1st July Current Affairs

Question:  The world bank and Government of India has signed agreement along with which state to increase access to affordable housing to the low-income group?
Answer – Tamil Nadu

Question: Find the bank which has partnered with Swiggy to launch industry-first instant digital wallet ‘Swiggy Money’?
Answer – ICICI Bank

Question: Union steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Asia’s first Continuous Rebar Production  Facility in which state/UT?
Answer – Punjab

Question: How many Chinese app were banned by MEITY under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000?
Answer – 59

Question: Which ministry will be known as ‘Udyam’ with effect from July 1, 2020?
Answer – Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Question: Name the world’s largest convalescent plasma therapy-cum-trial project which was launched by  Maharashtra government.
Answer – Platina

Question: Where does India’s 1st plasma bank was inaugurated for COVID-19 treatment?
Answer – New Delhi

Question: Council of Ministers of which state has passed the MSME Ordinance in June 2020?
Answer – Assam

Question: The government of Goa has allotted land to __ MSME units to set up India’s first Marine Cluster.
Answer – 49

Question: Name the campaign which was launched by Madhya Pradesh government to control spread of COVID-19.
Answer – Kill corona

Question: How many women were missing in India over the past 50 years as per report released by United  Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)?
Answer – 45.8 million

Question: How many fruits and vegetables were added to Operation Greens scheme recently?
Answer – 18

Question: Which state government has launched “Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya” scheme to maintain  academic regularity of the students?
Answer – Madhya Pradesh

Question: Which ministry has launched centrally sponsored PM FME scheme named “Sapno ki Udaan” recently?
Answer – Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Question: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs organized an online event to mark the 5th Anniversary of  which scheme/s recently?
Answer -Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Question: Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India got 3-year extension of service recently. Name the  Attorney General of India who got 1-year extension of service?
Answer – K.K. Venugopal

Question: Gudni Johannesson has been re-elected as the president of which country?
Answer – Iceland

Question: Who has won Prof. P.V. Sukhatme National Award in 2020?
Answer -Arvind Pandey, Akhilesh Chandra Kulshreshtha

Question: Who has received the 1st Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis National Award in Official Statistics 2020?
Answer – Chakravarthi Rangarajan

Question: Who has become the youngest umpire to enter into ICC’s elite panel?
Answer – Nitin Menon