Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization, which seeks to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for nuclear weapons. It is headquartered at Vienna.
The IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors has called for an emergency meeting about Ukraine. Board members Canada and Poland called the meeting at the request of Ukraine, which is not on the Board.

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Odisha’s first tribal Chief minister as well as last Congress Chief minister of the state, Hemananda Biswal passed away.
In 1995, he was made deputy chief minister by JB Patnaik. He was elected to the Odisha assembly in 1974 from Laikera constituency. He was also elected to assembly as MLA six times from the same seat. In 2009 he was elected as an MP from Sundargarh.

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“Ungalil Oruvan” (One Among You) is the autobiography of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. It was recently released by Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi.
The event was attended by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Bihar Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav.

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Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), organised a National conclave on ‘Social Enterprises for Garbage Free Cities: Encouraging Women Entrepreneurs in Waste management’.
The conclave was organised in collaboration with the Chhattisgarh Government in Raipur.

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Sri Lanka announced nationwide seven-and-a-half hour daily power cuts. This is the longest power cut announced in Sri Lanka in 26 years since 1996.
As per the official sources, the country is not facing an issue of electricity capacity, but a foreign exchange crisis, as the country does not have enough reserves to import fuel.

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Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the ‘Sagar Parikrama’ in Gujarat.
It is organised along with National Fisheries Development Board, Department of Fisheries, Gujarat, Indian Coast Guard, Fishery Survey of India, Gujarat Maritime Board and fishermen representatives. It aims to understand the problems of Coastal Fisher folk.

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The United Nations Environment Programme coordinates responses to environmental issues within the UN system. It was formed after the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972. UNEP is headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya.
The UNEP is set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its creation in a special two-day session of the UN Environment Assembly.

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Every year, 3rd March is celebrated as World Wildlife Day by the United Nations and this year, the day is celebrated under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”.
This aims to conserve some of the most critically endangered species of wild fauna and flora and form solutions to conserve them.

 

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On the occasion of Jan Aushadhi Diwas week celebrations, Jan Aushadhi Bal Mitra programme has been conducted across the country at 75 locations.
It aims to engage children as ‘Bal Mitras’ with Jan Aushadhi scheme to educate them about the benefits of the PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadi Pariyojana.

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The Government of India has appointed Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel as the chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) was set up to adjudicate disputes among telecom operators and consumers. The tribunal consists of a Chairperson who should be or should have been a Judge of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of a High Court.