Monthly One Liners – March 2021
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Monthly One Liners – March 2021 March 01 • Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched 5 • World NGO Day is commemorated on 27th February online services of the Women and Child Development every year across the world. Department and Mission Shakti. • Rare Disease Day is held on the last day of February • Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) every year to raise awareness of rare diseases. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding • Every year, National Science Day is celebrated (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to on February 28, to mark the discovery of the Raman develop the MSME ecosystem in the State. effect by Indian physicist Sir CV Raman, back in 1928 • In Kerala, amid the Covid-19 pandemic the devotees • Protein Day is an annual awareness day observed will take part in the Attukal pongala from their homes. on February 27th, that aims to rally towards the • In Gujarat, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel mission of protein awareness and sufficiency in India. launched ‘Gujarat Budget’ mobile application at • Chenab bridge, the world’s tallest railway bridge over Gandhinagar. Chenab River in Kouri area, will achieve • Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan laid the another engineering milestone. foundation stone of Mon Medical College covering 30 • National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has acres of land at District Hospital Mon, Nagaland. announced that UPI AutoPay has now gone live • The growth in India’s real GDP during 2020-21 is on Gaana. estimated at -8 percent as compared to the growth rate • Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash of 4.0 per cent in 2019-20. Javadekar has said that the new guidelines for social • The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority media intermediaries, OTT platforms and Digital Media of India (IRDAI) has directed all general and health will bring uniformity among all in the field of media. insurance companies to mandatorily offer a standard • Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra personal accident insurance policy by 1 April, 2021. Singh Tomar inaugurated Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 • Private lenders HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra at Noida Haat. Bank have initiated exchanges that they have invested • Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA has in Ferbine Private Limited. allowed domestic flight operators to give concessions • The ‘E-Daakhil’ portal for consumer grievance in ticket prices to travellers who carry no baggage or redressal is now operational in 15 states and Union only cabin baggage. Territories (UTs). • An Indian company Omega Seiki will set up an electric • Sharad Goklani has been appointed as President & vehicle plant in Bangladesh. CTO at AU Small Finance Bank. Click Here to Subscribe Our Yearly Platinum Package Follow us: Telegram , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram 1 Monthly One Liners – March 2021 • State Bank of India has tied up with JPMorgan to use • Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry the US bank’s blockchain technology to speed up of Jal Shakti has announced the selection of twelve overseas transactions. iconic sites under Phase IV of Swachh Iconic Places. • Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala • Khadi and Village Industry Commission’s e-Market Sitharaman has participated virtually in the First G20 Portal has registered a gross turnover of over one crore Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors 10 lakh rupees in just eight months of its launch. (FMCBG) meeting under the Italian Presidency to • Union Minister of Science and Technology Harsh discuss policy actions for transformative and equitable Vardhan highlighted how science technology and recovery. innovation (STI) would impact our future in education, • Yusuf Pathan, former India all-rounder, announced his skills and functioning in the post-pandemic world. retirement from all formats of cricket. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that there is a lot • Pacer Vinay Kumar announced his retirement from all of contribution of the power of science in forms of cricket. the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Campaign’. • Renowned Malayalam poet, priest and academician • Government has said that monitoring and predictive Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri died on. He was 81 analysis of prices of essential commodities has taken a years old. giant step forward in India Mobile App for price • Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s first prime monitoring of 22 essential commodities. minister, who played a major role in leading the country • Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office to independence from Australia, died in Port Moresby, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first academic the capital. He was 84. session of MBBS students at Government Medical College, Doda in Jammu division of Jammu and March 02 Kashmir for the 2020-21 batch. • The Zero Discrimination Day is held every year on 1 • Russia has successfully launched its first satellite to March.Zero Discrimination Day is an annual day monitor the Arctic’s climate and environment. celebrated by the United Nations (UN) and other • Global money laundering watchdog the Financial international organisations. Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep Pakistan on • The 45th Civil Accounts Day was celebrated in New its terrorism financing “grey list”. Delhi. • External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has • The City Innovation Exchange (CiX) platform was congratulated Foreign Minister of Brazil Ernesto Araújo launched by Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, for successful launch of Amazonia-1 on ISRO’s Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at an PSLVC51 Mission. online event. • In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha who is also the Chancellor of Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agriculture Click Here to Subscribe Our Yearly Platinum Package Follow us: Telegram , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram 2 Monthly One Liners – March 2021 Science and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir) • Public-sector lender Canara Bank said its Executive inaugurated a 2-day long 6th Technology Exhibition Director Matam Venkata Rao has been appointed as cum Seed Sale Mela on the theme “Shaping the Future the new MD & CEO of Central Bank of India. Farming for Better Returns” at Shalimar campus of the • KPMG in India appoints Anindya Basu as National University in Srinagar. Managing Partner. • The Union Minister of Health Harsh Vardhan arrived in • Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has virtually addressed Manipur. the Global Indian Physicians Congress, organised by • Federal Bankis set to launch credit cards in coming the Global Association for Physicians of Indian Origin months and remains bullish about growth opportunities (GAPIO), through video conference. on the retail portfolio. • Late American actor Chadwick Bosemanhas • Digital financial services firm Paytm said it achieved been awarded the prestigious Golden Globe for Best over 2 billion monthly transactions on its platform, Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama. driven by growth in offline payments and financial • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the services. CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership • SBI General Insuranceand Indian Overseas award during an annual international energy Bank have signed a bancassurance agreement for conference next week. distribution of non-life offerings. • As part of the Maritime India Summit 2021, Cochin Port • Announcing the fellowships, Principal Scientific Trust has signed three MoU’s for developing a Free Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. K. Vijay Trade Warehousing Zone, Cryogenic Warehous and Raghavan said, India is a diverse cultural wonder with Aviation Fuel Terminal. our practices and lifestyle being confronted by many • The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has signed MoUs environmental challenges. worth about Rs 30,000 crore with port-led industries • United Nations Secretary-General António and government agencies ahead of the Maritime India Guterreshas announced the appointment of Ligia Summit 2021, which will be held in virtual mode from Noronha of India as Assistant Secretary-General and March 2. Head of the New York Office of the United Nations • The Indian trio of Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Angad Vir Singh Environment Programme. Bajwa and Gurjoat Khangura won the bronze medal in • Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs Tarun men’s skeet team event at the International Shooting Bajaj has been given additional charge of Department Sport Federation tournament (ISSF) Shotgun World of Revenue. Cup in Cairo. • Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar took charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-In-Chief of Western Naval Command. Click Here to Subscribe Our Yearly Platinum Package Follow us: Telegram , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram 3 Monthly One Liners – March 2021 March 03 included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank • The Third Jan Aushadhi Diwas celebrations began Mar of India Act, 1934. 01. The week-long celebrations will go on till 7th of • Bank of India organised a cricket tournament for AMO March. Guntur, Zonal Office Vijayawada and AMO Tirupati at • The Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) celebrated Pichukulagunta Grounds in Guntur. its 9th Foundation Day on 01 March 2021. • Telangana Grameena Bank, Andhra Pradesh • Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal virtually Grameena Vikas Bank becomes first RRBs in the presided the Third Governing Council Meeting of the country to adopt this tech that offers zero contact Bureau of Indian Standards. onboarding of customers, at par with commercial • Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin banks. Gadkari launched the