Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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Japan announced an investment target of five trillion yen (Rs 3,20,000 crore) in India in the next five years, after the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
The two countries signed six agreements for the expansion of bilateral cooperation in a range of areas. They also signed a separate clean energy partnership.

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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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Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Data-Driven Research to Eradicate TB named “Dare2eraD TB” by the Department of Biotechnology, on World TB Day.
“Dare2eraD TB” will be the umbrella TB program comprising initiatives like, Indian Tuberculosis Genomic Surveillance Consortium, Indian TB Knowledge Hub- Webinar Series and Host Directed therapies against TB and Evidence-based procedure for treating extra-pulmonary TB.

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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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The Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) was held recently at Bali, Indonesia.
It had been decided that 10 types of products contain mercury that can be phased out, while the use of four types of products with mercury should be reviewed at COP-5 in Geneva, Switzerland. ‘Bali Declaration’ was unveiled to prevent illegal mercury trade.

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Small industries development bank of India (SIDBI), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Meghalaya infrastructure development and finance corporation.
It is a government body to develop the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ecosystem in the state. Under the MoU, SIDBI and Meghalaya government will work to ensure the development of the MSME ecosystem in the state.

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Union Ministry of Earth Sciences recently announced that the tropical Indian Ocean has experienced a rapid increase in ocean warming.
The average rise in sea surface temperature of about 1 degree Celsius (°C) was observed over the period of 1951-2015, at 0.15°C per decade. The western Indian Ocean region experienced a four-fold rise in marine heat-waves events and the North Bay of Bengal experienced a two-to-three fold rise.

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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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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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Recently, a record 1,14,305 Olive Ridley turtles arrived at the Rushikulya river mouth for their annual mass nesting. The Rushikulya beach is located in Odisha’s Ganjam district.
In spite of concerns over erosion in coastal areas due to high tide, this year marked a record mass nesting. Last year, the beach did not witness such mass nesting.