World Current Affairs MCQs March 2022

CODA won all three awards it was nominate for, including Best Picture, becoming the first film distribute by a streaming service (Apple TV+), the first Sundance film premiere, and the first film featuring predominantly deaf actors in leading roles to win Best Picture.

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. The theme for 2022 is “Forests and sustainable production and consumption”.

A massive Saharan dust cloud turned the skies red-orange across Spain. After the dust-filled parts of Spain, a warning of extremely bad air quality was issued for Madrid. Spain’s weather service described the dust storm as “extraordinary and very intense”. It also predicted that the dust storm will continue through on the day to come

The theme for 2022 is “Forests and sustainable production and consumption”. When we drink a glass of water, write in a notebook, take medicine for fever, or build a house, we do not always make the connection with forests. And yet, these and many other aspects of our lives are linked to forests in one way or another. The UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests in 2012

The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022. CODA won three awards, including Best Picture, and was the first film distributed by an internet streaming service to receive that award.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has successfully put a second military satellite, the Noor 2, into orbit, according to the semi-official news agency Tasnim. “Iran’s second military satellite, named Noor-2, has been launched into space by the Qassed rocket of the aerospace wing of the Revolutionary Guards and successfully placed in orbit 500 kilometers [310 miles] above the Earth,” the official IRNA news agency reported.

The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on March 21, 2022, signed framework agreements to extend $180 million loans to Pakistan to finance Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP). The financing agreements were signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Mian Asad Hayaud Din and Special Adviser to the President IsDB Mohammad Jamal Al-Satti. The signing ceremony was also witnessed by IsDB President Dr Muhammad Al Jasser, who is in Islamabad on a three-day visit to attend the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.

An international maritime defense fair began in Qatar’s capital Doha on 21 March 2022. The Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2022) opened with a ceremony at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah attended the opening ceremony of the three-day event, with several officials and diplomats from abroad also in attendance. The expo will feature products of over 200 companies from 20 countries. Thirty-two Turkish companies are also attending the event.