Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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World Health Day is celebrated across the world annually on April 7. It marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948.
It aims to create awareness on a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The theme for this year is “Building a fairer, healthier world”.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to provide a sum of Rs.50,000 crore to the All-India Financial Institutions (AIFIs) namely NABARD, SIDBI and NHB.
NABARD would receive Rs.25,000 crore, SIDBI would receive Rs.15,000 crore and NHB would receive a sum of Rs.10,000 crore as refinance credit facility.

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The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan and the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda have jointly launched a Tribal Health Collaborative named “ANAMAYA”.
This is an initiative by Piramal Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It covers the efforts of government agencies to improve the health and nutrition status of the tribal communities.

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The Reserve Bank of India has revised and modified its inflation-forecasting model. This has been done to better capture the relationship between monetary policy and real economic elements.
fiscal-monetary dynamics, fuel pricing, exchange-rate fluctuations etc have been incorporated in the revised model to adjust inflation. This is termed as the Quarterly Projection Model 2.0.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed the imposition of “solidarity tax” on high earners and companies that prospered in the coronavirus crisis to show solidarity with those who were hit hardest by the pandemic.
IMF has stated that this temporary tax would help to reduce social inequalities and help countries recover from COVID 19 disruptions.

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The UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism was established by the Secretary-General in 2009. The fund is used for providing capacity building support to Member States through the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and the Special Projects and Innovation Branch (SPIB).
India has recently contributed an additional USD 500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism. With this, India’s total contribution to the fund so far is USD 1.05 million.

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Australian air force personnel will be known as aviators rather than airmen, as per the Australia’s Chief of Air Force.
Australia has the highest female participation in any branch of the country’s military at over 20% of the 15,000 personnel in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It also aims to have 25% women strength in the force by 2023.

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The La Soufriere volcano located on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted after several decades of inactivity.
The volcano was dormant since 1979 and it showed signs of activity in December last year. It recently erupted sending ash and smoke surrounding the neighboring area. The Prime Minister had earlier ordered for evacuation of people in the area.

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Domestic consumption of petroleum products in India in FY21 fell 9.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 194.7 million tonnes (MT).
The main reason is said to be the low sales of transportation fuel amid the country-wide Covid-19 lockdown. Petroleum sales have fallen for the first time since FY99 and Diesel sales also dipped 11.9%.

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China is set to become the world’s biggest economy by 2028, and its commercial capital Shanghai has become the costliest place in the world. As per the recently released Julius Baer Lifestyle Index, China’s Shanghai is the most expensive city in the world.
Shanghai is followed by Tokyo and Hongkong in the list at 2nd and 3rd position.