#One_Liners, 09 June 2021 ️ Economy ____ introduced India' | Current Affairs MCQs

#One_Liners, 09 June 2021

️ Economy

____ introduced India's first cashback card in partnership with NPCI and Yes Bank - InstantPay

First sovereign nation in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender – El Salvador

️ Environment

Researchers in Australia have identified a new species of dinosaur, named ____ and described as the largest in the world – Australotitan-Kuprensis

️ International

In the meeting of finance ministers of G7 countries that concluded in London (UK), finance ministers agreed on the principle of global minimum rate, which ensures that multinational companies pay tax of at least ____ in each country – 15 percent

_ has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the period 2022-24 – India

️ National

____ launched 'One-time-use plastic awareness campaign 2021' on the occasion of World Ocean Day on 8 June - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

On 08 June 2021, NITI Aayog and ____ launched the Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum campaign in 112 aspirational districts to assist the district administration in providing home-care assistance to COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic. Or have mild symptoms - Piramal Foundation

️ Individual

President of the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) - Peter Maurer

^ Winner of the 'PEN Pinter Prize 2021' award - Tsitsie Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)

️ Sports Jump

The first female president of the Football Association (FA) in its 157-year history - Debbie Hewitt

Behind Argentina's Lionel Messi to become the second most active international goalscorer with 74 goals - Indian Football Association captain Sunil Chhetri (behind Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (103))

️ State specific

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the establishment of ____-Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority

Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission 'Umeed' through its Self Help Group platform has set up a first of its kind Women Milk Business Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) in _--Mitrigam, District-Pulwama

___ government implemented 'Jagananna Thodu Yojana' (interest free loan scheme) on 8 June 2021, which aims to provide help to small and vegetable vendors across the state -Andhra Pradesh

____, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power, has signed an MoU with the administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh to make the state a clean and green Union Territory – Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL)

️ Cognitive Science

Researchers from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and _ have developed new software that accurately predicts the transmission of contaminants through complex soil structure - University of California

️ General Knowledge

^ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Approved: 16 December 1966; Effective: 3 January76

^ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Approved: 16 December 1966; Effective: 23March 76

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Approved: 18 December 1979; Effective: 3 September1981

Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - Approved: 10 December 1984; Effective: 26June 87

Convention on the Rights of the Child - Approved: 20 November 1989; Effective: 2September1990
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