Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The United States of America headed by President Biden has decided to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan over the next few months.
The exit of troops is set to be completed by September 11th this year, which marks the 20th year anniversary of Twin tower attacks on the USA by the Taliban.

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The Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) was enacted in 1968, to maintain certain essential services and the normal life of the community. The Act includes a list of essential services in its charter.
After the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, the Chhattisgarh Government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). The refusal to work in essential services has been prohibited. It includes health workers, sanitation workers, workers in water and power supply services etc.

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As per a recent study, the first calculation of the total Tyrannosaurus rex population during the 2.4 million years.
T. rex was among the largest carnivorous dinosaurs, with a skull about 5 feet long, muscular jaws with a strong bite force capable of crushing bone. They also noted a doctrine called Damuth’s law which states that the bigger the animal, the fewer the individuals.

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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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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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IAS officer Siddharth Singh Longjam is to take over as the National Anti-Doping Agency’s Director General.
The officer will succeed Navin Agarwal, who introduced Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) for around 60 elite Indian sportspersons during his tenure. Longjam is currently serving as joint secretary in the Sports Ministry.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 22-year-old Greek player defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Monte Carlo Open for his first Masters 1000 title.
The world number five clinched the biggest victory in his career, after his triumph in the year-end ATP Finals in 2019. He is the youngest player ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a 6-member committee for evaluating the role of asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) in debt resolution and reviewing their business model.
The committee is headed by RBI executive director Sudarshan Sen and comprises eminent economists and industry experts. The committee will review the legal and regulatory framework of ARCs and recommend measures to improve their efficacy.

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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.

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The Government of Delhi has formed a 24-member oxygen audit committee, in wake of the acute shortage of medical oxygen in hospitals across Delhi.
The committee would be monitoring the oxygen stocks and their consumption continuously. It would also ensure that the utilization of oxygen is rational and optimal.