Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is chaired by the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Recently, the Council approved the procurement of Rs 8,357 crore worth of military platforms and hardware.
The procurement proposals were accorded “Acceptance of Necessity” at the meeting. The proposals include procurement of night sight (Image Intensifier), light vehicles GS 4X4, Air defence fire control radar (light) and GSAT-7B satellite.

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Indian Ed-tech company BYJU’S has been named as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December, 2022. It will also create creative content with educational messages as part of sponsorship.

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Yoga Mahotsav 2022 is a campaign for 100 days, 100 organizations at 100 places, with an objective to give wider promotion to various dimensions of Yoga.
It also aims to promote the 100 days countdown campaign to IDY-2022 for Health, Well-being and World Peace. National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Ministry of Ayush, will conduct a yoga session on ‘Common Yoga Protocol’ at Aga Khan Palace, a Gandhi Heritage site at Pune.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) extended the term of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by a year until September 30, 2023.
At the NATO summit in Brussels, the US President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders agreed to extend Stoltenberg’s term. He was a former Norwegian prime minister and was named NATO Secretary-General in 2014. His term was due to expire in September 2021.

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The country has over 50,000 ODF plus villages, the government recently announced. An ODF plus village is one that sustains its open-defecation-free status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean.
The top-performing states include Telangana with 13,960 ODF Plus villages; Tamil Nadu with 11,477; Madhya Pradesh with 3,849.

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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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The renowned hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for his outstanding work to quantify environmental evaporation.
Professor Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaert, fondly known as Mr Evaporation, is the world’s leading authority on terrestrial evaporation. His works help to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources.

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The Centre has initiated a project across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha to enhance climate resilience of coastal communitiesThe project has been undertaken at a total cost of USD 130.269 million (around Rs 1,000 crore) which includes a grant of USD 43.419 million by Global Climate Fund (GCF). It covers 24 ecosystems in these states, to protect and restore natural ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses.

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Indian Actor Deepika Padukone was honoured at the TIME 100 impact awards, for her work on mental health through her organisation ‘Live Love Laugh’ foundation.
This is the second honour by the TIME magazine for the ace actress. The Time100 – Impact Awards honours the “global leaders who have gone above and beyond to move their industries and the world forward.”

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has tied up with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for ‘Fleet Card — Fuel on Move’ program.
The fleet card will enable IAF vehicles to refuel at any IOCL station, rather than the current practice of refuelling at only Air Force stations. This will be implemented for its fleet of vehicles that carry personnel, equipment and even bombs and missiles by road.