Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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National Science Day is celebrated on February 28 in India to recognise the contributions of scientists towards the development of the country
In 1928, Indian Physicist CV Raman made an important discovery in the field of spectroscopy which was named the Raman Effect. The theme of National Science Day 2022 is ‘Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future’.

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A crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China named the ‘Yilan’ Crater holds the record as the largest impact crater on Earth that formed in the last 100,000 years.
Before 2020, the only other impact crater ever discovered in China was found in Xiuyan, Liaoning, as per a statement from the NASA Earth Observatory. The Yilan crater measures about 1.85 kilometers across and likely formed about 46,000 to 53,000 years ago, based on radiocarbon dating.

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Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals is set to celebrate the Jan Aushadhi Diwas Week, with the main event on March 7. The theme of 4th Janaushadhi Diwas is “Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi”.
PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana ensures easy reach of affordable medicine to the people in every district. The Government has set a target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) to 10,500 by the end of March 2025.

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India’s Union Ministry of Earth Science launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) on the occasion of National Science Day 2022. The International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) will be hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)- Pune, an institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, initially for five years.
It would undertake activities related to international monsoon research, under the leadership of the World Climate Research Programme and the World Weather Research Programme.

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The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located along the northern coasts of Norway and Russia. It is also called as the Murman Sea in Russia.
Russian nuclear submarines sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers were seen among snow forests in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s nuclear forces put on high alert over tensions with the West amidst the invasion of Ukraine.

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Article 176(1) of the Constitution states that ‘Governor shall address both the houses of the state legislative assembly together at the commencement of the first Session after each general election and at the first session of each year’.
The article is in the news recently because Government of Telangana has announced its decision on conducting the budget session of the legislature without the customary Governor’s address.

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The Government of Himachal Pradesh, in its Budget for 2022-23 has announced to increase the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development (MLALAD) fund from Rs 1.80 crore to Rs 2 crore.
Also, the state Government has proposed to increase the discretionary grant for MLAs from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 12 lakh for FY 2022-23.

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Ministry of MSME organized ‘International Summit on Plastics Recycling & Waste Management’, in association with The All-India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA).
The Ministry also launched two special initiatives – ‘Sambhav’ and ‘Svavlamban’ to promote entrepreneurship amongst youth, especially in aspirational Districts across the country. The 2-day Summit was held at New Delhi.

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated ‘Draft Guidelines for Transforming Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) into Multidisciplinary Institutions’.
It has been released in line with the National Education Policy, 2020, which seeks at least one large multidisciplinary higher education institute in or near every district by 2030.

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As a part of sustainable farming, a trellis structure is prepared using four pillars, bamboo poles and ropes, on 20 decimals of land.
As plants especially creepers grew vertically in a trellis system, the chances of stems, flowers and fruits getting rotten are very less. The system has worked well in many tribal villages of Odisha.