Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently developed an Advanced Chaff Technology. This is intended to protect and safeguard Indian Naval ships against missile attack. Three variants of this technology has been developed.
Chaff is an electronic technology used to protect naval ships from enemy’s radar and Radio Frequency (RF) missile seekers.

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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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The Union Minister of state for Education – Sanjay Dhotre represented India in the consultation meeting of Education Ministers of E9 countries.
The theme of the meeting was E9 initiative: Scaling up digital learning to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4. E9 countries consist of Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

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“International Day of Sport for Development and Peace” is observed across the world on April 6, after the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 2013.
It is marked to celebrate the positive contribution of sports towards sustainable development and advancement of human rights. This year’s theme is around recovery from the pandemic and the importance of equity in that recovery.

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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 Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister has approved a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods (i.e) Air Conditioners and LED Lights. The scheme has been approved with a budget of Rs.6238 crores.
This scheme aims to make manufacturing in India globally competitive and enhance the manufacturing efficiency.

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Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed as the Mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the flagship initiative under NITI Aayog.
He will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan, who has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June 2017. Chintan Vaishnav is a socio-technologist who is currently serving at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US.

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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.