Banking Digest, 17 April 2019

Defence

• World's first armed amphibious drone boat - Marine Lizard (China).

Economy

• During the April-18 to March-19 period, Payments made on the UPI platform saw a remarkable growth of over - 400%.

International

• World's largest airplane, which is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage with six Boeing 747 engines – Roc (US).
• 'AI Everything', the world’s foremost Artificial Intelligence Summit held in - Dubai, UAE.

Persons in News

• New Prime Minister of Palestine - Mohammad Shtayyeh.

Sports

• Indian player, who won gold medal in the 54 kg at the Boxing World Cup in Cologne - Meena Kumari Maisnam.
• Winner of the Men's Singles event at 2019 Holland Open International Badminton Championship - Harshal Dani (India).

Science and Technology

• NASA will send small satellites to detect cosmic rays into space made by students, named - CubeSats.
• ‘Beresheet’ mission crashed on moon, which was launched by - Israel.

General Knowledge

• National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) – founded in : 2008; Headquarter : Mumbai.
• Israel - Capital: Jerusalem (self-declared); Currency: Israeli New Shekel.
• Capital of Palestine - Jerusalem (East).
• Voter Variable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was first used in - US.