Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The month of April is considered to be Parkinson’s Awareness Month. On April 11 every year, communities from around the world come together to raise awareness about the disorder.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects the movement of the human body.

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India’s policy think tank – NITI Aayog has launched the Version 2.0 of the India Energy Dashboards (IED).
The dashboard has been launched to achieve the development goals (SDGs) and India’s Nationally Determined Contributions. It provides a single window access to the energy data for the country.

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The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) was constituted by the Government of India for vaccine procurement, inventory management, vaccine selection, vaccine delivery and tracking mechanism.
Recently, the expert group recommended that Covid vaccines manufactured in foreign countries and granted emergency approval by authorities of US, Europe, the UK, Japan or those listed with WHO Emergency Use Listing may be given emergency use approval in India.

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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog has collaborated with Bayer, which is a global leader in the fields of healthcare and nutrition. A statement of Intend (SoI) has been signed between the two organisations in this regard.
The collaboration aims to work towards the AIMs’ innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives across the India.

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The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) flagship State of World Population Report 2021 waws released recently.
As per the report titled ‘My Body is My Own’, only 55% of women are fully empowered to make choices. Around half the women from 57 developing countries do not have the right to make decisions regarding their bodies, using contraception, seeking healthcare or on their sexuality.

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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 Union Ministry of Agriculture, has entered into an MoU with Microsoft for implementing a pilot project in 100 villages of six states – Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
Under the project, Microsoft will develop a farmer interface for smart and well-organized agriculture, which includes post-harvest management and distribution.

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Special forces of India and Kyrgyzstan began a two-week military exercise in Bishkek. The eighth edition of special forces exercise, ‘Khanjar’ was inaugurated with a focus on counter-terror drills.
Initiated in 2011, this is the eighth edition of special forces exercise. This year, the focus is on high-altitude warfare. In 2015, India and Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on bolstering defence cooperation.

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Oscar award winning Italian director cum actor Roberto Benigni of the movie “Life is Beautiful” has been conferred with the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
His career best movie was Life is Beautiful, which was released in the year 1997 film which fetched him the best actor and best international film Oscars.

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Russia is set to deliver the first regimental set of S-400 Triumf ‘SA-21 Growler’ air defence systems to India.
India and Russia have inked a USD 5.43 billion contract, for the S-400 Triumf ‘SA-21Growler’, which is long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. This system is for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and will help in further enhancing the air defence (AD).