Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) which made up of seven emirates, is to launch its first unmanned rover to the Moon next year- 2022.
Lunar exploration firm iSpace will transport the rover, which has been named ‘Rashid’. It will be transported to the Moon on iSpace’s lunar lander.

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Balbir Singh Junior – a legendary hockey player of India died recently at the age of 88 years.
He was a part of the silver medal-winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey team. He joined the Indian Army as an emergency commissioned officer in 1962 and played for the Services hockey team in various national tournaments.

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Azhdarchid pterosaurs were the ancient giant reptiles that flew in the skies nearly 65 million years ago. They had necks longer than that of a giraffe, over 6 feet long.
Recently, researchers have reported a new finding about their long necks. As per the study, the pterosaurs were supported by an intricate internal structure, which is not like the earlier discovered ones.

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The Supreme Court of India ordered that the 1994 espionage case relating to ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan be delegated to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court ordered that CBI conduct further investigation in this regard.
Earlier, the issue was handled by a high-level committee and the court ordered to use the committee’s findings as preliminary information.

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The financial system regulator – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently announced the list of shortlisted applicants, under its on-tap licensing window for universal banks and small finance banks.
Universal bank licence can be obtained by individuals and professionals having 10 years of experience in banking and finance at a senior level. For SFBs, the minimum net worth requirement is Rs 200 crore.

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Kamath Committee identified 26 sectors to be included in the ₹3 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).
Recently, the Finance Ministry expanded the scope of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to cover borrowers from the healthcare segment, apart from the 26 sectors. SMA-1 borrowers in the healthcare sector are covered under ECLGS 2.0.

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Every year April 18 is celebrated as World Heritage Day or the International Day for Monuments and Sites.
This year, the theme of the World Heritage Day is “Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures”. In India, Tourism and Culture Minister has inaugurated the first-ever online exhibition on Ramayana. The online exhibition showcases 49 miniature paintings collections of National Museum, New Delhi.

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As per the ‘2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report,’ by NortonLifeLock, a consumer security company, around 59 per cent experienced cybercrime in the last 12 months.
As per the report, more than 27 million Indian adults experienced identity theft in the past 12 months and 52 per cent of Indian adults admitted they don’t know how to protect themselves from cybercrime.

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The Ministry of Railways has decided to map local festivals celebrated near railway tracks across the country. It would issue advisory to loco pilots on speed restrictions and other safety aspects to be followed.
There are several local festivals celebrated in India during which the people gather near railway premises and cross the track in groups as part of the event. Two years ago, 61 people who were a part of Dussehra celebrations near Amritsar, were run over by train.

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The NASA has recently released the image of interacting galaxies Arp 273, in the shape of a ‘Cosmic Rose’.
The image has been shared on the official Instagram handle of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In the image, a group of spiral galaxies create a shape resembling a rose. This structure made of galaxies lies in the Andromeda constellation, at about 300 million light-years away.