Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Veteran economist Prabhat Patnaik has been selected for the 2022 Malcom Adiseshiah Award. The award is annually given by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust to an exemplary social scientist.
Prabhat Patnaik, who was born in Odisha, has taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. He has also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board.

 

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National Fire Service Day commemorates the 71 Fire Service personnel who lost their lives during a massive explosion at Mumbai dockyard on April 14, 1944.
The government of India also honours fearless fire-fighters on National Fire Service Day, who have done extraordinary work in their service. This year the theme of the National Fire Service Day is “Learn Fire Safety, Increase Productivity”.

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Legendary Odia singer and music director Prafulla Kar passed away recently at the age of 83. He was also an eminent lyricist, writer and columnist.
The musician had received the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2015 and was honoured with Jayadeva award in 2004. He also received the state film award eight times, six times continuously. He was known for recording Odia Bhagabat and Odia Chhanda, a rare collection of traditional Odia songs.

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The World Bank is reducing its global growth forecast for 2022 by nearly a full percentage point, to 3.2% from 4.1%, as announced by World Bank President David Malpass.
The reason for reduction is due to the impacts from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The biggest component of growth forecast reduction was a 4.1% contraction in the Europe and Central Asia region (comprising Ukraine, Russia and surrounding countries).

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A group of Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel named ‘Ariosoma indicum’ from specimens collected from fishing harbours in Kerala and West Bengal.
The newly discovered eel belongs to the Congrid eels group. The term Indicum means that it was found in India. Indian Council of Agriculture Research-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR), Lucknow is working on fish genetic resources for intellectual property protection.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the celebrations of the 400th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at Red Fort in New Delhi.
The programme is being organized by the Government of India in collaboration with the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The Prime Minister also released a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion.

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Russia recently tested its new Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Sarmat. The RS-28 Sarmat (also called as Satan-II) is claimed to be able to carry ten or more warheads and decoys.
It has the capability of firing over either of the earth’s poles with a range of 11,000 to 18,000 km. Sarmat is named after nomadic tribes who were in the present-day Southern Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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On the occasion of Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration.
They were instituted to recognize the extraordinary work done by Districts/implementing units and Central/State organisations for the welfare of common citizens. A total of 16 awards for 5 identified Priority Programmes and for innovations in the sphere of public administration/delivery of services etc. were given this year.

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Government think tank NITI Aayog and UNICEF India signed a statement of intent (SoI) on sustainable development goals (SDGs) with a focus on children.
The SoI seeks to formalise a framework of cooperation to launch the first report on the ‘State of India’s Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development’.

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The Brazil Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Bento Albuquerque paid an official visit to India, on the invitation of the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas- Hardeep Singh Puri.
The leaders reviewed the existing bilateral cooperation across the energy sector and committed to enhance the partnership between the countries. The two sides also agreed to work towards developing an Indian-Brazil Alliance for Bioenergy and Biofuels.