Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India has introduced ‘Unified Presentment Management System’ (UPMS).
Through UPMS, NBBL will enable the customers to set up standing instructions on their recurring bill payments. The bills will be automatically fetched from the billers and presented to customers for auto-debit.

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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi(IGRUA) was established by the Government of India in the year 1986 at Fursatganj Airfield. It is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
IGRUA is an Autonomous Body and it is administered by a Governing Council under Ministry of Civil Aviation. During 2021, IGRUA recorded 19000 hours of flying as against an average yearly flying output of 15000 per year during the previous five years. It also targets 25000 flying hours in 2022.

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As a part of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at COP-21, India committed to achieve 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that India has achieved its non-fossil fuel-based energy target in November 2021. At present, India has over 40.1 per cent of the total installed energy capacity of 392.01 GW.

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South American nation Chile is in the process of drafting a new constitution for the nation. In this regard, the constitution assembly has recently elected epidemiologist Maria Elisa Quinteros as the new President to replace the body’s inaugural president Elisa Loncon.
The country has decided to replace its previous Magna Carta which was produced during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet

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The Union Home Affairs Ministry constituted a three-member committee to probe into the lapses in the security arrangement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab’s Ferozepur.
The Committee will be led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, secretary (security), Cabinet Secretariat. After his convoy was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes, Prime Minister Modi’s scheduled visit to National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala and a programme in Ferozepur were cancelled.

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The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea. It includes 3 Mexican states and portions of Belize and Guatemala.
The Maya civilization, known for its exemplary architecture and understanding of mathematics, originated in the Yucatan Peninsula. According to a new study, the Maya civilization may have had access to nearly 500 edible plants, many of which were highly resistant to drought. Earlier, it was believed that the civilization’s fall was due to drought.

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Wolf Volcano, also known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands. It is a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
The volcanic mountain recently erupted, spewing lava and clouds of ash over the Pacific Ocean. The cloud of gas and ash from Wolf Volcano rose to 3,793 meters above sea level after the eruption. The islands are part of the province of Ecuador.

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West African nations will close their borders with Mali, cut diplomatic ties and impose tough economic sanctions in response to delay in holding elections.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the 15-state regional bloc announced this stance, as Mali’s interim authorities have proposed holding elections in December 2025 instead of this February as originally agreed with the bloc.

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Every year on Makar Sankranti in the month of January, pilgrims visit Gangasagar village for a dip at the union of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal.
Nearly one million devotees are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges River on this year’s event for the holy bathe. West Bengal recorded second highest number of COVID cases in the country.

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Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US coin. The coin is part of the African Women Quarters program. For the last 90 years, the first US President George Washington was seen on one side and an eagle on the other.
Under the program, US Mint issues quarters each year between 2022 and 2025 featuring five different female personalities who have contributed to the country.