Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The United Nations designated April 5 as the International Day of Conscience. It aims to remind people to self-reflect to improve themselves, their communities, and the world. At the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, the Kingdom of Bahrain sponsored the initiative to designate 5 April as an International Day of Conscience.
The third International Day of Conscience was observed in the year 2022. The Day is led by the campaign of ‘Promoting the Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience’.

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A group of lawmakers have introduced a bill in US Congress to recapture nearly 3,80,000 unused family and employment-based visas.
The ‘Jumpstart our Legal Immigration System Act’ seeks to reduce Green Card backlog, particularly affecting immigrants from countries like India and China. It would allow immigrant US residents eligible for adjustment to Legal Permanent Residence (LPR) status.

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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports released USD 72,124 to UNESCO Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sport.
For the first time in 2021, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports made contribution of USD 28172 towards the UNESCO Fund. Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport was agreed to by the Government of India in 2003. India is a signatory to the ‘UNESCO Anti-Doping Convention’.

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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently launched Airport as Venue for skilled artisans Of The Region (AVSAR) scheme.
It aims to allocate space to Self Help Groups (SHGs) at its airports for selling or showcasing the self-made products of their region. Under this scheme, an area of 100-200 square feet has been earmarked at each AAI-operated airport.

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Gujarat has topped NITI Aayog State Energy and Climate Index-(SECI) Round 1 among larger states. It is followed by Kerala and Punjab. Among the smaller states, Goa topped the index.
The index ranks the states and union territories on six parameters — discoms performance, access affordability and reliability of energy, clean energy initiatives, energy efficie­ncy, environmental sustainability and new initiatives.

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Veteran British author Jack Higgins, who wrote ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ and several bestselling thrillers and espionage novels, passed away at the age of 92.
In 1975, his “The Eagle Has Landed” book was published, which was about a fictional World War II plot to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Some of his other titles include “The Eagle Has Flown”, “Angel of Death”, ”Day of Reckoning”, and “A Darker Place”.

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The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has an agreement signed with every State for the procurement of raw rice.
Recently, the Telangana government has been the Centre procure paddy from the State at the minimum support price (MSP) to aid farmers as well as parboiled rice. Telangana, a decentralised procurement state (DCP), should supply raw rice to the central pool, as per FCI.

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April 14 is observed as World Chagas Day every year, to raise awareness about a life-threatening disease also called American trypanosomiasis.
The disease is caused by a parasite Trypanosoma crizu. This parasite is transmitted to humans through the triatomine bug which is also known as the kissing bug. It can cause serious heart and digestive issues. World Chagas Disease Day was first observed on April 14, 2020.

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Egypt, one of the top importers of wheat from Russia and Ukraine, has approved India as a wheat supplier, as per Commerce Ministry.
This comes amid a dip in global wheat production because of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine accounted for nearly one-third of global wheat exports. Before the war, Egypt imported wheat worth nearly USD 2 billion from Russia and USD 611 million from Ukraine every year. Egypt imported about 1 million tonne of wheat from India.

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Vivek Johri, Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), presented a set of Time Release Studies (TRS) conducted by the department.
TRS is a performance measurement tool for assessing the cargo clearance process of the international trade, as recommended by the World Trade Organization (WTO) under the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and the World Customs Organization (WCO).