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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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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The President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious President’s Colour to INS Valsura. The advanced Torpedo Training Facility was created in 1942 for the Royal Indian Navy during World War-II.
After India became a Republic, it was renamed as INS Valsura on 01 Jul 1950. The President’s Colour is presented upon a military unit in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the Nation, both in peace and in war.

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The Udaan project was launched by the Rajasthan government in collaboration with a consulting group ‘IPE Global’.
The project aims to keep girls in schools through their enrolment at the secondary level and also ensures that the eligible ones get their scholarships. It has strengthened the scholarship delivery system through IT-enabled services.

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As per recent official data, the doctor-population ratio is 1:834 in the country. There are 13,01,319 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission (NMC) as on November, 2021.
Also, there are 2.89 lakh registered dentists, 32.63 lakh registered nursing personnel and 13 lakh allied and Healthcare Professionals in the country.

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The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the Final Estimates of 2020-21 and First Advance Estimates of 2021-22 of Area and Production of various Horticultural Crops.
Total Horticulture production in 2020-21 is estimated to a record 334.60 Million Tonne, an increase of about 4.4% over that achieved in 2019-20. Production of Fruits and Vegetables is estimated to be 102.48 Million Tonne and 200.45 Million Tonne respectively. Total Horticulture production in 2021-22 is estimated to be 333.3 Million Tonne, (decrease of 0.4%) over 2020-21.

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The Punjab Government made a resolution to install three statues in the Assembly Building of Capitol Complex, Chandigarh. It was opposed by Heritage Experts of the city
The Edict of Chandigarh is a rule book prescribed by Le Corbusier, the planner of Chandigarh. Other than statues, the Edict also specifies a complete ban on noise and commercial structures at the Sukhna Lake.

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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.

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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. Has launched the world’s longest commercial passenger flight by distance.
It has planned to reroute its New York-Hong Kong service to avoid Russian airspace, and that would be the longest flight. The distance of 16,618 kilometers is covered at 17 hours would surpass Singapore Airlines’ New York service, which takes about 17-and-a-half hours to cover 15,349 km.

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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.