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Current Affairs –March 2022
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01. National
` 2 07. Sports 39
02. Business & Economy 10 08. Awards 46
03. Banking Awareness 17 09. Books & Authors 52
04. International 22 10. Indexes 55
05. Science & Technology 28 11. Important Days 60
06. Persons In News 31
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National
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• Free trade agreement between India-UAE is expected to come into force from 1st May
2022.
• Centre decided to continue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, PM-GKAY
for another six months till September 2022.
• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) informed the Supreme Court that it was
willing to issue Aadhaar card to sex workers without insisting on proof of
residence/identity.
• India to build Nuclear Power Plants in "Fleet Mode" from 2023.
• Centre approves over ₹433 crores for Legacy Waste Remediation proposal of
Maharashtra.National
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• Cabinet approves over Rs 6062 crore, World Bank assisted programme on Raising and
Accelerating MSME Performance, RAMP.
• Information and Broadcasting Ministry directs merger of film media units under National
Film Development Corporation, NFDC, a Public sector undertaking working under the
Ministry.
• Ministry of Defence hosted the 12th edition of prestigious biennial defence exhibition,
DefExpo 2022, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from 10th to 14th March.
• Lok Sabha passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to further
amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and proposes to unify the three
existing Municipal Corporations of Delhi into one Municipal Corporation of Delhi.National
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• MSME Minister Narayan Rane launches Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for
Women - “SAMARTH”.
• Centre approves proposal for continuation of seven existing sub schemes under Umbrella
Scheme Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrants and Repatriates.
• After strong protests from tribals in South Gujarat, the Centre puts Par-Tapi-Narmada
linking project on hold which was proposed in the Union budget.
• India signed the Host Country Agreement (HCA) for the establishment of an Area Office
& Innovation Centre of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in New Delhi.
• In partnership with NGOs, private schools and State Governments, the Defence Ministry
approves setting up of 21 new Sainik Schools across country.National
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• India crosses milestone of 50,000 open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages Plus villages.
Telangana topped with 13 thousand 960 ODF Plus villages.
• Centre launched Donate-a-Pension programme under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi
Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) pension scheme where citizens can donate the premium
contribution of their immediate support staff including domestic workers, drivers and
helpers.
• India successfully test-fires surface to surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in
Andaman and Nicobar.
• India has retrieved 29 stolen pieces of centuries-old artefacts from Australia.National
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• 3rd edition of India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise, EX-DUSTLIK begins in Yangiarik,
Uzbekistan.
• Country’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG successfully completes sea level
trials.
• Ninth edition of Sri Lanka-India naval exercise SLINEX begins in Visakhapatnam.
• All Central Universities will have to admit students to undergraduate courses based on
the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and not Class 12 marks, the University
Grants Commission (UGC) said.
• Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI jointly organises 'WINGS INDIA 2022' from 24th to
27th March in Hyderabad.National
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• India, Japan sign six agreements in cyber-security, clean energy, infrastructure and
urban development.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the Flight Control System Integration
complex in Bengaluru.
• With the pandemic ebbing away, the Centre restored the five-year e-tourist visas for
people from 156 countries.
• Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on the wearing of hijab (head scarf) by students
in schools and colleges in the State.
• In a ground-breaking judgment in a case of marital rape, Karnataka High Court said
marriage is not a license to “unleash a brutal beast”.National
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• Chief Justice of India N.V Ramana laid the foundation stone for the Arbitration centre
proposed to be constructed in 3.7 acres of land in Hyderabad.
• Centre identified 18 major platforms for industry led design and development in
defence sector under various routes.
• Draft Notification issued for Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility.
• India, Canada to re-launch CEPA negotiations to unlock full potential of bilateral trade.
• BJP party retained power in four (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa & Manipur) of the
five States that went to the polls, while the Congress lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP).BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Business and Economy
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• Russian currency ruble plunges nearly 30% against dollar amid sanctions over Ukraine
conflict.
• India’s output from all eight core infrastructure sectors rises 3.7% in January.
• Biocon Biologics Ltd (BBL) acquired Viatris’ biosimilars business for $3.34 billion.
• GST collection crosses 1.30 lakh crore mark in February, 2022.
• Fintech platform BharatPe removed co-founder and managing director (MD) Ashneer
Grover from all positions in the company.
• Mankind Pharma to acquire Panacea’s formulations brands for ₹1,872 cr.Business and Economy
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• FM Nirmala Sitharaman launches major e-governance initiative- Electronic Bill
processing system.
• European Union banned seven Russian banks from the Society for worldwide interbank
financial telecommunication (SWIFT) global system that underpins cross-border
payments.
• Creator ecosystem at YouTube contributed an estimated ₹6,800 crore to the Indian
GDP in 2020.
• Hero MotoCorp unveils new brand 'Vida' for emerging mobility solutions.
• BMW rolls out 100,000th Made-in-India car from Tamil Nadu plant.Business and Economy
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• Aviation veteran Sanjiv Kapoor appointed CEO of Jet Airways.
• China sets GDP growth target at 'around 5.5%' in 2022.
• Visa, Mastercard and PayPal suspend operations in Russia over Ukraine issue.
• Reliance Industries opens country's 'largest biz, commerce hub' in Mumbai.
• Fintech start-up CredAvenue joins the unicorn club with $137 mn Series B funding.
• Govt sets target to increase coal production to 1,000 million tonnes from current level
of 600 million tonnes.
• Ukraine bans exports of wheat, oats, other staples to ensure they can feed their people
during Russia’s intensifying war.Business and Economy
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• Russia decided to temporarily suspend fertilizers exports. In early February, Russia
banned ammonium nitrate exports.
• Japan decided to deprive Russia of the status of a Most-Favored Nation in connection
with the events in Ukraine.
• India's gold imports bounced back to 1,067.72 tonnes in 2021 from 430.11 tonnes
during 2020.
• India GDP growth forecast cut to 7.9 per cent: Morgan Stanley.
• India’s retail inflation inched up to an eight-month high of 6.07% in February from
6.01% in January.Business and Economy
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• Inflation in wholesale prices resurged to 13.11% in February 2022.
• PVR and Inox Leisure set to merge to create largest multiplex chain in India.
• India's overall exports estimated to be over 601 Billion dollars in April to Feb 2021-22.
• Production Linked Incentive, PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Component Industry in
India has been successful in attracting proposed investment of 74 thousand 850 crore
rupees.
• US Fed Reserve hikes interest rates by a quarter percentage point to curb inflation.
• Ukraine war could cut 1% off global growth: OECD.Business and Economy
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• Japan to invest 3.2 lakh crore rupees in India over the next five years.
• India 's foreign exchange reserves declined USD 9.646 billion to USD 622.275 billion
in the week ended March 11, 2022.
• Defence Acquisition Council clears procurement of items worth over 380 crore rupees
from startups, MSMEs.
• India scripts history by achieving highest ever goods export target of 400 billion US
dollars within single year.
• 90 startups in India have attained Unicorn status, when valuation of each of them
exceeded 1 billion US dollars.BANKING AWARENESS
Banking Awareness
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• RBI cancels licence of Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank.
• RBI accepted USD 5.135 billion in USD/INR sell-buy swap auction conducted against
the notified amount of USD 5 billion.
• RBI launched the UPI123pay for feature phones and also launched a 24x7 helpline
(DigiSaathi) for digital payments.
• Centre appointed SBI’s managing director Ashwani Bhatia as a whole time member
(WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
• National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) will be regulated
and supervised as an All India Financial Institution by it under the RBI Act, 1934.Banking Awareness
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• SBI plans to launch revamped digital banking platform ‘ONLY YONO’.
• RBI bars Paytm Payments Bank from acquiring customers, calls for IT audit because of
certain supervisory concerns.
• RBI removed pricing curbs on microfinance loans given by financial institutions.
• Union government plans to invite expression of interest to sell its stake in LIC-controlled
IDBI Bank by the next month-end.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inaugurated its innovation hub in Bengaluru with former
Infosys chief Kris Gopalakrishnan as its chairman.Banking Awareness
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• SBI group gets RBI nod to increase stake in ICICI Bank to 9.99%.
• State Bank of India (SBI) entered into a co-lending agreement with five housing finance
companies (HFCs) for advancing home loans.
• Over 8000 cr digital payment transactions reported during current financial year.
• CSB Bank appointed its current deputy MD Pralay Mondal, as the interim Managing
Director (MD) & CEO for a period of 3 months from 1 April.
• Ola entered into an agreement to acquire Avail Finance, a fintech company founded by
the brother of the ride hailing platform's CEO Bhavish Aggarwal.Banking Awareness
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• More than 5,200 companies having credit exposure of ₹5 crore or above were
categorised as non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans on the banks’ books as of
December 31, 2021.
• Centre infused a capital amounting to ₹2,86,043 crore in public sector banks (PSBs)
during the last five years and they are sufficiently capitalised.
• Axis Bank said it would acquire Citigroup’s India consumer business for $1.6 bn.
• Google Pay announced collaboration with Pine Labs to unveil ‘Tap to Pay’ for UPI
payments, a feature earlier available only for card payments.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a framework for geo-tagging of payment system
touch points.INTERNATIONAL
International
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• UN General Assembly passes resolution to demand Russia withdraw troops from
Ukraine.
• Ukrainian President signs formal request to join European Union.
• Bangladesh becomes the largest recipient of the COVID vaccines donated by the US
worldwide via the COVAX facility of the WHO.
• European Parliament votes in favour of Ukraine's application for EU membership.
• Nepalese Parliament approved a $500 million U.S. government aid program
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) despite China’s opposition.International
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• World Bank announces over 1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan.
• India, Bangladesh, and Nepal finalise MoU for implementation of BBIN Motor Vehicles
Agreement.
• EU, U.S. impose sanctions against Belarus for aiding Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Russia takes control of Europe's largest nuclear power plant ‘’Zaporizhzhia’’ nuclear
plant in Ukraine.
• UNHRC votes for formation of commission of inquiry to monitor alleged human rights
violations by Russian army in Ukraine.
• India’s humanitarian assistance carrying 2000 MTs of wheat dispatched to Afghanistan.International
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• US, EU, and UK target Russia with oil ban and gas curbs over Ukraine crisis.
• WB Executive board approves 723-million-dollar package of loans and grants for
Ukraine.
• Reversing its earlier stand, WHO recommends booster dose against Coronavirus.
• All Indian students safely evacuated from Sumy city of Ukraine, says MEA.
• President of Israel Isaac Herzog set for first official visit to Turkey after 15 years.
• Indian Embassy in Ukraine to be temporarily relocated to Poland: MEA.
• Germany unveiled plans to buy 35 U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, as part of a multi-billion-
euro push to modernise its armed forces.International
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• The United Nations said, Myanmar’s military has engaged in systematic human rights
violations, many amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Russia should suspend its military
operations in Ukraine immediately.
• Council of Europe expels Russia from human rights body.
• A judge in Honduras granted the extradition of former President Juan Orlando
Hernandez to the United States, where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking.
• China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 onboard crashes in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang.
• US declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya.International
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• 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international Assistance: UNICEF.
• India abstains on two resolutions at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
related to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
• US, EU announce new partnership to reduce reliance on Russian energy.
• Opposition party in Pakistan tables no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan.
• Democratic Republic of Congo set to join East African Community.
• South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir declassifies files on civil war.
• Indian Prime Minister calls for greater cooperation among BIMSTEC nations and
prioritising regional security.SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Science & Technology
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• Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established at IIT Roorkee under National
Supercomputing Mission.
• Nitin Gadkari launched the world's most advanced technology - developed Green Hydrogen Fuel
Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Toyota Mirai. Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), powered by Hydrogen is
one of the best Zero Emission solution.
• US space agency NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets. Astronomers have added the 5,000th alien
world to the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
• Indigenous anti-collision system 'Kavach' to avoid rail accidents successfully tested by Indian
Railways.
• India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG designed and developed by CSIR-National
Aerospace Laboratories has successfully completed the sea level trials at Puducherry.Science & Technology
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• Researchers in China have developed a microwave machine called "Relativistic Klystron
Amplifier (RKA)", that could jam or destroy satellites in space.
• Ayush Ministry is conducting the world's first multicenter phase -3 clinical trial examining
the efficacy of Ayurveda in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
• National Mineral Development Corporation, NMDC, IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU for drone-
based mineral exploration.
• The Ministry of Science and Technology decided to promote a unique Start-up in latest
Daylight Harvesting Technology in order to reduce carbon footprint and improve the
building's energy efficiency.PERSONS IN NEWS
Person In News
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• Serdar Berdymukhamedov, the son of Turkmenistan’s incumbent President Gurbanguly
Berdymukhamedov declared winner of the recently concluded elections.
• Gabriel Boric Font has been appointed as the new and 36th President of Chile. The 36-
year-old leftist is the youngest leader to hold the office in Chile’s history.
• Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s opposition party candidate has been elected as country's
new President.
• Indian American Raj Subramaniam was appointed new Chief Executive Officer of
FedEx.
• Pushkar Singh Dhami recently took oath as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, beginning his
second term.Person In News
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• Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second
consecutive term at a grand ceremony in Lucknow.
• Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader took oath as Punjab's 17th Chief
Minister.
• Pramod Sawant, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and three-time MLA was recently
sworn in as Goa’s Chief Minister for the second time.
• Karolina Bielawska from Poland won the title of international beauty pageant Miss
World 2021.
• Gilbert F. Houngbo of Togo was appointed as the 11th Director-General of the
International Labour Organization's (ILO). He will be the first African to hold this post.Person In News
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• Ashish Jha, an Indian-origin physician and public health specialist was appointed the new
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator.
• T.S. Tirumurti’s tenure as India’s envoy to the United Nations has been extended for three
months.
• Jayati Ghosh, an Indian development economist was recently appointed by UN
Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory board on effective
multilateralism.
• NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth recently, after spending a record-
breaking 355 days in low-Earth orbit.
• Former CAG Vinod Rai was appointed Chairman and independent non-executive
director of Kalyan Jewellers India .Person In News
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• Mukesh Ambani claims the 'Richest Indian & Asian' title as per the 2022 M3M Hurun
Global Rich List.
• Virat Kohli emerged as the most valued celebrity in India for the fifth year in a row,
topping the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021 .
• N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, was appointed Chairman of Air India by
the airline’s board.
• Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed new chairperson of the SEBI, the first-ever
woman to head the capital markets regulator.
• Ex-Finance Secretary Debasish Panda appointed IRDAI chairman for 3 years.Person In News
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• Aarushie Verma, a national level shooter in Pistol and trap shooting, was selected to
represent India at the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Expedition to be held in March
2022.
• Mukul Arya, India's representative to Palestine, was found dead inside the Indian Mission
in Ramallah.
• Eugene Parker, a physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the
first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name(Parker Solar Probe
mission), has died.
• Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, former Prime Minister of Mali has died in Bamako, where he
was in detention in a case of alleged fraud.www.time4education.com • Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) died. He was appointed the 35th CJI on June 1, 2004. • Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the multi-Grammy award-winning rock group the Foo Fighters has died. • Australian cricket legend Shane Warne died after a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand. Warne is widely considered one of the best spin bowler in history, having taken 708 wickets in 145 Test matches. • Legendary Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh has died. He effected 355 dismissals - a world record at the time of his retirement - in 96 Test appearances for Australia from 1970 to 1984.
www.time4education.com • Stephen Wilhite, the inventor behind one of the most iconic forms of modern communication, GIF has died. He created the compressed image files that were useful at a time when internet connections dragged. • BB Gurung, former Chief Minister of Sikkim passed away. He sworn-in as Sikkim CM in 1984 and was in office for just 13 days. • General Sunith Francis Rodrigues (retd), who headed the Indian Army between 1990 and 1993 and served as the governor of Punjab between 2004 and 2010, passed away. • Rahul Mankad, the former Mumbai batter who was also the last surviving son of legendary cricketer ,Vinoo, Mankad, passed away.
SPORTS
Sports
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• FIFA and UEFA suspend Russia from all football competitions until further notice.
• Para archer Pooja Jatyan wins silver at Para Archery World Championships, Dubai.
• Saurabh Chaudhary clinched India's first gold medal at the International Sports
Federation World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.
• The 12th ICC Women's Cricket World Cup begun from 4th March in New Zealand.
• Russian, Belarusian athletes barred from 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
• Trio of Esha Singh, Ruchita Vinerkar and Shri Nivetha won the women’s air pistol team
gold in the shooting World Cup.Sports
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• Indian women cricket captain, Mithali Raj becomes the first woman to appear in six
World Cups. She is the only third cricketer overall to play six world cup after Sachin
Tendulkar and Javed Miandad.
• Indian women's 25m pistol team of Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan bags
Gold medal in Egypt.
• Mohali Cricket Test: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs.
• Centre sets a target to open 1,000 Khelo India Centres to promote sporting culture
across the country
• Top golfer Tiger Woods was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at the PGA Tour
headquarters in Florida.Sports
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• Canada qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 36 years with an
emphatic 4-0 victory over Jamaica.
• India’s Lakshya Sen lost to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the summit clash of German
Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
• India defeated Sri Lanka with a thumping 238-run victory in the second and final Test
at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. India claims series 2-0.
• Manasi G. Joshi and Nithya Sree claimed a gold each, while Tokyo Paralympics
champion Pramod Bhagat secured two silvers and a bronze at the Spanish Para
Badminton International-I in Cartagena, Spain.
• India to host FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai.Sports
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• Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani wins Asian Billiards Championship for the eighth time.
• Viktor Axelsen defeated Lakshya Sen 21-10, 21-15 in the men's singles final of All
England Open Badminton Championship in Birmingham.
• Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas bettered her own women’s triple jump World record with a
leap of 15.74 metres to win gold at the World Indoor Championships.
• Hyderabad FC crowned ISL champions after beating Kerala Blasters on penalties.
• Charles Leclerc of Ferrari won a dramatic Formula One season-opening Bahrain Grand
Prix 2022.Sports
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• Ashleigh Barty of Australia retired from tennis at age 25 while ranked No. 1 and less
than two months after winning the Australian Open for her third Grand Slam singles title.
• India’s Lakshya Sen enters Top 10 of World Badminton Federation Rankings in Men's
singles.
• Sprinter Pranav Prashant Desai wins India's first gold at World Para Athletics Grand
Prix in Dubai.
• PV Sindhu wins women’s badminton title at Swiss Open 2022.
• Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen won the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.www.time4education.com • Table Tennis Mixed doubles pair Sathiyan, Manika lose in final at the World Table Tennis Contender Doha. • Second edition of SAAF, 56th National Cross Country Championships commence in Nagaland's Kohima. • Paralympian Dharambir to lead Indian team in 13th Fazza International Championships World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai. • Dharambir set a new Asian record in the men's club throw F32/51 event, winning a silver in the ongoing 13th Fazza International Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.
AWARDS
Awards
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• Boltzmann Medal for the year 2022 was awarded to Prof Deepak Dhar from IISER
Pune. He shared the award with American scientist John Hopfield.
• Bangladeshi environmental lawyer Rizwana Hasan to get US International Women of
Courage Award for 2022. She is among the 12 women from around the world to get
this award.
• Government of Bangladesh announced the nomination for its highest Civilian Award-
Independence Award for 2022. Ten individuals and one institution have been selected
for this award.
• Burkino Faso-born architect, Diebedo Francis Kere, becomes the first African to win the
prestigious 2022 Pritzker Prize.Awards
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Oscar awards 2022
• Best Picture: CODA
• Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
• Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Best Actor in a Leading Role: Will Smith, King Richard
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role: : Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Sian Heder, CODA
• Best Cinematography: Greg Fraser, Dune
• Best Film Editing: Joe Walker, Dune
• Best Animated Feature: Encanto
• Best International Feature: Drive My Car (Japan)Awards
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Oscar awards 2022
• Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul
• Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer, Dune
• Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die — Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and
Finneas O'Connell
• Best Sound: Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett, Dune
• Best Costume Design: Jenny Beavan, Cruella
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh, The Eyes of
Tammy Faye
• Best Production Design: Dune: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
• Best Visual Effects: Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer, DuneAwards
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Third Edition of BBC ISWOTY awards
• BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year award: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, weightlifting
• BBC Emerging Player: Shafali Verma, cricket
• BBC Lifetime Achievement award: Karnam Malleswari, Weightlifting
• Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) received the best bank award at the national level under the public
sector category from State Forum of Bankers' Clubs Kerala (SFBCK).
• Karnataka Bank bagged the “Best MSME Bank of the year – Winner” award among private
sector banks at the 8th MSMEs Excellence Awards Ceremony and Summit of ASSOCHAM held
recently in New Delhi.
• India batter Shreyas Iyer was voted the ICC Men’s Player-of-the-Month for February, while New
Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr bagged the women’s award.Awards
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• Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Abel prize for the year 2022 to
American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan.
• President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the prestigious President's Colour to Indian Naval Ship- INS
Valsura in Jamnagar- Gujarat.
• The Hindu Group Publishing Private Ltd. was named the “Publisher of the Year” for the second
consecutive year at the WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards, 2021.
• As many as twenty-four eminent writers, playwrights and novelists have been conferred the
Sahitya Akademi Awards- 2021 in New Delhi. These awards have been provided for best writings
in twenty-four Indian languages.BOOKS & AUTHORS
Books & Authors
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• Ungalil Oruvan(One Among You)-M.K Stalin
• Udaan Ek Majdoor Bachhe Ki-Mithilesh Tiwari
• The Millennial Yogi: A modern-day parable about reclaiming one’s life-Deepam Chatterjee
• The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal-Amitava Kumar
• The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup-Srishti Jha, Hindi Version (Ullas
Ki Naav, Vikas Kumar Jha)
• On Board: My Years in BCCI-Ratnakar Shetty
• Role of Labour in India’s Development-V.V Giri National Labour Institute
• Soli Sorabjee: Life and Times-Abhinav ChandrachudBooks & Authors
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• Tomb of Sand(Ret Samadhi)-Geetanjali Shree(Daisy Rockwell, English translator)
• Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery-BlueKraft Digital Foundation.
• Spoorthi Pradatha Sri Somayya-Syam Prasad
• Indian Agriculture towards 2030: Pathways for Enhancing Farmers’ Income, Nutritional
Security and Sustainable Food and Farm System-Ramesh Chand, Pramod Joshi, Shyam
Khadka
• Unfilled Barrels India’s oil story-Richa Mishra
• More than Just Surgery: Life Lessons Beyond the OT-Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia
• Wrist Assured: An Autobiography-Gundappa Ranganatha Vishwanath & R Kaushik.Indexes
Indexes
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• India slipped three spots from last year's 117 to rank 120 on the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 192 United Nations
member states. The Index has been topped by Finland.
• According to the latest report from the V-Dem Institute, the report classifies India as an
autocracy (‘electoral autocracy’) rather than a democracy, ranking it 93rd on the liberal
democracy index, out of 179 countries.
• Andhra Pradesh retained its number one spot in the SKOCH State of Governance
rankings 2021 for the second consecutive year.
• RailTel jumped 67 positions to rank 124th in the recently announced 'Fortune India Next
500 list of Year 2022' list.Indexes
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• According to property consultant Knight Frank, India ranks 51st in global list of annual
rise in housing prices in Q4 2021.
• Finland named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-
sponsored index that ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest. India is ranked at a lowly
136.
• UNEP’s Annual Frontier Report, 2022: Dhaka is world’s most noise polluted city. Uttar
Pradesh’s Moradabad ranked second.
• Bangladesh was the most polluted country in the world in 2021, says the World Air
Quality Report. Among the cities, New Delhi ranked as the world's most polluted capital
city for second consecutive year, then followed by Dhaka.Indexes
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• India was the second-largest global venture capital investment hub for digital retail
startups in 2021. Within India, Bengaluru comes out on top globally.
• India crossed a milestone of 50 thousand open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages.
Among the top performing States are Telangana with 13 thousand 960 ODF Plus
villages.
• Gujarat topped the NITI Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2021.
• Bangladesh tops in South Asia in terms of women on board of listed companies.
• Surat has become the first place in India to get a road that is made out of steel waste.www.time4education.com • Kerala emerged on top when it comes to maternal and child health, with the State recording the lowest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of 30 (per one lakh live births) in the country. This puts Kerala way ahead of the national MMR of 103. • The Indian brand, Reliance Retail, ranked 56th on the Top 250 list based on the retail revenue growth for FY2020. Walmart continues to lead. • Kuwaiti becomes hottest place on earth, temperature reaches 53.2 degrees Celsius. • Swiss airline becomes the first airline in the world to use solar fuel.
IMPORTANT DAYS
Important Days
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• March 1 – Zero Discrimination Day
• March 1 – World Civil Defence Day
• March 3- World Wildlife Day
• March 3-World Hearing Day
• March 4-National Safety Day
• March 8- International Women's Day
• March 10-CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) Raising DayImportant Days
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• March 14- Pi Day
• March 14- International Day of Action for Rivers
• March 15-World Consumer Rights Day
• March 16-National Vaccination Day
• March 18-Ordnance Factories Day (India)
• March 20-International Day of Happiness
• March 20-World Sparrow Day
• March 21-International Day of ForestsImportant Days
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• March 21-World Poetry Day
• March 22-World Water Day
• March 23-World Meteorological Day
• March 24- World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
• March 25- International Day of the Unborn Child
• March 27-World Theatre DayTHANK YOU!
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