Chief Operating Officer, Fino Payments
Bank said, “India derives strength from its vast Governor Shaktikanta Das.
youth population. While gaining other skill sets, it is
important that children take to banking early. An easy Retail inflation rises to 6.09% in June
to operate Aadhaar seeded account will be of great 13 July' 20
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advantage to parents for inculcating savings habit in
their children. Also, the Bhavishya Savings Account etail inflation rose by 6.09 percent in June, mainly
can be used to get benefits of various government on account of higher prices of food items. The
schemes for children such as scholarship and DBT government data, released 13 July 2020 showed
subsidy amount.” that food price inflation in June stood at 7.87 percent.
K K Venugopal has been re-appointed as Attorney General of India for a period of one
year.
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The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
said, inflation figures are based on data collected from (NABARD) is an apex development finance institution
limited markets in view of the restrictions imposed on in India. The bank has been entrusted with "matters
account of coronavirus pandemic. concerning policy, planning, and operations in the field of
In April, CPI data were not released due to difficulty in data credit for agriculture and other economic activities in rural
collection. In March, CPI inflation stood at 5.84 percent. areas in India". NABARD is active in developing Financial
Inclusion policy.
According to the data, the annual inflation in cereals and
related products was 6.49 per cent, and 16.22 per cent in Formation : July 12, 1982;
'meat and fish' segment. For 'pulses and products', it was Headquarters : Mumba
16.68 per cent, while that of spices stood at 11.74 per cent. Chairman : Govinda Rajulu Chintala
The inflation in vegetables basket was 1.86 per cent, while
it was in negative zone for fruits. In the 'fuel and light' India Business Council to host 45th
segment, it was 2.69 per cent. “India Ideas Summit 2020”
RBI considers the retail inflation data for its key rate reviews. 19 July' 20
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However, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on 11 July 2020
said, the focus of the central bank will remain on reviving ndia Business
growth and restoring financial stability. Council will host
A consumer price index measures changes the 2020 India
in the price level of a weighted average Ideas Summit on July
market basket of consumer goods and 22nd. The Summit
services purchased by households. convenes business and
government leaders
NABARD organized ‘Digital Choupal’ for discussions on
to mark its 39th foundation day the future of the U.S.-
India Partnership and the trends shaping globalization, trade
15 July' 20 and investment, and the future of work in the COVID-era
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ABARD is and beyond. The Summit will feature a high-powered lineup
o rg a n i s i n g of both public and private sector speakers. Prime Minister
its first Narendra Modi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
''Digital Choupal' will deliver the keynote addresses. Among others, External
on July 13 to mark Affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will address the summit.
its 39th foundation The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) was formed
day, via video in 1975 as a business advocacy organization to enlighten
conferencing with and encourage the private sectors of both India and United
participants of States to enhance investment flows. The organization serves
various projects initiated by it, to share their experiences as a direct link between business and Government leaders,
about the projects they are involved in. resulting in increased trade and investment to strengthen
The participants in the video conference will be from ties between the two nations.
seven projects -- Rural Livelihoods Matter Immensely, Partnerships
Empowering Tribal Communities, Soil Health is Real USIBC partners with the major trade associations in India,
Health, Direct Marketing to Urban Consumers, Climate including The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),
Resilience, Climate Proofing of Koutuguda, and The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Collectivisation of Weavers. Industry (FICCI), The American Chamber
The development finance institution, that address underlying of Commerce in India (AmCham India),
issues of productivity and marketing, overarching issues of National Association of Software and
climate change and sustainability, and farmer centric issues Services Companies (NASSCOM), The
such as their collectivisation, their livelihoods and their Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), and The Indo-
income. American Chamber of Commerce (IACC).
Ashwini Kumar Singh took over as the new Inspector General of BSF''s south Bengal
frontier.
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Union HRD Minister and
Egyptian squash player Sports Minister launched BCCI appointed Hemang
Ranam El Veli announces 'Fit Hai to Hit Hai India' Amin as interim CEO.
retirement. program.
& Many More...
member countries, Headquarters– Madrid,

World Karate Federation
Spain and President– Antonio Espinós.
provisionally de-recognises KAI
It was formed in 1990, is the only karate
24 June' 20 organization recognised by the International
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he World Olympic Committee and has more than ten
K a r a t e million members.
Federation
(WKF) has
Top-ranked squash player Raneem El
provisionally de- Welily retires 25 June' 20
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recognised the
op-ranked
Karate Association
women’s
of India (KAI)
s q u a s h
with immediate
player, Raneem El
effect from June 21 for infighting and violating
Welily, announced
the WKF statutes during its 2019 elections.
her retirement on
The 2019 elections of KAI were flawed. Currently, a part
25th June 2020. The
of the management led by Likha Tara claims that the office-
31-year-old Egyptian
bearers are illegally elected, another part of management
was the first Arab
is claiming control & the rest part proposing to re-appoint
woman to be world No. 1 in any sport, the Professional
Bharat Sharma as vice president.
Squash Association.
WKF said, "An appeal can be presented before the
El Welily first took the top ranking in 2015, and won her
Disciplinary and Legal Commission within 21 days
only world championship two years later. She was a three-
following the notification of the provisional affiliation or
time runner-up.
disaffiliation decision by the Executive Committee and/
or the final affiliation or disaffiliation decision by the El Welily said in a statement on her social media accounts,
Congress,". “Squash has been my life for the past 25 years but the time
has come for me to say goodbye”.
"On that occasion, the KAI will be granted the opportunity
to express its view with regard to its disaffiliation of WKF, Egypt will retain the top ranking when current world No. 2
if it so wishes. Nouran Gohar replaces her compatriot next week.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) disaffiliated KAI in She won her first Professional Squash Association (PSA)
January 2020 for violating its constitution and guidelines. world championship in 2017. Raneem retained the top
The issue relates to the KAI elections in January 2019 that position for the past 19 months prior to her retirement.
had no presence of an observer from the IOA and there She was a member of Egypt’s WSF Women’s World
have been allegations that the process was not valid. Team Squash Championship winning side in 2008, 2012,
The World Karate Federation (WKF) is the largest 2016 and 2018. Tarek Momen won the PSA Men’s World
international governing body of sport karate with 191 Championship 2019-20.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Anna Yojana till the end of November.
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PSA Women's World Rankings, of July 2020
Nitin Menon Becomes Youngest
Joshna Chinappa, Indian Squash player ranked 10th in the Umpire to Enter ICC Elite Panel
July 2020 PSA World Women’s Ranking 2020.
29 June' 20
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) is the
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governing body for the men's and women's professional itin Menon
squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the from India
ATP and the WTA for tennis. became the
youngest member
Founded 1975
of the International
Location Leeds, England, United Cricket Council’s
Kingdom (ICC) Elite Panel
President Egypt Ali Farag (Men) and of Umpires. He
Jenny Duncalf (Women) replaces Nigel
Chairman Saudi Arabia Ziad Al-Turki Llong(England) for the upcoming 2020-21 season.
(ATCO) He becomes the 3rd Indian umpire to be included in the
CEO Wales Alex Gough ICC’s after former captain Srinivas Venkatraghavan and
Sundaram Ravi.
Australia, New Zealand to co-host A statement of ICC, "To be officiating regularly along with
FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup the leading umpires and referees of the world is something
that I always dreamt of and the feeling has yet to sink in,".
26 June' 20
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The 36-year-old, who has officiated in three Tests, 24 ODIs
ustralia and New Zealand were handed the right and 16 T20Is.
to host the 2023 Women's World Cup football
A selection panel comprising ICC General Manager
tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote
(Cricket) Geoff Allardice (Chairman), former player
by the FIFA Council on 25 June 2020. Their joint proposal
and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, and match referees
beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament
Ranjan Madugalle and David Boon, picked Menon, who
which is being expanded to 32 teams.
was earlier part of the Emirates ICC International Panel of
The report highlighted the infrastructure and organisational Umpires.
advantages of the Australia/New Zealand bid which FIFA
He was an on-field umpire for the 2019 Indian Premier
believed would make for a commercially successful
League (IPL) Final along with Ian Gould. He has
tournament. The bid of Australia and NewZealand
represented Madhya Pradesh in U-16, U-19, U-23 & List A
proposed using 13 stadiums in 7 cities of Australia and 5
matches as a cricketer.
cities in New Zealand.
He cleared the All India Umpiring Exam conducted by
Australia and New Zealand won the voting with 22 to 16
the BCCI in 2006 & started to officiate in BCCI domestic
against Colombia.
matches from the 2007-08 season.
FIFA’s decision means South America is still waiting to
The International Cricket Council (ICC)
host its first Women’s World Cup, a tournament that was
is the world governing body of cricket.
first played in 1991.
It was founded as the Imperial Cricket
FIFA is a non-profit organization which describes itself as Conference in 1909 by representatives from
an international governing body of association football, Australia, England and South Africa.
fútsal, beach soccer, and efootball. It is the highest
governing body of football. HRD Ministry’s 'Fit Hai to Hit Hai
FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition India' webinar with PV Sindhu, Sunil
among the national associations of Belgium, Chhetri begins 03 July' 20
Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands,
F
Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. FIFA it Hai to Hit Hai India webinar is being conducted
President Gianni Infantino and FIFA’s by HRD Ministry at 5 pm 03 July 2020. Ramesh
headquarters in Zurich Switzerland. Pohkriyal Nishank, Kiren Rijiju, P.V. Sindhu, and
The Centre declared the entire Nagaland as "disturbed area" for a further period of six
months till December-end.
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Sunil Chhetri would change of coaches hampered the performance of athletes.
answer student’s Meanwhile, the contract of all foreign coaches have been
questions. A host extended till 30th September of next year, in light of Tokyo
of leading sports Olympics-2020 being postponed till next year.
personalities share The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is the body
their experiences of responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the
childhood, stories Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic
on how they got meets and for managing the Indian teams at these events. It
inspired, their also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association,
failures, struggles, and their success. responsible for selecting athletes to represent
It is expected that this session will give the audience a very India at the Commonwealth Games.
inspirational and interesting account of their journeys, from IOA is created in 1924, President Dr.
common school students to world-class champions. Narinder Dhruv Batra and Secretary
The sessions will be streamed on Shri Ramesh General is Rajeev Mehta.
PokhriyalNishank's social media pages, MHRD social media
pages, Fit India Facebook & YouTube channel, SAI Facebook G Akash becomes India's 66th chess
Page, MyGov YouTube channel, SportsTak YouTube channel, Grandmaster 05 July' 20
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and the DD Sports Television and YouTube channel.
Fit India Movement is a nation-wide movement in India he 23 year-
to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including old G. Akash
physical activities and sports in their daily lives. from Chennai,
Tamil Nadu becomes
It was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi the country’s 66th
at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on 29 August 2019 Grandmaster with
(National Sports Day). rating of 2495. The
Target Opium Podium Scheme title was confirmed at
the recent meeting of
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren
International Chess Federation (FIDE) Council.
Rijiju on July 3 announced that the government will launch
Target Opium Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the junior Akash is an engineering graduate from Anna University.
athletes. The scheme will groom the junior He is coached by K. Visweswaran, a former National
athletes for 2024 and 2028 Olympics. Champion. He won the national title in 2012.
Fit India was founded by Shri Suparno Akash got third Grand Master norm in the National senior
Satpathy in year 1993 and it was chess ‘A’ championship in Majhitar(Sikkim) in 2019 were
incorporated as a company in year 2000. he fell short of the required Elo Mark of 2500. Around five
tournaments were played across the world to reach the rating.
Foreign and Indian coaches will now He has played in Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands), Conpenhagen
have a four-year contract 03 July' 20 (Denmark), Prague and Liberec (Czech Republic) and
F
in Bad Worishofen (Germany), were he attained his final
oreign and Indian coaches for training Indian norm. M Pranesh, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Ameya
Athletes will now have a four-year contract in Audi, from Goa earned International Master Titles.
alignment with the Olympic cycle. Speaking about
the decision, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that International Chess Federation or World Chess
by ensuring the right coaching for country’s elite athletes, Federation is an international organization based in
India’s chances in all major international tournaments, Switzerland that connects the various national chess
including the Olympics will be improved. Expressing his federations and acts as the governing body of international
confidence that the decision will benefit the athletes, Mr. chess competition.
Rijiju said, it will also help India’s long-term roadmap for FIDE was founded in Paris, France, on July
Olympic preparation for 2024 and 2028. 20, 1924. Its motto is "We are one people".
Lauding the decision, President of Indian Olympic President: Arkady Vladimirovich
Association Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra said that frequent Dvorkovich.
Popstar Beyonce will be honoured with the Humanitarian Award at the 20th edition of the
'BET Awards'.
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Asia Cup Cricket tournament and it was an apt
move to appoint him
postponed till June 2021 10 July' 20 to the position.
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he Asia Cup Cricket tournament, which was The functionary
scheduled to be held in September this year, has also stated that
been postponed till June next year by the Asian Amin did the real
Cricket Council (ACC) owing to an upsurge in COVID-19 work for most of the
cases in the region. commercial deals of
the BCCI.
The Asian Cricket Council tweeted that after careful
consideration and evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 About Hemang Amin:
pandemic, the Executive Board of the ACC decided Hemang Amin has been serving the BCCI since 2010.
to postpone the Asia Cup tournament. Pakistan was to Amin had joined the IPL operations team in June 2010. He
originally host the Asia Cup this time but due to security was appointed as the BCCI’s IPL Chief Operating Officer
reasons, the tournament was later rescheduled to be held (COO) after the resignation of Sundar Raman in November
in Sri Lanka. 2015.
“Above all, the risks related to health and safety of Amin had previously worked with the Bombay Stock
participating players, support staff, commercial partners, Exchange and Deutsche Bank.
fans and the cricketing community were deemed to
be significant. Accordingly, the Board, after careful As BCCI’s interim CEO, Amin’s first key focus would be to
consideration of all the above factors, has determined that conduct BCCI’s Apex Committee meeting
the Asia Cup 2020 be postponed,” on July 17, 2020. The meeting is considered
to be crucial as it is likely to decide the fate
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is a cricket organisation of IPL 2020 season along with the way
which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the forward for resuming the Indian cricket
sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International amid COVID pandemic.
Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional
administrative body, and currently consists of 24 member BCCI seeks government permission
associations. Nazmul Hassan is the current president of
Asian Cricket Council.
to host IPL in UAE 20 July' 20
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The ACC Asia Cup is a men's One Day International ndian cricket board - BCCI will seek government's
and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was permission to stage this year’s Indian Premier League
established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates. This was stated by
founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian IPL chief Brijesh Patel 18 July. He said, they will discuss
countries. the issue in the next governing council meeting in 7-10
days.
The first Asia cup was held in 1984 in
Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where Cricket boards of UAE and Sri Lanka have offered to host
the council's offices were based (until the league considering the Corona situation in India. 20
1995). July 2020 postponement of this year’s Twenty20 World
Cup, which has been scheduled to take place in Australia
BCCI appoints Hemang Amin as from 18 October, has presented the BCCI with a new
interim CEO 15 July' 20 opportunity to stage the IPL.
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The BCCI has been looking for a new window to stage the
he Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has lucrative IPL, which was postponed days before it was to
appointed Hemang Amin as the interim CEO of the begin in late March.
board. The announcement was made on July 13,
2020, after former CEO Rahul Johri's resignation was The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is
accepted by the board. the national governing body for cricket
in India. The board was formed in
Speaking on Hemang Amin’s appointment as an interim December 1928 as a society, registered
CEO, a BCCI functionary said that Amin has been one of under the Tamil Nadu Societies
the hardest workers in the BCCI in the last couple of years Registration Act.
The tenure of Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain has been extended by six
months, till mid-December this year.
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The NASA headquarters IIT Kanpur Developed

Union Cabinet approved the
building is named after UV Sanitizing Device
formation of "IN-SPACe".
"Mary W. Jackson". 'SHUDH'.
& Many More...
IIT- Bombay has developed Indian NASA's headquarters building is

receiver chip “Dhruva” 22 June' 20 named after "Mary W. Jackson"
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I T- B o m b a y
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has developed ASA has
the Dhruva, named its
Indian receiver chip headquarters
for NAVIC, GPS after its first African
satellites. "Dhruva" American female
can be used in engineer, Mary
smartphones, and W. Jackson. Mary
navigation devices to Jackson's success
find locations and routes within the country. story was featured
Dhruva will receive signals from India’s NAVIC group of in the 2016 biography Hidden Figures. The road outside
navigation satellites as well as the US Global Positioning NASA's headquarters in Washington DC was designated as
System-based satellites to determine these accurately under Hidden Figures Way in 2019.
all weather conditions. This is the first chip from our lab Mary W Jackson
completely designed by students.
Jackson was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia. After
NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is India’s graduating in high school, he graduated from the Hampton
geo-positioning system designed by ISRO to provide Institute with a dual degree in mathematics and physics
accurate positioning within the country. NAVIC satellites in 1942 and initially accepted a job as a math teacher in
were sent to orbit a few years ago, but no commercial Calvert County, Maryland.
'receiver' chip was available to receive signals from the
satellites. In 1951, Jackson was recruited by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics. This committee was
Dhruva will help receive and clean up the signals received replaced in 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space
from NAVIC, which are 36,000 km above from the earth’s Administration (NASA).
surface. The radiofrequency collector chip was structured
in the year and a half by understudies, and specialists at IIT Mary W Jackson began his professional career as a research
Bombay. It can receive in different frequency bands, and mathematician at NASA's Langley Research Center. She
handle weak signals. was later promoted to become the first African American
female engineer at NASA.
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is a public
technical and research university located Jackson died in 2005 at the age of 83. In 2019, President
in Powai, Mumbai, India. IIT Bombay Trump signed the Hidden Figure Congressional Gold
was founded in 1958. Headquarters of Medal Act, which posthumously honored Jackson,
IIT-Bombay is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Johnson, Vaughn, and Christine Darden, who joined
The Director of IIT-Bombay is Subhasis NASA's "Human Computer" pool in 1967.
Chaudhuri.
Former Singapore Cricket Association president Imran Khwaja will be the interim
chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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The National Aeronautics and Space Cam Scanner, which
Administration is an independent agency of is the most widely
the federal government of the United States. used mobile scanning
NASA is headquartered in Washington DC, app in the world,
United States. has more than 100
million users in India.
Union Cabinet has approved the The Alibaba Group
formation of “IN-SPACe” 25 June' 20 platforms are run by
U
an entity called UC
nion Cabinet Web Mobile Pvt Ltd, which has more than 130 million
chaired active users.
by Prime The ban has been enforced by The Ministry of
Minister Narendra Information Technology by invoking it’s power under
Modi has approved section 69A of the Information Technology Act and the
the establishment of Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards
the Indian National for Blocking of Access of Information by Public)
Space Promotion, Rules 2009. Title of Section 69A of the Information
and Authorization Technology Act, 2000 is “Power to issue directions for
Centre (IN-SPACe). It has been approved to encourage blocking for public access of any information through
the participation of the private sector in the entire range of any computer resource”.
space activities.
According to ministry, these Apps are engaged in
The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty, and integrity
Centre (IN-SPACe) will offer the level of the playfield of India, defense of India, the security of the state, and
to the private companies, by allowing them to use Indian public order. Also, most of these platforms
space infrastructure. It will also handhold, promote as have Indian creators, for many of whom
well as guide the private companies in space activities this is the only source of income. Many
via encouraging policies along with a friendly regulatory of these apps have offices and employees
environment. in India, and a few thousand jobs could
These reforms in the Indian space sector will allow be at stake.
Indian Space Research Organisation to focus on
research and development activities, new technologies, IIT Gandhinagar has developed an
exploration missions as well as the human spaceflight AI-based tool to detect COVID-19
program.
01 July' 20
I
The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space
agency of the Government of India. Its vision is to "harness ndian Institute
space technology for national development while pursuing of Technology
space science research & planetary Gandhinagar
exploration". Chairman of Indian Space has developed an
Research Organisation is K. Sivan and the Artificial Intelligence-
Headquarters of ISRO is in Bengaluru. based tool to detect
Union Minister of Science and Technology COVID-19 from
is Harsh Vardhan. Chest X-ray. This tool
can be used for quick
Government of India has banned 59 preliminary diagnosis before the medical test. The Artificial
Chinese apps 30 June' 20 Intelligence-based tool has been developed by the researchers
of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of IIT.
T
he government of India has banned 59 Chinese The tool is developed by Kushpal Singh Yadav. He is an
apps, including very popular ones like the short M.Tech student of Computer Science & Engineering under
the guidance of Professor Krishna Prasad Miyapuram,
video platform TikTok, UC Browser, file sharing
Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, and Computer
app Share it, and Cam Scanner, etc.
Science at IIT.
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Dhamma Chakra Day celebrations
on Asadha Purnima on July 4 , 2020.
SCIENCE
The system is now available as a web-interface on UV lights of 15
covidxray.iitgn.ac.in/. Any user can upload a digital copy Watts each that
of the chest x-ray or CT-scan in standard image formats can be individually
such as jpeg, png, etc, and check whether he or she is monitored from
COVID-19 positive or not. The format of any test image a distance. Initial
of a new person will be automatically transformed and testing has proved
diagnosed using the AI tool. that the device at its
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar is a public full operation can
engineering institution located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, disinfect a 10×10
India. IIT Gandhinagar is one of the eight square feet room in about 15 minutes.
Indian Institutes of Technology announced SHUDH can assist in killing the spread of corona virus at
by the Ministry of Human Resource highly prone places such as hospitals, hotels, malls, offices,
Development in 2008. Director of IIT and schools. The on/off, speed, and location of the product
Gandhinagar is Prof. Sudhir K. Jain. can be controlled remotely using your available smartphone
while installing an android application.
IIT Kanpur has developed the class Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a public
room-to-home teaching setup technical, and Research University located in Kanpur,
"Mobile Masterjee" 03 July' 20 Uttar Pradesh. It was declared to be an Institute by
I
the Government of India under the
IT Kanpur has Institutes of Technology Act. Prof. Abhay
developed the Karandikar is currently serving as the
class room-to- Director of IIT Kanpur. Earlier, he was the
home teaching setup Dean and the Institute Chair Professor in
"Mobile Masterjee". the Department of Electrical Engineering
It will be very helpful at IIT Bombay.
to students in rural
India. This setup can CSIR-CMERI unveils COVID Safety
record the lectures System (COPS) for the workplace
or instructions by the teachers while using their available
smartphones. 19 July' 20
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About ‘Mobile Masterjee’: urgapur-
The setup can capture the videos of the classroom lecture based CSIR-
in many positions. The product is light weight, and has C M E R I
adjustments to fit sheets and book on it for delivering unveiled the
instructions to the kids. A set graduated scale aligns the COVID Security
sheet at the desired angle, followed by the rotational quick System (COPS)
adjustment of the mobile holder. for the workplace.
The COPS for
The “Mobile Masterjee” can hold, position, the workplace
and focus the whole recording setup while consists of three units, including contactless solar-based
making the online class a comfortable home intelligent mask automated dispensing unit cum thermal
environment. `Prof. Abhay Karandikar scanners (IntelliMAST), touchless taps (TouF), and 360°
is currently serving as the Director of IIT car flushers.
Kanpur.
COPS is a group of the following technologies:
IIT Kanpur develops UV sanitizing 1. Solar Based Intelligent Mask Automated Dispensing
device ‘SHUDH’ 14 July' 20 Unit cum Thermal Scanner (IntelliMAST) - Solar
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based IntelligentMast is an intelligent monitoring
IT Kanpur has developed an Ultraviolet sanitizing kiosk that identifies body temperature and whether
device named Smartphone operated Handy Ultraviolet the person is wearing a face mask through customized
Disinfection Helper (SHUDH). This device has 6 software solutions. The Intellimast system is backed
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved capital acquisition of various platforms &
equipment worth Rs 38,900 crore.
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up by solar power to provide an uninterrupted power Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur in collaboration with
supply when there is no electricity. The IntelliMAST IIT Jodhpur and Indian Institute of Information
system requires a 40-50 W power supply through a Technology (IIIT) Nagpur has developed a model
combination of solar power and electricity. for effective tracking and monitoring of COVID-19
2. Touchless Faucet (TouF) - Touchless Faucet (TouF) positive and suspect patients. This device is in the
is being launched for homes and office complexes. The form of a smart wristband. It is conceptualized by Dr.
system distributes liquid soap and water at the same Prathamesh Kamble, Assistant Professor, Physiology,
interval of 30 seconds from the same faucet as the AIIMS Nagpur.
latest government guidelines. This wristband can provide mobile free operation, using
3. 360° Car Flusher - The 360° car flusher developed by a geofencing technology that will provide a real-time
CSIR-CMERI is a sodium hypochlorite water screen warning on any breach in the quarantine zone.
to ensure that the sanitizer is equally above the body/ The wristband, in addition, will provide real-time,
wheels of the car with adequate water coverage of objective, and reliable data of vitals of the wearer
diffused water. Spreads down. Uses specific nozzle like the temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and
design. The 360° car flusher structure is based on a oxygen saturation, so that the quarantined person will
water channel frame with a suitable number of specific get a health alarm thus helping them seek early medical
nozzles that can be customized and modified according help.
to the specific needs of a specific organization. The Water This move will warn the monitoring personnel like the
Channel Frame and Nozzle Design local authorities. Tracking, and monitoring all the contacts
of the Flusher have been optimized to is a very labor-intensive procedure, the newly invented
ensure Water Efficiency and Reduce wristband will definitely make this task much easier and
Water Wastage. It requires 750 watts of cost-effective.
power required to run a pump.
About "smart wristband" - This device will operate on a
AIIMS Nagpur has developed a technology that is more effective than the GPS system.
The data collected through wristband will be collected, and
smart wristband 20 July' 20
archived on cloud facilitating monitoring by health workers
A
I I M S from a distance.
Nagpur has There is no mechanism at present to track symptoms
developed which is the user’s subjective self-
a "smart wristband" assessment. The existing mobile apps use
to track COVID-19 GPS or cell tower triangulation methods
positive patients. for tracking location with an accuracy that
All India Institute may vary sometimes up to a radius of 1.5
of Medical to 2 kilometers.
Unique Urban Forest inaugurated at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of
India in New Delhi.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS BITES
Ministry of Skill Development
Priyanka Chopra appointed Hyderabad Airport launches
and Entrepreneurship
Jonas as ambassador for full contactless parking
Launches AI-Based ASEEM
TIFF 2020. using FASTags.
Digital Platform.
& Many More...
being carried out to ward away locusts in these two states.

India becomes 1st country to control “The biggest advantage of the drone is
locusts through drones 28 June' 20 that it can fly above the flying zone of the
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locusts giving the flexibility to the officials
ndia is the
to carry out combat operation while they
first country to
are flying.
control locusts
through drones.
Under the Make
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
in India initiative, inaugurated India’s first plasma bank
the Department 02 July' 20
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of Agriculture,
Cooperation & elhi Chief
Farmers Welfare, Agriculture Ministry has indigenously Minister
developed a vehicle-mounted Ultra-low volume sprayer A r v i n d
for locust control. Locust is a crop-threatening migratory Kejriwal inaugurated
pest that has entered the country through the India-Pakistan India’s first plasma
border. bank at the Institute
of Liver, and Biliary
In total 60 ground control teams of Locust Circle Offices,
Sciences (ILBS) to
and 12 drones used for locust control operations in the
ease access to plasma
affected areas. The need for an aerial spray for locust
that is being used as a trial to treat COVID-19 patients.
control was felt like the ground control vehicles sprayers
can spray up to a height of 25-30 feet only. The tractor- A plasma bank functions as a blood bank and has
mounted sprayers also have a limitation in reaching been created specifically for those who are suffering
inaccessible areas, and tall trees. from Covid-19 and have been advised the therapy
by doctors. The facility has been set up at the ILBS,
"India is the first country to control locust by using drones
which will be the nodal center for the collection of
after finalizing the protocols and getting all statutory
plasma.
approvals. Major operations are concentrated in Rajasthan
where maximum resources are committed". In Delhi, seven hospitals have permission to conduct
these trials on COVID-19 patients. These are All India
According to the information given by the ministry, all
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Maulana Azad
the groups of locust swarms are being tracked by teams
Medical College (MAMC) in the coordination with
of the state agriculture departments of Rajasthan, Haryana,
the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS),
and Uttar Pradesh, local administrations, and officials of
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Batra Hospital, Lady
the Central Locust Warning Organisation and control
Hardinge Medical College, Ram Manohar Lohia
operations are underway.
Hospital and Max Hospital Saket.
More control teams from Rajasthan have been moved
A patient who is eligible and willing to donate plasma
to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to help control operations
may call 1031 or WhatsApp details at 8800007722. A
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched the toolkit for Swachh
Survekshan-2021.
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team of doctors will then get in touch with audio or video tape, satellite TV and CD-
the patient to further confirm eligibility. ROM. It can be done by itself or under the
A vehicle will be sent to the donor’s leadership of an instructor and the medium
home, or the government will reimburse is text, image, animation, streaming video
transportation costs. and audio.
Delhi Government launches Union HRD Minister launches “Drug

e-learning portal “LEAD” 03 July' 20 Discovery Hackathon 2020”
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e l h i
04 July' 20
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Government r u g
has launched Discovery
an e-learning portal Hackathon
name as “Learning has been launched by
through E-Resources the Union Minister
Made Accessible for Human Resource
for Delhi (LEAD)”. Development
E-portal “LEAD” Ramesh Pokhriyal
comprises of 10,000 instructional materials, and course ‘Nishank’, and
content for students of Classes I to XII. Union Minister for Health, and Family Welfare, and
The Delhi government will also share its teaching- Ministry of Science, and Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
learning material on the digital platform “DIKSHA” The hackathon is a joint initiative of MHRD, AICTE, and
through its e-learning portal “LEAD”. "The Learning CSIR, and supported by partners such as CDAC, MyGov,
through E-Resources Made Accessible for Delhi (LEAD) Schrodinger, and ChemAxon.
portal" will offer students access to textbooks, study Drug Discovery Hackathon is a first of its kind national
material, and course content as per the syllabus of the initiative which has been launched to support the drug
CBSE, NCERT, and Delhi government’s curriculum discovery process.
online. It will also provide students with digital QR
coded textbooks, explanatory videos, practice questions Through this, the government is also planning to attract
including evaluation. international talent as the event is open to participation from
across the globe from professionals, faculty, researchers,
During the pandemic students and their parents have shown and students from varied fields such as computer science,
interest in online learning, which has raised the team’s medical sciences, chemistry, Pharmacy, basic sciences,
confidence that children will utilize e-learning resources on and biotechnology. This Hackathon will support India
the LEAD portal. in establishing the new model for expediting the drug
LEAD will allow teachers to refine, and update their discovery process.
teaching-learning skills, and facilitate learning based on The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is
an all-encompassing approach. The portal will comprise a statutory body under the Department of Higher Education
of teacher training contents and teaching resources such as of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and
lesson plans, textbooks, concept videos, and worksheets. a national level council for technical education. AICTE
Chief Minister of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal and Governor recognizes postgraduate and graduate programs under
of Delhi is Anil Baijal. specific categories in Indian institutions as per its charter.
The e-learning platform provides easy access to enhance Dr. Harsh Vardhan is a Minister of Science, and Technology,
sessions of knowledge and skills anywhere, anytime. Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Ramesh Pokhriyal
It provides a platform in which the individual gets a Nishank is an Indian politician serving as the Minister
customized package related to key thematic areas through a of Human Resource Development in the Second Modi
self-directed process. In the current era, where technology ministry.
is developing rapidly, education has also resorted to ICT He represented the Haridwar Parliamentary
and now provides convenient ways to help enhance the constituency of Uttarakhand in the 17th
knowledge, education, and literacy status of people. Lok Sabha. He was the 5th Chief Minister
Textbooks are distributed via the Internet, intranet / extranet, of Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2011.
President Vladimir Putin ordered amendments that would allow him to remain in power
until 2036 to be put into the Russian Constitution.
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The portal consists of three IT-based interfaces -
Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship Launches AI-Based Employer Portal - Employer onboarding, Demand
Aggregation, candidate selection
ASEEM Digital Platform 10 July' 20
Dashboard - Reports, Trends, analytics, and highlight the
I
n an endeavor gaps
to improve the Candidate Application - Create & Track candidate profile,
information share job suggestions
flow and bridge
the demand-supply ASEEM will be used as a match-making engine to map
gap in the skilled skilled workers with the jobs available. The portal and
workforce market, App will have provision for registration and data upload
the Ministry of for workers across job roles, sectors, and geographies.
Skill Development The skilled workforce can register their profiles on the
and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched ‘Aatamanirbhar app and can search for employment opportunities in their
Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ neighborhood. Through ASEEM, employers, agencies, and
portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood job aggregators looking for skilled workforce in specific
opportunities. Apart from recruiting a skilled workforce that sectors will also have the required details at their fingertips.
spurs business competitiveness and economic growth, the It will also enable policymakers to take a
Artificial Intelligence-based platform has been envisioned more objective view of various sectors.
to strengthen their career pathways by handholding them Union Minister for Skill Development
through their journeys to attain industry-relevant skills and and Entrepreneurship is Mahendra Nath
explore emerging job opportunities, especially in the post Pandey.
COVID era.
Envisaging the rapidly changing nature of work and how it Hyderabad airport introduced
impacts the workforce is crucial in restructuring the skilling complete contactless parking using
ecosystem with the new normal settling post-pandemic. FASTags 10 July' 20
T
Besides identifying the major skills gap in the sectors and
providing a review of global best practices, ASEEM will he GMR
provide employers a platform to assess the availability Hyderabad
of a skilled workforce and formulate their hiring plans. International
Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping Airport (GHIAL)
(ASEEM) refers to all the data, trends, and analytics that has introduced
describe the workforce market and map demand of skilled India’s first-ever
workforce to supply. It will provide real-time granular fully contactless
information by identifying relevant skilling requirements airport car parking
and employment prospects. to provide a safe
airport amid COVID-19. GHIAL has also scaled up to its
ASEEM https://smis.nsdcindia.org/, also available as
NETC (National Electronic Toll Collection) FASTag Car
an app, is developed and managed by National Skill
Parking in collaboration with NPCI (National Payments
Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with
Corporation of India).
Bengaluru-based company Betterplace, specializing in
blue-collar employee management. ASEEM portal aims The parking payment is done using the Reloadable
at supporting decision and policymaking via trends and Electronic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag
analytics generated by the system for programmatic linked to a prepaid account which enables the automatic
purposes. ASEEM shall help in providing real-time data deduction of the parking charges.
analytics to NSDC and its Sector Skill Councils about The radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is mapped
the demand and supply patterns including - industry with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
requirements, skill gap analysis, demand per district/ by the issuer banks. The subscriber of this system can
state/ cluster, key workforce suppliers, key consumers, use the parking without any manual intervention, such as
migration patterns and multiple potential career prospects waiting for a parking receipt at the entry or making cash or
for candidates. credit card payment at the exit.
Reliance Jio has opened the JioMeet app for the general public, which can support up to
100 users in a session, according to its website.
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According to the company, dedicated NETC FASTag 21 percent biomedical waste, and 11 percent of inert nature
lanes are in place at the entry point and when a user which is building material waste.
arrives through this lane, the RFID reader captures the UEPPCB approved the state fuel policy to reduce air
tag with the timestamp and stores the details in the local pollution in the coming years including a ban on the use
database. of petroleum coke as fuel in a few years, which has a large
While exiting, the same is reconciled and the chargeable scale impact on air pollution.
parking fee is automatically deducted, allowing the Earlier, in January this year, Dehradun city featured as
passengers to virtually zip through the parking lot in no almost 11 times more polluted than prescribed standards
time. In November 2019, Comvision had implemented first of World Health Organization standards and worse than
phase parking integrated with ICICI bank. Kanpur according to a Greenpeace report.
ICICI Bank Limited is Indian multinational The report, titled "Airpocalypse IV" on
banking, and financial services company the basis of PM-10 levels in the air was
with its registered office in Vadodara, released on January 23, 2020. Chief
Gujarat, and corporate office in Mumbai, Minister of Uttarakhand isTrivendra
Maharashtra. Singh Rawat and Governor is Baby Rani
Maurya.
The Uttarakhand government has
decided to launch the "Waste to IIT Delhi launches world's cheapest
Energy" Project 15 July' 20 COVID-19 test kit "COROSURE"
T
h e 16 July' 20
C
Uttarakhand orosure is a low-cost coronavirus test kit developed
government by the Indian Institute of Technology. IIT claims
has decided to that it is the world's cheapest diagnostic kit for
convert waste COVID-19.
generated in the state
to electricity under The test of IIT Delhi was launched by Union Human
an initiative titled Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
"Waste to Energy". Nishank and Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre in the name
According to Uttarakhand Environment Protection, of Corosure.
and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB), this waste This testing kit has been prepared by an expert team from
can generate up to 5 megawatts of electricity, and curb IIT Delhi after getting permission for public use by both the
pollution. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Drug
The scheme also aims to solve the problem of the Controller General of India (DCGI). He claims that this kit
unavailability of landfills to dispose of the solid waste will give the coronavirus test results in just three hours.
across the hill state with has 10 out if 13 districts as hill That is, this testing kit will be light on the pocket and due
areas. The scheme also aims to solve the problem of the to quick results; the waiting period will also be shorter for
unavailability of landfills to dispose of solid waste. At the people who get tested and their families.
present 900 tonnes of waste is generated in the hill state This testing kit uses an alternative method of testing
every day, according to state government data. coronaviruses and will be launched through a Newtech
Out of the total waste generated, half is organic in nature medical device.
while 17 percent falls in a recyclable category followed The COVID-19 diagnostic kit based on RT-PCR, the world's
by 21 percent biomedical waste, and 11 percent of inert cheapest COVID testing kit prob-free, Corosure, was
nature which is building material waste. Petroleum developed by researchers at Kusuma School of Biological
coke is also known as "Petcoke". It is a final solid by- Sciences at IIT Delhi and they were priced at Rs 500 but
product that derives from the oil refining process and this amount increased a bit during research and testing.
is very rich in carbon. Petroleum coke has high carbon Since the aim was to make the kit extremely inexpensive,
content. the Corosure test kit would cost around Rs 650.
Out of the total waste generated, half is organic in nature According to IIT Delhi Director V. Ramgopal Rao, this
while 17 percent falls in a recyclable category followed by testing kit will change the status of COVID-19 tests in the
After a long stint of 10 years, Rajan Mathews resigned as the Director General of the Cellular
Operators Association of India (COAI).
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country both in terms of scale and cost of testing. Using permanent destination for film culture operating out of
technology devised by IIT Delhi, the Newtech medical the TIFF Bell Lightbox, located in downtown Toronto.
devices company can conduct around two million tests TIFF's mission is "to transform the way people see the
every month, which is a very cheap cost and will go a long world through film".
way in treating the cases of COVID after rapid testing Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress, singer and
and prevention of the epidemic. This testing kit is a great winner of the 2000 Miss World contest.
example of connecting the lab to the market.
Through her successful film career, Chopra is one of
The RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain Bollywood's highest-paid actresses and has
reaction) test, also known as the swab test, is one of the become one of the most popular celebrities
most common and reliable tests to detect coronaviruses. in India. She has received several awards,
This is a very sensitive test and the swab sample is taken and nominations, including a National Film
from a person's nose or throat. So far, Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare
the cost of the RT-PCR test is around Rs Award in four categories.
2,200 to Rs 3,000. This is the reason why
this indigenous test kit made by IIT Delhi PNB launches campaign to distribute
technology will prove to be a game-changer
in the fight against COVID-19. face masks & sanitizers 20 July' 20
P
unjab National
Priyanka Chopra Jonas appointed as Bank has
the ambassador for TIFF 2020 launched a
18 July' 20 nation-wide campaign
to distribute face
B
ollywood masks and sanitizers
a c t o r , to prevent the spread
Priyanka of COVID-19. The
Chopra Jonas has PNB’s campaign
been chosen as the was launched by the Union Minister of Health and Family
ambassador of the Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. This campaign has been
Toronto International launched by PNB under Corporate social responsibility.
Film Festival (TIFF) Under this campaign, Punjab National Bank will distribute
2020. Priyanka has such material in 662 districts throughout the country. The
joined the list of 50 celebrated filmmakers and actors who campaign also featured the participation of PNB’s 22 zonal
are invited as the ambassadors of the TIFF. Bollywood offices across the nation via video conferencing.
filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has also been chosen for TIFF
2020. Corporate social responsibility is a type of international
private business self-regulation that aims to contribute to
The esteemed film festival will be opting for digital the societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable
screenings, and virtual red carpets in the wake of the corona nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or
virus pandemic. ethically-oriented practices.
The festival is scheduled to start from September 10 to Punjab National Bank is a Banking, and Financial service
September 19, 2020. Priyanka has joined the list of 50 bank owned by the Government of India with its headquarters
celebrated filmmakers and actors who are invited as the is in New Delhi, India. The bank was
ambassadors of the TIFF. founded in 1894 and is the second-largest
The Toronto International Film Festival is one of public sector bank in India, both in terms of
the largest publicly attended film festivals in the business. The Managing Director and, Chief
world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank
its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a is S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao.
Debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates informed that its Managing Director (Cement) Sunny Gaur has
resigned from the company.
WORD OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY
EDITORIAL WORD whine
Moan howl
Pronunciation: / / lament
Noun lamentation
1. A prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as keen
if from physical or mental suffering.
ANTONYMS:
2. Any similar sound:
Be happy, commendation, please, approval, laughing,
Ex: the moan of the wind. exultation, compliment, cheering, smiling, plaudit,
Verb (used without object) endorsement, praise, acclaim, rejoicing, applause, sanction,
gloat.
1. To utter moans, as of pain or grief.
EXAMPLES:
2. (of the wind, sea, trees, etc.) to make any sound
suggestive of such moans: 1. The injured man was lying on the ground, moaning.
Ex: The wind moaned through the trees. 2. What are you moaning about this time?
Verb (used with object) 3. He's always moaning about not being treated
properly.
1. to utter (something) inarticulately or pitifully, as if
in lamentation: 4. They were all moaning and groaning about the amount
of work they had.
He moaned his response.
5. It pisses me off when they start moaning about going
2. to lament or bemoan: to war.
To moan one's fate. 6. He's always moaning about how poor he is.
Derived terms 7. What are you moaning about now?
Moaner 8. Oh stop being such a moaning minnie!
Moany 9. I've had a bellyful of your moaning.

10. He kept moaning on and on.
Related terms
11. I heard a low moaning noise.
Bemoan
12. He's always moaning that we use too much electricity.
SYNONYM:
13. They could hear the wind moaning in the trees.
groan
14. He was moaning all night long.
wail
15. She's always moaning. It really gets on my nerves.
whimper
16. What are you moaning on about now?
sob
17. Cage is always moaning about not being treated
cry equally.
54 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes has died at the age of 95..
DESIGNATION WHO'S WHO
WHO’S WHO
S.No. DESIGNATION NAME
1. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu
2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
3. Chairman of Niti Ayog Narendra D. Modi
4. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad
5. Leader of House in Lok Sabha Narendra D. Modi
6. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha -
7. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora
8. Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra
9. Director General, ITBP S S Deshwal
10. Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari
11. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
12. Comptroller & Auditor General of India G. C. Murmu
13. Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S. Somanath
14. Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India R. S Sharma
15. CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla
16. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai
17. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
18. Chairman, UPSC Pradeep Kumar Joshi
19. Director General, National Investigation Agency Y.C. Modi
20. Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO K. Sivan
21. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt. of Atomic Energy K. N. Vyas
22. Chairman, SSC Braj Raj Sharma
23. Chairman,National Human Rights Commission Justice H.L. Dattu
24. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Vivek Joshi
25. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes Pramod Chandra Mody
26. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India Subash Chandra Khuntia
27. Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi
28. Chairperson, State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar
29. India’s permanent representative in UNO T S Tirumurti
30. Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
31. Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma
32. Chairman, 15th Finance Commission N. K. Singh
33. Chairman, Competition Commission of India Ashok Kumar Gupta
34. Chairperson,Central Board of Film Certification Prasoon Joshi
35. President, ASSOCHAM Niranjan Hiranandani
36. Chairman, NASSCOM UB Pravin Rao
37. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat
38. Chief of Air Staff Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
39. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh
40. Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane
41. Chief, RAW Samant Goel
42. Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre A.K. Mohanty
43. National Commission for Scheduled Castes Ram Shankar Katheria
44. President, FICCI Sangita Reddy
45. Chairman of 21st Law Commission Dr. Justice BS Chauhan
46. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval
47. Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Dr. A. Surya Prakash
48. DG of National Testing Agency Vineet Joshi
49. Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey
50. Chairman, Indian Banks Association Rajnish Kumar
Data as on 17th August, 2020
New administrative and academic building of IARI Jharkhand named after Late Dr.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his birth anniversary.
COVID-19
Race For Vaccine
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause Phase 2
diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, these viruses cause This RNA vaccine has been developed by Moderna, in
respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and funded by the National
The coronavirus pandemic can be termed as one of the most
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
unprecedented, difficult global challenges that the world has
which is part of the US National Institutes of Health. The
had to face. With over 11 million cases reported globally, and
vaccine was tested in phase 1 trials on volunteers at the
a death toll of more than 5 lakhs, the WHO has said that the
pandemic is far from being over, and the worst is yet to come. Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
in Seattle. Now, Moderna has started phase 2 trials on
During testing times like these, the entire world has their
participants of a wide range of ages. The company expects
eyes on science, medical experts, and researchers, who
phase 3 trials to start in July.
are tirelessly working towards finding an effective vaccine
against the novel coronavirus, which may be the only ray of Phase 1
hope currently to prevent the infection, and slow down the Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical & Institute
spread of the pandemic. With more than a hundred vaccine of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) -
candidates under development around the world, a few
Protein Subunit Vaccine
of them have reached the stages of final trials, and seem
promising. Here is a review of the many vaccine candidates The protein subunit vaccine candidate is being tested
that are under trials or development. in collaboration with the Second Affiliated Hospital of
When candidate vaccines make it to human clinical trials, Chongqing Medical University and Beijing Chao Yang
they first go through phase 1 trials primarily to test the Hospital. This phase 1 clinical trial will see 50 healthy
vaccine’s safety, determine dosages and identify any adults between the ages of 18 and 59 being tested.
potential side effects in a small number of people. Phase 2 CUREVAC (GERMANY) - MRNA
trials further explore safety and start to investigate efficacy
on larger groups. The final stage, phase 3 trials, which VACCINE
few vaccines ever make it to, are much larger, involving Based on an RNA platform, CureVac’s vaccine candidate has
thousands or tens of thousands of people, to confirm and received € 300 million backing from the German government,
assess the effectiveness of the vaccine and test whether there € 80 million from the European Commission and € 8.3 million
are any rare side effects that only show up in large groups. from the CEPI. The two-dose vaccine will be tested in 168
Here is a list of candidates at various stages of clinical trials. healthy individuals between the age of 18 and 60. Earlier
this year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also made a
Phase 3 commitment to invest US$ 52 million in CureVac to support
University of Oxford (UK) - Viral Vector Vaccine its platform technology and the construction of a Good
The ChAdOx1 vaccine, developed by the University of Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production facility.
Oxford, is testing the vaccine in phase 3 clinical trials in The Indian government’s recent letter trying to speed up
more than 10,000 people from across the UK, including clinical trials for a vaccine candidate, which it is developing
children and the elderly. The vaccine is also being tested in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical
in Brazil and has just started in South Africa, the first company, betrayed its desperation to develop the world’s
COVID-19 vaccine trial in Africa. With support from the first covid-19 vaccine. But in a historically unparalleled
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), global race for a vaccine, India is still some distance behind.
AstraZeneca will manufacture 300 million doses of this
coronavirus vaccine candidate in anticipation of the vaccine As of July 7, the World Health Organisation listed 160
proving to be both safe and effective. If it is, the first doses vaccines in development at various stages of research and
are expected to be available in late 2020. development. This makes it the biggest vaccine development
56 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 Calcutta High Court additional judge Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee died.
effort in the history of mankind while a pandemic is still on, BioNTech-Pfizer: The German and US firms reported that
said the Indian virologist Shahid Jameel. Of these, 139 are additional data from their experimental Covid-19 vaccine
currently in “preclinical evaluation" stages, which means conducted in Gerrmany on 60 healthy adults showed it was
that vaccine candidates are being tested on animals. safe and induced an immune response in patients. The results
Two Indian vaccine candidates have cleared this stage and were similar to tests conducted in the US. The pharma majors
said the data also demonstrated an induction of high level of
have received regulatory approval to move for the next
T-cell responses against the novel coronavirus.
stage - clinical trials - although the WHO document does not
list Covaxin, the vaccine candidate the Indian government ZyCoV-D: Apart from the Bharat Biotech-ICMR vaccine,
was pushing. When asked why this was the case, a WHO the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has allowed
representative said in an email that the WHO had a list of Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd to go in for phase 1 and 2
human trials. The company aims to complete clinical trials
“attributes and criteria [that] provide considerations for
of its coronavirus vaccine ZyCoV-D in seven months after
the evaluation and prioritization of COVID-19 candidate
starting the first phase of trials last week.
vaccines to be considered for further development by
WHO", but did not say which criteria Covaxin did not meet. Panacea Biotec: The New Delhi-headquartered generic
pharma firm in June had said that it was setting up a
The WHO lists 21 vaccine candidates globally that are in joint venture firm in Ireland with US-based Refana Inc to
the clinical evaluation stage. This is the stage where vaccine develop a vaccine for COVID-19. It aims to make over 500
candidates begin to be tested on humans. According to the million doses of the potential COVID-19 vaccine, with
WHO, in phase I clinical studies, initial testing of a vaccine over 40 million doses expected to be available for delivery
is carried out in small numbers of healthy adults, “to test early next year, PTI quoted Panacea Biotec statement.
the properties of a vaccine, tolerability, and, if appropriate, Other Indian firms: Indian Immunologicals, a subsidiary
clinical laboratory and pharmacological parameters", of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has
primarily to test if it will be safe to administer the vaccine. inked an agreement with Australia's Griffith University
Phase II trials involve larger numbers of subjects and are to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, PTI said in a report.
intended to test if the vaccine candidate does produce an Others like Mynvax and Biological E are also working to
immune response in subjects, and to once again test for develop vaccines for COVID-19, the news agency added.
safety. Phase III involves a large number of participants to Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac: The Nasdaq-listed Chinese
fully assess the safety and efficacy of a vaccine candidate. pharma major has reportedly moved into the third phase
In Indian clinical trials for a covid-19 vaccine, this number of trials in Brazil with two doses of 'CoronaVac' inducing
could potentially run into tens of thousands, WHO chief neutralising antibodies after 14 days. It has penned a deal with
scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in a recent interview. Brazilian immunobiologic producer Instituto Bhutantan to
Here's a list of various coronavirus vaccines at the run the stage 3 trial in Brazil. Bangladesh Medical Research
different stages of the trial in India and abroad: Council (BMRC) has also approved the last stage trial of
coronavirus vaccine by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Covaxin: The Covaxin trial will take place in at least three
stages, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said in a briefing. The Conclusion
first phase will study the samples of 375 healthy people aged To protect yourself: There are currently no vaccines available
18-55 years without any co-morbidities over a trial period of 4-6 to protect you against human coronavirus infection. You may
weeks. The stage two of the trial phase will cover samples from be able to reduce your risk of infection by doing the following :
750 healthy people aged 12-65 years. The third stage will focus
## Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least
on the efficacy of the vaccine with samples of around 1800
20 seconds
people. On fulfilling trial criteria, the vaccine could be ready by
end of 2020 or early next year, Guleria said. ## Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with
unwashed hands
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine: Sharing the results of the
## Avoid close contact with people who are sick
potential vaccine during early-stage clinical trials, the
developers/scientists said it has shown positive results, Treatment
generating both antibodies and cell-mediated immune There are no specific treatments for illnesses caused by
responses. They expressed hope that a vaccine could be human coronaviruses. Most people with common human
rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty. coronavirus illness will recover on their own. However,
The Serum Institute has said it will be able to produce you can do some things to relieve your symptoms :
about 300-400 million doses of the vaccine by December
## Take pain and fever medications (Caution: do not give
and half of its production will be for India. SII CEO Adar Aspirin to children)
Poonawalla has said the company will apply for a license
from the Indian regulator to start clinical trials of the ## Use a room humidifier or take a hot shower to help
Oxford vaccine in a week's time. ease a sore throat and cough
Veteran Bollywood choreographer, Saroj Khan, passed away. She was 71. SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 57
Agricultural Threats:
Locust
FAO issues locust alert for India / Inayatullah said. This year, warmer temperatures have
already allowed an extra generation of breeding to occur
FAO locust warning in northwest Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and southwest
In mid-June, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Asia, amplifying the overall risk of a locust plague, the most
Organization (FAO) issued a threat level warning to countries serious category of locust threat identified by the FAO.
across East Africa and southwest Asia: Desert locusts
(Schistocerca gregaria) are swarming. A severe outbreak that Perfect Storms for Locusts
started in 2019 has spread across the Horn of Africa and the “If this trend of increased frequency of cyclones in [the]
Middle East before moving on to western Asia. Scientists Indian Ocean continues, then certainly, that’s going to
say climate change has played a role in this invasion. translate to an increase in locust swarms in the Horn of
Usually solitary, locusts become gregarious, or swarm, Africa,” said Cressman. An increased number of cyclones
when there are heavy rains in an arid region. Desert locust in the past 3 years in the Indian Ocean played a role in the
swarms are highly destructive, sparing no greenery in sight. current upsurge. “In 2018, two cyclones dumped heavy rain
This year’s locust attacks, which spread from Kenya to on the uninhabited portion of the Arabian Peninsula known
Pakistan and India, are the worst in the past 30 years and as the Empty Quarter. There, locusts can breed and reproduce
may be the most economically destructive since the 1960s, freely. Three generations of breeding occurred in 9 months
said Chaudhry Inayatullah, a former research scientist at in the Empty Quarter, causing locust numbers to increase by
the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology 8,000 times.” Cressman said that outbreak is the source of
in Nairobi, Kenya. The swarms are expected to peak nearly, the East Africa upsurge the FAO is warning about now.
as a wetter-than-normal monsoon arrives, and to flourish as The swarms can jump oceans, and they leapt over the Red Sea
the rains continue through October. and Gulf of Aden to the Horn of Africa late last year. “There,
Inayatullah and other locust experts fear that these attacks will another cyclone in December 2019 triggered yet another spasm
only get worse. Climate change is altering the dynamics of of reproduction that could give rise to two more generations of
pest control and reproduction, said Keith Cressman, the FAO’s breeding—400 times the locusts,” Cressman said.
senior locust forecaster. Changes in climate have led to increases Heavy rains in Yemen and Saudi Arabia prompted the spread
in cyclones, which feed locust swarms with water and warmth. of locusts into Iran and Pakistan. They have also managed
Recent research also shows that human-induced warming to breed in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province adjacent to
may be intensifying a regional variability in an Indian Iran, are currently sweeping across the country’s southern
Ocean pattern of warming and cooling called the Indian agricultural belt, and have entered India across the Rajasthan
Ocean Dipole (IOD), sometimes nicknamed the “Indian desert. Drifting with the wind, some individuals have even
Niño.” A more intense IOD could cause more frequent been captured in Nepal. The FAO says the spring-bred
tropical storms and heavy rains. These rains create perfect swarms along both sides of the Indian-Pakistan border were
conditions for locust breeding, with more water and warmth poised to mature and lay eggs in early July, and new swarms
ideal for increased plant biomass to feed the locusts— will arrive from the Horn of Africa in mid-July.
which is what happened in 2019, when a record IOD led Already, some farmers in Pakistan have reported up to
to above-average rainfall in the coastal areas of Somalia, 50% losses of their cotton crops. Ghulam Sarwar Panhwar,
Yemen, and some regions bordering the Red Sea. who owns two farms on around 120 hectares of land in the
During droughts, locust outbreaks do not occur in the region, Hyderabad District of Sindh, said three locust attacks hit
mostly because of a lack of plants for the insects to eat. But his farm in the past 3 months.
higher temperatures associated with climate change coupled “Each time it is like a black cloud descending from the sky.
with increased availability of plants for food could speed There are millions of them, and they attack the cotton and
up the locusts’ maturation and incubation during spring, other crops, eating all the green leaves in just 3–4 hours’
The central government has approved an annual plan worth Rs 57.16 crore for national
highway works in Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21
time before moving on,” Panhwar said. “Half of my cotton incursions could inflict only minimal damage (on early-
crop is gone. We chase them off by beating drums and sown cotton and pearl millet) since crop fields were empty,
banging metal plates. What else can we do?” but the situation could be different in July after planting of
Aside from eating cash crops, the locusts are also consuming summer crops are over, he added.
fodder plants, which will affect livestock. “As a remedial measure the central government should
designate locust attacks as a natural disaster. This will
Climate Controls enable farmers to claim insurance compensation. It is
Meanwhile, the FAO has asked Pakistan and India to remain beyond the means of individual farmers to manage swarm
on high alert. India, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan are incursions," Choudhary noted.
all part of FAO’s Commission for Controlling the Desert The extent of damage to the kharif crop will largely depend
Locust in South-West Asia. “Intercountry cooperation on whether the locusts are contained by Rajasthan and
is needed to tackle the locust threat. Where they fly next Gujarat, who share the international border with Pakistan. If
depends on wind direction, speed, and other weather the swarms manage to reach far-off states like Maharashtra
parameters,” Inayatullah said. and Bihar, the damage could be heavy.
Accurate wind forecasts could be helpful to understand “Currently swarms are scattered in Rajasthan and Uttar
possible new landing sites, where aerial and ground spraying Pradesh and have reached Nepal. We are taking the help of
operations for pesticide applications could be readied in state agriculture departments for control operations," said
advance. Spraying in desert breeding areas in Pakistan has K.L. Gurjar, deputy director, Locust Warning Organisation,
been underway since February, the region’s early spring, and the federal agency which issues early-warnings and helps
could have its own set of ecological impacts. states in pest management.
The locust swarms eventually will dwindle in the cooler Gurjar said locust incursions could pose a problem in July
and drier winter months. No longer gregarious, “they will due to the standing crop, but added that the department was
change back to their solitary phase,” Inayatullah said, “but well prepared to tackle the menace.
by then they would have spread over vast areas and would
But incursions beyond Rajasthan and Gujarat over the
have enough fat in them to stay alive even without food—
past two months showed that locust attacks are a clear
until warmer weather arrives. This would be the ideal time
and present danger. Currently, 60 ground control teams
to monitor and control them.”
and drones have been deployed for control operations, the
Locust attacks pose a threat to agriculture ministry said. India has imported 25 sprayers
from the UK and another 45 will reach in July, it added.
kharif crops
Locust swarms over Gurugram created panic among residents Locust Warning Organisation (LWO)
of the national capital on 28 June. Later in the day, as the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO), established in 1939
swarm moved to Uttar Pradesh bypassing Delhi, it came as a and amalgamated in 1946 with the Directorate of Plant
relief. Earlier, desert locusts had invaded Jaipur and Bhopal. Protection Quarantine and Storage (PPQS) of the Ministry
While locust swarms are a nuisance for urban India, such of Agriculture.
pest attacks during the kharif season are a real threat to The main objective of LWO is protection of standing crops
the rural economy. Since April, transborder locust swarms and other green vegetation from the ravages of Desert
have travelled as far as Maharashtra and Bihar, prompting locust which is one of the most dangerous pests occurring
the governments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar in desert areas throughout the world.
Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab and Maharashtra to
initiate pest management measures across over 127,000
hectares of farmland.
In June, ratings agency Crisil said the agriculture sector is
likely to clock a modest 2.5% growth in 2020-21, but locust
attacks were a likely downside risk. Planting of kharif crops
surged this year due to a favourable monsoon, but going by
the forecasts of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture
Organization more locust swarms are expected to reach
Indian in coming days, all the way from the horn of Africa.
“There is a great deal anxiety among farmers in Rajasthan,"
said Bhagirath Choudhary, founder director of the Delhi-
based South Asia Biotechnology Centre. The locust
Delhi LG Anil Baijal inaugurated the world's largest COVID Care Centre at Radha Soami
Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur.
Neighbours and Territorial
Claims
China has doubled down on its territorial claim on a nature On the same day, the Bhutanese border was put on high
preserve in Bhutan, a move seen by some as a thinly veiled alert and border security was tightened as a result of the
message over its border disputes with India. growing tensions.
Bhutan’s foreign ministry has issued a demarche to the Chinese A stand-off between China and India has endured since
embassy in New Delhi for the claims made by Beijing over mid-June 2017 at the tri-junction adjacent to the Indian
Sakteng Wildlife sanctuary, situated in eastern Bhutan. For the state of Sikkim after the Indian army blocked the Chinese
third time since early June 2020, China repeated its claim that construction of a road in what Bhutan and India consider
Bhutan’s eastern boundary was a “disputed” area. Bhutanese territory. Both India and China deployed 3000
Its first claim was at a UNDP-led Global Environment troops on June 30, 2017.
Facility (GEF) conference on 2-3 June 2020. Back then, On July 3, 2017 China told India that former Indian Prime
Chinese representative tried to stop funding for the Sakteng Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted the Convention of
forest reserve in Bhutan’s eastern district of Trashigang. Calcutta. China claimed on July 5, 2017 it had a "basic
The forest, notably, has a common boundary with Arunachal consensus" with Bhutan and there was no dispute between
Pradesh’s Tawang district. China claims that the boundary the two countries. On August 10, 2017 Bhutan rejected
between China and Bhutan has never been delimited. It has had Beijing's claim that Doklam belongs to China.
disputes over the eastern, central and western sectors of Bhutan. Bhutan’s Position
Sakteng wildlife sanctuary Bhutan totally rejected the claim made by China. It said
Sakteng is based in Eastern Bhutan, or Trashigang that Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is an integral and sovereign
Dzongkhag (district) that borders Arunachal Pradesh. territory of Bhutan. Also, Sakteng Sanctuary in the past too
has received such grants, including in 2018-2019, for a project
It protects several endemic species including the eastern
on preventing soil erosion, without any objection from China.
blue pine and the black-rumped magpie.
Bhutan has conveyed its position to China through its
It was created in part to protect the migoi, a yeti-like cryptid
embassy in New Delhi— since both countries don’t have
whose existence has not been scientifically confirmed, but
embassies in each other’s countries.
in which the local population strongly believes.
Bhutan and China do not have any formal diplomatic
GEF relations, both the countries conduct their diplomatic
Established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help communication through their missions in Delhi.
tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. China and Bhutan have a dispute in only two sectors of
It is an international partnership of countries, international the border, one in the north (central) – Pasamlung and
institutions, civil society organizations and the private Jakarlung, and second in the west – Doklam.
sector that addresses global environmental issues. There has been no mention of eastern Bhutan, or Trashigang
GEF funds are available to developing countries and countries district, where Sakteng is based, in 24 previous rounds of
with economies in transition to meet the objectives of the boundary negotiations held between the two countries
international environmental conventions and agreements. between 1984 and 2016.
Doklam crisis, 2017 Concerns for India

On June 29, 2017, Bhutan protested to China against the China’s new territorial claim is a part of the larger Chinese
construction of a road in the disputed territory of Doklam, strategies of putting pressure on India’s smaller neighbors,
at the meeting point of Bhutan, India and China. to punish them for any closeness to India.
The Madhya Pradesh government sanctioned Rs 781 crore for construction of the Chambal
Express Way.
In 2017 China had intruded into Doklam plateau, which is range proved to be a complication in their access to Aksai
claimed by Bhutan, leading to a standoff between Indian Chin
and Chinese Armies. The Indian position, as stated by prime minister Jawaharlal
China might be doing this to put a pressure on India, or to Nehru, was that the Aksai Chin was "part of the Ladakh
divert India’s attention from its aggression at Ladakh. region of India for centuries" and that this northern border
Sakteng is situated along the border with Arunachal was a "firm and definite one which was not open to
Pradesh, some part of which is also claimed by China. discussion with anybody".
Even after the India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 2007, Nathu La and Cho La clashes of
Indian military is virtually responsible for protecting
1967
Bhutan from the kind of external threat that the Chinese
military poses. The Nathu La and Cho La clashes were a series of military
clashes in 1967, between India and China alongside the
According to the India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 1949,
border of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, then an
Bhutan allowed India to "guide" its foreign policy and
Indian protectorate.
defence affairs.
However, the 1949 treaty was amended in 2007 to respect Between 1968–2017
the sensitivities of Bhutan regarding its sovereignty. On 20 October 1975, 4 Indian soldiers were killed at
Under the India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 2007, the two Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh. According to the official
sides have agreed to cooperate closely with each other on statement by the Indian government, a patrol of the Assam
issues relating to their national interests. Rifles comprising a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and
Neither Government shall allow the use of its territory for four other soldiers was ambushed by about 40 Chinese
activities harmful to the national security and interest of soldiers while in an area well within Indian Territory,
the other. and which had been regularly patrolled for years without
incident.
China has said that a third party should not point fingers
in the China-Bhutan border issue, which an apparent In April 2013 India claimed, referencing their own
reference to India is. perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) location,
that Chinese troops had established a camp in the Daulat
The Sino-Indian border Beg Oldi sector, 10 km on their side of the Line of Actual
The Sino-Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial Control.
dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and In September 2014, India and China had a standoff at the
several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China LAC, when Indian workers began constructing a canal
and India. in the border village of Demchok, Ladakh, and Chinese
The first of which, Aksai Chin, is located either in the Indian civilians protested with the army's support. It ended after
union territory of Ladakh, or the Chinese autonomous about three weeks, when both sides agreed to withdraw
regions of Xinjiang and Tibet; it is a virtually uninhabited troops.
high-altitude wasteland crossed by the Xinjiang-Tibet 2020 skirmishes
Highway.
In June 2020, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a
The other disputed territory lies south of the McMahon
brawl in the Galwan River valley which reportedly led to
Line, formerly known as the North East Frontier Agency
the death of 20 Indian Soldiers. Claims have been made of
and now called Arunachal Pradesh.
death of 40+ Chinese Soldiers but such claims have been
The McMahon Line was part of the 1914 Smile Convention denied by Chinese authorities.
between British India and Tibet, without the agreement of
China. Conclusion
During the 1950s, the People's Republic of China built a Bhutan has protested against Chinese territorial claims in
1,200 kilometers road connecting Xinjiang and western eastern Bhutan and said that it will also contest in future if
Tibet, of which 179 kilometers ran south of the Johnson China refers to the territory as disputed.
Line through the Aksai Chin region claimed by India. Safety of Border from China is a concern for both India
Aksai Chin was easily accessible from China, but for the and Bhutan. Therefore, both sides need to work together
Indians on the south side of the Karakoram, the mountain on this issue.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated 98 exercise centres through video link. SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 61
The Future of
Learning
Nature of imparting education initiative. The initiative includes various projects in areas
such as health, education, labor, employment, etc. Many
after COVID-19
educational institutions offer online courses as part of this
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed initiative.
online learning modules in various languages keeping in
mind the social distancing in view of COVID-19. Many With a population of over 1.3 billion, high-speed internet
Indian institutes including IITs and IIMs are teaching in availability, smartphone access, and a technology-driven
online mode. Universities and educational institutions have workforce, the country has immense potential to benefit
allowed students to attend online classes at home to ensure from the online education system. Increasing information
social distance. in various languages is available on the Internet, which
many people in India like to read online.
Corona has made online education necessity and
forced us to think about the potential and benefits of Need for innovation
the online education system. Online education is one Due to limited online classes and limited access to selected
of the most important changes in modern history. urban schools, academics have been challenged to find
Internet availability has increased considerably in the innovative ways of studying for children with all types of
last decade. economic-social backgrounds.
The online education system requires a reliable and secure "Even though this is a phase of online education, it will
broadband internet connection so that video conferencing never take the place of schools," says Ritesh Singh, founder
can be done through various software. Advanced of social learning platform Eckovation.
communication software is constantly appearing with
better visibility and competing with each other to make Ritesh Singh, the founder of social learning platform
remote communication more effective. Innovation, has received the Prime Minister's Innovation
Award for making "Unnayan App" for studies. About 12
Online Education in India: 2021 lakh students study through this app in eight states of the
According to a study 'Online Education in India: 2021' country.
conducted by KPMG and Google, the online education "If we want the online learning system to be effective, then
market in India is expected to grow to around $ 1.96 billion we have to prepare it for every student."
by 2021 and the number of students enrolled for various
"For example, a video tutorial designed for a student living
online learning courses will end by 2021. It is expected to
in Delhi will not be as effective for a student living in a
increase to around 96.
remote area of Badmer or Latehar. Also, if you are teaching
Online education is preferred because it is affordable. A Trigonometry to a child with less understanding the child
large segment of the Indian population with high career is not going to benefit."
aspirations and low incomes can be a good market for
online education. India is one of the countries that is making How to reach those who do not
significant development in the information technology have smartphones, no internet?
sector. In the post-COVID-19 world, how can the mobile
The use of digital technologies is an opportunity for application-based learning system reach a large number of
India through the government's ambitious Digital India children in a country like India where many people have
neither smartphones nor access to the Internet.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala inaugurated the state's first multi-
storeyed sports complex in Sirsa.
This is why Ritesh and his team are shifting to a TV format. Another picture of the future of education appears in the
He has formulated a broadcast model of adaptive learning. Rohtak district of Haryana. Bijender Hudda's team is
Episodes are being aired in many states. working here.
Says Ritesh, "Our episodes from class 9 to class 12 have Bijender Hudda is working as a block-level education
started airing on DD Bihar and Jharkhand from April officer in the Meham block. Bijender is trying to bridge the
20. They have received such a good response that we digital divide through his network of teachers.
are now preparing material for middle school classes as "We are trying to reach the maximum number of students
well. " through WhatsApp. We are sending the video and audio
But, it is clear that there are some problems with keeping tutorials," says Bijender.
children in front of TV sets and studying with them. This But, Bijender points to the fact that the parents of most
includes issues like having a TV, a good home environment, children from poor families go to work and take the phone
and concentration. with them. Such children are able to read online tutorials on
"Our future strategy is to reach out to students and provide the phone only in the evening.
study material to them through WhatsApp," says Chhaya "We work late into the night to solve their questions. Our
Ben, a teacher at a government girls' school in Chikodara teachers are also learning to use audio and video. It's quite
village in Gujarat. Huh." tiring, but we have no other option."
"There are a total of 380 students in my school. Most of
them come from very poor families. Their parents do not Benefits of online education platform
have smartphones and they are not much concerned about Universities and educational institutions that adopt online
their children's education." education can show greater flexibility in their ability to
meet educational needs through technology, regardless of
Chhaya says that the epidemic has become very difficult
location. In addition to protecting everyone's health in times
for the children of such families. Their children may
of Corona crisis, there are many benefits to establishing a
end up a full year or even the long-term opportunities of
reliable and accessible online education platform. Online
studying.
education radically changes the life experience of students
Schools need to find ways to make and teachers. They have more flexibility in setting their
themselves relevant schedules.
24-year-old Anand Pradhan is the youngest educationist Instead of fixed days and fixed periods, students can avail
in India who has laid the foundation of the International online education when they feel the need. Educational
Public School of Rural Innovation in his native state of institutions can provide quality education through online
Odisha. by limiting their dependence on a large building for
education. The country needs to create several lakh new
Anand Pradhan believes that in order to keep schools jobs annually to sustain the growth of its working age
relevant in the post-COVID-19 world, they will have to population. For this, an increase in admission to higher
completely re-stand. education is necessary. The online education system can
Anand Pradhan says, "Online education is now a reality. In increase enrollment of students.
such a situation, schools have to think about how they can In the current scenario of rapid technological advancement,
contribute to a child's life." professionals need to regularly reinvent themselves
Special development is being given to skill development to remain relevant in their evolving job roles. Online
and innovative thinking in Anand's school. Students education is a good medium for them to do some certificate
are learning practical skills like scientific farming, courses related to the field of right employment. Many
entrepreneurship, and design thinking. IIMs and IITs have started various short and medium term
online courses. Recently University Grants Commission
"We want to create skilled people who can understand a
(UGC) has made several positive changes towards online
problem and solve it on their own."
education.
The Challenge is not only for the Some of these are extremely popular, such as MOOC, Self
Students but also for the Teachers Online Course, e-PG Pathshala, which provides students
Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey has named ex-India skipper MS Dhoni as
captain of his IPL XI.
access to nationwide learning resources with module information technology expertise to make online education
based e-content. The National Digital Library is a digital quality, which will not only be economical, but will also
repository of educational content of various subjects in create an efficient work force.
various Indian languages for all types of readers. Digital
platforms like Shodhganga, e-Shodh Indus are designed Conclusion
to provide Ph.D. Provides access to research and research On March 24, when the nationwide lockdown for
articles. COVID-19 prevention was implemented, immediately
after that the governments of the states started the
Indian Education System is the provision of online schooling. In this, NGOs, foundations
largest in the World and private sector technical education companies were
Many of the free software available make video also made partners.
conferencing possible between teacher and student on All of these began to use all available mediums of
a regular basis. Many institutions in the country do this communication to impart Mikler education. It also used
during the current Corona crisis. Information technology TV, DTH channels, radio broadcasts, WhatsApp and
is on the fast track of development. More new interactive SMS groups and print media. Many organizations even
software applications are expected to come out in the distributed books for the new academic year.
near future. The Indian education system is the largest
Experts say that such challenges will exist in the world
in the world, consisting of school, higher and technical
after COVID-19, no matter how big or small the school is.
education. Online education is also relevant to schooling,
Education is going through a revolution.
where thousands of students appear in various board
exams every year. If any child is deprived of online education, then
this medium of education will be unjust. The central
Smart devices can also make the classroom environment
and state governments should show the commitment
more convenient for school students. In addition, the
that they will later provide broadband services and
availability of various advanced software and techniques
appropriate tools for online education to all educational
makes online examination possible for a large number of
institutions.
students at once. There is a need to leverage the nation's
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GAIL (India) Ltd.
Highlights of National
Education Policy 2020
The Union Cabinet approved the National Education Knowledge for Holistic Development), will be set up
Policy 2020. Below are some of the key features of the new as a standard-setting body.
policy:
## NEP emphasises on setting up of Gender Inclusion Fund
## This is the first education policy of the 21st century and also Special Education Zones for disadvantaged
and replaces the thirty-four-year-old National Policy regions and groups.
on Education (NPE), 1986.
## Every state/district will be encouraged to establish
## The new policy aims for universalisation of education 'Bal Bhavans' as a special daytime boarding school,
from pre-school to secondary level with 100 per cent to participate in art-related, career-related, and play-
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school education by related activities. Free school infrastructure can be
2030 and aims to raise GER in higher education to 50 used as Samajik Chetna Kendras.
per cent by 2025.
# # A common National Professional Standards
## NEP 2020 will bring two crore out of school children for Teachers (NPST) will be developed by the
back into the main stream. National Council for Teacher Education by 2022,
in consultation with NCERT, SCERTs, teachers
## The 10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced
and expert organizations from across levels and
by a 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to
regions.
ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years respectively. It
will include 12 years of schooling and three years of ## States/UTs will set up independent State School
Anganwadi and pre-schooling. Standards Authority (SSSA). The SCERT will develop
a School Quality Assessment and Accreditation
## NCERT will develop a National Curricular and
Framework (SQAAF) through consultations with all
Pedagogical Framework for Early Childhood Care and
stakeholders.
Education (NCPFECCE) for children up to the age of
eight. ## NEP 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio
in higher education including vocational education
## NEP 2020 calls for setting up of a National Mission on
from 26.3 per cent in 2018 to 50 per cent by 2035 and
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy by the Education
aims to add 3.5 crore new seats to higher education
Ministry. States will prepare an implementation plan
institutions.
for attaining universal foundational literacy and
numeracy in all primary schools for all learners by # # The policy envisages broad-based, multi-
grade 3 by 2025. disciplinary, holistic Under Graduate education
with flexible curricula, creative combinations of
## A National Book Promotion Policy is to be formulated.
subjects, integration of vocational education and
## All students will take school examinations in Grades multiple entry and exit points with appropriate
3, 5, and 8 which will be conducted by the appropriate certification.
authority. Board exams for Grades 10 and 12 will be
## An Academic Bank of Credit is to be established
continued, but redesigned with holistic development
for digitally storing academic credits earned from
as the aim.
different HEIs so that these can be transferred and
## A new National Assessment Centre, PARAKH counted towards final degree earned.
(Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of
England's World Cup-winning footballer and former Ireland coach Jack Charlton died at
the age of 85.
## Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities services, credit-based recognition of MOOCs, etc.,
(MERUs), at par with IITs, IIMs, to be set up as models will be taken to ensure distance learning is at par with
of best multidisciplinary education of global standards the highest quality in-class programmes.
in the country.
## A comprehensive set of recommendations for
## The National Research Foundation will be created promoting online education consequent to the
as an apex body for fostering a strong research recent rise in epidemics and pandemics in order
culture and building research capacity across higher to ensure preparedness with alternative modes
education. of quality education whenever and wherever
traditional modes of education are not possible,
## Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) will
has been covered.
be set up as a single overarching umbrella body for
entire higher education, excluding medical and legal ## A dedicated unit for the purpose of orchestrating the
education. building of digital infrastructure, digital content and
capacity building will be created in the HRD ministry
## Public and private higher education institutions will
to look after the e-education needs of both school and
be governed by the same set of norms for regulation,
higher education.
accreditation and academic standards.
## An autonomous body, the National Educational
## Affiliation of colleges is to be phased out in 15 years
Technology Forum (NETF), will be created to provide
and a stage-wise mechanism is to be established for
a platform for the free exchange of ideas on the use of
granting graded autonomy to colleges.
technology to enhance learning, assessment, planning,
## A new and comprehensive National Curriculum administration.
Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021,
## NEP recommends setting an Indian Institute of
will be formulated by the NCTE in consultation with
Translation and Interpretation (IITI), National
NCERT.
Institute (or Institutes) for Pali, Persian and
## By 2030, the minimum degree qualification for Prakrit, strengthening of Sanskrit and all language
teaching will be a 4-year integrated B.Ed. degree. departments in HEIs, and use mother tongue/local
## Stringent action will be taken against substandard language as a medium of instruction in more HEI
stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). programmes.
## A National Mission for Mentoring will be established, ## Internationalisation of education will be facilitated
with a large pool of outstanding senior/retired faculty through both institutional collaborations, and
who would be willing to provide short and long-term student and faculty mobility and allowing entry of
mentoring/professional support to university/college top world ranked universities to open campuses in
teachers. India.
# # The National Scholarship Portal will be expanded ## Stand-alone technical universities, health science
to track the progress of students receiving universities, legal and agricultural universities etc will
scholarships. aim to become multi-disciplinary institutions.
## Private HEIs will be encouraged to offer larger numbers ## Policy aims to achieve 100% youth and adult
of free ships and scholarships to their students. literacy.
## Measures such as online courses and digital ## The Centre and the States will work together to
repositories, funding for research, improved student increase the public investment in Education sector to
reach 6 per cent of GDP at the earliest.
66 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 Actor-singer Divvya Chouksey passed away. She was 28.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
Q.1. Recently Gudni Th. Johannesson has been re- Q.8. Recently which state government has launched a
elected as the President of which country? portal called “Skill Connect Forum”?
(1) Ireland (2) Iceland (3) Mali (1) West Bengal (2) Karnataka (3) Kerala
(4) Canada (5) Ukraine (4) Tamil Nadu (5) Haryana
Q.2. Recently who has been conferred with the first Q.9. Government of India, Government of Tamil Nadu
Prof. P C Mahalanobis Award in Official Statistics and which organization have signed an agreement
for lifetime achievements? for two projects of worth $250 million?
(1) IMF
(1) Amartya Sen (2) C. Rangarajan
(2) Asian Development Bank
(3) D. Subbarao (4) Urjit Patel
(3) New Development Bank
(5) Y.V. Reddy
(4) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Q.3. Recently Swiggy has launched its digital wallet in
partnership with which Bank? (5) World Bank
Q.10. Recently the 36th edition of the biannual ASEAN
(1) Bandhan Bank (2) Axis Bank
Summit 2020 was held via video conferencing in
(3) Yes Bank (4) IndusInd Bank which country?
(5) ICICI Bank (1) Vietnam (2) Laos (3) Thailand
Q.4. Recently which Ministry has launched a Webportal (4) Cambodia (5) Brunei
for Street Vendors loan scheme ‘PMSVANidhi’? Q.11. Recently who has been appointed as the
(1) Ministry of Home Affairs Director General of the Indian Institute of Mass
Communication?
(2) Ministry of Finance
(1) Sanjay Dwivedi (2) Sanjay Kumar
(3) Ministry of Culture
(3) Rahul Srivastava (4) Arvind Krishna
(4) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
(5) Tarun Bajaj
(5) Ministry of Labour and Employment Q.12. Recently who has been appointed as the next
Q.5. Recently which state government has launched Ambassador and Permanent Representative of
‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ campaign? India to the United Nations?
(1) Haryana (2) Uttar Pradesh (1) Indra Mani Pandey (2) Vijay Khanduja
(3) Bihar (4) Madhya Pradesh (3) Piyush Mishra (4) Vini Mahajan
(5) Assam (5) T. Rabi Shankar

Q.13. Recently where was the “Continuous Galvanized
Q.6. Recently “Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Anna
Rebar” Production Facility has been inaugurated
Yojana” has been extended till which month?
by the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan?
(1) October 2020 (2) September 2020 (1) Karnataka (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) January 2021 (4) November 2020 (3) Haryana (4) Punjab
(5) December 2020 (5) Chhattisgarh
Q.7. On the birth and death anniversary of Bidhan Q.14. Recently which private sector bank has launched
Chandra Roy National Doctor’s Day is celebrated the ‘e-Kisaan Dhan’ app for farmers all over India?
in India every year on which date?
(1) HDFC Bank (2) ICICI Bank
(1) 11July (2) 1st July (3) 28th June (3) Bandhan Bank (4) Yes Bank
(4) 16th July (5) 4th July (5) Axis Bank
Dr. Bishnu Prasad Nanda has taken over as Director General Railway Health Services (DG SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 67
RHS) Railway Board.
QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.15. Recently who has taken charge as the new Chief Q.22. Recently Upa Rokamlova has passed away, he was
Executive Officer of Central Board of Films the former speaker of which state Assembly?
Certification?
(1) Mizoram (2) Manipur (3) Meghalaya
(1) Pramod Tripathi (2) Jitendra Modi
(4) Assam (5) Tripura
(3) Ravinder Bhakar (4) Vinod Mehra
Q.23. Recently who has virtually released a book titled
(5) Mahesh Sharma “Future of Higher Education – Nine Mega Trends“?
Q.16. Recently which player was named as the country’s (1) Amit Shah
‘Most Valuable Player’ of the 21st century by
Wisden? (2) M Venkaiah Naidu
(1) Rohit Sharma (2) Virat Kohli (3) Narendra Modi
(3) Ravindra Jadeja (4) Shikhar Dhawan (4) Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank
(5) Suresh Raina (5) Rajnath Singh
Q.17. Recently Major General Nigar Johar has been Q.24. Recently Edouard Philippe has resigned from his
appointed as the first female lieutenant general of post, he was the Prime Minister of which country?
which country? (1) Philippines (2) Austria (3) Thailand
(1) UAE (2) Saudi Arabia (4) Italy (5) France
(3) Bangladesh (4) Pakistan Q.25. Recently who was appointed as the new MD of
(5) Nepal Chola MS General Insurance?
Q.18. Recently who has taken charge as the new chairman (1) V Suryanarayanan (2) Sanjay Dwivedi
of Indian Oil Corporation?
(3) Indra Mani Pandey (4) Karnam Sekar
(1) Ajay Ratan Banerjee
(5) Siddhartha Mukherjee
(2) Ashish Mishra
Q.26. Recently the Government of India has declared the
(3) Ratnesh Kumar Yadav entire Nagaland as “disturbed area” for how many
(4) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya months?
(5) Mahesh Khattar (1) 4 months (2) 2 months (3) 6 months
Q.19. Recently Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal (4) 8 months (5) 5 months
Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh has Q.27. Recently how much amount was approved by
launched which edition of “Matsya Sampada” the World Bank to India for MSME Emergency
scheme? Response Program?
(1) 5th (2) 4th (3) 3rd (1) $250 million (2) $300 million
(4) 2nd (5) 1st (3) $450 million (4) $600 million
Q.20. Recently who has taken over as the new director of
(5) $750 million
state-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd.?
Q.28. Recently which country has signed an agreement
(1) Alok Kumar Gupta (2) Sachin Malhotra
with India for formation of 50:50 Joint Venture
(3) Kuldeep Jha (4) Nand Kishor Singh Company of LPG business?
(5) E S Ranganathan (1) Iran (2) Bhutan
Q.21. Recently which IIT has developed a classroom-to- (3) Bangladesh (4) Saudi Arabia
home teaching setup ‘Mobile Masterjee’?
(5) Nepal
(1) IIT Dhanbad (2) IIT Kanpur
Q.29. Recently which IIT has developed an Artificial
(3) IIT Guwahati (4) IIT Mandi Intelligence based deep learning tool for detection
(5) IIT Kharagapur of Covid-19 from Chest X-ray images?
Adani Transmission has entered an agreement with Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd
(KPTL) for acquisition of Alipurduar Transmission Ltd.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
(1) IIT Gandhinagar (2) IIT Indore (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Madhya Pradesh
(3) IIT Hyderabad (4) IIT Ropar (5) Haryana
(5) IIT Bhubaneswar Q.37. Which Indian tennis player has won the PSD Bank
Nord Open Tennis tournament in Germany?
Q.30. Recently Everton Weekes has passed away, he was
the former cricketer of which country? (1) Aditya Mehta (2) Sania Mirza
(1) Australia (2) West Indies (3) England (3) Yuki Bhambri (4) Saina Nehwal
(4) South Africa (5) New Zealand (5) Sumit Nagal
Q.31. Recently who has been appointed as the interim Q.38. Recently which state has launched ‘Balram’ scheme
chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)? to provide credit to 7 lakh landless farmers?
(1) Manu Sawhney (2) Srikumar Menon (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Bihar
(3) Ravi Shashtri (4) Sourav Ganguly (3) Jharkhand (4) Punjab
(5) Imran Khwaja (5) Odisha
Q.32. Recently Lin Dan has announced his retirement, he Q.39. Recently Intel Capital has bought how much equity
is related to which sport? stake in Reliance Jio?
(1) Badminton (2) Chess (3) Tennis (1) 0.25% (2) 0.30% (3) 0.39%
(4) Cricket (5) Football (4) 0.45% (5) 0.50%
Q.33. Recently Karnam Sekar has retired, he was the Q.40. India is planning to procure 21 MiG-29 fighter jets
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of from which country under its latest defence deal?
which Bank? (1) Japan (2) China (3) US
(1) Punjab National Bank (4) Germany (5) Russia
(2) Indian Overseas Bank Q.41. Recently who has launched India’s first social
media super application, “Elyments”?
(3) Indian Bank
(1) M. Venkiah Naidu
(4) Central Bank of India
(2) Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank
(5) Union Bank of India
(3) Narendra Modi
Q.34. Every year International Day of Cooperatives is
observed by United Nations celebrates the on - (4) Rajnath Singh
(1) First Saturday of July (5) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(2) First Sunday of July Q.42. Recently who has been appointed as the new Prime
Minister of France?
(3) First Monday of July
(1) Edouard Philippe (2) Giuseppe Conte
(4) First Thursday of July
(3) Justin Trudeau (4) Sebastian Kurz
(5) First Tuesday of July
(5) Jean Castex
Q.35. The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has
recently approved a proposal to acquire how many Q.43. Recently Rajeeva Swarup was appointed as the
new fighter aircraft from Russia? Chief Secretary of which state?
(1) Punjab (2) Bihar (3) Odisha
(1) 20 (2) 26 (3) 33
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Rajasthan
(4) 28 (5) 15
Q.44. Recently how many MoUs were signed between
Q.36. Recently which state wildlife advisory board has
India and Afghanistan for Developing Educational
approved proposals for transfer of forest land for
Infrastructure?
the development of roads in Gangotri National
Park? (1) 3 (2) 7 (3) 5
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Uttarakhand (4) 9 (5) 12
Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country where 100 per cent households have LPG
connections, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said.
Q.45. Recently Coal India has tied-up with NLC India (1) West Bengal (2) Assam (3) Tripura
Ltd to develop solar and thermal power assets, who
(4) Maharashtra (5) Rajasthan
is the Chairman and MD of Coal India?
Q.53. Recently who has been appointed as 1st chairman
(1) Shashi Sekhar (2) Pramod Agrawal
of the International Financial Services Centres
(3) Prashoon Joshi (4) Sachin Bansal Authority for a period of three years?
(5) Vinod Mehta (1) Injeti Srinivas (2) Adarsh Kumar Singh
Q.46. Which cricketer was named as the male cricketer of the (3) Arvind Krishna (4) Ajay Rana
year at Cricket South Africa's Annual Awards 2020?
(5) Piyush Mishra
(1) David Miller (2) Imaran Tahir
Q.54. Recently which country has successfully launched
(3) JP Duminy (4) Quinton de Kock “Ofek 16” spy satellite into space?
(5) Kagiso Rabada (1) Russia (2) China (3) Japan
Q.47. Which cricketer was named as the female cricketer (4) UAE (5) Israel
of the year at Cricket South Africa's Annual Awards
Q.55. Recently Oscar-winning Italian film composer,
2020?
Ennio Morricone has passed away, in which year
(1) Marizanne Kapp (2) Laura Wolvaardt he was awarded by Oscar?
(3) Lizelle Lee (4) Shabnim Ismail (1) 2000 (2) 2007 (3) 2009
(5) Trisha Chetty (4) 2013 (5) 2015
Q.48. Recently which ministry has partnership with Q.56. Recently which state government has launched
Atal Innovation Mission launched ‘AatmaNirbhar a relief scheme “Nekara Samman Yojane” for
Bharat App Innovation Challenge’? weavers?
(1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (1) Karnataka (2) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh
(3) Ministry of Science and Technology (5) Odisha
(4) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Q.57. Recently which bank has launched a digital solution,
(5) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ‘Loan in Seconds’ for instant disbursement of retail
loans?
Q.49. Dharma Chakra Day was celebrated by the
International Buddhist Confederation under the (1) HDFC Bank (2) Axis Bank
aegis of Ministry of Culture on which date? (3) YES Bank (4) IndusInd Bank
(1) 1st July (2) 3rd July (3) 4th July (5) Bandhan Bank
(4) 28th June (5) 26th June Q.58. Recently who has taken over as director general
Q.50. Recently a campaign “Mission Vriksharopan 2020” railway health services railway board?
has been launched by which state government? (1) KK Shailja
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Uttarakhand (2) Abhinav Gupta
(3) Haryana (4) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Vipul Kumar Yadav
(5) Rajasthan
(4) Dr. Bishnu Prasad Nanda
Q.51. Recently “Unisaviour”, a disinfection box has been
(5) Alok Srivastava
developed by researchers of which IIT?
Q.59. Recently film and television actor Earl Cameron
(1) IIT Dhanbad (2) IIT Roorkee (3) IIT Kanpur
has passed away, he was related to which country?
(4) IIT Jodhpur (5) IIT Gandhinagar
(1) Italy (2) Canada (3) England
Q.52. Recently “Maha” Jobs Portal has been launched by
(4) US (5) Russia
which state government?
Israel announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite that will help it monitor Iran's
nuclear activities.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.60. Which state has become the first state in India where (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) West Bengal
100% households have LPG gas connections? (5) Maharashtra
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Himachal Pradesh Q.67. Recently who has been appointed as the Protem
(3) Haryana (4) Kerala Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly?
(5) Tamil Nadu (1) Deepak Saxena
Q.61. ‘Bhavishya’ savings account has been launched by (2) Rajat Gupta
which Payments Bank recently? (3) Rameshwar Sharma
(1) Airtel Payments Bank (4) Arunesh Kumar Maurya
(2) Paytm Payments Bank (5) Dinesh Kaushik
(3) Jio Payments Bank Q.68. Recently who has become India’s 66th Chess
(4) India Post Payments Bank Grandmaster?
(5) Fino Payments Bank (1) Humpy Koneru (2) Abhijeet Gupta
Q.62. Recently who has been appointed to the Central (3) G Akash (4) Surya Sekhar
Government’s committee on Science, Technology (5) Tanya Sachdeva
and Innovation Policy 2020? Q.69. World Bank to provide how much amount to
(1) Sijo Kuruvilla George enhance support for rejuvenating River Ganga?
(2) Injeti Srinivas (1) 100 million $ (2) 200 million $
(3) T. Rabi Shankar (3) 300 million $ (4) 400 million $
(4) Nirkar Pradhan (5) 500 million $
(5) Vini Mahajan Q.70. Recently which private sector bank has entered into
a partnership with Star Health and Allied Insurance
Q.63. Recently Indian Coast Guard & which country Co to provide a wide range of health insurance
Coast Guard have signed MoU to boost maritime options to its customers?
relations?
(1) Laxmi Vilas Bank (2) Karur Vysya Bank
(1) Srilanka (2) Indonesia (3) Maldives
(3) Dhan Laxmi Bank (4) Yes Bank
(4) Bangladesh (5) Myanmar
(5) HDFC Bank
Q.64. Recently which state government has decided
to upgrade dehing patkai wildlife sanctuary to Q.71. Recently Squash player, Raneem El Welily
national park amid coal mining row? announced her retirement, she is related to which
country?
(1) Assam (2) Mizoram (3) Tripura
(1) Spain (2) Cuba (3) Egypt
(4) Chhattisgarh (5) Tamil Nadu
(4) Austria (5) Nigeria
Q.65. Recently who has been appointed as the Executive
Q.72. Which country has launched Commercial
Officer of the UK India Business Council?
Communication Satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’on 9th
(1) Arvind Krishna July?
(2) Jayant Krishna (1) Russia (2) China (3) Germany
(3) Ashwani Kumar Singh (4) Pakistan (5) Iran
(4) Rahul Srivastava Q.73. Recently Amadou Gon Coulibaly has passed away,
he was the Prime Minister of which country?
(5) Uday Kotak
(1) Papua New Guinea (2) Fiji
Q.66. Recently which state government has launched a
new mobile application called “SelfScan”. (3) Palau (4) Tonga
(1) Kerala (2) Himachal Pradesh (5) Ivory Coast
A nano-coated filter for healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients has been
developed by researchers at IIT-Madras.
Q.74. What is the name of the member of Country Music the best Police Station of the State, it is situated in
Hall of Fame who has passed away recently? which state?
(1) Steve Bing (2) Charlie Daniels (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Joel Schumacher (4) Matt Poore (3) Telangana (4) Gujarat
(5) Omid Kordestani (5) Odisha
Q.75. Recently which IIT has tied-up with a multinational Q.82. Recently who has been appointed as the new
technology company, NVIDIA to establish India’s Officiating President of Hockey India?
1st ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’ (NVAITC)? (1) Gyanendro Ningombam
(1) IIT Guwahati (2) IIT Bengaluru (2) Shashank Manohar
(3) IIT Indore (4) IIT Hyderabad (3) Manu Sahani
(5) IIT Delhi (4) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad
Q.76. Recently who has addressed inaugural session of (5) Imran Khwaja
3-day virtual India Global week 2020 organized in
UK? Q.83. Recently Andrei Demanov was suspended for
doping in July 2020, he is associated with which
(1) Amit Shah (2) S Jayashankar sport?
(3) Narendra Modi (4) Dr. Harsh Wardhan (1) Shooting (2) Archery (3) Chess
(5) Rajnath Singh (4) Weightlifting (5) Wrestling
Q.77. Which state has celebrated as RythuDinotsavam Q.84. Recently Rajnath Singh has inaugurated How
(Farmer’s Day) on 8th July? many bridges in the border areas close to Line of
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu Control (LoC) in J&K?
(3) Odisha (4) Kerala (1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 6
(5) Assam (4) 8 (5) 5
Q.78. Recently Prime Minister has e-Inaugurated 750 Q.85. Recently who has been appointed as the Chief
MW Asia’s Largest Solar Power Plant in which Electoral Officer of Delhi?
city? (1) Arunesh Khurana (2) G Narendra Kumar
(1) Varanasi (2) Bhopal (3) Indore (3) KK Shailaja (4) Vini Mahajan
(4) Ahmedabad (5) Rewa (5) Pramila Sharma
Q.79. Recently How much amount was released by Asian Q.86. Recently who has been appointed by Microsoft India
Infrastructure Investment Bank as the 1st tranche to as the Executive Director of public sector business?
L&T Infrastructure Finance for renewable energy
projects in the India? (1) Jayant Krishna (2) Sijo George
(1) USD 10 million (2) USD 50 million (3) Injeti Srinivas (4) PC Modi
(3) USD 75 million (4) USD 25 million (5) Navtez Bal
(5) USD 100 million Q.87. Every year World Population Day is observed
globally on which date?
Q.80. Recently who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador of Luxury Ride? (1) 7th July (2) 9th July (3) 13th July
(1) Sukhbir Singh (2) Rohit Sharma (4) 15th July (5) 11th July
(3) Suresh Raina (4) Varun Dhawan Q.88. Recently Rajkiran Rai was got 2-year extension as
the managing director and CEO of which bank?
(5) Arjun Kapoor
(1) UCO Bank
Q.81. Recently Nadaun Police Station, has been ranked
as one of the best Police Stations of the country and (2) Indian Bank
The government has appointed senior bureaucrat Injeti Srinivas as the first chairman of the
International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA).
CURRENT AFFAIRS
(3) Union Bank of India Q.96. What is the name of CEO of BCCI, who has
(4) Bank of Baroda resigned from the post of CEO of Board of Control
for Cricket in India?
(5) State Bank of India
(1) Shashank Manohar (2) Imran Khwaja
Q.89. Recently which state has topped in market
borrowings in FY 21 as per RBI data? (3) Rahul Johari (4) Hemant Arora
(1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra (5) Sudhir Bhargav
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan Q.97. Which country has become the largest Foreign
Direct Investor in United Kingdom in 2019?
(5) Tripura
(1) Germany (2) United States (3) Japan
Q.90. Recently which state government has launched
“Pure for Sure” campaign to ensure the purity of (4) Hong Kong (5) India
the milk and dairy products? Q.98. Recently has Charlton has passed away, he was
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan related to which sport?
(3) Uttarakhand (4) Himachal Pradesh (1) Football (2) Cricket (3) Chess
(5) Bihar (4) Hockey (5) Tennis
Q.91. Recently which state government has organised Q.99. The 2018 tiger census of which country entered
the first e-Lok Adalat of India amid the COVID-19 into Guinness Record book as the largest camera
pandemic? trap wildlife survey in the world recently?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Assam (1) Brazil (2) Thailand (3) Canada
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Odisha (4) India (5) Italy
(5) Karnataka Q.100. Recently Flipkart has Signed MoU with which state
to Promote Local Arts, Crafts and Handlooms?
Q.92. Who has won the Styrian Grand Prix 2020 at the
Red Bull Ring in Austria? (1) Kerala (2) Maharashtra
(1) Max Verstappen (2) Valtteri Bottas (3) Rajasthan (4) Uttarakhand
(3) A. Albon (4) L. Norris (5) Karnataka
(5) Lewis Hamilton Q.101. Recently which IIT has developed an Ultraviolet
(UV) sanitizing device named Smartphone
Q.93. Recently Lee Hsien Loong has appointed as the
operated Handy Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper
Prime Minister of which country?
(SHUDH)?
(1) Botswana (2) Iceland (3) Ireland
(1) IIT Madras (2) IIT Bangalore (3) IIT Indore
(4) Singapore (5) Malaysia
(4) IIT Bombay (5) IIT Kanpur
Q.94. Recently NTPC Ltd has been awarded with the
Q.102. Recently who has been appointed by the Board
prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019,
of Control for Cricket in India as an interim chief
who is the Chairman and MD of NTPC?
executive officer?
(1) Rajeev Kumar (2) Anoop Kumar
(1) Vinit Joshi (2) Adarsh Kumar Mishra
(3) Gurdeep Singh (4) Sachin Arora
(3) Hemang Amin (4) Vaibav Malik
(5) Ajay Tyagi
(5) Nikhil Saxena
Q.95. Recently Jharkhand state government has signed
Q.103. Recently which state government has decided to
MoU with which private sector bank to offer digital
launch “Roko-Toko” campaign?
payment solutions to its traffic department?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(1) HDFC Bank (2) Yes Bank
(3) Rajasthan (4) Maharashtra
(3) Laxmi Vilas Bank (4) Axis Bank
(5) Chhattisgarh
(5) IndusInd Bank
Filmmaker Harish Shah passed away in Mumbai at the age of 76. SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 73
Q.104. Recently Andrzej Duda has been re-elected as the (1) P. Nair
President of which country? (2) Sachin Kumar
(1) Poland (2) Singapore (3) Botswana (3) Vikram Doraiswami
(4) Azerbaijan (5) Kenya (4) Abhay Kumar Singh
Q.105. Recently who has been appointed as the next (5) Mahesh Jha
Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan?
Q.112. Which edition of foundation day of NABARD was
(1) Dr. Vidhu P. Nair (2) V Vidyawati celebrated on July 12, 2020?
(3) Rahul Srivastva (4) Abhishek Kumar (1) 37th (2) 42nd (3) 39th
(5) Praveen Jadhav (4) 29th (5) 25th
Q.106. Recently Padma Shri award winning veteran Q.113. Recently which state has topped among the other
Gujarati journalist, columnist, writer and political states in the implementation of PM Street Vendor’s
analyst Nagindas Sanghvi has passed away, in AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)?
which year he was awarded by Padma Shri?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu
(1) 2015 (2) 2007 (3) 2004
(3) Maharashtra (4) Chhattisgarh
(4) 2019 (5) 2011
(5) Madhya Pradesh
Q.107. Recently Visa has tied-up with which bank to
launch “Visa Secure” to the bank’s cardholders? Q.114. Who has been honoured with the “Top Publicist”
award in the Global Humanitarian Awards 2020
(1) Federal Bank (2) ICICI Bank recently?
(3) HSBC Bank (4) IndusInd Bank (1) Sachin Awasthi (2) R Vishwnathan
(5) State Bank of India (3) Mukesh Agrawal (4) Rohit Arora
Q.108. Recently Chief Minister of which state has been (5) Vinay Shukla
honoured with Paul Harris Fellow recognition by
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Chicago? Q.115. RecentlyRudrendra Tandon has been appointed as
the next Ambassador of India to which country?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Assam
(1) Srilanka (2) Afghanistan (3) Tajikistan
(3) Telangana (4) Karnataka
(4) Iran (5) Iraq
(5) Tamil Nadu
Q.116. Recently who has been honored with the Lifetime
Q.109. Recently which country has launched a new achievement award of Mohun Bagan Athletic
commercial telecommunication satellite “APSTAR- Club?
6D” by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the
southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center? (1) Ashish Nishad (2) Anjali Chaturvedi
(1) Germany (2) China (3) Japan (3) Vinit Dahiya (4) Ashok Kumar
(4) US (5) UAE (5) Sanjay Kumar
Q.110. Recently who has won the 2020 Dada Saheb Phalke Q.117. Footballer Mile Jedinak has announced his
Award for documentary named “Chi Lupo”? retirement from the sport, he is related to which
country?
(1) Kezang D Thongdok
(1) Italy (2) Russia (3) Spain
(2) Tapan Sinha
(4) Australia (5) Serbia
(3) Mrinal Sen
Q.118. What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani in world’s
(4) Vinod Khanna richest person list, as per Bloomberg Billionaires
(5) Manoj Kumar Index released on July 14, 2020?
Q.111. Recently who has been appointed as the next (1) 3rd (2) 6th (3) 4th
Ambassador of India to Bangladesh? (4) 2nd (5) 5th
74 MICA SEPTEMBER 2020 The world's longest-surviving conjoined twins died July 4 at the age of 68.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.119. Recently which state has formed panel/commission (1) Bihar (2) Maharashtra
to decide on tribal status of Rabari, Bharvad and
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Kerala
Charan communities?
(5) Rajasthan
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan (4) Assam Q.128. Recently who has been appointed as the vice-
president Asian Development Bank?
(5) Telangana
(1) Hemang Amin (2) Vidhu Nair
Q.120. Every year, World Youth Skills Day is celebrated
on which date? (3) Ashok Lavasa (4) Jayant krishna
(1) 15th July (2) 10th July (3) 11th July (5) Arvind Saxena
(4) 12th July (5) 8th July Q.129. Poba Reserve Forest will be upgraded to a wildlife
Q.121. Recently Elyes Fakhfakh has resigned from his sanctuary, it is situated in which state?
post, he was the Prime Minister of which country? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Maharashtra
(1) Iceland (2) Singapore (3) Thailand (3) Sikkim (4) Assam
(4) Tunisia (5) Canada (5) Kerala
Q.122. Recently the Ministry of Human Resource Q.130. Recently the ministry of shipping has approved
Development has nominated Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Rs. 107 crores for modern firefighting facilities in
to the Board of Trustees of National Book Trust for Haldia Dock complex of which port?
how many years?
(1) Mumbai Port (2) Chennai Port
(1) 2 years (2) 3 Years (3) 4 years
(3) Kolkata Port (4) Kandla Port
(4) 5 years (5) 1 year
Q.123. Recently which IIT has developed the world’s most (5) Mormugao Port
affordable COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit “Corosure”? Q.131. What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani in world’s
(1) IIT Delhi (2) IIT Kanpur richest person list, as per Hurun’s research?
(3) IIT Bombay (4) IIT Madras (1) 5th (2) 7th (3) 9th
(5) IIT Guwahati (4) 3rd (5) 12th
Q.124. Recently Brett Lee has been signed by SportsAdda Q.132. Recently who has been appointed as the brand
as the brand ambassador, Brett Lee is related to ambassador of SportsAdda?
which sports?
(1) Lionel Messi (2) David Warner
(1) Cricket (2) Football (3) Hockey
(3) Cristiano Ronaldo (4) Brett Lee
(4) Squash (5) Wrestling
(5) Virat Kohli
Q.125. FIFA World Cup 2022 will be organised in which
country? Q.133. Recently First on-line NISHTHA programme has
been launched by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and
(1) China (2) Japan (3) India Sanjay Dhotre in which state?
(4) Brazil (5) Qatar
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Andhra Pradesh
Q.126. Recently how much amount was approved by
(3) Maharashtra (4) Kerala
NABARD to Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
(1) Rs 44 lakhs (2) Rs 56 lakhs (5) Tamil Nadu
(3) Rs 20 lakhs (4) Rs 86 lakhs Q.134. Recently Indian-origin, Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’

Santokhi has been elected the President of which
(5) Rs 60 lakhs country?
Q.127. Recently Neela Satyanarayan has passed away,
(1) Malaysia (2) Singapore (3) Nepal
she was the first woman election commissioner of
which state? (4) Suriname (5) Ethiopia
Veteran actor-comedian Jagdeep, who immortalised the role of Soorma Bhopali in Sholay,
passed away at 81 in Mumbai.
Q.135. Recently NABARD has disbursed Rs 221.89 crore (3) Ranveer Singh (4) Priyanka Chopra
to support 298 watershed projects in which state? (5) Ranbir Kapoor
(1) Rajasthan (2) Assam Q.143. Recently which state government has decided to
(3) West Bengal (4) Karnataka convert waste generated in the state to electricity
(5) Odisha under an initiative titled ‘Waste to Energy’?
Q.136. Recently who has been appointed as the new (1) Uttarakhand (2) Odisha
chairman of IT company, HCL Technologies? (3) Jharkhand (4) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Roshni Nadar Malhotra (5) Assam
(2) Rashmi Chaturvedi Q.144. Recently Pakistan and which country have signed
(3) Madhurima Kaushik an agreement for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel
power project on the Jhelum river in Sudhoti
(4) Manish Bansal district of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir?
(5) Vaibhav Arora (1) Afghanistan (2) China (3) India
Q.137. Recently ‘CybHER’, Virtual Awareness Campaign (4) Nepal (5) Bhutan
to Tackle Cyber Crime against Women & Children
was launched by Police of which state? Q.145. What is the rank of India in the Global
Manufacturing Risk Index 2020?
(1) Bihar (2) Jharkhand
(1) Fifth (2) Fourth (3) Third
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Haryana
(4) First (5) Second
(5) Telangana
Q.146. Recently India has signed MoU with which country
Q.138. Recently which Indian institute of technology has to store strategic reserves of petroleum?
started a startup, which has developed a portable
hospital? (1) Germany (2) United States (3) Canada
(1) IIT Bombay (2) IIT Madras (4) Brazil (5) Iran
(3) IIT Kanpur (4) IIT Hyderabad Q.147. Recently Reserve Bank of India has allowed to
reappoint Shyam Srinivasan as managing Director
(5) IIT Guwahati and Chief Executive officer of which bank?
Q.139. Every year World Day for International Justice is (1) Federal Bank (2) Axis Bank
observed on which date?
(3) ICICI Bank (4) Karur Vyas Bank
(1) 1st July (2) 11th July (3) 12th July
(5) Yes Bank
(4) 15th July (5) 17th July
Q.148. Every year Nelson Mandela International Day is
Q.140. Recently India has signed agreements with which celebrated by United Nations on-
country to expand their collaboration in dealing
with cyber threats? (1) 11th July (2) 12th July (3) 18th July
(1) US (2) Russia (3) Iran (4) 15th July (5) 20th July
(4) Germany (5) Israel Q.149. Recently Arjuna Awardee Ramesh Tikaram has
passed away, he was related to which sport?
Q.141. Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been
appointed as the first woman Prime Minister of (1) Football (2) Chess (3) Cricket
Gabon, where is the capital of Gabon? (4) Hockey (5) Badminton
(1) Suva (2) Maseru (3) Libreville Q.150. Recently India and which country have opened
(4) Windhoek (5) Mbabane new trade route to facilitate connectivity between
two countries?
Q.142. Recently who has been chosen as the ambassador
of the Toronto International Film Festival 2020? (1) Nepal (2) Pakistan (3) Myanmar
(1) Anushka Sharma (2) Deepika Padukone (4) Bangladesh (5) Bhutan
The Union Cabinet has given approval for extending Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
for five more months.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.151. Recently who has been appointed by the U.S. Q.158. Every year World Hydrography Day is observed
Senate as the Director of the National Science globally on which date?
Foundation? (1) 22nd June (2) 18th June (3) 21st June
(1) Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan (4) 20th June (5) 25th June
(2) Jawed Iqbal Wani Q.159. Recently Tata Power has signed agreement with
(3) Rahul Srivastava which state to develop 100 MW solar project?
(4) Parmod Joshi (1) Telangana (2) Uttarakhand
(5) Rajeev Kumar (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
Q.152. Vijay Khanduja has been appointed as the next (5) Bihar
Ambassador of India to which country? Q.160. India will hold the presidency of United Nations
(1) Philippines (2) Singapore (3) Zimbabwe Security Council during which month of the year
2021?
(4) Maldives (5) Indonesia
(1) July (2) November (3) September
Q.153. Recently World Bank has approved USD 1.05
billion to which country? (4) December (5) August
(1) India (2) Bangladesh (3) Pakistan Q.161. Recently which economist has been chosen by the
German Book Trade for its prestigious 2020 Peace
(4) Iraq (5) UAE Prize?
Q.154. Recently Rajinder Goel has passed away, he was (1) Arvind Subramanian
associated with which sport?
(2) Abhijit Banerjee
(1) Football (2) Hockey (3) Cricket
(3) Amartya Sen
(4) Tennis (5) Chess
(4) Rahuram Rajan
Q.155. Recently who was elected as player member to ITF
(5) Bibek Debroy
Men’s player panels?
Q.162. Recently who has launched the book ‘Legend of
(1) Niki Poonacha
Suheldev’?
(2) Aditya Mehta
(1) Amitosh Srivastava (2) Amish Tripathi
(3) Benjamin Bonzi
(3) Tushar Mehta (4) Deepak Malhotra
(4) Ramkumar Ramanathan
(5) Avinesh Trivedi
(5) Roberto Marcora Q.163. Recently which Union Minister has inaugurated
Q.156. What is the theme of International Day of Yoga the Virtual India Pavilion at Cannes Film Market
2020, which is celebrated on 21st June? 2020?
(1) Yoga with Gurus – Yoga at Home (1) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(2) Yoga for Peace – Yoga at Home (2) Prakash Javadekar
(3) Yoga for Fitness – Yoga at Home (3) S Jaishankar
(4) Connect the Youth – Yoga at Home (4) Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank
(5) Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home (5) Smriti Irani
Q.157. Recently how much loan agreement has been signed Q.164. Recently who has been appointed as new as the
by France to India to boost India’s COVID-19 Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Risk
response? Managers’ International Association?
(1) 100 million euros (2) 200 million euros (1) Dr Nirakar Pradhan (2) Rajinder Goel
(3) 300 million euros (4) 400 million euros (3) Sachin Suri (4) Alok Mehta
(5) 500 million euros (5) Kuldeep Arora
The Government has extended the time limit for availing three free gas cylinders by
beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
Q.165. Recently EXIM bank has extended line of credit Q.173. Recently who was appointed as the Chairman of
worth USD 20.10 million for construction of Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services?
hospital to which country? (1) N Rajendran (2) T. Rabi Sankar
(1) Azerbaijan (2) Nicaragua (3) Nigeria (3) Rohit Khanna (4) Tarun Bajaj
(4) Bahrain (5) Papua New Guinea (5) Amish Tripathi
Q.166. Which edition of International Yoga day was Q.174. Recently which IIT has Developed Chip ‘Dhruva’
celebrated on June 21, 2020? to Navigate Locations?
(1) 4th (2) 5th (3) 6th (1) IIT Bombay (2) IIT Delhi (3) IIT Kanpur
(4) 7th (5) 8th (4) IIT Guwahati (5) IIT Kharagpur
Q.167. Recently which bank has tied up with four insurers Q.175. Recently Pournima Zanane has passed away, she
to offer various insurance products to its customers was associated with which sports?
through its network of branches across the country?
(1) Snooker (2) Badminton
(1) Union Bank of India
(3) Wrestling (4) Rifle Shooting
(2) State Bank of India
(5) Table Tennis
(3) Canara Bank
Q.176. On the occasion of 6th International Yoga Day
(4) Bank of Maharashtra world's first Yoga University outside India launched
(5) UCO Bank in which country?
Q.168. Recently Movie producer Steve Bing has passed (1) Russia (2) Singapore (3) UAE
away, he was related to which country? (4) Canada (5) US
(1) Australia (2) England (3) Italy Q.177. Recently Golden Globe awards was postponed due
(4) US (5) Canada to COVID-19 pandemic, it will be organized 2021
Q.169. Every year United Nations Public Service Day is in which month?
observed globally on which date? (1) February (2) April (3) June
(1) 20th June (2) 21st June (3) 22nd June (4) January (5) August
(4) 23rd June (5) 24th June Q.178. Recently India has announced to contribute how
Q.170. The United Nations World Food Programme has much amount to the United Nations Relief and
collaborated with which IIT to develop innovative Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
solutions for the food safety nets of the government East (UNRWA)?
recently? (1) USD 10 million (2) USD 5 million
(1) IIT Delhi (2) IIT Mandi (3) IIT Kanpur (3) USD 10 billion (4) USD 5 billion
(4) IIT Bombay (5) IIT Guwahati (5) USD 15 million
Q.171. Recently which cricketer has been appointed head Q.179. Recently former basketball star player, K Raghunath
coach of the Uttarakhand cricket team? has passed away, he was related to which state?
(1) Suresh Raina (2) Yuvraj Singh (1) Haryana (2) Odisha
(3) Pragyan Ojha (4) Wasim Jaffer (3) Uttarakhand (4) Maharashtra
(5) Harbhajan Singh (5) Karnataka
Q.172. Recently which Bank has partnered with fintech Q.180. Recently which state government has decided to
startup “Affordplan” to launch ‘Swasth Card’? launch Indira Rasoi Yojana for the poor?
(1) UCO Bank (2) ICICI Bank (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan
(3) Yes Bank (4) State Bank of India (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Jharkhand
(5) IndusInd Bank (5) Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the 750 MW Solar Project set up at
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh on July 10, 2020.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Q.181. India has retained its position as 3rd-largest (3) South Africa (4) Australia
economy on PPP basis for 2017, which country is (5) Afghanistan
at the top position?
Q.188. Recently which state government has decided
(1) US (2) China (3) Russia to Launch Employment Guarantee Scheme
(4) Japan (5) Germany “Mukhyamantri SHRAMIK Yojna” for Urban
Poor?
Q.182. Himachal Pradesh state Panchayati raj
department won the first prize under e-Panchayat (1) Jharkhand (2) Gujarat (3) Goa
Puraskar-2020, who is the governor of Himachal (4) Haryana (5) Maharashtra
Pradesh?
Q.189. Recently which country has successfully launched
(1) Ganeshi Lal (2) Acharya Dev Vrat the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite
(3) Kalraj Mishra (4) Ganga Prasad System taking another step to becoming a major
space power?
(5) Bandaru Dattatreya
(1) US (2) Russia (3) China
Q.183. Recently Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company
has launched the Nishtha Vidyut Mitra Scheme for (4) Pakistan (5) Japan
whom? Q.190. Recently which state government has announced a
(1) Senior Citizen (2) Doctors special initiative for activity-based learning named
‘Ektu Khelo, Ektu Padho’?
(3) Teachers (4) Police
(1) Odisha (2) Meghalaya (3) Tripura
(5) Women
(4) Assam (5) Sikkim
Q.184. Recently which Union Minister has inaugurated
Q.191. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary
two bridges Devika and Puneja at Udhampur and
of Maharashtra recently?
Doda districts respectively in Jammu and Kashmir?
(1) Sanjay Kumar (2) Anoop Kumar
(1) Narendra Singh Tomar
(3) Raghvendra Trivedi (4) Mahesh Khanna
(2) Jitendra Singh
(5) Vijay Mehra
(3) Dharmendra Pradhan
Q.192. Recently in which city the Union Minister
(4) Nitin Gadakari Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a Product
(5) Prahlad Joshi Application and Development Centre set up by
Indian Oil?
Q.185. Recently Joel Schumacher has passed away, he
was what? (1) Mathura (2) Dispur (3) Paradip
(1) Music Director (2) Film Director (4) Kochi (5) Vishakhapatnam
(3) Cricketer (4) Politician Q.193. A behaviour change campaign called “Navigating
the New Normal” has been launched by which
(5) Actor organization recently?
Q.186. Recently which country has awarded the project (1) NITI Aayog
management consultancy contract for the
development of 500 megawatts solar park to (2) Defence Research and Development Organisation
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited? (3) Indian Space Research Organisation
(1) Maldives (2) Malaysia (3) Mali (4) Ministry of Science and Technology
(4) Myanmar (5) Indonesia (5) Department of Science and Technology
Q.187. Recently wicketkeeper-batswoman Rachel Priest Q.194. What will be India’s GDP in Financial Year 21 as
has announced her retirement from international per India Ratings and Research?
cricket, she is related to which country? (1) 3.1% (2) 4.7% (3) 3.9%
(1) New Zealand (2) England (4) 2.8% (5) 5.3%
G Narendra Kumar has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi. SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 79
Q.195. Recently the government has declared Kushinagar (3) Saurav Ganguly (4) Kapil Dev
airport as an International airport, it is located in
(5) Virat Kohli
which state?
Q.203. Recently which state government has introduced
(1) Bihar (2) Uttarakhand “Maha Parwana” plan to attract fresh investment in
(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh industries?
(5) Odisha (1) Maharashtra (2) Gujarat
Q.196. Russia’s Energia plans to take First Tourist on (3) Rajasthan (4) Madhya Pradesh
Space Walk in which year? (5) Odisha
(1) 2022 (2) 2022 (3) 2023 Q.204. The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ will be
(4) 2024 (5) 2025 hosted by Australia and which country?
Q.197. Kempegowda International Airport has become the (1) Japan (2) Qatar
first airport in India to get AWMS at both ends of (3) New Zealand (4) China
the runway, it is situated in which state?
(5) India
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
Q.205. Recently which state government has signed a pact
(3) Maharashtra (4) Karnataka with telecom firm to improve distance education?
(5) Tripura (1) Kerala (2) West Bengal (3) Jharkhand
Q.198. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (4) Haryana (5) Mizoram
is observed by the United Nations on which date?
Q.206. Which country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
(1) 24th June (2) 16th June (3) 20th June has announced that it will establish its permanent
military base in the Indian Ocean by March next
(4) 28th June (5) 26th June
year?
Q.199. Which country to be World’s First Country to Use
(1) Iraq (2) Pakistan
Drone Mounted ULV Sprayer for Locust Control?
(3) Saudi Arabia (4) UAE
(1) Pakistan (2) Bangladesh
(5) Iran
(3) Afghanistan (4) India
Q.207. Recently which state government has decided to
(5) China introduce 'Godhan Nyaya Yojana' for improving
Q.200. Recently which state government has announced cow rearing, cow dung management and
an ambitious scheme “Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti environmental protection in the state?
Uphaar”? (1) Bihar (2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Tripura (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Punjab
(3) Uttarakhand (4) Assam (5) Andhra Pradesh
(5) Manipur Q.208. Every year Micro, Small and Medium-sized
Q.201. Recently Vini Mahajan has been appointed as the Enterprises Day is observed globally on which
Chief Secretary of which state? date?
(1) Bihar (2) Maharashtra (1) 28th June (2) 27th June (3) 24th June
(3) Uttarakhand (4) Punjab (4) 21st June (5) 30th June
(5) Haryana Q.209. Recently who has inaugurated the Defence

Conclave 2020 Gujarat?
Q.202. According to a poll conducted by Wisden India,
which cricketer is the greatest Indian Test batsman (1) Shripad Yesso Naik (2) Rajnath Singh
of all time? (3) Narendra Modi (4) Vijay Rupani
(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Rahul Dravid (5) Amit Shah
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Q.210. Recently which Bank has partnered with UDMA (3) Bangladesh (4) US
Technologies to launch its digital wallet solution
(5) China
‘Yuva Pay’ mobile app?
Q.218. Recently World Bank Group has approved how
(1) Yes Bank (2) ICICI Bank
much amount under STARS Program?
(3) Axis Bank (4) State Bank of India
(1) USD 500 Million (2) USD 400 Million
(5) Indian Bank
(3) USD 300 Million (4) USD 200 Million
Q.211. Recently Micheal Martin has been elected as new
Prime Minister of which country? (5) USD 100 Million
(1) Mali (2) Iceland (3) Ireland Q.219. Recently who has chaired the 49th Governing
Council Meeting of National Productivity Council?
(4) Ethiopia (5) Azerbaijan
(1) Nitin Gadkari (2) Amit Shah
Q.212. Recently who has been given the additional charge
of Madhya Pradesh as its Governor? (3) Nirmala Sitharaman(4) Narendra Modi
(1) Ganesh Lal (2) Phagu Chauhan (5) Piyush Goyal
(3) Anandiben Patel (4) Baby Rani Maurya Q.220. Recently who inaugurated ‘Aatma Nirbhar Uttar
Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan’, the largest employment
(5) Kalraj Mishra
generating program in the country?
Q.213. Recently who has launched web portal of the Garib
(1) Prakash Javadekar (2) Narendra Modi
Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan?
(3) Nitin Gadkari (4) Amit Shah
(1) Piyush Goyal
(2) Narendra Singh Tomar (5) Nirmala Sitharaman
(3) Harshimarat Kaur Badal Q.221. Recently who has taken over as the new Inspector
General of BSF''s south Bengal frontier?
(4) Amit Shah
(1) Ashwini Kumar Singh
(5) Dharmendra Pradhan
(2) Aditya Verma
Q.214. K.K Shailaja was honoured by the United Nations,
she is the Health Minister of which state? (3) Sanjay Kumar
(1) Kerala (2) Karnataka (4) Ajay Verma
(3) Haryana (4) Punjab (5) Denesh Mehra
(5) Bihar Q.222. Recently veteran writer Geetha Nagabhushan
has passed away, she was associated with which
Q.215. Recently PhonePe has partnered with which private
language?
sector bank on UPI multi-bank model?
(1) ICICI Bank (2) Yes Bank (1) Kannada (2) Malayalam (3) Tamil
(3) Bandhan Bank (4) IndusInd Bank (4) Telugu (5) Marathi
(5) HDFC Bank Q.223. Recently Lazarus Chakwera has become the new
President of which country?
Q.216. Government of India is celebrated National
Statistics day on which date on the birth anniversary (1) Ireland (2) Malawi (3) Mali
of Prof. P C Mahalanobis? (4) Tunisia (5) Ukraine
(1) 20th June (2) 24th June (3) 26th June Q.224. Recently India and which country have signed a pact
(4) 29th June (5) 19th June for the construction of the 600 MW Kholongchhu
joint venture hydroelectric project?
Q.217. Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has recently
banned the use of equipment of which country? (1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal (3) Bhutan
(1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (4) Iran (5) Iraq
Ruchi Soya Industries, which is owned by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved, has
appointed Sanjeev Asthana as its CEO.
Q.225. Recently which state has developed India’s First Q.227. Recntly which bank which has partnered with
Lichen Park to Conserve Jurassic Era Plant in Bengaluru based SOLV business platform to
Munsiyar? launch credit card for MSMEs?
(1) Assam (2) Manipur (1) HSBC Bank
(3) Uttarakhand (4) Haryana (2) BNP Paribas
(5) Kerala (3) Deutsche Bank
Q.226. Recently former footballer Mario Gomez has (4) Standard Chartered Bank
announced his retirement from the sport, he is (5) Bank of China
related to which country?
Q.228. According to S&P global ratings what will be the
(1) Spain (2) Italy India’s GDP growth in 2020?
(3) Russia (4) Germany (1) 4% (2) 6% (3) 5%
(5) US (4) 2% (5) 3%
ANSWER KEY
Q.1.(2) Q.2.(2) Q.3.(5) Q.4.(3) Q.5.(4) Q.6.(4) Q.7.(2) Q.8.(2) Q.9.(5) Q.10.(1)
Q.11.(1) Q.12.(1) Q.13.(4) Q.14.(1) Q.15.(3) Q.16.(3) Q.17.(4) Q.18.(4) Q.19.(5) Q.20.(5)
Q.21.(2) Q.22.(1) Q.23.(2) Q.24.(5) Q.25.(1) Q.26.(3) Q.27.(5) Q.28.(3) Q.29.(1) Q.30.(2)
Q.31.(5) Q.32.(1) Q.33.(2) Q.34.(1) Q.35.(3) Q.36.(2) Q.37.(5) Q.38.(4) Q.39.(3) Q.40.(5)
Q.41.(1) Q.42.(5) Q.43.(5) Q.44.(3) Q.45.(2) Q.46.(4) Q.47.(2) Q.48.(4) Q.49.(3) Q.50.(1)
Q.51.(2) Q.52.(4) Q.53.(1) Q.54.(5) Q.55.(5) Q.56.(1) Q.57.(3) Q.58.(4) Q.59.(3) Q.60.(2)
Q.61.(5) Q.62.(1) Q.63.(2) Q.64.(1) Q.65.(2) Q.66.(4) Q.67.(3) Q.68.(3) Q.69.(4) Q.70.(2)
Q.71.(3) Q.72.(2) Q.73.(5) Q.74.(2) Q.75.(4) Q.76.(3) Q.77.(1) Q.78.(5) Q.79.(2) Q.80.(1)
Q.81.(2) Q.82.(1) Q.83.(4) Q.84.(3) Q.85.(2) Q.86.(5) Q.87.(5) Q.88.(3) Q.89.(3) Q.90.(2)
Q.91.(3) Q.92.(5) Q.93.(4) Q.94.(3) Q.95.(1) Q.96.(3) Q.97.(2) Q.98.(1) Q.99.(4) Q.100.(5)
Q.101.(5) Q.102.(3) Q.103.(2) Q.104.(1) Q.105.(1) Q.106.(4) Q.107.(1) Q.108.(5) Q.109.(2) Q.110.(1)
Q.111.(3) Q.112.(3) Q.113.(5) Q.114.(1) Q.115.(2) Q.116.(4) Q.117.(4) Q.118.(2) Q.119.(2) Q.120.(1)
Q.121.(4) Q.122.(2) Q.123.(1) Q.124.(1) Q.125.(5) Q.126.(1) Q.127.(2) Q.128.(3) Q.129.(4) Q.130.(3)
Q.131.(1) Q.132.(4) Q.133.(2) Q.134.(4) Q.135.(4) Q.136.(1) Q.137.(5) Q.138.(2) Q.139.(5) Q.140.(5)
Q.141.(3) Q.142.(4) Q.143.(1) Q.144.(2) Q.145.(3) Q.146.(2) Q.147.(1) Q.148.(3) Q.149.(5) Q.150.(5)
Q.151.(1) Q.152.(3) Q.153.(2) Q.154.(3) Q.155.(1) Q.156.(5) Q.157.(2) Q.158.(3) Q.159.(4) Q.160.(5)
Q.161.(3) Q.162.(2) Q.163.(2) Q.164.(1) Q.165.(2) Q.166.(3) Q.167.(5) Q.168.(4) Q.169.(4) Q.170.(1)
Q.171.(4) Q.172.(3) Q.173.(2) Q.174.(1) Q.175.(4) Q.176.(5) Q.177.(1) Q.178.(1) Q.179.(5) Q.180.(2)
Q.181.(2) Q.182.(5) Q.183.(5) Q.184.(2) Q.185.(2) Q.186.(3) Q.187.(1) Q.188.(1) Q.189.(3) Q.190.(3)
Q.191.(1) Q.192.(3) Q.193.(1) Q.194.(5) Q.195.(4) Q.196.(3) Q.197.(4) Q.198.(5) Q.199.(4) Q.200.(2)
Q.201.(4) Q.202.(2) Q.203.(1) Q.204.(3) Q.205.(5) Q.206.(5) Q.207.(3) Q.208.(2) Q.209.(1) Q.210.(1)
Q.211.(3) Q.212.(3) Q.213.(2) Q.214.(1) Q.215.(1) Q.216.(4) Q.217.(5) Q.218.(1) Q.219.(5) Q.220.(4)
Q.221.(1) Q.222.(1) Q.223.(2) Q.224.(3) Q.225.(3) Q.226.(4) Q.227.(4) Q.228.(3)
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Q.1-5. Read the given information carefully and answer Red and Blue, with at least two of them in each
the questions. of these teams. Each of them likes a hero among
Six packets Z, Y, X, W, V and U are placed Ajay, Govinda, Bobby, Om Puri, Mithun, Pankaj
one above another, also they are occupied with and Gopal not necessarily in the same order.
different items i.e. LL, KK, JJ, HH, MM, and NN, Y fights with U in team Blue and he likes Mithun.
but not necessarily in the same order. None of those who fight in either team Red or team
Packet V is not placed just above and below W. Green likes either Govinda or Boby. W fights with
Packet V is not placed just below the packet which only the one who likes Gopal. T likes Pankaj and
is occupied with LL. Only one packet is placed he fights in team Red. The one who likes Ompuri
between W and U. Packet which is occupied with does not fight in team Red. S likes Gopal. Z likes
NN is placed between W and U. The packet which is Ajay and he fights in team Red. X does not like
placed just above Y is occupied with KK. The packet Govinda.
which is occupied with JJ is not placed at the top. Q.6. Which of the following fighters fight in team Red?
Z is placed either top or bottom. Only two packets (1) TU (2) TX (3) WS
are placed between Z and W, which is occupied with
(4) TZ (5) None of these
HH. The packet which is placed at bottom occupied
with MM. Packet Y is not placed above Z. Q.7. In which of the following team three fighters fight?
Q.1. Packet X is occupied with which of the following (1) Green (2) Red
item? (3) Blue (4) Either Green or Red
(1) MM (2) KK (3) HH (5) Either Green or Blue
(4) NN (5) None of these Q.8. Which of the following combinations is incorrect?
Q.2. Which of the following packet is placed at top? (1) Green - Y - Ajay (2) Red - Z - Govinda
(1) Z (2) U (3) X (3) Blue - X - Om Puri (4) Blue - Y - Ajay
(4) V (5) None of these (5) All of the above
Q.3. How many packets are placed between packet U Q.9. Who likes Govinda?
and packet V?
(1) U (2) Y (3) X
(1) One (2) Three
(4) V (5) S
(3) Two (4) More than three
Q.10. Which hero does W like?
(5) None of these
(1) Pankaj (2) Govinda (3) Om Puri
Q.4. Which packet is placed just above packet Y?
(4) Bobby (5) None of these
(1) W
Q.11-15. Study the following information carefully and
(2) The packet which is occupied with KK answer the question given below.
(3) U There are eight uncles Ganga Ram, Hanuman
(4) Both (2) and (3) Singh, Ishant Kumar, Jagan Prasad, Kamal Kumar,
Lakhan Prasad, Mohan Singh and Nandu Ram each
(5) None of these
of them belongs to a different company’s viz. TCS,
Q.5. Packet Y is occupied with which of the following HP, Wipro, Accenture, Siemens, Reliance, Bajaj
item? and Microsoft, but not necessarily in the same
(1) MM (2) KK (3) NN order. They live in an eight-story building having
(4) JJ (5) None of these floors numbered one to eight – each of them on a
different floor. The ground floor is numbered floor
Q.6-10. Study the following information carefully and no. 1, the floor above it floor no. 2 and so on).
answer the questions given below.
There are five floors between the floors on which
Seven Chinese fighters are Z, Y, X, W, U, T and Jagan Prasad and the uncle from Wipro lives. The
S, each fighting for a different team among Green, uncle from TCS lives immediately below Ganga
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Ram’s floor. Nandu Ram lives immediately above (III) All Hot being Cold is a possibility.
Ganga Ram’s floor and immediately below Kamal (1) Only I follows (2) Both I and III follow
Kumar’s floor. Ganga Ram is from Bajaj. Ganga
Ram lives on even numbered floor. Three uncles (3) Only III follows (4) Only II follows
live between Jagan Prasad and the uncle from TCS. (5) None of these
Three uncles live between Lakhan Prasad and Q.17. Statements:
Ganga Ram. Three uncles live between the uncles
All Drink are Water. Some Water are Hot.
from HP and Microsoft. The uncle from Microsoft
lives on the floor immediately below the floor on No Hot is a Cold. All Cold are Ice.
which the uncle from TCS lives. Hanuman Singh Conclusions:
lives on the even numbered floor. Ishant Kumar (I) Some Hot not being Ice is a possibility.
does not belong to TCS. Four uncles live between
the uncles from HP and Accenture. Lakhan Prasad (II) All Hot, Water and Drink being Ice is a possibility.
does not belong to Reliance. (III) Some Ice are not Hot.
Q.11. The uncle from TCS lives on which floor? (1) Both II and III follow
(1) Second (2) Third (3) Sixth (2) Both I and III follow
(4) Fourth (5) Fifth (3) Only II follows
Q.12. On which of the following floors, does the uncle (4) Only III follows
from HP live? (5) All I, II and III follow.
(1) Fourth (2) Sixth (3) Fifth Q.18. Statements:
(4) Eighth (5) None of these All Drink are Water. Some Water are Hot.
Q.13. Who lives on the topmost floor? No Hot is a Cold. All Cold are Ice.
(1) Kamal Kumar (2) Ganga Ram Conclusions:
(3) Nandu Ram (4) Mohan Singh (I) All Ice are Hot.
(5) None of these (II) Some Hot are Ice.
Q.14. To which company does Jagan Prasad belong? (III) Some Drink are Cold.
(1) Microsoft (2) Wipro (3) Reliance (1) Only II follows
(4) TCS (5) Siemens (2) Both I and III follow
Q.15. Who lives exactly between Hanuman Singh and (3) Either III or II follows
Lakhan Prasad?
(4) Only III follows
(1) Mohan Singh (2) Ishant Kumar
(5) None follows
(3) Jagan Prasad (4) Nandu Ram
Q.19. Statements:
(5) Kamal Kumar
Some Pink are Blue. No Blue is a Green.
Q.16-20. In each question given below four statements are
followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and No Green is a Brown. Some Brown are Yellow.
III. You have to take the given statements to be Conclusions:
true even if they seem to be at variance from the (I) Some Yellow are not Blue.
commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and
(II) All Brown being Pink is a possibility.
decide which logically follows.
(III) All Green are Yellow.
Q.16. Statements:
(1) Only II follows
All Drink are Water. Some Water are Hot.
(2) All I, II and III follow
No Hot is a Cold. All Cold are Ice.
(3) Either II or I follows
Conclusions:
(4) Either II or III follows
(I) All Drink being Hot and Ice is a possibility.
(5) None of these
(II) Some Water being Cold is a possibility.
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Q.20. Statements: I. O is sitting between M and R. S is between Q
Some Pink are Blue. No Blue is a Green. and N.
No Green is a Brown. Some Brown are Yellow. II. O is opposite to N. R is opposite to P.
Conclusions: Q.24. In a row of students, what is the rank of Aman in

the boys from the left and right end respectively?
(I) Some Green are not Pink.
I. Somi is 20th from the right end and 16th from
(II) Some Pink are not Green. the left end. Aman is 6th to the right of Somi.
(III) Some Green are Yellow. II. Somi’s rank in girls from the left and the right
(1) Both I and II follow end is 8th and 7th respectively and the right of
Aman has four girls.
(2) Both II and III follow
Q.25. Seven persons Mona, Naina, Oman, Pooja, Qamar,
(3) Only II follows
Rahat and Sushil reside in a seven floor’s apartment
(4) Either II or III follows numbered from first to seven. Only one person
(5) None of these resides at each floor. Who among the following
resides at top floor?
Q.21-25. The question given below contain two statements
giving certain data. You have to decide whether I. Pooja does not reside at odd number’s floors.
the data given in the statements are sufficient for Sushil resides at exactly middle floor of apartment.
answering the question or not? Give answer- II. Two persons reside between Naina and Pooja.
(1) If statement I alone is sufficient but statement Rahat does not reside at first and seven floors.
II alone is not sufficient. Qamar resides at fifth floor.
(2) If statement II alone is sufficient but statement Q.26-27. Study the following information carefully and
I alone is not sufficient. answer the questions given below.
(3) If each statement alone (either I or II) is Sona is 5 km to the west of Raj who is 15 km
sufficient. north of Ravi. Komal is 10 km to the east of Sona.
Raj is 8 km south of Anurag who is 7 km east of
(4) If statement I and II together are not sufficient. Nandu.
(5) If both statements together are sufficient, but Q.26. If Nandu wants to meet Ravi then how much
neither I nor II statement alone is sufficient. minimum distance he will be covered?
Q.21. Eight friend 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 are sitting (1) 24.04 km (2) 28.11 km (3) 30.04 km
in straight line and facing towards north direction.
Who are sitting at the extreme ends? (4) 19. 03 km (5) 11. 71 km
I. 10 is third to the left of 6 who is second to the Q.27. Which of the following two persons are having
left of 9. 6 is fourth to the left of 7. maximum distance between them?
II. 10 who is not at extreme end, is sitting fourth to (1) Sona and Komal (2) Anurag and Ravi
the left of 5 who is not immediate neighbour of the (3) Nandu and Anurag (4) Raj and Komal
person who is at the extreme end. 7 is third to the (5) Raj and Ravi
right of 9 who is immediate neighbour of 5.
Q.28-32. Study the following information carefully and
Q.22. In certain code language ‘Tt Pp Nn Ll’ means ‘he answer the questions given below.
is good player’. What is the code of ‘player’?
In the night I am going with some people. They
I. ‘Qq Ww Pp’ means ‘he acts smartly’ and ‘Xx Ff all are from my family. We are going in a row
Mm’ means ‘Ram plays cricket’. and facing North. The last person on my right is
II.’Kk Mm Nn Ss’ means ‘Seeta plays good my Uncle and the person who is third to the left
football’ and ‘Dd Pp Rr Tt’ means ‘he is smart of my Uncle is my Father who is seventh to the
boy’. right of my Mother who is at one end of the row.
There are two persons between my brother and
Q.23. Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting
my sister and they both are not in between my
around a circular table. Who among the following
father and uncle. My aunty is exactly between
is between P and M?
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my mother and Uncle. My cousin is immediate (1) E (2) G (3) R
to the right of my brother. My grandmother is not (4) M (5) N
the neighbour of my Father and Mother. More
than two persons are there between my uncle and Q.35. In a certain code language RECTORY is written
grandmother. There is one person between my as DGUXDXV. How is MAILING written in that
grandfather and father. My son and my daughter code language?
are also in this row. In the same row, there are two (1) JCPPOTP (2) JCPPLTR
persons in the same position me and one of my
(3) JCPPLTP (4) JCPQLTP
family member.
Q.28. Who is second to the right of my son? (5) JCPPLTJ
(1) Daughter (2) Uncle (3) Brother Q.36-38. The given questions are based on the five three-
digit numbers given below.
(4) Mother (5) Cannot be determined
723 163 154 593 867
Q.29. How many persons are there between my cousin
and father? Q.36. If we interchange the first and third digit of each
(1) Four (2) Two number then arrange all the numbers in ascending
order then which of the following number thus
(3) Both 1 and 2 are true (4) Three formed is third lowest?
(5) None of these (1) 723 (2) 163 (3) 154
Q.30. Who is third to the left of my aunt?
(4) 593 (5) 867
(1) Grandmother (2) Cousin
Q.37. If we add one in the odd digits and subtract one
(3) Both 1 and 2 are true (4) Sister from the even digit in all the numbers then arrange
(5) None of these all numbers in ascending order then which one is
Q.31. If my son is not the neighbour of my Father then the lowest number?
who is sixth to the right of my son? (1) 723 (2) 163 (3) 154
(1) Father (2) Daughter (3) Brother (4) 593 (5) 867
(4) Grandfather (5) Sister Q.38. If all the numbers are arranged in descending order
Q.32. My sister is the neighbour of which two persons? then what is the difference between the numbers
(1) Grandmother and Aunt which are second and third from the left and right
end respectively?
(2) Aunt and Father
(1) 130 (2) 141 (3) 140
(3) Aunt and Mother
(4) 110 (5) 120
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) Both 1 and 2 are true. Q.39-40. Read the information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Q.33. How many such pairs of letters are there in the
word FASTTRACK which has as many letters In a certain code language,
between them as they have in English alphabet 'talk softly to all' is coded as "ka cu ma he",
series?
'all are like us' is coded as " si fo he to",
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
'teach us exercise softly’ is coded as " po ma fo re".
(4) Four (5) Five
Q.39. What is the code for 'are' in the given language?
Q.34. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word
with the third, the fifth, the sixth and the seventh (1) si (2) to (3) fo
letter of the word REFERENCE using each letter (4) Either 1 or 3 (5) Can't be determined
only once in each word, which of the following
Q.40. What would be the code for "talk exercise"?
will be the last letter of that word. If no such word
can be made, give answer ’G’ and if more than (1) ka cu (2) ka po (3) si to
such word can be made, give answer ‘M’. (4) si po (5) re po
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Q.41-45.Find the wrong term in the given number series. (3) x < y (4) x < y
Q.41. 32, 39, 65, 128, 253, 467, 809, 1320 (5) x = y or relationship cannot be established
(1) 39 (2) 65 (3) 253 Q.50. I. 4x+9y = 77
(4) 467 (5) 32 II. 11x -4y = 68
Q.42. 38, 49, 62, 72, 77, 91, 101 (1) x > y (2) x ≥ y
(1) 49 (2) 72 (3) 77 (3) x < y (4) x ≤ y
(4) 91 (5) 38 (5) x = y or relationship cannot be established
Q.43. 19, 22, 32, 46, 73, 108, 158 Q.51-55.What approximate value will come in place of
(1) 22 (2) 46 (3) 73 question mark (?) in the following question?
(4) 19 (5) 158 Q.51. 840.951/2 + 17.49 × 28 – 40961/3 =?
Q.44. 47, 44, 45, 46, 33, 57, 3, 88 (1) 495 (2) 475 (3) 515
(1) 44 (2) 57 (3) 46 (4) 509 (5) 503

(4) 3 (5) 47 Q.52. ( 2
+ 141.07 - 2 =?2- 106
Q.45. 45, 131, 228, 338, 466, 619, 800 (1) 8 (2) 24 (3) 17
(1) 131 (2) 466 (3) 619 (4) 22 (5) 27
(4) 45 (5) 800 Q.53. = ?1/3 – 33
Q.46-50.Find the values of variables and state the correct (1) 1350 (2) 1000 (3) 1250
relationship-
(4) 1360 (5) 1780
Q.46. I. 9x² – 45x + 56 = 0
Q.54. 912.898 – 27.001 × ? – 288.878 = 219.003
II. 4y² – 17y + 18 = 0
(1) 23 (2) 18 (3) 15
(1) x > y (2) x > y
(4) 24 (5) 21
(3) x < y (4) x < y
Q.55. 1164 × 128 ÷ 8.008 + 969.007 = ?
(5) x = y or relationship cannot be established
(1) 18800 (2) 19000 (3) 19600
Q.47. I. 4x² + 16x + 15 = 0
(4) 19200 (5) 18600
II. 2y² + 3y + 1 = 0
(1) x > y (2) x > y Q.56-60.Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given beside:
(3) x < y (4) x < y
A survey of a group of 1250 students is conducted
(5) x = y or relationship cannot be established to know about their likeness of sports. 68%
Q.48. I. 3x + 5y = 28 students like Football, 69.6% like Cricket and
64% like Badminton. 14.4% of them like only
II. 8x – 3y = 42 Football, 16.8% like only Cricket and 8.8% like
(1) x > y (2) x > y only Badminton. Now, answer the following
questions based on this information.
(3) x < y (4) x < y
(5) x = y or relationship cannot be established Q.56. What percent of the students like, at most, one
sport from the given sports?
Q.49. I. 9x² – 36x + 35 = 0
(1) 24% (2) 30% (3) 40%
II. 2y² – 15y – 17 = 0
(4) 54% (5) 60%
(1) x > y (2) x > y
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Q.57. How many students are there who like any two Q.65. Sangram, Avinash and Akash entered into a
sports from the given three sports. partnership by investing Rs 40,000, Rs X, and
(1) 210 (2) 230 (3) 270 Rs 44,000 respectively for 6 months, 8 months
and 10 months respectively. If Avinash earns a
(4) 320 (5) 340 profit of Rs 33000 out of a total profit of Rs
Q.58. What percent of the students like Football and 89100, find the total investment done by all
Badminton both but not Cricket? three.
(1) 4.8% (2) 5.6% (3) 6.4% (1) 94000 (2) 50000 (3) 108000
(4) 7.2% (5) 8.4% (4) 78000 (5) 134000
Q.59. How many students are there who like all three Q.66. A vessel is filled with liquid, which is 3 parts
sports? water and 5 parts milk. How much of the liquid
(1) 420 (2) 450 (3) 480 should be drawn of and replaced by water to make
it half water and half milk?
(4) 520 (5) 540
Q.60. What percent of students like both Football and 4 3 2
(1) (2) (3)
Cricket but not Badminton? 5 5 5
1
(1) 4.2% (2) 4.8% (3) 5.6% (4) (5) None of these
5
(4) 6.4% (5) 7.2% Q.67. A Birthday cap is in the form of a right circular
Q.61. A lent Rs 16000 to B for 2 years and Rs 12000 to cone which has base of radius as 9 cm and height
C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate of equal to 12 cm. Find the approximate area of the
interest and received Rs 3680 in all from both of sheet required to make 14 such caps.
them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is: (1) 5940 cm2 (2) 2540 cm2 (3) 6930 cm2
(1) 5.2 (2) 8.3 (3) 4.6
(4) 8840 cm2 (5) None of these
(4) 4.8 (5) 5.8
Q.68. A man can row 20 kmph in still water and the river
Q.62. A dealer marked the price of an item 20% is running at 5 kmph. If the man takes 2 hr to row
above cost price. He allowed two successive to go a place and back, how far is the place?
discounts of 20% and 25% to a customer. As a
result he incurred a loss of Rs 1400. At what (1) 17.45 (2) 18.30 (3) 17.30
price (in rupees) did he sell the item to the (4) 18.75 (5) None of these
customer?
Q.69. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days
(1) 3600 (2) 4200 (3) 3850 but 20 men dropped out every day, the job was
(4) 4125 (5) None of these completed at the end of the 7th day. Find the men
Q.63. In an examination the average of class “A” who are in the work initially?
was found to be ‘x’ marks. After deducting a (1) 155 (2) 160 (3) 140
computational error, the average marks of 100
candidates got reduced from 74 to 54. The average (4) 135 (5) None of these
thus came down by 16 marks. The total numbers Q.70. If train, 75% of its usual speed, crosses the
of candidates who took the exam were? platform which is in the length of 90 m, in 36
(1) 150 (2) 120 (3) 125 seconds and train crosses the pole with its usual
speed in 24sec. What is the time taken by the train
(4) 175 (5) None of these (in sec) to cross tunnel which is in the length of
Q.64. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 16 hrs while it 1000m at a speed of 36kmph?
can be emptied by another tap in 36 hrs. If both
(1) 180 (2) 172 (3) 144
pipes are opened simultaneously, then after how
much time will the cistern get filled? (4) 156 (5) None of these
(1) 27.5 (2) 28.8 (3) 26.5 Q.71-75.Read the following information carefully to
(4) 24.2 (5) None of these answer the questions asked-
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Following table gives information related to the
marks achieved by four students in an exam.
Exam consist of five subjects each has a maximum
mark of 100.
(Note-some values are left intentionally)
Subject Ranjeet Akash Basant Mayank

Physics 77 -- 55 48
Chemistry 62 71 38 41
Math -- 64 53 57
English 49 91 -- 59
Hindi 82 76 73 --
Average
64.8 73.4 59.4 54.4 Q.76. What is the ratio of the total number of people
Marks
working in village-1 to the total number of people
Q.71. Find the total sum of marks got by Mayank except who involve in fishing?
English.
(1) 86:311 (2) 13:67 (3) 123:87
(1) 218 (2) 224
(4) 113:86 (5) None of these
(3) 213 (4) 222
Q.77. The person who involve in animal husbandry
(5) None of these in village 2 and village-3 is what percent more
Q.72. Find the average marks got by all four students in than that of people who involve in apiculture in
Math. village-1?
(1) 56.25 (2) 56.5 (1) 221.71 (2) 230.37 (3) 227.77
(3) 57.75 (4) 57.5 (4) 186.45 (5) None of these
(5) None of these Q.78. What is the difference between total numbers of
people working in village-2 to the total number of
Q.73. Marks got by Basant in English is what percent of people who involve in animal husbandry. if 30%
the marks got by Akash in Math? of people of village-2 who involve in fishing are
(1) 120.25% (2) 133.33% ill?
(3) 121.875% (4) 122.125% (1) 17,800 (2) 16,900 (3) 17,900
(5) None of these (4) 17,750 (5) None of these
Q.74. Find the ratio of marks of Akash and Basant in Q.79. If all the people working in all the villages are
Physics. men and they all are married and have one child
each, what will be the total population of all three
(1) 13:9 (2) 13:11
villages?
(3) 15:11 (4) 15:9
(1) 682000 (2) 170500 (3) 511500
(5) None of these
(4) 341000 (5) None of these
Q.75. Total marks of Ranjeet exceeds approximately
Q.80. If workers involve in farming and animal
how much percent to that of Mayank?
husbandry of village-1 and workers involve in
(1) 14% (2) 16% (3) 19% farming and fishing of village-2 go on strike then
(4) 21% (5) 23% what percent of total workers are still working
overall? (Approx)
Q.76-80.The data given below is of 3 villages and there
population working in different occupation. Study (1) 65% (2) 70% (3) 74%
the table carefully to answer the question. (4) 78% (5) 83%
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Q.1-5.
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Z LL
U KK
Y NN

W HH Q.19.(1) Q.20.(3) Q.21.(1)
X JJ Q.22.(2) Q.23.(5) Q.24.(5)
V MM Q.25.(4)
Q.1.(5) Q.2.(1) Q.3.(3) Q.26.(1)
Q.4.(4) Q.5.(3)
Q.6-10.
Fighter Team Hero
Z Red Ajay
Y Blue Mithun
X Blue Bobby
W Green Om Puri
U Blue Govinda
T Red Pankaj
S Green Gopal
Q.6.(4) Q.7.(3) Q.8.(5) (Distance)2 = 72 + 232 = 49 + 529 = 578
Q.9.(1) Q.10.(3) Distance= √578 = 24.04 Km
Q.11-15. Q.27.(2)
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Q.11.(5) Q.12.(4) Q.13.(1)
Q.28-32.
Q.14.(3) Q.15.(2)
Q.16-18.
Q.28.(5) Q.29.(5) Q.30.(5)

Q.31.(1) Q.32.(4)
Q.16.(5) Q.17.(5) Q.18.(5) Q.33.(2) ST, RT
Q.19-20. Q.34.(5) FERN - A FLOWERLESS PLANT
Q.35.(3)
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Q.38.(1) 867 723 593 163 154
Difference = 723 - 593 = 130
Q.39-40.

Q.36.(4) 723 163 154 593 867
327 361 451 395 768
327 361 395 451 768
Q.37.(2) 723 163 154 593 867 Q.39.(5)
814 254 263 6104 758 Q.40.(2)
254 263 758 814 6104
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Q.41.(3) 32 39 65 128 252 467 809 1320 II. 4y² – 17y + 18 = 0
7 26 63 124 215 342 511 ⇒ 4y² – 8y – 9y + 18 = 0
2 -1 3 -1 4 -1 5 -1 63-1 73-1 83-1
3 3 3 3
⇒ (y – 2) (4y – 9) = 0
Q.42.(2) 38 = 3+8 = 11 = 38 +11 = 49 ⇒ y = 2, 9/4
49 = 4+9 = 13 = 49 +13 = 62 x>y
62 = 6+2 = 8 = 62 + 8 = 70 Q.47.(3) I. 4x² + 16x + 15 = 0
70 = 7+0 = 7 = 70+ 7 = 77 ⇒ 4x² + 10x + 6x + 15 = 0
77 = 7+7 = 14 = 77+14 = 91 ⇒ 2x (2x + 5) + 3 (2x + 5) = 0
91 = 9+1 = 10 = 91+10 = 101 ⇒ (2x + 5) (2x + 3) = 0
Q.43.(2) 19 22 32 47 73 108 158 ⇒ x= -5/2, -3/2
3 10 15 26 35 50 II. 2y² + 3y + 1 = 0
2 -1
2
3 +1
2
4 -1 5 +1 6 -1
2 2 2
72+1 ⇒ 2y² + 2y + y + 1 = 0
Q.44.(2) First series 47, 45, 33, 3 ⇒ (y + 1) (2y + 1) = 0
47-(1×2) = 45 ⇒ y = -1, -1/2
45-(3×4) = 33 x<y
33- (5×6) = 3 Q.48.(1) I. 3x + 5y = 28 …(i)
Second series 44, 46, 57, 88 II. 8x – 3y = 42 …..(ii)
44 + (1×2) = 46 Multiplying (i) by 3 and (ii) by 5
46 + (3×4) = 58 ⇒x=6
58 + (5×6) = 88 y=2
Q.45.(2) 48 131 228 338 467 619 800 x>y
86 97 110 129 152 181 Q.49.(5) I. 9x² – 36x + 35 = 0
11 13 19 23 29 ⇒ 9x² – 21x – 15x + 35 = 0
11, 13, 19, 23 and 29 are the prime numbers ⇒ 3x (3x – 7) -5 (3x – 7) = 0
Hence, 466 is the wrong number ⇒ (3x- 7) (3x – 5) = 0
Q.46.(1) I. 9x² – 45x + 56 = 0 ⇒ x = 5 /3 , 7/ 3
⇒ 9x² – 24x – 21x + 56 = 0 II. 2y² – 15y – 17 = 0
⇒ 3x (3x – 8) – 7 (3x – 8) = 0 ⇒ 2y² – 17y + 2y – 17 = 0
⇒ (3x – 8) (3x – 7) = 0 ⇒ (y + 1) (2y – 17) = 0
⇒ x = 8/3, 7/3 ⇒ y= -1, 17 /2
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Q.50.(1) x=8 = 180 + 210 + 110 = 500
y=5 500
Required Answer = × 100 = 40%
x>y 1250
Q.51.(5) 840.951/2 + 17.49 × 28 – 40961/3 = ? Q.57.(2) The total no. of students who like any two sports
8411/2 + 17.5 × 28 – 16 = ? = 60 + 90 + 80 = 230
29 + 490 – 16 = ? Q.58.(4) The total number of students who like Football
? = 519 – 16 and Badminton = 90
? = 503 And the total number of students = 1250
Q.52.(3) ( 2
+ 141.07 - 2 =?2- 106
90
× 100 = 7.2%
1250
( 2
+ 141 - 2 =?2- 106
Q.59.(4) Required answer=520
14 + 28 + 2 + 141- 2 =?2- 106
Q.60.(2) Total number of students who like only Football
14 + 28 + 141 = ?2 - 106 and Cricket = 60
183 = ?2 – 106 And the total number of students = 1250
?2 = 183 + 106 60
× 100 = 4.8%
?2 = 289 1250
Q.61.(3)
? = 17
16000 × r × 2 12000 × r × 4
Q.53.(4) 14.98% of 750 - 34 × 4.03 = ?1/3 - 33 + = 3680
100 100
15% of 750 - 34 × 4 = ?1/3 - 33 320r + 480r = 3680
112.5 – 34 × 4 + 33 = ?1/3 800r = 3680
113 – 136 + 33 = ?1/3 3680
r= = 4.6%
?1/3 = 10 800
? = 1000 Q.62.(1) CP = 100
Q.54.(3) 912.898 – 27.001 × ? – 288.878 = 219.003 MP = 120
913 – 27 × ? – 289 = 219 120 × 80
= 96
913 – 27 × ? – 289 = 219 100
624 – 27 × ? = 219 96 × 75
= 72
27 × ? = 405 100
? = 15 loss = 100 – 72 = 28%
1 100 ×1400
Q.55.(3) ? = 1164 × 128 × + 969 CP = = 5000
8 28
? = 1164 × 16 + 969
5000 × 72
? = 18624 + 969 = 19593 ≈ 19600 SP = = 3600
100
Q.56.(3) Q.63.(3) (74-54)×100=16×x
20 × 100
x= = 125
16
Q.64.(2)
9 A 16
144
-4 B 36
144
= 28.8
5
The total number of people who like only one
Q.65.(5)
sport
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40000 × 6 : x × 8 : 44000 × 10 Math 54 64 53 57
240000 : 8 x : 440000
English 49 91 78 59
30000 : x : 55000
x Hindi 82 76 73 67
× 89100 = 33000 Average
85000 + x 64.8 73.4 59.4 54.4
27 x − 10 x = 850000 Marks
228
17 x = 850000 Q.72.(5) Required answer = = 57
4
x = 50000
78
40000 + 50000 + 44000 = 134000 Q.73.(3) Required answer = ×100 = 121.875%
64
3 − 3x Q.74.(2) Required answer = 65:55 = 13:11
Q.66.(4) Water in new mixture =
8+ x 64.8 − 54.4
5 − 5x Q.75.(2) Required answer = × 100 ≈ 19%
Milk in new mixture = 54.4
8 Q.76.(4) Total number of people working in village-1:
3 − 3x 5 − 5 x
Then = total number of people who involve in fishing
8+ x 8
5x + 24 = 40 – 5x =(15000+12500+20000+9000): (20000 + 12000
10x=16 + 11000)
8 = 56500 : 43000
=> x=
5 = 113:86
8 1 1
So part of mixture replaced is × = (29500 − 9000)
5 8 5 Q.77.(3) Required percentage = × 100
9000
Q.67.(1)
22 = 227.77%
14π rl = 14 × × 9 ×15 = 5940 Q.78.(3) Required difference = total numbers of people
7
working in village - 2 total number of people
Q.68.(4) who involve in animal husbandry
x x
+ =2   70  
25 15 = 11000 + 17000 + 12000 ×  + 22000
8 x = 150   100 
x = 18.75 ∼ [12500 + 17000 + 11000]

Q.69.(3) = 58400 40500
x + x − 20 + x − 40 + x − 60 + x − 80 + x − 100 + x − 120 = 4 x
7 x − 420 = 4 x = 17,900
3 x = 420 Q.79.(3) Total number of men =15000 +11000 +20000
x = 140 +12500 +17000 +11000 +20000 +12000 +11000
+9000 +22000 +10000= 170500
Q.70.(2)
Lt + 90 Lt They all are married and have one child so the total
= population will be= 170500+170500+170500=
36 32
⇒ Lt = 720 511500
1720 Q.80.(2) Required percentage=
= 172
10 total working person
× 100
Q.71.(3) Required answer=54.4×5–59=213 total person

Subject Ranjeet Akash Basant Mayank 120000
= × 100
Physics 77 65 55 48 170500
= 70% (approx)
Chemistry 62 71 38 41
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Q.41. Protection of life and person liberty is a part of (C) S. Ahluwalia
…………… fundamental right. (D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(A) a equality Q.47. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(B) Against exploitation constitute ......... of the population of India
(C) the constitutional remedies respectively (as per 2011 census).
(A) 18.4% and 10.2% (B) 16.6% and 8.6%
(D) of freedom
(C) 16.1% and 10.2% (D) 21.3% and 9.4%
Q.42. ............ is a committee of selected members
constituted by the Parliament of India to audit the Q.48. ............ When determining the category of
revenue and expenditure of the Government of countries annually, based on their perceived level
India. of corruption, as determined by expert assessment
and opinion surveys, the Corruption Perception
(A) Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
Indicator (CPI) Publishes.
(B) Controller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
(A) Transparency International
(C) Committee on Public Undertakings
(B) Competition Commission
(D) Finance Commission
(C) Central Vigilance Commission
Q.43. The term of the Chief Election Commissioner (D) United Nations
is of ……… years, or up to the age of ………,
whichever is earlier. Q.49. Which of the following is a part of the
Appointments Committee of the Central Chief
(A) six, 70 (B) six, 65 Information Commissioner (CIC)? (P) Prime
(C) Five, 65 (D) Five, 70 Minister (Q) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
Q.44. "It is the purpose of this House that both the (R) Chief Justice of India (S) President of India
legislature and the executive in future should not (A) Q, R and S only (B) P and Q only
only boast of these principles enacted in this part, (C) P, Q and S only (D) P and S only
but they should be made the basis of all executive
and legislative proceedings which are further Q.50. In which of the following films, Akshay Kumar
This can be used in the case of governance of the won the 64th National Film Award for Best Male
country. ”These words are said by …………… Actor for his performance?
about the Directive Principles of State Policy? (A) Brothers (B) Gabbar is back
(A) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (C) Airlift (D) Rustom
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru Q.51. Which of the following is true regarding the law
making powers of a state? (P) When, on any of the
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
matters listed in the State List, to enable Parliament
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad to enact laws, two or more states give their consent
Q.45. ………… tort was an important matter in law and in their respective legislatures and pass resolutions for
a reason to lay out the principle of the "absolute the same. (Q) Such a law will only apply to those states
liability" rule. that have passed such resolutions and not to all states.
(A) M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India (A) Both P and Q (B) Neither P nor Q
(B) Golnath vs. State of Punjab (C) P only (D) Q only
(C) Lal Bihari vs State of Bihar Q.52. To record the names of sharecroppers, Operation
Barga was a land reform movement in the whole
(D) Kesavanand Bharti vs State of Kerala
rural ....... This provided shareholder protection
Q.46. Who was the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers against expulsion by the zamindars and entitled
Welfare on October 10, 2017? them to a fair share of the produce.
(A) Radha Mohan Singh (A) West Bengal (B) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Prakash Javadekar (C) Maharashtra (D) Punjab
FMCG firm Marico has appointed its executive vice president & head – finance, Pawan
Agrawal as its next CFO.
Q.53. The constitution (.............) Act, which came into (A) Export Building, New Delhi
force in 1993, provides for constitutional approval (B) Sewa Bhawan, New Delhi
to establish democracy at the grassroots level, like
the state level or the national level. Was done for. (C) Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi
(A) 73rd Amendment (B) 100th Amendment (D) Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
(C) 99th Amendment (D) 92nd Amendment Q.61. Which of the following continents was discovered
by Captain James Cook?
Q.54. The tenure of members of Gram Panchayats is
............. years. (A) Australia (B) Europe
(A) six (B) five (C) four (D) three (C) Africa (D) Antarctica
Q.55. Which of the following words is not associated Q.62. Which of the following is true about the distribution
with Section 3 of the Information Technology of legislative issues between the Center and the
Act, 2000, which deals with the authentication of States. (P) Only the Central Government can make
electronic records? laws on the subjects given in the Union List. (Q)
Both the Union and the State Government can
(A) public key (B) Hash function legislate on the subjects given in the State List.
(C) Private Key (D) widget (A) Both P and Q (B) Q only
Q.56. Which Article of the Indian Constitution repeals (C) Neither P nor Q (D) P only
the distribution of legislative powers between the
Center and the State, and to make any law for India Q.63. Which of the following are classified as renewable
to enforce any acts, agreements or treaties with sources of energy. (i) Solar, (ii) geothermal, (iii)
any other country. Center gives authority? wind energy, (iv) natural gas.
(A) Article-253 (B) Article-249 (A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) Article-247 (D) Article-245 (B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) all
Q.57. Which of the following is / are dispensed by the (C) (i) and (ii) only
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and (D) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
Pensions. (P) Recruitment (Q) Training (R) Post- Q.64. Which type of virus infects Word, Excel,
retirement delivery? PowerPoint and other data files?
(A) P, Q and R all (B) P only (A) Polymorphic virus (B) Stealth Virus
(C) P and Q only (D) only R (C) Macro Virus (D) Multiplyite virus
Q.58. In Vedic period, for which of the following grains, Q.65. Which authority / authority conducts the process
the word Vrihi was used? of election of Vice President of India?
(A) Wheat (B) Maize (C) Barley (D) Rice (A) Election Commission of India
Q.59. What is the meaning of this traffic symbol? (B) President or in his absence, Deputy Chairman
of Rajya Sabha
(C) Supreme Court
(D) Chief Justice of India
Q.66. Who invented nanopatch for polio vaccine?
(A) Salman Waxman (B) Mark Kendall

(C) Jonas Solk (D) Linus Paling
(A) Age Furniture Shops
Q.67. Which of the following has been converted from
(B) Hospital fundamental right to legal right?
(C) Rest place (A) Right to privacy (B) Right to vote
(D) Residential Area (C) Right to equality (D) Right to property
Q.60. Where is the headquarters of the Federation of Q.68. Which of the following types of poisoning is also
Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) located? called palumboism.
Indian-origin poet, writer and human rights lawyer Mona Arshi was appointed Honorary
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(A) Phosphorus Poisoning (C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(B) Arsenic poisoning (D) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) plutonium poisoning Q.75. By what name are the flat valleys between the
(D) Lead virus miniature Himalayas and the outer Himalayas
known?
Q.69. Ambassadors and High Commissioners posted in
foreign lands represent ………. (A) Middle mountain plain
(A) Cabinet (B) Parliament (B) Small Valley
(C) Prime Minister (D) President (C) Doon
Q.70. Which of the following organizations publishes (D) Aravali Plateau
reports on worldwide foreign direct investment Q.76. ..............is a management institute sponsored
(FDI) trends at the regional and national levels? by Ministry of Defense, which aims to provide
(A) International Economic and Trade Organization scientific training to selected officers of the armed
forces?
(B) United Nations Conference Trade and Development
(A) Institute of Advanced Technology Defense
(C) World Trade Organization (WTO)
(B) National Defense College (NDC)
(D) Foreign Investment Promotion Board
(C) Defense Management College (CDM)
Q.71. ............ Tort was an important matter in law and
there was a reason for laying out the principle of (D) National Institute of Strategic and Security
absolute liability rule. Management
(A) 25000 (B) 15000 (C) 30000 (D) 20000 Q.77. The 15th part of the Ministerial meeting of the Bay
of Bengal Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic
Q.72. As per Section-146 of the Indian Penal Code Cooperation Enterprise (BIMSTEC) was held in
(IPC), whenever the use of force or violence is which of the following cities?
done by illegal people or by any of its members,
in the prosecution of the common purpose of such (A) New Delhi, India
group, then every member of such group. Is guilty (B) Naipida, Myanmar
of the crime of ………. (C) Kathmandu, Nepal
(A) Rebellion (sedition) (D) Bangkok, Thailand
(B) riots Q.78. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) can be filed in
(C) Terror the Supreme Court under Article …… of the
(D) to chase Constitution and in the High Court of a State under
Article ……… of the Constitution.
Q.73. Which of the following organizations believe in
the proverb that "it is better to burn a candle than (A) 32, 216 (B) 32, 226
to curse the darkness?" (C) 14, 216 (D) 16, 226
(A) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Q.79. Which company was awarded the Golden Peacock
(B) Greenpeace Environmental Management Award 2017?
(C) International Court of Justice (A) Hindustan Coca-Cola
(D) Amnesty International (B) ABB
Q.74. Who among the following persons proposed (C) Danfas India
Pakistan to name part of new land specially (C) TVS Motors
separated from India land for Muslims at the Third Q.80. When India's National Clean Energy Fund was
Round Table Conference held in London on 17 established to deal with climate change, who was
November 1932? the Finance Minister of India?
(A) Mohammad Iqbal (A) P. Chindabaram (B) Pranab Mukherjee
(B) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali (C) Manmohan Singh (C) Arun Jaitley
Tech major SAP SE has appointed Kulmeet Bawa as President and Managing Director for
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Q.81. In how many ways can all the letters of the word Mathematics were 72, 70, 80, 90 and x respectively.
'ADMISSION' be rearranged in such a way that all If the average marks in the Session Examination was
the vowels come together? 80, how many marks did AB get in Mathematics?
(A) 7560 (B) 4320 (C) 50400 (D) 720 (A) 70 (B) 88 (C) 77 (D) 85
Q.82. One person bought two shirts for Rs. 2000. If he Q.91. What percentage of 250 is 700?
sells one shirt at a profit of 20% and the other at
(A) 280 (B) 230 (C) 270 (D) 250
a profit of 80%, the selling price of both shirts is
equal. But if he sells the first shirt at a profit of Q.92. The length of one side in a triangle is 5 cm and the
30% and the second shirt at 25%, then what is the difference between the other two sides is 1 cm. If the
sum of the selling prices of both the shirts? circumference of a triangle is 20 cm, find its area.
(A) 2720 (B) 2560 (C) 2440 (D) 2840 (A) 10 3 (B) 4 3 (C) 100 3 (D) 8 3
Q.83. Train A whose length is 100 meter starts from Q.93. An amount of Rs 80000 was invested by a person
station X and reaches station Y in 4 hours, which on compound interest at the rate of 5% per year. If
is 320 km from station X, and in 9 seconds crosses the accumulated interest is Rs. 8200, then what is
the second train B, which stands at station Y. What the time period in years?
is the length of train B? (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 3
(A) 200 m (B) 130 m (C) 100 m (D) 150 m Q.94. The two bikes start from the same point at speeds of
Q.84. Simple interest on a fixed amount is Rs 400 for 24 km / h and 18 km / h respectively and reach the
10 months at the rate of 6% per annum. Find the same destination. If the distance is 360 km, how many
principal amount? hours before the fast bike will reach the destination?
(A) 6800 (B) 7500 (C) 8000 (D) 8800 (A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 3 (D) 5
Q.85. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% on the marked Q.95. A, B and C can separately complete a work in 15,
price of an item and still gets a profit of 12.5%, which 20 and 12 days respectively. A, B and C started
is Rs. 25. Find the marked price of the item? working together but A left 6 days before the work
(A) 200 (B) 250 (C) 225 (D) 150 was completed and B left 4 days before the work was
Q.86. A 60 liter mixture of alcohol and water contains completed. If a salary of Rs 1500 is given for the total
20% water. If 20 liters of this mixture are taken out work, then what is the total share of A and B?
and 8 liters of alcohol is added to the mixture again, (A) 500 (B) 1300 (C) 1150 (D) 1100
what is the percentage of water in the final mixture? Q.96. A bakery distributes 90 kg of sweets in the ratio of
(A) 15.67% (B) 25.67% 4: b: 6: 3 to four customers A, B, C and D. If C's
(C) 16.67% (D) 30.00% share is 15 kg more than D's share, what is the ratio
Q.87. Which of the following fractions has the lowest between B's and D's parts?
value? (A) 5: 6 (B) 5: 3 (C) 3: 5 (D) 5: 4
3/5, 4/6, 5/7, 9/9, 9/11 Q.97-99. Study the following table and answer the
(A) 5/7 (B) 7/9 (C) 4/6 (D) 3/5 questions asked.
Q.88. If it is Thursday, May 9, 2013, what day will it be The following table shows the number of
on May 7, 2010? candidates from different states who have passed
(A) Thursday (B) Friday government exams during different year.
(C) Saturday (D) Wednesday State
Q.89. What is the sum of A and B, where A is 75% of a Year Andhra Delhi Bihar Madhya Uttar
number of three digits, which is twenty times the Pradesh Pradesh Pradesh
highest common divisor of 44 and 55 and B is the 2012 3378 4536 3549 2848 3929
square of 25? 2013 2322 3727 3584 2378 3988
(A) 740 (B) 780 (C) 790 (D) 750 2014 4281 4567 4958 3482 4111
Q.90. In a session examination, AB's marks in Tamil, 2015 5263 5342 4221 3489 4677
English, Science, Social Knowledge and 2016 6848 6566 5903 5902 5899
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Q.97. What is the difference between the number of Find the correct average.
candidates who passed the examination from Delhi (A) 28 (B) 35 (C) 33 (D) 30
in 2012 and the number of candidates who passed
Q.107. What should come in place of the question mark?
the examination from Madhya Pradesh in 2015?
4 1 1 2
(A) 1098 (B) 1122 (C) 1047 (D) 989 7 −3 + 2 −4 = ?
5 4 5 4
Q.98. What is the sum of the average of the number
of candidates who passed the examination from 1 1 1 1
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 1
Andhra Pradesh and Bihar in 2013 and the number 4 4 4 2
of candidates who passed the examination from
Q.108. The sum of 70% of one number and 30% of another
Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in 2016?
number is 360. If 20% of the sum of these two
(A) 9190.5 (B) 9185.5 numbers is 160, what is 2/5 of the second number?
(C) 9180.0 (D) 9304.0 (A) 500 (B) 300 (C) 400 (D) 200
Q.99. If the number of candidates appearing for the Q.109. P and Q together can complete a work in 9 days, Q
examination from Andhra Pradesh in 2014 is and R together can complete the same work in 12 days
85000, then what is the percentage of the number and P and R together can complete the same work in
of candidates who did not pass the examination 18 days. If P, Q and R work together, how many days
from Andhra Pradesh in 2014? will be required to complete the same work?
(A) 4.90% (B) 5.30%
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 2 (D) 10
(C) 5.10% (D) 6.20%
Q.110. A pot has a mixture of milk and water in the ratio
Q.100. If three / sixth part of a number is added to the of 3: 2. If 3 liters of water is added to this mixture,
same number then the resulting number is 54. then the ratio of milk and water becomes 2: 1. Find
What is the original number? the initial amount of milk in the pot?
(A) 32 (B) 35 (C) 36 (D) 38 (A) 20 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 16
Q.101. A vase has 6 red roses, 3 white roses, and 5 yellow
Q.111. The ratio of literate people and illiterate people in
roses. If three roses are picked randomly, how likely
a village is 8: 9. If the number of literate people in
are they to have one red rose and 2 white roses?
the village is 256, find the total number of illiterate
(A) 9/14 (B) 19/182 (C) 1/2 (D) 9/182 people in the village?
Q.102. Find the least common multiple and the highest (A) 245 (B) 197 (C) 310 (D) 288
common factor of the following numbers.
Q.112. What is the value of x in the equation given below?
30, 80, 50 99 × 98 + 85 ÷ 17 × 13 – (12)2 = x
(A) 10, 850 (B) 15, 850
(A) 9623 (B) 9723 (C) 9632 (D) 9823
(C) 10, 1200 (D) 15, 1200
Q.113. A shopkeeper marks the price of rice 20% above
Q.103. What is the value of x in the equation given below? the cost price and gives a discount of 20% to the
1578 + 2324 + 7632 – 254 – 4672 – 39 = x customer. Also, at the time of sale, he uses 850
(A) 6589 (B) 6655 (C) 6689 (D) 6569 grams of weights instead of 1 kilogram. Find his
Q.104. A train crosses a standing man in 10 seconds and profit percentage in this transaction?
crosses a tunnel of 105 meters in length in 17 (A) 11.11% (B) 20.00%
seconds. Find the speed of the train? (C) 9.09% (D) 15.00%
(A) 30 m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 20 m/s (D) 12 m/s Q.114. Solve the quadratic equation given below
Q.105. If A = {6, 8, 10, 23, 56} and B = {8, 23, 51, 56, and find the relation between p and q.
69}, then (A ∪ B) and (A ∩ B) have the number I. 2p2 + 5p + 3 = 0, II. q2 + 4q + 4 = 0
of components respectively ------- (A) p = q (B) p < q (C) p < q (D) p > q
(A) 7, 3 (B) 6, 5 (C) 7, 7 (D) 3, 7 Q.115. The least common multiple of two numbers is
Q.106. There are three gardens. The gardener weighed the 25 times their greatest common multiple. If the
flowers plucked from these three gardens and the product of two numbers is 16900, then what is
average weight of the flowers was 32 kg. Later it their least common multiple?
was found that the weight of flowers from a garden (A) 556 (B) 650 (C) 580 (D) 641
was mistakenly taken as 21 kg instead of 24 kg.
Padma Bhushan awardee and one of the world’s most eminent mathematicians,
Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri, passed away. He was 88 years old.
Q.116. If 8 women can complete a work in 20 days by (A) Monday (B) Wednesday
working 12 hours a day, then how many women (C) Tuesday (D) Thursday
can complete the same work in 30 days by working
2 hours per day? Q.119. What are the median and mode of the following
data set?
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 20 (D) 16
16, 10, 7, 7, 7, 22, 54, 17, 21
Q.117. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron with 24 m
sides? (A) 16, 16 (B) 7, 18 (C) 7, 7 (D) 16, 7
1151 2 m 3
1622 2 m 3 Q.120. The speed of car A and car B is in the ratio of
(A) (B) 4: 3. If car A covers a distance of 480 km in 12
1152 2 m3 1162 2 m3 hours, then find the time taken by car B to cover a
(C) (D)
distance of 900 km?
Q.118. If 17 September of a year is a Sunday, then what was
the day on the same date in the previous month? (A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 24 (D) 42
UP SI / REASONING ABILITY
Q.121. In a particular code, MARUTHI is coded as Statements: Do not get your hands or head out of
JYQUUJL. How would NASSAIN be coded in the bus. A warning in public traffic.
that code language? Prediction:
(A) LYRSBKQ (B) KYRSBKQ I. Peeping out of the vehicle or shaking with the
(C) KYRSBQK (D) KYSRBKQ hand out is dangerous.
Q.122. Preeti asked her friends a riddle, when I was II. People do not care about this kind of warning.
getting ready for school, a man came to our house. (A) Only prediction I is implicit.
My mother was surprised to see him. I asked my
mother "Who is he?" My mother replied "He is the (B) Either Prediction I is implicit or Prediction II is
only brother of the only daughter of the only child implicit.
of my grandfather's wife." What is his relationship (C) Only prediction II is implicit.
with my mother and me?
(D) Neither the prediction I is implicit nor the
(A) Husband and father prediction II is implicit.
(B) Son and brother Q.126-128. Read the following information carefully to
(C) Brother and uncle answer the question given below.
(D) Cousins and warts A VC firm plans to invest money in a new company
Q.123. What will be the next number in the given series? through a reality TV show; The founder fulfills the
following conditions.
6, 67, 211, 519,?
(A) He should not be more than 35 years on
(A) 989 (B) 781 (C) 638 (D) 872
01.09.2019.
Q.124. Select the option where the first statement has the
meaning of the second one. If the child is hungry (B) He holds a Bachelor's degree with 60% marks.
then he will cry. (C) He / She has a Master's degree in Management
(A) My child is hungry. from a Category A institute.
(B) My baby is crying. (D) He has a start-up in e-commerce.
(C) My child is playing. (E) He should have 5 years of managerial
(D) The child is not hungry. experience.
(A) BC (B) CA (C) AB (D) CD If a candidate fulfills the above criteria, except:
Q.125. The question given below is made up of one I. (A) above, but has 7 years of managerial
statement, followed by two predictions I and II. experience, the matter will be referred to the Board
You have to follow everything in the statement as of Directors.
true and consider both the predictions and decide II. (D) above, but is willing to put in Rs 5 crore, the
which of these statements is implicit. matter will be referred to the Board President.
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Q.126. In the following question, the details of the Q.129. Read the following statement and answer which of
founder of the start-up "I-Cell" are given. You the following arguments is stronger.
have to decide whether the start-up will get the Statements: More than population, political and
funds. Praveen was born in 1985 and graduated in economic reasons are responsible for pollution.
Computer Science Engineering with a distinction
Argument :
of 85%. He has an MBA from an A-class institute.
He has worked as a product manager in a reputed I. Pollution and emissions are related to
company from 2010 to 2016. Now, inspired by consumption. Not just by population.
Jeff, he has started an e-commerce company. II. Even though pollution is spreading in poor
(A) The matter should be referred to the Board of countries, a large part of it is to meet this
Directors. consumer demand.
(B) Fund should not be placed in I-cell. (A) Both I and II arguments are strong.
(C) Fund should be put in I-cell. (B) Either argument I is strong or argument II is
(D) The matter should be referred to the Board strong.
President. (C) Only argument II is strong.
Q.127. In the following question, the details of the founder (D) Only argument I is strong.
of the start-up "Prakash Labs" are given. You have
Q.130. Select the odd one from the given options.
to decide whether the start-up should receive funds.
Born in 1989, Kaushik graduated in Computer
Science Engineering with distinction from the
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He
did his MBA from Grade A institute. He worked
as a product manager in a reputed firm for 5 years. (A) 5 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 3
Now with a commitment to bring change in the
Q.131. The following question has two statements
education sector, he has started "Prakash Labs", an
followed by two conclusions I and II. Read the
e-commerce start-up.
conclusions and decide which of the conclusions
(A) The matter should be referred to the Board of follows the statement.
Directors.
Statements:
(B) Fund should be invested in Prakash Labs.
Some bells are Christmas.
(C) The matter should be referred to the Bard
There are no Christmas lights.
President. .
Conclusion:
(D) Fund should not be invested in Prakash Labs.
I. All lights are bells, this is a possibility.
Q.128. In the following question, the details of the founder
of the start-up "Technocrat" are given. You have to II. All bells are light.
decide whether the start-up should receive funds. (A) Both conclusions I and II follow.
Sujoy is a 37-year-old businessman. His company (B) Either conclusion I follows or conclusion II
"Technocrat" deals with selling electronic products (C) Only conclusion I follows
online. He has worked in a reputed company for 9
(D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
years. He has always scored more than 85% till
graduation. He received his master's degree in Q.132. In the following question, find the option that will
management from the second best management replace the question mark.
college in India. 1090 : 530 : : 170 : ?
(A) The matter should be referred to the Board of (A) 12 (B) 17 (C) 10 (D) 16
Directors. Q.133. A person leaves the house for office. He walks 10
(B) Fund should be invested in technocrats. km south and then turns left and walks 15 km, now
(C) Funds should not be invested in technocrats. he again turns left and walks 10 km and reaches
his office. In which direction is his office from his
(D) The matter should be referred to the Bard
house?
President.
Adelaide Former Australia Test wicketkeeper and former International Cricket Council
match referee Barry Jerman has passed away. He was 84 years old.
(A) South (B) East
(C) North (D) West
Q.134. Which of the following folded transparent paper
will look like the picture shown after opening?
As R is related to , e is related to

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) d (B) c (C) a (D) b
(A) d (B) c (C) a (D) b
Q.135. Find the odd one from the given options.
Q.142. The following question has three statements
A, D, I, T, K, Z followed by two conclusions I and II. Read the
(A) I (B) D (C) T (D) K conclusions and decide which of the conclusions
Q.136. Ravi's brother Raj is the son of Rama who is from follows the statements.
Radha's brother. How is Radha related to Raju? Statements:
(A) Aunt (B) Sister Some flies are mosquitoes,
(C) Mother (D) Cannot be determined All flies are butterflies.
Q.137. Which of the following folded transparent paper All butterflies are insectivorous (larva).
will look like the picture shown after opening? Conclusions:
I. All flies are insectivorous (larvae).
II. Some insectivorous (larvae) are mosquitoes.
(A) Only conclusion I follows.
(B) Both I and II follow
(C) Only conclusion II follows.
(D) Either conclusion I or II follows.
Q.143. Select the option which is different from the given
options.
(A) Monitor (B) CPU
(a) (b) (c) (d) (C) Mouse (D) Modem
(A) d (B) c (C) a (D) b Q.144. The question given below consists of two
Q.138. In the following question, find the option that will statements, numbered I and II. You have to decide
replace the question mark. whether the data given in the statements are
7:42::11:? sufficient to answer the given question. Read both
(A) 80 (B) 90 (C) 110 (D) 120 the statements and choose the correct option. How
is C related to A?
Q.139. Find the odd one out of the given alternatives.
Statement:
582, 612, 594, 624, 606, 638, 618
I. A has only two sons.
(A) 618 (B) 638 (C) 612 (D) 594
II. C is brother of B.
Q.140. In a particular code, POLITICIAN is coded
as JMPQJUOBJD. How will that language (A) The data given in statement II alone is
MIGRATION be coded? sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not sufficient to
(A) SHJNMONU (B) SHJNBPOJU
answer the question.
(C) SJHNUTEDS (D) SHJNBOPJU
(B) The data in statements I and II together are not
Q.141. Mentally bend the open cube and compare it to the sufficient to answer the question.
folded cubes. Find the one that matches.
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(C) The data in statements I and II together are (A) Only argument II is strong.
sufficient to answer the question. (B) Either argument I is strong or argument II is
(D) The data given in statement I alone are strong.
sufficient to answer the question, while the (C) Only argument I is strong.
data in statement II alone is not sufficient to
answer the question. (D) Neither argument I is strong nor agreement II
is strong.
Q.145. In a particular code, RISE is coded as 8695,
ANIME as 04635, and JERRY as 25887. How will Q.152. Select the option that is related to the third term in
JASMINE be coded? the same way as the second term is related to the
first term.
(A) 2903645 (B) 2094645
Flow : River :: Stagnant : ?
(C) 2093645 (D) 2096345
(A) Rain (B) Stream
Q.146. Five youths were sent for mental tests to know their
level of scholarship. It has come in mental report (C) Pool (D) Canal
that Faheem, who is less intelligent than Joi, Sham Q.153. I walk from my house, facing south and turn 180°
is less intelligent than Dhruv. Joi is less intelligent clockwise and walk 8 km to reach the park. From
than Sham and Faheem is more intelligent than there I turn 90° counterclockwise and walk 6 km
Anu. Who is the most intelligent among them? to reach the bank. What is the shortest distance
(A) Sham (B) Faheem between the house and the bank?
(C) Dhruv (D) Sham or Dhruva (A) 12 km (B) 14 km (C) 15 km (D) 10 km
Q.147. A boy pointing to a woman in the photo said, "This Q.154-156. Read the following information carefully and
woman is the only daughter of my father's father- answer the given question. When input of words
in-law's wife." What is the relation to the woman and numbers is given to a number arrangement
with the boy? machine, it reconfigures them at each stage,
following a particular rule. The following is an
(A) Wife (B) Sister (C) Cousin (D) Mother
example of input and its reconfiguration (All
Q.148. What will be the next word in the given series? numbers are two digit numbers).
AFGM, BHFK, CJEI,? Input: 38 micro alpha 18 26 beta tiny delta 43 75
(A) DFGH (B) DFHI 89 gamma nano 11
(C) DLCG (D) DLDG Step I. alpha 11 38 micro 18 26 beta tiny delta 43
Q.149. A person starts walking towards east and walks 75 89 gamma nano
20 km. From there he turned 135 ° anticlockwise Step II. beta 18 alpha 11 38 micro 26 tiny delta 43
and walked 10 km, then he turned 45 ° clockwise. 75 89 gamma nano
Which direction is he facing now? Step III. delta 26 beta 18 alpha 11 38 micro tiny 43
(A) South (B) East-West 75 89 gamma nano
(C) North (D) Southwest Step IV. gamma 38 delta 26 beta 18 alpha 11 micro
Q.150. Select the option which is different from the given tiny 43 75 89 nano
options. Step V. micro 43 gamma 38 delta 26 beta 18 alpha
(A) Permission (B) Summary 11 tiny 75 89 nano
(C) Conclusion (D) Foundation Step VI. nano 75 micro 43 gamma 38 delta 26 beta
18 alpha 11 tiny 89
Q.151. Read the following statement and answer which of
the following arguments is stronger. Step VII. tiny 89 nano 75 micro 43 gamma 38
delta 26 beta 18 alpha 11
Statements: Should youth take inspiration from
film stars? Step VII. The above is the last step of the above
reconfiguration of the input.
Arguments:
Q.154. According to the rules followed in the above step,
I. Yes, they are a great inspiration on screen and
which step number is the following output for the
off screen.
input given below?
II. No, they are an unsuitable choice for inspiration.
Atlanta John Louis , the MP who agitated for civil rights, died. He was 80 years old. SEPTEMBER 2020 MICA 105
"exist 29 alien 13 power giant 34 47 93 sight 59 67 Statements: A letter to a candidate placed on the
orion many". shortlist for the interview contained one sentence
Input: "29 power giant alien 34 47 93 sight exist 59 — only those traveling from another city will be
67 13 orion many" reimbursed the second class railway fare.
(A) Step III (B) Step II Predictions:
(C) Step IV (D) Step V I. All candidates can claim reimbursement of
travel expenses if not clarified.
Q.155. According to the rules followed in the above step,
which element is fourth to the left of the sixth II. Many organizations reimburse travel expenses
element from the right end in step V for the input to outside candidates for interviews.
given below? (A) Both predictions I and II are implicit.
Input: 29 power giant alien 34 47 93 sight exist 59
(B) Only prediction II is implicit.
67 13 orion many
(C) Only prediction I is implicit.
(A) 47 (B) giant (C) exist (D) 34
Q.156. According to the rules followed in the above step, (D) Prediction I is either implicit or prediction II is
how many elements (words or numbers) are there implicit.
between 93 'and' exist 'in the last step for the input Q.159. "If Arvind signs a film, it will be directed by
given below? Praveen and produced by Ram Kumar." Is a correct
Input: 29 power giant alien 3447 93 sight exist 59 statement. Which conclusion is appropriate?
67 13 orion many (A) Ram Kumar is the producer of Run-2. Arvind
(A) seven (B) six (C) eight (D) five has not signed the film.
Q.157. The question given below consists of two (B) Arvind has signed run-2, Praveen is the director
statements, numbered I and II. You have to (C) Ram Kumar is the producer of Run-2, Praveen
decide whether the data given in the statements is the director.
are sufficient to answer the given question. Read
both the statements and choose the correct option. (D) Praveen is directing Run-2, Ram Kumar is the
Five persons A, B, C, D and E are seated facing producer.
north. B is sitting in the middle. Who will sit on Q.160. The question given below consists of two
both ends of the line? statements numbered I and II. You have to decide
I. C sits on the immediate right of A, who sits on whether the data given in the statements are
the immediate right of B. sufficient to answer the given question. Read both
the statements and choose the correct option.
II. D sits second to the left of B.
Question: On which date did Sarita celebrate her
(A) The data in statements I and II together are birthday in 2017?
sufficient to answer the question. Statements:
(B) The data in statements I and II together are not I. She celebrated her birthday on Sunday in 2012.
sufficient to answer the question.
II. His birthday falls in the month of February.
(C) The data given in statement II alone is
(A) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to
sufficient to answer the question, while the
answer the question, while the data in statement
data in statement I alone is not sufficient to
II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
(B) The data in statements I and II together are not
(D) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to
answer the question, while the data in statement
II alone is not sufficient to answer the question. (C) The data given in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question, while the
Q.158. The question given below is made up of one
data in statement I alone are not sufficient to
statement, followed by two predictions I and II.
You have to follow everything in the statement as
true and consider both the predictions and decide (D) The data in statements I and II together are
which of these statements is implicit. sufficient to answer the question.
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EXPLANATION/GENERAL HINDI
iz.1.(C) iz.2.(B) iz.3.(D) iz.4.(C) iz.21.(C) iz.22.(A) iz.23.(B) iz.24.(D)
iz.5.(C) iz.6.(B) iz.7.(C) iz.8.(C) iz.25.(A) iz.26.(A) iz.27.(A) iz.28.(B)
iz.9.(B) iz.10.(D) iz.11.(D) iz.12.(B) iz.29.(A) iz.30.(D) iz.31.(A) iz.32.(B)
iz.13.(C) iz.14.(D) iz.15.(D) iz.16.(C) iz.33.(D) iz.34.(D) iz.35.(B) iz.36.(B)
iz.17.(D) iz.18.(C) iz.19.(C) iz.20.(A) iz.37.(B) iz.38.(B) iz.39.(B) iz.40.(D)
EXPLANATION/Fundamental and Constitution / General Studies
Q.41.(D) The Constitution of India provides Fundamental determined by expert assessment and opinion
Rights under Chapter III. Article 21. Protection surveys, the Corruption Perception Indicator
of Life and Personal Liberty: No person shall (CPI) Publishes.
be deprived of his life or personal liberty except Q.49.(B) "The Appointments Committee" of the Central
according to procedure established by law. Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) consist
Q.42.(A) The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a of Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition in
committee of selected members of parliament, Lok Sabha
constituted by the Parliament of India, for Q.50.(D) Akshay Kumar won his first National Award for
the purpose of auditing the revenue and the Best Actor for his role in 'Rustom'. The jury of
expenditure of the Government of India. the 64th National Film Awards was headed by
Q.43.(B) The President appoints Chief Election director Priyadarshan. Being held at the National
Commissioner and Election Commissioners. Media Centre, the awards also recognised Ajay
They have tenure of six years, or up to the age Devgn's 'Shivaay', which won the award for
of 65 years, whichever is earlier. They enjoy Best Special Effects.
the same status and receive salary and perks Q.51.(A) The law making powers of a state consist of, (i)
as available to Judges of the Supreme Court of When, on any of the matters listed in the State
India. List, to enable Parliament to enact laws, two or
Q.44.(A) "It is the purpose of this House that both the more states give their consent in their respective
legislature and the executive in future should legislatures and pass resolutions for the same.
not only boast of these principles enacted in (ii) Such a law will only apply to those states
this part, but they should be made the basis that have passed such resolutions and not to all
of all executive and legislative proceedings states.
which are further This can be used in the case Q.52.(A) To record the names of sharecroppers,
of governance of the country. ”These words "Operation Barga" was a land reform movement
are said by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar about the in the whole rural West Bengal. This provided
Directive Principles of State Policy. shareholder protection against expulsion by the
Q.45.(A) M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India tort was an zamindars and entitled them to a fair share of the
important matter in law and a reason to lay out produce.
the principle of the "absolute liability" rule. Q.53.(A) The Constitutional 73rd Amendment Act, which
Q.46.(A) Radha Mohan Singh (26 May 2014 – 24 May came into force in 1993, was constituted to
2019) the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers provide constitutional approval to establish
Welfare on October 10, 2017. democracy at the grassroots level, like the state
Q.47.(B) The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes level or the national level.
constitute 16.6% and 8.6% of the population of Q.54.(B) The term of the elected representatives is
India respectively (as per 2011 census). five years. The Secretary of the panchayat
Q.48.(A) Transparency International, When determining is a non-elected representative, appointed by
the category of countries annually, based the state government, to oversee panchayat
on their perceived level of corruption, as activities.
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Q.55.(D) All the words is associated with Section 3 of Solar energy, Wind energy, Hydro energy, Tidal
the Information Technology Act, 2000, which energy, Geothermal energy, Biomass energy.
deals with the authentication of electronic Q.64.(C) Macro Virus: These type of virus infects word,
records, while a widget is an additional feature excel, PowerPoint, access and other data files.
or extension to a software program, operating
system GUI, or web page, which enables Q.65.(A) The Election Commission of India, which is a
additional features. A widget is designed to constitutional autonomous body, conducts the
improve the user's overall experience. election. The election is to be held no later than
60 days of the expiry of the term of office of the
Q.56.(A) Article 253, which figures in Chapter XI of the outgoing Vice President.
Constitution dealing with the sensitive issue of
Centre-State relations, provides that nothing Q.66.(B) At the University of Oxford (1998-2006) Mark
in the chapter would prevent Parliament “to Kendall developed a biolistic technique for
make law for the whole country or any part the delivery of vaccines directly into the skin
of the territory of India for implementing any without the use of needles. At the University of
treaty, agreement or convention with any other Queensland (2006-2018) Kendall invented the
country or countries or any decision made at any Nanopatch for needle-free delivery of vaccines.
international conference, association or other Q.67.(D) The 44th Amendment of 1978 removed the right
body”. to property from the list of fundamental rights. A
new provision, Article 300-A, was added to the
Q.57.(A) The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
constitution as a "legal right", which provided
and Pensions is under the direct charge of
that "no person shall be deprived of his property
the Prime Minister of India. The Ministry of
save by authority of law".
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is
the nodal Ministry responsible for personnel Q.68.(A) Phosphorus Poisoning is also called palumboism.
matters, especially in respect of issues concerning Q.69.(A) Ambassadors and High Commissioners posted
recruitment, training, career development, in foreign lands represent Cabinet.
staff welfare, administrative reforms and post
Q.70.(B) United Nations Conference Trade and
retirement dispensation.
Development organizations publishes reports
Q.58.(D) The term Vrihi was used for Rice in Vedic Era. on worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI)
For Wheat, the term Godhuma was used. trends at the regional and national levels.
Q.59.(C) The meaning of this traffic symbol is Rest Q.71.(A) 25000 Tort was an important matter in law and
place. there was a reason for laying out the principle of
Q.60.(A) Export Building, New Delhi is the headquarters absolute liability rule.
of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations Q.72.(B) As per Section-146 of the Indian Penal Code
(FIEO) located. (IPC), whenever the use of force or violence is
Q.61.(A) Cook and his crew spent the six months charting done by illegal people or by any of its members,
the New Zealand coast, before resuming their in the prosecution of the common purpose of
voyage westward across open sea. In April 1770 such group, then every member of such group.
they became the first known Europeans to reach Is guilty of the crime of riots.
the east coast of Australia, making landfall near Q.73.(D) “Amnesty International” organizations believe
present-day Point Hicks, and then proceeding in the proverb that "it is better to burn a candle
north to Botany Bay. than to curse the darkness"
Q.62.(A) The distribution of legislative issues between Q.74.(B) Choudhry Rahmat Ali (16 November 1897 – 3
the Center and the States. (P) Only the Central February 1951) was a Pakistani nationalist who
Government can make laws on the subjects was one of the earliest proponents of the creation
given in the Union List. (Q) Both the Union of the state of Pakistan.
and the State Government can legislate on the Q.75.(C) The narrow and unresponsive valleys found in
subjects given in the State List. the Himalayan Mountains are called Doon.
Q.63.(A) The most popular renewable energy sources Q.76.(C) Defense Management College (CDM) is a
currently are: management institute sponsored by Ministry
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of Defense, which aims to provide scientific Q.79.(C) Danfas India company was awarded the
training to selected officers of the armed Golden Peacock Environmental Management
forces. Award 2017. "Golden Peacock Environment
Management Award" is the coveted and
Q.77.(C) Joint Statement of the 15th BIMSTEC
prestigious recognition that your organization
Ministerial Meeting (August 11, 2017) The
could strive to win for environment management.
Fifteenth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting was World Environment Foundation (WEF) takes
convened in Kathmandu, Nepal on 10-11 August pride to have instituted the Annual Award in
2017. 1998, in furtherance of its aims and objectives.
Q.78.(B) Public Interest Litigation (PIL) can be filed Q.80.(B) Introduced in the 2010-'11 budget by then
in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, India's
Constitution and in the High Court of a State National Clean Energy Fund was set up to
under Article 226of the Constitution. combat climate change.
EXPLANATION/NUMERICAL ABILITY
Q.81.(B) ADMISSION Q.85.(B) 12.5% = 25
Vowels (AIIO) 100% = 200
So the arrangement x × 90/100 = 225
6!/2! × 4!/2! x = 250
= 4320 Q.86.(C) 4: 1  60
Q.82.(B) Article 1  C.P: S.P = 5: 6 4: 1  40
Article 2  C.P: S.P = 5: 9 4 = 32
As we know that S.P is same so, 1=8
Article 1  15: 18 Now alcohol is added 8 liter so the solution
Article 2  10: 18 contains alcohol = 40
15 + 10 = 25 Required % = 8 × 100/48 = 16.67%
25 = 2000 Q.87.(D) 3/5, 4/6, 5/7, 9/9, 9/11
1 = 800 LCM (5, 3, 7, 11) = 1155
15 = 1200 3/5 = 693, 4/6 = 770, 5/7 = 825, 9/11 = 945
10 = 800 So the required answer is 3/5
1200 × 130% + 800 × 125% = 1560 + 1000 = Q.88.(B) 9 May 2013  Thursday
2560 9 May 2010  Sunday
Q.83.(C) 320/4 = 80 km/h 7 May 2010  Friday
80 × 5/18 = 200/9 m/s Q.89.(C) HCF (44, 55) = 11
(100 + x)/9 = 200/9 11 × 20 = 220
x = 100 m 220 × 75/100 = 165
Q.84.(C) R = 6% B = 25 × 25 = 625
T = 10 months 165 +625 = 790
SI = 400 Q.90.(B) T E S S.S M
SI = (P × r × t)/100 AB  72 70 80 90 x = 80
400 = (p × 6 × 10)/100 × 12 -8 - 10 + 0 + 10 +8
p = 8000 x = 80 + 8 = 88
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a plasma donation
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Q.91.(A) 250 × x/100 = 700 (13 + b) × 5 = 90
x = 280 b=5
Q.92.(A) A = 5 B: D = 5: 3
B–C=1 Q.97.(C) 2012  D  4536
B + C = 15 2015  M  3489
2B = 16 1047
B = 8, C = 7 Q.98.(B) (2322 + 3584)/2 + (6566 + 5899)/2 = 2953 +
10(10 − 5)(10 − 8)(10 − 7)
6232.5 = 9185.5
Q.99.(B) 85000 – 4281 = 80719
= 10 3
80719 × x/100 = 4281
Q.93.(A) P = 80000
x = 5.30%
R = 5%
Q.100.(C) X + 3/6 × x = 54
CI = 8200
3x = 108
T=?
x = 36
800000
Q.101.(D)
I II 6
C1 ×3 C2 9
4000 4000 14
=
C3 182
200
Q.102.(C) HCF (30, 80, 50) = 10
4000 + 4000 + 200 = 8200
LCM (30, 80, 50) = 1200
So required answer is 2 years.
Q.103.(D) 1578 + 2324 + 7632 = 11534
Q.94.(D) 360/18 – 360/24 = 20 – 15 = 5 hours
254 + 4672 + 39 = 4965
Q.95.(A) 4 A  15
11534 – 44965 = 6569
3 B  20 60
Q.104.(B) L/10 = (L + 105)/17
5 C  12
L = 150
C  5 × 4 = 20
S = 150/10 = 15 m/s
60 – 20 = 40
Q.105.(A) A = {6, 8, 10, 23, 56}, B = {8, 23, 51, 56, 69}
B + C  8 × 2 = 16
A U B = {6, 8, 10, 23, 51, 56, 69} = 7
40 – 16 = 24
A ∩ B = {8, 23, 56} = 3
A  24/12 = 2
Q.106.(C) Incorrect  A + B + C = 96
A  4 0215 2 = 8
Correct  A + B + C = 99
B  4 × 3 = 12
So, 99/3 = 33
C  5 × 8  40
Q.107.(B)
1500/60 = 25
4 1 1 2
(12 + 8) × 25 = 500 7 −3 + 2 −4 = ?
5 4 5 4
Q.96.(B) A: B: C: D 3
10 − 7 = ?
4: b: 6: 3 4
1
(13 + b) × x ?=2
4
6x – 3x = 15
Q.108.(D) 7A + 3B = 3600
x=5
A + B = 800
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- 4B = - 2000 p(2p + 3) + 1(2p + 3) = 0
B = 500 (p + 1)(2p + 3) = 0
500 × 2/5 = 200 p = -1, -3/2
Q.109.(B) 4 P + Q  9 q2 + 4q + 4 = 0
3 Q + R  12 36 (q + 2)2 = 0
2 P + R  18 q = -2, -2
P + Q + R = 9/2 p>q
36 × 2/9 = 8 Q.115.(B) HCF = LCM/25
Q.110.(C) M: W HCF × LCM = A × B
3: 1  6: 2 LCM/25 × LCM = 16900
2: 1  6: 3 LCM2 = 25 × 16900
3–2=1 LCM = 5 × 130
1=3 LCM = 650
6 = 18 Q.116.(B) 8 × 12 × 20 = 2 × 30 × x
Q.111.(D) 8 = 256 x = 32
1 = 32 a3
Q.117.(C) Volume = = 1152 2
9 = 288 6 2
Q.112.(A) 99 × 98 + 85 ÷ 17 × 13 – (12)2 = x Q.118.(D) Thursday
9702 + 65 – 144 = x Q.119.(D) 7, 7, 7, 10, 16, 17, 21, 22, 54
x = 9623 Median = 16
Q.113.(B) 100 (C.P)  120 (M.P) Mode = 7
120 – 15% = 102 Q.120.(A) A: B = 4: 3
100 – 15 = 85 4 = 480/12 = 40 km/h
17/85 × 100 = 20% 3 = 30 km/h
Q.114.(D) 2p2 + 5p + 3 = 0 900/30 = 30 hours
EXPLANATION/REASONING ABILITY
Q.121.(B) MARUTHI (-3-2-1 0 +1+2+3) JYQUUJL 63-5= 211,
Q.122.(C) 83+7= 519,
103-11=989
Q.124.(C) (A) My child is hungry.
(B) My baby is crying.
Q.125.(A) Only prediction I is implicit.
Q.126.(C) All conditions are fulfilled by the candidates.
Q.127.(B) All conditions are fulfilled by the candidates.

Q.128.(C) All conditions do not fulfilled by the candidate.
Q.123.(A) 23-2= 6,
Q.129.(A) Both I and II arguments are strong.
4 +3= 67,
3
A Dubai-based Indian girl Samridhi Kalia has smashed a world record for doing a 100
yoga poses in a small box within three minutes.
Q.130.(D) The figure in option (3) has been formed by
dotted line only.
Q.131.(C)
Q.141.(B)
Q.142.(B)

Q.132.(C) 332 = 1089 + 1 = 1090
33 -10 = 23
232 = 529 +1 = 530
132 = 169 + 1 = 170
13 -10 = 3
3 = 9 +1 = 10
2
Q.143.(D) Modem-A combined device for modulation
Q.133.(B) and demodulation.
Q.144.(B) The data in statements I and II together are not
Q.145.(C) R I S E A N I M E J E R R Y
86950463525887
Q.134.(C) J A S M I N E → 2093645
Q.135.(D) The place value of K= 11 is a prime number. Q.146.(C) Dhruv > Sham > Joi > Faheem > Anu
Q.136.(D) Q.147.(D)

Q.137.(C)
Q.138.(C) 72 = 49 – 7 = 42
11 = 121 – 11 = 110
2
Q.148.(D) AFGM (+1 +2 -1 -2) BHFK (+1 +2 -1 -2) CJEI
(+1 +2 -1 -2) DLDG
Q.139.(B) 582 + 30 = 612
Q.149.(C)
612 – 18 = 594
594 + 30 = 624 45
0
10
624 – 18 = 606
0
606 + 30 = 636 135
636 – 18 = 618 20
Q.140.(D) Q.150.(A) Permission -The action of officially allowing
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someone to do a particular thing; consent or Input: "29 power giant alien 34 47 93 sight
authorization. exist 59 67 13 orion many"
Q.151.(D) Neither argument I is strong nor argument II is Step I. alien 13 29 power giant 34 47 93 sight
strong. exist 59 67 orion many
Q.152.(C) As Water of a River flows similarly water of Step II. exist 29 alien 13 power giant 34 47 93
Pool is Stagnant. sight 59 67 orion many
Q.153.(D) Step III. giant 34 exist 29 alien 13 power 47 93
sight 59 67 orion many
Step IV. many 47 giant 34 exist 29 alien 13
power 93 sight 59 67 orion
Step V. orion 59 many 47 giant 34 exist 29
alien 13 power 93 sight 67
Step VI. power 67 orion 59 many 47 giant 34
exist 29 alien 13 93 sight
Step VII. sight 93 power 67 orion 59 many 47

giant 34 exist 29 alien 13
Q.157.(A) The data in statements I and II together are
DEBAC

Q.158.(A) Both predictions I and II are implicit.
Q.154-156.
Q.159.(B)
Q.154.(B)
Q.160.(A) The data in statements I and II together are not
Q.155.(B)
Q.156.(C) In each step numbers and words are arranged
in ascending order from left side.
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