Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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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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Recently, a new view of the black hole has been released by astronomers working with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). In this view, the astronomers have mapped the magnetic fields close to the hole.
The event horizon telescope first revealed the images of black hole, in the year 2018, which is located in the galaxy M87 at a distance of 55 million light-years.

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Pakistan has recently rejected the proposal for trade relations with India. Prime Minister of Pakistan has denied to allow imports of sugar and cotton from India, in order to control prices and overcome a shortage.
Pakistan has stated that no bilateral trade would be encouraged with India till Article 370 is not restored in Jammu and Kashmir.

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The National Maritime Day is celebrated every year on 5th of April. This year marks the 58th edition of National Maritime Day, while the first such event was celebrated in the year 1964. This day is celebrated to support the global maritime economy.
It was on April 5th, 1919, Indian shipping first started with the ship “SS Loyalty” sailed from Mumbai to the United Kingdom.

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The Indian cryptocurrency exchange, WazirX has recently launched a NFT (non-fungible tokens) market place for Indian artists and creators.
Under this mechanism, Indian artists can place their digital assets (art piece, audio files, videos etc) for auction over the blockchain-based NFT marketplace to earn royalty. This is said to be India’s first NFT marketplace.

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The 1.3-kilometre-long Chenab Bridge is being constructed in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. It is being placed 359 metres above the bed of the Chenab river and is considered the world’s highest railway bridge.
Recently, construction of the arch of the bridge has been completed, which is termed as a milestone achievement by the Northern Railways zone of Indian Railways.

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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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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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Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying signed an MoU with the Ministry of AYUSH.
It aims to introduce the concept of Ayurveda and its allied disciplines into veterinary science. It also aims to promote research and development on new formulations in veterinary drugs.