Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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India is the world’s second largest consumer of Gold, only after China. India’s gold imports rose by 33.34 per cent to ₹46.14 billion during the 2021-22 fiscal, due to high demand.
In the previous fiscal, Gold imports were worth ₹34.62 billion. The rise in gold imports during the last year contributed to the widening of the trade deficit to USD 192.41 billion, against USD 102.62 billion in 2020-21.

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On the occasion of Ram Navami, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 14th Foundation Day celebration at Umiya Mata Temple at Junagadh in Gujarat via video conferencing.
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the temple in 2008, when he was the Chief Minister. Umiya Maa is considered as the Clan-deity or Kuldevi of the KadavaPatidars.

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter Scale, hit Campbell Bay in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as per the National Center for Seismology.
National Center for Seismology (NCS) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring earthquake activity in the country.

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners of the Adaptation Innovation Marketplace (AIM) have announced USD 2.2 million in climate action grants for 22 local innovators across 19 countries, including India.
The initiative empowers local actors and contributes to the principles for locally led action, which have been endorsed by UNDP and partners around the world.  The funding will enhance local climate action and accelerate the delivery of targets of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.

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Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R recently won the ‘2022 Kvika Reykjavik Open Tournament’ in Iceland.
The 16-year-old Indian grandmaster won a crucial game against his compatriot GM Gukesh D. (15) in the final round. Praggnanandhaa is the fifth-youngest person in the world to achieve the title of Grandmaster in 2018.

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India is the host of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2022 and the event will be held across three venues – Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai.
The draw for the tournament will be held in Zurich on June 24. Host India and six other countries – Brazil, Chile, China PR, Colombia, Japan and New Zealand have been confirmed for the competition so far.

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for technology development.
The joint partnership between IAF and IIT Madras aims to accelerate IAF’s indigenisation efforts to achieve ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The focus is on finding indigenous solutions for sustenance of various weapon systems.

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The government has recently approved financial support to 61 companies, including seven foreign ones, for its textiles production linked incentive (PLI) scheme. These companies plan investment of Rs 19,077 crore and a projected turnover is Rs 184,917 crore over a period of 5 years.
Under the PLI scheme, the Centre will provide financial support for five years for manufacturing these products in the country.

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The Supreme Court directed Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) not to exclude candidates suffering from colour blindness from its courses on film making and editing.
It also asked FTII to make changes to its curriculum instead. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea by a candidate whose admission in 2015 for post-graduate diploma in film editing at FTII was recalled after the institute found he is colour blind.

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The Chennakeshava temple in Belur continued with its age-old tradition of starting the Rathotsava (chariot festival) after reciting passages from the Quran by a Maulvi.
The Karnataka Endowment department allowed the temple authorities to go ahead with the practice. Hundreds of people from across the state visited the Chennakeshava temple to witness the two-day festival.