22 may Flashcards
Name the organisation that has recently (in May ‘24) signed an MoU with the Department of
Animal Husbandry & Dairying to enhance the Digitalization of Vaccine Cold Chain
Management, Capacity Building, and Communication Planning.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India
- New technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Animal vaccine Intelligence Network
(AVIN) developed by UNDP
Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with ____and ___to proliferate affordable and accessible digital services across
India.
Prasar Bharati and ONDC
The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) was established in 2002 as
The Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department of the Government of _____
signed a MoU with the NDDB for establishing a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility.
Odisha
A tripartite MoU was signed between the NFWPIS, IndiaAI under Digital India Corporation(DIC), and
the Wadhwani Foundation to accelerate AI-driven transformation in the _______.
agriculture sector.
Federation of Indian Export Organisations
- , merchandise exports from India is expected
- India is expected to increase around 14% i.e. to USD 500-510
billion in FY25(2024-25).
-India’s merchandise export saw a contraction of 3% with USD 437 billion in FY24 (2023- 24).
-Further, it also estimated that services exports will reach to USD 390-400 billion in FY25.
Thereby, net worth of total exports from India will be around USD 890-910 billion.
-India’s total exports stood at USD 788 billion in FY24. - Target: It is expected to increase Indian exports from USD 778 billion (2023-24) to USD
2000 billion by 2029-30.
“Water for Shared
Prosperity” Report
- World Bank and the Government of Indonesia
-10th World Water Forum held in Bali, Indonesia.
-* The 10th World Water Forum is being held from 18th to 25th May 2024 with the theme “Water
for Shared Prosperity”. - As per the report, 2.2 billion people lacked access to safe drinking water services and 3.5
billion are deprived of safely managed sanitation in 2022. - The lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation resulted in at least 1.4 million annual
deaths and 50% of global malnutrition. - The report revealed that number of people who lacked safe drinking water and basic sanitation
has increased by 197 million and 211 million respectively in last 2 decades.
Which bank/financial institution has recently (in may’24)signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Airbus Helicopters for financing the purchase of Airbus helicopters
in India?
Small Industries Development Bank of India
Name the Trade Receivables electronic Discounting System (TReDS) platform that has
recently (in May’24) crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore in MSME Invoice Financing.
- Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL)
- RXIL is a joint venture (JV) promoted by the Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI), NSE India (National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI
Bank, and YES Bank Limited.
ICRA Limited - GDP Projection
FY24- 7.8%
6.7% in 4th Quarter (Q4) of FY2024
8.4% in Q3 of the fiscal year 2023-2024 (FY24).
. In May 2024, RITES Limited, the export arm of Indian Railways, signed a ______
(approximately Rs 915 crore) contract agreement to supply 200 Broad-Gauge (BG) passenger
carriages to ___________ Railways.
-Bangladesh, USD 111.26 million
-The contract is funded by Luxembourg-based
European Investment Bank (EIB)
In May 2024, Indian Oil Corporation Limited exported its first-ever parcel of XP100, India’s
1st superior 100-octane premium fuel, from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to
______________________ in ______________(country)
Lanka IOC; Sri Lanka
- from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(JNPT), Nava Sheva, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Which company has recently (in May ‘24) signed a grid agreement with National Grid Plc’s
Electricity System Operator (ESO) to build the power infrastructure required to switch its Port
Talbot site in Wales, the United Kingdom (UK), to a green steel project?
Tata Steel
- The National Grid Plc ESO will construct a new
electrical framework to power Tata Steel’s 3.2
million-ton electric arc furnace by the end of
2027, replacing the aging blast furnaces.
-Tata Steel’s electric arc furnace aims to cut emissions 30% by 2030 and reach net zero by
2045.
Bloomberg Billionaires Index
- Bernard Arnault- 220 Billion
- Mukesh Ambani- 110 billion
- Gautam adani- 100 billion
-For the first time, each person in the top 15 super rich in the world has a net worth of USD 100
billion or more.
Who has been recently (in may’24) re-elected as the President of Dominican Republic for
2nd Term?
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona
-In 2020, he has been elected as the 54th President of Dominican Republic for the period
2020-2024.
. Name the company /organisation has recently (in may’24) become the world’s 1st private
entity to test its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology successfully on a subscale High
Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS).
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-GalaxEye Space Solutions Pvt Ltd
-With this, GalaxEye becomes the world’s 1st private entity to conduct SAR trials on the
HAPS platform.
