Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The theme for this year’s National Science Day is announced as ‘Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future’.
Union Science and technology Ministry has announced this recently. The theme has been chosen for raising public awareness of the scientific issues. National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman.

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The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched “Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)” program.
It is a joint initiative of MoHUA, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and leading academic institutions of the country. Top architecture & planning institutes of the country will work with Smart Cities to document the landmark projects undertaken by the Smart Cities Mission.

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South American nation Chile is in the process of drafting a new constitution for the nation. In this regard, the constitution assembly has recently elected epidemiologist Maria Elisa Quinteros as the new President to replace the body’s inaugural president Elisa Loncon.
The country has decided to replace its previous Magna Carta which was produced during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet

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Railway Police Force personnel saved 601 persons accross Indian Railways in the year 2021. They have saved 1650 lives from the wheels of the running trains at railway stations across India in the last four years under ‘Mission Jeewan Raksha’.
Indian Railways has returned left behind luggage with value at 23 crores to over 1.2 lakh rightful passengers.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has created a new department named “Department of Fin-Tech”, to promote innovation in the fin-tech sector.
It also aims to identify the challenges and opportunities associated with it. In 2018, RBI created a financial technology unit in 2018, within its Department of Payment Settlement Systems. The new fintech department will also provide framework for further research on the subject and help in policy interventions of RBI.

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China completed 20 years at the World Trade Organisation and its present status at the ‘World Trade Organization (WTO)’ is ‘Developing Country’.
A number of countries are raising concerns that China being an upper middle-income nation deriving benefits reserved for developing countries under WTO norms. Concerns are also raised over the ‘least developed country’ (LDC) status, with Bangladesh losing this tag after surpassing India in terms of GDP per capita.

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As per a recent study, the European scientists announced that 2021 was the Earth’s fifth hottest on record.
The mean temperature globally last year was 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than it was before industrialization led humans to begin releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air. The year was fifth warmest by a slight margin after 2015 and 2018, by Copernicus’ ranking. The hottest years are 2016 and 2020, on record.

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2022 Global Risks Report has been recently released by the World Economic Forum. WEF’s ‘Global Risks Perception Survey’ ranked ‘Climate action failure’ as the highest risk.
Erosion of social cohesion, livelihood crises and mental health deterioration were identified as risks which increased the most since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry via video conference.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated a technology centre of the MSME Ministry and Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Manimandapam, an auditorium with an open-air theatre in Puducherry, to be used for educational purposes.

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
The Missile is an indigenously developed, low weight missile developed by DRDO in association with a private Indian Defence Contractor. It is an Indian third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile derived from Nag ATGM.