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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The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the Second Advance Estimates (SAE) of National Income, 2021-22 as well as Quarterly Estimates of GDP for the quarter October-December (Q3) of 2021-22
The growth in GDP during 2021-22 is estimated at 8.9 percent as compared to a contraction of 6.6 percent in 2020-21.

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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 Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) launched the ‘Stree Manoraksha Project’ to improve the mental health of women in India.
The project has been launched in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru. The project would focus on building on capacity building of One-Stop Centers on how to handle the cases of women who have suffered violence and distress.

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In May 2008, 107 states concluded an international treaty prohibiting the cluster weapons, named the ‘Convention on Cluster Munitions’.
Recently, Russia has been accused for using cluster bombs and vacuum bombs in the ongoing war against Ukraine. As per the convention, the cluster munitions release explosive sub-munitions each weighing less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive sub-munitions. They are non-precision weapons designed to injure or kill human beings over a large area.

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The first potential case of deer-to-human COVID-19 transmission has been reported in Canada, according to a new study.
The researchers identified highly mutated clusters of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in white-tailed deer.  For the study, the researchers analyzed 300 samples from white-tailed deer in South-western and Eastern Ontario. They found that 17 of the deer in South-western Ontario tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

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The Government of India has approved for continuation of seven sub-schemes under the umbrella scheme called “Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrants and Repatriates”. These schemes are approved to continue from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a financial outlay of Rs 1,452 crore.
These schemes aim to provide reasonable income to migrants and repatriates who have suffered on account of displacement.

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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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Every year, 3rd March is celebrated as World Wildlife Day by the United Nations and this year, the day is celebrated under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”.
This aims to conserve some of the most critically endangered species of wild fauna and flora and form solutions to conserve them.