BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

1. With which intergovernmental bank the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance jointly organized a virtual seminar on Social Infrastructure Financing and the use of Digital Technologies ________ New Development Bank.

2. What amount of sovereign loans has been committed by the Asian Development Bank to India during 2020 which was ADB’s highest-ever annual lending commitment to India _________$3.92 billion.

3. Which subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India is building a next-generation Digital Financial Infrastructure named National Digital Financial Infrastructure (NADI) _________ Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT).

4. Which public sector bank has recently launched a Micro-website that will serve as an emergency networking platform for all employees amid the second wave of COVID-19 __________ Bank of Baroda.

5. In partnership with NABARD the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA) has launched India’s 1st Agriculture Export Facilitation Center (AEFC) in which city ________ Pune.

6. Which General Insurance has partnered with PayPoint India to provide affordable COVID-19 Health Insurance policy to its customers in India’s underserved regions __________ Digit General Insurance.

7. Which general insurance company has launched, Integrated Partner Onboarding Solution (IPOS) an industry-first digital end to end partner onboarding solution ________ Edelweiss General Insurance.

8. Which telecom company is constructing the largest international submarine cable system with India as the center of the submarine cable system ________ Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.

9. The Competition Commission of India approved the acquisition of 100% equity shares of YES Asset Management Ltd and YES Trustee Ltd by _______ GPL Finance and Investments Ltd.

10. Which company to acquire the 100 percent stake of SB Energy Holdings Limited at an enterprise valuation (EV) of $3.5 billion, the largest acquisition in the renewable energy sector in India ________ Adani Green Energy Limited.

11. According to the Reserve Bank of India interoperability amongst Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) issued by banks and non-banks should be enabled by __________ 31st March 2022.

12. According to a report released by the S&P Global Market Intelligence what is India’s position as insurance-technology market in Asia-Pacific region ________second largest.

13. Which bank has announced to launch its fully digitized, end-to-end, Loan Processing System (LPS) for its Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Agri products ________ IDBI Bank.

14. With which entity the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an ecosystem for promoting, aiding and fostering the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) _______ Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India.

15. Which bank has partnered with HyperVerge to obtain its technology called ‘Video KYC solution’ for onboarding customers online under COVID-19 ________ State Bank of India.

OBITUARIES

1. Renowned personality Professor MS Narasimhan has passed away recently, he was a veteran ___________ Mathematician.

2. Renowned personality Indu Jain passed away recently she was a veteran ___________ Media Person.

3. Renowned personality Sunil Jain passed away recently she was a veteran _______ Media Person.

4. Renowned personality Dr. Krishan Kumar Aggarwal has passed away recently, by profession he was a veteran ________ Doctor.

5. Renowned personality Chaman Lal Gupta passed away recently, he was a veteran ________ Politician.

6. Sahitya Akademi awardee Rayangala Shri Krishna Raja Narayana Perumal Ramanujam Naicker passed away recently, he was writer and novelist of which language __________ Tamil.

7. Veteran Congress leader Jagannath Pahadia passed away recently he was former chief minister of which state _______Rajasthan.

8. Renowned personality J.K. Dutt passed away recently he was former Director-General of which security force ________ National Security Guards (NSG).

9. Renowned personality Sundarlal Bahuguna passed away recently he was a veteran _______ Environmentalist.

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. The International Day of Families is observed every year on ______15th May.

2. In India, the National Dengue Day is observed every year on ______ 16th May.

3. The International Day of Light (IDL) is celebrated every year on ________ 16th May.

4. The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed every year on ______ 17th May.

5. World Hypertension Day (WHD) is celebrated every year on ________ 17th May.

6. World AIDS Vaccine Day or HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is observed every on which date _______18th May.

7. The International Museum Day is celebrated every year on which date ________19th May.

8. World Bee Day is observed globally every year on which date _______20th May.

9. World Metrology Day is observed every year on which date _______ 20th May.

10. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is observed globally every year on which date _______21st May.

11. On which date every year the International Tea Day is observed globally on the recommendation of India _______21st May.

12. In India, the National Anti-Terrorism Day is observed every year on ________ 21st May.

NEW APPOINTMENTS

1. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of India’s largest footwear retailer Bata India Ltd ________ Gunjan Shah.

2. Moctor Ouane was reappointed as Prime Minister of which country ________ Mali.

3. The Government of India has appointed Vandita Kaul as government nominee director on the board of directors of _________ Bank of India.

4. Who has been appointed as the new Company Head of the Suzuki Motorcycle India _______ Satoshi Uchida.

5. Who has been appointed as the senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden _______ Neera Tanden.

6. Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of Indian Women’s Cricket team ________ Ramesh Powar.