Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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Tropical cyclone Seroja recently hit and damaged a 1,000km stretch of Western Australia. With a windspeed of up to 170km/h, the category three storm made landfalls.
As per the country’s Bureau of Meteorology the storm had weakened yet it would cause damages wi the peak winds of 110 km/hr.

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The 2021 Global Food Policy Report has been released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
As per the report, severe health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has an adverse impact on the food systems and livelihood of people. The policy makes a detailed analysis on the impacts and policy responses to the crisis, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups.

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Equalisation Levy also called the Google Tax is the taxation on non-resident e-commerce operators / service providers.
The collection of Equalisation Levy in India stood at Rs.2057 crore for FY 2020-21 and has doubled in comparison to the previous years. The increase in equalisation levy comes at the backdrop of US proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 25 per cent on Indian goods like shrimps, basmati rice.

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The Government of India is set to implement mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts from June 1, 2021.
Hallmarking is a purity certification of gold and is presently voluntary in nature. Mandatory hallmarking was announced by the Government in November 2019 and more than a year’s time was given to jewellers to register with BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) for hallmarking.

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National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), in partnership with Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) has launched the Infant Toddler and Caregiver-friendly Neighbourhoods (ITCN) Training and Capacity Building Programme’.
This programme is aimed to enhance the capacities of city officials and young professionals for developing young children and family-friendly neighbourhoods within cities in India.

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India hosted the BRICS seminar on “Misuse of Internet for Terrorist Purposes and Role of Digital Forensics in Terrorist Investigations”, which was organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
It is a two-day event organized in a virtual format which emphasized on international cooperation and seamless sharing of good practices in tackling cyber terrorism.

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The Home Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK) has recently ratified the extradition of diamond merchant Nirav Modi to India.
Two months earlier, a UK court had permitted the extradition of Nirav Modi, based on the request if Indian Government. He is the key accused in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud case related to Letter of Undertakings and forex operations.

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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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As per a recent study, only 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact, without spoiled by human beings.
The undamaged lands are mainly in parts of the Amazon and Congo tropical forests, east Siberian and northern Canadian forests and tundra, and the Sahara. The researchers suggest reintroducing a small number of important species to some damaged areas, such as elephants or wolves.

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated a water sports and adventure institute on the bank of the Tehri lake.
The institute will be run by the Indo Tibetan Border Police and has been built at a cost of Rs 20 crore. The institute is built at a cost of Rs 20 crore and will be run by the Indo Tibetan Border Police.