Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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DIKSHA, SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), PMeVIDYA (One Class One Channel) and NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) are flagship initiatives of Ministry of Education.
Union Minister of State for Education recently presented National ICT Awards to 49 teachers across the country.

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Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), was launched by the Union Minister of Defence in 2018. It provides a unified platform for various stakeholders in the defence and aerospace sector.
iDEX has launched Defence India Startup Challenges (DISC) and Open Challenges (OC). iDEX is set to showcase its startups and award its winner during its flagship event Manthan in the upcoming DefExpo 2022.

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Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy dedicated the destroyer INS Vishakhapatnam. It has been named after the City of Destiny.
This is India’s first of the four stealth guided missile destroyers under Project 15B. It has been designed in-house by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design. It has 75 percent indigenous content and was constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.

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According to the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over both the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. These straits, also known as the Turkish Straits connect the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea via the Sea of Marmara. It is the only passage through which the Black Sea ports can access the Mediterranean Sea.
Turkey is set to implement the convention, which would allow them to limit the movement of Russian warships between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

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The Union government has allowed manufacture and import of machine-made polyester national flags by amending the 2002 Flag Code of India.
The rules earlier permitted only flags made by “hand-spun and hand woven wool or cotton or silk khadi bunting”. The import of machine-made flags was banned in 2019.

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The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the resolution titled ‘Aggression Against Ukraine’, with support of 141 nations voting in favour and five against.
Nearly 100 UN Member States co-sponsored the resolution including Afghanistan, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. The resolution required a 2/3 majority and it demanded that Russia immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine and refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of force against any UN member state.

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Archeologists from China have discovered remnants of an Old Stone Age culture at a site named Xiamabei which is less than 100 miles from Beijing.
At the site, it is discovered that ancient hominins used a reddish pigment called ochre and crafted tiny blade-like tools from stone. It is believed that these remains are more than 40,000 years old.

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is a major electricity supplier in Ukraine. The plant generates 40-42 billion kWh which accounts for one fifth of the average annual electricity production in Ukraine.
Recently, Ukraine has claimed that Russian military has seized the plant and started shelling. It is also the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

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India’s largest electric vehicle charging station has been established in Gurugram (Haryana) with 72 AC slow chargers and 24 DC fast chargers (i.e) a total of 96 charging points. The charging station is operated by Alektrify and is located at Jaipur-Delhi-Agra Highway.
This is said to be an ultra-modern charging station that meets all regulatory standards set by the government.

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The Environment Ministry issued a draft notification on “Building Construction Environment Management Regulations, 2022”.
It has proposed that at least one tree be planted in every 80 square metres of land, so that residential and commercial construction sites have at least 10 per cent of their plot area under tree cover.