Current Affairs Quiz: February 10, 2022

The Union Minister of State for food processing industries and Jal Shakti, Prahalad Singh Patel said that during the current year, a target of providing tap water to 3.8 crore households has been set and an allocation of 60 thousand crore rupees has been made this year budget for Jal Jeevan Mission to provide every household with tap water.

Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire who turned a small commodities trading business into a conglomerate spanning ports, mines and green energy, is now Asia s richest person.

Leading digital healthcare platform MediBuddy said it has roped in Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador.

Sanjay Malhotra named DFS Secretary in Finance Ministry

Pfizer India appointed Pradip Shah as the chairman of its board following the resignation of R A Shah on February 3.

Fintech unicorn Razorpay has expanded into South-East Asia with the acquisition of a majority stake in a Malaysian fintech firm Curlec, valuing the company between $19-20 million.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Microsoft India have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a regulated sector focused cloud offering to empower customers with the cloud computing and infrastructure services.

Over four crore 59 lakh FASTags have been issued in the country till the end of last month. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, 148 percent growth has been registered in the user fee collection through FASTag on national highways during the last two years.

AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched a dedicated storefront for Ayurveda products on Amazon in the marketplace.

Instagram has announced a new campaign called Take a Break in various countries including India.

Sonata Software, a global IT Services and Technology Solutions Company announced its partnership with Microsoft for its launch of Microsoft Cloud for Retail , further strengthening its offerings to the retail industry.

The country s first commercial-scale biomass-based hydrogen plant is coming up in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. The plant is being put up by a joint venture of Watomo Energies Ltd and Biezel Green Energy with an investment of ₹24 crore.

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has set up an inter-disciplinary water management and policy centre called AquaMAP aiming to provide smart solutions to challenging water problems.

Actor Praveen Kumar Sobti, popular for essaying the role of Bheem in BR Chopra s Mahabharat, has died at the age of 75.

The Rajasthan government signed an agreement with the Anil Agarwal Foundation of the Vedanta Group to develop 25,000 Anganwadi centres as Nand Ghar in the state.

Nagaland Government has declared the entire State as drought of a Moderate nature.

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative.

Youth Affairs and Sports minister Anurag Thakur has said that his ministry has released a total of 87 crore 65 lakh rupees to date including 5 crore 49 lakh rupees during the current Financial Year for the development of National Sports University in Manipur.

The food processing ministry said its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) has been extended till March 2026 with an allocation of Rs 4,600 crore.

NITI Aayog has announced the five most improved aspirational districts in the Agriculture and Water Resources sector for December 2021. Malkangiri in Odisha tops the list. It is followed by Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. Ramgarh in Jharkhand and Begusarai in Bihar also feature in the list. This is as per NITI Aayog s Delta Rankings.