Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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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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The Union Cabinet has approved a draft legislation to provide a regulatory framework for India’s research activities in Antarctica and protect the environment in the continent.
The Indian Antarctica Bill was piloted by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The Indian Antarctic programme, which began in 1981, has completed 40 scientific expeditions and built three permanent research base stations in Antarctica. Maitri and Bharati are fully operational at present.

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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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According to the recent ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’ published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad is the second-most noise polluted city globally.
The area recorded noise pollution of 114 decibels at its highest (dB) in 2021, against the WHO standard of 55 dB. Dhaka tops the list of 61 cities around the world, which includes five Indian cities.

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A Marine Mammals Research (MMR) team of the Department of Environment and Forest in Lakshadweep has reported the first-ever live sighting of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in Indian waters.
During their diversity and distribution monitoring surveys, the marine mammal research team witnessed the species at Cheriyapani and later at Kavaratti.

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The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has decided to extend the PMGKAY till September 2022.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), 5 kg of food grains (wheat, rice, coarse grain) is provided to each beneficiary each month free of cost. Phase-V of the scheme was to end in March 2022.

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The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has bagged the ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022.
It is Asia’s largest event on civil aviation jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI. CIAL was selected for the implementation of a project named ‘Mission Safeguarding’ during the Covid pandemic to ensure safe travel at Kochi Airport.

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Ministry of MSME, Government of India and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, organised a ‘Mega International Summit on MSMEs’ at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
The two-day summit was attended by entrepreneurs, academicians, policymakers, industry leaders,  industry associations, start-ups, social impact organizations, MSMEs and self-help groups from India and across the world.

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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.

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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.