Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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Los Angeles is the venue of the 2028 Olympic Games or the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. It is being referred as LA28.
Paris is the venue of 2024 Olympic Games. Recently, the International Olympic Committee has approved a proposal to include surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing among the core sports for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

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The U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program, which includes the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), is led by the US and in partnership with Australia, Brazil, and South Korea, with Chile as the host country.
The USD 1 billion project was ranked ‘Mission Critical’ by the 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics.  The report ranked the US-ELTP as the top frontier project for ground-based observatories. It recommended federal support for final construction stages of GMT.

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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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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Indonesia, are jointly hosting an ‘ASEAN-India High Level Conference on Renewable Energy (RE)’.
This is being hosted in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The theme for the conference is ‘Experience and Innovations for Integrated Renewables Market’.

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“Winter Camp” is a regular military exercise by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This year’s exercise has commenced along NATO’s eastern border.
The exercise started in northeast Estonia, just 100 kilometres from the Russian border, included 1,300 British, Estonian and French troops operating in extreme conditions.

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Karnataka High Court Chief Justice constituted a three-judge bench, including himself, to hear a batch of petitions questioning a ban on the use of hijabs in a few pre-university colleges in the state.
A single-judge bench of the court had decided to refer the pleas to a larger bench as it found the case involved larger Constitutional issues. The decision came after two days of tension and protests across Karnataka over the issue.

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Sovereign gold bonds (SGB) are government securities denominated in grams of gold, issued by the RBI on behalf of the Government of India.
The maturity period of the sovereign gold bond is eight years. The premature redemption is permitted after the fifth year from the date of issue of such gold bonds on the interest payout date.

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Karnataka’s Department of Primary and Secondary Education has developed an application named ‘Namma Shaale Nanna Koduge’ app.
This aims to address infrastructure needs of government schools, shortage of teachers, better use of learning aids and utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.

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NITI Aayog released a report titled ‘Reimagining Healthcare in India through Blended Finance’. As per the report, about 65 per cent of hospital beds in the country cater to almost 50 per cent of the population concentrated in some states.
The report also stressed that the number of beds must be increased by at least 30 per cent to ensure equitable access to healthcare facilities for people.

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The Indian Army has recently commenced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging of its ammunition inventory.
This will lead to increased efficiency in technical activities and reduce inventory carrying costs. The first consignment of RFID tagged ammunition was despatched from Ammunition Factory Khadki to Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) Pulgaon.