Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2021

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As per the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, India registered the highest remittance inflow in 2020 at USD 83 billion. It had a drop of just 0.2 per cent from the previous year.
India is followed by China, which received USD59.5 billion in remittances in 2020 against USD68.3 billion the previous year. Remittances outflow from India in 2020 was USD7 billion, against USD7.5 billion in 2019.

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As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a low pressure area which was formed in the Arabian Sea, would evolve into a cyclonic storm and has been given the name “Tauktae”. This name has been coined by Myanmar.
This cyclone in Arabia Sea is likely to bring heavy rains in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and south Konkan region.

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The Christchurch Call to Action Summit or the Christchurch Call, was a political summit initiated by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, in 2019 in France. It was conducted after the Christchurch mosque shootings. Global leaders and tech companies pledged to eliminate social media usage to end online terrorism.
Recently, PM Ardern was speaking at a virtual summit to mark the second anniversary of the global initiative to end online hate.

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced Malerkotla as the state’s new district. After a long-pending demand of the people, Malerkotla is named as the 23rd district of the state.
Malerkotla is a Muslim majority town and it was a part of Sangrur district. At the time of the country’s Independence Punjab had 13 districts.

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The Chinese spacecraft named Tianwen-1 has successfully landed on the Mars planet. This makes China the second country after the USA to land its rover on the red planet.
The landing has been confirmed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and has stated that the spacecraft has landed on Utopia Planitia which is a large plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

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As per a recent research by Aalto University, the global food production would fall by more than /3rd of the present production levels in future, if there exists out-of-control growth of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
The research report has been published in the prestigious journal “One Earth” and presents a detailed analysis on the relationship between food production and greenhouse gases.

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The tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening or depressing, is termed by behavioural experts as “doom-scrolling” or “doomsday scrolling”.
This tendency may keep us updated and also help us mobilise resources at the same time it also nudges us towards an exaggerated sense of gloom and doom.

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The Uttarakhand Police has launched a drive called “Mission Hausla” to help people get oxygen, beds and plasma for COVID-19 patients.
The Police department also informed about two toll-free numbers in all the districts for emergency contact. The Police personnel also engage in providing ration, medicines and getting ambulances to the needy and the elderly.

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In order to curb the price of pulses from further moving up, the Government of India has permitted for free import of tur, urad and moong pulses.
These pulses have been placed in the non-restricted list of imports, since their prices were on the higher side in the recent past.

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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has extended financial assistance to the Government of Assam to the tune of Rs. 1,236 crore in order to boost its rural connectivity.
These funds have been lent by NABARD to the state out of its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) during the financial year 2020-21.