Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The tequila fish (Zoogoneticus tequila) which was declared extinct in the wild has been reintroduced to its native Mexico.
The little fish, which grows only up to 70 mm, was bred in an aquarium at Chester zoo, England. The fish disappeared from the wild in 2003 due to the introduction of invasive, exotic fish species and water pollution.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has received a total of 31,000 complaints of crimes committed against women in the year 2021, which is the highest in number since 2014. There is an increase in complaints by 30% in the year 2021 in comparison to 2020.
Among the total complaints, more than half of them have been received from Uttar Pradesh state which has the highest number of complaints, followed by Delhi.

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As per Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Non-Basmati Rice, Basmati Rice and Buffalo Meat are the top 3 exported products from India in the year 2020-21.
As per APEDA, the total export basket has increased more than Rs.15 lakh crore in 2020-21 in comparison to Rs.83 thousand crore in 2011-12.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The institution would come up with modern and state-of-the-art sports infrastructure like synthetic hockey ground, football ground, basketball, volleyball, handball, kabaddi ground, lawn tennis court etc.
This university is being established with a vision to have a strong sporting culture and establish world-class sporting infrastructure in the country.

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As many as 12 pilgrims died and 16 were injured after a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, located in Jammu.
At the time of the incident, around 50,000 devotees had gathered on the occasion of the New Year, and only 35000 people were allowed. There was a congestion two groups on a pathway leading to the shrine complex

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The YSR Rythu Bharosa – PM Kisan Samman scheme provides eligible farmers with financial assistance of Rs.13500 per acre in three annual instalments.
For the third consecutive year, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released the third tranche of the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme. Rs.7500 is deposited in May for  Kharif crops, Rs.4000 is deposited in October for Rabi crops, and Rs.2000 is deposited for Sankranti.

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Delhi Assembly passed an amendment Bill to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971, to recognise Takht Damdama Sahib as the fifth Takht of Sikhs.
A Takht, or a throne, is a seat of temporal authority for Sikhs. There are five Sikh Takhts, three in Punjab and one each in Maharashtra and Bihar. The amendment also adds one more ex officio member in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managament Committee (DSGMC) house from the earlier 4.

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A new species of dwarf catfish named ‘Pseudolaguvia vespa’ was discovered in Milak River in the state of Nagaland.
Members of the genus Pseudolaguvia are small catfishes present in hill streams and rivers of the Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, the Irrawaddy and Sittang drainages in Myanmar and Western Ghats, peninsular India. Vespa is derived from the Latin word vespa meaning wasp.

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A man was beaten by some villagers for allegedly cutting off trees illegally and selling them. The man was burned alive in front of police, for violating the ‘Khuntkatti’ law.
The ‘Khuntkatti’ system is a tribal lineage-based system of joint holding of land. According to the system, the Munda tribals would clear the trees and prepare the land for farming, which would then belong to the entire clan instead of a single person.

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As a part of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at COP-21, India committed to achieve 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that India has achieved its non-fossil fuel-based energy target in November 2021. At present, India has over 40.1 per cent of the total installed energy capacity of 392.01 GW.