Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has provided the approval for Rs 600 crore to the Maharashtra government under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund. The state will revive and upgrade various ITIs /polytechnics to create skilled manpower.
SIDBI is the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

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Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the ‘Kisan Bhagidari-Prathmikta Hamari’ Campaign.
The week-long campaign is being organized under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in association with other Ministries will organize awareness activities about its schemes and other allied Ministries. Kisan Mela will be organised at all Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country tomorrow in association with Agricultural Technology Management Agency, ATMA.

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India and the European Union recently agreed to establish a Trade and Technology Council. Such a decision to set up the council is the first for India with any of its partners and second for the EU, after the first one with the US.
The Council will serve as a strategic mechanism to address the challenges of ensuring technology and security amidst rapid geopolitical changes.

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As per the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh government will give Rs 900 per month for farmers for rearing indigenous cows to promote natural farming.
Another objective of the scheme is to deal with the problem of stray cattle, which has become an issue of concern for farmers in Madhya Pradesh. There are about 8.5 Lakh stray cattle in the state, according to the 20th Livestock Survey. To support natural farming, the state will appoint five workers in every block, who will motivate the farmers to take up natural farming.

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The Ministry of Electronics and IT launched the ‘Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V)’ program. It aims to enable creation of Microprocessors and achieve industry-grade Silicon and Design wins by December 2023.
It also set milestones for commercial silicon of SHAKTI & VEGA and their design wins by December 2023.  DIR-V will see partnerships with Startups, Academia and Multinationals to make India, a RISC-V Talent Hub for the World as well as supplier of RISC-V SoC (System on Chips) for Servers, Mobile devices, Automotive, IoT & Microcontrollers.

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The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to open a new Indian mission in Lithuania in 2022, to deepen political relations and strategic cooperation and enable growth of bilateral trade with the Baltic country.
The decision to open an embassy in Lithuania is a part of the government’s pursuit of its national priority of growth and development or ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ initiative. India’s diplomatic presence in Lithuania will provide market access for companies and improve exports of goods and services.

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Ministry of Development of North-East Region is organising North-East Festival across all the eight North Eastern States from as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The Seven-day Festival aims to showcase the achievements of North Eastern Region with the Spirit of ‘Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi’. The programmes will cover the critical areas including infrastructure, investment potential, energy needs and role of women.

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According to the Labour and Employment Ministry’s third Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) report, over 4 lakh jobs were created in firms with 10 or more workers in 9 selected sectors in October-December 2021.
The Ministry’s survey, which covered 10,834 units established before 2013-14 in the third round, found employment had increased from 3.10 crore in July-September 2021 to 3.145 crore in the next quarter.

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is an autonomous body under Ministry of Education. The Education Ministry has scrapped quotas in several categories including that of Ministry of Education, Sponsoring Agency, MPs, and District Magistrate (DM) for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas. It will free up about 40,000 seats in KVs across the country.
Earlier, the KVS had put on hold all discretionary quotas for admissions to KV schools across the country, following a review of KVS functioning was carried out by the Education Minister and Chairman KVS Dharmendra Pradhan.

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In the West Darfur province of Sudan, violent clashes left more than 200 people dead and 103 injured. At least eight men belonging to the African Masalit tribe and seven Arab men were killed in the attack.
The Kreinik town in Darfur was stormed by a large group of heavily armed individuals, who looted the houses and killed people. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sudan to protect the population and take steps to prevent further outbreaks of communal violence.