Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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Every year on 25th March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed by the United Nations.
This day remembers those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system. It also aims to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice.

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Saurabh Garg – a senior bureaucrat and 1991 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, has been appointed as the Chief Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). This has been announced by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
The committee has appointed him in the rank of Additional Secretary.

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Chairman of the fast moving consumer goods firm Marico, Mr Harsh Mariwala has been selected as the EY Entrepreneur for 2020.
Prathap Chandra Reddy, founder and executive chairman of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. was given the lifetime achievement award. Byju Raveendran was awarded for business transformation, while Peyush Bansal of Lenskart was awarded in the start-up category.

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The Union health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has recently launched the “Tribal TB Initiative”. This is a part of the TB Mukt Bharat. He inaugurated the initiative via videoconference from his office.
This is a part of the Union Government to eliminate Tuberculosis from India by the year 2025, much ahead of the global target of eliminating TB by 2030.

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The Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi is on a 2-day official visit to Bangladesh as a part of National Day celebrations in Bangladesh.
During his visit, he has inaugurated the “Bangabandhu-Bapu Museum” together with his counterpart of Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.

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Norway has recently got the approval to construct what’s being claimed as the world’s first ship tunnel, to help vessels navigate the Stadhavet Sea
It is to be constructed as a mile-long 118-feet-wide tunnel, that will burrow through the Stadhavet peninsula in north-west Norway. This project will cost around 2.8 billion Norwegian kroner (USD 330 million) and will take between three to four years.

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Garhwal Himalaya, a sub-range of the Himalayas, is located in the state of Uttarakhand. It is named so because of several Garhs (forts) found in this mountainous region.
Recently, a team of researchers found that during 8th Century CE, these forts were strategically built to form clusters and varied levels like valleys, ridges and hill tops. The rulers used them to relay information signals using smoke and fire when facing enemy attack.

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As per the recent report from the University of Maryland and available on Global Forest Watch, the tropical region has lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover in 2020.
Out of the total cover, deforestation of around 4.2 million hectares occurred within humid tropical primary forest. The resulting carbon emissions from this primary forest loss is about 2.64 Gt CO2. The Primary forest loss was also 12% higher in 2020 than the year before.

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The Indian Railways has recorded highest ever electrification in a single year, covering 6,015 Route Kilometre (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21. This was released as a statement by the Railways recently.
It has surpassed its previous year’s achievement of 5,276 RKM in 2019-20 and this fete was achieved amidst COVID pandemic.

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The Union Minister of Finance has notified that business entities with turnover of more than Rs 5 crore will have to furnish six-digit HSN – Harmonised System of Nomenclature on the invoices issued for supplies.
HSN is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products which came into effect in 1988.