Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Union Ministry of External Affairs of India has recently launched a platform called the Trilateral Development Corporation (TDC).
The fund would involve private sectors with state support for investments in the Indo-Pacific region and other regions. It aims to provide an alternative to China’s Belt-Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure development strategy. UK offers 5G, nuclear and high-speed rail technologies for BRI.

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The Indian team ended its campaign at Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 with a total of 17 medals- one gold, five silvers and 11 bronze.
On the Final day, India’s Freestyle wrestlers Deepak Punia and Vicky bag Silver Medal and Bronze Medal respectively. Indian team won in all the categories of Greco Roman, Women’s freestyle and Men’s freestyle.

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As part of ‘Operation Matysa’, as much as 3,645.88 kg of stale and chemical-laced fish has been seized and destroyed in the state of Kerala.
Over 100 inspections were conducted across the State, as per the statement from the office of Health Minister Veena George. Fish samples were collected and sent to the Food Safety department’s laboratories for analysis.

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Andhra Pradesh Tourism Ministry re-launched the refurbished ‘Bodhisiri’ cruise boat operated by the state Tourism Development Corporation in Krishna River, at Punnami Ghat.
The boat was originally launched by former Chief Minister the late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2004, and it was taken off the river in 2019 due to repairs. It is being re-introduced after refurbishing at an estimated price of Rs 30 lakh.

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The United Kingdom has recently provided  Stormer armored missile launchers to Ukraine, in a bid to stop the Russian army, which has begun a full-scale offensive in Eastern Ukraine.
The Starstreak missiles that were earlier sent to Ukraine by the UK can be mounted on these launchers to attack aircraft. The Starstreak missile has reportedly shot down a Russian attack helicopter recently.

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Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Bengal government to train and support local artisans, weavers and handicraft makers.
The local artisans would leverage its e-commerce platform to scale up their businesses nationally. The agreement was signed with the state’s Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and textiles department.

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Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh launched ‘Azadi se Antyodaya Tak,’ 90-day inter-ministerial campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The identified districts are aligned with the birthplace of 100 Indian Freedom Fighters. The campaign aims to saturate 75 Districts with 17 beneficiary schemes of 9 central ministries and departments namely MoRD, MoW&CD, MoL&E, MoSD&E, DH&FW, DFS, DSJ&E, DA&FW and DAH&D.

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The 7th edition of International conference on Pharma and Medical Devices sector 2022 was recently held in New Delhi.
The Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry conferred India Pharma and India Medical Devices Awards 2022 on the occasion. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has announced six main categories of the awards namely -Leaders Category, Company of the year, MSME of the year, Start-ups of the year, Innovation Category, CSR Category.

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Jamtara district of Jharkhand is the only district in the country where all gram panchayats have community libraries.
This district with a population of about eight lakh has a total of 118 gram panchayats and each panchayat has a well-equipped library.  Career counselling sessions and motivational classes are also provided to students at free of cost in the libraries.

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The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal under the Home Affairs Ministry has changed the helpline number 155260 to ‘1930’. It can be used for immediate reporting in case of any financial fraud committed via cyber means.
The Cyber Crime Division of Punjab Police has recently developed a multifunctional web-portal, where citizens can immediately report all kinds of cyber frauds. Using this portal one can also download First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in state Cyber Crime Police Stations. Under ‘Cyber Safe’, users can verify UPI, Account No. before making transactions to prevent frauds.