Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2021

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ICLED or inter-band cascade light emitting device is a new type of high-powered light emitting diode that are used in quantitative analysis of several chemicals.
It emits light in the mid IR wavelength regions. It was recently used to develop low-cost sensors to detect methane emission with high accuracy.

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The Starship mission was developed by SpaceX, a firm based at the United States. SpaceX Starship system is a fully reusable, two-stage-to-orbit heavy-lift launch vehicle.
The system comprises of a booster stage called Super Heavy. The second stage of the vehicle is called as Starship.

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The Hindu Group won two golds and two silvers at WAN IFRA’s South Asian Digital Media Awards. The World Association of News Publishers or WAN-IFRA, is a global organisation of the world’s press.
The company was named as the ‘Champion Publisher of the Year’. The Hindu #KeepTheHabit campaign won a gold in ‘Best Native Advertising/Branded Content Campaign’. Sportstar’s website won a gold in ‘Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services’.

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The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky released the ‘State of Stalkerware 2020’ report. Stalkerware is a form of malicious app installed to secretly monitor their phone activities.
Russia was the most impacted country with 12,389 users, followed by Brazil (6,523) and US (4,745). India was the fourth most impacted nation targeted by stalkerware.

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Start-up placement firm Vahan launched a WhatsApp API (application programming interface) enabled chatbot called ‘Mitra’.
Using the chatbot, the company has reached 1 lakh milestone in providing employment opportunities to over 1 lakh blue collared professionals and a large number of grey collared professionals.

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Kermadec Islands is a group of sub-tropical islands located in the southern part of Pacific Ocean. It is located in the north-east of New Zealand.
They are uninhabited and are under the administration of New Zealand. Three earthquakes recently hit the southern Pacific Ocean near the Kermadec Islands and New Zealand.

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Stand Up India Scheme was launched in the year 2016 to promote entrepreneurship among the underserved sector of people such as Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Women.
It aims to provide bank loans between Rs.10 lakh and Rs.1 crore to at least one SC or ST borrower and 1 woman borrower per bank branch to set up a greenfield enterprise. As per a recent government data, over 81% of the account holders under the scheme are women.

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French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault recently died in a helicopter crash occurred in northwest France.
He was also a member of the National Assembly of the country. He was a descendant of the Dassault aircraft-making family. The Dassault Aviation group is a leading French plane manufacturer. He was estimated to be the 361st most wealthy person on the planet.

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The European Union under its plan of ‘2030 Digital Compass’ released its plan to produce a fifth of the global output of front-line semiconductors.
It seeks to achieve the status at the end of this decade and aims to make its first quantum computer in five years. The plan aims to reduce the reliance on key technologies owned by Chinese and U.S. companies

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Ministry of Home Affairs launched the ‘National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal’ in 2019, to provide a centralised mechanism for online reporting of cybercrime incidents.
Recently, the Union Home Ministry announced that a total of 3,17,439 cybercrimes and 5,771 FIRs were registered online through the portal in the last 18 months. Maharashtra and Karnataka registered a significant number of cases