Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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Under the aegis of Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, The Energy Forum (TEF) and the Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) have organized a round table conference titled – “Hydrogen Economy- the Indian Dialogue-2021”.
The round table was conducted in a virtual mode on 15th April 2021. Discussions on emerging hydrogen ecosystems and exploring opportunities for collaboration were agenda for discussion.

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The Indian Navy deployed its specialised diving support, INS Nireekshak for the search and rescue of the missing fishermen, off the Mangalore coast.
Recently, nine fishermen of a Kerala-registered mechanised fishing boat went missing. On account of this issue, the Indian Navy is carrying out deep-sea diving operations using specialised equipment and naval divers.

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Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V is developed by Russia. Bala Venkatesh Varma, who is the Indian Ambassador to Russia has stated that the first dose of Sputnik V vaccines would be delivered to India in the month of April 2021.
Recently, the Subject expert committee (SEC) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) has granted approval to Russia’s Sputnik V making it the 3rd in India to get clearance.

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Charles Geschke, who founded Adobe along with colleague John Warnock from Xerox, in the year 1982, recently passed away.
He also helped develop Portable Document Format (PDF) document. Though he retired in 2000, he remained on the Adobe board until 2020. At present, the CEO of Adobe is Shantanu Narayen. The famous softwares of the company are PDF, Acrobat, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.”

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The liver is the second largest and the most complex organ in the body, with the exception of the brain.
World liver day is observed on every 19 April, to spread awareness about liver related disorders and diseases. The theme for this year is ‘Keep your liver healthy and disease-free.’

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The Government of India has recently extended the insurance scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for health workers for a period of one year.
This insurance scheme convers loss of life due to COVID 19 and accidental death due to COVID related duty. A sum of Rs. 50 lakh would be paid to the claimant of insured person.

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The High Commissioner of Australia to India has launched the Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership (AIIPOIP) grant program.
This AUD 1.4 million (INR 8.12 crore) grant program aims to support a free, open Indo-Pacific region The programme would encourage exchange of expertise and resources between Australian and Indian stakeholders that complements regional mechanisms such as ASEAN, the Indian Ocean Rim Association, Pacific Islands Forum etc.

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The Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur has commercialized its healthcare product COVIRAP.
This is a diagnostic technology to zero on Covid infections. Using this technology, the COVID test results can be obtained within 45 minutes of sampling and the results can be seen using a smartphone application.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently validated Gambia for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
With this, Gambia became the second country in WHO’s African Region to achieve this milestone. WHO launched the 2021–2030 road map for neglected tropical diseases. Côte d’Ivoire was the first to achieve this feat.

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The Indian Navy has recently joined the rescue operation for an Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 and its 53-member crew that went missing.
After its 44-year-old submarine went missing while conducting a torpedo drill north of the island of Bali, Indonesia had sought assistance from India. Indian Navy’s Deep-Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSVR) left from Visakhapatnam as a part of the rescue operation.