Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization, which seeks to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for nuclear weapons. It is headquartered at Vienna.
The IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors has called for an emergency meeting about Ukraine. Board members Canada and Poland called the meeting at the request of Ukraine, which is not on the Board.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations released the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’.
It was also called an “Atlas of human suffering”, as per the UN Head. The report was compiled by 270 authors from 67 countries. As per the report, Cities which house more than half of the world’s population — are at the highest risk from climate change.

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An ice-wall climbing competition was organized by the North-West frontier Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force in Ladakh.
The competition was held in collaboration with the Ladakh Mountaineering Guide Association (LMGA). This is the first time that an ice climbing competition was organized in India.

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New Development Bank (NDB) is set to become the first multilateral agency to open an office in the Gujarat International Finance Tech City (GIFT).
NDB also expects to partner with the newly formed National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID) to support important infrastructure projects in India.

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-T satellite.
It was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. GOES-T is the latest spacecraft of the GOES- R series. It will be used by the researchers to study Earth’s weather and climate.

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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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On the occasion of Jan Aushadhi Diwas week celebrations, Jan Aushadhi Bal Mitra programme has been conducted across the country at 75 locations.
It aims to engage children as ‘Bal Mitras’ with Jan Aushadhi scheme to educate them about the benefits of the PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadi Pariyojana.

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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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“Wings” (The World of India’s Girls) is a report published by “Save The Children” organization every four years.
According to the recently released report, only 33% of girls in India attended online classes during lockdown, while two thirds struggled to get access to health and nutrition services.

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Kavach is the indigenously developed ‘Automatic Train Protection System’, which was recently tested on South Central Railway.
As per the Union Budget, the system is scheduled for complete rollout on 2,000 km in 2022-23. It is India’s own automatic protection system in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got renamed to Kavach.