Current Affairs: 16th February 2022

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1) Which is the first Indian FMCG company to
become Plastic waste neutral?

• Dabur India has become the first Indian consumer

goods company to become completely plastic waste
A. Nestle India neutral. It has done this by collecting, processing and
recycling around 27,000 metric tonnes of post-
B. Dabur India consumer plastic waste during FY21-22.
• Dabur has achieved the landmark of surpassing its
C. ITC Ltd plastic packaging usage with recycling.
• Dabur has also announced the launch of a new ‘Save
D. Marico Ltd the Environment’ campaign in Himachal Pradesh to
create awareness within communities on managing
plastic waste within their households.
Ans-B
2) Which country has become first to allow
operation of drones in civilian airspace?

• Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drone

A. Syria flights in civilian airspace.
• The certification was issued to the Hermes Starliner
B. Jordan unmanned system by the Israeli Civil Aviation
Authority, and was manufactured and developed by
C. Egypt Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense electronics company.
• The UAVs will be used for the benefit of agriculture,
D. Israel environment, public welfare, economic activity and
against crime.

Ans-D
3) Kala Ramachandran has been appointed as
which city's first woman Police Commissioner?

• IPS officer Kala Ramachandran has been appointed as

the first woman police commissioner of Gurugram.
A. Gurugram • She took charge of the position on February 15th
from outgoing police chief KK Rao who has been
B. Faridabad transferred to the Centre for Police Training and
Research at Bhondsi near Gurgaon.
C. Ghaziabad • She is a 1994 batch IPS officer from the Haryana
cadre.
D. Meerut • She was earlier posted as the Principal Secretary to
the Haryana government.
Ans-A
4) India signed MoU with UN’s World Food
Programme to hand over Wheat to -
• India signed an agreement with the United Nation’s
World Food Programme (WFP) for the distribution of
50,000 MT of wheat that it has committed to sending
A. Tajikistan Kandahar, Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian
assistance.
B. Afghanistan • According to the MoU, the wheat will be taken
through Pakistan to the Afghan border crossing and
C. Pakistan handed over to WFP officials in Kandahar beginning
February 22.
D. Turkmenistan • The wheat will eventually be divided into five batches
of 10,000 tonnes, to be distributed across the
country on approximately 200 trucks that are run by
the WFP Ans-B
5) "Medaram Jatara" is the traditional festival of
which state?
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has sanctioned ₹2.26
Crores for Medaram Jatara 2022 Festival in Telangana.
In 2022, the festival is being held from February 16 to
19, 2022.
A. Telangana • Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair in India, after
the Kumbh Mela.
B. Maharashtra • The four day tribal festival is celebrated once in two
years in the month of “Magha” (February) on the full
C. Chhattisgarh moon day, in Medaram Village of Mulugu district in
Telangana.
D. Karnataka • The festival is organised by the second-largest Tribal
Community of Telangana, the Koya tribe, in
collaboration with the Tribal Welfare Department,
Government of Telangana. Ans-A
6) Paisabazaar has launched ‘Paisa on Demand’
(PoD) credit card in partnership with which bank?

• Paisabazaar. com, a digital platform for consumer

credit, has partnered with RBL Bank Limited to offer
A. ICICI Bank ‘Paisa on Demand’ (PoD), a credit card that will be
exclusively available on the Paisabazaar platform.
B. RBL Bank • Aim: To build products that offer integrated services
for the large under-served segments across India.
C. Canara Bank • The credit card from RBL Bank will be lifetime free
with a digital onboarding process. It provides options
D. Yes Bank of availing of personal loans from RBL Bank, using the
same credit limit at normal personal loan rates to
customers
Ans-B
7) Who has become the Khadi brand ambassador of
Bihar?

• Bhojpuri singer and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari will be the

A. Akshay Kumar “Brand Ambassador” for Khadi and other handicrafts
of Bihar.
B. Sanjay Misra • This was announced by state Industries Minister Syed
Shahnawaz Hussain.
C. Manoj Tiwari • As an actor, Manoj Tiwari has also been a part of a lot
of films including Dharti Putra, Raja Thakur, Bhole
D. Khesari LAL Shankar, International Daroga, etc.

Ans-C
8) Vedanta has formed JV with which company to
manufacture semiconductors in India?
• The Indian mining major Vedanta has inked an MoU with
Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company, Hon Hai
Technology Group (better known as Foxconn) to form a
A. Foxconn joint venture (JV) for manufacturing Semiconductors in
India.
• This is the first JV in the electronics manufacturing sector
B. TSMC India after the government announced ₹76,000 crore
production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for
C. Solex Energy semiconductor and display manufacturing, to create an
ecosystem of local production of semiconductor in India.
D. Saankhya Labs • Vedanta will be majority shareholder in the JV while
Foxconn will hold minority share.
• Anil Agarwal, the non-executive Chairman of Vedanta, will
be the Chairman of the JV company. Ans-A
9) Who has been named as the Business Standard
Banker of the Year 2020-21?

• Sandeep Bakhshi has been named the Business

Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21. He is the
A. Romesh Sobti managing director (MD) and chief executive officer
(CEO) of ICICI Bank.
B. Shikha Sharma • The winner was chosen by a jury of 5 members
chaired by former Reserve Bank of India deputy
C. Sandeep Bakshi governor S S Mundra.
• For 2020-21, ICICI Bank reported a net profit of
D. Paresh Kidwai ₹16,193 crore against ₹7,931 crore during the
previous financial year.
Ans-C
10) When was Lantern Festival celebrated in China
this year?

• The Lantern Festival was celebrated this year in China

A. February 12th on February 15, 2022.
• The day wraps up the 15-day Chinese New Year
B. February 13th celebrations.
• Also known as Shangyuan Festival, it marks the final
C. February 14th day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.
• During the festival, people light paper lanterns and
D. February 15th children solve riddles on the lanterns

Ans-D
11) Which country is hosting the World Sustainable
Development Summit 2022?

• The World Sustainable Development Summit 2022

A. India will be held from February 16-18, 2022 in a hybrid
format in New Delhi.
B. UK • The theme of the summit this year is ‘Towards a
Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable
C. France Future’.
• The World Sustainable Development Summit is the
D. Russia annual event of the Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI).

Ans-A
12) Who has won the ICC men's Player of the
Month award for January 2022?

• South African batsman Keegan Petersen were

A. Keegan Petersen announced as ICC men's Players of the Month for
January 2022 by the International Cricket Council
B. Dewald Brevis (ICC) on February 14, 2022.
• England skipper Heather Knight claimed the ICC
C. Ebadot Hossain Women's Player of the Month award, beating off
competition from Sri Lanka captain Chamari
D. Dewald Brevis Athapaththu and West Indies cricketer Deandra
Dottin

Ans-A
13) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
• IAS Vineet Joshi has been appointed as the new
Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) with effect from February 14, 2022.
A. Pawan Kumar • Mr Joshi, a 1992batch IAS officer of the Manipur
cadre, is an Additi onal Secretary, Department of
B. Abhishek Ghosh Higher Education, under Ministry of Education.
• He replaces IAS Manoj Ahuja , who has been
C. Vineet Joshi appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
D. Ashish Yadav • Vineet Joshi is also the Director-General of the
National Testing Agency (NTA). In 2010 as well he got
the responsibility of CBSE chairman.
Ans-c
14) APEDA has celebrated its 36th Foundation Day
on -

• Agricultural Products Export Development Authority

(APEDA) celebrated its 36th Foundation Day on 13th
A. 12th February February.
• APEDA actively supported the Government in taking
B. 15th February the export of agricultural products to 67 billion
dollars in 202021 from 0.6 billion dollar in 1986 when
C. 14th February it was founded.
• The target given to APEDA in the current financial
D. 13th February year is 23.7 billion dollars, out of which more than 70
per cent has been achieved till January this year
Ans-D
15) Who has been appointed as the MD &
Chiarman of Rockefeller International?
• Former Morgan Stanley executive, Ruchir Sharma will
take over as the Managing Director and Chairman of
Rockefeller International, the international unit of
A. Ruchir Sharma Rockefeller Capital Management on 14th February
2022.
B. Khwaja Ahmad • He will also act as an advisor to the company, be a
resource to Rockefeller’s global family office, its
C. Tufail Ahmad advisors, and clients, and serve as the company’s
global brand ambassador.
D. Prayaag Akbar • Previously he has served as the chief global strategist
and head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley
Investment Management.
Ans-A
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