Which operation has started by India to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?
- Operation Rohingya
- Operation Manavta
- Operation Insaniyat
- Operation Refugee
Explanation:
India has started ‘Operation Insaniyat’ to provided assistance to Bangladesh in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of Rohingya refugees into that country from Myanmar. Under it, relief material consisting of items including rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, biscuits and mosquito nets will be provided to the affected people. The relief material will be delivered in multiple consignments, and the first tranche will be brought to Chittagong by an Indian Air Force plane on September 14, 2017. The Union External Affairs Ministry has stated that India has always responded readily and swiftly to any crisis in Bangladesh, in view of close ties of friendship between the people of India and Bangladesh. In this hour of need, India stands ready to provide any assistance required by Government of Bangladesh.
- Aditya I
- Rajadhiraj
- Rajendra I
- Vijayalaya
- aluminium
- copper
- iron
- silver
- Mahavir
- Gautama Buddha
- Adi Shankaracharya
- Kabir
- Santhal Rebellion
- Sanyasi Rebellion
- Munda Rebellion
- Kol Rebellion
- Guptas
- Cholas
- Mauryas
- Mughals
- Arvind Mehta
- P K S Chaku
- Natasha Singh
- Ovais Sarmad
Explanation:
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Ovais Sarmad of India as Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at the Assistant Secretary-General level. The appointment has been made after consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau. Sarmad will succeed Richard Kinley of Canada. Currently, Sarmad serving as the chief of staff to the director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
- NN Vohra
- Soli Sorabjee
- Joseph Stein
- S K Sinha
Explanation:
Narinder Nath Vohra, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J and K), has been appointed as the new President of the India International Centre (IIC), which is one of the premier cultural institutions in the country. He succeeded by Soli Sorabjee. The India International Centre (IIC) is a well known non-official organization located in New Delhi.
- Begum Hazarat Mahal,
- Tantia Tope,
- Rani laxmi Bai,
- Nana Sahib
Which Indian personality has been conferred the ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’, the highest civilian honour of Germany?
- Aditya Mangal
- Rajesh Nath
- Deepak Chauhan
- Milind Gupta
Explanation:
Rajesh Nath, the managing director of VDMA India, has been conferred the ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’, the highest civilian honour awarded to individuals for their services to Germany. The award, also known as Bundesverdienstkreuz or Federal Cross of Merit was instituted in 1951 and is Germany’s only honour that is awarded to both Germans and foreigners for achievements in the economic, social, political or intellectual realms.