PSC Current Affairs - March 27, 2021

  • Canadian Actor who has become the first transman to appear on the cover page of Time Magazine - Elliot Page
  • First-ever Transgender candidate for Kerala Assembly Elections 2021- Ananya Kumari Alex (Constituency - Vengara, Malappuram)
  • New Scheme launched by the Department of Women and Child Development in Kerala along with the Postal Department to protect women and children from domestic violence - Rakshadooth
  • As per the recently passed Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021 in Rajya Sabha, the govt has increased the limit of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from 49% - 74%
  • As per the recently passed Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, the upper limit for medical termination of pregnancy is - 24 weeks
  • The theme of World Sleep Day (March 19), 2021 - Regular Sleep, Healthy Future
  • Recently developed India’s first indigenous mobile app store - Mobile Seva App Store  
  • Authors of the Book ‘China Room’ - Sunjeev Sahota
  • The theme of International Day of Happiness (March 20), 2021 - ‘Happiness for All, Forever
  • The rank of India in World Happiness Report 2021 published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - 139 (Index topped by Finland, Denmark, Switzerland)
  • As per the recently published report by International Driver Education Company ‘Zutobi’, The Country with the most dangerous roads in the world is  - South Africa (Rank of India - 4)
  • As per the recently published report by International Driver Education Company ‘Zutobi’, The Country with the safest roads in the world is - Norway
  • Mobile Application launched by Election Commission of India to track the Polling Officers in election duty - ELE - TRACES (Election Tracking Enabled System)
  • Malayali Politician who has recently completed 50 years as a parliament member in Indian Parliament - Vayalar Ravi
  • The Indian Football Club which recently claimed monetary compensation from FIFA for one of its player’s long term injury - Kerala Blasters
  • A country that recently approved the emergency use of India’s Indigenous COVID - 19 Vaccine ‘Covaxin’ - Nepal
  • The Indian Woman Shooting Player who won Gold Medal for 10-meter Air pistol in ISSF World Cup 2021 - Yashaswini Deswal
  • Indian State which was announced as the Model State of the Central Govt Scheme ‘Van Dan Vikas Yojana’ - Manipur
  • Campaign launched recently by Central Govt as a part of rainwater conservation across India- Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (Theme: Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls)
  • Winners of 31st National Senior Fencing Championship (Women), 2021 - Kerala
  • The Antiterror Exercise conducted by Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) for its member countries in 2021 - Pabbi Antiterror
  • Author of the book ‘Bringing Government and People Closer’- Dr M Ramachandran
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