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Current Affairs - September 2020 > Apps/Portals/Campaigns > Flashcards

Apps/Portals/Campaigns Flashcards

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Which Ministry has launched the pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity?

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Minister - R K Singh

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Initiative by MoNRE to incentivize the renewable energy producing states and promote production of renewable energy?

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G-TAM

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Which initiative (September) will allow selling off the power by the producers of renewable energy in the open market without getting into long term Power Purchase Agreements?

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G-TAM

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G-TAM will offer how many types of contracts?

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Four - viz. intra-day, day ahead contingency, daily and

weekly.

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Which institute claims to have developed the world’s largest ‘solar tree’ in Durgapur in West Bengal.

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CSIR’s - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI). It has an annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of electricity

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A new high tech Spice Park will be developed in which state/UT for overall development and would ensure good prices for the saffron rich market of the region.

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Pulwama, J&K

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A new Sports complex to be developed in which state to help drive away youth from terrorism?

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Anantnag, J&K

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In which state “Back to the Village” programme was started (2019) wherein gazetted officers of the Union territory stay with the people of various panchayats in the UT for 2 days and harmonize with them.

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J&K

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Who has launched ‘Empowering Tribals, Transforming India’ – an online performance dashboard – to review the progress made by the schemes of Ministry of Tribal
Affairs for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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NITI Aayog

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‘Empowering Tribals, Transforming India’ – an online performance dashboard – to review the progress made by the schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been developed by?

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Centre of Excellence of Data Analytics (under National Informatics Centre)

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India adopted SDG in the year?

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2015

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India adopted SDG in the year 2015 as a part of which resolution?

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‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’

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Initiative to build the capacity of civil servants in India to make them capable for future challenges by making them more professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled.

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‘Mission Karmayogi’ or National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) for civil servants.

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How many components are there in Mission Karmayogi or NPCSCB

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Four

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Under Mission Karmayogi or NPCSCB which will serve as the apex body for formulating strategies for Civil Services Reform and capacity building?

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Prime Minister’s Public Human Resources (HR) Council

Chairman - PM

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Special Purpose Vehicle under Mission Karmayogi for owning and operating the digital assets and the technological platform for online training.

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iGOTKarmayogi

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Which ministry has launched the ‘Water Heroes - Share Your Stories’ contest 2.0 to create awareness about water conservation among people.

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Ministry of Jal Shakti

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Which state govt has ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ campaign?

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Madhya Pradesh (No of Themes - 5)

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Which is the WORLD’S LARGEST REFINERY PROJECT

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Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd

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Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is a joint venture project of?

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Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

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Which Euro standard level fuels will Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd produce?

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Euro VI

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WORLD’S LARGEST REFINERY PROJECT is undergoing in which state?

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Maharashtra

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Which Indian Institute has collaborated with University of Pardubice (Czech Republic) to develop indigenous algorithms to protect India’s digital data from cyber-attacks.

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IIT-Guwahati

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IIT- Guwahati has collaborated with which university to develop indigenous algorithms to protect India’s digital data from cyber-attacks?

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University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)

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Which ministry has launched the “Tribes India on Wheels” mobile vans in 31 cities across the country to ensure that natural immunity boosting products are available to everyone?

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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Which org has adopted the title ‘Go Vocal for Local Go Tribal’ to help the tribal communities sustain their livelihood in the wake of Covid-19.

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TRIFED

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Where is the HQ of TRIFED?

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New Delhi

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Which GoI company has set up a Quality Control Laboratory for Sea food export at Porbandar in Gujarat to ensure that the quality of sea food is in accordance with international regulatory standards.?

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Marine Products Export Development Authority

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Marine Products Export Development Authority has set up a Quality Control Laboratory for Sea food export in which city?

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Porbandar

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Marine Products Export Development Authority has its HQ in?

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Kochi

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Marine Products Export Development Authority was established in?

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1972

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Which organization has launched India’s ‘Future Business Group’ initiative to provide support to new businesses launched during the past few years?

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Confederation of Indian Industry

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Future Business Group initiative of CII will work with which dept. to create a National Strategy For Future Businesses?

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) comes under?

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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Name of the helpline that Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched as the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline?

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“KIRAN”

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Who is the minister of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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Thaawarchand Gehlot

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Developer of the helpline that Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched as the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline?

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Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to provide relief and support to persons with Mental Illness.

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Which ministry/minister has launched ‘EnglishPro’ mobile app?

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Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,

39
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has partnered with which customer engagement software company to support innovators and entrepreneurs in India to provide credit to the beneficiaries of startups under AIM to empower them to function efficiently.

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Freshworks Inc.

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Operation Green: Top to Total scheme to cover all fruits and vegetables of which state? To support farmers of Fruits and Vegetables under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in order to prevent them from making distress sales.

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J&K

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Who is the LG of J&K?

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Manoj Sinha

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Which state has launched (Sept 2020) the Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) system for its Administrative Service officers?

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J&K

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Which state has launched a first-of-its-kind WhatsApp chatbot named “Aapka Mitra” to facilitate online admission in Under-Graduate courses in the state?

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Haryana

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In which city the First ever cannabis medicine project with the help of Canada will be set up?

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Jammu - Indian Institute of Integrative

Medicine (IIIM)

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North India’s first biotech industrial park is being built in which city?

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Kathua near Jammu.

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J&K’s first ever seed processing plant is being set up in?

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Kathua

47
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is working on the lemon grass cultivation project for which state?

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J&K

48
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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has partnered with which company for providing digital skills to youth by offering free courses on e-Skill India digital platform (till March 31, 2021).

A

LinkedIn

49
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Ministry of Education has launched an initiative to literate adults above 15 years of age in urban and rural areas and achieve India’s target of total literacy by
2030. Name of that initiative is?

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Padhna Likhna Abhiyan - Priority will be given to districts with female literacy rates less than 60%, as per latest
census.

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Patrika Gate – built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers – has been inaugurated in which city?

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Jaipur

51
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PM Modi released two books Samvad Upnishad and Akshar yatra. They are written by?

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Patrika Group Chairman Shri Gulab Kothari

52
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Which Indian city (2019) became the 2nd to be declared as an UNESCO world heritage site?

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Jaipur

53
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Which Indian city (2019) was the first to be declared as an UNESCO world heritage site?

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Ahmedabad

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WE HUB, Telangana (an incubator to foster and promote women entrepreneurship), has partnered with which company to promote women entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.

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NutriHub (a first of its kind incubator for start-ups in the Nutri-cereals sector) supported by DST.

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NutriHub incubator is supported by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and it is hosted by which Institute?

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The ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad

56
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ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research is located in?

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Hyderabad

57
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Which state has launched the first-ever integrated air ambulance services of India ?

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Bengaluru, Karnataka

58
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Which companies will operate the first-ever integrated air ambulance services of India in Bengaluru?

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ICATT - Int. Critical Air Transfer Team + Kyathi

59
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In how many states has Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, has launched bamboo clusters to increase exports of bamboo products?

A

Nine

60
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How many bamboo clusters have been launched by Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar to increase exports of bamboo products?

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22

61
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When was National Bamboo Mission was launched?

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2006-07

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National Bamboo Mission was subsumed under which scheme in 2014-2015?

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Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

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Atal Innovation Mission has launched which program to promote research & innovation and increase competitiveness of Indian startups and MSMEs?

A

Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC

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What amount will be provided under the Atal Innovation Mission’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC to speed up the development of the technology
solution?

A

RS 50 Lakh

65
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Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya has launched a medium to resolve the disputes in the Maritime Sector. Name of that?

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‘SARODPorts’ - (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes - Ports) under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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South India’s first ‘Kisan Rail’ was flagged off between which states with 322 tonne of fruits and vegetables?

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Anantapur Railway Station (Andhra Pradesh) to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi)

67
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Which political party became the first mainstream political party from India to name itself as an agent of an organization in the United States?

A

BJP

68
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Which Ministry has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0 (CSCAF) to provide a clear roadmap for cities to inculcate a climate-sensitive approach in planning and development of urban areas?

A

MoHUA

69
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Number of indicators and categories under Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0 (CSCAF) launched by MoHUA.

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Indicators - 28, Categories - 5.

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Which ministry has launched “Streets for People Challenge” to make the cities more walkable and pedestrian friendly?

A

MoHUA

71
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Hubballi railway station in Karnataka after will be renamed after?

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Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji.

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Which portal Jammu and Kashmir has launched to create an interface with the public and focus on governance issues in the Union Territory.

A

Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Grievance

Redress and Monitoring System (JK-IGRAMS)

73
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Which state has launched the Tele-health platform to provide medical services to the people digitally?

A

Nagaland - Naga Tele-Health Platform

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Naga Tele Health has been launched in partnership with which organization to ensure that the initiative reach the most remote places also.

A

USAID’s NISHTHA-Jhpiego

75
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India’s largest piggery mission worth Rs 209 crores was launched in which state to make it self-sufficient in pork production?

A

Meghalaya

76
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Which organization is funding Meghalaya’s Piggery Mission?

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National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)

77
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Which Ministry has organized a conclave on School Education in the 21st Century under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 as a part of the Shiksha Parv?

A

Ministry of Education

78
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PM Narendra Modi addressed the conclave on School Education in the 21st Century and stressed on the importance of promoting methods of ‘New Age Learning’ which are known as?

A

5Es - Engage, Explore, Experience, Express and

Excel.

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Which state govt has launched the “My family, My Responsibility” campaign to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A

Maharashtra

80
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is in the process of implementing a road accident database across the country. What is its name?

A

Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD)

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iRAD will initially be launched in how many states? It will use mobile app to collect accident data on the spot and take remedial actions to reduce damage forthwith.

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Six states, viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

82
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iRAD has been developed and implemented by?

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lIT-Madras and National Informatics Centre Services Inc.

83
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ICAR- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has recognized which cow breed as the Goan cow breed?

A

Shweta Kapila cow

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ICAR- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is located in which state?

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Haryana

Current Affairs - September 2020 (4 decks)

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