Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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The Indian Railways has notified the Indian Railway Management System (IRMS) which will unify the eight existing services of the transporter.
IRMS is a new Group ‘A’ Central service and only the officers of IRMS will be eligible to become the functional members and chairman/CEO of the railway board.

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Indian Army conducted its first-of-its-kind Hackathon was conducted at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Mhow.
The event, ‘Sainya Ranakshetra’ was conducted in collaboration with the Rashtriya Raksha University. The event was held under the overall guidance of the Shimla based Army Training Command (ARTRAC).

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The International Labour Organization has condemned China for racial and religious discrimination in the Xinjiang region.
The report said that as a ILO member state, the Chinese government is firmly committed to provide decent work for all China’s ethnic minority groups including Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

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‘Carnival of Hope’ is a famous annual celebration held in the city of Venice. It is also known as “City of Bridges” and “The Floating City”. This year’s edition is expected to attract thousands of people.
The 2020 Venice Carnival, which usually draws tourists from around the world, was curtailed when the pandemic broke out in Italy.  The festival got cancelled the following year to contain infections.

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After Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Karnataka High Court has struck down the state’s ban on online gambling, declaring it to be ultra vires under the Constitution.
The Court struck down key amendments to the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, which were brought in last year to ban all forms of gambling in the state. The Court said that the state may bring in legislation to regulate betting and gambling, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

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Union Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that ‘Pan India 3D maps’ will be prepared for 100 cities.
He also said that mapping of six lakh villages will be done under the SVAMITVA scheme. He announced this during an event commemorating the 1st anniversary of the release of Geospatial Data. India’s geospatial market is set to cross 36 thousand crore rupees in three years.

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The Mumbai water taxi services to provide connectivity between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai were inaugurated by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
The newly constructed Belapur jetty and water taxi services were inaugurated virtually. The Mumbai Port Trust, Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) and CIDCO coordinated in the implementation of the project.

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Indian private sector bank, Yes Bank has launched an annual start-up enabler program, YES BANK Agri Infinity.
It aims to co-develop digital financial solutions for ‘Food and agriculture ecosystem’ by mentoring entrepreneurs in the field.

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A 2-day G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting was held in Jakarta which was hosted by Indonesia. India was represented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
During the meeting, G20 nations sought for a sustainable international financing scheme, aimed to protect countries against future pandemic and reduce gaps in the health systems in the member countries.

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Nepal will be the very first nation outside India to adopt India’s UPI (Unified Payment Interface) system.
NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) which is an international arm of NPCI along with Gateway Payments Service (GPS) and Manam Infotech has implemented this service in Nepal. This move is expected to play a major role in boosting the digital economy of Nepal.