Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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Marathi Bhasha Diwas or Marathi Day is celebrated on February 27 every year on the birth anniversary of eminent Marathi poet Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar.
He was also called as ‘Kusumagraj’. His works including the Vishakha (1942) inspired people into the Indian freedom movement. He was the recipient of several State awards, and National awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award for Natsamrat, Padma Bhushan (1991) and Jnanpith Award.

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the flagship scheme of Ministry of Rural Development.
From the next financial year, the Centre will not give funds for MGNREGS to states that do not appoint ombudspersons in 80 per cent of their districts where the scheme has been applied. States are mandated to appoint Ombudsperson for each district to receive grievances and pass awards.

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Operation Ganga is the name of the initiative launched by the Government of India to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine.
So far, India has brought back more than 1,000 of its nationals from the country.  It has also set up 24×7 control centres to assist in the evacuation of Indians through the border crossing points with Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovak Republic.

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The Government has appointed Madhabi Puri Buch as the new chairperson of market regulator -Securities and Exchange Board of India.
She is the first woman chairperson of SEBI. Ms Madhabi Puri Buch, the former head of ICICI Securities, replaces Ajay Tyagi. Mr Tyagi, a 1984 batch IAS officer, was appointed as SEBI Chairperson in 2017.

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‘International Women’s Day’ was officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977. International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries, to recognise women for their achievement and create awareness about their rights.
This International Women’s Day, the campaign of UN is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. Another campaign of International Women’s Day is ‘Break the Bias’.

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Google and the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s (MeitY’s) Startup Hub released the inaugural batch of 100 Indian startups as part of Appscale Academy.
It is Google’s initiative to train early to mid-stage startups across India and support them grow into global businesses. The 35% of the cohort come from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities; 58 % have women in leadership roles.

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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 International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) invited public comments on the draft framework on sustainable and sustainability-linked lending by financial institutions in IFSCs.
The draft guidance seeks to provide a broad framework for the adoption of principles aligned with the existing international standards. It also says that the units will have at least 10 per cent of their loan assets in the form of lending to green facilities from 2023.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the scheme- Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in continuation of the scheme -Modernisation Plan-III for CAPFs.
The mew scheme would run from 2022 to 2026, with a total financial outlay of Rs 1,523 crore is to be implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The project will equip the CAPFs with state-of-the-art weapons and equipment as per their operational requirements.

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On the 4th Day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas weeklong celebrations, the ‘Health heritage walks’ were organised at 10 locations in 9 cities to spread the message of quality and affordable generic medicines available at Janaushadhi Kendras.
Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) started weeklong celebrations of Jan Aushadhi Diwas from 1st March, 2022. Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Chemicals & Fertilizers participated in the health heritage walk at Purana Qila in New Delhi.