- Which global agency has signed an MoU with Kerala state government to establish India’s first ‘Gender Data Hub’ at the Gender Park at Kozhikode campus, where International Institute for Gender and Development is also located?
- Indian Navy and Vietnamese Navy has recently undertaken naval passage exercise ‘PASSEX 2020’ in __________________.
- Which Indian personality has been recently nominated as the board member of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)?
- IIT-Bombay researchers have rolled out urban quality of life index to show the reality of life in Indian cities. Mumbai has bagged the 1st place in index. Which city stood last?
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the 63rd Founding Day Celebrations of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). On this occasion, which report was released by her that analyses organized smuggling trends on Gold and Foreign Currency, Narcotic Drugs, Security, Environment and Commercial Frauds?
- World Health Organization (WHO) has released World Malaria Report (WMR) 2020 giving estimated cases for malaria across the world. As per the report, India is the only high endemic nation which has reported decline of malaria cases by ____________ in 2019 as compared to 2018.
- What was India’s rank in global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), 2020?
- Health minister Harsh Vardhan has released 5th National Family Health Survey (NFHS) comprising of detailed information on population, health, and nutrition for India. Phase 1 results show the status of ______________________.
- India has been ranked 131 among 189 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) in Human Development Report 2020, released by United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Which country ranked first?
- India was ranked at ____________ place in the ‘Human Freedom Index 2020: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic Freedom’.
- The World Bank has come out with a corrected Doing Business ranking following a review on data irregularities. As per the ‘Doing Business’ 2020 report, India had jumped 14 places to the ___________ position.
- The Union Governemnt has rolled out ‘Quarterly Return filing & Monthly Payment of Taxes (QRMP)’ scheme for _________________ under GST system.
- The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the proposal of Department of Telecom for setting up of Public Wi-Fi Networks by Public Data Office Aggregators (PDOAs) to accelerate proliferation of Broadband Internet services through Public Wi-Fi network. This scheme will be knownas __________________________.
- The Union Cabinet has approved Rs. 6,700 crore Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP). NERPSIP is being implemented through ________________ in association with 6 beneficiary North Eastern States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.
- PM Narendra Modi has launched Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme for the residents of ________________________.
- PwC India has partnered with _______________ and YuWaah (Generation Unlimited in India) to upskill 300 million young Indians over the next 10 years.
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its latest ‘Asian Development Outlook’ report has estimated India’s economy to contract by 8% in 2020. South Asian region’s GDP is expected to contract by _________ in 2020, with growth recovery of 7.2% in 2021.
- Minister of State for Skill Development, Raj Kumar Singh has inaugurated 1st Centre of Excellence (CoE) for ‘skill development in the power sector’ in National Institute of Solar Energy, at ________________.
- Directorate General of Training (DGT) under Skill Development Ministry has partnered with Microsoft and ________________ to provide a digital content for ITI students.
- According to Centre for Economics and Business Research (UK based think-tank), Indian economy will overtake UK becoming the 5th largest economy in 2025 and will reach 3rd spot by__________.
- Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey has inaugurated 1st batch of Indian Institute of Skills in Mumbai. It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and ______________________.
- Minister of Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated web-based application ‘Digital Ocean do.incois.gov.in. It has been developed by __________________ under Ministry of Earth sciences. It is a first of its kind digital platform for Ocean Data Management that will expand our ‘Blue Economy’ initiatives.
- The Ethereum, a crypto currency Recently was launched in a faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly platform, as the upgraded version called _________________________.
- The RBI recently, in December, held its Monetary Policy Committee meet. During the meet, the Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at ______________.
- Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to extend Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) to _______________________ in order to make liquidity management more efficient.
