Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The Reserve Bank of India released a three-year schedule for non-individual borrowers with aggregate exposures of Rs 5 crore or more to obtain Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes.
The LEI is a 20-character alpha-numeric code used to uniquely identify parties in global financial transactions. It is implemented to improve the quality of financial data reporting systems. Those with exposure above Rs 25 crore from banks and financial institutions will have to get LEI code on or before April 30, 2023; exposure between Rs 10 to 25 crore by 2024 and Rs 5 to 10 Crore by 2025.

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During the visit of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India, the two countries signed a number of agreements including two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on Nuclear Energy Partnership and Global Innovation Partnership (GIP)
The MoU on Cooperation on Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership was signed between India’s Department of Atomic Energy and its UK counterpart. MoU on GIP was signed between India’s Ministry of External Affairs and UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Palli, situated in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Samba became the country’s first ‘carbon neutral panchayat’.
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi recently dedicated to the nation a 500 KV solar plant installed in a record time of nearly three weeks. Under ‘Gram Urja Swaraj’ programme, 1,500 solar panels in a total area of 6,408 square metres will provide clean electricity to 340 houses in the model panchayat.

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Formula One world champion Max Verstappen and Jamaican Olympic sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah have been named 2022 Laureus World Sportsman and Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year respectively
Italian Men’s Football Team won their second Laureus Team of the Year Award while Global tennis sensation Emma Raducanu received the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award.

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Tea mosquito bugs (Helopeltis antonii) have attacked acres of cashew crops in Odisha’s Ganjam District.  Climate change is one of the reasons behind the infestation.
The bug generally infected the cashew plantations in the south Indian states. The market value of the crop is substantially reduced because of its warty appearance. Odisha is the third-largest state in cashew cultivation, production and processing in the country after Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

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Andhra Pradesh Tourism Ministry re-launched the refurbished ‘Bodhisiri’ cruise boat operated by the state Tourism Development Corporation in Krishna River, at Punnami Ghat.
The boat was originally launched by former Chief Minister the late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2004, and it was taken off the river in 2019 due to repairs. It is being re-introduced after refurbishing at an estimated price of Rs 30 lakh.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the investment of Rs 4,526.12 crore for the 540 MW Kwar Hydro-electric project.
It is located on Chenab River in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. The Kwar hydropower project will be implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Ltd (CVPPL), a joint venture company between NHPC Ltd and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC).

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Russia announced that it has decided to withdraw from the Spain-based United Nations World Tourism Organisation ahead of the scheduled vote on their suspension.
Despite the withdrawal, UNWTO made it clear that they will go ahead with the suspension, due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The process of excluding Russia from the body will take around a year to finish.

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The 7th edition of International conference on Pharma and Medical Devices sector 2022 was recently held in New Delhi.
The Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry conferred India Pharma and India Medical Devices Awards 2022 on the occasion. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has announced six main categories of the awards namely -Leaders Category, Company of the year, MSME of the year, Start-ups of the year, Innovation Category, CSR Category.

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Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise is the world’s oldest animal on land, so far. The tortoise is set to celebrate its 190th birthday this year.
He was born in Seychelles in 1832 but currently lives on the South Atlantic Island of St. Helena. Fregate, an island of Seychelles, has started its Census of giant tortoises. It is home to the second biggest giant tortoise population in the world after the Aldabra atoll. After the census of 2021, the population was estimated between 2,000 to 2,500 tortoises.