A) 85%B) 49%C) 74%D) 100% Explanation: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): the government has increased the FDI in the Telecom sector under automatic route from 49% to 100%.

A) Narendra ModiB) Mamta BanerjeeC) Sonu SoodD) Adar Poonawalla Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named in the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2021 list, for the fifth time since coming in power in 2014 (2014, 2015, 2017, and 2020). Apart from ...

A) Rs 26,058 croresB) Rs 46,058 croresC) Rs 36,058 croresD) Rs 16,058 crores Explanation: The Union Cabinet has approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile sector, with a budgetary allocation of Rs 26,058 crores, to increase the production of ...

A) India and USB) UK and USC) France and GermanyD) UK and France Explanation: Australia, the UK and the US have announced a new trilateral security partnership, with its first initiative to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Australia.

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A) Keep Cool and Carry on: The Montreal ProtocolB) Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protectionC) Montreal Protocol – keeping us, our food and vaccines coolD) 32 years and Healing Explanation: Theme for 2021 World Ozone Day: ‘Montreal Protocol – keeping us, our food and vaccines ...

A) National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)B) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)C) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)D) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Explanation: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), a board of ...

A) AustraliaB) ChinaC) RussiaD) India Explanation: The Indian military contingent comprising of an all arms combined force of 200 personnel is participating in the Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION -2021, a Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise between Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. ...

A) Tata SteelB) ONGCC) Larsen and ToubroD) BHEL Explanation: Tata Steel has commissioned India’s first carbon capture plant that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas, at its Jamshedpur Works on September 14, 2021. With this achievement, Tata Steel has become the country’s first ...

A) 9.0%B) 8.1%C) 6.5%D) 7.2% Explanation: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has pegged India’s economic growth rate as follows, in its Trade and Development report released on September 15, 2021: Calendar Year (CY) 2021 – 7.2%; Calendar Year 2022 – 6.7%.

A) NITI AayogB) SBIC) ISROD) IIT Madras Explanation: Government think tank Niti Aayog in collaboration with US-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India, has launched a campaign named Shoonya on September 15, 2021, to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers ...

A) 15 SeptemberB) 14 SeptemberC) 16 SeptemberD) 13 September Explanation: The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer (World Ozone Day) is observed annually on September 16 to spread awareness of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and search for solutions to preserve it.