Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The Delhi government launched a “dedicated one-stop website for promotion and adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).
The website ev.delhi.gov.in aims to help both the buyers and manufacturers. It includes a ‘charging stations explorer’, ‘EV calculator’, ‘EV search’ and ‘EV dashboard’ among others.

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Former Comptroller and auditor general of India Vinod Rai has been appointed as the independent chairman of Unity Small Finance Bank (SFB) and Reserve Bank of India has granted its approval in this regard.
The Bank has also onboarded Sandip Ghose (RBI veteran) and Basant Seth (former CMD of Syndicate Bank) into its business group.

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The Amar Jawan Jyoti was established in 1972, to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 War, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
The Indian Government has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merged it with the flame instituted at the National War Memorial in 2019. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurated it on Republic Day 1972, after India defeated Pakistan in 1971.

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The Governments of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh entered into an agreement to build a dam at Adi Badri in Yamunanagar district.
Along with this, the area will also develop as a pilgrimage site. The objective of the project is to revive the Saraswati River as well as increase ground water level. Adi Badri dam will be built on 31.66 hectares of land in Himachal Pradesh and Rs 215.33 crore will be spent for the same.

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The World Bank has approved a loan of around Rs 1,000 crore (USA 125 million) for the West Bengal government.
The loan has been approved under the ‘West Bengal Building State Capability for Inclusive Social Protection’ operation. The loan is being given for several development projects related to social security.

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India ace badminton player PV Sindhu won the women`s singles title at the Syed Modi International tournament.
The top-seed Sindhu defeated Malvika Bansod 21-13, 21-16 in the final clash. The men`s singles final of the Syed Modi India International 2022 was declared a `No Match’ as one of the finalists was declared Covid positive.

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National Tourism Day is celebrated across the country on January 25 every year to spread awareness about the importance of tourism and its impact on the economy.
This year, the Ministry of Tourism is observing National Tourism Day under the aegis of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. This year’s theme for National Tourism Day is ‘Rural and Community Centric Tourism’.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook January 2022 assessment.
As per the update, India is estimated to grow at 9% in 2021-2022, down from 9.5% projected in October 2021. It also projects 9% growth for the Indian economy in 2022-23 Global economic growth will dip from 5.9% in 2021 to 4.4% in 2022.

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The Kerala Bird Atlas released recently is said to be Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling efforts, and species coverage.
It is also the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India, and was conducted as a citizen-driven exercise with the participation of over 1000 volunteers. The Atlas has provided data about the distribution of various bird species across major habitats.

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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Swachhata Start-Up Challenge to encourage innovative start-ups to transform the sanitation and waste management sector.
The challenge has been launched in partnership with Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD). It seeks to promote enterprise development under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0).