Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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‘OSH&WC’ Code stands for Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. The Labour Ministry has notified draft rules for setting up of a technical committee under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSH&WC Code), 2020.
The committee would help the Government or the National board to be set up under the Code to discharge safety and other related measures across industrial establishments.

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Recently, researchers have identified a new and distinct shark species, by recognising the 300-million-year-old shark’s single tooth on its lower jaw.
The researchers named the 6.7-foot shark as “Dracopristis hoffmanorum”, or Hoffman’s Dragon Shark. The fossils were found in the Manzano Mountains, New Mexico. The skeleton of the species was found in 2013 in New Mexico.

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The U.N Security council is to deploy six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, which has been in political crisis, after the removal of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011
Libya is heading toward December elections after over ten years of political chaos. Libya’s transitional government welcomed the UNSC decision to deploy international monitors to watch the old cease-fire.

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated a water sports and adventure institute on the bank of the Tehri lake.
The institute will be run by the Indo Tibetan Border Police and has been built at a cost of Rs 20 crore. The institute is built at a cost of Rs 20 crore and will be run by the Indo Tibetan Border Police.

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The Startup India Seed Fund has been officially unveiled by the Union Minister for commerce Piyush Goyal.
A sum of Rs.945 crore is allocated for the fund and is expected to benefit more than 3600 startups in the country. Also, it is expected to boost the start-up ecosystem in tier-2 and 3 cities.

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The communist Party of Cuba, has chosen Mr. Díaz-Canel as the party’s new leader. He has been the President of Cuba since the year 2018.
In both the positions as Communist Party leader and as President, he has replaced Raul Castro, which has brought a political dynasty to an end, which was in power since the 1959 revolution.

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The International Energy Agency, which is headquartered in Paris (France) has recently released a report, which states that energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across the globe have risen by about 1.5 billion tonnes in the year 2021.
This is considered to be the largest increase in carbon emission since the year 2010.

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The former RBI Governor Shri. M. Narasimham passed away recently at the age of 94 years. He was the 13th Governor of RBI and till date is the only Governor of RBI to be appointed from Reserve Bank cadre.
He chaired the Committee on Financial System (CFS) 1991 and the Committee on Banking Reforms 1998, which forms the financial sector landscape that is in existence today.

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Fighters of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group was formed in 2016. The group said to have crossed into Chad recently with the aim of overthrowing President Idriss Deby.
A day after provisional results of Deby being re-elected, the military announced that President, had died due to wounds suffered during a battle against the rebels.

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The Indian Navy has recently joined the rescue operation for an Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 and its 53-member crew that went missing.
After its 44-year-old submarine went missing while conducting a torpedo drill north of the island of Bali, Indonesia had sought assistance from India. Indian Navy’s Deep-Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSVR) left from Visakhapatnam as a part of the rescue operation.