Current Affairs For 3rd May 2021

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460. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced that subscriber for
Atal Pension Yojana has crossed ____________________.
Answer: 21 million
The PFRDA also announced that the Assets Under Management (AUM) of the National Pension Scheme is set to
touch Rs 5 lakh crores by the end of September.
461. The Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest to win the
_________________________
Answer: International Booker Prize.
He won the prize for his debut novel “The Discomfort of Evening”. The author is to share the prize along with
the book’s translator Michele Hutchinson.

462. Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched Tribal Health and Nutrition portal. What is the name of the portal?
Answer: SWASTHYA
The ministry launched the “ALEKH” e-newsletter on health and nutrition.
463. National Highway Authority of India launched the mobile application called “______________” for geo
tagging the trees along the highways.
Answer: Harit Path

464. The Prime Minister Modi in his Independence Day address mentioned the mega plan of trans-
national electricity grid for supplying solar power. What is the name of the project?

Answer: “One Sun One World One Grid” project.
465. The Indian Railways is constructing world’s tallest pier bridge in which state of India?
Answer: Manipur.
The bridge is 141 metres high. It has surpassed the record of 139 metres tall Mala-Rijeka bridge in Montenegro,
Europe. The bridge is a part of the 111 km long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line project.
466. Assam minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya hasinaugurated India’s longest ropeway across river
______________________________.
Answer: Brahmaputra
The ropeway cut short the travel time by almost an hour. It is 2 km long and the distance is covered in 7
minutes. One-way ride is to cost Rs 60.
467. Which state government has launched the Electronics Manufacturing Policy to bring in Rs 40,000
crores of investment in five years?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

The policy aims to develop Bundelkhand and Purvanchal regions. The policy aims to make Uttar Pradesh a
global electronics hub.
468. Which state Government has launched the ‘Indira Rasoi Yojna’ in order to pay special tribute to the
former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary on August 20?
Answer: Rajasthan
Indira Rasoi is a scheme to provide nutritious food to poor people in urban areas at affordable prices.
469. Which state become first to announce that it will be offering jobs based on the marks secured by
candidates in the common eligibility test (CET) by National Recruitment Agency (NRA)?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to offer jobs on the basis newly approved CET.
470. The International Solar Alliance has held World Solar Technology Summit for the first time in which
month?
Answer: September 8, 2020.
The summit aims to bring the world scientists and engineers together to address the challenges to make energy
affordable.
471. Which country has proposed the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative?
Answer: Japan
The initiative aims to reduce the dependency in China. Japan is to be joined by India and Australia. It is a direct
response to companies that are concerned about Chinese political behavior and disruption to supply chain.
472. Central Government has directed to the State governments and the Union Territories that all the
disabled persons should be included under ___________________________.
Answer: National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013
473. The Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana is implemented by which organization?
Answer: Employee State Insurance Corporation.
The scheme was approved under the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948. The scheme aims to support the
people who have lost their jobs due to changing employment pattern due to an international crisis or a
domestic crisis.

Current Affairs For 2nd May 2021

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440. The Indian Railways has solarized how many railway stations to achieve the objective of becoming
100% self-sustainable for all its power needs?
Answer:960 Railway Stations
441. The New Delhi Railway Station is to be redeveloped by the which agency at the cost of Rs 6,500
crores?
Answer: Rail Land Development Authority
442. Which state will set up first of its kind in India International Women Trade Centre as per terms
defined under United Nations Sustainable Development goals?
Answer: Kerala

443. Which state became the first to launch first sea plane services of India?
Answer: Gujarat
The first seaplane is to take off from Sabarmati river front to Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Narmada district.
444. Which State Government passed the resolution to bring the state under Schedule VI of Indian
Constitution?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
The sixth schedule of the constitution provides for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Tripura,
Meghalaya and Mizoram.
445. Which state has launched Marine Ambulance services named PRATHEEKSHA to provide more
efficient rescue?
Answer: Kerala
The Marine Ambulance specializes in providing first aid and also rescue operations.
446. Which state has launched a new scheme ‘Promotion of Intensive Aquaculture through Introduction
of Bio-flocTechnology during the year 2020-21’?
Answer: Odisha

447. World Health Organization declared Africa polio-free. The disease is now found only in
__________________.
Answer: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
448. Which country has launched its fifth Gaofen-9 series satellite named “Gaofen-9 05”?

Answer: China

449. Which technology company has launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative in more than 250
countries around the world?
Answer: Google.
The initiative is expected to benefit millions of students who have switched to learning from home, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Under the initiative, Google will roll out over 50 new features across products like Google
Meet, Classroom, G Suite and other products.
450. Ministry of Civil Aviation sanctioned how many new routes under 4th round of regional connectivity
scheme (RCS)?
Answer: 78.
So far 766 new routes have been sanctioned under the scheme. The fourth round of UDAN scheme was launched in December 2019 focusing on North-Eastern Regions, Islands and Hilly states. The operation of seaplanes and helicopters was also incorporated under the scheme.

Current Affairs For 1st May 2021

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432. Which country has launched ‘Agriota’, a new technology-driven Agri-commodity trading and
sourcing e-market platform?

Answer: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
AGRIOTA market platform aims to bridge the gap between millions of rural farmers in India and the Gulf
nation’s food industry.
433. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reviewed Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Guidelines, which new
category has been included?
Answer: Financing start-ups (up to Rs 50 crore); loans to farmers for installation of solar power plants for
solarization of grid connected agriculture pumps and loans for setting up Compressed BioGas (CBG) plants.
434. Who has been selected for National Award to Teachers 2020?
Answer:Sudha Painuli, a vice-principal of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) which is established
under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
435. Who has been conferred with the prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019?
Answer: David Attenborough
He is an English broadcaster and a historian. He is popular for writing and presenting BBC Natural History
unit.

436. Former President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee who passed away recently at the Army’s Research and
Referral Hospital, New Delhi, belonged to which Indian state?
Answer: West Bengal
437. On September 6, 2020, a personality who was famous for initiating the historic judgement of
Supreme Court that “Basic Structure of Constitution” cannot be amended by the Parliament, passed way.
Name the personality?
Answer: Kesavananda Bharti

438. National Nutrition Week is an annual nutrition event observed in India during the
_________________________.
Answer: 1

st Week of September: 1st September to 7th September. The events of NNW are organized by

the Food and Nutrition Board of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
439. Which government body has recently launched Nationally Determined Contributions Transport
Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA)?
Answer: NITI Aayog
The initiative was launched to decarbonize transport and provide technical support on Green Gas emission
reduction measures. The initiative is supported by International Climate Initiative of German Ministry of
Environment.

Current Affairs For 30th APRIL 2021

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418. Power and New & Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh launched the Pan India Green Term Ahead
Market (GTAM) for ________________.
Answer: Electricity
GTAM is the World’s First Exclusive Product Market for the renewable energy sector.
419. Which Union Territories have recently been included in the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme
on ‘Integrated Management of Public Distribution System’ (IM-PDS)?
Answer: Ladakh & Lakshadweep
420. Punjab has launched ‘which application to safeguard the forest areas in the state by making
common citizens as stakeholders in the process. It will help citizens to become ‘Greenery Saviours’?
Answer: i-Rakhwali

421. Which state cabinet approved a new Information Technology Policy, 2020 to increase its
contribution in achieving its GDP goal of 1 trillion USD along with creating six million jobs?
Answer: Karnataka
The policy is to be executed between 2020 and 2025.
422. Which state has released Electronics and Hardware Manufacturing Policy? The main aim of the
policy is to increase the electronics industry output to 100 billion USD by 2025.
Answer: Tamil Nadu

423. What was India’s rank in the 13th Edition of Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020, which is a part of
Annual report jointly released by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and
INSEAD Business School?
Answer: 48th
Theme of the 13th edition of the GII 2020 is “Who Will Finance Innovation?”
Switzerland has topped the list.
424. Which organization has launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges”, to inspire
students around the globe to adopt environmentally friendly habits and greener lifestyles?
Answer: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

425. The United States recently published an annual report on Chinese Military power. According to the
report, the Chinese Navy is now the _______________ in the world.
Answer: Largest
426. Which country has recently hosted the G-20 foreign ministers’ meet focusing on cross border
movement amidst the pandemic?
Answer: Saudi Arabia

427. The current European Union President and the largest economy of Europe has launched Indo-
Pacific strategy. Identify the country?

Answer: Germany
428. Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu has released the report titled ‘The State of Young Child in
India’. The report provides an account of challenges related to early child development (0-6 years) in
India. The report has been prepared by which organization?
Answer: Mobile Creches

429. The United Nations (UN) Women with which organization has published a report titled “From
Insights to Actions: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID-19” which states that the COVID-19 pandemic
will have negative impacts on the women and will increase the poverty rate of women?
Answer: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
430. National Statistical Office released its report on “Household Social Consumption: Education in India
as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey”. According to the survey which state has highest literacy
rate?
Answer: Kerala
Kerala has the highest literacy rate in the country. Around 96.2% of the people the state were literates. On the
other hand, Andhra Pradesh was at the bottom with 66.4%.
431. Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs launched the fourth edition of Business Reforms
Action Plan for ranking of states. The Business Reform Action Plan 2018-19 includes how many reform
points?
Answer: 180 reform points that covers business regulatory areas such as Single Window System.

Current Affairs For 29th APRIL 2021

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403. The first ever Cannabis Medicine project is to be set up in Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with
which country?
Answer: Canada.

404. Which state has launched a first-of-its-kind state-wide scheme called “GARIMA” to ensure the safety
and dignity of core sanitation workers of the state?
Answer: Odisha

405. Byte Dance a Chinese Company which owns a popular video-sharing app called TikTok choose to
merge with which company?
Answer: Oracle – a US-based firm.

406. India recently became the member of which UN agency?
Answer: United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women (CSW)
It is a body of the prestigious Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
407. What is India rank in the recently released Global Economic Freedom Index 2020?
Answer: 105th
It is an annual index created in 1995 first by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.
408. Recently, the United Nations released “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality” report. The report says
that child mortality rate of India has declined between 1990 and 2019. It was 126 in 1990 and has now
declined to _____________ in 2019.
Answer: Child Mortality in 2019 is 34
409. On September 10, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Pradhan Mantri Matsya
Sampada Yojana. Along with the scheme, which app was also launched?

Answer: e-Gopala application.
The scheme focuses on sustainable development of fisheries in India. It is to be implemented between 2020-21
and 2024-25. The funds allocated to fisheries under the scheme is Rs 20,050 crores.
410. On September 10, 2020, which scheme was launched by the Department of Posts to ensures
universal coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of India.
Answer: Five Star Villages
411. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has recently launched how many bamboo
clusters in nine states?
Answer: 22

412. The government introduced the new Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, that give RBI the
powers to restructure __________________________.
Answer: Cooperative Banks
413. UNICEF (United Nations International Children Education Fund) appointed which Indian actor as its
celebrity advocate for promoting and supporting its work around ending violence against children?
Answer: Ayushmann Khurrana
414. A famous personality who is regarded as Father of India’s Radio Astronomy passed away due to age
related complications in Pune Maharashtra. Name the personality?
Answer: Govind Swarup.
He was the founding director of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research.

415. Former Union Minister for Rural Development, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away at New Delhi
due to post COVID complications. He BELONGS TO WHICH Indian state?
Answer: Bihar

416. Every year International Literacy Day is celebrated on September 8 by the UNESCO and other world
organizations. What was the theme for the year 2020?
Answer: Literacy teaching and learning in COVID-19 crisis and beyond
417. Ministry of Coal and Mines has recently discussed the road map for achieving the 100 million tonnes
(MT) coal gasification target by the year ____________________
Answer: 2030. With the investment of Rs 4 lakh crores.

Current Affairs For 28th APRIL 2021

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391. WhatsApp has partnered with which entity for a WhatsApp chatbot programme to empower rural
communities by providing digital skills at their doorstep?
Answer: Common Services Centers (CSC)
392. The Centre Government has set up a high-level committee headed by ___________ to prepare a
roadmap for regularization of land leasing in the agriculture sector.
Answer: Ajay Tirkey
393. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued circular advising banks to switch to automatic identification
of non-performing assets (NPAs) by_________________________.
Answer: June 30, 2021

394. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to undertake exchange-
traded rupee interest rate derivatives transactions subject to an overall ceiling of ________________________

Answer: Rs 5,000 crore
395. SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited has collaborated with which company to enable customers
to use their SBI Credit Cards to make card payments using the Google Pay?
Answer: Google
396. Which entity has constituted the Technical Group under the Chairmanship of Harsh Kumar
Bhanwala to develop a framework for onboarding non-profit organizations and for-profit enterprises?
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
397. What is the name of 18-year-old young boy who has been named to the 2020 Cohort of young
leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations (UN)?
Answer:Udit Singhal
398. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of World Bank?
Answer: Rajesh Khullar
399. Who has been formally elected as Japan’s New Prime Minister?
Answer: Yoshihide Suga
400. Paytm First Games, a subsidiary of digital financial service platform Paytm, has appointed which
Indian cricketer as its brand Ambassador.
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

401. As per 4th edition of State Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) Ranking for 2018-19 which was
released by Department of Industrial Promotion and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which state ranked first?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh (AP) topped the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) ranking 2019 followed by Uttar
Pradesh (UP) and Telangana.
402. FutureSkills, an initiative of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
has partnered with which tech company to launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skilling initiative “AI
classroom series” to skill 10 lakh students in India by 2021?
Answer: Microsoft

Current Affairs For 27th APRIL 2021

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374. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has chosen Life Insurance
Corporation of India, General Insurance Corporation and New India Assurance Co. Ltd as
_____________________________for 2020-21.
Answer: Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs)
They are being chosen on the basis of their size, market importance and interconnectedness.
375. The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a “Positive Pay System” that will come into effect
from_____________________________.
Answer: January 2021.

The system will make mandatory to re-confirm key details of cheques for the payments beyond Rs 50,000.
Issuer can also submit the details through internet banking, mobile app or ATM.
376. Which Bollywood Actor has been conferred with the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action
Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
Answer: Sonu Sood.
He has been awarded for his philanthropic work during the coronavirus induced lockdown.
377. Who have become India’s first woman fighter pilot to fly the Rafale aircraft, which was formally
inducted into Indian Air Force recently?
Answer: Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh
378. Reserve Bank of India has roped in which famous personality for the customer awareness campaign
to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by fraudsters?
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan

379. Personal computers brand Acer India has roped in actor _______________ as its brand ambassador.
Answer: Sonu Sood

380. Who has been appointed as the new chief of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
Answer: PD Vaghela
381. The World Tourism Day is celebrated on which day of the year?
Answer:September 27.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has designated year 2020 as the “Year of Tourism
and Rural Development”. The day was celebrated under the theme– Tourism and Rural Development, this
year.
The 74th United Nations General Assembly in 2019 announced that 28th September 2020 would observe the
International Day for Universal Access to Information. 2020 edition of the day is focusing on the right to
information in the times of crisis. It is celebrated to showcase the advantages of statutory and constitutional
policies in order to provide public access to information.
382. India has launched the First Ever Direct Cargo Ferry Service between India and ____________.
Answer: Maldives

383. Which Indian state has launched a ‘Poshan Sarkar’ program for ensuring active participation of local
Bodies-Gram Panchayats and Urban bodies in the Nutrition Campaign?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
384. Which Indian state has launched Cyber Security Policy 2020, Blockchain Policy 2020 and Safe and
Ethical Artificial Intelligence Policy 2020?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

385. India and which other country were elected as Members of the United Nations (UN) Commission
on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)?
Answer: Afghanistan
386. Which country became the first country in the world to inaugurate sustainable financing program
for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by issuing a seven-year Sovereign SDGs
Bond?
Answer: Mexico

387. Which city has topped of “Smart City Index (SCI) 2020” released by Institute for Management
Development (IMD)?
Answer: Singapore City
Singapore City followed by Helsinki (Finland) and Zurich (Switzerland) in the second and the third place
respectively.
388. World Bank released the report titled “The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the
time of COVID-19” on September 16, 2020. India has been placed at ________________.
Answer:116th Position. Singapore at top.
389. What is the name of Indian telemedicine services for Doctor-to-Doctor consolations?
Answer: eSanjeevani. Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD)
390. Which body has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Rabi
crops for marketing season 2021-22?
Answer: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister

Current Affairs For 26th APRIL 2021

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363. Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel & Andrea Ghez has been conferred with Nobel Prize in Physics
2020 for their discoveries about_________________.
Answer: Black hole.
Roger Penrose used mathematical methods to prove black holes are direct consequence of Einstein’s general
theory of relativity. Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez bagged the award for the discovery of supermassive
compact object at centre of our galaxy.
364. Which Institute has developed an indigenous microprocessor titled as ‘MOUSHIK’?
Answer: IIT Madras
It is a processor cum System on Chip (SoC) that can execute the instructions and as a SoC, different
components can be attached to it.
It is designed under Shakti Microprocessor programme (Project Shakti) of IIT Madras which is funded by the
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY).
365. Which tech company has launched a nationwide campaign “Make Small Strong” in order to help
support small businesses and drive demand through customer support?
Answer: Google India
‘‘Make Small Strong’ campaign is meant to “rally support from the citizens for small businesses. The citizens
can help small businesses by buying locally,
366. Which state has won the UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award 2020 for its “outstanding
contribution” towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals?
Answer: Kerala

367. The country’s first medical device parks named MedSpark will be established in which state?
Answer: Kerala.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan laid down the foundation stone for Medical Devices Park.
368. International Arbitration Tribunal is a Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899. It is
headquartered in _________________________________.
Answer: Hague, Netherlands.
The organization is dedicated to resolve the dispute and facilitate arbitration between States.
369. India has signed an MoU on strategic water partnership to develop better water infrastructure in
India with which country during virtual Water Partnership meeting?
Answer: United Kingdom

370. What is the name of the India-Japan maritime bilateral exercise that began in the North Arabian Sea from
September 26, 2020?
Answer: JIMEX
371. Which Indian ministry has released the “Health in India” report?
Answer: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
The main objective of the report was to gather quantitative data on India’s health sector. The report has
highlighted on the health of religious communities across country.
The report highlights that around 7.5% of Indians suffered from ailments.
6.8% suffered from ailments in the rural area while in Urban area, the numbers were high at 9.1%.
372. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has opened its third branch office in which
city?
Answer: Mumbai
It already has branch offices in Chennai and Hyderabad.
IREDA works under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) with registered office in New Delhi.
373. Who has released Cyber Security Vision Framework under the title ‘Technology Vision for Cyber
Security’ for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) – 2020-2023?
Answer: The Reserve Bank of India
The framework is aimed at achieving its objectives through five pillared strategic approach:
• Governance Oversight.
• Utile Technology Investment
• Appropriate Regulation and supervision.
• Robust Collaboration.
• Developing IT and Cybersecurity Skills Set.