Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 4th Week March 2022

April 1, 2022
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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 4th Week March 2022

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Banking and Financial

RBI unveiled framework for geo-tagging of payment system touch points
SIDBI approved Rs 837 crores grant for Odisha to develop MSME Clusters
ICRA projected India’s GDP growth forecast at 7.2% in FY23
Max Life Insurance partnered with PhonePe to offer financial protection to consumers
DBS Bank India partnered with EaseMyTrip to launch a green debit card
Central Bank of India partnered with ID to digitize customer onboarding
ICICI & HDFC Bank will acquire 15% stake in IDRCL
Centre announced to sell 1.5% stake in ONGC to raise Rs 3,000 crores
HDFC ERGO launched India’s first industry based digital customer engagement and rewards program “VAULT”
RBI allowed SBI Group to pick up to 9.99% stake in ICICI Bank
ICICI Lombard partnered with Airtel Payments Bank for smartphone insurance
UNCTAD projected India’s GDP growth at 4.6% in 2022
RBI inaugurated Reserve Bank Innovation Hub in Bengaluru; Kris Gopalakrishnan is first Chairman of RBIH
Ola acquired neo bank Avail Finance
FinMapp got license from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and IRDAI to sell NPS, insurance
Bank of India invested Rs 108.81 crore in National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL)

National News

Gujarat topped in NITI Aayog`s Export Preparedness Index 2021
73rd Indian Psychiatric Society national conference held in Visakhapatnam
NABARD allocated 4,013 crores financial assistance to Odisha
Government set the target to create 220 new airports by 2025
RBI governor laid foundation stone of Learning and Development Centre of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) in Mysuru
Virat Kohli ranked the Most Valued Celebrity in the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021
Karnataka government announced Vinaya Samarasya scheme
Maharashtra launches scheme to offer personal loans for prisoners
SIDBI joined hands with Meghalaya to develop MSME ecosystem
India signed pact with WHO to set up global traditional medicine centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat
Bihar became first state to implement dynamic map for villages to track land ownership
Yogi Adityanath took oath as Chief Minister of UP for 2nd time
Kerala Tourism launched 24/7 WhatsApp Chatbot ‘Maya’
Cabinet approved MSP of Rs 4,750 per quintal of Raw Jute for 2022-23 season
Himachal Pradesh signed MoU with National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali as Knowledge Partner for Medical Devices Park in Nalagarh, Solan
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended for 6 months
PVR & INOX Leisure announced merger, Ajay Bijli appointed MD of merged entity PVR INOX Ltd
Pramod Sawant took oath as Goa’s Chief Minister for the 2nd time
Surat, Gujarat became India’s 1st city to get ‘steel slag road’
Shaktikanta Das dedicated Varnika Ink Manufacturing Unit of BRBNMPL in Mysuru to nation
Museum dedicated to all former Prime Ministers of India will be inaugurated in Delhi
Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges included in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites
Assam signed a pact with Meghalaya to resolve 5-decade old border dispute in six places
Tamil Nadu signed MoU with UAE based Lulu Group to get 3,500 crores investment

International News

Piyush Goyal inaugurated Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre building in Dubai
India & Australia signed MoU for joint exploration of Lithium and Cobalt mineral resources
World Bank issued first wildlife conservation bond to save Africa’s black rhino
5th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit will be hosted by Sri Lanka
UNEP’s Annual Frontier Report: Dhaka 1st and Moradabad 2nd most noise polluted city in the world
Robert Abela re-elected as Prime Minister of Malta
Hurun Global U40 Self-Made Billionaires 2022: India ranked 4th; USA topped

Appointment and Resignation

Renu Singh appointed director of Forest Research Institute
Vishwas Patel re-elected as chairman of Payments Council of India
Gilbert Houngbo from Togo appointed next Director-General of International Labour Organization
Shashi Sinha appointed as new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as President of Badminton Association of India
CS Rajan appointed as Chairman of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
Raj Subramaniam appointed new CEO of FedEx
Pralay Mondal appointed interim MD & CEO of CSB Bank
Vinod G Khandare appointed as Adviser in Ministry of Defence
Rajnish Kumar joined the International Strategic Advisory Board of Dun & Bradstreet
Hisashi Takeuchi named as MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki
Jens Stoltenberg’s tenure as Secretary-General of NATO extended till 2023

Awards

Wilfried Brutsaert won Stockholm Water Prize 2022
Deepika Padukone won TIME100 Impact Award for contribution to mental health awareness
Mirabai Chanu won ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021
Karnataka Bank won ‘Best MSME Bank of the year – Winner’ award
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded President’s Colour to INS Valsura
Mario Marcel won the Governor of the year award at Central Banking Awards 2022
94th Oscars Awards 2022 announced: Will Smith & Jessica Chastain won Best actor & Best actress award;
Cochin International Airport won ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022
Uttar Pradesh won best state award at National Water Awards 2022

Defence

MoD signed Rs 473 crore contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd for construction of 8 Fast Patrol Vessels for ICG
US & Philippines hold largest-ever military drills Balikatan 2022
INS Shivaji’s marine engineering centre recognized as the Centre of Excellence in Marine Engineering
AAI and BEL joined hands to develop indigenous Air Traffic Management Systems
Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command conducted offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’
MoD signed a contract worth Rs 3,102 crore with BEL for procurement of advanced electronic warfare suite & Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range (IEWR)

Science

IIT Madras partnered with TCS to launch Tech in Industrial AI
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar inaugurated Petascale supercomputer PARAM Shakti at IIT Kharagpur

Sports

India won 2022 SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title
PV Sindhu won Women’s Singles title at Swiss Open Badminton 2022
Byju’s named as official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar
Max Verstappen won 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Book and Author

A book titled ‘Spoorthi Pradatha Sri Somayya’ authored by K Syam Prasad
Home Minister unveiled the book chronicling journey of SII in producing Covishield, titled “The Shield: Covishield”, authored by Prakash Kumar Singh
NITI Aayog & FAO launched a book titled “Indian Agriculture towards 2030” edited by Ramesh Chand, Pramod Joshi and Shyam Khadka

Important day

25 March: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
25 March: International Day of the Unborn Child
25 March: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Theme 2022: “Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism”.)
26 March (last Saturday of March): Earth Hour 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Sh ape Our Future‘)
5 October will be celebrated as National Dolphin Day from 2022
27 March: World theatre Day
26 March 2022: Bangladesh 52nd Independence Day