Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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Former Chief of Navy Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, who retired last year, has been appointed as the country’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC).
NMSC will be part of the National Security Council Secretariat, and will report to National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. NMSC was proposed after the 26/11 terror attacks. His responsibility is coordinating between all the agencies involved in maritime security and maritime civil issues.

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organised the ‘Labharthiyon Se Rubaroo’ initiative. It was launched to monitor progress of projects under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) by directly interacting with beneficiaries.
Recently the Secretary of MoHUA, interacted with PMAY(U) beneficiaries from Assam, Jharkhand and Kerala, to know about their experiences under the scheme.

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Eminent Kannada writer and poet Dr Chennaveera Kanavi passed away at the age of 94 after age-related complications.
The Karnataka government ordered police honours for his last rites. The litterateur won the Sahitya Akademi award for his book ‘Jeevadhwani’. He received various awards including Rajyotsava Award, Pampa Award, Nadoja title, Nrupathunga award, Sahitya Bangara Award.

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Assam government is set to launch a 4-year mentorship programme called project ‘Arohan’. It aims to mentor students and help them to develop their skills.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met CEO of Tata STRIVE, a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts and sought corporation from them for the project.

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Every year, in the month of February, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) event is organised, in which bird watchers across the globe would look for birds for 4 days and upload the data for conservation.
This year, it is held from February 18 to 21 and in India it is being organised by e-bird India and Birdcount-India.

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As per a recent study, Moths are vital to pollination in the Himalayan ecosystem of northeast India. The study highlights 91 species of moths as potential pollinators of 21 plant families in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
Diurnal are Day-Active Pollinators including bees and butterflies while nocturnal pollinators are active during the nights like moths and bats. Majority of the pollination-related studies are based on diurnal pollinators, so far.

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‘International Mother Language Day’ is being observed across the world on February 21 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
The day was recognised by UNESCO in 1999, on the initiative of Bangladesh and has been observed globally since 2000. The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”.

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Eat Right India is a flagship mission of FSSAI, which aims to ensure that all citizens of the country get safe and nutritious food.
Under this initiative, ‘Sehatmand Delhi’ programme was launched to identify premises that can be recognised as ‘Eat Right Campus’. Recently four police stations of New Delhi district have been certified as ‘Eat Right Campus’ by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

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Storm Eunice sparked the first-ever red weather warning for London. It was one of the most powerful tempests in Europe since the Great Storm hit Britain and northern France in 1987.
Over 15 people were killed by falling trees, flying debris and high winds in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Storm Franklin and Storm Dudley followed in two days. These back-to-back-to-back storms are known as clusters, which happen in a short period of time.

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Israel has successfully tested a new Naval Air Defence system named ‘C-Dome’, intercepting a series of threats.
The C-Dome system is a naval version of the Iron Dome, which is being used to shoot down rockets fired from the Gaza Strip for the past decade. The New System is being installed on Israel’s latest corvette ships.