Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2021

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The Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Budni is a premier institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
It is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Recently, the first-ever electric tractor in the country has been tested at the institute. This new electric tractor will be more environmentally friendly than other types of tractors.

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The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992, to review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women; recommend remedial legislative measures; facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
The National Commission for Women has recently launched a WhatsApp helpline number for providing emergency medical assistance to pregnant women.

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Elon Musk-owned SpaceX recently launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit onboard its Falcon 9 rocket.
Marking the company’s 10th launch of the year, the flagship Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It successfully landed at sea, for the seventh time.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo declared the end of Ebola outbreak, which infected 12 people in the eastern province and killed six of them.
The country contained the outbreak using Merck’s (MRK.N) Ebola vaccine, which was given to more than 1,600 of the patients’ contacts and contacts of contacts. The virus can remain in certain body fluids, including semen, of a patient who has recovered from the disease

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Eight Asiatic lions at Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park have tested positive for Covid-19. This is the first case of lions or any other animals testing positive for the coronavirus infection in an Indian zoo.
The samples were tested by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the RT-PCR tests turned out to be positive for Covid-19. However, there is no factual evidence that animals can transmit the disease to humans.

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‘VINCOV-19’ is an engineered therapeutic antibody which has been found to effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2. It has been engineered in a collaborative effort by University of Hyderabad (UoH), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) and Vins Bioproducts Ltd.
This has obtained the approval from Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) for clinical trials.

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The First supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel was flagged off recently from Indian Oil’s Tikrikalan Terminal, New Delhi.
The flagging off ceremony was presided over by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. Earlier in 2019, petroleum and health ministries had initiated Expressions of Interest for “Procurement of Biodiesel produced from Used Cooking Oil”. IOCL has received 51KL of UCO-Biodiesel till March 2021.

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Denmark has officially passed a legislation, to prevent outside FDI and special economic agreements that may pose a threat to national security, through screening and potential interference.
The new law was developed following security concerns over a bid by China’s Huawei to build Denmark’s 5G network. However, Denmark’s biggest telecoms operator, TDC picked Ericsson over Huawei for the project.

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Cinco de Mayo, which literally means May the fifth in Spanish, is a celebration every year in Mexico and the United States. It marks the military victory of Mexico on its soil over French forces in 1862.
In late 1861, when Mexico was being led by President Benito Juárez, a French fleet attacked the Mexican port of Veracruz and moved to the capital Mexico City. The Mexican forces defeated the advancing French troop, which helped to establish a sense of national unity in the country.

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The Union Cabinet, which is chaired by the Prime Minister has approved for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India, UK and Northern Ireland, on Migration and Mobility Partnership.
The MoU is aimed to liberalize visa related procedures and promote mobility of students, researchers and skilled professionals among these nations.