Current Affairs Quiz: February 11, 2022

ReNew Power said that it has set up Gujarat s first wind-solar hybrid project at the Chlor-Alkali unit of Grasim Industries in Vilayat, Bharuch, in southern Gujarat.

The Indian Institute of Management-Sambalpur (IIM-S) inked a pact with e-commerce giant Flipkart to promote works of weavers and artisans through the digital platform.

DBS Bank India announced that it has partnered with Stellapps, a leading dairy-tech startup, as its banking partner to promote digitisation amongst small dairies across India.

The IPO-bound national insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is not only the world s largest when it comes to home-market share with over 64.1 per cent of the total gross written premium as of 2020 but also the one that offers the highest return on equity at 82 per cent, apart from being the third largest in terms of life insurance premium, says a Crisil report.

RBL Bank has partnered with Creditas Solutions for its Neo Collections platform.

HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company has announced the launch of its cyber sachet insurance policy aimed at mitigating cyber-related, digital risks for individual customers and keeping them internet insured.

Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme (IFLDP) (erstwhile IFLADP) has been approved for continuation from 2021-22 with an approved financial outlay of ₹1,700 crore, said the ministry of commerce in a statement.

The Monitoring and Evaluation ecosystem in India is set to receive a boost with the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) and the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog joining hands.

India has agreed to provide a grant to Sri Lanka to implement a Unitary Digital Identity framework , apparently modelled on the Aadhaar card.

The government has released around 28,414 crore rupees for 100 Smart Cities, out of which nearly 23,669 crore rupees have been utilized till 21st of last month.

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has become the first Union Territory to be integrated with the National Single Window System, which is expected to give a boost to investments in the region

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to support its Majhi Vasundhara campaign, an initiative with regard to the energy and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

Aníbal Torres Vásquez appointed as PM of Peru

Atal Tunnel has officially been certified by the World Book of Records as the World s Longest Highway Tunnel above 10 thousand Feet.

For the first time, the Karyaksham Khaasdar (Efficient Member of Parliament) award for the year 2020-21, given in the memory of late Madhavrao Limaye by Sarvajanik Vachanalay, Nashik, will be conferred on Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.

The Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo in policy rates as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate at 4% to keep the stance accommodative. While announcing the Bi-monthly policy RBI Governor Shakti Kant Das said, MSF rate and bank rate will remain unchanged at 4.25%. Reverse repo rate will also remain unchanged at 3.35%.He projected real GDP growth at 9.2% for 2021-22. Real GDP growth for 2022-23 was projected at 7.8%. CPI inflation for 2022-23 was projected at 4.5%.