Current Affairs One-Liner: 13th February 2021

The New Development Bank (NDB) committed to invest USD 100 million in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIF) Fund of Funds (FoF). Therefore, the total funds secured by FoF has reached USD 800 million.

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    HQ of NDB: Shanghai, China

    HQ of NIIF Limited: Mumbai

    MD and CEO of NIIF Limited: Sujoy Bose

   Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani and Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal jointly launched a website for ‘The India Toy Fair 2021’. It is to be held from 27th Feb to 2nd March 2021 in a virtual mode.

 

o    The Punjab National Bank (PNB) signed MoU with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) in order to support the financial need of the Indian Oil dealers. This partnership will help dealers with credit facilities at lower interest rates, nil margin, and with minimum or zero collateral requirements. The loan amount of upto Rs 2 crore can be availed by the dealers through PNB e-Dealer Scheme.

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o    HQ of IOCL: New Delhi

o    HQ of PNB: New Delhi

o    MD and CEO of PNB: S S Mallikarjuna Rao Tagline of PNB: The name you can bank upon

o    Indian Navy and IIT Delhi entered into MoU with an aim to conduct collaborative research in Underwater domain of Naval Electronic System.

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o    Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh

o    Books and Authors: Title of Book: ‘Turn Around India: 2020- Surmounting Past Legacy’

o    Author of Book: RP Gupta

o    Released by: Jual Oram (Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Defence)

o    The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved to acquire of 100% shares and sole control of Varian Medical Systems by Siemens Healthineers.

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o    HQ of CCI: New Delhi

o    Chairman of CCI: Ashok Kumar Gupta

o    Important Days and Themes: 13th Feb: World Radio Day

o    Theme for 2021: New World, New Radio

o    13th Feb: National Women’s Day

o    12th Feb: National Productivity Day

 

Question: 

Q.1 What is the theme for World Radio Day, which is observed on 13th Feb 2021?
a. Promoting Radios into the new World
b. New World, New Radio
c. Let’s communicate with the world via radio
d. Radio: Voice of the World