Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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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 RBI formed a 6-member committee headed by Sudarshan Sen, then RBI Executive Director, to review the role and effectiveness of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) in stressed debt resolution and suggest improvements to the legal and regulatory framework.

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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.

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Yasukuni Shrine (meaning “Peaceful Country”) is a shrine located in Tokyo, Japan. It commemorates those who died in service of Japan in several wars including the 2.4 million war dead from WWII.
Recently, the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering of potted plant to Yasukuni Shrine, to mark the spring festival. However, China and South Korea were irked by the action of the Prime Minister

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The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), has appointed Rekha M Menon as its Chairperson for 2021-22.
Rekha M Menon is the Chairperson and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India, succeeding U B Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys. Nasscom also named Krishnan Ramanujam, from TCS as the Vice Chairperson for this financial year.

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The Senate of the USA has recently passed a legislative bill to combat the increase in the number of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific people in the country.
This measure is expected to fasten the review of hate crimes and provide support for local law enforcement agencies to respond to such crimes. The USA has reported several such hate crime incidents in the past.

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The Government of India has planned to bring around nine million hectares of land under mustard cultivation and increase the production to around 17 million tonnes (mt) by 2025-26.
This was announced during the ‘Mission Mustard 2025’, organised by Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India. The average normal area for five years from 2014-15 to 2018-19 was 5.9 million hectares and the production was around 7.7 mt.

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BOB Financial, the credit card arm of Bank of Baroda and Mastercard have jointly launched small business-focussed QR code embedded credit card.
Named ‘ConQR’, it enables cardholders/ SMEs to accept cashless payments using their cards. Small businesses can use QR to make payments as well as receive payments with affordable and simple process.