Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week March 2022

March 29, 2022
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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week March 2022

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National News

West Bengal celebrated ‘Dol Utsav’ or ‘Dol Jatra’
Visakhapatnam Railway Station became the first station in East Coast to implement ‘One Nation, One Product’
Telangana became 1st state in India to implement Crop Diversification Index
Cochin Shipyard signed an agreement with Dredging Corporation of India to build India’s first make in India dredger
NCRTC unveiled the coaches of India’s first rapid rail to be used in the Delhi-Meerut corridor
Pramod Sawant took charge as Goa Chief Minister for the 2nd term
Kerala became 1st state to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods
Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for 2nd term
Union Health Minister launched BRICS Vaccine R&D Centre
India’s merchandise exports touched $400 Billion for the first time in a financial year in FY22
Nirmala Sitharaman presented a Rs 1.42 Lakh crore Budget for FY 2022-23 for J&K in Lok Sabha
Welspun One Logistics Parks signed MoU with Haryana Govt to invest 1500 crores to set up warehouses
MV Ram Prasad Bismil became longest vessel to sail from Ganga to Brahmaputra via Bangladesh
36th International Geological Congress will be held in New Delhi from 20th to 22nd March 2022
Karnataka developed Dishaank app to ensure easy access to land records
Indian Railways prepared National Rail Plan (NRP) for India– 2030
35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela inaugurated in Haryana
N Biren Singh took oath as Manipur CM for the second term
Nagaland became first paperless assembly by implementing e-Vidhan application
Tamil Nadu’s handmade Narasingapettai Nagaswaram got geographical identification tag
Jal Shakti Minister launched Sujalam 2.0 campaign for greywater management in New Delhi

International News

Prasar Bharati signed MoU with Australia’s public service broadcaster to boost co-operation
Second India-Australia Virtual Summit held
Serdar Berdymukhamedov elected as President of Turkmenistan
Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index Q4 2021: India ranked 51st; Turkey topped
Deloitte’s Global Powers of Retailing 2022: Reliance Retail ranked 56th; Walmart Inc topped
2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List: Mukesh Ambani emerged as Richest Indian & Asian; Elon Musk topped globally
Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle inaugurated in Antananarivo, Madagascar
World Happiness Report 2022: India ranked 136th; Finland topped
IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report: New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital city

Banking and Financial

RBI unveiled harmonised framework for microfinance lenders
NPCI will launch On-Device Wallet ‘UPI Lite’ for small value transactions in offline mode
SBI will provide USD 1 billion Line of Credit to Sri Lanka to recover from economic crisis
Moody’s projected India’s GDP forecast at 9.1% for CY22
BPCL first to offer digital payment to non-internet users for voice-based LPG Booking
Kotak Mahindra Bank became first Indian bank to sign MoU with Business France
Govt extended timeline to 10 years for startups to convert debt investments into equity
ICICI Bank launched co-branded credit cards with Emirates Skywards
SBI Card partnered with Nature’s Basket to launch the International Gourmet Card
ICICI Bank partnered with IPL team Chennai Super Kings for co-branded credit card
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projected India’s GDP growth at 8.1% for FY23
CPI-based Retail inflation rose to 6.07% in February, above RBI’s upper limit for 2nd straight month
Wholesale price index-based inflation rose to 13.11% in February
IIT Madras signed MoU with RBI Innovation Hub to boost fintech startups
SBI will set up Innovation, Incubation, and Acceleration Centre at Hyderabad
Torrent Power inked a pact to acquire 51% stake in power distribution utility of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
Max Life Insurance launched Smart Guaranteed Pension Plan
Mahila Money, Visa, and Transcorp launched Prepaid Card for Women Entrepreneurs
HDFC Bank will launch “SmartHub Vyapar programme” & ‘AutoFirst’ app
RBI canceled license of People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd Kanpur, UP
PhonePe acquired a 100% stake in freelance entrepreneur network GigIndia
Fitch Ratings projected India’s FY23 growth forecast at 8.5%
SBI, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra, and Axis Bank picked up 7.84% stake each in ONDC for Rs 10 crore
DBS Bank India launched Green Deposits programme

Appointment and Resignation

Prashant Jhaveri appointed as CEO of Flipkart Health+
RBL Bank’s interim CEO & MD Rajeev Ahuja got extension for 3 months by RBI
UN appointed Jayati Ghosh to high-level advisory board on multilateralism
Rajesh Gopinathan re-appointed as MD and CEO of TCS
Jay Shah re-appointed as the President of Asian Cricket Council for 1 year
Ramesh Murthy appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Frank Torres appointed as President of Nissan India
Suchitra K Ella appointed chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Southern Region for 2022-23
Banks Board Bureau recommended names for chiefs of UBI, Punjab and Sind Bank, IOB & SBI; MD & CEO of UBI: A Manimekhalai; MD & CEO of IOB: Ajay Kumar Srivastava; MD & CEO of Punjab and Sind Bank: Swaroop Kumar Saha; MD at SBI: Alok Kumar Choudhary
Shankar Prasad Sharma appointed as new Nepal envoy to India

Awards

Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu won ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award at 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards
Diebedo Francis Kere became first African to win 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Devendra Jhajharia became 1st para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan
American mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan won Abel prize 2022
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw elected Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in Scotland
Narayan Pradhan selected for 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research
Poland’s Karolina Bielawska won Miss World 2021 title
Manjeet Mann’s children’s book titled ‘The Crossing’ shortlisted for UK’s Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022
Suresh Raina awarded ‘Sports Icon’ award at Maldives Sports Awards

Defence

NATO military exercise ‘Cold Response 2022’ began in Norway
Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI organized ‘WINGS INDIA 2022’ in Hyderabad
3rd India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise EX-DUSTLIK began in Yangiarik, Uzbekistan
Defence Ministry approved military acquisitions worth Rs 8,357 crores
Gen Bipin Rawat Memorial Chair of Excellence instituted at United Service Institution of India
Flight Control System Integration complex inaugurated in Bengaluru to develop avionics for Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)
9th India-Seychelles joint military exercise LAMITIYE- 2022 conducted in Seychelles
Fifth in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels “ICGS Saksham” commissioned in Goa
Indian Army with Maharashtra Police conducted Joint Security Exercise “Suraksha Kavach 2”

Science

National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) signed MoU with IIT Kharagpur for Drone-Based Mineral Exploration
OneWeb signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume its LEO Satellite launches
Nitin Gadkari launched India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV ‘Toyota Mirai’

Sports

BNP Paribas Open 2022; Iga Świątek & Taylor Fritz won women’s & men’s singles title
All England Open Badminton World Championships 2022: Viktor Axelsen & Yamaguchi Akane won men’s & women’s singles title
World no. 1 Ashleigh Barty announced retirement from professional tennisPankaj Advani won Asian Billiards Championship for the 8th time
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won 2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

Book and Author

Autobiography of former cricketer G.R. Viswanath titled “Wrist Assured: An Autobiography”, co-authored by R Kaushik
A new book titled “Unfilled Barrels: India’s oil story” authored by Richa Mishra
A Children’s Book ‘The Little Book of Joy’ authored by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu
Biography of Rahul Bajaj’s titled “Rahul Bajaj: An Extraordinary Life” authored by Gita Piramal
A new book titled “More than Just Surgery: Life Lessons Beyond the OT” authored by Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Important day

15 March: International Day to Combat Islamophobia
18 March: Ordnance Factory Day
18 March: World Sleep Day (Theme 2022: ‘Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World’)
18 March: Global Recycling Day (Theme 2022: “recycling fraternity”)
20 March: World Oral Health Day (Theme 2021-2023: “Be proud of your mouth”.)
20 March: International Day of Happiness (Theme 2022: “Build Back Happier”.)
20 March: World Sparrow Day (Theme 2022: “LOVE Sparrows.”)
21 March: World Down Syndrome Day (Theme 2022: ‘#InclusionMeans’.)
21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Theme 2022: “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM”.)
21 March: World Poetry Day
21 March: International Day of Forests or World Forestry Day (Theme 2022: “Forests and sustainable production and consumption.”)
20 March: UN’s French Language Day
21 March: World Puppetry Day (Theme:‘Azadi ke Rang, Putul Ke Sang’.)
22 March: World Water Day (Theme 2022: “Groundwater, Making the Invisible Visible”.)
22 March: Bihar Diwas (Theme 2022: ‘Jal, Jeevan, Hariyali’.)
23 March: World Meteorological Day (Theme 2022: Early Warning and Early Action.)
23 March: Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day
24 March: World Tuberculosis Day (Theme 2022: ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives.’)
24 March: International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims