1. Which regulatory body imposed the penalty on the co-op banks?
Answer: RBI.
2. What did the RBI announce regarding provisioning norms for urban cooperative banks?
Answer: They have unified the provisioning norms for standard assets across all categories of UCBs.
3. What is the aim of harmonizing the provisioning norms for standard assets across all categories of UCBs?
Answer: To simplify the regulatory framework for UCBs.
4. What is the uniform provisioning requirement for direct advances to agriculture and SME sectors that are standard for all categories of UCBs?
Answer: 0.25%.
5. Which UCBs have been categorized as tier 1 by the RBI?
Answer: Only unit UCBs and salary earners’ UCBs irrespective of deposit size.
6. What is the unique celestial event set to occur in Bengaluru on April 25?
Answer: Zero Shadow Day.
7. When does Zero Shadow Day occur?
Answer: On the summer solstice.
8. What new feature was introduced on the eShram portal?
Answer: Access to education opportunities for children of migrant workers.
9. What is the name of the village in Uttarakhand that has been recognized as the “first Indian village?”
Answer: Mana.
10. What is the cause of the conflict in Sudan?
Answer: A dispute over an internationally supported plan to establish a new civilian government.
