current affairs 04 april 2021 (In English)

1. India's biggest floating solar power plant to be set up at Ramagundam in Telangana

• Solar power plant with a capacity of 100 MW will be set up at Ramagundam in Telangana.
• The solar project is commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
• The project, which is estimated to cost around 423 crore rupees, will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels.

2. Railways logs highest-ever route electrification

• The Railways has logged highest-ever electrification of sections covering 6,015 Route Kilometre (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21

3. India retains top spot in real-time digital payment transactions: ACI Report 2021.

• At 25.5 bn transactions, India ahead of China, South Korea, Thailand and the UK
• Followed by China with 15.7 billion transactions.
• In 2020, the transaction volume share in India stood at 15.6 per cent and 22.9 per cent for instant payments and other electronic payments respectively.
• Paper-based payments had a considerable share of 61.4 per cent.

4. The student of NIT Rourkela Institute have manufactured the human powered vehicle bluestreak 8.0 HPV.

• A human powered vehicle is a pedal powered mode of transportation.
• It is both ecologically sustainable and gives car-like comfort and experience.
• It is billed to be a most sought-after future mode of transport.
• The 12-member NIT-R team designed a HPV titled ‘Bluestreak 8.0 HPV’ that bagged third rank worldwide in the ASME Critical Design Review Challenge.

5. Mukhmeet S Bhatia appointed as Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

• Mr. Bhatia is an IAS officer of 1990 batch of Jharkhand cadre.
• He has served as Principal Secretary in Department of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development in Jharkhand governmen