Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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India has fixed a target of 10% ethanol blending in petrol by the year 2022.
Recently, India has achieved more than 7.2 per cent of ethanol blending in fuel, for the first four months of ethanol supply. Some stated like Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra have achieved 9-9.5% ethanol blending. This shows that India is on track to reach 10% ethanol blend by 2022.

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International Day of Conscience is celebrated all around the world on April 5th. The UN General Assembly declared April 5 as the International Day of Conscience in 2019.
UNGA adopted the draft resolution laid by the Kingdom of Bahrain called ‘Promoting the Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience’ in 2019. UN aims to create conditions of stability, well-being as well as peaceful relations throughout the world.

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The Union Finance Ministry has stated that India has witnessed a strong Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) inflow of Rs.2.74 lakh crore during the FY 2020-21, into the equity market.
This has been achieved amidst international financial uncertainty due to COVID 19 pandemic and reflects the confidence of investors on Indian Market.

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Longi Green Energy Technology Co., of China is the world’s biggest solar energy company. The company has entered into the hydrogen market recently.
The company has formed a sister concern named Xi’an Longi Hydrogen Technology Co and the founder of Longi Green Energy Technology Co – Li Zhenguo, will serve as the chairman for the new entity.

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The latest edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook was released recently.
It has raised India’s growth projection to 12.5 per cent for FY22 which made the country rank highest among all countries including both the emerging and advanced economies. This year, the country is expected to contract by 8 per cent.

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The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution designating 7 April as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, in 2003.
Rwanda observes mourning the genocide on two days a year. The national mourning period begins with Kwibuka, the national commemoration, on 7 April and concludes with Liberation Day on 4 July.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $484 million to improve transport connectivity and road maintenance in the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC).
CKIC extends from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and it connects India to the production networks of Southeast and East Asia. This project will upgrade about 590 km of State highways in the CKIC influence area.

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Four sailors created history from India by qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics, during the Mussanah Open Championship.
Other three men sailors are Vishnu Saravanan and the pair of Ganapathy Chengappa and Varun Thakkar. They were announced qualified during the ongoing Asian Qualifiers in Oman.

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The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the Madhukranti portal developed by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation, NAFED at New Delhi.
This is an online registration platform to achieve a traceability source of Honey and bring various bee hive products on a digital platform.

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The Reserve Bank of India undertakes the consumer confidence survey and publishes an index in this regard.
As per the latest rounds of Consumer confidence and future expectations survey for March 2021, consumer confidence index fell to 53.1 in March 2021 from 55.5 in January 2021, indicating deteriorating sentiments on general economic situation, income and prices.