Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a loan of Rs 7500 Cr for the Gujarat government’s Mission School of Excellence project.
Under the Mission School of Excellence project, the state government will spend Rs 10,000 crore in the next five years, to be spent on building new classrooms, smart classrooms, new computer labs and tinkering labs in government and grant-in-aid schools across the state.

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On 7 April, UNESCO commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The date marks the beginning of the genocide perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority by the Hutu extremist-led government. Over 1 million Tutsi were systematically murdered along with Moderate Hutu and others who opposed the massacres.

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India is procuring 24 MH-60 Romeo Multi-role helicopters as part of an Rs 15,000-crore deal with the US Government.
The first batch of the aircrew of the Indian Navy has completed its training in the US to operate the MH-60 ‘Romeo’ multi-role helicopters. MH-60R helicopter, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, is an all-weather helicopter designed to support multiple mission.

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Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation, manages data from aerial and satellite sources.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and NRSC have signed a pact for technical collaboration. NRSC would be developing ‘Bhuvan-Aadhar’ portal providing information and locations of the Aadhaar centres across India.

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SCO at present comprises eight member States namely China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh attended the SCO meeting virtually, representing India. He called upon the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to join hands to innovate affordable scientific solutions for common challenges.

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Ecuador, located in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.
The ruling by the top court in the country is believed to be the first time a court has applied the rights of nature to an animal, a woolly monkey named Estrellita.  The laws recognise the legal rights of ecosystems to exist and regenerate.

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Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as coordinator for the G20 summit, which will be hosted by India in 2023.
Shringla, who retires on April 30, will take charge of his new role as G20 coordinator, while Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will remain the G20 Sherpa. ‘Coordinator’ is a newly created position for organising the summit, which will include both substantive aspects as well as logistics.

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A scholar of political science, Manoj Soni has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC).
Manoj Soni specialises in International Relations and had served as the Vice Chancellor of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University and MS University of Baroda. He was also the youngest Vice Chancellor in independent India.

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Monacan race car driver Charles Leclerc clinched victory in the Australian Grand Prix to move into a commanding position in the World Championship.
The Ferrari driver was in total control of the race when his main rival Max Verstappen retired with a technical failure. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was second followed by Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton

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The United Nations General Assembly established April 12 to be the International Day of Human Space Flight. On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The International Day of Human Space Flight is commemorates this occasion, which paved the way for space exploration for the benefit of humanity.