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SUMMIT/EVENTS/CONFRENCES ETC

DELHI

 New Delhi - Health Ministry organized - Training Workshop on COVID-19 Management for all the states and hospitals in

 New Delhi - National Water Mission organized the inaugural workshop on “Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Industries”  New Delhi - India Trade Promotion Organisation - organized the 35th edition of AAHAR – the Food and Hospitality fair  New Delhi - National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation (NHFDC) - organised “EKAM Fest” - to promote Craftsmanship & Products of Divyang Artisans and Entrepreneurs  Exhibition titled “Jallianwala Bagh” - in New Delhi on the occasion of 130th Foundation Day of National Archives of India (NAI)  New Delhi - Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela-2020

NORTH

 International Day of Yoga - organized in Leh

 Workshop-cum-Awareness Programme – by District Employment and Counseling Centre - in Kulgam, Jammu & Kashmir  ACREX India 2020 - at India Expo Mart Limited, Greater Noida

WEST

 Pune - annual session of 108th Indian Science Congress in 2021 – theme - “Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment”

SOUTH

 Bengaluru, Karnataka - World Productivity Congress (WPC) – theme - “Industry 4.0: Innovation and Productivity”  Hyderabad, Telangana - Wings India 2020 event by Ministry of Civil Aviation, AAI and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

 4th Global Ayurveda Festival - Kochi, Kerala - theme - "Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility

INTERNATIONAL

NEARBY INDIA

 Colombo, Sri Lanka - 5th edition of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit 2020 - September 2020.

OTHER ASIA

 Singapore - World Cities Summit - theme - "Livable and Sustainable Cities: Adapting to a Disrupted World"

STATE/NATIONAL NEWS Kerala  Kerala government - launched - a mass handwashing campaign named ‘break the chain’

Andhra Pradesh  YS Jagan Mohan Reddy - launched ‘NIGHA’ app - to ensure ‘clean and healthy’ elections  Andhra Pradesh - “Mobile Hand-wash facilities” - for the benefit of Slum Dwellers amidst lockdown in the state

Maharashtra  Mumbai Central station - will be renamed as Nana Shankarseth Mumbai Central railway station  Union Minister of State for Shipping - Mansukh Mandaviya - launched - ‘Ropax’ passenger ferry service - between Mumbai and Mandwa, Maharashtra

Goa  Goa - first state - to launch a self-assessment tool for COVID-19 called Test Yourself Goa. Goa government - partnered with Innovaccer, a US-based healthcare data analytics company

Gujarat  Gujarat becomes the first state in India to equipped with taser guns  World’s first commercial flying car - ‘PAL-V Liberty (Personal Air-Land Vehicle)’ will be developed in Gujarat, India

Madhya pradesh  Indore has deployed drones to sanitize city areas against the coronavirus scare

 National Chambal Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh - eco-sensitive zone (ESZ)

Rajasthan  Om Birla - launched “Suposhit Maa Abhiyan” - in Kota, Rajasthan - to provide nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls

 Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Government Hospital in Jaipur is conducting the series of trials on a humanoid robot to provide services to the COVID-19 patients  Rajasthan police - launched - a mobile app - “RajCop citizens app” - to enable individuals and company employees in the state take permission for venturing out in necessary conditions.

Punjab  Chief Secretary of Punjab, Karan Avtar Singh - launched - mobile application, COVA Punjab

Uttar Pradesh  Uttar Pradesh government – launched - three ambitious schemes - Kaushal Satrang, Yuva Hub and apprenticeship scheme - for skill development and employment generation for youths

 UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath - set up “Team-11” - to fight the coronavirus spread

 Yogi Adityanath - laid foundation stones for 23 development projects worth Rs 2,821 crore at Gautam Buddh Nagar in Noida

Jharkhand  Jharkhand Government - launched - a mobile app - PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes  University of Ranchi - launched - its own Community Radio Station named as RADIO KHANCHI 90.4 FM Aap Sabka Radio

Orissa  Odisha - An exclusive department for Self Help Group (SHGs) called “Mission Shakti” - for the development of women & is dedicated to all the women of Odisha  Naveen Patnaik - launched - Mo Jeeban programme - for the containment of COVID-19 pandemic

WB  National Security Guard (NSG) Regional Hub campus - inaugurated at Kolkata, West Bengal

Manipur  Manipur - ‘Chief Minister’s Akhannaba Sanaroising gi Tengbang (CMAST)’ and Chief Minister Artist Sing gi Tengbang (CMAT)’ scheme - for the welfare of sportspersons and artists of the State

Arunachal pradesh  Arunachal Pradesh Assembly - paperless with the implementation of e-Vidhan, a project under the Digital India programme

Jammu and Kashmir  Jammu and Kashmir - “Student Health Card” scheme - to check the malnutrition in school going children

 Pension Adalat and National Pension System (NPS) Awareness and Grievance Redressal Programme - inaugurated in Jammu  Student Health Card scheme - launched - in Jammu and Kashmir - to check the malnutrition in school going children  The historic City Chowk in old Jammu - renamed as ‘Bharat Mata Chowk’

UK  Uttarakhand - “Gairsain” - summer capital of Uttarakhand

 Antar Rashtriya Yog Mahotsav - Rishikesh, Uttarakhand – inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

 Uttarakhand government – abolished - reservation in promotion in the state government jobs

GOVT SCHEMES+OTHERS NATIONAL NEWS INCLUDING

 Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani - inaugurated - National Conference on Women in Police and CAPFs  Government is planning to have at least one Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendra in each block of India - to be executed by the end of year 2020  Government of India has declared face masks and hand sanitizers as essential commodities for the next 100 days  Government of India - approved - setting up of National Technical Textiles Mission for a period of 4 years from 2020-21 to 2023-24, with an outlay of Rs. 1480 crores  Government of India pledged $10 million toward a Covid-19 emergency fund  4% hike from 17 to 21% in dearness allowance for central government employees with effect from January 1, 2020  Government will invest Rs 20 lakh crore in Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing - to provide employment to 25 lakh people in next 5 years  Election Commission of India has deferred the Rajya Sabha elections due to coronavirus

 Income Tax Return (ITR) filing deadline for the Fiscal Year 2019 from 31st March 2020 to 30th June 2020. The deadline for the linking of Aadhaar & Pan extended to 30 June 2020.  Government - banned - export of anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine and formulations made up of it within the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.  India’s national Investment Promotion & Facilitation Agency, the Invest India - launched - “The Invest India Business Immunity Platform“.  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - set up - CII COVID Rehabilitation and Relief Fund (CRR) – for MSME

 The Government of India has set up 11 empowered groups to deal with COVID-19

 Union Government of India - constituted - a committee under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare along with representatives of the Indian Railways - to decide modalities of Kisan Rail - “Kisan Rail” - to be set up through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode and will facilitate a cold supply chain to transport the perishable goods

 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) - introduced - “Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020” - to provide relief to law abiding companies and the Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) amid COVID-19 pandemic - also revised “LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020”  Poshan Abhiyan - for improving the nutritional status of Indian citizens - helps children, adolescents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers by leveraging technology.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

 Benefit to farmers: The first instalment of Rs. 2,000 due in 2020-21 will be front-loaded and paid in April 2020 itself under the PM KISAN Yojana. It would cover 8.7 crore farmers.  Help to Poor: 20.40 crores PMJDY women account-holders would be given an ex-gratia of Rs 500 per month for next three months.  Gas cylinders: Under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, gas cylinders, free of cost, would be provided to 8 crore poor families for the next three months.

 Help to low wage earners in organised sectors: Wage-earners below Rs. 15,000 per month in businesses having less than 100 workers are at risk of losing their employment. Under this package, government proposes to pay 24 percent of their monthly wages into their PF accounts for next three months.  MNREGA: Under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, MNREGA wages would be increased by Rs. 20 with effect from 1 April, 2020. Wage increase under MNREGA will provide an additional Rs. 2,000 benefit annually to a worker. This will benefit approximately 13.62 crore families.  Self-Help groups - Women organised through 63 lakhs Self Help Groups (SHGs) support 6.85 crore households. Limit of collateral free lending would be increased from Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 lakhs.  Organised sector - Employees’ Provident Fund Regulations will be amended to include Pandemic as the reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75 percent of the amount or three months of the wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts. Families of four crore workers registered under EPF can take benefit of this window.  Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund - Welfare Fund for Building and Other Constructions Workers has been created under a Central Government Act. There are around 3.5 Crore registered workers in the

Fund. State Governments will be given directions to utilise this fund to provide assistance and support to these workers to protect them against economic disruptions.  District Mineral Fund - The State Government will be asked to utilise the funds available under District Mineral Fund (DMF) for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing, screening and other requirements in connection with preventing the spread of CVID-19 pandemic as well as treating the patients affected with this pandemic.  Insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 in Government Hospitals and Health Care Centres  Safai karamcharis, ward-boys, nurses, ASHA workers, paramedics, technicians, doctors and specialists and other health workers would be covered by a Special insurance Scheme.  Any health professional, who while treating Covid-19 patients, meet with some accident, then he/she would be compensated with an amount of Rs. 50 lakh under the scheme.  All government health centres, wellness centres and hospitals of Centre as well as States would be covered under this scheme approximately 22 lakh health workers would be provided insurance cover to fight this pandemic.

PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana  Government of India would not allow anybody, especially any poor family, to suffer on account of non- availability of food-grains due to disruption in the next three months.  80 crore individuals, i.e. roughly two-thirds of India’s population would be covered under this scheme.  Pulses: 1 kg per family, would be provided pulses according to regional preferences for next three months - free of cost by the Government of India

INTERNATIONAL

 United Kingdom - first co-chair of the Governing Council of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)  Luxembourg - 1st country - to abolish fares for trains, trams and buses  Indian-American health policy consultant Seema Verma - appointed as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force

 The presidency of United Nations Security Council for March 2020 has been taken over by China  ‘Joy Bangla’ - national slogan of Bangladesh  Phillipines - first country - to suspend all financial markets in response to the coronavirus  Niue - first whole country recognised as a ‘Dark Sky Place’ by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).  Canada - first country - to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Olympics  Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri chosen for FIFA campaign against Covid-19. FIFA and the WHO - teamed up to combat the coronavirus by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers.  United Nations Space Force - launched - Advanced Extremely High-Frequency satellite (AEHF-6) - for its military communications.

BANKING, FINANCE AND ECONOMY RBI IN NEWS

 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will infuse liquidity of Rs 30,000 crore to maintain financial stability in the Indian economy - will be infused in two tranches of Rs 15,000 crores each in the month of March 2020.  RBI has lowered the single borrower exposure limit for urban cooperative banks (UCBs) to 15% of tier I capital. This limit was earlier 15% of tier I and tier II capital.  RBI has lowered the group of borrowers exposure limit for urban cooperative banks (UCBs) to 25% of tier I capital. This limit was earlier 40% of tier I and tier II capital.  RBI has decided to increase the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) target for UCBs from 40% to 75% of the Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC), or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure (CEOBSE). These norms will also have to be fulfilled by 31 March 2024.  Reserve Bank of India has decided to conduct the variable rate Repo auctions as a preventive measure to bridge over any frictional liquidity requirements caused by COVID-19. As per the circular, the Reserve Bank of India will conduct fine-tuning variable rate Repo auctions for Rs 1,00,000 crores in two tranches.

OTHER BANK NEWS

 State Bank of India has waived off the minimum balance charges on all savings bank accounts.  State Bank of India has agreed to buy shares worth Rs 7250 crore of Yes Bank  Paytm Payments Bank Ltd - partnered - Visa - to issue Visa debit cards.  The State Bank of India has launched an additional liquidity facility “Covid-19 Emergency Credit Line (CECL)”.  Karur Vysya Bank - launched - India’s 1st pre-paid card Enkasu (My cash in Tamil) - based on Near Field Communication Technology (NFC)  Charges on cash withdrawal from other bank ATMs and penalties for non-maintenance of minimum balance in bank savings accounts are waived for 3 months - announced by Nirmala Sitharaman.  ICICI Bank has rolled out the banking services on WhatsApp.  PNB - a new logo before its meger with the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and the United Bank of India (UBI)  Jana Small Finance Bank - rolled out - Unified Payments Interface (UPI) QR-based loan installment payment facility

ECONOMY ETC

 IMF - announced that the world has clearly entered a recession due to the coronavirus pandemic  SIDBI - to launch a special train ‘Swavalamban Express’ - to empower budding entrepreneurs under its mission Swavalamban.  ICICI Lombard - launched - 1 year-long “COVID-19 Protection Cover”  Paytm Insurance Broking - received the brokerage licence from the IRDAI  Securities and Exchange Board of India – launched - a mobile application ‘Sebi SCORES’ - for convenience of investors to lodge grievances in Sebi Complaints Redress System (SCORES)

 World's first Digital Solutions Exchange in the cloud "GOKADDAL" - launched in India

 Flipkart - tied up - Aegon Life Insurance - to sell comprehensive insurance solutions with a sum assured of up to Rs

10 lakh

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AWARDS, PERSONS IN NEWS Appointments

 Janez Jansa - Prime Minister of Slovenia  Muhyiddin Yassin - Prime Minister of Malaysia  Denys Shmygal - Ukraine prime minister  Ashraf Ghani - Afghanistan President was sworn in for a second term  Adnan al-Zurfi - iraq prime minister

 Sanjay Kumar Panda - India’s Ambassador to Turkey  Ajay Kumar - High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Uganda

 Ajay Bhushan Pandey - Finance Secretary

 BCCI - appointed - Sunil Joshi - new chairman of the national selection panel  RBI Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan has announced his resignation  Dr Vijay Laxmi Saxena - president of the Indian Science Congress, 2021  Bimal Julka - Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India.  Nupur Kulshrestha - first woman DIG of Indian Coast Guard  IPS Surjit Singh Deswal - additional charge of Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF)  Microsoft founder Bill Gates stepping down from Microsoft’s board of directors  Arundhati Bhattacharya - resignation from Crisil board - was serving as the independent director  IRS officers Krishan Mohan Prasad and Satish Kumar Gupta - members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Board.

BRAND AMBASSADORS AND CEO, MD ETC

 IDFC FIRST Bank brand ambassador - Amitabh Bachchan

 PUMA brand ambassador - Kareena Kapoor Khan  Sudhanshu Pandey - additional charge - CMD of Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation (MMTC) Ltd.  Pekka Lundmark - CEO & President - Nokia  Google Cloud India - Managing Director - Karan Bajwa  Rajiv Bajaj - reappointed - MD & CEO of Bajaj Auto  Gita Piramal - independent director of Bajaj Auto  Ravinder Singh Dhillon - CMD of Power Finance Corporation (PFC)  Election Commission of India (ECI) - appointed - Hirdesh Kumar – CEO - Jammu and Kashmir.  Debasish Panda - Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India  Prashant Kumar - CMD of the Yes Bank

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

 NITI Aayog - Women Transforming India Awards 2019 - on the occasion of International Women’s Day

 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award - Assam’s Environmental activist Jadav Payeng who is popularly called the ‘Forest Man of India’ has been named the winner of for his exceptional voluntary service to environmental conservation.  Dr MS Swaminathan Award - Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor V Praveen Rao  PV Sindhu - BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award for 2019, PT Usha -Lifetime Achievement award

 Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders.  Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been named as the “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’. He was the 19th-century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India.  Bhawna Dehariya - scaled Mount Kosciuszko (2,228-metres), the highest mountain peak in Australia  Arfa Khanum Sherwani of “The Wire” and Bengaluru-based freelancer Rohini Mohan have been jointly awarded Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist.

 Hillel Furstenberg from Israel and Gregory Margulis from USA - Abel Prize 2020 Ruchika Tomar - 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel “A Prayer for Travelers”  Indian film maker Zoya Akhtar - IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020  Priyanka Chopra + the World Health Organisation (WHO) - to spread awareness over COVID-19  Satyarup Siddhanta entered ‘Limca Book of Records’ (LBR) - first Indian to climb the highest volcanoes of each of the 7 continents

ACQUISITIONS/MERGERS/MOUS

MOU’s Between Organizations

 Indian MarTech Company, AdGlobal360 headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana - acquired by - Japanese company Hakuhodo Inc Adglobal360

 Amazon + Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) - to facilitate e- marketing of products made by Self Help Groups across the nation in urban areas  RBL Bank + Zomato - to launch co-branded credit cards - powered by Mastercard.  Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi - MoU - Patanjali Bio Research Institute, Haridwar - to develop work plans to work on the collaborative research programmes in the areas of national interest related to sustainable agriculture development  The Indian Air Force + Savitribai Phule Pune University - MoU - to establish a “Chair of Excellence” - named as “Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Chair of Excellence“  Airport Authority of India - MoU - Tripura - for the construction of 6 equipment hiring centres in Manu Block under the Dhalai District, Tripura  Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd + Paytm - launched - QR-code-based metro ticketing system at Rasoolpura metro station Hyderabad, Telangana  PhonePe + ICICI Bank - for UPI transactions. PhonePe earlier partnered with Yes Bank

 SpiceJet + GMR Hyderabad Aviation SEZ Limited (GHASL) - SpiceJet will set up warehousing, distribution and trading facility in the aerospace and industrial park of GHASL  Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) - MoU - Gambia - for the participation in MEA’s (eVBAB) e- VidyaBharati and e-ArogyaBharati Network Project for telemedicine and tele-education in Africa.  Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority – MOU - Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium – development of agriculture and its exports  DBS Bank India + Bharti AXA - insurance plan - all medical conditions, including Covid-19  Manikaran Power Ltd - first member of India’s first gas trading platform Indian Gas Exchange (IGX)  Central Reserve Police Force + Aditya Mehta Foundation (NGO) - to train its troops who lost their limbs in operations  Oil India Limited - Crude Oil Sales Agreement (COSA) - with Numaligarh Refinery - for sale and purchase of crude oil.

CRICKET  Australia wins Women’s T20 World Cup title  Kieron Pollard - 1st player in the history of T20 to feature in 500 matches  Saurashtra - maiden Ranji Trophy title  Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan - named in the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires

TENNIS  ATP Mexico Open - Rafael Nadal defeated Taylor Fritz  French Open tennis tournament has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic

BADMINTON  Due to Novel Coronavirus, the Badminton Asia Championships will be held in MANILA, Philippines

 Tasnim Mir and Mansi Singh of India - bronze medal - Yonex Dutch Junior International 2020 held in Haarlem, Netherlands.  All England Championship - Viktor Axelsen of Denmark(MAN) - Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei(WOMAN)

FOOTBALL  ISL (Indian Super League) - ATK Football Club (FC) defeated Chennaiyin FC

OTHERS  Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal - ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open  Indian shot-putter - Navin Chikara - suspended for four years by World athletics body’s (formerly known as International Association of Athletics Federations-IAAF)

 Tokyo Olympics officially postponed - will be held from 23 July to 8 August, 2021  Sports Authority of India (SAI) – announced - the first edition of the Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under- 21 in association with Hockey India

 All India Police Athletic Championship 2019 - Panchkula District of Haryana  Punjab University, Chandigarh - topped the medals tally of the Khelo India University Games concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.  Tiger Woods - World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2021

OBITUARIES ENTERTAINMENT

 Swedish actor - Max von Sydow  Veteran Bengali actor - Santu Mukhopadhyay  Marathi Actor - Jairam Kulkarani  Bollywood actor - Imtiaz Khan  Veteran director – Meenakshi sundaram Ramasamy Viswanthan (Visu)  American music singer - Kenny Rogers 33 Copyright © 2020 BANKERSHALA (spread the knowledge) - All Rights Reserved– DEEPAK BHARDWAJ = CLEARED 6 GOVERNMENT JOBS

 Veteran actress - Nimmi  Veteran Japanese comedian - Ken Shimura  Tamil folk singer and actress - Paravai Muniyamma

POLITICS/POSITIONS ETC

 Former UN Chief - Javier Perez de Cuellar - age of 100.  Former Union Law Minister and Congress veteran - Hans Raj Bhardwaj  Veteran US civil rights leader - Joseph Lowery  Former Union Minister Beni - Prasad Verma  Retired Air Vice Marshal - Chandan Singh Rathore

POET/ARTIST/JOURNALIST ETC

 Veteran poet and Malayalam scholar - Puthussery Ramachandran  Co-creator of the “Asterix and Obelix” comics - Albert Uderzo  Veteran photographer & Padma Shri awardee - Nemai Ghosh  Indian-born international chef - Floyd Cardoz  Artist, architect, sculptor and writer - Satish Gujral  Veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha member - Patil Puttappa  The chief of Brahmakumaris Sansthan - Rajyogini Dadi Janki

SPORTS

 Former India hockey player - Balbir Singh Kullar  Veteran athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee - Joginder Singh Saini  Former world champion boxer - Roger Mayweather  Indian footballer - PK Banerjee 35 Copyright © 2020 BANKERSHALA (spread the knowledge) - All Rights Reserved– DEEPAK BHARDWAJ = CLEARED 6 GOVERNMENT JOBS

 Former Olympic javelin champion - Dana Zatopkova

IMPORTANT DAYS  1st March - Zero Discrimination Day - Theme - "ZERO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS" (hum sab 1 hai)  3rd of March - World Hearing Day - theme - “Hearing for life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you”  3rd of March - World Wildlife Day - Theme - "Sustaining all life on Earth"  4th March - National Safety Day  7th March - Jan Aushadhi Diwas  8th March - International Women’s Day - theme - I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights (table ke 4 sides and 4 corners par womans baithi hai – total 8)  12th March - World Kidney Day - second Thursday of March every year - theme - “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere–from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care”  21 March - World Poetry Day

 21 March - World Down Syndrome Day - theme - “We Decide”  21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  21 March - International Day of Forests - theme - Forests and Biodiversity  20th March - International Day of Happiness - theme ‘Happiness For All, Together’  18th March - Global Recycling Day - theme - “Recycling Heroes”  16th March - National Vaccination Day every year on. The day is also known as National Immunization Day.  March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day - theme “The Sustainable Consumer”  22nd March - World Water Day – theme - “Water and Climate Change”  23rd March - World Meteorological Day  24th March - World Tuberculosis (TB) Day - theme - ‘It’s time’  24th March - International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations  25th March - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade  25th March - International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members  27th March - World Theatre Day

INDEX

 India has been ranked 12th in the world as per study titled ‘Women On Board 2020’. The list was topped by Norway – by MyHiringClub and Sarkari-Naukri  BRAC, an Bangladesh based NGO - topped - 500 Global Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) released by Geneva-based organization NGO Adviser.  Google - most looked-up women on the Internet 1st - Taylor Swift then Serena Williams.

STATE WISE RANKING

 Andhra Pradesh - 1st - for the overall implementation of Prime Minister’s Overreaching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan. Tamil Nadu - topped - in terms of the number of participants  Gujarat - topped - domestic solar rooftop installations with 64% of domestic solar installations

Festivals

 Spring festival - Chapchar Kut - Mizoram.

 Namaste Orchha - Orchha, a town in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh

 Chilli Festival - Kasrawad in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh

 Fagli festival - Yangpa village of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh - to observe the “victory of good over evil”  Harvest festival “Phool Dei” - first day of Chaitra or in mid-March – Uttarakhand(phool doge kya? – sawal ka UTTAR do)  4th Global Ayurveda Festival - Kochi, Kerala - theme - "Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility"

DEFENCE/EXERCISES

 A unit of Indian Army - organized - Self Defence Training demonstration for Women - theme - “Stronger You Stronger Society” in Nalbari district of Assam.  DRDO - designed a casualty evacuation bag to transport or isolate persons infected with Covid-19  Indian Army’s International Seminar - “Pragyan Conclave 2020” - held at anekshaw Centre, New Delhi  High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune - organised - National Workshop on Explosive Detection (NWED-2020)  RaIDer-X - explosive detection device capable of detecting the explosives from a stand-off distance - developed by IISc, Bangalore and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune  Ministry of Defence - contract of worth Rs 880 crore - with Israel Weapons Industries - for the procurement of Negev 7.62 X 51 mm Light Machine Guns  Defence Acquisition Council - approved the procurement of 83 advanced Mk1A version of indigenous Tejas fighter aircrafts for Indian Air Force.  Defence Acquisition Council - approved the acquisition of indigenous defence equipments worth Rs 1,300 crore

 Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane - launched ‘Operation Namaste’ - to extend assistance to the govt in containing the spread of coronavirus

BOOKS

 “Chronicles of Change Champions” - compilation of 25 innovative initiatives taken under the Prime Minister’s flagship scheme of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao.  “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat’ – comic book released by Naveen Patnaik on 104th birth anniversary of late Biju Patnaik  “My Encounters in Parliament” - authored by Bhalchandra Mungekar  “Invincible: A Tribute to Manohar Parrikar” - authored by Tarun Vijay  “An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” - co-authored by Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar  ‘Messiah Modi: A Great Tale of Expectations’ - by Tavleen Singh

 Savita Chhabra - first novel titled ‘Legacy of Learning’  Chander Suta Dogra - “Missing in Action: The Prisoners Who Never Came Back” - published by Harpercollins

SCIENCE/TECH

 Mobile application - ‘Fuel Humsafar’ - launched - for delivery of diesel at doorsteps of in the national capital region  “Incredible India” website and mobile app - launched in three new languages i.e. Chinese, Arabic and Spanish  The Government of India - launched - a coronavirus risk-tracking app - ‘Corona Kavach’ - developed by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.  International Advanced Research for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad - developed - a fuel cell technology called Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC)  NASA announced the name of the 5th Mars (red planet) rover as Perseverance

 Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) developed starch-based ‘hemostat’ material

GOOGLE/FB/MICROSOFT/APPLE/IBM IN NEWS

 Google India - launched - skill programme for women called ‘DigiPivot’ - for women who are looking to return to their corporate careers  Google Cloud announced its plans to open a second cloud region in Delhi, first one is in Mumbai.  YouTube - to reduce streaming quality for users in India until 31st March 2020

 Facebook India - launched - "Pragati" - to promote women entrepreneurship

 WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub - launched by WhatsApp + WHO + UNICEF UNDP

 Microsoft’s Bing team has launched - a web portal “bing.com/covid” - to track the spread of COVID-19 worldwide

 Innovate for Accessible India campaign - launched by - Microsoft India and NASSCOM - to empower people with disabilities

 Apple - launched - app and website about the COVID-19 - for users of US

IITs in news

 IIT Bombay - mobile app named ‘CORONTINE’. The ‘CORONTINE’ app - to track the asymptomatic carriers and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.  IIT, Gandhinagar (IITGN) – launched - ‘Project Isaac’ - to engage students in creative projects during the COVID- 19 lockdown  IIT Madras - organising - India’s first Global Hyperloop Pod Competition named as ‘Indian Hyperloop Pod Competition’

 IIT Mandi + Enabling Women of Kamand (EWOK) Society + NABARD - to set up 3 Farmer Producer Organization in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh  IIT Mandi - Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) with the help of Rs 7.25 crore  IIT Kanpur + L&T Technology Services - to carry out joint research in industrial and infrastructure cybersecurity.

LOANS ISSUED BY BANKS

 World Bank - 12 billion USD aid to assist countries that are grappling with economic impacts of coronavirus.  Government of India + Government of Himachal Pradesh - US$80 million loan agreement with the World Bank - to enhance water management practices and to improve agricultural productivity in 428 Gram Panchayats of Himachal Pradesh  ADB - 100 million US Dollars in India’s infrastructure sector through the government-promoted National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of India Fund of Funds (FoF)

 Asian Development Bank - USD 4 million (about ₹29 crores) - to help developing countries in Asia and Pacific to fight the outbreak of novel coronavirus.  $125 Million “COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator” fund - launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard.  Donald Trump - signed - $100-billion emergency aid package to strengthen the protective measures against the pandemic caused by COVID-19  Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) - $100 million fund - to help workers on film and television productions that have been impacted due to the global coronavirus outbreak.  India - 40 million USD deal - to supply 4 indigenously built radars to Armenia  Sanitary napkin makers will be asked to supply a biodegradable bag with each napkin from January 2021

MISC NEWS  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has set up India’s first COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai - in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

 India plans to launch Chandrayaan-3 by first half of 2021 - cost of around Rs 610 crore, including Rs 360 crore for the launch rocket  Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) - 285 beds for isolation wards in handling Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.  Indian Oil Corporation Limited has started supplying BS-VI fuel across India  Supreme Court of India bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud - cleared permanent commission for women officers in the Indian Navy  National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 35th Inception Day on 12th March 2020  Department of Posts, Kolkata (West Bengal circle) - launched - free digital parcel locker service in 2 post offices Nabadiganta IT post office of Salt Lake City & post office in New Town’s Action Area  The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman announced Rs. 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.  Bi-Luminescent Security Ink - discovered by CSIR-National Physical Laboratory.

 Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) - launched star rating programme - for Light Commercial Air Conditioners (LCAC) and Deep Freezers  Union Health and Family Welfare Minister - Harsh Vardhan - launched - 24×7 National Teleconsultation Centre - to answer COVID-19 related queries  Indian Railways - launched - first”Restaurant on Wheels” - Asansol, West Bengal  Indian Railways - planned - to electrify a total of 28,810 km of broad gauge route by December 2023  National Book Trust - launched initiative #StayHomeIndiaWithBooks - to encourage people to read books during their stay at home  AIMS New Delhi - will start Tele-Consultation facility for the non-Covid19 patients  Abbott Laboratories, United States – corona virus test which will tell if someone is infected within 5 minutes  NTPC - acquisition of Centre’s Tehri Hydro Power Complex (THDC) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) - Rs 11,500 crore  National Book Trust - launch - series ‘Corona Studies Series’  The first prototype of hospital isolation coach - created successfully by the Northern Railways

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