Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Government of Bhutan has vaccinated nearly 93% of its adult population in a short time of 16 days.
The vaccination drive, when plotted in a graph, shoots upwards from the very first day of commencement of vaccination in the country, which has crossed the levels of Israel, United States, Bahrain and other countries.

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Sajibu Cheiraoba is the Lunar New year Festival celebrated by the people who follow the religion of Sanamahism in the Indian state of Manipur.
It falls on the day of the Month of Sajibu. The lunar new year is celebrated on the same day in different names in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and many other Indian states.

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The Government of New Zealand has introduced a new legislation, whereby banks, insurers and investment managers operating in the country are required to report the impacts of climate change on their business.
New Zealand is the first country to bring such legislation. As per the new legislation, banks with total assets of more than NZ$1 billion and insurers with more than NZ$1 billion in total assets have to make the disclosure.

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The Government of Japan has decided to release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the decommissioned and destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, into the sea.
The decision comes about three months ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games since some of the events are to be held as close as 60 km from the wrecked plant.

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The Union Ministry of Agriculture, has entered into an MoU with Microsoft for implementing a pilot project in 100 villages of six states – Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
Under the project, Microsoft will develop a farmer interface for smart and well-organized agriculture, which includes post-harvest management and distribution.

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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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Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) announced that Sivasubramanian Ramann has taken charge as Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.
The appointment is for a period of three years. Prior to this appointment, Ramann was serving as MD and CEO of National E-Governance Services Ltd (NeSL). He has also held the position of Executive Director in Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

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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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‘Nimbus’ is a flagship cloud service project of Israel, which aims to provide a solution for cloud services to the government, the defence system, and other sectors.
Recently, Israel’s government chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google for the USD 1-billion project to provide cloud services for the country’s public sector and military. Amazon and Google beat Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM in the tender for the four-phase “Nimbus” project.

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The S&P Global Ratings in its report on Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions, highlighted that the Indian economy is projected to grow at 11 per cent in the current fiscal year.
The agency also revealed that some more targeted lockdowns will likely be needed and the impact of broader lockdowns on the economy could be substantial. As per official estimates, the Indian economy contracted 8 per cent in 2020-21 fiscal.