Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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Suraksha Kavach 2, a Joint Security Exercise was organised between Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar, Pune.
The aim of the exercise was to harmonize the procedures undertaken by Army and Police to counter any likely terrorist actions in Pune. It is participated by Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) of Indian Army, Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police, Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs), Dog Squads and Bomb Disposal Teams of both agencies.

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The third edition of the joint training exercise between India’s and Uzbekistan’s armies named ‘EX-DUSTLIK’ began in Uzbekistan’s Yangiarik.
India is represented by its Grenadiers Regiment while the Uzbek Army contingent is represented by troops of the North Western Military District. The last edition of DUSTLIK was held in Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet. The joint exercise will focus on Counter Terrorism operations in semi-urban terrain.

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Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the “Step-Up to End TB- World TB Day Summit” on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day at New Delhi.
Union Health Minister will award well-performing states and districts for achieving TB elimination.  In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Delhi End TB summit and proposed to End TB in India by 2025, five years ahead of the TB-related SDG targets of 2030.

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The new Common University Education Test (CUET), to be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), is compulsory for all the Central Universities.
The exam will be a computer-based, multiple-choice test.  The University Grants Commission (UGC) also asks all state, deemed-to-be, and private universities to use the test scores for admissions to undergraduate programmes across the country.

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The periodic labour force survey (PLFS) by the National Statistical Office (NSO), under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
As per the recent update, Unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 9.8 per cent in July-September 2021 from 13.2 per cent in the same quarter of the previous year.

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Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has recently launched the Sujalam 2.0 campaign for Greywater management.
Greywater is wastewater from non-toilet plumbing systems. The theme for this year’s campaign is Groundwater: making the invisible visible. Under the Campaign, government will mobilize Communities, Panchayats, Schools to undertake greywater management.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the surface-to-surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The extended range missile hit its target with pinpoint accuracy. One of the missiles earlier misfired due to a technical malfunction from an Indian Air Force unit during a Command Air Staff Inspection (CASI).

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Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy.
RSE is one of the world’s oldest and respected academic societies. Fellows are elected to join the RSE from across the fields of science, arts, education, business and public life in recognition of their contribution in improving the world around them.

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North Korea has confirmed that it has test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since 2017 named ‘Hwasong-17’.
Hwasong-17 flew 1,090 km at a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 km and hit a target. Hwasong-17 is claimed to be the largest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM in the world. Hwasong-15, which was tested in November 2017 reached an altitude of about 4,475 km and covered 950 km.

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The Government e-Market (GeM) portal was launched in 2016, for online purchases of goods and services by all the central government ministries and departments.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GeM announced that the portal has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore during this fiscal year. GeM is among the top five e-public procurement systems globally. The top five states that are buying from the portal are Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.