Current Affairs: 21st April 2023

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1) Who has been awarded for the Malcolm
Adiseshiah Award 2023?
• A renowned economist of national and international
repute, Utsa Patnaik has been selected for the Malcolm
Adiseshiah Award 2023.
A. Amartya Sen • The award is given every year by the Malcolm & Elizabeth
Adiseshiah Trust.
• The prestigious national award honours outstanding social
B. Utsa Patnaik scientists selected by a national-level jury specially
constituted for this purpose, from the nominations
C. Prabhat Patnaik received.
• The previous winner of the prize was Indian economist
D. Abhijit Sen Prabhat Patnaik, who won it in 2022.
• The award will be given with a citation and a prize money
of ₹2 lakh at a function to be held in Chennai.
Ans-B
2) Which bank has recently launched India’s 1st
Voice Biometric Authentication Banking App?
• City Union Bank has launched the country’s first
voice biometric authentication for logging into
mobile banking app.
A. Federal Bank • The voice biometric service was developed by
Chennai-based deeptech start-up, Kaizen Secure Voiz
B. Axis Bank Pvt Ltd, under the guidance of the 5G use case lab of
the Institute for Development and Research in
C. City Union Bank Banking Technology (IDRBT).
• Customers have to register their voice once, which
D. HDFC Bank will be validated on various parameters.
• The service will prevent fraud based on PIN / OTP
and the technology is fool-proof against recorded or
mimicked voices. Ans-C
3) What is the meaning of the second P in PTP-NER?

• Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has launched Marketing and

Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from
the North-Eastern Region (PTP-NER) scheme in Manipur.
• The scheme has been introduced for the benefit of Scheduled
A. Promotion Tribes of the North-Eastern Region.
• It has the vision to strengthen livelihood opportunities for tribal
B. Products artisans through increased efficiency in procurement, logistics
and marketing of tribal products from North Eastern States.
C. Personal • The scheme will apply to the States of Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and
Sikkim.
D. Procurement • As part of the scheme, it is planned to initiate empanelment of
tribal artisans from North Eastern Region by organizing 68 Tribal
Artisan Melas from today onwards in various districts of the
region. Ans-B
4) Who has launched the ‘Sangathan Se Samriddhi’
campaign to bring marginalized rural women into
SHGs network?
• Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh has
launched ‘Sangathan Se Samriddhi’ campaign.
• It will empower marginalized rural households by
A. Narendra Modi bringing all eligible rural women into the fold of Self-
Help Groups (SHGs).
B. Giriraj Singh • The government is targeting to bring 10 crore women
under the purview of SHGs from the existing 9 crore.
C. Amit Shah • The number of members, which was only 2.35 crore
in May 2014, has now crossed 9 crore.
D. Piyush Goyal • The government has set a target that every woman
associated with self-help groups should be able to
earn one lakh rupees annually.
Ans-B
5) Who has launched YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi,
which will help in connecting and identifying
potential young Start-Ups?
• Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has
launched – YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi, which will help in
connecting and identifying potential young Start-Ups.
A. Anurag Thakur • Dr. Singh also launched the One Week -One Lab
programme.
B. Piyush Goyal • The event emphasises the need for broad-based
participation from stakeholders in the industry for
C. Jitendra Singh startups to remain sustainable.
• Each of the 37 CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial
D. Nitin Gadkari Research) laboratories is dedicated to a different
specialised area of work.
• The One Week – One Lab program will provide an
opportunity to CSIR laboratories.
Ans-C
6) The Centre has approved the project of
development of an Oil Jetty at Deendayal Port,
Kandla in Gujarat for how many crore rupees?
• The Centre has approved the project of development
of an Oil Jetty at Deendayal Port, Kandla in Gujarat
for over 123 crore rupees.
A. 103 crore
• The proposed project is designed to increase the
B. 113 crore cargo handling capacity of the port, which will
attribute to a reduction in the turn-around time of
C. 123 crore liquid vessels.
D. 133 crore • This project will increase Deendayal Port’s income
through the collection of Royalty from the
Concessionaire.
Ans-C
7) Which Fintech company has launched its UPI-
based peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, providing its
users with a new payment option?
• Fintech major CRED has launched its UPI-based peer-to-
peer (P2P) payments, providing its users with a new
payment option.
A. Razorpay • The feature allows CRED members access to ‘pay anyone’
through their contact list, phone numbers, or UPI IDs.
• The new payment experience has been introduced after
B. CRED the launch of Scan & Pay in October 2022. As scan and pay
gain traction, CRED expects the number of merchants to
C. Freecharge grow.
• Now with the launch of P2P UPI payments, CRED
D. Paytm members will have multiple payment options including
offline payments (UPI P2P, Scan & Pay, Tap to Pay), online
merchant payments (CRED Pay, CRED flash) and bill
payments. Ans-B
8) Karnataka Bank has launched a special home
loan campaign — ‘KBL Centenary Mahotsav’. Where
is the headquarters of Karnataka Bank?
• Karnataka Bank has launched a special home loan
campaign — ‘KBL Centenary Mahotsav’ from April 17
A. Bengaluru to July 17.
• Karnataka Bank has developed digital loan products
B. New Delhi for home loans allowing customers to enjoy seamless
digital processing and immediate in-principle
C. Chennai approvals at their convenience and comfort.
• Customers can avail home loan with discount in
D. Mangalore upfront fee, attractive rate of interest starting from
8.75 percent, and nil processing charges for home
loan under the ‘KBL Centenary Mahotsav’ campaign.
Ans-D
9) World Liver Day is observed every year on which
day?
• World Liver Day is observed every year on 19 April.
• Objective – To spread awareness about liver-related
disease.
A. 21 April • Theme 2023 – Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up,
fatty liver can affect anyone.
B. 17 April • The liver is one of the most complex organs in the human
body. It plays a pivotal role in our body’s immunity,
C. 18 April digestion and metabolism. Plus, it also carries out the
filtration of toxins, stores vitamins and minerals, and
D. 19 April produces bile, among other functions.
• Liver is also the second largest and the most complex
organ in the body, with the exception of the brain.
• Human Liver Weight – 1.5 Kg
Ans-D
10) Union government has approved Rs 638 cr
under the Namami Gange programme for how
many projects?
• Eight projects worth approximately ₹638 crore were approved
in the 48th meeting of the Executive Committee of the National
Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
• In an attempt to clean River Hindon, which is a tributary of River
A. 5 Yamuna, four projects worth Rs. 407.39 crore were approved
for pollution abatement in the Shamli district. These projects
B. 6 are part of the comprehensive Hindon Rejuvenation Plan.
• Hindon River is identified as a Priority I polluted river stretch.
C. 7 The projects which were sanctioned are to prevent the flow of
polluted water into Krishna River.
• The four projects in Shamli district include the construction of 5
D. 8 Million Litres per Day (MLD) Sewage Treatment Plant (Nirmal Jal
Kendra), 5 KLD Septage Co-treatment Facility, Interception &
Diversion (I&D) and other works in Babri and Bantikhera
villages. Ans-D
11) Who has been appointed to a task force set up
to expand partnerships between universities in the
United States and India?
• Indian-origin academic Neeli Bendapudi has been appointed as one
of five co-chairs of an Association of American Universities (AAU)
task force focused on the expansion of research and academic
A. Neeli Bendapudi partnerships among higher education institutions in the US and
India.
• AAU created the national task force in coordination with the Biden
B. Aruna Miller administration’s US-India initiative on critical and emerging
technology, which seeks to grow technological and industrial
collaboration between the two nations.
C. Apsara A Iyer • Bendapudi was president of the University of Louisville, where she
oversaw a series of transformative efforts spanning academics;
D. Janani Ramachandran finance; health enterprise, philanthropy; athletics; diversity, equity,
and inclusion; and more.
• Bendapudi is the first woman to serve as president of the
University of Louisville in Kentucky.
Ans-A
12) Who has become the first Indian woman to win
Wisden Almanack’s Leading Cricketer of the Year
Award 2022?
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack has released the list of top-5
cricketers of the year 2022.
• Suryakumar won the honour of Wisden Almanack’s leading
T20I cricketer while Harmanpreet Kaur became the first
A. Harleen Deol Indian woman to win the Cricketer of the Year award.
• Apart from Kaur, the list also includes the names of Tom
B. Harmanpreet Kaur Blundell (New Zealand), Ben Foakes (England), Daryl Mitchell
(New Zealand) and Matthew Potts (England).
C. Renuka Singh • Apart from this, Ben Stokes of England has been selected as
the best cricketer in the world for the year 2022-23 among
male players.
D. Smriti Mandhana • Harmanpreet has received this honor for her excellent
performance last year. Harmanpreet scored an unbeaten 143
off 111 balls in the ODI against England in the year 2022.
Ans-B
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