Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) was constituted by the Government of India for vaccine procurement, inventory management, vaccine selection, vaccine delivery and tracking mechanism.
Recently, the expert group recommended that Covid vaccines manufactured in foreign countries and granted emergency approval by authorities of US, Europe, the UK, Japan or those listed with WHO Emergency Use Listing may be given emergency use approval in India.

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The Bird Count India (BCI) in association with Assam Bird Monitoring Network has commenced the Bohag Bihu Bird Count from April 14th to April 19th 2021 in the state of Assam.
There are three Bihus — Magh, Bohag and Kati — during winter, spring and autumn every year and BCI has planned to document the avian diversity across all these seasons.

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Balbir Singh Junior – a legendary hockey player of India died recently at the age of 88 years.
He was a part of the silver medal-winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey team. He joined the Indian Army as an emergency commissioned officer in 1962 and played for the Services hockey team in various national tournaments.

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Ibn Abdur Rehman – Human rights activist and journalist of Pakistan, died recently at the age of 90 years. He passed away at Lahore.
He was awarded with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for his work on fostering India-Pakistan relations. He served as the Director of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan from 1990 – 2008 and the Secretary General from 2008-2016.

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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog has collaborated with Bayer, which is a global leader in the fields of healthcare and nutrition. A statement of Intend (SoI) has been signed between the two organisations in this regard.
The collaboration aims to work towards the AIMs’ innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives across the India.

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Azhdarchid pterosaurs were the ancient giant reptiles that flew in the skies nearly 65 million years ago. They had necks longer than that of a giraffe, over 6 feet long.
Recently, researchers have reported a new finding about their long necks. As per the study, the pterosaurs were supported by an intricate internal structure, which is not like the earlier discovered ones.

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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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Google celebrated the 151st birthday of Dr. Vera Gedroits, a Russian surgeon, professor, poet, and author.
She is also regarded as the country’s first female military surgeon and one of the world’s first female professors of surgery. Dr. Gedroits volunteered as a surgeon during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.

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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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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.