Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

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Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology conducted a study on Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR). It is located in the western Indian Ocean.
The researchers claimed that the GMR may have an oceanic crust underneath. The results from their study can help in understanding the plate-tectonic evolution of the Indian Ocean.

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The Indian Government is hosting a series of webinars across many sectors to help with implementation of Budget announcements.
The Ministry of Education hosted a webinar on ‘Education and skill sector’ as part of this series, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Plenary Session. Seven parallel breakout sessions were held under the identified themes.

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‘International Mother Language Day’ is being observed across the world on February 21 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
The day was recognised by UNESCO in 1999, on the initiative of Bangladesh and has been observed globally since 2000. The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”.

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Arunachal Pradesh got the status of a state from Union territory (UT) on February 20, 1987. On the same day the formation of Mizoram state took place, after a peace accord was signed between the Centre and Mizo National Front (MNF).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on their Statehood Day and hailed their contribution.

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Storm Eunice sparked the first-ever red weather warning for London. It was one of the most powerful tempests in Europe since the Great Storm hit Britain and northern France in 1987.
Over 15 people were killed by falling trees, flying debris and high winds in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Storm Franklin and Storm Dudley followed in two days. These back-to-back-to-back storms are known as clusters, which happen in a short period of time.

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State owned Maharatna company – Coal India Limited has been awarded the ‘India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company’ award by Industry Chamber “ASSOCHAM”.
The company was established in the year 1975 with Kolkata as headquarters. It is the single largest coal producer in the world, which is operating more than 85 coal mines spread across 8 states.

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IIT Roorkee organised a regional farmers’ awareness program under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) project. It also launched mobile App named ‘KISAN’ to avail the Agromet Advisory Services of IMD.
Under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa project (GKMS), India Meteorological Department (IMD), in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities/ICAR, issues crop and location specific weather based agro advisories on every Tuesday and Friday and occurrence of extreme weather.

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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved a Rs 1,000-crore project for cleaning up Pune’s rivers, Mula, Mutha and Mula-Mutha.
The Mula and Mutha rivers are heavily polluted with the city’s sewage being dumped into the rivers. The project aims to improve the water quality by promoting sewage collection systems and sewage treatment facilities.

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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme was launched 24th of February in 2019  to provide income support to all landholding farmer’s families.
Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs 6000 per year is transferred in three equal installments of two thousand rupees directly into the bank accounts of the farmers. Over 1.80 lakh crore rupees have been transferred directly, under PM KISAN scheme.

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India and Nepal agreed to form a joint task force on a proposal to construct a hydropower project from investments of the two neighbouring countries.2
The task force will have maximum three members from both the countries. It was agreed on the Meeting of Nepal-India Energy Secretary-Level Joint Steering Committee in Kathmandu. Both countries also agreed to increase the capacity of energy, imported and exported through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line.