Current Affairs Quiz - March 2022

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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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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari commented that Samarth Ramdas was the guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Several historians and Maratha Organisations claim that Shivaji’s mother, Rajmata Jijau, was his real guru and inspired him to create his own kingdom. Hence the followers of Shivaji demanded apology from the Governor. Samarth Ramdas was an Indian Marathi Hindu saint, philosopher and poet.

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-T satellite.
It was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. GOES-T is the latest spacecraft of the GOES- R series. It will be used by the researchers to study Earth’s weather and climate.

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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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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the scheme- Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in continuation of the scheme -Modernisation Plan-III for CAPFs.
The mew scheme would run from 2022 to 2026, with a total financial outlay of Rs 1,523 crore is to be implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The project will equip the CAPFs with state-of-the-art weapons and equipment as per their operational requirements.

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NASA has started assembling the ‘Europa Clipper spacecraft’ in the mission’s final phase before the launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa in 2024.
The main body of the spacecraft is a giant 10-foot-tall propulsion module, designed and constructed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and conduct multiple close flybys of Europa to gather data on the moon’s atmosphere, surface, and interior structure.

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is set to capture the surface of the Moon, which is to be smacked by a rocket booster at around 6,000 mph. The up-close view of the smoldering crater is expected to shed some light on the mysterious physics of planetary impacts.

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Forest authorities have released 20 Indian grey hornbills into Gir National Park in Gujarat since October to reintroduce the species.
The species was seen at the sanctuary several decades back. Two male birds among those were released with solar-powered satellite transmitters. As many as 10 out of the total 62 species are found in Indian subcontinent.

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The city Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, also known as the ‘Land of Mahakal,’ created a new Guinness world record of ‘largest display of oil lamps’.
The event named ‘Shiv Jyoti Arpanam,’ was hosted by the state government’s culture department and executed by the city administration. It included lighting more than 11.71 lakh lamps on the occasion of Mahashivratri.

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The Ninth Edition of India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX (Sri Lanka–India Naval Exercise) has commenced at Visakhapatnam from 07 Mar to 10 Mar 2022.
The exercise is conducted in two phases- the Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam followed by the Sea Phase in the Bay of Bengal. Indian Navy is represented by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette, INS Jyoti, a Fleet support tanker, Advanced Light Helicopter, Seaking and Chetak Helicopters and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft.