Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on April 6, 2021 nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government in the nation following an inconclusive election. Benjamin Netanyahu holds the most support in Israel’s Knesset with 52 seats, but he is still short of a 61-seat majority. On the other hand, the opposition leader Yair Lapid won 45 seats.
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Which state’s Chief Minister has asked the center to do away with age restrictions for COVID-19 vaccination?
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to the centre on April 5th, urging the government to do away with age restrictions so that all adults can be inoculated. He stated that if the centre removes the age limit restrictions the Delhi will be able to vaccinate all its citizens in just three months.
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Who has taken over as head of the BCCI anti-corruption unit?
Against expectations of getting a second extension, the senior-most deputy governor BP Kanungo retired from the Reserve Bank on completion of his one-year extension.
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La Pérouse’ is a Defence Exercise to be conducted by which country?
The exercise La Pérouse, led by the French Navy, has participation by FN Ships Tonnerre, an amphibious assault ship and frigate Surcouf. United States Navy is represented in the exercise by amphibious transport dock ship Somerset
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Recently, Sergey Lavrov arrived in New Delhi. He is the foreign minister of which nation?
The labour ministry has set up expert committees to review the standards under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020.
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Which railway zone has become India’s first electrified railway zone in the country?
The Associations representing officers of central civil services, such as IAS, IPS, has come up with an initiative called ‘CARUNA’, as a collaborative platform to support Government in the fight against #COVID19. The acronym ‘CARUNA’ stands for Civil services Associations Reach to sUpport in Natural disAsters.
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Who has Digit Insurance appointed as its brand ambassador?
Digit Insurance has roped in cricketer Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador. Kohli has also invested in Digit Insurance in the past. Digit Insurance, a general insurance company that became the first unicorn of 2021 with a valuation of $1.9B.
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Who became the first company to cross a billion transactions on UPI?
PhonePe becomes the first player to cross the billion-transaction mark on UPI. Bengaluru: Digital payments major, PhonePe on Thursday said it has crossed a billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure in March, making it the first player in the country to reach this milestone.
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Which nation’s former Crown Prince has reportedly been placed under house arrest?
Former Crown Prince of Jordan, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein has reportedly been placed under house arrest in a flare-up on tensions with Jordan’s royal household.
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India’s biggest floating solar plant with 100MW power generation capacity will be set up in which state?
The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is developing India’s biggest floating solar plant with a power generation capacity of 100MW in the reservoir of its thermal power plant at Ramagundam, Peddapalli district, Telangana.
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Which female actor has won SAG Award for outstanding performance in a leading role?
Chadwick Boseman won the SAG Award for Best Male Actor, Viola Davis won the Best Female Actor honour, Yun-Jung Youn won Best Female Supporting Actor and Daniel Kaluuya won Best Male Supporting Actor at 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Aniyan Midhun, has recently won gold for India in which of these events?
Aniyan Midhun of Kerala has won the gold medal in the 70-kg category at the South Asian Wushu Championship 2021, held in Nepal on March 30 and 31, 2021.
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The Government of India has declared April 14 as a public holiday from now on. The day marks the birth anniversary of which leader?
The government has declared Ambedkar Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar which falls on 14 April every year, as a public holiday with effect from 2021, under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
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Who has been roped in as the Brand Ambassador of Digit Insurance?
Digit Insurance has roped in cricketer Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador. Kohli has also invested in Digit Insurance in the past. Digit Insurance, a general insurance company that became the first unicorn of 2021 with a valuation of $1.9B.
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2023 Men’s Boxing World Championship will be held in __
The 2023 men’s boxing World Championships will be held in Uzbekistan capital Tashkent, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced on Friday. AIBA President Umar Kremlev confirmed Tashkent as the host city during a visit to Uzbekistan.
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Which of the following has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard the naval ships against enemy missile attack?
Meg Lanning-led Australian women’s cricket team created the world record for registering the most consecutive ODI wins on April 4, 2021. The team achieved the feat after defeating New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series on April 4th at Mount Maunganui.
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Which film won the top honor of outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards?
Leading private sector lenders ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have tied up with global e-commerce major Amazon and cards major Visa to launch a retail payments entity, which will be a rival to state-owned NPCI. ICICI Bank and Axis Bank will be co-leading the consortium with a 20 percent stake each. Other partners, including Amazon, Billdesk, Pine Labs, and Visa will be holding a stake of 15 percent each.
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Noted Marathi writer Dr. Sharankumar Limbale will receive Saraswati Samman, 2020 for his which book?
India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.
For the 12th time, Iceland is the most gender-equal country in the world.
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Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya flagged off the Cruise service from Hazira Port of Surat to which of the following places?
Cruise to Diu: Cruise service between Surat’s Hazira Port and Diu flagged off! A cruise service between the Hazira Port in Gujarat’s Surat and the island of Diu was flagged off by Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya. It was launched on Wednesday via a video conference.
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Which country is conducting multinational air force exercise Aces Meet 2021-1?
Subhash Kumar has assumed the additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on April 01, 2021. He is serving as Director (Finance) at ONGC.
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Who has been awarded the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Awards for the year 2019?
The legendary actor Rajinikanth has been selected to be honored with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Awards, the highest film honour in India. The iconic actor Rajinikanth will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 for his stupendous contribution to Indian cinema.
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The Indian Army will participate in the multinational military exercise ‘SHANTIR OGROSHENA’ 2021. Which country will host the exercise?
A multinational Military Exercise named ‘SHANTIR OGROSHENA’ 2021 (Front Runner of the Peace) is scheduled to be held in Bangladesh from April 04 to 12, 2021. The theme of the exercise is “Robust Peace Keeping Operations”. The exercise is being held to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangladesh ‘Father of the Nation’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mark glorious 50 years of liberation of the country.
