Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Central Mine Planning & Design Institute is Mini Ratna company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL).
The company has obtained approval from the Ministry of Civil Aviation for use of drones to survey the coalfield areas of Coal India Ltd and for monitoring various mining activities.

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“Nomadland” won four prizes including the one for Best picture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Chloe Zhao, became only the second woman, and the first woman of color, to win the BAFTA for best director for the movie ‘Nomadland’. Best actor award went to 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins while Best actress award was given to Frances McDormand.

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India has recently become the second-most affected Covid-19 country in the world overtaking Brazil. The top position is held by the United States of America.
Recently, India has been reporting more than 1.5 lakh COVID cases every day and the overall infection has crossed 13.53 million.

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal virtually inaugurated e-SANTA, an electronic marketplace to connect aqua farmers and the buyers.
eSanta stands for “Electronic Solution for Augmenting National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) farmers’ Trade in Aquaculture”. NaCSA is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).

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Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club to become the first player from Japan to claim a men’s major championship.
The 29-year-old has 15 worldwide wins, eight career top-10 finishes in major championships, and four Presidents Cup appearances. In 2012, Matsuyama reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

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New Zealand has become the first country in the world to introduce a Climate Change law for Financial sector.
The law requires banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business. It requires financial firms to explain how they would manage climate-related risks and opportunities.

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In the South American country of Chile, has witnessed the spread of a killer algae which has claimed the lives of more than 4,200 tonnes of salmon. The algal bloom has led to decreased water availability in waters that led to suffocating the salmon.
This is considered to be the latest mass mortality event recorded in Chile, which is the world’s second largest producer of salmon.

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Wular, Asia’s second largest freshwater lake is located in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is fed by the Jhelum River. The lake’s size varies from 12 to 100 square miles seasonally.
A massive work to remove silt is in process. The project to clean the lake had a deadline of June this year. As per the officials, around 48.94 lakh cubic metres of silt has been removed.

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The Benin Bronzes are a group of over a thousand metal plaques and sculptures located in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin.
The Benin city is situated in modern-day southern Nigeria. It was famous for its skilled artisans that produced works of huge historic and cultural importance. In 1897, the British soldiers plundered Benin City, stealing a set of metal sculptures. Recently, UK accepted that the objects will be supplied by their current European custodians, initially on loan for three years.

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Ajay Seth, a 1987-batch Karnataka cadre officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), took charge as new Economic Affairs Secretary.
Ajay Seth was previously serving as the Managing director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. The new economic affairs Secretary will coordinate the policy efforts of various stakeholders of the government, the Reserve Bank of India and states to maintain the economic growth.