Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 07 April 2021 # | Current Affairs
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 07 April 2021
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1) The Government of Rajasthan launched its cashless ‘mediclaim’ scheme for each family of the state.
The state government started the registration for its Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme.
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country, where each family will get health insurance of ₹5 lakh each year.
Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
Amber Palace
Hawa Mahal
Ranthambore National Park
City Palace
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
Sariska National Park.
Kumbhalgarh Fort
2) Jeh Wadia, MD of The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd has stepped down and will not be renewing his contract as Managing Director of the company.
National Park in Maharashtra :-
Gugumal National Park.
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
Navegaon National Park.
3) Hyderabad’s best Military College of Electronics and Mechanical engineering MCEME has developed the AI-based accident prevention device developed under a pilot project to prevent road accidents by raising an alarm in the driver is found sleepy using artificial intelligence.
Andhra Pradesh :-
CM - Jaganmohan Reddy
Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan
Venkateswara Temple
Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple
4) The first farm-based solar power plant under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evum Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme has come up in Jaipur district’s Kotputli tehsil with a provision for production of 17 lakh units of electricity every year.
The 1 MW project has been established on 3.50 acres of farmland in Kotputli’s Bhaloji village.
Recent News - The West Central Railways has become the first fully electrified railway zone in India after the CCRS inspection and the commissioning of electrification of the Kota-Chittaurgarh railway station (Srinagar-Jalindri) in Rajasthan.
5) L&T Technology Services Limited, a global leading pure-play engineering services company has appointment Amit Chadha as CEO and Managing Director in line with previous disclosures made to stock exchanges dated October 19, 2020.
Prior to his elevation, Amit was serving the company as Deputy CEO and Whole-Time Board Member.
6) West Bengal, which is the midst of a high-pitched assembly election, accounts for the highest collection of about Rs 90,000 crore from small savings schemes such as NSC and PPF among the states and union territories, which is about 15 per cent of the total corpus.
West Bengal :-
CM - Mamata Banerjee
GOVERNOR - Jagdeep Dhankhar
Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
Kalighat Temple
7) The World Bank approved the allocation of an additional USD 25 million in financing from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to increase equitable access to primary and secondary education in Afghanistan, particularly for girls.
World Bank :-
Founded - 1944
President - David Malpass
Headquarters - Washington, D.C.,
8) The Central Government has announced to infuse Rs 14,500 crore in four state-owned lenders namely Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of India and UCO Bank in 2020-21.
9) Amid tensions with Saudi Arabia over oil production cuts, India has asked its State refiners to review contracts they enter into for buying crude oil from the Middle East nation and negotiate more favourable terms.
10) The Reserve Bank of India has extended the timeline for processing recurring online transactions by 6 months to September 30, 2021.
Reserve Bank of India:-
Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Established:- 1 April 1935, 1934 Act.
First Governor - Sir Osborne Smith
First Indian Governor - Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
Governor:- Shaktikanta Das
11) Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Deputy Governor B P Kanungo has stepped down as his term ended on 2 April.
Kanungo took charge as deputy governor of the central bank in April 2017. His term was set to expire in April 2020 but was given a one-year extension with effect from April 3, 2020.
