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Which of the following organizations recently revealed that 1.3 million Indian payment cards are up for sale on the Dark Web?
As per the ZDNet report, around 1.3 million debit and credit cards are up for sale on the on Joker's Stash, one of the card shops on the dark web. The dump was founded by the researchers of the Singapore-based Group-IB on October 28, 2019.
The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs _________________ on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for violating norms on fraud classification and notification.
25 lakh
Answer: Option B
The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for violating norms on fraud classification and notification. It stated that the bank has been penalized for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on fraud classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs directions 2016.
Who is the author of "The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra"?
Arupjyoti Gogoi
Arupjyoti Saikia
Biman Lahkar
Surya Kumar Bhuyan
"The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra" describes the mighty Brahmaputra river, shaping the landscape of the Assam valley and livelihoods of its inhabitants. Historian Arupjyoti Saikia combines a range of disciplinary scholarship to unravel the geographical forces as well as a human endeavour in association with the river's present shape.
Which social media platform has decided to ban political advertising?
Answer: Option C
Twitter has decided to ban all political advertising from its platform. This was announced by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who tweeted saying that political message reach should be earned, not bought.
To which country did Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India?
Republic of Iraq
Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to Iraq. A 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Yadav is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also announced the appointment of Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi as India's next High Commissioner to Samoa.
Which country is the world's third-largest steel-consuming country in the world?
India is the world's third-largest steel-consuming country. The government aims to increase the per capita steel consumption of steel from its current low of 72 kg per capita to 160 kg per capita by 2030.
Who was appointed as the Head of Police in Ladakh?
Ram Prawesh Thakur
B.V S K Kaumudi
SS Khandare
Damodar Goutam Sawang
SS Khandare, an IPS officer of 1995 batch, is appointed as the Head of Police in Ladakh.
The 5th International Conference on ROADTECH was held in _____.
The 5th International Conference on ROADTECH (Sustainable Roads and Highways-Smart Use of Available Resources for Green and Sustainable Roads) was held in New Delhi on 30 October.
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