Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

Notes:
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.

Notes:
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.

Notes:
Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre and Physical Research Laboratory function under the aegis of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Recently, the Scientists from the institute successfully demonstrated ‘Quantum entanglement’. Using real-time Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), they conducted hack-proof communication between two buildings separated by 300 meters.

Notes:
Ministry of Civil Aviation has prepared a draft National Air Sports Policy (NASP 2022) to promote air sports in the country.
The policy will cover most of the air sports including aerobatics, aero-modelling, amateur, drones, gliding, hang gliding and paragliding micro-lighting and para -motoring skydiving and vintage aircraft. Domestic design, development and manufacturing of air sports equipment will be promoted.

Notes:
The Delhi government has digitised the whole process of disbursement of Pension. The entire process, from filling the application form to disbursement of pension, will be online.
The Social Welfare Department of the state has implemented the process successfully. It also announced that there will be no hindrance or delay in pension cases.

Notes:
The Department of Science & Technology (DST) has established the National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCOE-CCU) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
This is India’s first such centre centrally funded by the DST. This Centre of Excellence explores the potential of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies, which will help India achieve its climate change goals.

Notes:
India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade announced that the import of drones is banned. The order exempted those used for research and development, defense, and security purposes.
This move also blocks the market for China’s SZ DJI Technology Co., the world’s top dronemaker, and encourages India’s local industry to increase production. Import of some drone components will be allowed.

Notes:
Elon Musk’s Starlink has lost 40 of the 49 satellites causing them to fall from orbit before they could be commissioned.
They were caught in a Geomagnetic storm a day after they were launched. A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave. It also occurs when cloud of magnetic field interacts with the Earth’s magnetic field.

Notes:
As per a recent research, Kaziranga National Park in Assam, is releasing more carbon than it is absorbing.
The National Park is home to the largest-population of the one-horned rhinoceros in the world. Usually, forests absorb more carbon than they release, which makes them carbon sinks. This is mainly due to decreasing rainfall in the region.

Notes:
Madhwacharya was a Hindu philosopher and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.
Madhvacharya was born in the Karnataka in 13th-century India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to  Madhwacharya on the occasion of Madhwa Navami.