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list of Winners The Grammy Award is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the The 63rd edition of the annual Grammy Awards music industry. The first Grammy Awards ceremony ceremony was held in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. was held on May 4, 1959, to honour and respect the The 2021 Grammy awards recognized the best musical accomplishments of performers for the year recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility 1958. The trophy represents a gilded gramophone. year, between September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. The award is presented by The Recording Award 2020 announced Academy to recognize achievements in the American music industry. Beyonce received the most Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya nominations with nine, as well as the most awards with Akademi Awards in 20 languages. Seven books of four. poetry, four of the novel, Five short stories, two plays,

Here is the list of winners of Grammy Awards 2021: and one each of memoirs and epic poetry in 20 Indian languages. The awards for , Nepali, Odia Sl. No. Category Winner and Rajasthani will be announced later. Sahitya Album Of The 1. “Folklore” by Taylor Swift Akademi Award is a literary honour in . It is a Year dream for all Indian writers to look forward to one of Record Of The “Everything I Wanted” by 2. the prestigious literary awards. The political-writer M Year Billie Eilish 3. Best New Artist Megan Thee Stallion Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam 4. Best Rap Album “King’s Disease” by Nas will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award Best R&B Album “Bigger Love” by John 2020. 5. Winner Legend “Savage” by Beyoncé, Sahitya Akademi Award 6. Best Rap Song Shawn Carter, Brittany The Akademi is run by three authorities Best Country “Wildcard” — Miranda 7. • General council. Album Lambert • Finance committee. “I Can’t Breathe” by Dernst Song Of The • Executive board. 8. Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Year Thomas The Akademi is known for holding the largest “The New Abnormal” by library of multi-lingual books in India. The Sahitya 9. Best Rock Album The Strokes Akademi is autonomous. It comes under the “Stay High” by Brittany Ministry of Culture. 10. Best Rock Song Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) Best 11. Dance/Electronic Bubba by Kaytranada Album Producer of the 12. David Frost Year, Classical Brown Skin Girl by Beyoncé, 13. Best Music Video Blue Ivy & WizKid Crowded Table by Brandi Best Country 14. Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Song Lori McKenna 15. Best Folk Album All the Good Times Best Comedy Black Mitzvah by Tiffany 16. Album Haddish

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Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 The complete list of winners in different language Gur Dak Kasa Rupchand 16 Santali and genre categories is given in the table below. Dak(Poetry) Hansdah Jetho Name of the 17 Sindhi Jehad (Plays) S.No Language Title and Genre Lalwani Author Sellaatha Panam Apurba 18 Tamil Imaiyam Bengsata (Short (Novel) 1 Assamese Kumar stories) Agniswaasa(2015 Saikia 19 Telugu Nikhileswar -17) Poetry Mani Amawas Mein Hussain-ul- Eka Eka Ekashi Shankar 20 2 Bengali Khwab (Novel) Haque (Memoirs) Mukhopadh yay Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 winners will be Gwthenay bestowed with the award in the form of a casket, 3 Lamayao Gwdan Dharanidhar Bodo containing the engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a Agan (Short Owari cash amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- at the Sahitya Akademi stories) Award Presentation function. 4 Dogri Baba Jitmal (Play) Gian Singh Arundhathi When God Is a City FC beat ATK Mohun Bagan to win 5 English Subramania Traveller (Poetry) their maiden ISL title m Banaras Diary Harish Mumbai City FC has defeated ATK Mohun Bagan 2-1 6 Gujarati (Poetry) Meenakshru in the ISL 2020-21 final to lift yet another trophy this Tokeri Mein year. Mumbai had earlier secured the ISL Shield along 7 Digant ‘ Their Anamika with a spot in the AFC Champions League group stage Gatha” (Poetry) by finishing first in the standings in the regular season. Sri Bahubali M. Veerappa 8 Kannada Ahimsadigvijayam Related Awards Moily (EPIC POETRY) • Golden Ball Award (Best Player of ISL 2020-21): Tilasm-e- Hiday Koul ATK Mohun Bagan forward Roy Krishna. 9 Kashmiri Khanabadosh Bharti • Emerging Indian Player of the Year: NorthEast (Short stories) United midfielder Lalengmawia. Yugaparivarathan 10 • Golden Boot Award (Top goal-scorer): FC Goa Konkani ancho Yatri RS Bhaskar

(Poetry) striker Igor Angulo for 14 goals. Gachh Roosal • Golden Glove Award (Best Goalkeeper): ATK Kamalkant 11 Maithili Achhi (Short Mohun Bagan custodian Arindam Bhattacharya Jha Stories) for ten clean sheets. Malangbana Kari Irungbam 12 Manipuri Hai (Poetry) Deven National Affairs

Nanda 13 Marathi Udya (Novel) • The Supreme Court has asked the government to Khare respond to a plea challenging the Places of Worship Gurdev Aam Khass (Short Act enacted in 1991. A notice is issued by a Bench 14 Punjabi Singh stories) led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde to the Rupana Union Ministries of Home, Law and Culture on a Mahesh plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Chandra 15 Sanskrit Vaishali (Novel) against various provisions of the Places of Worship Sharma (Special Provisions) Act of 1991. Gautam

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Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 • The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways • Kempegowda International Airport in has announced a new scheme for tourist vehicle Bengaluru now has India’s first dedicated Express operators, under which any tourist vehicle operator Cargo Terminal exclusively for export and import may apply for an “All India tourist authorization of international couriers that will be operated by and permit” through online mode. The new set of the Express Industry Council of India to enable ease rules will be known as “All India Tourist Vehicles of doing business & reduce transaction time. Authorization and Permit Rules, 2021”. This will

come into effect from April 01, 2021. • The Jammu and Kashmir administration has International Affairs

approved the incorporation of a joint venture • El Salvador is the first country in Central America company (JVC) under the name “Ratle Hydro- to be certified malaria-free by the World Health electric Power Corporation”. To implement the Organization. WHO grants a certification of 850 MW Ratle Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) on malaria elimination when a country proves river Chenab in the Kishtwar district of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). “beyond a reasonable doubt” that there has been no • Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, indigenous transmission of the disease nationwide Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, initiated the for the previous three consecutive years. project “Awaam Ki Baat” – a Radio program by • The largest floating solar farm in the world is launching its website at Raj Bhavan, Jammu. The being built in Singapore. The country has resorted half-an-hour long Radio program to be aired every to set up energy plants off the coasts and reservoirs third Sunday of the month (to start from April), is across it. This floating solar farm is being set up in one of the many sequential steps of a broader the light that despite being one of the smallest program aimed at disseminating the progressive countries across the world, it is one of the biggest steps taken by the government and providing the per capita carbon dioxide emitters in India. public with a platform to speak, write and interact with the administration, thereby voicing their • Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as the sixth suggestions, ideas and creative proposals. President of Tanzania, becoming the first female leader of the East African country. Prior to taking States in the News charge as President, Hassan was the Vice-President of Tanzania, also being the first female vice- • Odisha farmer gained attention of people on social president of the country, since November 2015. media by generating electric four-wheeler that runs • Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte has won on a solar powered battery. Sushil Aggarwal from the 2021 parliamentary elections with most seats Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district had built a four- to be sworn in as the Prime Minister for the wheeler powered by an 850 Watts motor and 100 fourth straight term. Ah/54 Volts of battery. After fully charged the

vehicle can travel up to 300 km. He told that he had built this car inside a workshop at his home during the COVID-19 lockdown. • The Central Government will set up the National Wildlife Disease Diagnostic Research and Referral Centre in Gujarat. The proposal is part of the document for Project Lion drafted in consultation with the Government of Gujarat and Wildlife Institute of India. • 27th “Hunar Haat” of indigenous products of artisans & craftsmen from across the country was inaugurated by MP CM Shivraj S Chouhan. More than 600 artisans, craftsmen from more than 31 States/UTs are participating in the “Hunar Haat” in Bhopal. 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 Agreements/MoUs Signed this year. The move is aimed at faster settlement of cheques resulting in better customer service. The • Italy has signed the amended Framework Apex bank said that to leverage the availability of Agreement of the International Solar Alliance CTS and provide a uniform customer experience (ISA) with India. The framework agreement was irrespective of the location of her/his bank branch, signed by the Italian Ambassador to India it has been decided to extend CTS across all bank Vincenzo De Luca. ISA is an alliance of over 121 branches in the country. To facilitate this, banks nations that have been initiated by India. will have to ensure that all their branches • The State Bank of India (SBI) and Indian Oil participate in image-based CTS under respective Corporation Limited (IOCL) will sign the first grids by September 30. Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a external commercial borrowing (ECB) deal. The monetary penalty of 2 crores on the State Bank of deal will be signed because the de facto India (SBI) for contravention of certain provisions international benchmark reference rate called the of Section 10 of the Banking Regulation (BR) Act, London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will no 1949. The central bank’s specific directions issued longer work as the benchmark after December to the bank on payment of remuneration to 2021. employees in the form of commission. This penalty

has been imposed in exercise of powers vested Books and Authors with RBI under the provisions of the BR Act. The • The Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh penalty is not intended to pronounce upon the Koshyari released a digital e-book titled Dawn validity of any transaction or agreement entered Under The Dome. The digital book depicts the into by the bank with its customers. history of the Mumbai General Post Office • The National Payments Corporation of India building. It has been authored by Post Master (NPCI), the umbrella entity for digital payments in General of Mumbai Swati Pandey in collaboration India, has launched a new application named “UPI- with Orchida Mukherjee. Help” on BHIM UPI, which will act as a grievance • A book titled “Battle Ready for 21st Century” co- redressal mechanism for the users of the BHIM edited by Lt Gen AK Singh, Distinguished Fellow application. Initially, UPI-Help has been made live CLAWS and Brig Narender Kumar, Visiting Fellow on the BHIM app for the customers of State Bank CLAWS was released by Gen Bipin Rawat. The of India, AXIS Bank, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank. book lays down the conceptual framework for the Users of other banks participating in UPI will also strategic management of future conflicts. be added to UPI-Help soon. • Moody’s Analytics has projected the Indian Banking/Economy/Business News economy to grow by 12 per cent in the Calendar Year 2021. For the Calendar year 2020, the real • India’s foreign-exchange reserves surpassed GDP was projected to contract 7.1 per cent by Russia’s to become the world’s fourth-largest Moody’s. It must be noted that Moody’s Analytics reserve. The foreign currency holdings of India makes calendar year projections, while its sister stood at $580.3 billion as of March 5, as per the organization Moody’s Investors Service provides data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The fiscal year estimates. reserve of Russia was $580.1 billion. Overall, • Punjab National Bank (PNB) has set up a wholly- China has the largest reserves, followed by Japan owned subsidiary namely “PNB Cards & Services and Switzerland, as on the International Monetary Ltd” to manage its credit card business. The PNB Fund table. Cards & Services Ltd has been incorporated on • The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to March 16, 2021, by the Registrar of Companies, implement the image-based Cheque Truncation Delhi. System (CTS) in all branches by September 30 4 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 • The UN Conference on Trade and Development recognition of his outstanding contribution to the (UNCTAD) has projected India’s economy to movement to eradicate Tuberculosis from India by contract by 6.9 per cent in 2020 due to the 2025. He will serve a three-year term, commencing coronavirus pandemic, is forecast to record a from July this year. "stronger recovery" in 2021 and grow by 5 per • NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd, a lender to small cent. Further, the UNCTAD estimates the global businesses, has announced the appointment of economy to grow by 4.7 per cent in 2021. cricketer Ajinkya Rahane as its brand ambassador. The agreement is for a year which can be extended Appointments/Resignations further. Rahane will feature in a campaign slated to be released in the first week of April, which will • Deepak Mishra, Practice Manager in the World talk about the ease of procuring loans through Bank’s Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment NeoGrowth for small businesses. Global Practice, has been appointed as the next • International Olympic Committee (IOC) director and chief executive of the Indian President Thomas Bach was on 10th March re- Council for Research on International Economic elected for an additional four-year term. Relations (ICRIER).

• Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in Defence News the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) P.K. Sinha has relinquished his high-profile position on personal • The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), grounds. He was appointed in the PMO first as which is a joint venture between the Kalyani Officer on Special Duty (OSD) briefly and then as Group of India and Rafael Advanced Defence Principal Advisor, a specially created position for Systems of Israel, have released the first batch of him, in September 2019 after the 2019 Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) parliamentary polls. kits. The missile was released for the • Senior IPS officer, M. A. Ganapathy was on March and . 16, 2021 appointed Director General of National • As part of Mission Sagar-IV, Indian Naval Ship Security Guard. Ganapathy, a 1986 batch Indian Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan, Comoros to Police Service (IPS) officer of the deliver 1,000 Metric Tonnes of rice. An official cadre, is currently Director General, Bureau of ceremony for handing over the food aid from the Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). to the Government of • Lt General DP Pandey has taken over the Comoros. INS Jalashwa, the largest amphibious ship command of strategic Kashmir-based 15 Corps of the , has been specially sent to from Lt Gen BS Raju, who has been appointed as Comoros due to its large carrying capacity. the new Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army. • Dr Ajay Mathur has assumed office as the Director-General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) with effect from March 15, 2021. He has been appointed for a period of four years which can be renewed for an additional term. Dr Ajay Mathur has replaced Upendra Tripathy, who completed his term on March 15, after serving as the Director-General since 2017. • Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the international body Stop TB Partnership Board. He was appointed in 5 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 Awards and Recognitions most polluted cities in the world, which are Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bisrakh Jalalpur, • The U.S. Consulate honoured Tamil Nadu-based Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow and anti-caste activist and human rights defender Bhiwari. Gowsalya Shankar with a nomination for the • India’s arms imports fell 33% between 2011-15 International Woman of Courage (IWOC) and 2016-20, said a report released by the Award. The IWOC Award Certificate of Nomination Stockholm International Peace Research was handed over to her by U.S. Consul General in Institute (Sipri). The report on international arms Chennai Judith Ravin at an event ‘Courageous transfers attributed the drop in India’s arms Women Inspire a Better World’ held in the city. imports mainly to an attempt to reduce its dependence on Russian arms and complex Summit and Conference procurement processes. Russia was the most affected supplier, although India’s imports of US • The India-Finland Virtual Summit was held on arms also fell by 46%. India’s top three arms March 16, 2021, with the participation of Prime suppliers during 2016-20 were Russia Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister (accounting for 49% of India’s imports), France of the Republic of Finland Ms Sanna Marin. The (18%) and Israel (13%), the report. Myanmar, virtual summit was organised to discuss the entire Sri Lanka and Mauritius were the top recipients of gamut of bilateral issues as well as other regional Indian military hardware, the report. and multilateral issues of mutual interest. Science and Technology • The Sixth India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Women’s Forum meeting was held virtually. The • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has Forum discussed key issues that contribute launched the sounding rocket (RH-560) to study towards the transformation of women’s lives. At attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and the end of the conference, a joint declaration was plasma dynamics, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre also issued highlighting the shared IBSA goals and (SDSC), Sriharikota Range (SHAR). ISRO has commitments for achieving gender equality in all developed a series of sounding rockets called Rohini series, important among them being RH- spheres of life. 200, RH-300 and RH-560, number in the name

indicating the diameter of the rocket in mm, Ranks and Reports according to the Bengaluru-headquartered space • The Hurun India Wealth Report, 2020 was agency. released on March 16, 2020. The report identifies a • The Finnish telecom equipment maker, Nokia has novel household category in India called the ‘New announced on March 16 that it has partnered with Microsoft, Amazon web services and Google so Middle Class’ which accounts for an average as to develop a new cloud-based 5G radio savings of Rs 20-lakh per annum. The report solution. This solution will be developed with its highlights that these households have a major radio access network (RNA) technology. This allocation towards physical assets like primary partnership was gone with the objective of residential property and automobiles. As per the developing new business cases. report, the total number of such cumulative households in India stands at 633,000. Sports News • has been adjudged as the world’s most polluted capital city for the third straight year in • Bhavani Devi became the first-ever Indian fencer the 2020 World Air Quality Report by Swiss to qualify for the Olympics. The sabre fencer organisation, IQAir. Globally, New Delhi is ranked secured an Olympic spot due to events in the as the 10th most polluted city in the world. The ongoing Fencing World Cup. Hosts Hungary lost in topmost polluted city in the world is Xinjiang in the quarterfinals of the team event, allowing Korea China. This is followed by nine Indian cities as the to progress to the semis.

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Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 • The International Cricket Council (ICC) has Important Days imposed eight years ban on former UAE players • World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt March 15 every year to raise global awareness from all cricket, for trying to fix matches during the about consumer rights and needs,and protect T20 World Cup qualifiers in 2019. The ICC Anti- consumers across the globe against market abuses. Corruption Tribunal had found them guilty of breaching the Anti-Corruption Code in January The theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2021 is 2021. “Tackling Plastic Pollution.” • Indian captain Virat Kohli has breached the 3000- • The National Vaccination Day, (also called the run mark in Twenty20 Internationals with his National Immunization Day), is celebrated every last shot in the second T20I against England. year on March 16 in India, to convey the Kohli’s knock of 73 runs, which came off 49 balls, importance of vaccination to the entire nation. The also helped India to level the five-match T20I prime purpose behind the celebration of National series. He also became the third captain in Vaccination Day is to make all people aware of international cricket to score 12000 runs as a arming against polio and eradicating it completely captain. He joined legendary captains Ricky from the world. In 2021, the National Vaccination Ponting and Graeme Smith in the elite list. Day is important as the country has started its • Sprinter S Dhanalakshmi beat national record biggest Covid-19 immunization programme. holder Dutee Chand to win women’s 100m sprint • Global Recycling Day is observed every year on final in the Federation Cup Senior National March 18 to create awareness among the masses Athletics Championships in Patiala. The 22-year- about the rapid pace at which our natural resources old Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu clocked 11.39 are being used. The day also promotes the concept seconds to become the fastest woman of the and practice of recycling. Every year, events are championships. Odisha-based Dutee clocked 11.58 organised by environmentalist and activists to seconds to be placed in second place. promote the cause. • Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi became the • The Ordnance Factories’ Day is observed on the first batsman from the country to register a double 18th of March every year. The production of hundred in Test cricket. He got his first double India’s oldest Ordnance Factory, which is at century on Day Two of the second Test against Cossipore of Kolkata, was started on the 18th of Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. He made 200 not out off 443 balls with 21 fours and one six as Afghanistan March, 1802. OFB is the 37th largest defence put up a mammoth 545 for 4 in their first innings. equipment manufacturer in the world, 2nd largest • Founder of Ultimate Battle is Tarun Gupta. It is an in Asia, and the largest in India. online eSports platform where gamers can test their mettle against others without paying a fee. India is still small in this segment, gamers need platforms that can give them competitive exposure to improve their skills. • The Indian athlete Avinash Sable set a new national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event in the ongoing Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala, with timing of 8:20.20. With this, the 26-year-old Avinash broke his own record of 8:21.37 which he set in 2019, after finishing 13th in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Doha.

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Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 • World Sparrow Day is celebrated every year on • Barrister Moudud Ahmed, who held various March 20 to raise awareness about the House political offices for short stints in the Government Sparrow and other common birds to urban of Bangladesh, has passed away. He had served as environments, and of threats to their populations. the Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1988–1989), The theme of 2021 World Sparrow Day “I LOVE Vice President of Bangladesh (1989–1990), Deputy Sparrows”. Prime Minister (1976–1978 and 1987–1988), and • International Day of Happiness is celebrated on Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs March 20 to promote happiness as a fundamental (2001–2006). human right for all human beings across the world. • Former Union Minister and BJP leader, Dilip The 2021 International Day of Happiness campaign Gandhi passed away, due to coronavirus. He had theme is ‘Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind’. served as the Union Minister of State, Ministry of • World Oral Health Day is observed every year on Shipping from 29 January 2003 to 15 March 2004. 20th March. It focuses on highlighting the benefits • The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has of good oral health, spreads awareness about oral passed away following a heart ailment. Popularly diseases and promotes maintenance of oral hygiene. The theme for the next three years, 2021- nicknamed the “Bulldozer”, Magufuli served as the 2023 is: Be Proud Of Your Mouth. fifth President of Tanzania from 2015 until his • The UN French Language Day is observed death in 2021. He first won the presidential annually on 20 March. The day was established by election in October 2015 and was sworn in on 5 the UN’s Department of Public Information in November 2015. He was re-elected in 2020. 2010, to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six Miscellaneous News official languages throughout the Organization. • ReNew Power has been named to the World

Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Lighthouse Obituaries Network, which recognises companies using new • Renowned Indian artist and painter Laxman Pai technologies to achieve environmentally has passed away. The Goa-based painter was a sustainable, community supportive, profitable recipient of the , India’s third- growth. ReNew Power is an Indian renewable highest civilian honour. The former principal of the energy company. It has an asset base of over 8 GW, Goa College of Art had several laurels under his with around 5 GW operational. ReNew Power is name including Padma Bhushan, , one of the two Indian companies to be recognised Nehru Award, and Lalit Kala Akademi Award. by the Global Lighthouse Network this year. • The former undisputed middleweight boxing • The government has constituted an experts legend “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler has passed advisory committee for the overall execution and away. Hagler, the American legend, ruled as the monitoring of the Startup India Seed Fund undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to Scheme. The committee would be chaired by H K 1987. He was inducted into the International Mittal from the Department of Science and Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall Technology. The other representatives of the of Fame in 1993. committee would include members from DPIIT, the • Veteran Kathakali artist Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair has passed away in Kozhikode, department of biotechnology, science and Kerala. He was 105-year old. He was awarded technology, electronics and IT, Niti Aayog, and Padma Shri in 2017 for his contributions to the expert members from the startup ecosystem. dance form of Kathakali. • In the Indian Ocean, the National Institute of • The Dutch inventor of audio cassette tapes, Lou Oceanography (NIO) will launch the first-of-its-kind Ottens passed away. Dutch engineer credited with project of Genome Mapping.Indian Ocean covers inventing the cassette tape and playing a major role about 20% of the Earths’s water surface and so is in the development of the first CD. the third largest water bocy in the world. Its 8 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 objective is to bather samples of genome mapping • International Solar Alliance Headquarters Location: of microorganisms in the Indian Ocean. Gurgram, Haryana. • Samsung India has announced that it has • International Solar Alliance Established: 2015. inaugurated a Samsung Innovation Lab at Delhi • World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March. Technological University (DTU) to focus on • Israel Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu. collaborative research and training. It has set up • Israel Capital: Jerusalem. the innovation lab under the Samsung Innovation • Israel Currency: Israeli Shekel. Campus initiative as part of its new • Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh. #PoweringDigitalIndia vision. With this addition, • Indian Navy Founded: 26 January 1950. Samsung now has eight technical labs spread • Finland: Capital: Helsinki; Currency: Euro. across the country as part of its Samsung • Minister of Women and Child Development: Smriti Innovation Campus initiative, which was earlier Zubin Irani. called Samsung Digital Academy. • Sipri Headquarters: Oslo, Norway.

• Sipri Founded: 6 May 1966. Static Takeaways • Sipri Director: Dan Smith. • Minister of Road Transport and Highways: Nitin • Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay. Gadkari. • CEO of ICC: Manu Sawhney. • Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir: Manoj • Headquarters of ICC: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sinha. • Director-General & Chairman of Ordnance • El Salvador President: Nayib Bukele. Factories: C S Vishwakarma. • El Salvador Capital: San Salvador; Currency: El • Headquarters of Ordnance Factory Board: Kolkata, Salvador colon. West Bengal. • Singapore Currency: Singapore dollar. • Tanzania President: Samia Suluhu. • Capital of Singapore: Singapore. • Tanzania Capital: Dodoma. • PM of Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong. • Tanzania Currency: Tanzanian shilling. • President of Italy: Sergio Mattarella. • World Economic Forum Headquarters: Cologny, • Capital of Italy: Rome; Currency of Italy: Euro. Switzerland. • Prime Minister of Italy: Mario Draghi. • World Economic Forum Founder: Klaus Schwab. • SBI Chairperson: Dinesh Kumar Khara. • World Economic Forum Founded: January 1971. • SBI Headquarters: Mumbai. • Headquarters of Moody’s: NewYork, United States. • SBI Founded: 1 July 1955. • President & CEO of Moody’s: Raymond W. • National Payments Corporation of India MD & CEO: McDaniel, Jr. Dilip Asbe. • National Payments Corporation of India Headquarters: Mumbai. • National Payments Corporation of India Founded: 2008. • RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikant Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata. • ICRIER Established: August 1981. • ICRIER Headquaters: New Delhi. • National Security Guard Headquarters: New Delhi. • The motto of the National Security Guard: Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha.

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Weekly One Liners 15th March to 21st of March 2021 • Punjab National Bank Headquarters: New Delhi. • France Capital: Paris. • Punjab National Bank MD and CEO: S. S. • France President: Emmanuel Macron. Mallikarjuna Rao. • IOCHeadquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland. • Punjab National Bank Founded: 19 May 1894, • IOC Founded: 23 June 1894. Lahore, Pakistan. • IOC Director General: Christophe De Kepper. • UNCTAD Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland. • Gujarat Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani. • UNCTAD Founder: United Nations General • Gujarat Governor: Acharya Devvrat. Assembly. • Karnataka Governor: Vajubhai Vala; CM: B. S. • UNCTAD Founded: 30 December 1964. Yediyurappa. • Netherlands Capital: Amsterdam; Currency: Euro • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh • France Prime minister: Jean Castex. Chouhan; Governor: Anandiben Patel.

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