IBPS Clerk Mains General Awareness Quiz 17 January 2020: FIFA ‘Team of the Year’, residential builder finance with buyer guarantee’ (RBBG) scheme, 11-day long ‘Dhanu Jatra”

Payment technology company Visa has signed up world badminton champion Pusarla Venkata Sindhu as its brand ambassador for two years.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a resounding overall majority in the United Kingdom’s snap general election.

Eminent fashionista, social entrepreneur and philanthropist Priya Priyadarshini Jain has been felicitated with the prestigious ‘Indian Woman of Influence’ award at the House of Lords, the United Kingdom Parliament in London.

107th edition of Indian Science Congress was held in Bengaluru.

The three day ‘International Seminar on Climate Smart Farming Systems’ for BIMSTEC countries was concluded in New Delhi, India.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday launched the Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS) to help the applicants keep a track of their applications for the party registration from this year onwards.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched the Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS) to help the applicants keep a track of their applications for the party registration from this year onwards.

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan has unveiled India’s first long distance Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus fitted with composite CNG cylinders, which can travel around 1,000 kilometre in a single fill.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai has been conferred with the ‘Eat Right Station’ certification with a five-star rating by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Haryana police have introduced a unique barcoding software “Trakea” to enable foolproof security of the samples collected in Forensic reports. Haryana became the first state in the country to introduce this unique barcoding system.

The famous 11-day long ‘Dhanu Jatra’, considered as the largest open-air theatre of the world held at Bargarh in western Odisha. The Jatra is based on the mythological story of Lord Krishna and his demon uncle King Kansa.

Meghalaya Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Government of India to implement Inner Line Permit in the state under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.

Maharashtra became first state in the country to adopt an Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS) i.e. digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to help police investigations. This system will soon be replicated by police forces of other states in the country.

The State Bank of India has announced ‘residential builder finance with buyer guarantee’ (RBBG) scheme. The aim of the scheme is to giving a push to residential sales and improve homebuyers’ confidence. The SBI will issue a guarantee for completion of select residential projects to customers who have availed home loans from it.

Belgium have been crowned FIFA ‘Team of the Year’ for the second successive time after a record-breaking year for the global ladder.