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1) International Development Association gets a 93 billion dollar injection of cash to help scale up aid for pandemic recovery.
A) IDA provides grants for 74 countries and is a member of the World Bank group.
B) Package includes 23.5 billion dollar of contributions from 48 high and middle income countries.
C) IDA was established in 1960 to complement the existing International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
2) NCC and NHAI sign MoU to reuse plastic wastes collected by NCC cadets during Puneet Sagar Abhiyaan.
A) Waste was collected to be handed over to NHAI which can be used in road construction.
B) Aim of Puneet Sagar Abhiyan is to spread the message of Importance of clean seashores and beaches.
C) From more than 127 coastal area NCC units, more than 3 lakh cadets are participating.
3) PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the longest expressway of Uttar Pradesh “Ganga Expressway”.
A) The expressway will start near Bijauli Village and extend till Dandu village in Prayagraj.
B) It is a six lane 594 km expressway built at a cost of 36,200 crore.
C) It will be the fourth expressway in Uttar Pradesh.
4) The Empowered Group of Secretaries constituted to monitor implementation of PM Gatishakti held its first meeting.
A) The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary.
B)PM Modi launched PM Gatishakti for providing multimodal connectivity to various Economic zones.
C) Logistics cost in India is currently 13% of the GDP.
5) Competition Commission of India (CCI) withdraws approval for Amazon’s investment in Future Coupons Private Ltd.
A) The approval for investment was granted in 2019.
B) Antitrust regulators imposed a penalty of 200 crore on Amazon for failing to notify details of its combinations.
C) CCI said Amazon Misled the regulator about intentions regarding its investment in FCPL.
6) AICTE directs engineering and technical colleges to not let its faculty members participate in conferences organised by countries not recognised by the Indian Government.
A) Directive was taken due to objections raised by the Cyprus government after some Indian academics participated in a conference organised in Occupied part of Republic of Cyprus.
B) Country’s Capital and largest city in Nicosia.
C) It is partitioned into 2 main parts: area under Control of Republic and area administered by Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
7) ADRDE, Agra conducts Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500) flight demonstration.
A) The system uses GPS for coordinates, altitude and heading sensors.
B)Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment is an R&D laboratory of DRDO.
C) CADS autonomously steers it’s flight path using waypoint navigation.
