Current Affairs for BANK, IBPS Exams - 24 April 2021

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National Panchayati Raj Day was first declared in 2010 by the then PM Manmohan Singh. This day is marked every year by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
The 73rd Amendment Act led to a defining moment in the history of India that helped decentralize political power to the grassroots. It institutionalized Panchayati Raj through village, intermediate and district level panchayats.
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment came into force on 24 April. This amendment gave constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj system.

The U.S. House passed by a wide bipartisan margin legislation to combat hate crimes across the country, a measure sparked by a sharp rise in attacks against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The 364-62 vote comes just weeks after the Senate passed the same legislation and sends it to President Joe Biden, who called for speedy action after March’s shootings by a white gunman at three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead. The victims included six women of Asian descent.
While the bill bolsters resources for addressing hate crimes more broadly, supporters said it will send a clear message to the Asian American community that steps are being taken to curb an alarming increase in assaults and threats.
“Those of Asian descent have been blamed and scapegoated for the outbreak of Covid-19, and as a result Asian Americans have been beaten, slashed, spat on and even set on fire,” Representative Grace Meng, a New York Democrat and lead sponsor of the bill, said. “The Asian American community is exhausted from being forced to endure this rise in bigotry and racist attacks.”

Notwithstanding challenges faced by COVID19 pandemic, India’s export of processed food products has witnessed a growth of 26.51%in Rupee term during April-February (2020-21), compared to the same period during the previous year (2019-20).
The total value of export of processed products was Rs. 43,798 crores during April-February 2021 as per the quick estimates.
Major processed food products exported from India include pulses, processed vegetables, processed fruits and juices, groundnuts, guar gum, cereals preparations, milled products, alcoholic beverages, and oil meals.
Value added products such as processed vegetables, alcoholic beverages, and milled products have witnessed a robust growth of more than 40% in April-Feb (2020-21) compared to same period in the previous fiscal (2019-20).
The export of miscellaneous processed items including Indian snacks, sauces, starch products, vegetable flours, malt products etc and pulses grew by 36% and 33% respectively in the first 11 months of the current financial year (2020-21). Considerable exports growth was achieved for the cereals-based products (18%), processed fruits and juices (12%) and Groundnut (7%). The export of oil meals rose by 96% in current fiscal (April-Feb).
Despite Covid 19 pandemic disrupted trade around the world, the overall growth of 26.51% achieved in export of processed food products of APEDA scheduled products due to concerted efforts and initiatives taken to facilitate export from India.

Indian women boxers put up sensational performances as they created history at the 2021 AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships and concluded their campaign on highly successful note with seven gold medals in Kielce, Poland.
All the women finalists in action--Gitika (48kg) NaoremBabyrojisanaChanu (51kg), Poonam (57kg), Vinka (60kg), ArundhatiChoudhary (69kg), T SanamachaChanu (75kg) and AlfiyaPathan (+81kg)— registered victories and finished on the top of the podium.
Previously Indian women had won five gold medals during the 2017 edition of Youth World Championships held in Guwahati.
India women’s team also finished as the No.1 team in the ongoing Championship ahead of Russia with seven gold medals.
Asian Youth Champion Sanamacha, who trains at boxing great MC Mary Kom’s academy in Imphal, added the historic sixth gold for India when she outperformed Kazakhstan’s Dana Diday 5-0 in the 75kg final.