Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The Indian Coast Guard Ship (Auxiliary Barge) named Urja Pravaha has been inducted into the Indian Coast Guard at Gujarat’s Bharuch.
It will be under the operational command of Coast Guard District Headquarters-4 (Kerala and Mahe), in addition to auxiliary barge Urja Shrota, which was based here since 2017. The ship is 36 meters long and is designed to carry Cargo Ship Fuel, Aviation Fuel and Fresh Water.

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Expert panel of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has recommended granting emergency use authorisation for Corbevax for children in 5 to 12 years age group.
Developed by Hyderabad-based firm Biological-E, Corbevax is India’s first indigenously developed RBD protein sub-unit vaccine against Covid-19. At present, Corbevax is being given to children between 12 and 14 years. Covaxin is being given to children in the age group of 15-18 years.

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The Ministry of Environment data shows that the country generated 651.23 tonnes of BMW per day in 2020. After the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, the daily BMW output rose by about 962.31 tonnes in two years. 60 per cent of BMW generated daily during this period was Covid-related.
Kerala generated about 40.41 tonnes of BMW per day in 2020 and 178.37 tonnes of Covid-related BMW from 2020 to 2022. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh also lead in BMW generation. Maharashtra has the highest number of Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (30), while Kerala has 1 facility.

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Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship foreign policy and geo-economics conference. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the seventh edition with the chief guest Ursula von der Leyen, the President of European Union Commission.
Over 200 speakers from 90 countries are participating in the seventh edition. The conference is a joint venture of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF). This year’s theme is “Terranova: Impassioned, Impatient, and Imperilled”.

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Emmanuel Macron has won the Presidential Election of France amidst historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
Macron became the first French leader to be re-elected to the Office in 20 years. The historic elections were keenly noted as it could have shattered Western alliance against Russia, and jeopardizing the survival of the European Union.

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The ‘India Art Fair (IAF)’ is set to be organised at New Delhi after a year’s break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is the biggest event for Indian art and artists focussed on trade and networking. The other format of a cultural art event is the Biennale, which is more focussed on cultural exchange and discussions.  This year’s event will be the 13th edition of the fair.

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On 26 April every year, the ‘International Chernobyl Remembrance Day’ is observed to mark the nuclear accident that occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986.
The disaster is considered to be the biggest nuclear accident in the world. Hence, the United Nations decided to mark the International Chernobyl Remembrance Day to highlight the impact of the incident, which exposed around 8.4 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia to radiation.

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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is set to host 21st World Congress of Accountants (WCOA), for the first time in 118 years of its existence. The WCOA is held every four years since it was started in 1904.
The event will be held in November 2022 in the newly built ‘Jio World Convention Centre’, Mumbai. About 6000 top accountants from 130 countries will participate in the programme directly and over 10000 will join virtually. The theme of the event would be `Building Trust Enabling Sustainability’.

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Indian Coast Guard has commissioned ICGS ‘Saksham’, the fifth Coast Guard Ship in the series of 105 M-Class offshore patrol vessels.
Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Saksham is the fifth and last Offshore Patrol Vessel designed and developed by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for Coast Guard. It uses totally indigenous steering gear and gearbox, which was earlier being imported. GSL is the first DPSU Shipyard to formulate and adopt a Make-in-India Policy.

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The 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai has authored a book titled ‘Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI’.
The Supreme Court of India appointed Vinod Rai as the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2017. The book is said to be a transparent commentary on the functioning of BCCI under the guidance of the Committee of Administrators (CoA).