V HDFC Bank barred from onboarding new clients in Dubai branch by local regulator.
V HDFC Bank barred from onboarding new clients in Dubai branch by local regulator.
Q. What is the Frontier Fifty Initiative?
Answer : D
Y NITI Aayog launched the Frontier Fifty Initiative to amplify grassroots adoption of technology and scale impact creation.
V It will support fifty Aspirational Districts and Blocks to pick use cases from the Repository and deploy those frontier technologies that have potential to accelerate saturation of services across ADP and ABP themes.
V Launched by NITI Aayog under its Frontier Tech Hub.
The Frontier Tech Repository showcases two hundred plus impact stories from across India in four sectors - Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, and National Security.
V It brings to life how states and startups are deploying technology with purpose to transform livelihoods.
NITI AAYOG IN NEWS twenty twenty-five
NITI AAYOG IN NEWS twenty twenty-five
" According to NITI Aayog, this sector is projected to reach three hundred billion U.S. dollars by twenty thirty, reflecting its economic and ecological potential.
" The "We Rise" initiative, a joint project by NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform and DP World, aims to help women-led businesses in India expand globally.
" The second edition of the North Eastern Region District Sustainable Development Goals Index Report, twenty twenty-three to twenty twenty-four, was released in July twenty twenty-five by NITI Aayog.
All districts in Mizoram, Sikkim, and Tripura are classified as "Front Runners".
Hnahthial, Mizoram, was the best-performing district, with Longding, Arunachal Pradesh, having the lowest score.
The report was developed in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Development of Northeast Region.
" India has surpassed Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy, according to NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, referencing International Monetary Fund data.
India is now a four trillion U.S. dollar economy, trailing only the United States, China, and Germany.
Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship and NITI Aayog join hands to catalyze healthy entrepreneurship ecosystems across India.
Telangana government, in partnership with NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub, is launching the Quantum Frontier Tech Charter to build a quantum innovation ecosystem in Hyderabad.
NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer B.V.R. Subrahmanyam's tenure was extended by one year in February twenty twenty-five.
" The Chairman of the sixteenth Finance Commission launched the inaugural issue of NITI Aayog's report titled "Fiscal Health Index twenty twenty-five" in New Delhi.
Odisha tops the ranking in fiscal health among eighteen major States, followed by Chhattisgarh and Goa with scores of fifty-five point two and fifty-three point six, respectively.
Q. Who has been appointed as India's Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank?
Answer : B
L Satya Srinivas Appointed as India's Executive Director to Asian Development Bank.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the appointment of L Satya Srinivas, Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, as India's Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank.
He succeeds Vikas Sheel.
India remains a major stakeholder in the ADB, being the fourth largest shareholder and its biggest borrower after Japan, the United States, and China.
Q. Which of the following new purity grades were introduced for silver hallmarking under the revised IS two thousand one hundred twelve: twenty twenty-five standard in India?
Answer : D
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution introduced voluntary hallmarking for silver jewelry and articles, enhanced with a digital Hallmarking Unique Identification system to ensure purity verification and quality assurance for consumer protection, effective from one September twenty twenty-five.
The Bureau of Indian Standards introduced voluntary hallmarking for silver jewelry in
October two thousand five.
Under this scheme, silver jewellers receive a certificate of registration as per IS two thousand one hundred twelve, allowing them to manufacture and sell hallmarked silver jewelry.
About HUID-Based Hallmarking for Silver.
The initiative aims to strengthen consumer rights, ensure transparency, prevent malpractices in the silver jewelry market, and align silver hallmarking norms with gold.
Hallmark Components: It consists of three components,
BIS Standard Mark with the word 'SILVER'
Purity Grade
HUID Code, six-digit alphanumeric unique identifier
Purity Grades: The revised IS two thousand one hundred twelve: twenty twenty-five standard introduces seven purity grades: eight hundred, eight hundred thirty-five, nine hundred twenty-five, nine hundred fifty-eight, nine hundred seventy, nine hundred ninety, nine hundred ninety-nine, replacing the previous system under IS two thousand one hundred twelve: two thousand fourteen, with nine hundred fifty-eight and nine hundred ninety-nine newly added for better alignment with gold hallmarking standards.
The products covered under hallmarking in India include gold jewelry and artifacts as well as silver jewelry and articles.
Gold Hallmarks: It is a process that requires jewellers to obtain BIS registration to manufacture and sell jewelry, followed by assaying and testing to determine metal purity, and hallmarking with the BIS logo, triangular-shaped stamp mark, purity grade, eighteen K, twenty-two K and twenty-four K, and a unique HUID code, six-digit alphanumeric code.
Q. What is the main purpose of the "BIS Care" app?
Answer : A
The BIS Care app was launched by the Bureau of Indian Standards, with the initial launch in twenty twenty being officiated by the then Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
The app allows consumers to check the authenticity of BIS-certified products, like ISI-marked and hallmarked goods, and file complaints.
Q. Which bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DPIIT to support startups under the Startup India initiative?
Answer : A
ICICI Bank has partnered with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to support DPIIT-recognized startups under the Startup India initiative.
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed introduces a Startup Engagement Programme that will provide accelerator access, structured mentorship, pilot opportunities, and ecosystem networking for startups.