Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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India’s captain Rohit Sharma and ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah have been honoured by Wisden as two of their Five Cricketers Of The Year.
They were named along with New Zealand opener Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and South Africa Women captain Dane van Niekerk. England skipper Joe Root was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2022 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

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The Galilean moons (or Galilean satellites) are the four largest moons of Jupiter namely Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were first seen by Galileo Galilei in early 1610s.
Europa is Jupiter’s sixth closest moon and the smallest of the four Galilean moons. A new study has hinted at the presence of shallow pools of underground salt water under the icy shell of Europa. The study has made these pools a promising location in the search for life.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions to protect democracy.
The foundation said four U.S. officials were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections including Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea Shaye Moss.

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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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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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Kerala and Netherlands have signed an MoU for the Cosmos Malabaricus project to help illustrate the history of the southern state in the 18th century.
The agreement also aims to establish paint academics at two Kerala cities: Kollam and Malappuram. The Cosmos Malabaricas project is being implemented by the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR), the National Archives of the Netherlands and the University of Leiden.  It aims to make the digitised Dutch archival material accessible to international scholars and the people of Kerala.

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The Ministry of Steel recently announced that the country exported 13.5 million tonnes (mt) of finished steel amounting to ₹1 trillion and imported steel of around ₹46000 crores.
India also recorded an all time steel high consumption at around 106 million tonnes and production at 120 million tonnes. Government of India launched Production Linked Scheme (PLI) to produce speciality steel in our country.

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Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Bengal government to train and support local artisans, weavers and handicraft makers.
The local artisans would leverage its e-commerce platform to scale up their businesses nationally. The agreement was signed with the state’s Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and textiles department.

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Watering hole attack, also known as a supply chain attack, is one of the forms of Cyber Attacks.
The watering hole is a technique in which the attacker observes the websites an organisation often uses and infects them with malware. Top websites such as Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Twitter were exploited to execute watering hole attacks recently.

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India recently commemorated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.  India and Japan had established their diplomatic relations on April 28, 1952.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently visited India for two days for the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit with PM Modi. The two countries also launched several new initiatives including development of India’s northeast, bamboo cultivation and processing, among others.