Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has recently launched the Sujalam 2.0 campaign for Greywater management.
Greywater is wastewater from non-toilet plumbing systems. The theme for this year’s campaign is Groundwater: making the invisible visible. Under the Campaign, government will mobilize Communities, Panchayats, Schools to undertake greywater management.

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Kerala Tourism has launched its 24×7 WhatsApp chatbot ‘Maya’ to enable tourists to access all information and updates about the tourism sector in the state.
The dedicated WhatsApp interactive service ‘Maya’ will serve as a virtual travel assistant for tourists. The Service can be obtained using WhatsApp chat or by scanning the QR code, for a hassle-free travel experience in the state.

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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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‘Kambala’ is an annual buffalo-race held in the state of Karnataka. The fifth annual Mangaluru Kambala is set to be organised in Mangaluru City.
After lawsuits filed by animal welfare organizations, the Supreme Court of India ordered a ban on Kambala in 2014. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 re-legalized the Kambala festival.

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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 Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) works under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
IIE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to promote entrepreneurship at a local level among the rural youth. Under the agreement, the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), will focus on promoting employment opportunities in rural India.

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The ‘National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey’ was recently released by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. He also released the country’s ‘annual TB report’
As per the report, Delhi had the highest prevalence (747) in 2019-2021 while Gujarat had the lowest (137). TB prevalence among India’s adults was 312 per 100,000 in 2019-2021. For every 2.84 persons with TB, only 1 was registered in the national surveillance system.

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Earth Hour was observed from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m on March 26. It is the world’s largest movement for the environment where people across the globe unite to take a stand against climate change by turning off non-essential lights for one hour.
It commenced as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, and then was observed every year on the last Saturday of March in more than 180 countries. It unites millions of people in the effort to decarbonise the planet. The theme for this year’s global event is “Shape our Future”.

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The Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya, a museum dedicated to prime ministers of India, is set to be inaugurated on April 14 to coincide with B R Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
Being built on a 10,000-square metre land adjacent to the Nehru Memorial Museum in Delhi, the museum covers the life and times of all 14 Indian prime ministers so far. The museum which is being built at a cost of Rs 271 crore was approved in 2018.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) has launched a ‘Legal Aid Clinic’.
It will act as a single-window facility for resolving grievances of women by offering them free legal assistance. Women can access the facility to access free legal advice and counseling where legal services advocates in the panel of DSLSA will help women.