Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) released the Harmonised Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility in India 2021.
This is a revision to a set of guidelines for barrier-free environment released in 2016. It has been drafted by a team of the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee and the National Institute of Urban Affairs of the MoHUA.

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Odisha Cabinet has decided to extend the upper age limit for entry to state government service to 38 for three years up to 2023.
At present, the maximum age limit to apply for state government services is 32 years. This applies only for the advertisements already made or to be made during the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023. There are also relaxations for reserved categories above the upper age limit of 38 years.

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The UN and partners launched their largest ever country-specific appeal for Afghanistan, at a special session, where the UN launched the $5 billion appeal.
The appeal aimed to rescue the collapsing basic services in Afghanistan, which have left 22 million in need of assistance inside the country. The UN also announced that 5.7 million people require help beyond its borders.

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India’s oldest sloth bear, named Gulabo, died at the age of 40 at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal.
The female bear was rescued from a street performer in 2006 at the age of 25 years. The autopsy determined that failure of internal organs due to old age is the cause of death of the sloth bear.

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Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is a type of LED (Light-Emitting Diode) in which emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound that emits light in response to an electric current. This is a competitive alternative to liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
Recently, team of researchers from University of Minnesota, MIT, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology and Pusan National University have demonstrated a printing technique which produces fully 3D-printed flexible OLED displays.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) witnessed a 22.27 per cent rise in the volume of complaints under various ombudsman schemes during April 2020-March 2021, at 4,04,143.
Chandigarh, Kanpur and Delhi got the maximum number of complaints and the North zone accounted for the maximum share of complaints (43.10 per cent) in 2020-21. It was followed by the West zone and the South zone. East zone continued to have the least share of complaints. ATM and debit cards, mobile banking and credit cards accounted for the most reasons of complaints.

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The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021.
As per the report, the forest cover has increased to 7,13,789 sq km, or 21.71% of India’s geographical area. It is an increase of 1,540 sq km. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka and Jharkhand contributed the most to increase in forest cover, and the Northeast reported the biggest losses.

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A team of scientists recently discovered the world’s largest fish breeding area near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea.
They photographed and filmed several nests of icefish of the species Neopagetopsis, using OFOBS, the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System. It is a camera system built to explore the seafloor of extreme environments like ice-covered seas.

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The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 was passed to provide 75 per cent reservation in private sector to candidates from the state.
The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, applies to jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary or wages of Rs 30,000 and it came into effect on January 15, 2022. A dedicated portal and a helpline number were also launched to monitor the implementation of the scheme.

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Lakshya Sen became the first Indian to win an Indian Open men’s singles title on debut as he defeated the reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew in the final..
This is Lakshya’s first Super 500 title on the BWF tour. He had earlier won bronze in the 2021 World Championships.  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first team from the country to win the men’s doubles title earlier.