Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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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.

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Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) is a research organisation, functioning under Indian Railways.
Indian Railways has announced that the operation of diesel locomotives with B-5 bio-diesel have been tested by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO). Bio-diesel may be used for running diesel locomotives in a pilot initially.

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Three Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-13 mission returned to earth after 183 days in spaces, completing the country’s longest crewed space mission to date.
After their launch in October, the astronauts spent 183 days in space, completing the fifth of 11 missions needed to finish the space station by the end of the year.

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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) released the ‘2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Bridging the Finance Divide’.
As per the report, pandemic shock pushed 77 million more people into extreme poverty in 2021, and by the end of the year many economies remained below pre-2019 levels. The report estimates that in 1 in 5 developing countries’ GDP per capita would not return to 2019 levels by the end of 2023.

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All India Radio News has launched a weekly interactive programme, Abhyaas for Competitive Examinations.
It aims to guide students and job seekers preparing for competitive examinations. The program also includes segments like Explainer, Factfile, Examination Calendar and Question of the Week. A guest speaker or expert responds to the queries of students.

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South Africa’s eastern region has been hit by more rain after the deadliest storm stroke the country. It has killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless.
Recovery operations and humanitarian relief are under way in the Durban city of 3.5 million people. The floods have damaged more than 13,500 houses and completely destroyed about 4,000. The government has announced one billion rand (USD 68m) in emergency relief funding.

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Baolis are ancient water structures resembling step-wells used for water consumptions, used as resting places among others. The system of step-wells collapsed after decentralisation and agriculture intensification.
Union Minister for Culture G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Photo exhibition on the Baolis of Delhi “Absent Appearance- A Shifting score of water bodies” on the occasion of World Heritage Day in New Delhi.

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‘World Liver Day’ is observed on every 19 April, to spread awareness about liver related diseases. AS per WHO data, one in five Indians is likely to suffer from a liver disease.
In 2018, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India launched National Viral Hepatitis Control Program. It aims at prevention and control of viral hepatitis in India in order to achieve Sustainable Developmental Goal 3.3 by 2030.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a project to manufacture 9,000 Horsepower (HP) electric locomotives in Dahod district.
He inaugurated projects worth over ₹20,000 crore in Gujarat’s tribal belt Dahod and Panchmahal. India is one of the few countries that make 9,000 horsepower locomotives. The refurbished workshop would manufacture broad gauge electric locomotives for Indian Railways and standard gauge electric locomotives for export market.

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The 2022 United Nations Chinese Language Day and the second Overseas Chinese Language Video Festival has been held successfully.
“China Chic” was chosen as the theme of UN Chinese Language Day celebrations this year. It is a modern way to promote Chinese cultural diversity among the younger generation and to empower those for whom Chinese is not a first language.