Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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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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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari commented that Samarth Ramdas was the guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Several historians and Maratha Organisations claim that Shivaji’s mother, Rajmata Jijau, was his real guru and inspired him to create his own kingdom. Hence the followers of Shivaji demanded apology from the Governor. Samarth Ramdas was an Indian Marathi Hindu saint, philosopher and poet.

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India’s Union Ministry of Earth Science launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) on the occasion of National Science Day 2022. The International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) will be hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)- Pune, an institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, initially for five years.
It would undertake activities related to international monsoon research, under the leadership of the World Climate Research Programme and the World Weather Research Programme.

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Every year, the Zero Discrimination Day is observed on March 1, to celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and productive life with dignity.
This year, the theme of ‘Zero Discrimination Day’ is “Remove laws that harm, create laws that empower”. This year, UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to take action against discriminatory laws prevalent across the world.

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C-17 Globemaster of the Indian Navy took off for Romania to bring back Indians under Operation Ganga. The flights under the operation have also been increased.
Three more Indian Air Force aircraft are scheduled to visit Poland, Hungary and Romania. Four Ministers are deployed by the Government of India as ‘special envoys’ to oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals in Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.

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Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Electronic Bill (e-Bill) processing system, announced in Union Budget 2022-23, on the occasion of 46th Civil Accounts Day. The move is a part of ‘Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Digital India eco-system’
Currently, the suppliers of various goods and services to the Government have to submit physical, ink signed copies of their bills to the respective Ministries/Departments/Offices of the Government of India.

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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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MyGov, which is the Government of India’s citizen engagement platform has launched “Sabka Vikas MahaQuiz” series commencing from 1st March 2022. This quiz would continue for the entire year and comprise 14 episodes.
This initiative aims to build awareness amongst citizens about good governance, various government schemes and initiatives.

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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.