Australia beat India by three wickets in the opening Group A game of the Commonwealth Games.

Electing to bat, India posted a challenging 154 for eight in 20 overs with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur hitting a breezy half-century.

Left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen (4/22) was the pick of the Australian bowlers.

Australia overhauled the target of 155 with an over to spare.

Q1. Name the Congress leader who has apologized to the President Droupadi Murmu for his objectionable remark?

1. Mani Shankar Aiyar
2. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 
3. Mallikarjun Kharge
4. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
5. None of These 

Q2. Name the country which has decided to pay over USD 11.5 million in compensation to 36 Chinese nationals working on a major hydropower project who either died or were injured in a terrorist attack ?

1. Bangladesh
2. Pakistan
3. Afghanistan
4. Iran
5. None of These

Q3. In the financial year 2021-22  India  has received its highest ever Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow of

1. Rs 6,31,050 crore Rs 4,33,054 crore Rs 2,11,056 crore Rs 1,35,056 crore None of These

1. Rs 6,31,050 crore
2. Rs 4,33,054 crore
3. Rs 2,11,056 crore
4. Rs 1,35,056 crore
5. None of These

Q4. The PM Narendra Modi has launched  India's first international bullion exchange in

1. Surat
2. Vadodara
3. Ahmedabad
4. Gandhinagar
5. None of These

Q5. Name the country which is the biggest source of FDI equity inflow into India?

1. US
2. Mauritius
3. Singapore
4. Netherlands
5. None of These

Answers

1---------------------------4   Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

2---------------------------2   Pakistan

3---------------------------1   Rs 6,31,050 crore

4--------------------------4    Gandhinagar

5---------------------------3   Singapore

India's tea exports declined over 20 per cent over the past five years to around 200 million kilograms. To put it into context, from 2017-18 to 2021-22, annual exports of the beverage declined from 256.67 million kg to 200.79 million kilograms.

In terms of volume, it, however, rose by 7 per cent to Rs 5,412 crore.

The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel informed the Lok Sabha in reply to a question on the tea trade.

India's tea sector employs around 1.2 million workers and contributes 23 per cent to the global output.

In an effort to ensure greater participation of youth in polls, the Election Commission has decided that those above 17 years of age can now apply in advance to register as voters once they turn 18.

Till recently, people turning 18 on or before January 1 of a particular year were eligible to enrol themselves in the voters' list. Those turning 18 after January 1 had to wait for one whole year to register as voters.

Following change in election law, people can resister as voters on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 on turning 18.

According to an EC statement, the poll panel led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has directed the poll machinery in the states to work out tech-enabled solutions to facilitate those above 17 years of age (but not yet 18) to file their advance applications.

West Bengal's industry minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the teachers' recruitment scam, was removed from his post. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on july 28  said that ethanol blending with petrol, which was 40 crore litres before 2014, has now increased to 400 crore litres.

The blending of ethanol with petrol has also increased the income of farmers, he said at a public rally after inaugurating various projects of the Sabar Dairy in Gujarat.

Modi said sustained efforts to increase the annual income of farmers in last eight years are showing results now.

Alarmed over the deaths of many elephants and other animals due to train hits, the railway has formed a permanent 'Co-ordination Committee' (CC) with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for preventing the elephants and other animal deaths on railway tracks or due to train hits.

The zonal railway has also been asked to investigate the incidences and find out the possible immediate preventive measures along the tracks to prevent deaths from train hits.

A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Iran's capital killed at least four people  on july 28 , Iranian state TV reported.

The report said heavy rains in the early hours caused flash floods and then landslides in the northwestern part of Tehran, and caused damage to Imamzadeh Davood, a religious shrine in the city.