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1) RBI allows Ujjivan Small Finance Bank to form a special committee of directors.
A) Special Committee of directors will comprise three independent directors as its members.
B) Ujjivan SFB had appointed Carol Furtado to take charge as officer on special duty.
C) It is headquartered at Bangalore.
2) Government of India approves decks for National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL).
A) Proposal requires the govt to guarantee Security Receipts (SR) issued by NARCL.
B) NARCL is primarily sponsored by Canara Bank.
C) NARCL is a type of Bad Bank that is setup to resolve the problem of bad loans which are impacting the public sector banks.
3) QCI launches Prof. SK Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award.
A) It is the country’s first of its kind laboratory Excellence award.
B) Award has been instituted to promote Laboratory Quality and performance improvement in the country.
C) SK Joshi was a luminary in the field of Science and Academica.
4) Power Finance Corporation Ltd.(PFC) issues India’s first ever Euro Green Bond.
A) PFC is the leading NBFC in the power sector.
B) The pricing of 1.841% achieved is the lowest yield locked in by an Indian Issuer in the Euro markets.
C) It is the first ever Euro denominated Green Bond issuance from India.
5) NITI Aayog launched a report titled “Reforms in Urban planning Capacity in India”.
A) It is being done to ramp up Urban Planning capacity in India.
B) It recommends a Citizen Outreach Campaign for demystifying urban planning.
C) Report recommends the constitution of a National Council of Town and Country Planners as a statutory body of Government of India.
6) India observes 27th Global Ozone Day on 16th September.
A) It is observed to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol.
B) It is celebrated to spread awareness among people about depletion of Ozone layer and measures taken to preserve it.
C) Theme: Montreal Protocol-Keeping us, Our food and vaccines cool.
7) The USA administration announced a new trilateral security partnership for the Indo-Pacific between Australia, UK and US (AUKUS).
A) It will focus on advancing strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
B) US officials denied the partnership was a response to china.
C) Partnership would involve a new architecture of meeting and engagements.
