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Schemes of WCD Min. classified under 3 schemes • Apple Inc. will manufacture Made-In- iPhone 12 soon. • For effective implementation of various schemes • Its latest model was launched in India on October and programmes of the Ministry of Women and 30, 2020. Child Development, all major schemes have been • classified under 3 umbrella schemes viz. Mission iPhone 12 will be manufactured at the Hon Hai Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya and Mission Shakti. Precision Industry (Foxconn) facility in Tamil Nadu, both for the domestic as well as an export • To strengthen nutritional content, market. the government is merging the Supplementary • Nutrition Programme and Poshan Abhiyan to The unit also manufactures iPhone 11, which is launch Mission POSHAN 2.0. the bestseller in India, as well as iPhone XR. First flight to Bareilly flagged off Banks lower their home loan rates • • Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister, on 8 The interest rates on home loans have hit a March 2021, flagged off the first flight from Delhi decadal low as several leading banks slashed their to the newly upgraded Trishul Military Airbase, lending rates in the past few days. Bareilly Airport, Uttar Pradesh. • Nationalized banks like State Bank of India, HDFC, • The Bareilly airport has been upgraded for ICICI and Kotak Mahindra Bank have reduced their commercial flight operations under the Regional rates to a 10-year low level. Connectivity Scheme of the Government of India. • ICICI has slashed its interest rates to 6.7 per cent • It marks the commencement of the 56th airport in line with the SBI's move offering the starting under the UDAN scheme. rate of 6.7 per cent. GSDP estimated to contract 5.6% in Delhi Amit Shah visits Tamil Nadu and Kerala today • • The Delhi economy is estimated to suffer a Union Home Minister Amit Shah was on a day- contraction of 5.6% in the gross state domestic long visit to Tamil Nadu and Kerala on 7 March product (GSDP) in the current financial year due 2021. to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. • He launched Vijay Sankalp Mahasamaprk • This was informed by Lt Governor Anil Baijal on 8 Abhiyaan - a door-to-door campaign in Suchindram Town. March 2021. • He also attended various important programmes, • He outlined the measures taken by the Delhi government in dealing with the pandemic, such as including a massive roadshow in Kanyakumari. raising the number of hospital beds, etc. • In Thiruvananthapuram, he visited Shri Belur Math to offer prayers. Apple to soon make iPhone 12 in India Bihar govt to vaccinate one lakh women

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• Bihar government set a target to vaccinate one • PV Sindhu settled for a silver medal in the BWF lakh women against coronavirus across the state Swiss Open Super 300 at Basel, in the final of the on the occasion of International Women's Day. women's singles event on 7 March 2021. • Special arrangements were made for women at • She defeated World No. 3 Carolina Marin 12-21, all the vaccination centers. 5-21. • All the health officers at the center were women. • She had entered the semifinal stage of a BWF • E-rickshaws for women beneficiaries were also tournament after 19 months. hired so that they could be taken to the vaccine • In her first semifinal after 13 tournaments, Sindhu unit. had defeated Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt 22-20, 21- 10. Himachal police organizes ‘All Women Parade' Manish Kaushik clinches gold medal • On the occasion of International Women's Day, Himachal Pradesh Police Dept organized the ‘All • In Boxing, Manish Kaushik clinched a gold medal Woman Parade' in Shimla on 8 March 2021. at the Boxam International Tournament in • The state police celebrated the day in 2 sessions. Castellon, Spain. • An exhibition on the theme, 'Women in HP Police • The 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist in 50 Years' was displayed at Gaiety Theatre. Kaushik, beat Denmark’s Nikolai Terteryan with a • It will continue till 14 Mar 2021. split 3-2 decision in the men’s 63kg summit bout. • State governor Bandaru Dattatreya was the chief • In the women’s category, Jasmine settled for a guest in the first session. silver in the 57kg after going down 0-5 in the final. Vinesh Phogat wins her 2nd gold medal to confer Independence Award • Vinesh Phogat won her second gold medal in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event and • Bangladesh has announced the names of 9 reclaimed the top rank in her category in Rome. individuals and 1 organization for conferring the • She defeated Canada's Diana Mary Helen Weicker Independence Award, the highest civilian award 4-0 in the 53kg title clash. of Bangladesh for the year 2021. • She is the only Indian woman wrestler to have • Four individuals have been selected qualified for the Tokyo Games. posthumously for the award. • Vinesh had also won a gold medal in Kiev a few • The award is being given since 1977. days back. • The recipients of the award get a gold medal and a cash reward of Taka 5 lakh. BCCI announces schedule for IPL 2021 Nepal PM takes India made vaccine Covishield • The Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI has announced the schedule for the 14th edition • Nepal's PM KP Sharma Oli received his first dose Indian Premier League 2021 to be held in India. of India-made Covid-19 vaccine - Covishield on 7 • It will be held from April 9, 2021, with the first March 2021. match between Mumbai Indians and Royal • The second phase of the inoculation drive Challengers Bangalore. officially began in Nepal on 8 March 2021. • The world’s largest cricket stadium - Narendra • Covishield, made by the Serum Institute of India Modi Stadium in will host the final on (SII), is the only vaccine being administered in 30th May 2021. Nepal, which was provided under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. PV Sindhu wins silver medal in BWF Swiss Open Bangladesh to vaccinate foreign nationals

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• The government of Bangladesh has decided to • The second part of the Budget Session of include the foreign nationals residing in Parliament commenced on 8 March 2021. Bangladesh in the national vaccination • In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rajya programme of the country. Sabha sat from 9 AM to 2 PM, while the Lok • The vaccination for foreign nationals will begin on Sabha will function between 4 PM and 9 PM. 17th March 2021. • The second leg of the session will conclude on 8 • In the current phase, people holding visas in the April 2021. A/A1/A2/FA2/D/ND/M can register for taking the • The first part of the Budget Session had started on COVID 19 vaccine. 29th January 2021. DMA honours Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan PM to release 11 Volumes of Manu • Delhi Medical Association (DMA) honored Health • Prime Minister will release 11 Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, for his contribution Volumes of Manu with commentaries by 21 to the medical fraternity and outstanding scholars on shlokas of Srimad Bhagavadgita, on 9 service during the COVID-19 Pandemic. March'21 at Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi. • He was honored during DMA's 62nd Annual Delhi • The Manu, published by Dharmarth Trust, is State Medical Conference. written with extraordinary variety and nuance of • He informed that the Indian vaccines have shown Indian calligraphy ranging from Shankar Bhashya some of the lowest Adverse Events Following to Bhasanuvada. Immunization, AEFI anywhere in the world. • Dr Karan Singh is the Chairman Trustee of Dharmarth Trust, J&K. Govt to increase number of Jan Aushadhi stores Textiles Ministry and Agri Ministry sign MoU • Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed that the govt will increase the number of Jan Aushadhi • Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Agriculture stores to 10,000 by 2024. signed an MoU on 7 March 2021 to amplify • There are 7,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across sericulture activities in the country in the various districts of the country currently. presence of Textiles Minister Smriti Irani and • He informed this while inaugurating the Jan Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Aushadhi Centre at Deep Market, Ashok Vihar in Rupala. New Delhi. • The MoU will focus on establishing tree based • More than 1cr people take medicines from Jan agro-forestry models in sericulture and exploring Aushadhi Kendras every month. possibilities of activities through Krishi Vigyan Kendras. India will be self reliant in silk production Bajrang Punia clinches gold in Rome • Textiles Minister Smriti Irani informed that India will be fully self-reliant in silk production in the • In wrestling, Bajrang Punia has clinched a gold next two years. medal by defeating Tumur Ochir of Mongolia in • She informed this while addressing the National the Matteo Pallicone World Ranking Series event level programme on the convergence of Agro- in Rome. Sericulture and eradication of Thigh reeling in • Bajrang defeated Ochir 2-2 by criteria in the final New Delhi on 7 March 2021. of the 65kg freestyle. • Raw silk production in the country has increased • This is Bajrang's second consecutive gold medal at by 35 percent in the last six years. the Matteo Pellicone event as he had finished on the top of the series in January 2020 as well. Second part of Budget session commences Two-day Gur Mahotsav underway in Lucknow

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• Gur Mahotsav or Jaggery Festival, two-day event • India has dispatched two warships to the was inaugurated by CM Yogi Adityanath on 6 historical port town of Mongla in Bangladesh to March 2021 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. commemorate the 50th-anniversary celebration • At the Jaggery Festival, farmers exhibited and sold of the 1971 war of liberation. different types of jaggery and jaggery products. • The warships, corvette INS Kulish and Patrol • The aim of this event is to motivate the jaggery vessel Sumedha, will make the port call at mongla producers to make high-quality jaggery & its from March 8 to 10, 2021. products and create awareness about health • This is the first time that any Indian naval ship is benefits of jaggery. visiting the port of Mongla in Bangladesh. Marathi actor Shrikant Moghe passes away PM Modi to inaugurate ‘Maitri Setu’ • Veteran Marathi actor Shrikant Moghe passed • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate away on 6 March 2021. ‘Maitri Setu’ between India and Bangladesh on • Moghe was popular for his work in both Marathi 9 March 2021. and Hindi languages, in films and theatre. • The ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over the • He was famous for his roles in Marathi films like connecting Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Madhuchandra, Sinhaasan, Gammat Jammat, Bangladesh. Umbaratha and Vasudev Balwant Phadke • The construction of the 1.9 km long bridge was and Marathi stage plays Varyavarchi Varaat, Tuze taken up by the National Highways and Aahe Tujapashi and Lekure Udand Jali. Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at a project cost of Rs. 133 crore. India’s biggest Kidney Dialysis Hospital 8 March: International Women's Day • India’s biggest Kidney Dialysis Hospital was inaugurated on 7 March 2021 at Balasahib • International Women's Day is being observed on 8 Gurudwara in Delhi. March. • The Guru Harikshan Institute of Medical Sciences • The theme for the day in 2021 is "Women in and Research Kidney Dialysis Hospital has been leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID- opened by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management 19 world". Committee. • The day is celebrated to help forge a gender-equal • The hospital is equipped with the most technically world, celebrate women's achievements and their advanced medical facilities where services will be increasing visibility in every sphere of life. provided free of cost to the patients. • It also highlights the extraordinary roles played by women in almost every walk of life. Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2021 Guyana, Ethiopia received vaccines from India • Jan Aushadhi Divas or Generic Medicine Day is celebrated on 7 March every year in India. • Guyana, Ethiopia received Made in India Covid-19 • In 2021, the entire week from March 1 to March 7 vaccines on 7 March 2021. was celebrated as ‘Jan Aushadhi Week’ with • Vaccines were dispatched under the Vaccine different themes for each day. Maitri initiative of the Government of India. • March 7 was celebrated with the theme of ‘Seva • African nations Liberia and Somalia had received bhi, Rozgar bhi’. the Made in India Covid-19 vaccines on 6 March • The day was first celebrated in the year 2019 2021. making it the third-celebration in 2021. UN Crime Congress begins in Japan's Kyoto India sends warships to Bangladesh

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• The 14th UN congress on crime prevention and cooperation in promoting the rule of law and criminal justice is being held in the Japanese city preventing all forms of crime will be discussed. Kyoto on March 7-12,2021. • This is the 1st time that Japan is hosting the • In the event, key issues related to criminal justice, congress since 1970. strategies for crime prevention, and international

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