Page-35 of Current Affairs - February, 2022

New Events of 2028 Olympics

The 2028 Olympics is to be held in Los Angeles. This is after the 2024 Olympics to be held in Paris. The 2022 Olympics was held in Tokyo. These are all the summer Olympics, the main Olympics. The one that ..

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Melting on Mount Everest

Recently scientists found that the highest glacier on the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest is melting at a faster rate. It is the South Col glacier and the glacier has lost 54 metres of thickness in the last 25 years. ..

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Chilika Lake Annual survey

The Chilika Development Authority recently held the annual survey at the Chilika lake recently. The survey was all about the flora and fauna in the lake. According to the survey, the lake has more than 33% of sea grass area ..

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World Interfaith Harmony Week

World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed during first week of February, that is, February 1 to 7, annually. When was this week designated? World Interfaith Harmony week was designated in 2010 by the General Assembly. Who proposed the observance of ..

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Craft Map of Manipur

The craft map of Manipur was prepared on the basis of a field survey by an expert team in 2018-19. It is the first of its kind, prepared with the objective of providing equal, concentrated attention to all art forms. ..

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ATLAS Asteroid Tracking System

The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has become first survey capable of searching entire dark sky for near-Earth objects (NEOs), every 24 hours. Key Facts ATLAS is a state-of-the-art asteroid detection system. It is operated by University of Hawai‘i (UH) Institute for ..

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China- Pakistan CPEC agreement

On February 4, 2022, Pakistan signed a new agreement with China to start second phase of USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Key Points On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the controversial projects, stating that it has strategic ..

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Assam Leopard census

On February 3, 2022, forest department officials have rescued a leopard from Sishugram Red Cross society near IIT Guwahati. Key Points Leopard will be released in its safe habitat after observation. NKF Division has also started the process of leopard counting ..

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The Netherlands New HIV variant

The researchers of Netherlands have discovered a new HIV variant. It has been named as VB variant. It was lurking the country for a long period. The variant causes 3.5 times to 5.5 times higher levels of infection. However, there ..

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West Bengal ‘Paray Shikshalaya’

Paray Shikshalaya is open room classroom. It is to be launched by the West Bengal Government. The Paray Shikshalaya is launched for the pre – primary and primary students. Key Features Under the scheme, elementary education will be provided to ..

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