Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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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).

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The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods (Air conditioners and LED lights).
The budgetary outlay of the PLIWG scheme was Rs 6,238 crore. An incentive of 4-6 per cent on incremental sales of goods manufactured in India would be given for a period of five years to the companies engaged in the production of white goods.

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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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Italy has recently launched its first ever mega food park project in India involving food processing facilities.
The pilot project “The Mega Food Park” was launched in virtual mode. A Letter of Intent was signed between the ICE Office in Mumbai and Fanidhar Mega Food Park, Gujarat. PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the country in the coming days.

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The Ministry of Railways has decided to map local festivals celebrated near railway tracks across the country. It would issue advisory to loco pilots on speed restrictions and other safety aspects to be followed.
There are several local festivals celebrated in India during which the people gather near railway premises and cross the track in groups as part of the event. Two years ago, 61 people who were a part of Dussehra celebrations near Amritsar, were run over by train.

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The President of the Central African country Chad, Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the country for more than three decades, died recently during a fight with rebels.
Hours earlier, the electoral officials had declared Deby as the winner of the April 11 presidential election. Deby was a major French ally in the fight against Islamic extremism in Africa and also supplied critical troops to the peacekeeping effort in northern Mali.

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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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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 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.