Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The United States of America (USA) has released a notification which classifies India among the list of countries affected with African swine fever disease.
With this, the USA has imposed certain restrictions on import of pork and pork products from India.
This notification has been made by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

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GISAT-1 is India’s first agile earth observation satellite that will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
The Indian Space Research Organisation has revised the launch schedule of the geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on board GSLV-F10 launch vehicle. The 2,268 kg satellite is expected to be launched on April 18, this year.

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The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has mandated all companies to disclose their investments in cryptocurrencies and expenditures made in corporate social responsibility.
In this regard, the ministry has brought about suitable amendments in the Companies Act 2013. These amendments would come in force from the financial year 2021-22 starting April 1st 2021.

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The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has recently invited research proposals for projects with special focus on improving female participation in economic activities of India.
The Ministry has announced grants in aid to NGOs, Universities, institutions etc for research, publication, and monitoring.

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The Government of Japan has approved a grant of ¥4.02 billion, or ₹265 crore under the official development assistance (ODA) project for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The grant is aimed to improve the power supply in the islands.
Additionally, Japan has also extended financial assistance for execution of 4 projects pertaining to Delhi Metro’s Phase 4 and Bengaluru Metro’s Phase 2 expansion. An agreement in these regards have been signed by JICA and Government of India.

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The Government of India had signed the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) on 22nd February, 2021.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified that all the legal formalities pertaining to the CCEA has been completed and the agreement has come into force on 1st April 2021.

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The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently released a report titled “Women and Men in India 2020”.
This report has been published by MoSPI since 1995 and this year’s report is 20th in the series. It provides gender related data for policy makers, planners and other stakeholders.

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The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has allowed private sector firms to join hands with it in development and production of missile systems.
This announcement has been made under the Development-cum-Production Partner programme. The programmes covered under the programme include the Vertical Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile system (VL-SRSAM).

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Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL) is the invoice discounting platform for MSMEs. It is a TReDS (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Exchange Platform accredited by the RBI.
RXIL recently announced that it has discounted receivables of Rs 1,000 crores in a month. The platform has over 7000 registered MSMEs and have processed over 5,00,000 invoices, since its launch in 2017.

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The first farm-based solar power plant under Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evum Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme was implemented in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The 1 MW project, which has been established on 3.50 acres of farmland, can produce 17 lakh units of electricity every year. It has been developed at a cost of Rs 3.70 crores. The state aims to develop a capacity of 38,000 MW renewable energy.