24 July 2020 latest current affairs, daily 49

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24 July 2020 latest current affairs, daily 49

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24 July 2020 latest current affairs, daily 49

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1. Which Bollywood actor has launched the "Pravasi Rojgar" app to help migrants?

a. Sharuk Khan

b. Sonu Sood.

c. Tiger Shroff.

d. none of these. 

[Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has launched an app to help the migrants to find Job opportunities across India. The name of that app is the 'Pravasi Rojgar' app. This initiative will be supported by community outreach in the villages to find the right employment opportunities for migrant workers in different parts of the country.

About the app;

• This app features job opportunities from over 500 reputed companies related to construction, apparel, healthcare, engineering, BPOs, security, automobile, e-commerce.
• This app has support centers in different cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, and Thiruvananthapuram. ]

2. Recently, which nationalized bank has released the Financial Stability Report?

a. United Bank of India.

b. The Reserve Bank of India.

c. Union Bank of India.

d. none of these. 

[The Reserve Bank of India has released its 21st Issue of the financial Stability Report (FSR). This FSR reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on risks to final coal Stability and the resilience of the financial system.]

• Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das.
• Headquarters: Mumbai.
• RBI Founded: 1st April 1935, Kolkata.

3. Recently, Airtel Payment Bank has partnered with_______ to train rural youth.

a. MSME.

b.NSDC.

c. PMKVY

d. none of these. 

[Recently, Airtel Payment Bank has partnered with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide train to rural youth. They have collaborated in order to train and skill young people in rural areas on financial service and helping them in finding jobs and become entrepreneurs in the sector.

The main aim is to skill up the youth to adopt the tools to boost online banking and digital financial services.]

• Managing director & Chief Executive Officer of  Airtel Payment Bank: Anubrata Biswas.
• MD&CEO of National Skill Development Corporation: Manis Kumar.

4. Recently, Which public sector bank has launched "Insta Click Saving Account"?

a. ICICI Bank.

b. Bank of Baroda.

c. YesBank.

d. none of these. 

[Bank of Baroda (BoB) has launched "Insta Click Saving Account", a paperless digital self-assisted online saving account. 

Insta clicks Saving Account is a new form of digital KYC (Know your Customer) and Adhar based OTP (One-time personal identification number) authentication of the customer, which can be operated from the bank's website, through mobile phone, IPad, laptop, PC.

This account activates in real-time.]

• Bank of Baroda Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat.
• Bank of Baroda MD&CEO: Sanjiv Chadha.
• Bank of Baroda Tagline: India's International Bank.

5. With whom Amazon Pay ties up to sell auto insurance?

a. ICICI Bank.

b. Acko.

c. YesBank.

d. none of these. 

[Amazon Pay ties up with Bengaluru-bassed startup Acko General Insurance to launched vehicle insurance. Now the amazon pay which is the payment unit of Amazon India will help customers to buy vehicle insurance effortlessly and Amazon Prime members will get extra benefits.]

• Amazon Pay Headquarter: Seattle, Washington United Staes.
• CEO&MD for Amazon Pay India: Mahendra Nerurkar.
• Acko General Insurance Ltd founder: Varun Dua.
• Acko General Insurance Ltd headquarters: Mumbai.

6. Which is the 87th country to sign the ISA agreement? 

a. Africa.

b. Nicaragua.

c. America.

d. none of these. 

[the Republic of Nicaragua becomes the 87th country to sign the international solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement. The agreement was signed by the Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations Jaime Hermida Castillo at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York.]

• Capital of Nicaragua: Managua.
• The currency of Nicaragua: Nicaragua Cordoba.
• President of Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega.
• International Solar Alliance Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana.

7. National Broadcasting Day celebrated on-

a. 24th July.

b. 23rd July.

c. 25th July.

d. none of these. 

[National Broadcasting Day is observed on 23rd July all over India. On this Day in 1927, the first-ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from Bombay Station under the Indian Broadcasting Company.]

• The government of India took over broadcasting in April 1930 and renamed it as the Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS).
• On the 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio.
• Currently, All India Radio is one of the largest public broadcasting organizations in the world.

8. Which institute launched smart wristband to track Covid-19 patients?

a. TMC.

b. AIIMS, Nagpur.

c. AGMC.

d. none of these. 

[All India Medical Institute of Medical Science(AIIMS), Nagpur has defined and develops a smart wrist band that can track the Covid-19 Positive and Suspect Patients.]

9. Who sets-up the COVID-19 Testing Facility at DIHAR, Leh?

a. AIMC

b. DRDO.

c.NAVY.

d. none of these. 

[A COVID-19 testing facility has been established by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at the Leh based laboratory Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR).]

10. Which bank has launched India's first numberless Card?

a. ICICI

b. FamPay.

c. YES BANK.

d. none of these. 

[India's first numberless card 'FamCard' for teenagers launched by 'FamPay'. 'FamPay' is India's 1st Neobank for teenagers. Now teenagers can use FamCard like a debit card to make payments independently, without asking parents for physical cash.]

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