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1. 

      Theme  Civil defence and a first aider Theme : “ I Love Sparrows”. in every home.                Theme :  Hearing care for all  Theme : “ Forest restoration : a path    to recovery and well being”.      .     Theme : Valuing water. Theme  Choose to Challenge        (pi)  Theme  The ocean our climate and    weather          Theme  The clock is ticking

2. 

  ‘  ’                 .                    e-EPIC)                                                                  THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 2                      3. 

      Bharat Abhiyan)   cen-  . ter of Excellence in toys and gaming related ar-   eas ) IIT                  ‘  ’ (World Skill  Center)        ‘  ’                     “       “                  BBC           ‘   ’                                      “direction des constructions Navales”   ‘    ‘ (Sugamya      THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 3              INS                                      OBC          OBC            I      

      II       Strength-   ening host defence system - Ayurveda A po-  tential Promise.    Globalizing    Ayurveda - Scope, Challenges and solutions     Global  Ayurveda pharmacy - Practices, possibilities and policies.                When God is Traveller                 

                        

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 4    MTP Act 1971 MTP (Amd) Bill2020                  

     IKEA                                               LCU  IV    Art 324    LCU L58  Landing Craft utility)                                              Poshan Pakhwada)                                             THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 5                                             “  ”         RDIF   LED          V      LED   V              ”   ”    Catch the Rain, where it falls when it - “     ”   falls.              MRSAM (Medium Range surface to Air  missile)       ”  ”                     (SISFS),                                 THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 6   “CoreNet   ”               “My experiments with silence” -                     PASSEX     (TB mukt Bharat) 

4. 

           .                                           .                     UPFPO    SFDR (Solid Fuel Deducted Ramjet)                       “  ”            YS   AAI - Airports Authority of  India                 “Xcelerator  ”    MEGHDOOT Solution)  THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 7            UPI - unified payment gateway   “    “  5. 

           

        ®   .     

 .                          UAE)         .                       ‘Girl Gang’   .         

            “  “   Women will)            SBI                            

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 8  ” Auto Cratisation goes viral”      Varieties of democracy                                                  “Stad ship  tunnel”.                                   PASSEX     MV Ever Given                  “  ”     GWEC - Global  wind energy council)  -   GW         CDRI              “  “               CDRI)      “  ”                THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 9 6. 

 Bank of India, Indian overseas Bank, Bank of   Maharastra    .  RBI  7. 

       ISRO)  PSLV C51.  TAL                                                           (Fugaku)  ‘  ’                         ISRO (           ‘  ‘    RH -  ‘  ’  ‘      ‘                           TAL    (NSTL - Naval Science  and Technological Laboratory)      THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 10    ”   F    “    ”      “    ”                         “   

8. 

                        zero Discrimination Day)     (APRACA)                 

                     .                      .          ‘  ‘   (CAG) .  -           CII                THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 11                  ‘  ‘                                       NSG)            (Stop TB  Partnership board)   SERB    (NIAB - National   institute of Animal Biotechnology)   

          

                 ‘  ‘                            The Frontcer Gandhi : My life and struggle        ICAR  

           329           EY     C      WAG   

    “Bash on regard-   less”    

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 12 9. 

  ‘Heritage foundation ‘    ‘     SIPRI   ’(Economic freedom index 2021)          (UNCTAD B2C  E - Commerce Inden 2020)          ICC        Knight Frank                      ‘IQ AIR’  Military Direct    -                 (GIPC - Global innovation  policy center - GIPC)             

10. 

                  

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 13      

                                                      ‘  ‘                    ICC    “Girl Gang”        ISSF            

                

11. 

1.        6.  2.      7.      8.                  9.          3.        10.  4.     11.  5.      

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 14 12.     30.    ‘  ’     13.  31.      14.  32.  15.       33.      16.  34.  17.           35.    18.   19.      36.           37.  20.         38.           21.    39.    22.  40.  ‘  ‘    23.   41.      24.      42.  25.    ‘    ‘    26.  43.      27.   44.   ‘  ‘   28.       45.     46.  ‘  ‘  29.      47.    THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 15    65.     48.   66.    ‘  ‘    67.  49.       68.    ‘     ’     50.  ‘  ‘    69.      51.      52.  70.        53.   54.    71.    55.    72.         56.  73.  ‘   ‘  57.   58.  74.           59.  75.  60.    76.    61.           77.  62.       63.  78.   79.   80.   ‘  ‘    64.      81.         THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 16 82.    97.         83.    98.         84.    99.  85.  100.      86.  101.   102.        ‘  ‘  ‘    ‘      103.  ‘       ‘ 87. .  88.  104.    89.      105.      90.        106.    91.    107.  92.        108.   93.     109.   94.  ‘  ‘          110.  95.    ‘    ’         111.    96. . ‘  112.    ’     THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 17 113.                        114.      115.      116.                 117.                 118.              119.         127.  120.               128.           121.  129.         122.   130.         123.          131.  124.          132.  125.       126.     133.             134.            THOOTHUKUDI - 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IMPOR T ANT DA Y S

March 1 - World Civil Defence day March 20 - International Day of Happiness Them e : Civil Defence and a first aider March 20 - World Sparrow Day in every home. Theme : I love sparrows March 1 - Zero Discrimination Day March 21 - World Poetry Day March 3 - World Wildlife Day & March 21 - World Forestry Day March 3 - World Hearing Day Theme : Forest restoration. A path to recovery and well being Theme : Hearing care for all March 22 - World Water Day March 4 - National Safety Day Theme : Valuing water March 8 - International Women’s Day March 23 - World Meteorological Day Theme : Choose To Challenge Theme : The ocean, our climate and March 14 - Pi day weather March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day March 24 - World Tuberculosis (TB) Day March 16 - National Vaccination Day Theme : The clock is ticking 2. TAMILNADU

 Oil firms conducted one month awareness pro- - U thirakosamangai (Ramanathapuram) - gram Saksham 2020. On the occasion of Saksham potsherds with inscriptions similar to the tamilnadu has been awarded by the All India per- indusvalley scripts have been discovered. formance award for oil and gas conservation. - A total of 20 new potsherds were found near a  e - EPIC, a New facility for voters to cast their local tank in mariyapuram near votes in Tamil Nadu assembly elections by Indian uthirakosamangai. election commission.  In Asia at first time, four back to back mitraclip  Rajasthan is number one in corona vaccination. procedures were successfully performed in a TamilNadu is in the ninth position. single day at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. - Gujarat - 2 nd . Maharastra - 3 rd . - It surpassed Japan where mitra clip procedures

 Kanchi Kamakoti childs trust hospital has been were performed on three patients in a single selected as the best paediatric facility in the coun- day. Mitra clip therapy allows repair of a try level. The survey was done by news week leaking mitral value without open heart surgery. magazine.  Operation Tiruvallur has been undertaken by - The survey conducted in 25 countries ( USA, Indian army. UK, Germany, Canada, India). - Aim : The operation is to provide a safe  A damaged clay lid resembles an earthern pot lid environment for citizens in and around - like structure with a knob, used to hold water Gummidipoondi area in Tiruvallur. was found at 7 th phase excavation of keeladi.  Tamilnadu tops the list in the amount of educa- - It was 2,600 years old. tional loans take n. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 19 - M ost of these educational loans have been  As per revised budget estimate for 2020 -21 dispersed by public sector banks. Tamilnadu has the highest revenue deficit at 65,994 crore, among poll bound states. 3. INDIA

 The ministry of in formation and Broadcasting de-  “Amri t mahotsav” the grand festival will begin cided to form a center of excellence in gaming from sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in Gujarat. and other related areas at IIT mumbai. - To mark india’s 75 years of independence.  The 139 service number of I ndian Railways has  The pradhan mantri swasthya surakshya Nidhi as now been converted into an integrated I ndian Rail- a single non lapsable reserve fund has been ap- ways helpline Number. proved by the union cabinet.  Uzbekistan country will engage in counter terror- - This revenue will be used for the flagship ism rehearsals named Dustlik with I ndia. schemes of the health ministry, including,  India’s first world skill centre is inaugurated at - National health mission bhubaneswar in O disha is being set up at a bud- - Ayushman bharat - Health and wellness cen- get of Rs.1342.2 crore. tres  First forest healing center of country was in - Ayushman bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogaya augurated at Ranikhet in uttarkhand. Yojana.  The government plans to sell its residual stake in  NITI Aayog and Rockey mountain institute india already privatised Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and released a new report “Mobilising electric vehicle Hyderabad airports. Finanching in India”.  The Hemant soren government in Jharkhand has - The report highlights the role of finance in decided to reserve 75% of the jobs in the private India’s transition to electric vehicles. sector in the state with a salary of up to Rs 30,000.  BBC awards  INS dhruva - indigenously developed surveillance - 2021 - life time achievement award - Anju ship has been built at hindustan ship yard Ltd in Bobby George (Kerala) vishakhapatnam under the make in India initiative. - 2020 - life time achievement award - PT Usha (Kerala)  The Rajya sabha passed the National institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and man- - 2021 - Sports woman of the year - Koneru agement bill 2019. humpy - Approved a bill that declaces two food - 2021 - Emerging player of the year - Manu technology institutes at Kandhi in Haryana and bhaker. Thanjavur in Tamilnadu as national institutes.  Indian Navy’s third stealth scorpene class subma-  PM Narendra Modi inaugurates ‘Maritime india rine INS Karanji was commissioned in Mumbai. summit 2021 ‘ via video conferenc ing - 6 scorpene class submarines are being built in

 Sugamya Bharat abhiyan is a nationwide cam- India by the mazagon Dock shipbuilders Ltd in paign launched by department of empowerment mumbai, collabration with French company of persons with disabilities of ministry of social direction des constructions Navales justice and empowerment to provi de universal ac- - 2017 - INS Kalvari - first scorpene class cessibility for persons with disabilities. submarine THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 20 - 2019 - INS Khanderi - Second scorpene class - Aim: Vocal for Local, building an “Atmanirbhar submarine Bharat”.

- Both INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi are in active  INS Jalashwa is the only Indian naval ship that service. has been procured from United States. - INS vela and INS vagir are currently under sea  The Archaeological Survey of India stated that it trials. has reconstituted an Advisory Committee for - INS vagsheer is under construction. Multidisciplinary Study of the River Sarasvati. The  The supreme court ruled that the reservation for river is also known as Ghaggar-Hakra River. other Backward classes is only statutory unlike - Head: Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister for the constitutional reservation for scheduled castes Culture. and scheduled Tribes.  National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project-It is to - The quantum of reservation for OBC Ought to be implemented by the National Disaster be local body specific. Management Authority (NDMA) under the aegis  The list of 12 public sector under takings which of the Ministry of Home Affairs, along with has to be privatised, was submitted by NITI Aayog. coordination from the respective state th governments and the National Institute for  4 Global Ayurveda Festival 2021 -The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Disaster Management (NIDM). partner of this festival. - Financial assistance for this scheme:World - International Ayurveda Seminar bank two categories - Theme : Strengthening Host Defence System – - Category I: Higher vulnerability States i.e. Ayurveda A Potential Promise Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. - The International Delegate Assembly - Category II: Lower vulnerability States i.e. - Theme : Globalizing Ayurveda Scope, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Challenges and Solutions Pondicherry, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, - The International Business Meet” Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Theme : Global Ayurveda Pharmacy – Practices,  The Union Cabinet chaired by the PM Narendra Possibilities and Policies. Modi, has given its approval on the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in sports & youth  Sahitya Akademi Aw ard 2020-The award is conferred to the most outstanding books of affairs between India and Maldives. literary merit.  The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has - The languages include Hindi and other 22 announced a new set of rules known as “All India languages of the Eighth Schedule of Tourist Vehicles Authorization & Permit Rules, Constitution along with English. 2021” - English-When God is a Traveller-Subramaniam - Aim: to promote state revenue and tourism. - Kannada-Sri Bahubali Ahimsa Digvijayam- - This will be applicable from April 1, 2021. Veerappa Moily - Use: Under the scheme, any tourist passenger - Tamil-Sellatha Panam-(a writer of the Dravidian vehicle operator can apply to get “All India movement) Imayam. Tourist Auth o rization or Permit” in the online mode.  The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda inaugurated the Tribes India GI Mahotsav at Lal  Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2020- The Bahadur Shastri National Academy of bill seeks to amend the Medical Termination of Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie, Uttarakhand Pregnancy Act, 1971. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 21 Time since conception Requirement for terminating pregnancy MTP Act, 1971 MTP (Amendment) Bill, 2020 UP to 12 weeks Advice of one doctors Advice of one doctor 12 to 20 weeks Advice of two doctors Advice of one doctor 20 to 24 weeks Not allowed Two doctors for some categories of pregnant women More than 24 weeks Not allowed Medical Board in case of substantial foetal abnormality Any time during the One doctor, if immediately necessary to save pregnant pregnancy woman’s life

 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Depart ment will be the nodal department to has launched a campaign named ‘Sahi Disha’. look after the Poshan Pakhwada

- The Disha initiative is a five years collaboration  India has developed its first indigenously between the IKEA Foundation and the United developed App Store called “Mobile Seva Nations Development Program. Appstore. It is implemented by Centre for - The initiative benefitted women living across Development of Advanced Computing (C - DAC). five states of India India is the largest user of mobile apps. - Haryana, - Delhi NCR, - As per India App Market Statistics report 2021, - Maharashtra, - Karnataka and around 5 percent of the apps on Android - Telangana belongs to the Indian Apps developers.  The Election Commission of India’s order of  The eighth and last ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark IV Class Indian Naval Landing Craft allotting the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol to Kerala Utility (LCU) L58 was commissioned into the Congress (M), has been confirmed by supreme Indian Navy at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar court of India. Islands. - The Election Commission (EC) has plenary powers under Article 324 of the Constitution  The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has introduced the to decide on the allotment of symbols. Vehicle Scrapping Policy on March 18, 2021 in the - Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Lok Sabha. This will come into effect from April 1, Order, 1968, empowers the EC to allot symbols 2021. to the political parties at elections in - If the vehicles failed to pass the fitness test Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. for three times, the owner would not be able  Manipur has emerged as the Champion state to drive it on the road where the Van Dhan programme has emerged as  The Ministry of Women and Child Development a major source of employment for the local tribals. is celebrating the Poshan Pakhwada from March - The Van Dhan Scheme is an initiative of the 16 to March 31, 2021. Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. (TRIFED - It is celebrated across the states and Union - Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Territories. Federation of India Limited)

- The Department of Women & Child  The Chenab Bridge is an Indian railway steel and Development and the Social Welfare concrete arch bridge under construction between

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 22 Bakkal and Kauri i n the Reasi district of Jammu - The m issile was released for the Indian Army and Kashmir, India. and Indian Air Force.

- The world’s highest rail bridge over the Chenab  The Government of India has constituted an expert river in Jammu and Kashmir is in the last stages advisory committee to execute and monitor the of construction. The overall length of the bridge Startup India. is 1,315 metres. - The committee will be chaired by H K Mittal  Insurance Amendment Bill, 2021. This Bill amends from the Department of Science and the Insurance Act, 1938. Technology.

- The Bill increases the limit on foreign direct  The Department for Promotion of Industry and investment in an Indian insurance company Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & from 49% to 74%. Industry approved the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS).  Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021. It seeks to - It will be implemented with effect from 1 st April amend the Minerals (Development and 2021. The SISFS is aimed to support around Regulation) Act 1957. 3600 startups across India.

- It empowers the central government to issue  Premas Biotech(Indian company) has collaborated directions regarding the composition and with Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop an utilization of funds maintained by the District oral COVID-19 vaccine. Mineral Foundation.  National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)  The country’s first river interlinking project-Ken- Bill, 2021-it provide more powers to the Delhi Betwa Interlinking. Lieutenant Governor. The bill also makes it - Ken and Betwa rivers originate in Madhya mandatory for the Delhi government to take the Pradesh and are the tributaries of Yamuna. opinion of the L-G before any executive action.

 Gram Ujala Scheme was launched by the Union - According to the bill, the “government” in Delhi ministry of power and new and renewable energy. means the “Lieutenant Governor. - The government of India has launched the  Hyderabad based Virchow Biotech and the “Gram Ujala Scheme” to provide the cheapest Russian Direct Investment Fund- RDIF announced LED bulbs in rural areas. an agreement to produce up to 200 million doses of Sputnik V in India. - In the first phase, the scheme was launched from Arrah district in Bihar. - Sputnik V-It is Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. - India is currently the second-largest LED market  The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment across the world by value. aims to launch ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ for the Elderly to provide them ‘nutrition support’.  Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain -It will be implemented from March 22 to November 30 - For this purpose ‘Senior Citizens Welfare Fund’ during the pre-monsoon and the monsoon period will be utilized to fund and implement the in the country. mission. - The theme: Catch the rain, where it falls when - The Scheme will be implemented by “Gram it falls. Panchayats and Urban Municipalities.

 The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) have  The Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has released the first batch of Medium Range Surface recommended Justice NV Ramana’s name as the to Air Missile (MRSAM) kits. 48 th CJI of India. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 23  The Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vajra’ was as winners at the CroreNet Global Academic chal- commissioned at Ka ttupalli in Chennai. lenge 6.0. - It is also capable of carrying Pollution Response - This is the first time that a squad from India Equipment for oil spill response at Sea. has emerged as winner.

 Inter-state Tiger Relocation Project was started  The book “My experiment with silence” is at 2018. authored by Samir Soni. - Aim: reducing tiger population in areas with - The book will be published by OM books excess tigers to majorly reduce territorial International. disputes and to reintroduce tigers in areas where the population has considerably reduced  Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched due to various reasons. “ Tlibal TB Initiative” in pursuit of TB Mukt Bharat.

 Tuberculosis Report 2021 – India reported that the - The places declared as TB free union Territory registrations of TB increased by 6% on year. India of Lakshadweep district of Badgam in Jammu accounts for 30% of the world’s TB cases. The & Kashmir. Government of India has aimed to have TB-free  India and the US began a two day Naval exercise India by 2025 and five years ahead of global target in the eastern Indian ocean Region date, 2030. - The Indian and US navies were part of joint  Indian institute of Technology, Kharagpur emerged drills in passage exercise (PASSEX).

4. ST A TE NEW S

 PM Narendra Modi ina ugurates, The India Toy fair a separate school board for 2700 schools in the 2021 at Delhi. city.

 Third international conference on Thirukkural held  Kurmi hastavam a cultural festival was celebrated at Thanjavur. by Uttarpradesh state Government.

 The state haryana declared that, 75% of private  Airports authority of india has sanctioned Rs.242 sector jop in the state reserved for local candi- crore for the development of air port at Ayodhya dates. in uttarpradesh. - The Governor of haryana Sathya dev Narayan  187 Species of butterflies were found at the gave assent to the bill. shendurney wildlife sanchuary in Kerala.  Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa  In a first, Chattisgarh police hire 13 trangenders unveiled ‘Xcelerator Bengaluru’ initiative recently. as constables. - The ‘Xcelerator Bengaluru’ initiative will help  Japan, country will impliment a project with india 50,000 women entrepreneurs across the state to upgrade the warehousing terminal at the co- to grow their business over the next 3 years. lombo port of Sri Lanka.  The Maharashtra government’s offered one percent concession in stamp duty if property is  Defence Research and development organisation transferred to women’s name. tested a flight demonstration based on solid fuel - In case of a joint ownership, the concession in ducted Ramjet (SFDR) from the integrated Test stamp duty would not be given if there is a Range in Odisha’s chandipur. man as a joint owner with the woman i.e. “Both  The delhi government approved the formation of should be women”. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 24  India’s first World Skill Centre was inaugurated in - The city Kurnool lies on the banks of Bhubaneswar under the Odisha Skill Development Tungabhadra river. Project.  Maithri Aquatech is a startup, formed under the

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath initiative “make in India”, has set up the world’s launched UPFPO Shakti Portal as part of Kisan first mobile water, with the use of its Kalyan Mission at an event in Gorakhpur. “MEGMDOOT Solution” in Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh. - It is aimed at benefitting the farmers at the grassroots level. - MEGHDOOT means “messenger of the sky”.  Uttar pradesh got first place in the number of digi-  The state government of the Andhra Pradesh has tal transactions were facilitated through mobile decided to set up “India’s first government-run banking, Unified payment Gateway App, internet ambulance network” for animals. banking, debitcard.  Union minister for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri - Reserve Bank of India has indentified two and Andhra pradesh Chief minister YS Jaganmohan districts as (Siddhartha Nagar and Firozabad) Reddy in augurated Kurnool Airport at orvakal in the “digital districts” in Uttarpradesh. Andhra pradesh.  Geographycally coded rice Kalanamak, festival - Kurnool is the judicial capital of Andhra organished by Uttarpradesh Government in pradesh. siddharthnagar district. 5. INTERNA TIONAL NEW S

 Maju varghese as the executive director of Joe  The world’s largest dates factory is to be set up biden’s Presidential inaugural committee. in Dubai.

 Nagaland launched its first air cargo services from  On international women’s day, 2021 to help 1 mil- Dimapur airport. lion rural women of India turn to entrepreneurs

 The General assembly of United Nations pro- launched web portal “women will”. claimed 2023 as the International cereals day.  On the occasion of international women’s day,

 The largest UAE National flag was designed us- Madhya Pradesh home minister Narrotam mishra ing food parcels. decided to appoint a woman constable Meenakshmi verma as the state’s home minister - The dubai department of Islamic affairs has for the day. been awarded the guinness book of Records for organizing the design of this huge national  The food waste Index Report 2021, from the united flag. Nations environment programmes (UNEP)

 Union minister of human Resource development estimated 931 million tonnes of food were wasted shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released “India globally in 2019. Rankings 2020 “ of institutions of higher educa-  The maitri setu bridge 1.9 km Long has been built tion. over feniriver which flows between the Indian - 1 st - IIT madras. boundry in tripura and Bangladesh.

 Researchers in Italy have discovered a well pre-  R. Krishamoorthi was the one who discovered the served chariot at a villa out side of pompeii. coins issued by the ancient tamil kings during the sangam period.  The first world cup shotgun in 2021 held at cairo in Egypt.  South Africa has been ranked as the world’s most THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 25 dangerous cou ntry to drive in while india ranked is one of the two Indian companies to be at fourth place. recognised by the Global Lighthouse Network this year.  “Girl gang” - announced official song of ICC women’s world cup 2022 hosted in Newzealand  Indian Navy undertook Passage Exercise (PASSEX) from 4 th march to 3 rd april 2022. with Royal Bahrain Naval Force Corvette Al Muharraq in the Persian Gulf.  France has succe ssfully launched the first military exercise in space-AsterX - military exercise.  The CDRI Initiative was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of India at the - France wants to become the third space UN Climate Change Summit, held at Spain in the superpower in the world after the US and China. year 2019.  The Ministry of Electronics & Information - It aims to promote the disaster-resilient Technology (MeitY) has released the list of infrastructure. “Digital Payment Scorecard”. - The European Union (EU) comprising of 27 - The scorecard tracks Commercial Banks’ members has joined the “Coalition for Disaster performance on various digital parameters. SBI Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) initiative” of is also among the largest issuers of debit India. cards.  2011 Istanbul Treaty- It is a human rights treaty  Pure drinking water scheme -The “Arjuna Sahayak of the Council of Europe convention on preventing Irrigation Project” will be launched in the state of and combating violence against women. Turkey Uttar Pradesh. has pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. - The project will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister.  Russia has successfully launched 38 satellites of 18 countries into orbit from Baikonur cosmodrome - Arjuna Sahayak Irrigation Project built on the in Kazakhstan. river Dhasan. - It also launched “Challenge-1 satellite.  Fifth annual democracy report, titled Challenge-1 satellite is the first satellite ‘Autocratisation goes viral’, has been released by completely made in Tunisia, created by Telnet Sweden’s organisation Varieties of Democracy (V- Telecommunications group. Dem) Institute. India’s position has been  The Norwegian Coastal Administration has downgraded from “the world’s largest democracy” received the green signal to start working on the to an “electoral autocracy. construction of the world’s first tunnel.  First Quad Summit 2021 held at Newdelhi. - The tunnel is named as “Stad Ship Tunnel. The - QUAD is also known as the Asian NATO(North construction would begin in 2022. Atlantic Treaty Organization). - The length of the tunnel is 1.7 km.

- It is an informal strategic forum comprising  Newzealand has become the second country. India, the United States, Japan, and Australia. Following India across the world to pass a legis- The idea of QUAD was first brought up by the lation of miscarriage bereavement leave law. then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe back - Government employee takes 3 days leave after in 2007. miscarriage.

 ReNew Power is an Indian renewable energy  Due to weather obstructions a gaint container company. It has been named to the World ship, MV EverGiven ended up getting stuck in one Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network. It of the Canal’s narrow streches.

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 26 - After the blockage, some countries have Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated the already seen a rise in oil prices. “Bangabandhu international conference center, - The Canal had been shut down five times Dhaka. before. - The exhibition is dedicated to the lives of  “Global wind Report 2021 “ was published by the Gandhi and Bangabandhu.

Global wind Energy council (GWEC).  The world bank has published the world develop- - As per this report, total global wind power ment report 2021 : Data for better lives. capacity of 743 GW is helping the globe to avoid - It highlights the tremendous potential of the over 1.1 billion honner of CO annually 2 . changing data landscape to improve the lives  Prime minister Modi and Bangladeshi counter part of poor pe ople.

6. ECONOMIC NEWS

 The central Government Plans to privatize, Bank applications for Universal Banks and Small of India Indian Overseas Bank Bank of Finance Banks (SFBs). Maharastra. - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had set up a  Shymala Gopinath committee- to evaluate standing ex ternal advisory committee.

7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 The ISRO is 53 rd space mission using the PSLV C51 Objectives rocket will launch Amazonia 1 as the Primary - To provide near real time imaging of large area sattellite. This satellite belongs to Brazil. - quick monetaring of natural disasters. - In addition, the launch vehicle will also carry  NISAR - a joint earth observing mission between 18 co - passenger payleads. NASA and the ISRO. SAR - Synthetic aperture - The rocket would be launched from Sriharikota Radar created to accurately capture the surface spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. of the earth.  The government of india has launched a new ra- - Prime Minister Modi’s picture and a copy of tion app called “one Nation - one ration card” sys- Bhagavad Gita are portraied in this Rocket. tem in the country.

 USA Space X’s The starship SN 10 Spacecraft suc-  “Energy swaraj yatra” bus built by Dr Chetan singh cessfully launched into the sky. solanki, professor of Indian institute of Technol- ogy Bombay. - Saritha the indian wrestler has won the silver medal in matio pelican ranking wrestling - The bus runs on solar energy. Energy swaraj series. yatra is designed with the purpose of creating a public moment towards adoption of 100  NASA mars rover : persevernace robot all set for percent solar energy. big test - performs first test drive on mars.  The maiden flight trials of the indigenously  India’s Geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle developed ‘Advanced Light Torpedo (TAL) Shyena’ F-10 (GSLV F10) will launch Go imaging statelite - was conducted successfully. 1 GISAT - 1 satellite from satishdhawan space - The trial was the first of its kind in India. ‘TAL centre, Sriharikota. Shyena’ was fired fro m a fixed-wing aircraft. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 27  The First Forest Healing centre of the country was - I t is to search for the tiniest known particles in inaugurated near Ranikhet in Kalika, Uttarakhand. the universe. - This centre would involve in many activities - Lake Baikal is the deepest and the largest like forest walking, tree-hugging, forest freshwater lake on Earth. meditation and sky gazing.  Asteroid 2001 FO32 is the largest asteroid passed  The nation’s first milk ATM was installed in by Earth in 2021. Pulwama town of South Kashmir by a local businessman. - It was discovered 20 years ago by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) - It was set up with the help of the animal program in Socorro, New Mexico in 2001. husbandry department.  World’s largest known rookery of these species  The world’s most powerful supercomputers- Olive Ridley Turtles. Fugaku Supercomputer was developed by the Japanese scientific research institute. - The Olive Ridley turtles have returned to their nesting site at Gahirmatha beach in - This supercomputer has been developed with Kendrapara district, Odisha. the aim of making the device core of the computing infrastructure of Japan.  In the International union for conservation of

 A space hurricane is a form of environmental Nature’s Red list of Threatened species phenomenon where instead of wind and rain, - African forest elephant is now listed as charged electrons and plasma make up the Critically endangered. majority of the storm. - African savanna elephant is now lisred as - The Scientists from China discovered space endangered. hurricane for first time ever. - These two, were previously listed as  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) vulnerable. has launched the sounding rocket called RH-560.  At first time two New red algal species of sea - It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space weeds have been discovered along the Indian Centre (SDSC) Sriharikota Range (SHAR). coasts. - These rockets are used to probe the upper Hypnea Indica (Gujarat) atmospheric regions and conduct the space research. Hypnea Bullata(Daman and Diu).

 Russian scientists have deployed a giant - Use: Potential raw material for jelly and ice telescope in Lake Baikal in southern Siberia. cream productio n. 8. AW ARDS & APPOINTMENT

 Sahitya akademi award winner of the year 2020 -  Garima arora th e first indian woman to receive a Imaiyam for “sellaatha panam”. michelin star award for food prepartion strategy.

 The day of march 01 zero discrimination day is  Nominated as the best female leader in the world celebrated and the emblem is butterfly. Kamala harris, Tamilisai soundarrajan.  New CEO of central bank of india - Matam Venkata Rao  The award was presented in the UK to a play back singer susila on the eve of international women’s  Prime minister Narendra Modi will receive the day. CERAweek global energy and environment Lead- ership award 2021.  The first ever virtual book fair held at New delhi. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 28  PM Narendr a Modi biographical drama film  A mini ster of state for Finance and Corporate af- Named as “Ek our Nation” directed by Omung fairs - Anurag Singh thakur became the first serv- Kumar. ing MP to be appointed as captain in the Territo- rial Army.  The confederation of indian industry announced that S. Chandrakumar has been elected as chair-  The president of India appointed advocate man of the CII of Tamil nadu state. Mohammed Ghouse shukure kamal as additional judge of Karnataka high court, using the power  Karnataka para swimming Association to host 20th conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the con- National para swimming championship at stitution of india. Bengaluru.  The government appointed MA Ganapathy pres-  Bangladesh TV hires country’s first transgender ently DG, Bureau of civil aviation and security as News anchor Tashnuva Anan shishir on DG of elite force National security Guard (NSG). internatinal women’s day.  Dr Harsh Vardhan appointed as chairman of “Stop  The chairman of Asia pacific Rural and agricul- - TB partnership Board”. tural credit Association - G.R. Chintala  Samia Suluhu hassan sworn in as Tanzania’s  The U.S. Consulate honoured Tamil Nadu based President, the first female leader of East African. anticaste activist and human rights defender Gowsalya shankar with a nomination for the in-  2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African ternational woman of courage (IWOC) award. Leadership-Mahamadou Issoufou, the incumbent President of Niger.  The wildlife crime control Bureau (WCCB) has received the Asia environmental enforcement  The World Economic Forum compiled a list of the award 2020 awarded by the united nations Envi- Young Global Leaders- Deepika Padukone joins ronment programme(UNEP). WEF list.

 67 th National film awards - 2019 - The Forum of Young Global Leaders was founded in 2005 by Klaus Schwab, founder and best actor - Dhanush for Asuran (Tamil) executive chairman of the WEF. best actress - Kangana Ranaut for Panga(hindi)  King Bhumipol world soil day 2020 award was best supporting actor - Vijay Sethupathi for super conferred by the Food and Agriculture deluxe (Tamil) Organization (FAO), Rome. The prestigious global

 Kerala’s tuberculosis eradication programme has award was conferred to the ICAR for its won national honour and the state bagged the commitment to raising awareness of the union government’s award for reducing the preva- importance of healthy soils. lence of the disease through various systematic  Grammy Awards 2021 were presented at the Los initiatives. Angeles Convention Centre at the USA.

 Child welfare awareness ambassador - M.S. - Billie Eilis became the first solo artist to win Rithika and K.S. Vaishnavi the record of the year award at Grammy awards

 Comprotroller and auditor General (CAG) of india for two years in a row. Girish Chandra murmu has been re-appointed as - Taylor Swift became the first woman to win the chairman of UN panel of external auditors for the album of the year award three times. 2021.  The government has recently formed a committee  Thomas Bach re-elected as president of the in- to popularise the legacy of 11 th -century Tomar ternational olympic committee. king, Anangpal II. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 29 - Grandson Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by - The na me of the bacteria: Methylobacterium the Ghurid forces in the Battle of Tarain After ajmalii. that war the Delhi Sultanate was established  Prof. Sharad Pagare will be conferred with the in 1192. prestigious Vyas Samman – 2020. - The Tomar dynasty shifted its capital in the 8th st century), to Dhillikapuri (Delhi) during the reign - He will be awarded by the 31 Vyas Samman of Anangpal II. for his novel “Patliputru Ki Samragi”. - The present name of Delhi was named by him. - The Vyas Samman is started in 1991 and given by KK Birla Foundation.  The Ministry of the culture of the government of India has conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for  Maharashtra Bhushan award is the state the year 2020 on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur government’s highest honour. The legendary Rahman. singer Asha Bhosle wins 2020 Maharashtra Bhushan award . - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first President and later he also became the Prime Minister  “The Forntier Gandhi : my life and struggle” the of Bangladesh. auto biography of Abdul Ghaffarkhan published - He is called as the “Father of the Nation” or in english language. “Mujib”.  The number of members recommended for 2021

 Hyderabad based National Institute of Animal noble prize - 329 Biotechnology (NIAB) scientist Sonu Gandhi won  Harsh C. Mariwala was named the EY Entrepre- the SERB(Science and Engineering Research neur of the year 2020. Board) Women Excellence Award.  Lieutenant General WAG pinto (Retd) has passed  The University of Hyderabad along with away. researchers from NASA have discovered a new - At 1971 India - Pakistan war he coined the bacterial species in International Space Station slogan “bash on regardless”. (ISS). 9. INDIA ’S RANKING

th  2021 index of Economic freedom Released by USA  India ranked 5 among the fastest growing firm “Heritage foundation”. countries in the world. 1 st - USA

- The Top most nation is Singapore. India ranked  The most polluted city in the world - Shenyang - at the place 121. China.  UNCTAD - United nations conferrence on trade and - 2019-2020 Report released by IQ Air Firm. development is the principal organ of the united world’s most polluted countries list nations general assembly, released Business to consumer (B2C) E-commerce index 2020 1 st - Bangladesh 1 st - Switzerland 2 nd - Pakistan 71 st - India 3 rd - India

 Official ICC (International Cricket Council) rank-  List of international cities where drinking water ing for Twenty 20, international cricket teams. is available at affordable prices 1 st - England 1 st - Beirut (Lebanon) 2 nd - India 2 nd - Bengaluru (India) THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 30  According to th e Global Survey of Chief Executive 1 st - Finland 2 nd - Iceland Officers 3 rd - Denmark 139 th - India st nd 1 -america 2 -china Total countries-149. rd th 3 -germany 4 -United Kingdom  Global House Price Index was released by Knight 5 th -India Frank. 1 st - Turkey  SIPRI report on arms imports and exports- It is released by Swedish think tank Stockholm 2 nd - New Zealand International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). 56 th -India(last).

largest arms importer  Strongest military forces in the world released by 1 st - Saudi Arabia. defence website Military Direct. 1 st -China 2 nd -USA 2 nd - India. 3 rd -Russia 4 th -India . largest arms supplier  International Intellectual Property Index- titled st 1 - Russia ‘Recovery through Ingenuity 2021’ is released by 2 nd - France US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC). 3 rd - India 1 st -USA 2 nd -UK  World Happiness Report 2021 has been released rd th by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions 3 -Germany 40 -India Network. Total countries-53.

10. SPORTS

 The Indian Cricket er Ravic handran Ashwin fast- Saria w o n a silver medal at the matteo pellicone est ever to take 400 wickets in test cricket. ranking series.

 In the cadet Girls final, The winner of subjunior  Top Indian wresler in world rankings - Vinesh National Table Tennis Championship title - Phogat M.Hansini  Andrey Rublev (Russia) wins Netherland open tennis championship.  The second edition of the Khelo india winter national games 2021 started at District of Jammu  2021 switzerland open tennis women’s Champion and Kashmir Gulmang. - Carolina marin  Ravichandran ashwin wins ICC men’s player of the  Sayali wani wins subjunior national table tennis month Award for February. Championship title.  Bhavani devi creates history by becoming the first  Indian player Neeraj chopra broke his own javelin Indian Fencer to qualify for the olympics. national record with a 88.07 metre throw at the  Dubai open tennis competition - woman’s singles Indian Grand prix 3 in patiala. winner  58 teams participation on National senior Hand Garbine muguruza (Spain) bal comkpetition takes place at Bhubaneshwar.  Virat Kholi reaches huge milestone, becomes first  In International wrestling competition, India’s player to score 3000 runs in T 20 match. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 31  Patiala : Federation cup senior national athletics terme d Usain bolt of Kambala has created a new championships winner under 100 m - record by completing 100 m in 8.96 seconds. S.Dhanalakshmi (Tamilnadu)  Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has decided to extend  Yashawini deswal bagged the first gold medal for the Khelo India scheme from 2021 - 21 to 2025- india in the women’s 10 meter Air pistol final of 26. the international shooting sport Federation world cup at the Dr Karni singh shooting range.  Girl gang is a track by Newzealand singer Gin wigmore.  India’s Divyansh singh panwar and Elavenil valarivan (Tamilnadu) won the gold medal in the - It has been announced as the official song of 10 m Air rifle mixed team event at the ISSF world the 2022 ICC women’s world cup.

cup being held in delhi.  In ISSF world cup (delhi) India won totally 30 gold

 India’s women’s cricket team captain Mithali raj medal s and g ot first place. became the first Indian woman to score 10,000 Country Gold Silver Bronze Total runs in international cricket across all formats. India 15 9 6 30  Kamba la competition is an annual race held in America 4 3 1 8 karnataka - Jockey Sriniv as Gowda, who was

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