ii. He defeated Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto 21-14, 21-13 in the final to achieve this feat. This win was another addition to the Indian’s list of firsts as he also became the only Indian to win the French Open since it became a Superseries event in 2007.
ii. PM also flagged off the DEMU Service between Bidar and Kalaburagi.
Important Takeaways from Above News for IBPS PO Mains exam-
- DEMU stand for Diesel Electric Multiple Unit.
ii. The last visit of the Italian Prime Minister to India was in February 2007.
- Rome is the capital of Italy.
- Euro is the currency of Italy.
ii. The move would help in tracking and monitoring the flow of funds to the implementing agencies. A total of 613 schemes of the central government will be covered under PFMS.
ii. The portal is mobile-enabled and provides a self-assessment module (auto assisting in categorization). It sends various information on registered MSMEs from time to time. It also allows loan applications to be perused and picked up by multiple lenders.
- Mohammad Mustafa is the present Chairman of SIDBI.
- Headquarters of SIDBI is in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
ii. The program will fund term loans in the Rs25 lakh to Rs2 crore ticket size. Under the advice of Sidbi, AU Bank will play the anchor in this program as all the processes including disbursement, monitoring and recovery will be handled by them.
- Mannil Venugopalan is the Chairman of Board of AU Small Finance Bank.
- Mohammad Mustafa is the present Chairman of SIDBI.
- Headquarters of SIDBI is in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
ii. The six-day 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP12) is the only international treaty devoted exclusively to migratory animal species. The theme of the Conference was ‘Their Future is Our Future – Sustainable Development for Wildlife and People’.
- CMS COP is a triennial summit that brings together States through which migratory animals pass through.
- The CMS COP is held once in three years.
ii. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM is an alumni of the National Defence Academy. The Flag Officer was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 81 and is a specialist in Missiles & Gunnery.
- Sunil Lanba is the present Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy.
ii. The award was conferred for the success that it has had on the mobile platform, seen by many as the future of advertising and brand marketing. IIT-Roorkee won Schneider’s ‘Go Green in the City’ contest held in Paris.
ii. Titled “Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten Dreams”, the book includes a collection of 200-plus handcrafted and handwritten postcards from across India. The book is Co-authored by Saji Mathew and Jubie John and published by Bloomsbury.
- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
- Other important books of Dr. Kalam includes My Journey(Book of Poems) and Wings of Fire.
ii. Goals from Vishal Antil (15’, 25’), Vivek Prasad (11’) and Shilanand Lakra (21’) were enough for India to finish their tournament with the Bronze medal.
- Najib Razak is the PM of Malaysia.
- Kuala Lumpur is the Capital of Malaysia.
ii. Also, Indian captain, Virat Kohli returned to the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen after logging career-high rating points, going past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar in the process. The 28-year-old Delhi batsman has reached 889 points, which is the best ever by an India batsman.
- The previous highest points tally of 887 was managed by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998.
- The list for bowlers continues to be led by Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali while India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third.
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