11 August 2021 Current Affairs
According to DICGC Bill, the account holders are expected to get up to Rs.5 lakh within how many days of the RBI imposing a moratorium on their banks?
The Lok Sabha passed a bill that provides account holders security of their money by allowing access to up to Rs 5 lakh within 90 days of a bank coming under a moratorium imposed by RBI.
CoinDCX has become the first Indian cryptocurrency exchange to enter the unicorn club with a $90-million (Rs 668-crore) series-C funding round. The fund-raise was led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's B Capital.
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid homage to Shri V.V. Giri, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 10, 2021.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur will confer the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 12th August 2021.
World Biofuel Day is observed on August 10 every year. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels and highlight the various efforts made by Government in the biofuel sector.