Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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As per the ‘2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report,’ by NortonLifeLock, a consumer security company, around 59 per cent experienced cybercrime in the last 12 months.
As per the report, more than 27 million Indian adults experienced identity theft in the past 12 months and 52 per cent of Indian adults admitted they don’t know how to protect themselves from cybercrime.

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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 United Kingdom is exploring the possibility of creating a new digital currency, which is dubbed as “Britcoin”.
The Bank of England and the Treasury are set to work together to assess the benefits of a central bank digital currency. The bank said the new currency, would be a new form of digital money for use by households and businesses.

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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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The Government of India has recently extended the insurance scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for health workers for a period of one year.
This insurance scheme convers loss of life due to COVID 19 and accidental death due to COVID related duty. A sum of Rs. 50 lakh would be paid to the claimant of insured person.

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The RBI formed a 6-member committee headed by Sudarshan Sen, then RBI Executive Director, to review the role and effectiveness of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) in stressed debt resolution and suggest improvements to the legal and regulatory framework.

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The state government of Andhra Pradesh is implementing a scheme named Jagananna Vidya Deevena scheme, under which financial assistance is given to students for pursuing higher education.
Recently, the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released the 1st instalment of education fee reimbursement under the scheme to the bank accounts of 10.88 lakh mothers.

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India has been elected to three bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council recently.
These three bodies include – Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Executive Board of the World Food Programme and Executive Board of the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). India will hold these positions for a three year term in all these bodies.

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The United States President Joe Biden unveiled the “US International Climate Finance Plan”. HE announced that the country would double public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The new climate finance plan has been released in lines with a new goal to cut emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels.

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a great Spanish writer, best known for his novel Don Quixote. His death anniversary April 23 is observed as the Spanish Language Day by the UN.
English Language Day is also celebrated on 23 April, the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare. The United Nations established language days for each of the Organization’s six official languages.