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Q. What is the name of the first Indian budget carrier to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA)?

  • (A). Indigo
  • (B). SpiceJet
  • (C). Go Air
  • (D). Jet Airways
Option (B) is Correct

* SpiceJet has joined global airlines’ grouping IATA as a member, becoming the first Indian low-cost carrier to get the membership.
* The International Air Transport Association(IATA) represents more than 290 airlines, including Air India, Jet Airways and Vistara.
* The membership would help SpiceJet, which has ambitious expansion plans, to have codeshares and agreements with other carriers

Posted on: Mar 2023
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Q. Which of the following states passed the Maintenance of Household Registers Bill in March 2019?

  • (A). Odisha
  • (B). Assam
  • (C). Mizoram
  • (D). West Bengal
Option (C) is Correct

* Mizoram assembly unanimously passed Mizoram Maintenance of Household Register Bill, 2019.
* It aims to create registers containing the names, details and photographs of every resident of the state, on a household basis, in an effort to detect illegal foreigners staying and “eating away” benefits of development schemes.

Posted on: Mar 2023