Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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Maharashtra was voted as the best tableau among the States/UTs in the popular choice category. Its tableau was based on theme ‘Biodiversity and State Bio-symbols of Maharashtra’.
The general public was invited to vote for the best marching contingents and tableaux in the popular choice category. Uttar Pradesh’s tableau, based on the theme ‘ODOP and Kashi Vishwanath Dham’, was adjudged the best among 12 States and UTs. Ministry of Education and Ministry of Civil Aviation, Marching contingent of the Navy and CISF were named winners in respective categories.

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The Rajyotsava Awards are the second highest civilian honour of Karnataka. They are awarded on the occasion of establishment of the state, celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.
The state announced that it will skip the process of calling applications for Rajyotsava awards. Rather, the state will set up a Committee and it will be tasked with finding achievers.

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Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister of Canada, which is witnessing massive anti-vaccine protests. The Capital City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency amidst the huge protests.
The “Freedom Convoy” demonstrations began in western Canada, as protests by truckers angry with vaccine requirements when crossing the US-Canadian border.

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To reintroduce cheetahs, Union Ministry of Environment unveiled the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’.
Recently, it has been decided that 12 to 14 cheetahs are to be brought from South Africa, Namibia  or Other African Countries over a period of five years, as the first step. The primary aim is to establish a free-ranging population of cheetahs in and around Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh.

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The Department of Science & Technology (DST) has established the National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCOE-CCU) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
This is India’s first such centre centrally funded by the DST. This Centre of Excellence explores the potential of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies, which will help India achieve its climate change goals.

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Ministry of Coal announced that a target of all India coal production of 1.2 billion tonne up to the year 2023-24 has been fixed.
The Union government launched Single Window Clearance portal in 2021 for the coal sector to speed up the operationalisation of coal mines. It is a unified platform that assists for clearances and approvals required for starting a coal mine in India.

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India is the fifth largest exporter of millets in the world, according to 2020 data, with exports increasing at around 3 per cent CAGR in the last five years ending with 2020.
In 2020-21, India exported millets worth USD 26.97 million against USD 28.5 million in 2019-20. World export of millet has increased from USD 380 million in 2019 to USD 402.7 million in 2020.

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RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted unanimously to keep policy repo rate unchanged at 4 percent. Reverse repo rate also remains unchanged at 3.35 percent.
As per the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, the ‘accommodative’ stance will continue as long as needed.

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One Ocean Summit is being organised by France in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank.
India supported the French initiative of a ‘High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the conference and said that India is committed to eliminating single-use plastic.

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Madhwacharya was a Hindu philosopher and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.
Madhvacharya was born in the Karnataka in 13th-century India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to  Madhwacharya on the occasion of Madhwa Navami.