Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2021

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Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions which is a start-up firm formed by alumni of IIT Madras in 2016, has constructed India’s first 3D-printed house.
Concrete 3D Printing technology is an automated and computerised manufacturing method, which creates real time 3D structures from a design file.

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The Network for Greening the Financial system (NGFS) was launched at the Paris One Planet Summit on December 2017.
It is a group of Central banks and supervisors willing to share the best practices and contribute to the development of the environment and climate risk management in the financial sector. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently joined the NGFS Group as a Member.

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The Indian Ocean humpback dolphin is a member of the Ocean Dolphin family, which occupy coastal areas ranging from Southern Africa to Western Indochina.
The dolphins are included in the international Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of ‘endangered species. Recently, two Indian Ocean humpback dolphins, were found dead in two separate spots at Mumbai.

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Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched two new quick credit delivery schemes to provide funding for production related to supply of oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators, oximeters and essential drugs.
These new initiatives would help MSMEs quickly improve their facilities: SHWAS (SIDBI assistance to Healthcare sector in War Against Second wave of COVID19) and AROG (SIDBI Assistance to MSMEs for Recovery & Organic Growth during COVID19 pandemic).

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The Government of India has fixed the food grain production target for crop year 2021-22 at a record high of 307.31 million tonnes. This high target has bene envisaged amidst the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic and the associated supply side disruptions.
This target is 1.3% more than the previous year’s estimated food grain production.

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‘Putola Nach’ is a traditional form of string puppetry, practised in the state of Assam. It has become a near-forgotten art form.
Recently, an Assam based trust ARMT has created three short videos using string puppetry for creating mass awareness on COVID appropriate behaviour. This project was undertaken in association with UNICEF- Assam.

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared working journalists of the state as frontline Covid warriors.
Around 7000 working journalists of the state have been covered under the Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana. Under the scheme, the journalists are provided a health insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh each. They would also get priority in the vaccination programme.

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A team of palaeontologists has identified a new species of hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur, Yamatosaurus izanagii, on one of the southern islands of Japan.
This discovery suggests new information about hadrosaur migration that the animals migrated from Asia to North America. It also highlights that the giant creatures evolved from walking upright to walking on all four limbs.

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The Reserve Bank of India has announced certain relaxations in the terms of the Over Draft Facility availed by the State Governments.
The maximum number of days of OD in a quarter is being increased from 36 to 50 days and the number of consecutive days of OD from 14 to 21 days. This facility will be available up to September 30, 2021.

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A pulsar is a neutron star with over 20 km as diameter and mass of at least 1.4 times the mass of our Sun. Due to its large mass, it spins rapidly.
An international team of astronomers has discovered eight rare millisecond pulsars hiding inside dense clusters of stars surrounding the Milky Way.