Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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40-year-old Serdar Berdymukhamedov has won the Presidential Election of Turkmenistan. He is the son of the country’s leader.
Berdymukhamedov secured 72.97 percent of votes in the recently held election and succeeded his father Gurbanguly, as per the Central Election Commission. Turkmenistan is a gas-rich country in Central Asia.

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Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) and FICCI are jointly organizing WINGS INDIA 2022 – Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation.
It focuses on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity. Hyderabad, also called as the hub of Aviation, is the host of the event. As part of the country’ Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), the theme of the event is “India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry”.

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Bihar celebrated its 110th foundation day on March 22. The state of Bihar was carved out from Bengal’s presidency on the same day in 1912.
The theme of this year’s Bihar Diwas is ‘Jal Jivan Haryali’. A three-day function will be organized on this occasion, with over 18 departments of the state and different organizations would participate. A drone show will also be organized in which 500 drones will fly together.

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India has recently achieved its target of reaching USD 400 billion in exports, in a financial year for first time.
This success is achieved nine days ahead of schedule. India’s goods exports in FY21 were USD 298.1 billion. India’s exports in April-February 2021-22 were USD 374.81 billion as against USD 256.55 billion during the previous year, witnessing a growth of 46.09%.

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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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The Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER) scheme is implemented through National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
It comprises of the Antarctic program, Indian Arctic program, Southern Ocean program and Cryosphere and Climate program. The scheme is organising 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. PACER scheme has recently been approved for continuation during 2021-2026.

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The European Union and the U.S. announced they had agreed “in principle” to a new framework for cross-border data transfers.
Previously, there was an arrangement named Privacy Shield, allowing firms to share Europeans’ data to the U.S. The new agreement is expected to provide relief for tech giants like Meta and Google.

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A new edition of Aadi Bazaar has been recently inaugurated at Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
The 11-day long exhibition has been organised by TRIFED of Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It will feature exhibition and sale of tribal handicrafts, art, paintings, fabric, and jewellery from across 10 states of the country.

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In a recent study, researchers from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) measured the size of India’s space economy at Rs 36,794 crore (approximately USD 5 billion) for the 2020-21 fiscal.
The estimated size of India’s space economy, as a percentage of the GDP, fell from 0.26% in 2011-12 to 0.19% in 2020-21.

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In the ‘Hurun global U-40 self-made billionaires 2022’, India is ranked at fourth place. USA leads the list with 37 billionaires, China second with 25 and UK is at third with 8.
India had 6 U-40 self-made billionaires. Globally, there are 87 self-made billionaires, up 8 in year and almost double in 5 years. Mark Zuckerberg (37) is the world’s no.1 under 40 years with USD 76bn. Tiktok founder Zhang Yiming (39) is the second with USD 54bn.