Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the collective performance of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam would be 4.9% for the year 2021, down from its previous forecast of 5.2%.
Although the IMF’s global forecast is on the optimistic side, still there has been a downgrade in growth projections for SE Asian nations.

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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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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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The National Nursery Portal has been launched by National Horticulture Board (NHB).
It is a Platform which is available both in the form of a Web Portal and a Mobile Application. It intends to create an online market place where Nurseries and Buyers can interact for sale of plants.

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Special forces of India and Kyrgyzstan began a two-week military exercise in Bishkek. The eighth edition of special forces exercise, ‘Khanjar’ was inaugurated with a focus on counter-terror drills.
Initiated in 2011, this is the eighth edition of special forces exercise. This year, the focus is on high-altitude warfare. In 2015, India and Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on bolstering defence cooperation.

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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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Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually launched world’s first affordable and long-lasting hygiene product in the name of “DuroKea Series”.
The hygiene product has been launched by IIT Hyderabad researchers. This innovative and long-lasting technologies was developed to combat COVID-19 virus spreading.

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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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The Health Ministry announced that 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption, PSA oxygen plants have been sanctioned by the Government of India for installation in public health facilities in all States.
This step would enhance the local oxygen capacity by over 154 Metric Tonnes. Out of 162 PSA Oxygen plants, 33 have been installed. States have also requested the Centre to provide additional 100 oxygen plants.

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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.