Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2023

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Veteran Liberation War fighter and public health activist Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka at the age of 81.
Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury set up the Gonoshasthaya Kendra in 1972 to provide affordable and quality treatment to underprivileged people. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Community Leadership category in 1985 and the Right Livelihood Prize in 1992. In 1977, he was awarded the Independence Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh.

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Nisha Dahia has won a Silver medal in 68kg category in Asian Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.
Nisha had defeated China’s Feng Zhou 7-6 in the semi-finals. Another Indian wrestler, Priya Malik clinched a bronze in 76 kg category. She defeated Japan’s Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its GDP growth forecast for India for the financial year 2023-24 by 20 basis points to 5.9 per cent.
In its latest bi-annual World Economic Outlook, RBI also announced that India’s retail inflation to ease from 6.7 per cent in FY23 to 4.9 per cent in FY24 and current account deficit to come down to 2.2 per cent of GDP from 2.6 per cent in FY23.

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Baisakhi is a spring harvest festival celebrated primarily in northern parts of India. It marks the start of the month of Vaisakh.
Vaisakhi is a spring festival which happens in the month of April every year. It is a day to celebrate 1699 – the year when Sikhism was born as a collective faith. Vaisakhi has been a harvest festival in Punjab for a long time, even before it became so important to Sikhs.

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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is a 6-meter diameter telescope situated in Chile’s Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert.
It was used to create a detailed map of dark matter, which agrees with Einstein’s theory of gravity.

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The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has announced the launch of a pilot phase of ‘Mission 50K-EV4ECO’
The pilot scheme aims at strengthening the EV ecosystem, including uptake for two, three and four-wheelers through direct and indirect lending.

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Bohag Bihu is an ethnic festival celebrated in North-eastern India, especially in Assam. This year, this 7-day festival will be celebrated in Assam from April 14 to April 20.
It celebrates the onset of the Assamese new year. It is also called as the Rongali Bihu. The first day of the Bihu is dedicated to cattle, which provides livelihood.

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Union Tourism Minister G Krishan Reddy and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar flagged off Bharat Gaurav Tourist train to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar from New Delhi.
Government has developed Panchteerth, five place associated with Dr Ambedkar. During the 8-day tour, the train will cover cities including, New Delhi, Mhow, Nagpur, Varanasi and sacred Buddhist sites like Sanchi, Sarnath, Gayaand Rajgir and Nalanda.

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed financial support of USD 1 billion to Pakistan. This was announced by the Finance Minister of Pakistan.
Pakistan is tackling a major economic crisis as it awaits USD 1.1 billion tranche of funding from the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, part of a USD 6.5 billion bailout package the IMF approved in 2019.

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Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India, spanning across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
To ensure smooth traffic flow, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has enabled FASTag-based payments at forest entry points across Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR).