Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) implements phase II of the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar (RTS) Programme.
The government has installed 1,252 megawatt (MW) RTS capacity in the residential sector, as of March 2022. The government has installed renewable energy projects of 152.90 gigawatt (GW) capacity as of March 2022.

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Bhagat Singh, Shiva Ram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged to death on March 23, 1931, in the Lahore Conspiracy case.
To commemorate their death anniversary, March 23 is observed as ‘Shaheed Diwas’ across the country. It is also called as ‘Martyrs’ Day’. The day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, January 30, is also marked as Shaheed Diwas.

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The Chief of the United Nations announced a project, along with Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization.
It aims to put every person on Earth in range of early weather-warning systems within five years. It aims to make the alert systems, which are already used by many rich countries available to the developing countries.

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The ‘International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery’ is observed every year on March 25.
The theme of the day in 2022 is “Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism”.   For more than 400 years, over 15 million men, women and children became the victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

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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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Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar released a book titled Indian Agriculture towards 2030: Pathways for Enhancing Farmers’ Income, Nutritional Security and Sustainable Food and Farm Systems.
The book captures the outcomes of the dialogue by NITI Aayog and the Ministries of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and facilitated by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN.

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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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Surat has become the first in India to get a road that is made out of steel waste. It is seen as an example of sustainable development.
The road is built by Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India with CSIR India (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) & CRRI (Central Road Research Institute) with support from Ministry of Steel and Government think tank NITI Aayog.

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The Ministry of Rural Development has notified fresh wage rates under rural job guarantee programme NREGS for financial year 2022-23.
Only 10 states got more than 5 per cent hike while three states had no change. The MGNREGA wage rates are fixed according to changes in the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labour). The maximum rise is recorded in Goa where the new wage is Rs 315 per day in 2022-23.

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US President Joe Biden proposed USD 1.8 billion to support free and open, and secure Indo-Pacific Region and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
He also proposed USD 400 million for the Chinese Malign Influence Fund. The funds were announced as part of USD 773 billion annual Defence Budget, which prioritizes China as the Department’s pacing challenge.