Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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According to World Steel Association, India’s crude steel production rose by 18 per cent to 118 million tonne (MT) in 2021.
India is the second largest steel producing nation, as it manufactured 100.3 MT steel in 2020 and China produced 1 064.7 MT of steel in the same year. China recorded a 3 per cent decline to 1 032.8 MT in 2021.

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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrated its 46th Raising Day on 1 February 2022. It is the fourth largest Coast Guard in the world with the motto of “Vayam Rakshamah” or “We Protect”.
The Indian Coast Guard was inaugurated with seven surface platforms in 1978. It is set to achieve the targeted force levels of 80 aircraft and 200 surface platforms by the year 2025.

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The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalised as India’s nomination for World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.
This was announced by the Union Culture Ministry. The ‘Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala’ are on UNESCO’s Tentative list since 2014.

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Researchers have discovered a tiny new species of cynipid gall wasp in the branches of a live oak tree. It is the first insect species to be described alongside its fully sequenced genome.
The researchers are studying how the nonstinging wasps may have been impacted by Houston’s historic February 2021 freeze. The wasp was named Neuroterus Valhalla, after the location of its original discovery, as it was discovered at Valhalla, a student hangout at Rice University, USA.

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As per the Union Budget, linkage of National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) with the ‘One-Nation One-Registration Software’ will be promoted.
The Government has focused on digitisation of land records through its scheme Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP). According to the Department of Land Records, (Ministry of Rural Development) over 90 per cent of land records have been digitised across 24 states.

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Japan’s parliament adopted a resolution on the “serious human rights situation” in China and asked the Chinese Government to take steps to relieve the situation.
Japan has already announced it will not send a delegation to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, following a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott over concerns about China’s human rights condition.

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Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New Delhi-based rights group released the India Press Freedom Report 2021. As per the report, at least six journalists being killed, many more physically assaulted, and media houses being targeted.
Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura topped the list of States and Union Territories where journalists and media houses were targeted in 2021.

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Earth Trojan is an asteroid that shares the same orbit as our planet, going around the Sun. The second Earth Trojan was detected in 2020 and has been named 2020 XL5.
It is a near-earth asteroid (NEO) that is expected to stay in orbit for the next 4,000 years before deviating away. The asteroid was discovered by the Pan-STARRS S1 telescope survey. The first known Earth Trojan asteroid was 2010 TK7, about 0.3 km wide, and discovered in 2010.

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Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended a Line of credit of USD 500 million to Sri Lanka for financing the purchase of petroleum products.
With this LOC agreement, Exim Bank has extended 10 lines of credit to the Sri Lankan Government on behalf of the Indian government, taking the total value of LOCs extended to USD 2.18 billion. Exim Bank has provided 276 LOCs, covering 61 countries.

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US President Joe Biden announced a relaunch of the “Cancer Moonshot” program started during the Obama administration.
The program was launched with the goal of ending Cancer that kills more than 600,000 people a year in the U.S. The revamped initiative aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years. The President also announced a campaign to get more people screened for cancer.