One Liner Current Affairs- PIB and Newspapers
(27 February 2022 to 05 March 2022)
In recent banking exams, IBPS has been asking questions in the GA section directly by picking important single lines from PIB and Newspapers like economic times. So to prepare students for such questions we have started this series of One Liner Current Affairs from PIB and newspapers. This post contains current affairs in the form of one-liners from 27 February 2022 to 05 March 2022.
News 1: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) and the World Bank organized a virtual learning event on 24 February 2022 on how to integrate ultra-poor women into the Mission’s programs.
- Link: PIB
- Remember: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a programme of?- Ministry of Rural Development
- DAY-NRLM recently organised a virtual learning event with which organisation?- World Bank
News 2: J&K Govt hosts ‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ portal with higher bandwidth for its easy, ready accessibility to public
- Link: Newsonair
- Remember: ‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ portal pertains to which state government?- Jammu and Kashmir
News 3: Infibeam acquires payments-focused Uvik Tech for Rs 75 crore
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Which company has acquired Uvik Technologies for Rs 75 crore in a cash and stock deal?- Infibeam Avenues
- Amount for which Infibeam has acquired Uvik Tech?- Rs 75 crore
News 4: Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) becomes first depository to open 6 crore active Demat accounts
- Link: economic times
- Remember: First depository to open 6 crore active demat account?- CDSL
- Chairman of CDSL?- BV Chaubal
- CDSL was started in 1999
News 5: Ilker Ayci turns down offer to run Air India
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Tata Group announced to appoint Ilker Ayci the CEO of Air India. But he has rejected the offer.
- He is the former Turkish Airlines chairman.
News 6: Assam government has declared the entire State of Assam as ‘disturbed area’ up to 6 months
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Assam government has declared the entire State of Assam as “Disturbed Area” up to 6 (six) months with effect from February 28, 2022.
- The declaration has been made as per powers conferred under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.”
News 7: World’s largest plane (Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane) destroyed by Russian strikes in Ukraine
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Antonov-225 cargo plane belongs to which country?- Ukraine
- Name of world’s largest plane that got destroyed?- Antonov-225 cargo plane
News 8: Nepal’s House of Representatives has ratified 500 million US Dollar grant assistance-Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact along with “interpretative declaration”.
- Link: Business Standard
- Remember: Which country has ratified 500 million US Dollar grant assistance-Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact along with “interpretative declaration”?- Nepal
- What is “interpretative declaration”?- “Interpretative declaration” means a unilateral statement, however phrased or named, made by a State or an international organization, whereby that State or that organization purports to specify or clarify the meaning or scope of a treaty or of certain of its provisions.
News 9: Two-day long International Tribal Film Festival begins its maiden showcase in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Which state is hosting the International Tribal Film Festival (ITFF) in 2022?- Arunachal Pradesh
News 10: Reliance Industries announced the opening of India’s largest convention centre at Jio World Centre in Mumbai.
- Link: economic times
- Remember: India’s largest convention centre will come up at which place?- Mumbai
News 11: Musk activates Starlink in Ukraine as Russia attack disrupts services
- Link: Business Standard
- Remember: Starlink satellite belongs to?- SpaceX/Elon Musk
- SpaceX has successfully launched 47 Starlink Satellites to Low Orbit
News 12: Bharat Broadband cancels Rs 19,000 crore tender for connecting villages in 16 states with broadband
- Link: Economic times
- Remember: Amount of tender cancelled?
- Which company has cancelled the tender?- Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd
News 13: Sovereign gold bond scheme Series X opens
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Which series of SGB opened in Feb 2022?- 10th
News 14: Indian startups second to US on Y Combinator’s top companies list
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Which country has topped Y Combinator’s top companies list for 2022?- US
- India’s rank in Y Combinator’s top companies list for 2022?- second
- Top Indian company in the Y Combinator’s top companies list for 2022?- Razorpay
- Number of Indian companies in Y Combinator’s top companies list for 2022?- 10
News 15: Fitch, Moody’s slash Russia’s Sovereign debt rating to ‘Junk’
- Link: economic times
- Remember: The Sovereign debt rating of which country has been slashed to Junk by Rating agencies Fitch and Moody?- Russia
News 16: YouTube creators contributed ₹6,800 crore to Indian economy in 2020: Oxford Economics study
- Link: The Hindu
- Remember: Amount of contribution made by youtube creators to Indian GDP in 2020?- Rs 6800 crore
News 17: Reliance Strategic Business Ventures (RSBVL) to invest ₹1,670 crore to form an electronics manufacturing JV with US-based Sanmina Corp, to make Telecom Gear
- Link: economic times
- Remember: Reliance Strategic Business Ventures (RSBVL) has formed JV with which US company to make telecom gears?- Sanmina Corp
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