Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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Oscar award winning Italian director cum actor Roberto Benigni of the movie “Life is Beautiful” has been conferred with the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
His career best movie was Life is Beautiful, which was released in the year 1997 film which fetched him the best actor and best international film Oscars.

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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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The Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced that 110 crore rupees ROPAX Jetty project is to come up on the river Dhamra in Odisha.
Centre has approved over 50 crore rupees for developing the Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger (ROPAX) Jetty and allied infrastructure, under the Sagarmala initiative.

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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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Russia has unveiled a new series of space Lunar missions. The first of those missions, named as “Luna 25”, is scheduled to launch this October.
The country had a 45-year drought of moon landings. The lander has been designed to study the ice permanently frozen below the moon’s surface. The scientists will also evaluate the dangers posed by sharp fragments of lunar dust.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran started enriching uranium up to 60 per cent. This figure is its highest-ever level of enrichment.
The decision to boost uranium enrichment and to install modernized centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility was made due to the recent incident damaging the electricity distribution network in Natanz.

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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 American Space Agency NASA’s robot helicopter named Ingenuity has successfully flown over the surface of Mars.
This makes it the first powered – controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet. Bob Balaram, an Indian origin NASA Engineer is considered to be the man behind Ingenuity helicopter.

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The United Nation’s flagship report – State of the Global Climate report has been released for the year 2020.
The report has stated that Cyclone Amphan that made landfall in the India-Bangladesh border last year, was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the North Indian Ocean. It has led to economic losses amounting $14 billion to the affected nations.

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended the US Government to place India on the CPC list (i.e) ‘Countries of Particular Concern’, for violation of religious freedoms in the year 2020.
It has also recommended for imposition of targeted sanctions on Indian individuals and entities for violating religious freedoms.