Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The United Nations Human Rights Council is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. It is headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) suspended Russia from Human Rights Council as 93 countries voted in favour of the draft resolution, 24 countries voted against it, and 58 countries abstained. India abstained from voting on the draft resolution to suspend Russia from UNHRC.

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has scrapped the charges levied on USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) messages.
USSD enables financial and banking transactions in feature phones. So far, the charge was 50 paise per USSD session. A charge of 50 paise per USSD session has been deducted so far.

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 on distinguished artists.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship was given to four artistes: Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Dancer and choreographer Jatin Goswami, Dancer Sonal Mansingh and Dance teacher Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram. 40 others were honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards and the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards were also presented.

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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a two-day National Judicial Conference on Mediation and Information Technology, being organised by the High Court of Gujarat.
The Conference is being organised at Ekta Nagar, Narmada district of Gujarat. The President pointed out that ‘Mediation’ is yet to find wide acceptance across the country. He lauded the Mediator and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court, for organising training programmes.

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The 20^th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held in Pakke tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav.
For the first time in history the NTCA meeting was held outside the national capital. The Minster directed that these meetings will be held outside Delhi in forest areas or in tiger reserves, in order to get first hand information about the reserve and local issues.

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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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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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For the second consecutive year, Hyderabad has been recognised as one of the ‘Tree Cities of the World’.
It is a tag presented by Arbor Day Foundation and Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Over 3.50 Crore trees have been planted over the last two years, according to the certification of recognition given to the city. Mumbai was received the tag.

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Founder and CEO of Nykaa, Falguni Nayar has been named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021. A M Naik, Group Chairman, Larsen & Toubro, was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Falguni Nayar was also announced as the wealthiest new entrant in the Hurun Global Rich List 2022, recently. She will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY).