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1 Who has created a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
Ans- NASA Astronaut Christina Koch has created the record.
- She has surpassed the earlier record of 288 days in space established by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2017.
2- Who has paid Rs 1,12,000 crore as Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) refunds to exporters?
Ans- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
3- Name the App launched by The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which helps the visually challenged people to identify the denomination
of a currency note?
Ans- RBI has launched a mobile app ‘Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI)’.
4-President of Nepal launched the ‘Visit Nepal Year 2020’ during the ceremony held at which place?
Ans- It has been launched at the historic Dasaratha Rangashala in Kathmandu.
- Mythical creature Yeti is the mascot of the campaign.
5-Name Iran’s top commander, who has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad?
Ans- General Qassim Soleimani.
6- What is the full form of NISHTHA?
Ans- National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement.
- The programme that was launched on 21st August, 2019 by Indian goverment to improve the quality of school education through Integrated Teacher Training.
- The Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Minister of State for HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre has launched the first on-line NISHTHA programme in Andhra Pradesh.
- Online NISHTHA programme launched for 1200 Key Resources Persons of Andhra Pradesh.
- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will conduct the online NISHTHA programme through DIKSHA and NISHTHA portals.
- Due to COVID-19 pandemic situation, NISHTHA has been customized for online mode.
7- Who launched development projects worth Rs 44 lakhs in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
Ans- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
- NABARD will conduct 385 village-level programmes.
- The project will help strengthening the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat through rural entrepreneurship.
8- Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
Ans- Admiral D K Joshi.
9- Who is the Chairman of National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development?
Ans- G R Chintala.
10- Who approved India’s first fully indigenously developed Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine (Pneumonia vaccine)?
Ans- Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
11- Who has announced that it will conduct special ‘Open Market Operations (OMO)’ on 2 July 2020?
Ans- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced it.
- It is aimed is to pump up liquidity in the financial system.
12- What is Open market operations (OMO)?
Ans- It refers to a central bank’s buying and selling of government securities in the open market.
- Either it can expand or contract the amount of money in the banking system.
13- Name the country whose parliament was dissolved on 2 March, 6 months before the end of its term.
Ans- Sri Lanka. The government under PM Mahinda Rajapaksa sought a majority in the house to implement its policies.
- It’s parliamentary polls, which were initially to be held on 25 April was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
14-PM Narendra Modi held discussion with PM of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to expand cooperation in context of COVID-19 pandemic over the telephone. They discussed talks on vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
- They also held talk on areas like health technology, agricultural innovation, defence-cooperation, and information technology.
Some facts of Israel-
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
President: Reuven Rivlin
Official languages: Hebrew
Capital: Jerusalem
Currency: New shekel (ILS)
15- Name the satellite system launched by China on 23 June 2020?
Ans-China launched the satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System 3 (BDS-3).
- It was launched from the Xichang Satellite Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
16- Who is named as country’s 1st Chief of Defence Staff?
Ans-Indian Army General Bipin Rawat.
- He will be a 4-star General.
- Bipin Rawat will also the principal military advisor to the defence minister, and will lead the new Department of Military Affairs.
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