Current Affairs Quiz: February 2, 2022

Teenager Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the womens singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in mens singles final of Odisha Open badminton tournament.

In a bid to spread voter awareness among voters ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections, the office of Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Dr. S. Karuna Raju unveiled its Election Mascot – Shera depicting a lion through a Facebook live event.

Socialist Prime Minister António Costa won re-election to his third consecutive term during the general election in Portugal as the new far-right party Chega took ground in the countrys Parliament.

Speaking exclusively to All India Radio News, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar has expressed confidence that Indias GDP will grow between 8.5 to 9 percent in the year 2022-23.

PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission which was earlier known as Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, is one of the largest pan-India scheme for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country. It is in addition to the National Health Mission. It will provide support for 17 thousand 788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in 10 High Focus States. Further, over 11 thousand urban Health and Wellness Centres will be established in all the States.
Under the scheme, Critical Care Hospital Blocks will be established in all districts with population of more than 5 lakhs.

Umesh Kalapad, Ganesh Khadse and Suraj Gote from the Washim district of Maharashtra won gold medals in the 400 by 400 relay event at the Indo-Nepal International Games.

Maharashtra tops Indias list in the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) owned by entrepreneurs from the Scheduled Castes with as many as 96,805 enterprises. Tamil Nadu with 42,997 enterprises and Rajasthan with 38,517 units occupy the second and third slots, according to the data furnished by the Office of the Development Commissioner in the Union Ministry of MSME.

Argentina has won the 6th womens field hockey championship title at the 2022 Womens Pan American Cup. In the final, Argentina defeated Chile 4-2 in Santiago, Chile.

The first geological park of country will be built at Lamheta village on the banks of river Narmada in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Approval for the park has been granted by Geological Survey of India, under ministry of mining, Government of India for construction of the park with an investment of Rs 35 crores. GSI has approved an amount of Rs 1.30 crore for preparing its detailed report.

The book titled Fearless Governance authored by Dr Kiran Bedi has been released recently.

Ahead of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), one of its most successful franchises, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), has become the countrys first sports Unicorn with its market cap having touched a high of Rs 7,600 crores and its share in the grey market trading in the Rs 210-225 price band.

Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in as the first woman President of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime-and poverty-stricken nation into a “socialist and democratic state.”

Veteran Indian Hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh has won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performances, becoming only the second Indian to receive the accolade. In 2020, Indian Womens hockey captain Rani Rampal became the first Indian to win the honour for her 2019 show.

Government has approved strategic buyer for Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited located in Odisha. It has been bought at 12,100 crore rupees by Tata Steel Long Products Limited.

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January, 2022 is one lakh 38 thousand 394 crore rupees. Of which CGST is 24 thousand 674 crore rupees, SGST is over 32 thousand crore rupees, IGST is over 72 thousand crore rupees and cess is nine thousand 674 crore rupees.

Defence Ministry has said that home delivery of medicines begun under Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation, SeHAT. SeHAT is the tri-services teleconsultation service of the Ministry of Defence designed for all entitled personnel and their families. The Ministry said, Home Delivery will be started with Base Hospital Delhi Cantt and it will be extended to more and more stations in coming times.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the UPI ecosystem (comprising of leading banks and fintechs) have announced the UPI Safety and Awareness initiative, to create awareness amongst consumers. Under this initiative, NPCI and the UPI ecosystem will observe February 1-7 as UPI Safety and Awareness Week and the whole of February as UPI Safety and Awareness Month.