Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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India unveiled a ‘National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies Elimination’(NAPRE) by 2030. It has been drafted by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in consultation with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying.
World Rabies Day is observed on September 28. NAPRE is based on 5 major pillars – political will, sustained funding, intersectoral planning, coordination and review, community planning, and operational research.

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The world marks the second International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste on September 29, 2021. UNEP also launched the ‘Food is Never Waste’ Coalition at the UN Food Systems Summit held recently.
The theme of the day this year is ‘Stop Food Loss and Waste; For the People; For the Planet”. Around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while 17 percent of total global food production is wasted across the world in various stages. World Heart Day is also celebrated on 29 September. The theme of this year is ‘USE HEART TO CONNECT’.

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National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM), which was announced for three years (2020-21 to 2022-23), aims for the development of scientific beekeeping in the country to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet Revolution’.
It is being implemented through National Bee Board (NBB). Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently launched ‘Amul Honey- a product of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. with cooperation with ‘National Bee Board’.

 

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Japan’s former foreign minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace Yoshihide Suga as the Prime minister. He has won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership vote on Wednesday.
The 64-year-old is set to replace PM Suga, after his approval ratings fell within his first year in office. Japan is facing a stagnant economy damaged  by the coronavirus pandemic, unprecedented public health crisis, and increased political threatening by China.

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AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) has inked an MoU with NABARD for rural development initiatives in the state of Rajasthan.
The MoU involves initiatives by AU SFB and NABARD for benefit of farmers, FPOs, self-help groups (SHG), joint liability groups (JLG), rural artisans, agri-entrepreneurs, agri start-ups among others. It will also increase lending in the state especially in areas related to agriculture and rural development.

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The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under the aegis Union Ayush Ministry has developed an immunity booster kit for children named “Bal Raksha Kit”, which can be consumed by children upto the age of 16 years. This can be undertaken by the children till the time vaccine is available for COVID 19 disease.
The Ministry has planned that, on National Ayurveda Day (November 2), 10,000 Bal Raksha kits would be distributed free-of-cost.

 

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The Reserve Bank of India has mandated all banks to make Additional Factor Authentication (AFA) by way of OTP for all recurring or repetitive payments of value Rs.5000 and above, especially for the ones made through credit and debit cards. This has come into effect from 1st October 2021.
RBI has also mandated that customers are notified about the scheduled payment 24 hrs in advance by the bank.

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Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award is the Government of Assam’s highest civilian award for National Integration and National Contribution. Gopinath Bordoloi was a freedom fighter, Assam’s first Chief Minister after independence and Bharat Ratna awardee.
The award carries a prize of Rs.5 lakh, a citation and an Angabastram. This year’s award was presented by the Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu.

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The Odisha government has provided ₹445.75 crore to distribution companies (DISCOMs) to increase the ground clearance of electrical networks. The DISCOMs would replace bare conductors in elephant corridors.
According to the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO), 862 elephants have lost their lives between April 2010 August 2021. It also highlights that as many as 135, or nearly 16% of those elephants died due to electrocution.

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The Government of India’s Union Ministry of Road transport and highways has launched a scheme named “Good Samaritan”.
Under the scheme, anyone who saves the life of a road accident victim would be incentivized with Rs.5000/- and a certificate, if the victims are rushed to hospital within the “Golden hour”. Also, individuals could be awarded a maximum of five times in a year under the scheme.