current affairs 03 february 2022

Center nominates Hoysala temples in Karnataka to the World Heritage List in 2022-2023.

The Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somanathapura in Karnataka have been finalized as India's nomination for the World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.
The Holy Communions of the Hoysalas have been on the UNESCO Prospective List since April 15, 2014 and testify to the rich historical and cultural heritage of this country.
The Hoysala temples were formally submitted for nomination by the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO Vishal V Sharma on January 31, 2022.
The Hoysalas temples nominated are represented by

South Korean electronics manufacturing giant, Samsung Electronics has overtaken US chipmaker Intel to become the world's leading chipmaker in terms of revenue in 2021, according to a report released by research firm Counterpoint Technology Market Research.
While Intel posted relatively flat results, Samsung took the lead in 2021 with a strong DRAM and NAND flash market performance.
Samsung also saw solid momentum in logic chips this year.
Memory vendors continued to lead the industry, with SK Hynix and Micron in third and fourth places, followed by IC design vendors including Qualcomm and NVIDIA.
The year witnessed 19% YoY revenue growth.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has announced the opening of two more convenience stores under its brand name HappyShop.
HaPpyShop is the non-fuel retail sector of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and aims at providing daily requirement products to its customers at their convenience.
The 1st retail store was launched by HPCL in September, 2021 at the company's retail outlet located at Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai.
Taking this further, the company has announced the opening of two more convenience stores HaPpyShop on January 31, 2022.
The two new stores are located at:

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab unveiled its election mascot, Shera (lion).
It aims to promote voter awareness, participation and ethical voting in the Punjab Assembly elections to be held on 20 February 2022.
The mascot Shera, depicts a lion.
It represents the rich cultural heritage of Punjab.
It is promoted under the Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) project of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The SVEEP project was launched in 2009 as the flagship program of ECI for voter education.

Spituk Guster Festival, a two-day annual festival of Ladakhi culture and traditional heritage is celebrated on 30 and 31 January 2022 in the UT of Leh and Ladakh.
To witness the colorful festivities, devotees flock to the Spituk Monastery every year and take part in the colorful masked dance locally known as chams.
Spituk Math is 8 km from Leh.
It is a celebration of peace and prosperity which is celebrated at Spituk Monastery in Leh and Ladakh UT.