Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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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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Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has commenced India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing Hydrogen into Natural gas system at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
The hydrogen blended natural gas will be supplied to Avantika Gas Limited, one of GAIL’s Joint Venture Company with HPCL, which is operating in Indore. This is a pilot project to establish the feasibility of blending hydrogen in City Gas Distribution (CGD) network.

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The Delhi Government has announced to dedicate a nearly one-kilometre-long stretch in North Delhi to Olympic champions such as Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Ravi Dahiya and others.
It has been named as Olympics Vithi or Olympics Boulevard. This is a part of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ambitious streetscaping project.

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The National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), a central sector scheme was launched in 2015 and was implemented in 12 cities.
As many as 77 projects have been implemented with an outlay of Rs 453.90 crores. 2 projects amounting to Rs 18.34 crore- Project in Badami (Karnataka) and Project in Warangal (Telangana) are under implementation. The mission period ended in 2019.

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Chimeric antigen receptor, CAR – T-cell therapy works by genetically engineering an individual’s T-cells to recognise and destroy cancer cells.
T-cells are a type of white blood cell of the immune system that can recognise and destroy foreign cells. Two first human patients who were treated with the therapy still possess cancer-killing cells a decade later. In the UK the therapy is approved for use in children, young adults and adults for certain types of blood cancers.

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Revolutionary Sachindra Nath Sanyal He was the founder of the Hindustan Republican Association also known as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. His 80th death anniversary was observed recently.
He was a mentor for revolutionaries like Chandrasekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. He along with Rashbehari Bose attacked Viceroy Hardinge while he was entering Delhi. Sanyal was imprisoned for his involvement in the plans for the Ghadar Conspiracy.

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A team discovered a new species of spider from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala. Named Carrhotus tholpettyensis, the nocturnal jumping spider was found from the deciduous forest of Tholpetty range of the sanctuary in Western Ghats.
Another new species of millipede was discovered from the University of Calicut campus. Named as Delarthrum anomalans, belongs to the group of minute millipedes.

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Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister of Canada, which is witnessing massive anti-vaccine protests. The Capital City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency amidst the huge protests.
The “Freedom Convoy” demonstrations began in western Canada, as protests by truckers angry with vaccine requirements when crossing the US-Canadian border.

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Padma Shri awardee and social worker Ibrahim Sutar passed away in Karnataka at the age of 82. He is fondly referred to as the “Kabir of Kannada”
Ibrahim Sutar was known for his work towards spreading social and communal harmony. Ibrahim is also popular among the public for his spiritual discourses. He was awarded the Padma Shri award in the year 2018.

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India has agreed to provide a grant to Sri Lanka to implement a ‘Unitary Digital Identity framework’. It is modelled similar to India’s flagship Aadhaar card.
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet decided that the Government will prioritise the implementation of the Framework as a national level programme. It will introduce personal identity verification device based on biometric data for citizens.