Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand for his second consecutive term.
Along with him, eight cabinet ministers were also administered the oath. Dhami became the 12th chief minister of the hill state-Uttarakhand.

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) retained the estimate of India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) at 5.5% in FY24.
This is lower than 8.1% in 2022-23. In its Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India, the GDP of emerging Asia – China, India and ASEAN Member Countries- is projected to grow 5.8% this year.

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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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India has crossed a landmark milestone as the eSanjeevani telemedicine service of Union Health Ministry has crossed 3 crore tele-consultations.
The service has set a new record by completing 1.7 lakhs consultations in a day. States that are leading in terms of adoption of eSanjeevani are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal. eSanjeevani, has two variants: eSanjeevani Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWC) and eSanjeevaniOPD.

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Some desert foxes, found in the scrub forests of Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, are said to be suffering from loss of fur due to the ‘Mange skin disease’.
After locals spotted the disease in foxes, Wildlife conservationists have expressed concern on managing the disease. There were 8,331 foxes in the state according to the 2019 wildlife census of Rajasthan.

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Under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 was inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh by the Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan.
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is the flagship festival of the Ministry of Culture which aims to preserve, promote, and popularise the rich cultural heritage of India. The first Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav was organised in 2015.

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Indian Team emerged as the Champions of the 2022 SAFF U-18 Women’s Championships, despite losing 0-1 to Bangladesh.
The result was declared because of a better goal difference. India enjoyed a better goal difference of +11 in comparison to +3 of Bangladesh. The valuable player of the tournament and the highest goal scorer was Lynda Kom who scored five goals.

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The Lok Sabha passed a bill to include Darlong, a tribal clan in Tripura in the list of Scheduled Tribes. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022, was an amendment to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950.
The Bill, which was tabled in Parliament by Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, sought to include the Darlong community as a sub-tribe of the Kuki tribal community.

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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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Railway collisions were the second-largest reason for the unnatural deaths of elephants while Electrocution was the first most reason.
The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a permanent coordination committee that includes the Ministry of Railways and the Environment Ministry to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks. 19 elephants were killed across the country on railway tracks in 2018-19, 14 in 2019-20 and 12 in 2020-21.