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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The President of India has Justice NV Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India, in accordance with the powers conferred under Article 124 of Indian Constitution. He will assume charge as the Chief Justice of India on 24th April 2021.
He has been a judge of the Supreme Court since the year 2014. He will have a term of 16 months before his retirement.

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India recently hosted the Meeting of BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors 2021. It was co-chaired by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.
Finance Minister addressed the meeting virtually from New Delhi. Issues regarding New development bank, social infrastructure, IMF reforms, fintech for SME and financial inclusion, customs cooperation were discussed during the meeting.

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The Union Ministry of Finance implements the Government’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, which was launched in the year 2015.
The Finance Ministry has recently stated that nearly 15 lakh loans have been sanctioned under the scheme and 68 percent of loans have been given to women entrepreneurs.

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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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Meghalaya’s Assembly Committee on Women Empowerment has said that three out of every 1,000 pregnant women test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The panel headed by Ampareen Lyngdoh has also sought a scheme to rehabilitate commercial sex workers in the state. The increase in HIV cases observed in the state is increasing at an alarming rate.

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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 Reserve Bank of India has doubled the limit of maximum balance that an individual customer can hold with payments banks to Rs 2 lakh.
The announcement in this matter was made by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das after the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. As per the current norms, the payment banks can hold a maximum balance of Rs 1 lakh per customer. This expansion will help them to serve more MSMEs.

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recently released the Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’, which was authored by ‘Utkal Keshari’ Dr Harekrushna Mahtab.
Dr Harekrushna Mahtab was a leader of Indian National Congress and had played a vital role in the freedom struggle. He had served as the CM of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and 1956 to 1961.