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ONE LINER CURRENT AFFAIRS : MARCH 2022

ART AND CULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS _____________________________________ 7

35TH SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS MELA FROM 19TH MARCH TO 4TH APRIL, 2022. ____________ 7
THE KASHMIR FILES : A HINDI FILM ON EXODUS OF KASHMIRI PANDITS DURING 1989–1990 ____________ 7

ECONOMY CURRENT AFFAIRS __________________________________________ 8

CSB BANK APPOINTS PRALAY MONDAL AS INTERIM MD & CEO FROM 1 APR 2022 ___________________ 8
RBI WORKING TOWARDS A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC) ______ 8
CCI APPROVES ACQUISITION OF 100% SHARE CAPITAL OF L&T AMC BY HSBC AMC __________________ 8
NATIONAL LAND MONETIZATION CORPORATION, HAS BEEN SETUP FOR MONETIZATION OF SURPLUS LAND AND
BUILDING ASSETS OF GOVERNMENT _______________________________________________________ 8

WEALTH REPORT 2022: INDIA RANKS 3RD IN BILLIONAIRE POPULATION GLOBALLY ____________________ 9
46TH CIVIL ACCOUNTS DAY CELEBRATED ON 2ND MARCH 2022, E-BILL PROCESSING SYSTEM LAUNCHED ____ 9
MADHABI PURI BUCH IS SEBI’ S FIRST WOMAN CHAIRPERSON ___________________________________ 9

ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS ______________________________________ 10

THE WINNERS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL WATER AWARDS WERE AWARDED ON MARCH 29, 2022 __________ 10
NMCG ORGANIZED ‘YAMUNOTSAV’ AT ITO YAMUNA GHAT & URGED PEOPLE TO JOIN HANDS TO CLEAN
YAMUNA. ________________________________________________________________________ 10
OCTOBER 5 HAS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY _____________________________________ 10
PRESIDENT SHRI RAM NATH KOVIND INAUGURATES AROGYA VANAM AT RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN FORECOURT 11

GOVERNMENT SCHEMES CURRENT AFFAIRS ________________________________ 11

EXTENSION OF PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN A NNA YOJANA (PM-GKAY) FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS __ 11

IMPORTANT DAYS CURRENT AFFAIRS ____________________________________ 12

WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 24 MARCH 2022 _____________________________________________ 12
SHAHEED DIVAS 2022 : 23 MARCH _____________________________________________________ 12
THE WORLD WATER DAY : 21 MARCH 2022 ______________________________________________ 12
INTERNATIONAL D AY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF R ACIAL DISCRIMINATION : 21 MARCH 2022 ____________ 13
INTERNATIONAL D AY OF FORESTS (WORLD FORESTRY DAY) : 21 MAR 2022 _______________________ 13

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CRPF 83RD RAISING DAY CELEBRATED ON 19 MARCH 2022 IN JAMMU ___________________________ 13

WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY : 15TH MAR 2022 _________________________________________ 14
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S D AY : 8TH MAR 2022 __________________________________________ 14
JAN AUSHADHI DIWAS : 7TH MAR 2022 _________________________________________________ 14
CISF 53RD RAISING DAY (10 MARCH), WAS CELEBRATED ON 6 MARCH 2022 ______________________ 15
NATIONAL SAFETY D AY : 4 M AR 2022 ___________________________________________________ 15
WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2022 ON 03RD MARCH _____________________________________________ 15
FOURTH JAN AUSHADHI DAY 2022 CELEBRATIONS : ‘JAN A USHADHI SANKALP P ADYATRA ’ ORGANIZED ON 1ST
MARCH __________________________________________________________________________ 16
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS CELEBRATED ITS 17TH FOUNDATION DAY ON 1ST
MARCH 2022 _____________________________________________________________________ 16
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S D AY WEEK FROM 1ST TO 8 MARCH 2022 ____________________________ 17

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS______________________________________ 17

“ABEL PRIZE 2022” AWARDED TO AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN DENNIS P. SULLIVAN _________________ 17
MISS JIYA RAI CROSSED PALAK STRAIT IN RECORD TIME ON 20 MARCH 2022 _______________________ 18
9TH EDITION OF JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ BETWEEN INDIAN ARMY AND SDF ________ 18
14TH INDIA JAPAN ANNUAL SUMMIT ON 19 MARCH 2022 IN NEW DELHI _________________________ 18
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2022: FINLAND 1ST AND INDIA AT 136TH POSITION ____________________ 19
POLAND’S KAROLINA BIELAWSKA HAS BEEN CROWNED MISS WORLD 2021 ________________________ 19
ACCIDENTLY FIRING OF INDIA’ S BRAH MOS MISSILE , LANDED IN PAKISTAN _________________________ 19
INDIA – SRI LANKA BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE “SLINEX” FROM 7 MAR TO10 MAR 2022 AT
VISAKHAPATNAM __________________________________________________________________ 20
INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI TALKS TO PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE , VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, ON 7 MARCH ___ 20
ABOUT 17 THOUSAND INDIANS LEFT UKRAINE UNDER OPERATION G ANGA. ________________________ 20
INDIA ABSTAINS F ROM RESOLUTION CRITICISING RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN UKRAINE AT UNGA _____________ 21

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS _________________________________________ 21

A MUSEUM OF ALL FORMER PRIME MINISTERS, PRADHAN MANTRI SANGRAHALAYA HAS BEEN BUILT AT TEEN
MURTI ESTATE, IN DELHI. ____________________________________________________________ 21
DRDO CONDUCTED FLIGHT TESTS INDIAN ARMY MEDIUM RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE (MRSAM) ____ 22
PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESENTS PADMA AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2022 ____________________________ 22
MAHATMA GANDHI’ S GRANDDAUGHTER SUMITRA GANDHI KULKARNI LAUNCHES MODI STORY WEBSITE ___ 22

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WINGS INDIA 2022, ASIA’S LARGEST CIVIL AVIATION EVENT AT BEGUMPET AIRPORT IN HYDERABAD. ___ 23
INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED SURFACE TO SURFACE SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE BRAHMOS _______ 23
UNION MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI LAUNCHES THE SUJLAM 2.0 CAMPAIGN FOR GREYWATER MANAGMENT ___ 23
UGC ANNOUNCES COMMON ENTRANCE TEST MANDATORY FOR ALL CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES FROM 2022-23 _ 24
NITI AAYOG’S WEP FIFTH EDITION AWARDS , 75 WOMEN WERE CONFERRED WITH THE WTI AWARDS-2021 24
IIT MADRAS HAS ESTABLISH WATER MANAGEMENT AND POLICY CENTRE _________________________ 24
FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM INTEGRATION COMPLEX , CONSTRUCTED BY DRDO IN RECORD 45 DAYS USING IN-
HOUSE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY, IN B ENGALURU ______________________________________________ 25

THE MV RAM PRASAD BISMIL HAS BECOME THE LONGEST VESSEL EVER TO SAIL ON THE RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA
_______________________________________________________________________________ 25
GOVERNMENT WILL START COVID VACCINATION OF 12 TO 14 YEAR OLDS FROM MARCH 16 _____________ 26
PM INAUGURATES THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY BUILDING IN GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT ON 12TH MAR
2022 ___________________________________________________________________________ 26
DAILY FLIGHT SERVICE ON INDORE -GONDIA-HYDERABAD ROUTE FROM 13 MARCH 2022 ______________ 26
RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE (RIMC), DEHRADUN CELEBRATED CENTENARY F OUNDATION DAY ON 13
MAR 2022. ______________________________________________________________________ 27
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT F UND (EPF) INTEREST RATE SLASHED TO 8.1% FROM 8.5% _________________ 27
NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (NCRB) OF 37TH FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS ON 11TH MAR 2022
_______________________________________________________________________________ 27
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS WILL RESUME IN INDIA FROM 27 MARCH 2022. __________________________ 27
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN MUSEUM AND CHANGE OF GUARD CEREMONY TO REOPEN FOR PUBLIC FROM 8 MARCH
2022 ___________________________________________________________________________ 28
“KAVACH” SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY INDIAN RAILWAY IN PRESENCE OF RAILWAY MINISTER ______ 28
DEFEXPO 2022 POSTPONED DUE TO LOGISTICS PROBLEMS _____________________________________ 29
AIR MARSHAL SREEKUMAR P RABHAKARAN ASSUMED COMMAND OF WESTERN AIR COMMAND ON 01 MARCH
2022. ___________________________________________________________________________ 29

POLITY CURRENT AFFAIRS ____________________________________________ 29

YOGI ADITYANATH TAKE OATH AS CM OF UTTAR PRADESH FOR THE SECOND TERM ON 25 MAR 2022. ____ 29
BHAGWANT MANN TOOK OATH AS CHIEF MINISTER OF PUNJAB _________________________________ 30
STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2022 RESULTS: BJP RETAINED POWER IN UP, UTTARAKHAND, GOA AND MANIPUR,
AAP VICTORY IN PUNJAB. ____________________________________________________________ 30

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRENT AFFAIRS ______________________________ 31

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SMARTPHONE -BASED PORTABLE OXYGEN KIT RECOGNISED BY GOVT ______________________________ 31

INDIA AND OMAN AGREE UPON A PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION (POC) IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY _____________________________________________________________________ 31
THE 36TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS (IGC) WILL BE HELD FROM 20-22 MARCH, 2022. _____ 32
INDIA’S F IRST GREEN HYDROGEN FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE (FCEV) TOYOTA MIRAI ________________ 32
TOUCH-LESS TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY INDIAN SCIENTISTS TO CONTROL VIRUS SPREAD BY
CONTACT _________________________________________________________________________ 32

INDIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A STRATEGY TO SYNTHESIZE NOVEL SOLID ADSORBENTS FOR CO2 CAPTURE
AND UTILIZATION ___________________________________________________________________ 33

CENS SCIENTISTS DEVELOP ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY UREA ELECTROLYSIS __________ 33

CABINET APPROVES MOU SIGNED ON 9TH MARCH 2022 BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY , UK _________________________________________________________ 33

INDIA AND FINLAND PLAN TO SET UP INDO-FINNISH VIRTUAL NETWORK CENTER ON QUANTUM COMPUTING 34
WHO GLOBAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE (WHO GCTM) TO BE ESTABLISH IN JAMNAGAR _____ 34
PETASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER “PARAM GANGA” ESTABLISHED BY NSM AT IIT ROORKEE ______________ 34
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS FLYING TRAINER HANSA-NG COMPLETED SEA LEVEL TRIALS _______________ 35

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ___________________________________________ 35

INDIAN RAILWAYS WOMEN TEAM HAS WINS GOLD IN NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP ________ 35
INDIAN RAILWAYS MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM HAS WON THE OBAIDULLAH KHAN HERITAGE H OCKEY CUP
TOURNAMENT HELD IN B HOPAL (MP). ___________________________________________________ 36

INDIAN BADMINTON STAR PV SINDHU WON SWISS OPEN 2022 _________________________________ 36

NEERAJ CHOPRA AND MIRABAI CHANU WINS AWARD OF “SPORTSTAR OF THE YEAR ” 2022 _____________ 36
LAKSHYA SEN WINS SILVER IN MEN’S SINGLES OF ALL ENGLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP ______ 37
PANKAJ ADVANI WINS HIS EIGHTH TITLE AT THE 19TH ASIAN BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022___________ 37
FIDE CHESS OLYMPIAD 2022 IN CHENNAI, FROM 26TH JULY 2022 TO 8TH AUGUST 2022. ____________ 37
LAKSHYA SEN WINS SILVER MEDAL AT GERMAN OPEN (BADMINTON) 2022 _______________________ 38
PM DECLARED OPEN THE 11TH KHEL MAHAKUMBH AT AHMEDABAD ON 12TH MARCH 2022 ___________ 38

STATES CURRENT AFFAIRS ____________________________________________ 38

ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO SETTLE INTER-STATE BORDER DISPUTE __________ 38
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT DISMISSED VARIOUS PETITIONS CHALLENGING THE BAN ON HIJAB IN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS _____________________________________________________________________ 39

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SHRI VIPIN SANGHI APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF DELHI HIGH COURT ____________________________ 39
PM INAUGURATES PUNE METRO RAIL ON 4TH MARCH 2022 __________________________________ 39
SHRI MANINDRA MOHAN SRIVASTAVA TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
_______________________________________________________________________________ 39
HOLLONGI GREENFIELD AIRPORT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH IS TO BE OPERATIONAL ON 15TH AUGUST 2022 __ 40

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DISPLAY OF CRAFTS , CULTURE & CUISINE OF I NDIA IN

ART AND CULTURE AESTHETICALLY CREATED AMBIENCE .

CURRENT AFFAIRS
THE KASHMIR FILES : A HINDI
FILM ON EXODUS OF
KASHMIRI PANDITS DURING
1989–1990
THE KASHMIR FILES IS A 2022 INDIAN HINDI -
LANGUAGE DRAMA FILM , WRITTEN AND DIRECTED
BY VIVEK AGNIHOTRI . PRODUCED BY ZEE
STUDIOS, THE FILM CLAIMS TO BE BASED ON
35TH SURAJKUND THE EXODUS OF KASHMIRI PANDITS DURING
INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS THE KASHMIR I NSURGENCY IN 1989–1990. I T
STARS ANUPAM K HER, DARSHAN K UMAR, PALLAVI
MELA FROM 19TH MARCH TO JOSHI AND MITHUN CHAKRABORTY . THE FILM WAS
4TH APRIL, 2022. THEATRICALLY RELEASED ON 11 MARCH 2022.

GOVERNOR OF HARYANA SHRI BANDARU

DATTATRAYA AND CHIEF MINISTER OF H ARYANA
SHRI MANOHAR L AL INAUGURATED THE 35TH
SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS MELA ON 19TH
MARCH 2022. THE MELA IS OPEN FROM 19TH
MARCH TO 4TH APRIL, 2022.

THE FILM BECAME A BOX OFFICE SUCCESS , BUT

CRITICAL RECEPTION HAS BEEN MIXED . T HE
CINEMATOGRAPHY AND THE PERFORMANCES OF THE
CAST ( PARTICULARLY ANUPAM KHER’ S) HAS BEEN
DESCIBED AS COMPELLING. BUT THIS FILM HAS FACED
ACCUSATIONS OF BEING PROPAGANDA ALIGNED
WITH THE RULING B HARATIYA JANATA.
THE SURAJKUND CRAFTS MELA WAS HOSTED FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN 1987 TO SHOWCASE RICHNESS
AND DIVERSITY OF THE HANDICRAFTS , HANDLOOMS ,
AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF I NDIA. JOINTLY
HOSTED BY THE SURAJKUND MELA AUTHORITY AND
HARYANA TOURISM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
UNION MINISTRIES OF TOURISM , TEXTILES,
CULTURE, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT OF
HARYANA, THIS FESTIVAL HAS COME TO OCCUPY A
PLACE OF PRIDE AND PROMINENCE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CALENDAR FOR ITS

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WITH LITTLE OR NO DISRUPTION. I N A WRITTEN

ECONOMY CURRENT REPLY , HE SAID INTRODUCTION OF CBDC HAS THE

AFFAIRS POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS SUCH

AS, REDUCED DEPENDENCY ON CASH , HIGHER
SEIGNIOR AGE DUE TO LOWER TRANSACTION COSTS .

CCI APPROVES ACQUISITION

OF 100% SHARE CAPITAL OF
L&T AMC BY HSBC AMC
THE COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA (CCI)
APPROVES ACQUISITION OF 100% SHARE CAPITAL OF

CSB BANK APPOINTS PRALAY L&T INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (L&T

AMC/T ARGET) BY HSBC ASSET MANAGEMENT
MONDAL AS INTERIM MD &
(INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED (HSBC AMC/ACQUIRER)
CEO FROM 1 APR 2022 ON 10 TH MARCH 2022.
THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA HAS APPROVED THE
APPOINTMENT ON 23 MARCH 2022 OF PRALAY THE ACQUISITION OF EQUITY SHARES OF THE TARGET
MONDAL AS THE INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR FALLS UNDER SECTION 5( A) OF THE C OMPETITION
AND CEO OF CSB B ANK. PRESENTLY HE IS THE ACT, 2002.
MANAGING DIRECTOR AT CSB BANK.
HSBC AMC IS THE ASSET MANAGEMENT ENTITY FOR
THE POST OF MD AND CEO AT CSB BANK WAS OPERATING THE DAY -TO- DAY FUNCTIONING OF
LYING VACANT AFTER ITS FULL -TIME MD AND CEO, HSBC MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES (HSBC MF).
C V R RAJENDRAN ANNOUNCES EARLY RETIREMENT
L&T AMC IS THE ASSET MANAGEMENT ENTITY FOR
ON HEALTH GROUNDS (31 MAR, 2022)
OPERATING THE DAY -TO- DAY FUNCTIONING OF L&T
RBI HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF PRALAY
MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES (L&T MF).
FOR THREE MONTHS FROM 1 A PRIL , OR TILL THE
APPOINTMENT OF A REGULAR MANAGING DIRECTOR
AND CEO OF CSB B ANK, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.
NATIONAL LAND
MONETIZATION
RBI WORKING TOWARDS A CORPORATION, HAS BEEN
PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF SETUP FOR MONETIZATION OF
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL SURPLUS LAND AND BUILDING
CURRENCY (CBDC) ASSETS OF GOVERNMENT
ON 15 MARCH 2022, MINISTER OF STATE FOR ON 9TH MARCH 2022, UNION CABINET, CHAIRED
FINANCE PANKAJ CHAUDHARY INFORMED RAJYA BY PRIME MINISTER SHRI NARENDRA MODI HAS
SABHA THAT RESERVE BANK OF INDIA IS CURRENTLY APPROVED THE SETTING UP N ATIONAL LAND
WORKING TOWARDS A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION MONETIZATION CORPORATION (NLMC) AS A
STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCTION OF C ENTRAL B ANK WHOLLY OWNED G OVERNMENT OF I NDIA COMPANY
DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC). HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WITH AN INITIAL AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL OF RS
IS EXAMINING CASES WHICH COULD BE IMPLEMENTED 5000 CRORE AND PAID-UP SHARE CAPITAL OF RS

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150 CRORE. NLMC WILL UNDERTAKE ORGANIZATION SMT. SONALI SINGH WERE IN THE
MONETIZATION OF SURPLUS LAND AND BUILDING DIGNIFIED PRESENCE OF OTHER DIGNITARIES .
ASSETS OF C ENTRAL PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES
(CPSES) AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES . THE FINANCE MINISTER SMT. SITHARAMAN LAUNCHED A
MAJOR E -G OVERNANCE INITIATIVE – ELECTRONIC
PROPOSAL IS IN PURSUANCE OF THE B UDGET
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2021-22. BILL (E-BILL) PROCESSING SYSTEM , WHICH IS PART
OF EASE OF DOING B USINESS AND DIGITAL I NDIA

WEALTH REPORT 2022: INDIA ECO-SYSTEM . AS ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET

2022-23, THE E-BILL SYSTEM HAS BEEN
RANKS 3RD IN BILLIONAIRE
IMPLEMENTED IN ALL THE C ENTRAL MINISTRIES AND
POPULATION GLOBALLY DEPARTMENTS. ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS
TRANSPARENCY , EFFICIENCY AND FACELESS -
PAPERLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM .

MADHABI PURI BUCH IS

SEBI‟S FIRST WOMAN
CHAIRPERSON
MADHABI PURI BUCH. FORMER WHOLE -TIME
MEMBER OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD

INDIA IS RANKED 3RD IN TERMS OF MOST NUMBER OF I NDIA (SEBI), HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS ITS NEW

OF BILLIONAIRES ’ POPULATION GLOBALLY IN 2021. CHAIRPERSON THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD THE

THE NUMBER OF ULTRA -HIGH -NET-WORTH- MARKET REGULATOR . SHE ASSUME CHARGE ON 1
INDIVIDUALS (UHNWI) IN I NDIA INCREASED BY 11% MARCH 2022.
IN 2021 TO 145 BILLIONAIRES , THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN THE A SIA PACIFIC (APAC)
REGION. UHNWI ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH NET
ASSETS OF US$ 30 M OR MORE (RS 226 CRORE ).

46TH CIVIL ACCOUNTS DAY

CELEBRATED ON 2ND MARCH
2022, E-BILL PROCESSING
SYSTEM LAUNCHED
46TH CIVIL ACCOUNTS DAY WAS CELEBRATED ON
2ND MARCH, 2022 AT DR. AMBEDKAR BUCH, WHO WILL TAKE OVER FOM CURRENT SEBI
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, JANPATH, NEW DELHI. CHEIF AJAY T YAGI, HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR A
FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS MINISTER SMT. TENURE OF THREE YEARS.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN BECAME THE CHIEF GUEST.
ON THIS OCCASION , FINANCE SECRETARY DR. T.V.
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ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS IN 11 DIFFERENT

ENVIRONMENT CATEGORIES .

CURRENT AFFAIRS THE STATES OF UTTAR PRADESH, RAJASTHAN AND

TAMIL NADU HAVE GOT THE FIRST, SECOND AND
THIRD PRIZES RESPECTIVELY IN THE B EST STATE
CATEGORY .

NMCG ORGANIZED
„YAMUNOTSAV‟ AT ITO
YAMUNA GHAT & URGED
PEOPLE TO JOIN HANDS TO
THE WINNERS OF THE 3RD CLEAN YAMUNA.
NATIONAL WATER AWARDS THE NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA
WERE AWARDED ON MARCH (NMCG) ON 27 MARCH 2022 ORGANIZED
29, 2022 YAMUNOTSAV IN ASSOCIATION WITH A GROUP OF
THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, SHRI RAM NATH KOVIND NGOS AT ASITA EAST RIVER FRONT, ITO BRIDGE,
TO CELEBRATE THE GLORY OF YAMUNA WITH A
FELICITATE THE WINNERS OF THE 3 RD NATIONAL
WATER AWARDS ON 29TH MARCH 2022 AT “PLEDGE TO KEEP IT CLEAN”.
VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.

REITERATING THE COMMITMENT OF NMCG TO

CLEAN YAMUNA, SHRI KUMAR SAID “WHILE UNDER
NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME , THE FOCUS WAS ON
THE FIRST NATIONAL WATER AWARD WAS THE MAIN STEM OF G ANGA B ASIN AND THE
LAUNCHED BY THE J AL SHAKTI MINISTRY IN 2018. POSITIVES RESULTS ARE NOW SHOWING , THE TARGET
NATIONAL WATER AWARDS HAVE PROVIDED A NOW IS TO CLEAN RIVER YAMUNA AND ENSURE THAT
GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO START -UPS AS WELL AS 3 BIG STPS BEING CONSTRUCTED ARE COMPLETED BY
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE AND DECEMBER 2022 WITH THE SUPPORT OF
DELIBERATE WITH SENIOR POLICYMAKERS ON HOW STAKEHOLDERS , PREVENTING ALL THE MAJOR DRAINS
TO ADOPT THE BEST WATER RESOURCES AND DIRTY WATER FROM FALLING INTO YAMUNA.”
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN I NDIA.
OCTOBER 5 HAS DESIGNATED
A TOTAL OF 57 NATIONAL WATER AWARDS FOR
AS NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY
2022 HAVE BEEN CONFERRED TO STATES ,
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ENVIRONMENT MINISTER BHUPENDRA Y ADAV ON LOTUS FLOWER POND AND A VISUAL SITE HAVE ALSO
25 MAR 2022 INFORMED THAT OCTOBER 5TH HAS BEEN PREPARED IN THIS VANAM .
BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DOLPHIN D AY TO
BE CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR TO CREATE AWARENESS
FOR CONSERVATION OF DOLPHINS .
GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES CURRENT
AFFAIRS

HE CHAIRED THE 67TH MEETING OF THE STANDING

COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR WILD
LIFE IN NEW DELHI ON 25 MAR 2022.
CONSIDERING THAT GENERATING AWARENESS
AMONGST THE PEOPLE ON THE BENEFITS OF
CONSERVATION OF DOLPHINS IS IMPORTANT , THE
STANDING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT EVERY
YEAR 5 TH OF O CTOBER SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS
EXTENSION OF PRADHAN
NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY. MANTRI GARIB KALYAN
ANNA YOJANA (PM-GKAY)
PRESIDENT SHRI RAM NATH FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS
KOVIND INAUGURATES ON 26 MARCH 2022, UNION CABINET CHAIRED BY
AROGYA VANAM AT THE PRIME MINISTER , SHRI N ARENDRA M ODI, HAS
EXTENDED THE PRADHAN MANTRI G ARIB KALYAN
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
ANNA YOJANA (PM-GKAY) SCHEME FOR ANOTHER
FORECOURT
SIX MONTHS I . E ., TILL SEPTEMBER 2022 (PHASE VI).
HON’BLE PRESIDENT SHRI RAM NATH KOVIND
INAUGURATED A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AROGYA THE DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN IN KEEPING WITH THE
VANAM IN RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN FORECOURT ON CONCERN AND SENSITIVITY TOWARDS POOR AND
1ST MARCH 2022 IN THE PRESENCE OF PRIME VULNERABLE SECTIONS OF SOCIETY
MINISTER SHRI NARENDRA M ODI.
THE PHASE-V OF PM-GKAY SCHEME WAS TO END
SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF 6.6 ACRES, AROGYA IN MARCH 2022. T HE G OVERNMENT HAS SPENT
VANAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE SHAPE OF A APPROXIMATELY RS. 2.60 LAKH C RORE SO FAR AND
HUMAN SITTING IN YOGA POSTURE . ABOUT 215 ANOTHER RS. 80,000 C RORE WILL BE SPENT OVER
TYPES OF HERBS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS HAVE BEEN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS TILL SEPTEMBER 2022 TAKING
GROWN IN IT WHICH ARE USED FOR MEDICAL THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE UNDER PM-GKAY TO
TREATMENT IN AYURVEDA. WATER FOUNTAINS , A NEARLY RS. 3.40 LAKH C RORE .
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IMPORTANT DAYS SHAHEED DIVAS 2022 : 23

MARCH
CURRENT AFFAIRS THE NATION WAS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR ON 23
MARCH AS MARTYRS D AY (SHAHEED DIWAS OR
SARVODAYA DAY) TO OBSERVED THE DEATH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS B HAGAT
SINGH, SUKHDEV THAPAR, AND SHIVARAM
RAJGURU, WHO LAID THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM
OF I NDIA.

.
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
24 MARCH 2022
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY IS OBSERVED EVERY
YEAR ON 24 MARCH TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC OF
TUBERCULOSIS (TB) AND EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE THE
DISEASE . T HE DATE MARKS THE DAY IN 1882 WHEN WHY IS 23 MARCH OBSERVED AS MARTYRS
DR ROBERT KOCH ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD DAY (SHAHEED DIVAS)?
DISCOVERED THE BACTERIUM THAT CAUSES TB,
WHICH OPENED THE WAY TOWARDS DIAGNOSING ON 23 MARCH, THREE HEROES OF OUR COUNTRY
AND CURING THIS DISEASE . BHAGAT SINGH, SHIVRAM RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV
THAPAR WERE HANGED BY THE BRITISH. THESE
HEROES FOUGHT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE
AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THIS PURPOSE .
BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU, SUKHDEV HAVE BECOME
SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR MANY YOUNG
INDIANS.

THE WORLD WATER DAY : 21

MARCH 2022
WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS ? THE WORLD WATER DAY IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR
ON 22 MARCH TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
TUBERCULOSIS (TB) IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FRESHWATER . T HE WORLD W ATER DAY THEME
INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT MAINLY AFFECTS YOUR
2022 IS “GROUNDWATER, MAKING THE INVISIBLE
LUNGS . T HE BACTERIA THAT CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS
VISIBLE ”. GROUNDWATER IS A CRUCIAL RESOURCE
ARE SPREAD FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
THAT PROVIDES ALMOST HALF OF ALL DRINKABLE
THROUGH TINY DROPLETS RELEASED INTO THE AIR
WATER ACROSS THE WORLD.
VIA COUGHS AND SNEEZES.

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SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FORESTS

TO BALANCE THE LIFE CYCLE ON THE EARTH .

THIS DAY WAS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 28, 2012.

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE

ELIMINATION OF RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION : 21 MARCH
2022
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON THE THEME OF THE DAY IN 2022 “FORESTS AND
21 MARCH TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION .”
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION . CRPF 83RD RAISING DAY
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CELEBRATED ON 19 MARCH
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON 2022 IN JAMMU
21 MARCH TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH ATTENDED
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF RACIAL CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)` S 83RD
DISCRIMINATION . T HE 2022 EDITION OF THE RAISING DAY PARADE IN JAMMU ON 19TH MARCH
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOCUSES ON THE 2022. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CRPF IS
THEME “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST CELEBRATING ITS RAISING DAY OUTSIDE THE
RACISM”. NATIONAL CAPITAL .

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
FORESTS (WORLD FORESTRY
DAY) : 21 MAR 2022
THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS (ALSO KNOWN
AS WORLD FORESTRY D AY) IS CELEBRATED EVERY
YEAR ON M ARCH 21. T HE MAIN AIM OF THE DAY IS
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL THE CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF) IS
TYPES OF FORESTS . T HE DAY IS TO CELEBRATE TO INDIA’S LARGEST CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCE. IT
RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL TYPES FUNCTIONS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
OF FORESTS , AND TREES OUTSIDE FORESTS , FOR THE THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (MHA) OF
BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AS THE G OVERNMENT OF I NDIA. T HE CRPF’ S PRIMARY
WELL AS TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS ROLE LIES IN ASSISTING THE STATE /UNION
AMONG COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE VALUES , TERRITORIES IN POLICE OPERATIONS TO MAINTAIN
LAW AND ORDER AND COUNTER INSURGENCY . I T

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CAME INTO EXISTENCE AS THE C ROWN INAUGURATED BY M INISTER FOR C ONSUMER

REPRESENTATIVE ’S POLICE ON 27 JULY 1939. AFFAIRS PIYUSH GOYAL.
AFTER INDIAN INDEPENDENCE , IT BECAME THE
CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE ON ENACTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN‟S
THE CRPF ACT ON 28 DECEMBER 1949.
DAY : 8TH MAR 2022
THE FORCE HAS GROWN INTO A BIG ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IS A GLOBAL
WITH 246 B NS, ( INCLUDING 203 EXECUTIVE B NS, 05
HOLIDAY CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON 8 MARCH TO
VIP SECURITY BNS, 6 MAHILA BNS, 15 RAF BNS,
COMMEMORATE THE CULTURAL , POLITICAL , AND
10 COBRA BNS, 05 SIGNAL BNS AND 01 SPECIAL
SOCIOECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN . I T IS
DUTY GROUP, 01 PARLIAMENT DUTY GROUP), 43
ALSO A FOCAL POINT IN THE WOMEN ’ S RIGHTS
GROUP CENTRES, 22 TRAINING INSTITUTIONS , 03
MOVEMENT , BRINGING ATTENTION TO ISSUES SUCH
CWS, 07 AWS, 03 MWS/SWS, 04 COMPOSITE
AS GENDER EQUALITY , REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS , AND
HOSPITALS OF 100 BED, 18 COMPOSITE HOSPITALS
VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN.
OF 50 BED AND 06 FIELD HOSPITALS .

WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS

DAY : 15TH MAR 2022
THE CONSUMER MOVEMENT MARKS 15TH MARCH
WITH WORLD C ONSUMER RIGHTS DAY EVERY YEAR ,
AS A MEANS OF RAISING GLOBAL AWARENESS ABOUT
CONSUMER RIGHTS AND NEEDS . C ELEBRATING THE
DAY IS A CHANCE TO DEMAND THAT THE RIGHTS OF
ALL CONSUMERS ARE RESPECTED AND PROTECTED , INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY THEME OF 2022
AND TO PROTEST AGAINST MARKET ABUSES AND IS “GENDER EQUALITY TODAY FOR A SUSTAINABLE
SOCIAL INJUSTICES WHICH UNDERMINE THOSE TOMORROW ”.
RIGHTS .
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WAS OBSERVED FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN 1911. T HE UNITED NATIONS
BEGAN CELEBRATING I NTERNATIONAL W OMEN’ S
DAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S YEAR, 1975.

JAN AUSHADHI DIWAS : 7TH

MAR 2022
THE 4TH JAN AUSHADHI DIWAS IS CELEBRATED ON 7
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS UNDER THE MARCH 2022 BY THE PHARMACEUTICALS &
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS , FOOD AND MEDICAL DEVICES BUREAU OF INDIA (PMBI).
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION IS ORGANIZING AN EVENT IN THE JAN AUSHADHI DIWAS IS CELEBRATED ON 7
NEW DELHI, AS PART OF CONSUMER MARCH 2022 BY THE PHARMACEUTICALS &
EMPOWERMENT WEEK, WHICH WILL BE MEDICAL DEVICES BUREAU OF INDIA (PMBI). THE

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DAY IS OBSERVED TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT

NATIONAL SAFETY DAY : 4
THE USAGES OF GENERIC MEDICINES AND THE
BENEFITS OF JAN AUSHADHI P ARIYOJANA . T HE
MAR 2022
NATIONAL SAFETY DAY IS OBSERVED TO CELEBRATE
THEME OF THE 4 JANAUSHADHI DIWAS IS “JAN
THE BASE AND FOUNDATION OF THE N ATIONAL
AUSHADHI -JAN UPYOGI”.
SAFETY COUNCIL ON MARCH 4 EVERY YEAR. THE
JANAUSHADHI KENDRAS IS THE WORLD ’S BIGGEST NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL IS A NON -PROFIT AND
RETAIL PHARMA CHAIN HAVING AROUND 6,200 SELF-FINANCING ORGANISATION RUNNING AT THE
OUTLETS IN 700 DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTRY. I T ALSO NATIONAL LEVEL . I T AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS
PROVIDES A GOOD SOURCE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT ABOUT SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND MEASURES THAT
WITH SUSTAINABLE AND REGULAR EARNINGS . T HE NEED TO BE UNDERTAKEN SERIOUSLY TO AVOID ANY
FIRST JAN AUSHADHI DIWAS WAS CELEBRATED ON TYPE OF ACCIDENTS OR MISHAPPENINGS .
7TH OF MARCH 2019.

CISF 53RD RAISING DAY (10

MARCH), WAS CELEBRATED
ON 6 MARCH 2022
THE 53RD RAISING DAY CEREMONY OF CENTRAL
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCES (CISF) WAS
CELEBRATE ON MARCH 06, 2022, IN G HAZIABAD,
UTTAR PRADESH. HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL S AFETY DAY :

NATIONAL SAFETY DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON

THE FOUNDATION DAY OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY
COUNCIL IN 1972. IT WAS SET UP BY THE MINISTRY
OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 4 MARCH 1965
TO DEVELOP AND BRING INTO PRACTISE A
VOLUNTARY ROUTINE ON S AFETY, HEALTH, AND
ENVIRONMENT.

THE 53RD RAISING DAY CEREMONY OF CENTRAL WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2022
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCES (CISF) WAS ON 03RD MARCH
ORGANISED ON M ARCH 06, 2022, IN G HAZIABAD, THE WORLD WILDLIFE DAY IS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR
UTTAR PRADESH. UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT ON 3 RD M ARCH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE
SHAH HAS ATTENDED AND ADDRESSED THE RAISING WORLD’ S WILD FAUNA AND FLORA.
DAY CEREMONY OF CISF AT G HAZIABAD’S
INDIRAPURAM . ON 20 DECEMBER 2013, AT ITS 68TH SESSION, THE
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL A SSEMBLY (UNGA),
CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCES (CISF) WAS DECIDED TO PROCLAIM 3 MARCH, THE
SET UP UNDER THE ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE
INDIA ON MARCH 10, 1969. CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN
ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

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(CITES) ON THE PLANET RAISE AWARENESS AND

BENEFITS FAUNA AND FLORA IN 1973, AS WORLD
WILDLIFE DAY.

THE PADYATRAS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO SPREAD

THE AWARENESS OF QUALITY GENERIC MEDICINES
WHICH ARE EASILY AVAILABLE THROUGH MORE THAN
THEMES : 8600 PRADHAN MANTRI BHARTIYA JANAUSHADHI
KENDRAS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES.
WORLD WILDLIFE DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED IN 2022
UNDER THE THEME “RECOVERING KEY SPECIES FOR
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION”, AS A WAY TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF SOME
PROTECTION OF CHILD
OF THE MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF RIGHTS CELEBRATED ITS 17TH
WILD FAUNA AND FLORA , AND TO DRIVE FOUNDATION DAY ON 1ST
DISCUSSIONS TOWARDS IMAGINING AND MARCH 2022
IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS TO CONSERVE THEM . THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF
CHILD RIGHTS (NCPCR) CELEBRATED ITS 17TH
FOURTH JAN AUSHADHI DAY FOUNDATION DAY ON 1 MARCH 2022 AT 15
2022 CELEBRATIONS : „JAN AUGUST MAIDAN, RED FORT, NEW DELHI. THE
AUSHADHI SANKALP UNION MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD
PADYATRA‟ ORGANIZED ON DEVELOPMENT SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI WAS THE
CHIEF GUEST AT THE EVENT. C HAIRMAN , NCPCR,
1ST MARCH
MR. PRIYANK KANUNGO, WCD, SECRETARY MR.
THE 4TH JANAUSHADHI DIWAS 2022 CELEBRATIONS
INDEVAR P ANDEY AND OTHER OFFICERS ALSO
COMMENCED FROM 1 ST MARCH 2022. I T WILL BE A
ATTENDED THE FUNCTION.
WEEKLONG CELEBRATION FROM 1 ST MARCH TO 7 TH
MARCH 2022. ON 1ST MARCH 2022, JAN
AUSHADHI KENDRAS CONDUCTED JAN AUSHADHI
SANKALP PADYATRA AT 75 LOCATIONS , ACROSS THE
COUNTRY . PRIME MINISTER S HRI N ARENDRA M ODI
ANNOUNCED THE CELEBRATION OF JAN AUSHADHI
DIWAS EVERY YEAR ON 07TH MARCH TO EDUCATE
THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE
JAN AUSHADHI PARIYOJANA.

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ON THE OCCASION , SMT. IRANI LAUNCHED THE NEW

MOTTO OF NCPCR ‘B HAVISHYA RAKSHATI INTERNATIONAL
RAKSHAT :’ AND SAID, “THE NEW MOTTO INSPIRES
US TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE I . E . OUR CHILDREN
CURRENT AFFAIRS
WHOSE WELFARE LIES IN THE FOUNDATION OF A
STRONG NATION .” I S CONTAINED .

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN‟S
DAY WEEK FROM 1ST TO 8
MARCH 2022
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD)
“ABEL PRIZE 2022” AWARDED
IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON MARCH 8 TO
COMMEMORATE THE CULTURAL , POLITICAL , AND
TO AMERICAN
SOCIOECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN . I T IS MATHEMATICIAN DENNIS P.
ALSO A FOCAL POINT IN THE WOMEN ’ S RIGHTS SULLIVAN
MOVEMENT , BRINGING ATTENTION TO ISSUES SUCH
AS GENDER EQUALITY , REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ,
AND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN .

THE ABEL PRIZE FOR THE YEAR 2022 HAS BEEN

AWARDED TO AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN DENNIS
PARNELL SULLIVAN ON 23 MAR 2022.
MR DENNIS HAS BEEN AWARDED “FOR HIS
THIS YEAR, MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD GROUNDBREAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOPOLOGY IN
DEVELOPMENT WILL CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL ITS BROADEST SENSE , AND IN PARTICULAR ITS
WOMEN’S DAY WEEK FROM 1ST TO 8TH MARCH ALGEBRAIC , GEOMETRIC AND DYNAMICAL ASPECTS .”
2022 AS AN ‘ICONIC WEEK’ AS A PART OF ‘AZADI KA
AMRIT MAHOTSAV’. NUMEROUS AWARDS WON BY DENNIS P. SULLIVAN :
DENNIS P. SULLIVAN HAS WON NUMEROUS
AS A PART OF THE WEEK -LONG CELEBRATION FOR AWARDS, AMONG THEM THE STEELE PRIZE , THE
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, THE MINISTRY WILL 2010 WOLF PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS AND THE 2014
ORGANIZE VARIOUS EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA BALZAN PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS. HE IS ALSO A
CAMPAIGNS COVERING A VARIETY OF THEMES FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN M ATHEMATICAL
RELATED TO WOMEN ’ S SAFETY AND EMPOWERMENT. SOCIETY.

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MISS JIYA RAI CROSSED

PALAK STRAIT IN RECORD
TIME ON 20 MARCH 2022
MISS JIYA R AI, DAUGHTER OF A SENIOR SAILOR OF
THE I NDIAN NAVY, MADAN R AI, MC-AT-ARMS II
OF INS KUNJALI , AND A STUDENT OF N AVY
CHILDREN SCHOOL, MUMBAI, BROUGHT LAURELS TO
INDIA BY SWIMMING ACROSS THE PALK STRAIT AN INFANTRY PLATOON STRENGTH EACH FROM THE
FROM T ALAIMANNAR (SRI LANKA) TO DHANUSKODI
INDIAN ARMY AND SDF, ALONG WITH RESPECTIVE
(INDIA), A DISTANCE OF 29 KM, IN 13 HOURS AND COMPANY HEADQUARTERS , WILL PARTICIPATE IN
10 MINUTES ON 20 MARCH 2022. A CHILD WITH THIS EXERCISE , WHICH AIMS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, SHE ACHIEVED THE GAINED DURING VARIOUS OPERATIONS AGAINST
FEAT AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS ,
HOSTILE FORCES IN A SEMI-URBAN ENVIRONMENT
BECOMING THE YOUNGEST AND FASTEST FEMALE
AND ENHANCE CAPABILITY TO UNDERTAKE JOINT
SWIMMER IN THE WORLD TO SWIM ACROSS THE PALK
OPERATIONS . T HE I NDIAN ARMY COMPRISES TROOPS
STRAIT. THE RECORD WAS EARLIER HELD BY MS. FROM THE 2/3 G ORKHA RIFLES GROUP (PRIKANTHI
BULA CHOWDHARY WHO SWAM THE DISTANCE IN 13 BATTALION).
HOURS 52 MINUTES IN 2004.

14TH INDIA JAPAN ANNUAL

SUMMIT ON 19 MARCH 2022 IN
NEW DELHI
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN H.E. MR. KISHIDA
FUMIO VISITED NEW DELHI TO ATTEND THE 14TH
INDIA-JAPAN ANNUAL SUMMIT ON 19 MARCH
2022.

THE PREVIOUS INDIA-JAPAN ANNUAL SUMMIT TOOK

9TH EDITION OF JOINT PLACE IN T OKYO IN O CTOBER 2018. PRIME
MILITARY EXERCISE MINISTER NARENDRA MODI AND JAPANESE PRIME
„LAMITIYE-2022‟ BETWEEN MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA SIGNED SIX AGREEMENTS

INDIAN ARMY AND SDF

THE 9TH EDITION OF THE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE
‘LAMITIYE-2022’ BETWEEN THE INDIAN ARMY
AND SEYCHELLES DEFENCE FORCES (SDF) WILL BE
HELD FROM M ARCH 22 TO 31, 2022 AT SEYCHELLES
DEFENCE ACADEMY (SDA), SEYCHELLES .

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INDIA AND JAPAN SIGNED SIX AGREEMENTS IN THE THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT IS BEING PUBLISHED
AREAS INCLUDING CYBER SECURITY , WASTE WATER BY UNITED N ATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT AND CLEAN ENERGY AFTER THE 14 TH SOLUTIONS NETWORK, SINCE 2012, TO RANK
INDIA-JAPAN ANNUAL SUMMIT IN NEW DELHI. COUNTRIES BY HOW HAPPY THEIR CITIZENS PERCEIVE
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI AND JAPANESE THEMSELVES TO BE .
PRIME MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA HELD PRODUCTIVE
TALKS AND DISCUSSED WAYS TO BOOST ECONOMIC POLAND‟S KAROLINA
AND CULTURAL LINKAGES BETWEEN THE TWO BIELAWSKA HAS BEEN
COUNTRIES . I NDIA AND JAPAN HAVE MULTI -FACETED
CROWNED MISS WORLD 2021
COOPERATION WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THEIR SPECIAL
KAROLINA BIELAWSKA FROM POLAND HAS WON THE
STRATEGIC AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP . AFTER THE
TITLE OF MISS W ORLD 2021. SHE WAS CROWNED BY
ANNUAL SUMMIT , BOTH THE LEADERS SIGNED A
2019 MISS WORLD TONI-ANN SINGH OF JAMAICA.
JOINT STATEMENT
THE 70TH EDITION OF THE MISS WORLD
INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT WAS HELD ON
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT MARCH 16, 2022 IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.
2022: FINLAND 1ST AND INDIA FIRST RUNNER-UP – INDIAN-AMERICAN SHREE SAINI
AT 136TH POSITION FROM THE UNITED STATES . SECOND RUNNER-UP –
ON 18TH MARCH 2022, 10TH ANNIVERSARY OLIVIA YACE FROM COTE D’IVOIRE
EDITION OF THE 2022 UNITED NATIONS’ WORLD
HAPPINESS REPORT WAS RELEASED . ACCIDENTLY FIRING OF
FINLAND HAS TOPPED THE 2022 WORLD HAPPINESS
INDIA‟S BRAHMOS MISSILE,
REPORT, FOR FIFTH CONTINUOUS YEAR. LANDED IN PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN CLAIMED THAT AN UNARMED INDIAN
INDIA HAS IMPROVED ITS RANK BY THREE SPOTS TO MISSILE LANDED 124 KM INSIDE ITS TERRITORY ON 9
ACQUIRE 136 TH POSITION IN THE UNITED NATIONS ’ MAR 2022, INDIA ON 11 MAR 2022
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2022, ACKNOWLEDGED “TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION LED TO
WHICH RANKED 146 COUNTRIES . I N 2021, I NDIA’ S THE ACCIDENTAL FIRING OF A MISSILE ”
RANK WAS 139.

PAKISTAN HAS ONLY CALLED IT A “SUPERSONIC ”

MISSILE . SOME EXPERTS HAVE SPECULATED THAT IT
WAS A TEST OF ONE OF I NDIA’ S TOP MISSILES
BRAHMOS, JOINTLY DEVELOPED WITH RUSSIA. IT IS
SPECULATED THAT IT HAS TAKEN OFF FROM SIRSA,

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INDIA AND AFTER IT INITIAL COURSE , IT SUDDENLY PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, S HRI NARENDRA MODI
MOVE TOWARDS PAKISTAN TERRITORY AND FALLING SPOKE TO PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR
NEAR MIAN C HANNU , PAKISTAN . ZELENSKY ON 7 MARCH 2022.

INDIA – SRI LANKA PRESIDENT ZELENSKY BRIEFED THE PRIME MINISTER

ON THE CONFLICT SITUATION AND THE ONGOING
BILATERAL MARITIME TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND R USSIA. T HE PRIME
EXERCISE “SLINEX” FROM 7 MINISTER REITERATED HIS CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE
MAR TO10 MAR 2022 AT END TO THE VIOLENCE AND SAID THAT I NDIA HAS
VISAKHAPATNAM ALWAYS SUPPORTED PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF
THE NINTH EDITION OF INDIA – SRI LANKA ISSUES AND DIRECT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO
BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE SLINEX (SRI SIDES . T HE PRIME MINISTER THANKED THE
LANKA–INDIA NAVAL EXERCISE ) IS SCHEDULED AT UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES FOR FACILITATING THE
VISAKHAPATNAM FROM 07 MAR TO 10 MAR 2022. EVACUATION OF OVER 20,000 I NDIAN NATIONALS
THE EXERCISE IS BEING CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES; FROM UKRAINE .
THE HARBOUR PHASE AT V ISAKHAPATNAM ON 07-
08 MAR 22 FOLLOWED BY THE SEA PHASE ON 09- ABOUT 17 THOUSAND INDIANS
10 MAR 22 IN THE BAY OF BENGAL . LEFT UKRAINE UNDER
OPERATION GANGA.
ON 2ND MARCH 2022, FOREIGN MINISTRY
SPOKESPERSON ARINDAM B AGCHI , INFORMED THAT
ABOUT 17,000 I NDIANS HAVE CROSSED THE
BORDERS OF UKRAINE .

SRI LANKA NAVY WILL BE REPRESENTED BY SLNS

SAYURALA, AN ADVANCED OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL
AND THE I NDIAN N AVY BY INS KIRCH, A GUIDED
MISSILE CORVETTE . O THER PARTICIPANTS FROM THE
INDIAN NAVY INCLUDE INS JYOTI, A FLEET SUPPORT
TANKER, ADVANCED LIGHT H ELICOPTER (ALH), THE NUMBER OF SAFE EVACUATION OF INDIAN
SEAKING AND CHETAK HELICOPTERS AND D ORNIER NATIONALS FROM UKRAINE IS INCREASING RAPIDLY .
MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT . ACCORDING TO F OREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON
ARINDAM BAGCHI, ABOUT 17,000 INDIANS HAVE
INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI CROSSED THE BORDERS OF UKRAINE AFTER THE
TALKS TO PRESIDENT OF ADVISORY WAS ISSUED . T HREE THOUSAND 352

UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR INDIANS HAVE RETURNED HOME IN 15 FLIGHTS. HE

SAID THAT I NDIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT HAVE ALSO
ZELENSKY, ON 7 MARCH JOINED O PERATION G ANGA AND THE FIRST FLIGHT

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FROM B UCHAREST IS LIKELY TO REACH DELHI . HE WHILE SRI LANKA AND BANGLADESH IN THE
ALSO SAID THAT THE SITUATION IN THE CITIES OF NEIGHBOURHOOD ABSTAINED NEPAL , MALDIVES ,
EASTERN UKRAINE IS WORRYING DUE TO THE BHUTAN AND AFGANISTAN VOTED IN FAVOUR OF
CONTINUING VIOLENCE . THE RESOLUTION AGAINST RUSSIA . T HERE WAS SOME
EMBARRASSMENT FOR MOSCOW AS IT FOUND
WHAT IS OPERATION GANGA ? SUPPORT ONLY FROM ERITREA, B ELARUS , NORTH

INDIA LAUNCHED A EVACUATION PLAN NAMED KOREA AND SYRIA IN VOTING AGAINST. THAT THE
RESOLUTION HAD WIDESPREAD SUPPORT WAS
‘OPERATION GANGA’ TO BRING HOME ITS CITIZENS
EVIDENT FROM THE FACT THAT IS WAS CO -
FROM UKRAINE .
SPONSORED BY CLOSE TO 100 C OUNTRIES .

INDIA ABSTAINS FROM Download App on Playstore :

RESOLUTION CRITICISING
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co
RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN UKRAINE
m.nrastudy.currentaffairs
AT UNGA

ON 2ND MARCH 2022, AT UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL CURRENT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA), INDIA ABSTAIN FROM
VOTING ON ANTI-RUSSIA RESOLUTION . I N ADDITION
AFFAIRS
TO I NDIA, C HINA AND P AKISTAN , WAS AMONG 35
COUNTRIES WHICH ABSTAINED FROM VOTING ON A
RESOLUTION DEPLORING IN THE STRONGEST TERMS
RUSSIA’S ACTIONS IN UKRAINE AND DEMANDING
THAT RUSSIA “IMMEDIATELY , COMPLETELY , AND
UNCONDITIONALLY ” WITHDRAW ALL OF ITS MILITARY
FORCES FROM THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE WITHIN
ITS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED BORDERS . T HERE
WAS EMPHATIC SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION ,
WHICH IS NOT LEGALLY BINDING BUT IS SAID TO
CONVEY THE “POPULAR WILL ’’ OF THE 193-MEMBER
BODY ; IT WAS ADOPTED WITH 141 VOTES IN A MUSEUM OF ALL FORMER
FAVOUR, WELL OVER TWO -THIRDS MAJORITY . PRIME MINISTERS, PRADHAN
MANTRI SANGRAHALAYA HAS
BEEN BUILT AT T EEN MURTI
ESTATE, IN DELHI.
THE PRADHAN MANTRI SANGRAHALAYA (THE
MUSEUM OF PRIME MINISTERS), BEING BUILT AT
DELHI’S TEEN MURTI ESTATE, IS SET FOR
INAUGURATION . T HE RS. 270 CRORE PROJECT WILL
BE INAUGURATED ON APRIL 14, 2022 AT T EEN

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MURTI BHAVAN COMPLEX WHICH WAS RESIDENCE REGISTERING DIRECT HITS AT BOTH THE RANGES. T HE
OF EX-PM JAWAHARLAL NEHRU . FIRST LAUNCH WAS TO INTERCEPT A MEDIUM
ALTITUDE LONG RANGE TARGET AND SECOND
THE MUSEUM WILL SHOWCASE THE LIFE , TIMES AND LAUNCH WAS FOR PROVING THE CAPABILITY OF A
CONTRIBUTION OF ALL 14 PRIME MINISTERS OF
LOW ALTITUDE SHORT RANGE TARGET .
INDIA SO FAR, EXCEPT FOR THE COLLECTIONS AND
WORKS ON JAWAHARLAL NEHRU , WHO HAS A
PRESIDENT OF INDIA
SEPARATE NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM , WHICH
WAS ALSO HIS RESIDENCE . PRESENTS PADMA AWARDS
THE PMS MUSEUM PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN FOR THE YEAR 2022
2018, AND DEADLINE FOR ITS COMPLETION WAS THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, SHRI RAM NATH KOVIND,
OCTOBER 2020, BUT FACED DELAYS DUE TO PRESENTED TWO PADMA VIBHUSHAN , NINE PADMA
PANDEMIC -RELATED LOCKDOWNS , AS WELL AS CIVIL BHUSHAN AND FIFTY -FOUR P ADMA SHRI AWARDS
WORKS AND CONTENT -CURATION ISSUES . FOR THE YEAR 2022 AT THE C IVIL I NVESTITURE
CEREMONY-II HELD AT RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN ON
DRDO CONDUCTED FLIGHT MARCH 28, 2022 IN THE PRESENCE OF VICE
TESTS INDIAN ARMY MEDIUM PRESIDENT OF INDIA, PRIME MINISTER AND UNION
RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHER
DIGNITARIES .
MISSILE (MRSAM)
DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION (DRDO) CONDUCTED TWO
MAHATMA GANDHI‟S
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TESTS OF THE I NDIAN ARMY GRANDDAUGHTER SUMITRA
VERSION OF MEDIUM RANGE S URFACE TO AIR GANDHI KULKARNI LAUNCHES
MISSILE (MRSAM) AT INTEGRATED TEST RANGE, MODI STORY WEBSITE
CHANDIPUR OFF THE COAST OF ODISHA ON MARCH ON 26 MARCH 2022, THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF
27, 2022. MAHATMA GANDHI SUMITRA GANDHI KULKARNI
INAUGURATED THE MODI STORY WEBSITE WHICH IS
A COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI’S LIFE . MODI STORY IS A
VOLUNTEER -DRIVEN INITIATIVE TO BRING TOGETHER
INSPIRING MOMENTS FROM N ARENDRA M ODI’ S
LIFE , AS NARRATED BY HIS CO- TRAVELLERS .

THE FLIGHT TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT AS PART OF

THE LIVE FIRING TRIALS AGAINST HIGH -SPEED AERIAL
TARGETS . T HE MISSILES INTERCEPTED THE AERIAL
TARGETS AND DESTROYED THEM COMPLETELY ,

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WINGS INDIA 2022, ASIA‟S INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY

LARGEST CIVIL AVIATION TEST-FIRED SURFACE TO
EVENT AT BEGUMPET SURFACE SUPERSONIC CRUISE
AIRPORT IN HYDERABAD. MISSILE B RAHM OS
THE PRESTIGIOUS WINGS INDIA 2022 HAS BEEN INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST -FIRED THE SURFACE -
TAKEN OFF AT B EGUMPET AIRPORT IN HYDERABAD. TO-SURFACE SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE B RAHMOS
THE UNION CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY AND FICCI ON 23 MARCH 2022 IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR.
ARE JOINTLY ORGANIZING THE BIENNIAL EVENT : THE EXTENDED RANGE MISSILE HIT ITS TARGET WITH
NEW HORIZON FOR AVIATION INDUSTRY AS THE PINPOINT ACCURACY .
MAIN THEME . T HE FOUR -DAY SHOW IS BEING
ORGANISED BY THE MINISTRY OF C IVIL AVIATION
AND FICCI AND IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A
CONGENIAL FORUM CATERING TO THE RAPIDLY
CHANGING DYNAMICS OF THE SECTOR . B USINESS TO
BUSINESS AND BUSINESS TO GOVERNMENT
DELIBERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AMONG VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS AS THE CONFERENCE CUM EXHIBITION
IS PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE SAME .
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL VR CHAUDHARI
CONGRATULATED ON THE SUCCESSFUL TEST -FIRING
OF B RAH MOS MISSILE .

UNION MINISTER OF JAL

SHAKTI LAUNCHES THE
SUJLAM 2.0 CAMPAIGN FOR
GREYWATER MANAGMENT
UNION MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI, SHRI GAJENDRA
SINGH SHEKHAWAT LAUNCHED THE SUJALAM 2.0
AIRBUS FORECAST INDIA WILL REQUIRE OVER 2200
CAMPAIGN FOR GREYWATER MANAGEMENT AT
AIRCRAFT INCLUDING 440 WIDEBODY CRAFT FOR THE
HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER
NEXT TEN YEARS . AIRBUS OFFICIAL B RENT MC
AND S ANITATION (DDWS), MINISTRY OF J AL
BRATNEY SAID INDIA WILL BE GLOBAL LEADER WITH
SHAKTI TO MARK THE WORLD WATER DAY, 23
6.2 PERCENT GROWTH TILL THE YEAR 2040. STATING
MARCH 2022. NINE MINISTRIES SIGN JOINT
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF UNTAPPED POTENTIALS, HE
ADVISORY TO UNDERTAKE G REY WATER ACTIVITIES
SAID THE COUNTRY WILL WITNESS THE HIGHEST
AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN.
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL .
HE FURTHER SAID THEY BELIEVE IN MAKE IN INDIA
AND THE COMPANY IS READY TO INNOVATE IN I NDIA
AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND PRODUCE IN I NDIA.

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CHAIRMAN SAID THE CUET WILL BE CONDUCTED IN

THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY 2022.

NITI AAYOG‟S WEP FIFTH

EDITION AWARDS , 75 WOMEN
WERE CONFERRED WITH THE
WTI AWARDS-2021
MR. SHEKHAWAT SAID, UNDER THE CAMPAIGN NITI AAYOG’S WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
GOVERNMENT WILL MOBILIZE C OMMUNITIES , PLATFORM CONFERRED THE FIFTH EDITION AWARDS
PANCHAYATS, SCHOOLS, ANGANWADIS TO IN NEW DELHI ON 21 MARCH 2022. SEVENTY FIVE
UNDERTAKE GREYWATER MANAGEMENT . O VER SIX WOMEN WERE CONFERRED WITH THE WOMEN
LAKH VILLAGES WILL SEE INTENSE ACTIVITY ON SOLID TRANSFORMING INDIA AWARDS-2021 IN
AND LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT . RECOGNITION TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A
SASHAKT AUR SAMARTH BHARAT.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CAMPAIGN IS
GROUNDWATER: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE .

UGC ANNOUNCES COMMON

ENTRANCE TEST MANDATORY
FOR ALL CENTRAL
UNIVERSITIES FROM 2022-23
CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES WILL HAVE TO USE COMMON
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE TEST (CUET) SCORES TO
ADMIT STUDENTS TO UNDERGRADUATE THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY AN EQUALLY
PROGRAMMES 2022-23. EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF WOMEN INCLUDING
FORMER LIEUTENANT G OVERNOR OF PUDUCHERRY
KIRAN BEDI, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY-
GENERAL OF UN LAKSHMI PURI, FORMER
CHAIRPERSON OF STATE BANK OF INDIA ARUNDHATI
BHATTACHARYA AMONG OTHERS. NITI AAYOG CEO
AMITABH KANT AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE
AAYOG INCLUDING BOLLYWOOD SINGER KAILASH
KHER WERE PRESENT AT THE EVENT .
MR JAGDESH KUMAR, CHAIRMAN, UGC SAID, FROM
THE 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR , THE NATIONAL
IIT MADRAS HAS ESTABLISH
TESTING AGENCY (NTA) WILL CONDUCT THE CUET WATER MANAGEMENT AND
FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE POLICY CENTRE
PROGRAMMES . HE SAID, THE SYLLABUS OF THE THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)
CUET WILL BE MIRRORED WITH THE CLASS 12 MADRAS HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW
MODEL SYLLABUS OF THE NCERT. T HE UGC INTERDISCIPLINARY WATER MANAGEMENT AND

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POLICY CENTRE CALLED ‘AQUAMAP’ TO SOLVE

WATER PROBLEMS IN I NDIA.

THE STATE -OF-THE-ART COMPLEX HAS BEEN

CONSTRUCTED IN RECORD 45 DAYS , WITH IN -HOUSE
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY CONSISTING OF
THE AQUAMAP WAS INAUGURATED AT IIT MADRAS
CONVENTIONAL , PRE -ENGINEERED AND PRECAST
BY PROF. K. VIJAY R AGHAVAN , THE PRINCIPAL
METHODOLOGY . T HE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN
SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE G OVERNMENT OF INDIA,
DEVELOPED BY DRDO WITH THE HELP OF M/S
ON MARCH 19, 2022.
LARSEN & TOUBRO (L&T). DESIGN CHECK AND
THIS CENTRE PROVIDED SMART SOLUTION FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE
CHALLENGING WATER PROBLEM BY DESIGNING TEAMS OF IIT MADRAS AND IIT ROORKEE.
SCALABLE MODELS BY LEVERAGING INNOVATIVE
THIS FCS FACILITY WILL SUPPORT RESEARCH &
TECHNOLOGIES LIGY PHILIP , DEPARTMENT OF C IVIL
DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPING
ENGINEERING , IIT MADRAS, AND DEAN (PLANNING ),
AVIONICS FOR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND FCS FOR
IIT MADRAS, IS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF
ADVANCED MEDIUM COMBAT AIRCRAFT BEING
AQUAMAP.
UNDERTAKEN BY ADE, B ENGALURU .

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

INTEGRATION COMPLEX ,
THE MV RAM PRASAD
CONSTRUCTED BY DRDO IN BISMIL HAS BECOME
RECORD 45 DAYS USING IN - THE LONGEST VESSEL EVER
HOUSE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY, TO SAIL ON THE RIVER
IN BENGALURU BRAHMAPUTRA
RAKSHA MANTRI SHRI RAJNATH SINGH ON 15 MARCH 2022, THE MINISTRY OF PORTS,
INAUGURATED A SEVEN -STOREYED FLIGHT C ONTROL SHIPPING, AND WATERWAYS ACHIEVED A
SYSTEM (FCS) INTEGRATION FACILITY AT LANDMARK WHEN THE MV R AM PRASAD B ISMIL
AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT BECAME THE LONGEST VESSEL EVER TO SAIL ON THE
(ADE), A LABORATORY OF DEFENCE RESEARCH AND MIGHTY B RAHMAPUTRA. T HE 90 METERS LONG
DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (DRDO) IN FLOTILLA IS 26 METERS WIDE , LOADED WITH A DRAFT
BENGALURU, KARNATAKA ON 17TH MARCH 2022. OF 2.1 METERS .

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16TH MARCH. IT WILL BE FOR THOSE BORN IN 2008,

2009, AND 2010 THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY ABOVE
12 YEARS OF AGE .

PM INAUGURATES THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE
UNIVERSITY BUILDING IN
IT IS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ASPIRING PILOT
GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT ON
RUN OF HEAVY CARGO MOVEMENT FROM HALDIA 12TH MAR 2022
DOCK IN KOLKATA AFTER IT ANCHORED AT PANDU PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS DEDICATED
PORT IN G UWAHATI ON 15 M ARCH 2022. T HE THE NEW COMPLEX BUILDING OF RASHTRIYA RAKSHA

VESSEL ALONG WITH TWO BARGES – DB KALPANA UNIVERSITY- RRU GANDHINAGAR TO THE NATION
CHAWLA AND DB APJ ABDUL KALAM – WAS ON 12 MAR 2022 BY UNVEILING A PLAQUE . T HE

FLAGGED OFF FROM THE SYAMA PRASAD NEW CAMPUS BUILDING COMPLEX OF RASHTRIYA

MOOKERJEE PORT IN H ALDIA. RAKSHA U NIVERSITY - AN INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL

IMPORTANCE IS SITUATED AT LAVAD VILLAGE NEAR
GOVERNMENT WILL START GANDHINAGAR IN GUJARAT.
COVID VACCINATION OF 12 TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SAID THAT SEEDS
14 YEAR OLDS FROM MARCH OF POLICE REFORMS WERE SOWN BY THE LAUNCH OF
16 RASHTRIYA RAKSHA UNIVERSITY IN GUJARAT. HE
HEALTH MINISTER MANSUKH MANDAVIYA HAS SAID THAT POLICE REFORMS WERE NEEDED
URGED THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AND PEOPLE IN IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR INDEPENDENCE , BUT IT
THE AGE GROUP OF 60 ABOVE TO GET VACCINATED. WAS NEGLECTED FOR MANY YEARS .
IN A TWEET YESTERDAY , MR. MANDAVIYA SAID, IF
THE CHILDREN ARE SAFE THEN THE COUNTRY IS SAFE . DAILY FLIGHT SERVICE ON
EXPRESSING HAPPINESS , THE MINISTER INFORMED INDORE-GONDIA-HYDERABAD
ABOUT C OVID VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE ROUTE FROM 13 MARCH 2022
AGE GROUP OF 12 TO 14. CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA
LAUNCHED THE DAILY FLIGHT SERVICE ON THE
INDORE-GONDIA-HYDERABAD ROUTE ON 13 MARCH
2022 UNDER THE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY SCHEME
UDAN. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, MR SCINDIA
SAID THAT THE UDAN SCHEME IS FULFILLING THE
PRIME MINISTER’S DREAM OF PROVIDING AIR
SERVICE TO THE COMMON MAN. HE SAID THAT 405
UDAN ROUTES HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED UNDER THE
THE CENTRE ANNOUNCED THAT AFTER DUE UDAN SCHEME . THE INDORE-GONDIA-HYDERABAD
DELIBERATIONS WITH SCIENTIFIC BODIES IT HAS ROUTE WILL CONNECT I NDORE WITH M AHARASHTRA
DECIDED TO BEGIN COVID19 VACCINATION AND T ELANGANA.
CHILDREN OF 12 TO 14 YEARS AGE GROUPS FROM

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WOULD BE OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED IN THE

RASHTRIYA INDIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE FOLLOWING WHICH EPFO
MILITARY COLLEGE WOULD CREDIT THE RATE OF INTEREST INTO ITS
(RIMC), DEHRADUN SUBSCRIBERS ’ ACCOUNTS .

CELEBRATED CENTENARY THE EPF INTEREST RATE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
FOUNDATION DAY ON 13 2020-2021 WAS 8.5%.

MAR 2022. NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS

THE RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGE (RIMC),
DEHRADUN IS CELEBRATING IT ’S CENTENNIAL
BUREAU (NCRB) OF 37TH
FOUNDER’S DAY ON 13 MARCH 2022. THE FOUNDATION DAY
INSTITUTION , G EN MM NARAVANE , C HIEF OF ARMY CELEBRATIONS ON 11TH MAR
STAFF COMPLIMENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE 2022
STELLAR CONTRIBUTION OF THE RIMC AND THE UNION MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTER
ALUMNI IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION FOR THE OF C OOPERATION , SHRI AMIT SHAH ATTENDED THE
LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND T HE C OLLEGE STAFF 37TH FOUNDATION D AY CELEBRATIONS OF
FOR KEEPING THE INSTITUTION FULLY OPEN AND NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (NCRB) AS THE
FUNCTIONAL DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC . CHIEF GUEST IN NEW DELHI ON 11 MAR 2022.

EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE ON THE PREPARATIONS

MADE BY THE C OLLEGE TO WELCOME AND INTEGRATE
GIRL CADETS INTO THE FOLDS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS
INSTITUTION , THE COAS REMARKED THAT “G IRLS
JOINING THE C OLLEGE WOULD BE ITS C ENTENNIAL
MOMENT”

EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND

NCRB:
(EPF) INTEREST RATE
SLASHED TO 8.1% FROM 8.5% THE NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU,
THE 230TH MEETING OF CENTRAL BOARD OF ABBREVIATED TO NCRB, IS AN I NDIAN GOVERNMENT
TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEE ’ PROVIDENT FUND AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING AND
ORGANISATION (EPFO) WAS HELD ON 12 MARCH ANALYSING CRIME DATA AS DEFINED BY THE I NDIAN
2022 IN GUWAHATI UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF PENAL CODE AND SPECIAL AND LOCAL LAWS. NCRB
SHRI BHUPENDRA YADAV, U NION MINISTER FOR IS HEADQUARTERED IN NEW DELHI AND IS PART OF
LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT AND ENVIRONMENT, THE MINISTRY OF H OME AFFAIRS , G OVERNMENT OF
FOREST & CLIMATE CHANGE. INDIA.

THE CENTRAL BOARD RECOMMENDED 8.10% INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS

ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST TO BE CREDITED ON
WILL RESUME IN INDIA FROM
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND (EPF)
ACCUMULATIONS IN MEMBERS ’ ACCOUNTS FOR THE
27 MARCH 2022.
FINANCIAL YEAR 2021-22. THE INTEREST RATE

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IN VIEW OF THE INCREASED VACCINATION COVERAGE SLOT TIMINGS WILL BE09:30 – 11:00 HRS, DAYTIME
ACROSS THE GLOBE AND IN CONSULTATION WITH 11:30 – 13:00 HRS, 13:30 – 15:00 HRS AND
STAKEHOLDERS , THE G OVERNMENT OF I NDIA HAS 15:30 – 17:00 HRS.
DECIDED TO RESUME SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL
THE TOURISM FACILITY OF RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER SERVICES TO /FROM
WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM M ARCH 12, 2022. I T WILL
INDIA WITH EFFECT FROM 27.03.2022 I.E.
BE OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THREE
BEGINNING OF SUMMER SCHEDULE 2022. I N ORDER
PRE -BOOKED TIME SLOTS WITH A MAXIMUM LIMIT
TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF COVID-19,
OF 25 VISITORS PER SLOT – 10:30-11:30 HRS ,
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA)
VIDE CIRCULAR DATED 19.03.2020 HAS SUSPENDED
12:30-13:30 HRS AND 14 HRS. :30-15:30 HRS.
THE OPERATION OF SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER SERVICES TO /FROM I NDIA
“KAVACH” SYSTEM
WITH EFFECT FROM 23 RD M ARCH, 2020. SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY
INDIAN RAILWAY IN PRESENCE
AS PER DGCA CIRCULAR DATED 28.02.2022, THE
OF RAILWAY M INISTER
SUSPENSION OF OPERATION OF SCHEDULED
THE UNION MINISTER OF RAILWAYS ,
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL PASSENGER SERVICES
COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS &
TO/FROM I NDIA HAS BEEN EXTENDED TILL FURTHER
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SHRI ASHWINI
ORDERS . I NTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS WILL BE
VAISHNAV INSPECTED THE TRIAL OF ‘KAVACH’
SUBJECT TO STRICT COMPLIANCE OF GUIDELINES OF
FUNCTIONING BETWEEN G ULLAGUDA -C HITGIDDA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE FOR
RAILWAY STATIONS ON LINGAMPALLI -VIKARABAD
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL DATED 10.02.2022.
SECTION IN SECUNDERABAD DIVISION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL RAILWAY ON 4TH MARCH 2022.
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
MUSEUM AND CHANGE OF THE ‘KAVACH’ WAS EXTENSIVELY TESTED. THE
GUARD CEREMONY TO HON’BLE MINISTER WAS ON THE AUTOMATIC
ENGINE WHICH WENT FROM G ULLAGUDA TO
REOPEN FOR PUBLIC FROM 8
CHITGIDDA. THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO, RAILWAY
MARCH 2022 BOARD.
THE CHANGE OF GUARD CEREMONY WILL REOPEN TO
THE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH THE
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN AND RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
MUSEUM COMPLEX, WHICH WERE CLOSED DUE TO
COVID-19 FROM JANUARY 1, 2022.

RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN MUSEUM COMPLEX WILL

OPEN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC FROM MARCH 8, 2022
(TUESDAY). IT WILL BE OPEN FROM TUESDAY TO
SUNDAY (SIX DAYS A WEEK ) EXCEPT GAZETTED
KAVACH:
HOLIDAYS . VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM WILL BE
ALLOWED IN FOUR PRE -BOOKED TIME SLOTS WITH A THE ‘KAVACH’ IS THERE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO
MAXIMUM LIMIT OF 50 VISITORS PER SLOT . T HE TRAINS CROSSING SIGNALS AT DANGER ( RED) AND TO

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PREVENT COLLISIONS . I T AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATES MARSHAL PRABHAKARAN, AN EXPERIENCED MIG-

THE TRAIN BRAKING SYSTEM IF THE DRIVER FAILS TO 21 PILOT AND CATEGORY “A” QUALIFICATION FLIGHT
CONTROL THE TRAIN AS PER THE SPEED LIMIT . I N INSTRUCTOR , HAS NEARLY 5000 HOURS OF FLYING
ADDITION . EXPERIENCE .

DEFEXPO 2022 POSTPONED POLITY CURRENT

DUE TO LOGISTICS
PROBLEMS
AFFAIRS
DEFEXPO 2022 PROPOSED TO BE HELD IN
GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT FROM MARCH 10TH TILL
MARCH 14TH IS POSTPONED.THE MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE PRESS RELEASE CITED THE REASON FOR
POSTPONED THE DEFEXPO 2022 IS DUE TO
LOGISTICS PROBLEMS BEING EXPERIENCED BY
PARTICIPANTS . T HE NEW DATES WILL BE
COMMUNICATED IN DUE COURSE . YOGI ADITYANATH TAKE
OATH AS CM OF UTTAR
AIR MARSHAL SREEKUMAR PRADESH FOR THE SECOND
PRABHAKARAN ASSUMED TERM ON 25 MAR 2022.
COMMAND OF WESTERN AIR YOGI ADITYANATH TOOK OATH AS THE CHIEF
COMMAND ON 01 MARCH MINISTER OF UTTAR PRADESH FOR THE SECOND
2022. CONSECUTIVE TERM AT A GRAND CEREMONY IN

AIR MARSHAL SREEKUMAR P RABHAKARAN LUCKNOW ON 25 MARCH 2022. KESHAV PRASAD

ASSUMED COMMAND OF DELHI BASED WESTERN AIR MAURYA AND BRAJESH P ATHAK TOOK OATH AS THE
COMMAND (WAC) ON 01 MARCH 2022. DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTERS OF THE STATE. APART
FROM THEM , THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS
ADMINISTERED BY G OVERNOR A NANDIBEN P ATEL TO
50 OTHER MINISTERS WHICH INCLUDES, 16 CABINET
MINISTERS, 14 STATE MINISTERS WITH
INDEPENDENT CHARGE AND 20 MINISTERS OF
STATE.

THE AIR MARSHAL IS A GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL

DEFENSE ACADEMY, PUNE AND WAS COMMISSIONED
AS A FIGHTER PILOT IN THE I NDIAN AIR FORCE ON 22
DECEMBER 1983. HE IS AN ALUMNUS OF DEFENSE
SERVICES STAFF COLLEGE WELLINGTON AND
NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE , NEW DELHI. AIR

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THE GRAND SWEARING -IN CEREMONY , HELD AT THE

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE EKANA CRICKET STADIUM IN
LUCKNOW WITNESSED A MASSIVE CROWD .

BHAGWANT MANN TOOK

OATH AS CHIEF MINISTER OF
PUNJAB
BHAGWANT MANN TOOK OATH AS THE 18TH CHIEF
MINISTER OF PUNJAB ON 16TH MARCH 2022. AT UTTAR PRADESH : THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY
THE SWEARING -IN CEREMONY AT KHATKAR K ALAN, HAS GOT THE HISTORIC SUCCESS OF COMING TO

THE ANCESTRAL VILLAGE OF B HAGAT POWER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW . I T HAS GOT

SINGH, THE AAM AADMI PARTY (AAP) SUPPORTERS 255 SEATS IN THE 403-MEMBER ASSEMBLY . ALLIES
TURNED UP IN ‘ BASANTI ’ TURBANS AND DUPATTAS , APNA DAL (SONELAL) WON 12 SEATS AND NISHAD
THE COLOUR COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTY WON 6 SEATS.
FREEDOM FIGHTER .
UTTARAKHAND : BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY HAS
GOT ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN UTTARAKHAND . I T HAS
WON 47 SEATS IN THE 70-MEMBER ASSEMBLY .
SAMAJ PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES HAVE
WON TWO SEATS EACH .

GOA : THE BJP HAS GOT 20 SEATS IN THE 40-

MEMBER ASSEMBLY. C ONGRESS WAS SUCCESSFUL IN
WINNING 11 SEATS . MAHARASHTRAWADI
GOMANTAK P ARTY AND A AM AADMI PARTY GOT
AAM ADMI PARTY CHIEF AND CM OF DELHI,
TWO SEATS EACH .
ARVIND KEJRIWAL WAS ALSO IN ATTENDED THE
SWEARING -IN CEREMONY . AAP WON WITH A HUGE MANIPUR : THE BJP HAS WON 32 SEATS IN THE 60-
MARGIN IN THE STATE AND OUSTED C ONGRESS FROM MEMBER ASSEMBLY. T HE PARTY GOT 37.8% VOTES .
THE SEAT OF POWER . THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S PARTY MANAGED TO WIN
SEVEN SEATS WITH 17.2-9 PER CENT VOTES , BUT THE
STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTION STATE PRESIDENT OF THE NPP LOST THE ELECTION .
2022 RESULTS: BJP RETAINED JANATA DAL UNITED HAS WON SIX SEATS WITH
POWER IN UP, UTTARAKHAND , 10.7-7 PER CENT VOTES .

GOA AND MANIPUR, AAP PUNJAB : THE AAM AADMI P ARTY HAS REGISTERED
VICTORY IN PUNJAB. A LANDSLIDE VICTORY WITH A MAJORITY IN THE
ON 10TH MARCH 2022 THE RESULT OF 5 STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS . T HE PARTY WON 92 SEATS IN
ASSEMBLY WERE DECLARED. BJP RETAINED POWER THE 117-MEMBER ASSEMBLY .
IN UTTAR PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND , G OA AND
MANIPUR, WITH THE AAM AADMI PARTY WINNING
A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN PUNJAB .

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(DIPP) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, RECOGNIZED

SCIENCE AND START-UP WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NORTH E AST
CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND REACH
TECHNOLOGY (NECTAR), AN AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATION OF
CURRENT AFFAIRS THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND T ECHNOLOGY
(DST).

INDIA AND OMAN AGREE UPON

A PROGRAMME OF
COOPERATION (POC) IN THE
FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
INDIA AND OMAN WILL WORK TOGETHER IN CERTAIN
SMARTPHONE-BASED AREAS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY SCIENTIFIC HARNESSING
PORTABLE OXYGEN KIT OF RESOURCES UNDER A P ROGRAMME OF
RECOGNISED BY GOVT COOPERATION (POC) IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND
ON 25 MAR 2022, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THEM .
TECHNOLOGY INFORMED THAT AN EASY TO HANDLE
AND TRANSPORT , MULTI -MODAL , SMARTPHONE -
BASED, FIELD-PORTABLE OXYGEN KIT CAN NOW
PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND COST -EFFECTIVE OXYGEN
SUPPLY TO COMMUNITIES DURING SITUATIONS LIKE
THE RECENT COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND OTHER
DISASTERS LIKE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND HIGH
ALTITUDE -RELATED PROBLEMS .
THE AREAS OF COOPERATION IDENTIFIED BASED ON
THE POC FOR THE PERIOD 2022 – 2025 ARE
MEDICINAL PLANTS AND PROCESSING , REAL-TIME
AIR QUALITY MONITORING , DEVELOPMENT OF AN
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN
THE FIELD OF G ENETIC RESOURCES , T ECHNICAL
EXPERTISE FOR SME S IN THE FIELD OF
SUSTAINABILITY (ECO-I NNOVATE ) ACCELERATOR ,
PLASTIC BIO-FUEL, AND BIO- DIESEL RESEARCH
(EXAMPLE : LOW-TEMPERATURE BIO-DIESEL
PRODUCTION , EXTRACTION OF HIGH - VALUE
PRODUCTS FROM PRODUCED WATER WITH OIL ),
THE FIELD-PORTABLE SMART BAG PACK EMERGENCY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR GRADUATE
OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR CALLED O XYGEN PLUS WAS PROGRAMS – LINKING INDUSTRY WITH ACADEMIA,
DESIGNED BY GRS I NDIA, A D EPARTMENT FOR BLOCKCHAIN AND FINTECH SOLUTIONS , TRAINING
PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE
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PROGRAMMES – B IG-DATA, CODING & TESTING , KIRLOSKAR AND OFFICIALS AT NEW DELHI ON 16TH
STEM TEACHING AND OTHER AREAS OF S&T MARCH 2022.
COOPERATION ADDED BY MUTUAL CONSENT .

THE 36TH INTERNATIONAL

GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
(IGC) WILL BE HELD FROM 20-
22 MARCH, 2022.
THE 36TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
(IGC), THEMED “GEOSCIENCES : THE BASIC SCIENCE
FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ” WILL BE HELD HERE
SHRI NITIN GADKARI LAUNCHES WORLD’S MOST
DURING 20-22 MARCH, 2022 ON A VIRTUAL
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY – DEVELOPED G REEN
PLATFORM .
HYDROGEN FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE (FCEV)
THE 36TH IGC IS A JOINT ENDEAVOUR OF THE TOYOTA MIRAI, FIRST OF ITS KIND PROJECT IN INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINES, MINISTRY OF E ARTH SCIENCES, WHICH AIMS TO CREATE A G REEN HYDROGEN BASED
INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY AND THE ECOSYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY
SCIENCE ACADEMIES OF BANGLADESH, NEPAL AND
SRI LANKA. DESCRIBED AS THE OLYMPICS OF TOUCH-LESS TOUCH SCREEN
GEOSCIENCES , THE IGCS ARE HELD QUADRENNIAL, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY
UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE I NTERNATIONAL UNION OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS TO
GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS (IUGS), THE SCIENTIFIC
CONTROL VIRUS SPREAD BY
SPONSOR OF THE IGCS. THEY DRAW PARTICIPANTS
TO THE TUNE OF AROUND 5000 – 7000 DELEGATES
CONTACT
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ON 14 MAR 2022, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY INFORMED THAT INDIAN SCIENTISTS
INDIA‟S FIRST GREEN HAVE PROVIDED AN AFFORDABLE SOLUTION TO
DEVELOP A LOW -COST TOUCH -CUM -PROXIMITY
HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
SENSOR POPULARLY CALLED TOUCHLESS TOUCH
ELECTRIC VEHICLE (FCEV) SENSOR THROUGH A PRINTING TECHNIQUE .
TOYOTA MIRAI
UNION MINISTER FOR ROAD TRANSPORT AND
HIGHWAYS SHRI NITIN GADKARI LAUNCHED THE
WORLD’ S MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY –
DEVELOPED G REEN HYDROGEN FUEL C ELL ELECTRIC
VEHICLE (FCEV) TOYOTA MIRAI ALONG WITH
UNION MINISTER SHRI H ARDEEP PURI, UNION
MINISTER SHRI RK SINGH, U NION MINISTER SHRI
MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY, MD TOYOTA
KIRLOSKAR MOTOR LTD. SHRI MASAKAZU
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS TRIGGERED
YOSHIMURA, VC TKM LTD. SHRI VIKRAM
EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR LIFESTYLE MORE ADAPTABLE

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TO PANDEMIC SCENARIOS. ACTIONS ARE NATURALLY

CENS SCIENTISTS
DRIVEN TO STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
VIRUSES SPREADING , PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC DEVELOP ENERGY-
PLACES WHERE TOUCHSCREENS ON SELF -SERVICE EFFICIENT HYDROGEN
KIOSKS , ATMS, AND VENDING MACHINES ARE
PRODUCTION BY UREA
NEARLY INEVITABLE .
ELECTROLYSIS
INDIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE ON 9 MAR 2022, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE &
DISCOVERED A STRATEGY TO TECHNOLOGY RELEASE A PRESS NOTE STATING THAT
THE I NDIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE DESIGNED AN
SYNTHESIZE NOVEL SOLID
ELECTROCATALYST SYSTEM FOR ENERGY -EFFICIENT
ADSORBENTS FOR CO2 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION WITH THE HELP OF
CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION ELECTROLYSIS OF UREA . T HE UREA ELECTROLYSIS IS
ON 10 MAR 2022, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & HELPFUL TOWARDS UREA -BASED WASTE TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGY RELEASE A PRESS NOTE THAT NOVEL WITH LOW -COST HYDROGEN PRODUCTION. T HIS CAN
STRATEGY TO SYNTHESIZE SOLID ADSORBENTS FOR BE UTILIZED FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION TOWARDS
CO2 CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION DISCOVERED . OUR COUNTRY ’ S BENEFITS.

CARBON CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION ARE GROWING

FIELDS OF RESEARCH FOCUSING ON REDUCING CO2
EMISSIONS . ALTHOUGH SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL
ADVANCEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DEMONSTRATED , NONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES CAN
PROVIDE AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND COMPLETE
CO2 CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION SOLUTION .

THE ENERGY REQUIREMENT FOR PRODUCTION OF

HYDROGEN THROUGH WATER ELECTROLYSIS CAN BE
REDUCED BY 70 % THROUGH UREA ELECTROLYSIS .
THE ENERGY-INTENSIVE COUNTERPART OF WATER
SPLITTING , OXYGEN EVOLUTION , CAN BE REPLACED
WITH UREA OXIDATION IN UREA ELECTROLYSIS . T HE

PROFESSOR RAHUL BANERJEE ’S GROUP AT IISER- LOW-COST, EARTH-ABUNDANT NI-BASED CATALYSTS

KOLKATA, WITH SUPPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF ARE WIDELY APPLIED FOR THIS PROCESS .

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT. OF INDIA UNDER

MISSION INNOVATION PROGRAM , HAS CABINET APPROVES MOU
DEMONSTRATED A STRATEGY TO SYNTHESIZE NOVEL SIGNED ON 9TH MARCH 2022
SOLID ADSORBENTS , ESPECIALLY FOR CO2 CAPTURE BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL OF
AND CO2 UTILIZATION . PROF.
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND
OXFORD UNIVERSITY , UK

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APPRISED OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING UNION MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(MOU) SIGNED BETWEEN THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DR JITENDRA SINGH SAID
MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR) AND OXFORD INDIA AND FINLAND HAVE WORKED OUT A DETAILED
UNIVERSITY, UK IN NOVEMBER 2021 AND IN PLAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE I NDO-FINNISH
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 7( D) OF THE UNION VIRTUAL NETWORK CENTRE ON QUANTUM
CABINET CHAIRED BY THE PRIME MINISTER SHRI COMPUTING . HE SAID, INDIA HAS ALREADY
NARENDRA MODI ON 9 MARCH 2022 GONE. OF THE IDENTIFIED THREE PREMIER INSTITUTES VIZ IIT
SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MADRAS, IISER PUNE AND C-DAC PUNE FOR
(TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS) RULES, 1961. WORKING WITH FINNISH COUNTERPART
INSTITUTIONS FOR THE VIRTUAL NETWORK C ENTRE .
THE OBJECTIVES UNDER THE MOU ARE CAPACITY
BUILDING FOR I NDIAN SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS ,
WHO GLOBAL CENTRE FOR
COLLECTION OF DATA COMPLIANT WITH
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND REGULATORY
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
REQUIREMENTS , DEVELOPMENT OF I NDIA TOWARDS
(WHO GCTM) TO BE
BECOMING A REGIONAL HUB FOR CAPACITY ESTABLISH IN JAMNAGAR
DEVELOPMENT USING ITS OWN FUNDS AND ON 9TH MARCH 2022, UNION CABINET, CHAIRED
FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND BY PRIME MINISTER SHRI NARENDRA MODI HAS
SOVEREIGNTY . APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHO
GLOBAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
INDIA AND FINLAND PLAN TO (WHO GCTM) IN JAMNAGAR, GUJARAT BY SIGNING
SET UP INDO-FINNISH A HOST C OUNTRY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE WORLD HEALTH
VIRTUAL NETWORK CENTER
ORGANIZATION (WHO).
ON QUANTUM COMPUTING
A FINNISH DELEGATION LED BY AMBASSADOR MS. THE WHO GCTM WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN
RITVA KAUKKU-RONDE CALLED ON DR. JITENDRA JAMNAGAR UNDER THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH. THIS
SINGH, UNION MINISTER OF STATE ON 9 MARCH WOULD BE THE FIRST AND ONLY GLOBAL OUTPOSTED
2022 TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS OF BILATERAL CENTRE (OFFICE ) FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
COOPERATION IN AREAS SUCH AS 5G, ARTIFICIAL ACROSS THE GLOBE .
INTELLIGENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY INVOLVING
ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY AND START -UPS FROM BOTH PETASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER
COUNTRIES . REVIEWED . “PARAM GANGA”
ESTABLISHED BY NSM AT IIT
ROORKEE
NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING FACILITY AT IIT
ROORKEE WAS INAUGURATED ON MARCH 07,
2022 BY SHRI B.V.R. MOHAN REDDY, CHAIRMAN,
BOARD OF GOVERNORS, IIT ROORKEE . NATIONAL
SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION (NSM) HAS DEPLOYED
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SUPERCOMPUTING CAPACITY OF 1.66 PETAFLOPS THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO PUDUCHERRY

HAS ESTABLISHED INSIDE THE FACILITY . COVERING 140 NAUTICAL MILES IN ONE AND HALF
HOURS AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 155 KM /HR ON
19TH FEBRUARY 22. THE OBJECTIVES OF SEA LEVEL
TRIALS WERE TO EVALUATE HANDLING QUALITIES,
CLIMB / CRUISE PERFORMANCE , BALKED LANDING ,
STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE INCLUDING POSITIVE &
NEGATIVE G, POWER PLANT AND OTHER SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE .

THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY C- SPORTS CURRENT

DAC UNDER PHASE 2 OF THE BUILD APPROACH OF
THE NSM. SUBSTANTIAL COMPONENTS UTILIZED TO
AFFAIRS
BUILD THIS SYSTEM ARE MANUFACTURED AND
ASSEMBLED WITHIN I NDIA ALONG WITH AN
INDIGENOUS SOFTWARE STACK DEVELOPED BY C-
DAC, WHICH IS A STEP TOWARDS THE MAKE IN
INDIA INITIATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT.

INDIA‟S FIRST INDIGENOUS

FLYING TRAINER HANSA-NG
COMPLETED SEA LEVEL INDIAN RAILWAYS WOMEN
TRIALS TEAM HAS WINS GOLD IN
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS FLYING TRAINER
HANSA-NG DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY CSIR-
NATIONAL CROSS
NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES , BANGALORE COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
UNDER THE AEGIS OF C OUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND ON 26 MARCH 2022, INDIAN RAILWAYS’ WOMEN
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEAM BECAME WINNER IN THE 56 TH NATIONAL
COMPLETED THE SEA LEVEL TRIALS AT PUDUCHERRY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP (MEN & WOMEN)
FROM 19 TH FEBRUARY TO 5 TH MARCH, 2022. HELD AT K OHIMA IN STATE OF NAGALAND.

INDIAN RAILWAYS WOMEN ATHLETES WON GOLD IN

THE TEAM EVENT WHILE MEN TEAM WON THE
SILVER. MS.VARSHA DEVI, MANJU YADAV, PREENU
YADAV AND MUNNI DEVI WERE MEMBERS OF
RAILWAY SPORTS P ROMOTION BOARD TEAM IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP .

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PRADESH, SHRI S HIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN

INAUGURATED THE TOURNAMENT ON 21 ST MARCH.

INDIAN BADMINTON STAR

PV SINDHU WON SWISS
OPEN 2022
INDIAN BADMINTON STAR PV SINDHU WON SWISS
OPEN 2022 WOMEN’S SINGLES TITLE WITH A WIN
OVER T HAILAND’ S B USANAN O NGRAMRUNGPHAN
AT THE ST. J AKOBSHALLE ARENA IN B ASEL ON 27
IN THE MEN’S SECTION THE INDIAN R AILWAYS TEAM
MARCH 2022.
CONSISTING OF N ARENDRA P RATAP , DINESH,
VIRENDRA KUMAR PAL &HARSHADMHATRE WON DOUBLE OLYMPIC MEDALLIST PV SINDHU WON THE
THE SILVER MEDAL . FINAL MATCH 21-16, 21-8 IN 49 MINUTES TO CLAIM
THE SUPER 300 CROWN.
INDIAN RAILWAYS MEN‟S
HOCKEY TEAM HAS WON THE NEERAJ CHOPRA AND
OBAIDULLAH KHAN MIRABAI CHANU WINS AWARD
HERITAGE HOCKEY CUP OF “SPORTSTAR OF THE YEAR ”
TOURNAMENT HELD IN 2022
BHOPAL (MP). TOKYO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST NEERAJ CHOPRA
INDIAN RAILWAYS’ MEN HOCKEY TEAM WON THE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ‘SPORTSTAR OF THE YEAR

PRESTIGIOUS O BAIDULLAH KHAN HERITAGE HOCKEY (MALE)’ AWARD AT THE 2022 SPORTSTAR ACES
CUP HELD AT BHOPAL (MP) FROM 21.03.2022 TO AWARDS, IN FEMALE CATEGORY MIRABAI CHANU
27.03.2022. IN THE FINAL MATCH HELD ON 27 RECEIVED THE ‘SPORTSTAR OF THE YEAR’ AWARDS

MARCH 2022, RAILWAY SPORTS PROMOTION GIVEN ON 19 MARCH 2022 AT THE T AJ MAHAL

BOARD (RSPB) TEAM BEAT ARMY XI BY 2: PALACE HOTEL IN MUMBAI.

THE ACES AWARDS CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF

THE PRESTIGIOUS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT WAS EXCELLENCE IN SPORT AND HOPE TO INSPIRE OUR
PLAYED AT M AJOR D HYANCHAND STADIUM , ATHLETES AND SPORTSPERSONS TO CONTINUE TO
BHOPAL WHERE CHIEF MINISTER OF MADHYA
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STRIVE TO BREAK NEW RECORDS AND REACH NEW

PINNACLES OF GLORY .

LAKSHYA SEN WINS SILVER IN

MEN‟S SINGLES OF ALL
ENGLAND OPEN BADMINTON
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN BADMINTON, ON 20 MARCH 2022 WORLD NO.1 IN SNOOKER, HE WON THE IBSF WORLD SNOOKER
VIKTOR AXELSEN DEFEATED L AKSHYA SEN 21-10, CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES, IBSF WORLD SIX-RED
21-15 IN THE MEN’S SINGLES FINAL OF ALL CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE AND THE IBSF WORLD T EAM

ENGLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP IN CUP AND IBSF WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE
BIRMINGHAM . AXELSEN DEFEATED SEN IN A MATCH TIME EACH

THAT LASTED FOR 53 MINUTES .

FIDE CHESS OLYMPIAD 2022
IN CHENNAI, FROM 26TH JULY
2022 TO 8TH AUGUST 2022.
INDIA HAS WON THE BID TO HOST THE FIDE CHESS
OLYMPIAD 2022 IN CHENNAI. IT WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN RUSSIA. B UT THE FIDE
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT IT PULLED OUT FROM
THERE FOLLOWING THE UKRAINE INVASION . AFTER
THE ANNOUNCEMENT , T AMIL NADU GOVERNMENT
IN THE FIRST GAME , AXELSEN HAD WON THE FIRST AND THE ALL I NDIA C HESS FEDERATION MADE A
SIX POINTS BEFORE SEN TRIED TO CLOSE THE GAP . JOINT BID TO HOST THE PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT
HOWEVER, THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST WAS TOO AND WON .
PRECISE WITH HIS SHOT-SELECTION AS HE TOOK THE
FIRST GAME WITH EASE .

PANKAJ ADVANI WINS HIS

EIGHTH TITLE AT THE 19TH
ASIAN BILLIARDS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
ACE INDIAN CUEIST PANKAJ ADVANI LIFTED HIS
A STATEMENT BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS ,
EIGHTH TITLE AT THE 19 TH ASIAN B ILLIARDS
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I NDIA HOSTS THE FIDE C HESS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 IN DOHA, QATAR AFTER
OLYMPIAD SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1927. THE
BEATING COMPATRIOT D HRUV SITWALA 6-2 ON 19
TENTATIVE DATES FOR THE FIDE C HESS O LYMPIAD
MARCH 2022. THIS IS ADVANI’S 24TH
ARE FIXED TO BE FROM 26 TH JULY 2022 TO 8 TH
INTERNATIONAL TITLE AND 8 TH ASIAN CROWN .
AUGUST 2022.

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BHUPENDRABHAI P ATEL WERE AMONG THOSE

PRESENT ON THE OCCASION.

KHEL MAHAKUMBH HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE

SPORTS ECOSYSTEM IN G UJARAT . WITH NO AGE BAR ,
IT WITNESSES PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE STATE WHO COMPETE IN VARIOUS
EVENTS OVER A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH .
LAKSHYA SEN WINS SILVER
MEDAL AT GERMAN OPEN STATES CURRENT
(BADMINTON) 2022
ON 13 MARCH 2022, INDIAN SHUTTLER LAKSHYA AFFAIRS
SEN WINS SILVER MEDAL IN THE GERMAN OPEN
(BADMINTON) 2022 TOURNAMENT. HE IS
DEFEATED BY KUNLAVUT VITIDSARN OF T HAILAND,
18-21, 15-21, IN THE MEN’S SINGLES FINAL AT
THE G ERMAN O PEN 2022.

ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA SIGN

HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO
SETTLE INTER -STATE BORDER
GERMAN OPEN IS AN ANNUAL BADMINTON DISPUTE
TOURNAMENT CLASSIFIED AS BADMINTON WORLD ON 29 MARCH 2022, THE CHIEF MINISTER OF
FEDERATION (BWF) WORLD TOUR SUPER 300 ASSAM, SHRI HIMANTA BISWA SARMAL AND THE
EVENT. CHIEF MINISTER OF MEGHALAYA, SHRI KONRAD K.
SANGMA SIGNED A HISTORIC AGREEMENT IN THE
PM DECLARED OPEN THE 11TH PRESENCE OF UNION HOME MINISTER SHRI AMIT
KHEL MAHAKUMBH AT SHAH IN NEW DELHI FOR SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
AHMEDABAD ON 12TH MARCH IN SIX AREAS OUT OF TOTAL TWELVE AREAS OF

2022 INTER-STATE BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN THE

STATES OF ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA.
THE PRIME MINISTER, SHRI N ARENDRA MODI
DECLARED OPEN THE 11 TH KHEL MAHAKUMBH AT
AHMEDABAD ON 12TH MARCH 2022. THE
GOVERNOR OF GUJARAT, ACHARYA DEVVRAT AND
THE CHIEF MINISTER OF GUJARAT, SHRI

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CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, THE PRESIDENT, IS

PLEASED TO APPOINT THE SHRI JUSTICE VIPIN
SANGHI, SENIOR-MOST JUDGE OF THE DELHI HIGH
COURT TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THAT HIGH COURT, WITH EFFECT
FROM 13.03.2022, VIDE NOTIFICATIONS DATED
11.03.2022″

SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE UNION HOME MINISTRY,

PM INAUGURATES PUNE
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM AND GOVERNMENT OF
MEGHALAYA WERE ALSO PRESENT ON THE
METRO RAIL ON 4TH MARCH
OCCASION . ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA HAVE REACHED 2022
AGREEMENT ON 6 OUT OF 12 ISSUES AND ABOUT 70 THE PRIME MINISTER, SHRI NARENDRA MODI,
PERCENT OF THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO STATES INAUGURATED THE PUNE METRO RAIL PROJECT ON

HAS BECOME DISPUTE -FREE . 4 MARCH 2022. HE ALSO LAID THE FOUNDATION
STONE AND INAUGURATED SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT PROJECTS IN PUNE . T HE 12-KM SECTION OF PUNE

DISMISSED VARIOUS PETITIONS METRO HAS BECOME OPERATIONAL AND THE

REMAINING 21-KM SECTION WILL BE COMMISSIONED
CHALLENGING THE BAN ON
BY MARCH 2023 COVERING A DISTANCE OF 33.2 KM
HIJAB IN EDUCATIONAL WITH 30 STATIONS . T HE COST OF THE METRO
INSTITUTIONS PROJECT IS RS 11,400 CRORE.
DATED 15 MARCH 2022, THE KARNATAKA HIGH
COURT DISMISSED VARIOUS PETITIONS CHALLENGING WHILE METRO SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE IN VERY
FEW CITIES TILL 2014, IN 2022, MORE THAN 12
THE BAN ON HIJAB IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS .
CITIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF METRO SERVICES
THE COURT SAID THAT WEARING THE HIJAB IS NOT A
OR ARE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING THIS FACILITY .
COMPULSORY RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OF I SLAM . A
BENCH OF C HIEF JUSTICE RITURAJ AWASTHI , JUSTICE
LOOKING AT MUMBAI, THANE, NAGPUR AND
KRISHNA S DIXIT AND JUSTICE JM KAZHI SAID THAT PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD PUNE, MAHARASHTRA HAS A
LARGE SHARE IN THIS EXPANSION .
NO CASE WAS MADE OUT TO SET ASIDE THE
FEBRUARY 5 GOVERNMENT ORDER . THE HIJAB
CONTROVERSY STARTED IN UDUPI DISTRICT IN
SHRI MANINDRA MOHAN
JANUARY THIS YEAR AND SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS SRIVASTAVA TO PERFORM THE
OF THE STATE . T HIS LED TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND DUTIES OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF
AGITATIONS AT VARIOUS PLACES IN KARNATAKA. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE ISSUED A PRESS
SHRI VIPIN SANGHI NOTE DATED 4TH MARCH 2022 REGARDING SHRI
APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF JUSTICE MANINDRA MOHAN SRIVASTAVA TO
DELHI HIGH COURT PERFORM THE DUTIES OF C HIEF JUSTICE OF
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE , COMMUNICATED RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT.
ON 11 TH MARCH 2022 THAT, “I N EXERCISE OF THE
POWER CONFERRED BY ARTICLE 223 OF THE

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IN EXERCISE OF THE POWER CONFERRED BY ARTICLE Download App on Playstore :

223 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, THE
PRESIDENT, IS PLEASED TO APPOINT THE SHRI
JUSTICE MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA,
SENIORMOST JUDGE OF THE RAJASTHAN HIGH
COURT TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THAT HIGH COURT, WITH EFFECT
FROM 07.03.2022, VIDE NOTIFICATIONS DATED
04.03.2022.

HOLLONGI GREENFIELD
AIRPORT, ARUNACHAL
PRADESH IS TO BE
OPERATIONAL ON 15TH
AUGUST 2022
ON 3RD MARCH 2022, MINISTRY OF CIVIL
AVIATION RELEASE A PRESS NOTE REGARDING
DEVELOPMENT OF HOLLONGI AIRPORT , ARUNACHAL
PRADESH. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL ON
15TH AUGUST 2022.

CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR

CONNECTIVITY TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF ARUNACHAL
PRADESH, AAI HAS UNDERTAKEN THE WORK OF
CONSTRUCTING A G REENFIELD AIRPORT IN
HOLLONGI, 15 KMS FROM ITANAGAR. WITH AN
ESTIMATED COST OF RS.645 CRORE , THE PROJECT
INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT WORK I . E .
CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORT PAVEMENTS , AIR SIDE
WORK, TERMINAL B UILDING AND CITY SIDE WORKS .

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