Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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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.

 

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Meghalaya has recently withdrawn consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state in the country to have taken this step. CBI will not be able to investigate cases in the state without the state government’s permission.
Mizoram was the first state to withdraw consent in 2015. The other states that have withdrawn consent are Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Kerala

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is set to capture the surface of the Moon, which is to be smacked by a rocket booster at around 6,000 mph. The up-close view of the smoldering crater is expected to shed some light on the mysterious physics of planetary impacts.

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The Defense Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has indigenously developed Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), which are on board the EOS04 satellite. These circuits are used for radar imaging modules of the satellite.
The satellite was launched in February 2022 by ISRO to provide high-quality images for applications such as forestry, agriculture etc.

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The Delhi Government has recently inaugurated individual health clinics in 20 government schools. They were inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia.
The clinics will provide routine health check-ups as well as counselling to ensure the children’s physical and mental well-being.

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Biologists have described a new species named ‘Acetabularia jalakanyakae’ from a rocky habitat of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It belongs to the unicellular green algal genus Acetabularia. It is also called ‘mermaid’s wineglass’ because of its umbrella-shaped cap. The alga has a height of 0.5 to 10 cm. Four species of the genus are known from India, including three from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Assam Cabinet has approved the proposal to replace paper ballots with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls.
The decision has been taken to ensure transparency and efficiency in elections. The cabinet also approved ‘Assam Occupational Safety, Healthy and Working Conditions Rules, 2022’.

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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das launched UPI for feature phones called UPI123Pay. He also launched 24×7 helpline for digital payments named ‘DigiSaathi’.
UPI 123Pay will allow customers to use feature phones for all transactions except scan and pay. It doesn’t need an internet connection for transactions while customers have to link their bank account with feature phones to use this facility.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’. Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 5000 will be given to women on the birth of second girl child.
He also released ‘Kanya Vivah Yojana’ Coffee Table Book and Sakhi One Stop Center Telephone Directory. The Chief Minister visited the stalls set up as part of the four-day-long state-level ‘Mahila Madai’.

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‘Dalit Bandhu scheme’ is an initiative of the Telangana state Government. Rs 17,800 crore was allocated for the scheme in this year’s state budget.
Under the scheme, 100 members for each constituency are selected and ₹ 10 lakh is handed over to each beneficiary family to start a livelihood of their choice. The government has allocated ₹ 1,190.8 crore for the scheme and it will expanded across the state next year.