Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Lyrids are comets, which appear to move fairly fast, streaking through our atmosphere at an average velocity of 48 kilometers per second.
This modestly bright comet was discovered in April 1861 by an amateur astronomer, A.E. Thatcher. The Earth’s orbit coincides with the comet around April 22 each year. This year also, the annual Lyrid meteor shower is t take place on April 22.

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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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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India and GIZ GmbH India on behalf of the German Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety signed an agreement on Technical Cooperation titled ‘Cities Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment’.
The project’s outcomes are completely in line with the objectives of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban focusing on sustainable solid waste management and the target to phase out single use plastic by 2022”.

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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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Indian Naval Ship (INS) Suvarna seized over 300 kg of narcotic substances recently. The ship encountered a fishing vessel with suspicious movements while it was on surveillance patrol in the Arabian Sea.
The boat, along with its crew, was escorted to the Kochi port, Kerala for further investigation. The approximate cost of the seizure in the international market is estimated to be Rs 3000 Crore.

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India’s 1st Home Minster Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the appointed Administrative Services Officers on April 21, 1947. In commemoration of this event, the Government of India observed every April 21st as National Civil Services Day.
The first such day was observed in the year 2006. This day is dedicated to India’s civil servants for their contribution and hard work in public administration.

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Sankha Ghosh, who is a noted Bengali Poet, died recently in Kolkata at the age of 90 years. He was tested COVID positive.
He is a recipient of Padma Bhushan, Jnanpith, Sahitya Akademi awards, and Rabindra Puraskar awards for his literature works. Ghosh was known for raising voice for various social and political issues.

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India has been ranked at the 87th position among 115 countries in Energy Transition Index (ETI), which is released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The top spot is occupied by Sweden followed by Norway and Denmark. The top 10 positions have been occupied by Western and Northern European countries.

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The World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated on April 21 every year by the United Nations.
This day aims to raise awareness on the importance of creativity and innovation in problem solving with respect to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieve by the year 2030. This day was first observed in the year 2021.

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National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) flagship index – the Nifty 50 has completed 25 years of its journey on April 22nd this year.
It was originally launched in the year 1996. Out of 50 companies in the index, so far only 13 of them could multiply their market caps to stay in the index till the 25th year. These include HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, SBI, Tata motors etc.