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12.03.2021 News in Short Daily Current Affairs – 12.03.2021 12.03.2021 This CURRENT AFFAIRS bulletin is prepared to help students learn DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS within 10 MINUTES Join in our Daily Current Affairs (DCA) TELEGRAM Channel http://t.me/racedca - For Current Affairs & all the important updates regarding Bank, SSC & Railways Exams. NEWS IN SHORT ① : PSC on Education recommendations on Mid‐ ⑥ : Bamiyan Buddhas were brought back to life day Meal Scheme ⑦ : European Parliament declared EU as “LGBTIQ ② : Floating Solar Power Plant developed by the Freedom Zone” NTPC Limited ⑧ : China approved its 14th five‐year plan ③ : Commemorative ‘Dandi March’ flagged off ⑨ : Paytm launched “Smart PoS” & “Soundbox by PM. 2.0”. ④ : Science and Engineering Board set up a ⑩ : Koneru Humpy, chess player won the 2nd portal called PRISM. edition of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the ⑤ : BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade year award. Issues meeting DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS – 12.03.2021 NATIONAL AFFAIRS ‘Dandi March’ Mid‐day Meal Scheme • The Prime Minister has flagged off a commemorative ‘Dandi March’ (on 12th March) to launch the • The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education celebrations of the 75th year of Independence ‐ ‘Azadi has recommended that all government schools start Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. providing free breakfast in the coming academic year. • The Dandi March, also known as the Salt March and • The National Education Policy identifies “providing the Dandi Satyagraha was an act of nonviolent civil food and nutrition” as one of the key long‐term disobedience led by Gandhi. thrust areas. The Midday meal scheme was launched in 1995. PRoject Information System & Management • The Science and Engineering Board has set up a portal Floating Solar Power Plant called PRoject Information System & Management • India’s biggest floating solar power plant by (PRISM) that offers real time information on the generation capacity is being developed by the various research projects supported by it. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited at • The portal is expected to work as a comprehensive Ramagundam of Telangana. tool to help forge stronger scientist‐scientist, and • Floating Solar Power Plant refers to the deployment science‐society connections. of photovoltaic panels on the surface of water bodies. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS th “Mera Ration Mobile App” 14 five‐year plan th • The central government has launched the “Mera • China has formally approved its 14 five‐year plan for Ration Mobile App”. 2021‐2025. • This app was launched in order to facilitate the ‘One • The draft was passed by the National People’s Nation‐One Ration Card’ system. The app was Congress. The draft outline was passed by the developed by the National Informatics Centre. National People’s Congress. Page | 1 Autocratisation Report AWARDS & RECOGNITION • India has been classified as an “electoral autocracy” BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year in the annual report named Autocratisation Goes Viral nd of Sweden‐based Varieties of Democracy (V‐Dem) • Koneru Humpy, chess player won the 2 edition of Institute. the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year. • India was previously classified as an electoral • The award was given based on the public vote in democracy, however the latest report classified it as which Koneru Humpy won against sprinter Dutee electoral autocracy. Chand, airgun shooter Manu Bhaker, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, and hockey captain Rani Rampal. BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues • The BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS Issues held their first meeting under the Chair ship of Thomas Bach India. • Executive Board of the International Olympic • The meeting was held under the Theme –“BRICS @15: Committee re‐elected Thomas Bach for an additional Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, term of 4 years as the President of ICO until 2025. Consolidation, and Consensus”. • Thomas Bach of Germany won the team gold medal Bamiyan Buddhas at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, • Bamiyan Buddhas were brought back to life with the Canada. help of 3D projection in the event held in the Bamiyan BOOKS & AUTHORS Valley of Afghanistan. • The event called “A Night with Buddha” was held on “Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Complete Women” the anniversary of annihilation. Bamiyan Buddhas • Susmita Mukherjee have authored her 2nd book titled th were two 6 ‐century monumental statues of “Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Complete Women”. Gautama Buddha. • The book is a collection of 11 short stories that portray “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” the lives of women from various social backgrounds. • The European Parliament has declared whole of the IMPORTANT DAYS European Union as “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone”. National Gestational Diabetes Mellitus • This symbolic resolution was passed in the answer to local authorities in Poland who were labeling • The National Gestational Diabetes Mellitus themselves as “LGBT ideology‐free zones”. Awareness Day is annually observed across India on 10th March to create nationwide. BUSINESS & ECONOMY • India observed the World’s First National GDM th “Soundbox 2.0” Awareness Day from 10 March 2019. • Paytm, launched “Smart PoS” a new application for SPORTS accepting contactless payments through Mithali Raj smartphones. • Paytm also launched the second version of its • The Indian women’s cricketer Mithali Raj has become Internet of Things based instant voice conformation the first Indian woman cricketer to complete 10,000 device, “Soundbox 2.0”. international runs in all the cricket formats. • She also become the second woman cricketer at the ENVIRONMENT & GEOGRAPHY international level to complete 10000 runs. Mt. Sinabung OBITUARY • Mt. Sinabung, an active volcano on Indonesia’s Hamed Bakayoko Sumatra island has erupted. • Mt. Sinabung (2,600‐metre) is located in Karo • Hamed Bakayoko, Prime Minister of Ivory Coast and regency, North Sumatra. The volcano was dormant Minister of Defence passed away at the age of 56 in a for 400 years before exploding in 2010. hospital in Germany due to cancer. • Patrick Achi has been appointed as the interim Prime Minister of Ivory Coast. Page | 2 .
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