Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released the ‘Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ report recently.
As per the report, deforestation rates in Latin America and the Caribbean are significantly lower in Indigenous and Tribal territories. The report was jointly released by Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC).

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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the ‘Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) in India- A Statistical Profile: 2021’ publication.
The report was based on the findings of recent National Sample Survey of Persons with Disabilities and Census of India 2011. The publication highlights the socio-economic status of persons with disabilities.

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Two researchers from IIT Kanpur have recently developed touch-sensitive, tactile, haptic watch. This is intended to measure time by touching the face of the clock.
This model of watch conveys time via vibrations when an individual touches the proper spoke on the face.

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Ingenuity is a mini-helicopter developed by NASA for propulsion in Mars. This was fixed with the NASA’s Perseverance rover that successfully landed in Mars recently.
The helicopter has been dropped successfully on Mars’s surface and is expected to make its flight through Mars atmosphere on 11th April.

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Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala- former DGP of Gujarat, has been appointed as the head of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit. He succeeds Ajit Singh, whose term ended in March 2021.
Khandwawala is a 1973 batch IPS officer and retired from his IPS service in 2010. He has been appointed ahead of the IPL beginning April 9.

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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 Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates is the first nuclear power station in the Arab world.
The nuclear power plant located in Abu Dhabi started commercial operations recently. As per the country’s leaders, the first megawatt from the nuclear plant has entered the national power grid. It was opened in the year 2019.

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“IH2A” stands for India H2 Alliance. Major global players in energy and industry have come together to form a new energy transition coalition, the India H2 Alliance (IH2A).
This coalition is focused on commercialising hydrogen technologies in India to make it a net zero carbon emitter. It will work to build a hydrogen economy and supply chain in India.

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INS Sarvekshak is a hydrographic survey ship, is on a deployment to Mauritius for conducting joint hydrographic surveys along with their Mauritian counterparts.
The ship visited Port Louis, Mauritius and has started the hydrographic survey of ‘Deep sea area off Port Louis’. The survey will also include training of Mauritian personnel on advanced hydrographic equipment and practices.

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The Government has appointed S Ramann as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
Banks Board Bureau had recommended his name for the post and the appointment is for a period of three years. Ramann is an Indian Audit & Accounts Service officer, is currently the CEO of National E-Governance Services Ltd.