9th March 2022
1. HouseWorkIsWork’ Initiative: It was
launched by Axis Bank.
It grants opportunities to the women
who want to resume their professional work as the urban educated women’s
participation in the workforce is not up to the required level. Thus, it will
generate confidence among women to work, develop skills and gain the required
jobs as per their skills and education.
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Head
Quarters: Mumbai
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MD
and CEO of Axis Bank: Amitabh Chaudhry
2. India`s largest reclining statue of
Lord Buddha is being built in Bodh Gaya.
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Built
by Buddha International Welfare Mission, the statue will be 100 feet long and
30 feet high. Lord Buddha is in the sleeping posture in the statue.
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The
construction of the giant statue started in the year 2019. It is being made
with fiberglass and built by sculptors from Kolkata.
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It
will be open to devotees from February 2023
3. C-DAC installed “PARAM Ganga”
Supercomputer at IIT Roorkee
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The
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has designed and installed
a supercomputer named “PARAM Ganga”, at IIT Roorkee, under Phase II of National
Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
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PARAM
Ganga has a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops.
National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
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joint
initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeiTY)
and the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
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The
mission is implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
(C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
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Till
date 11 systems have been deployed
4. No Smoking Day 2022 is celebrating
on 9th March
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No
Smoking Day is celebrated on the second Wednesday in the month of March every
year across the world.
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The
main reason to observe this day is to spread awareness and educate people about
the adverse impacts of tobacco on their health through cigarettes and other
means.
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No
Smoking Day was first observed in the year 1984 in the Republic of Ireland on
Ash Wednesday.
5. Sikkim State Government will launch
Aama Yojna & Bahini Scheme
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Chief
Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang has announced that the State Government
will soon implement ‘Aama Yojana, a scheme for helping non-working mothers
& ‘Bahini Scheme’ benefitting girl students of the state.
6. SEBI increased the Limit of Public
Debt Investment via UPI up to Rs 5 Lakhs
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The
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has raised the investment limit
for retail investors applying in public debt securities issuance.
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The
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has raised the investment limit
for retail investors applying in public debt securities issuance via the
universal payments interface (UPI) mechanism to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 2 lakh
previously.
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The
move comes after the National Payments Corporation of India NPCI decided to
increase the per transaction limit for UPI-based applications supported by
blocked amount ASBA initial public offering.
7. Yoon Suk-yeol elected as New
President of South Korea
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Opposition
Candidate Yoon Suk Yeol (People Power Party) has been elected as the
Country’s new President defeating Ruling Liberal Party Opponent Lee
Jae-myung.
8. Lupin Ltd named Mary Kom as Brand Ambassador
for its Shakti Initiative
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Lupin
Ltd has signed Mary Kom as brand amabassador for its Shakti Campaign.
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It
aimed to increase awareness about heart diseases among women through interactive
social media session, sharing informative videos from doctors, and in-clinic
awareness activities for patients.
9. Zeta partnered with Mastercard to Power
Banks Credit Processing
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Mastercard
and Zeta, a financial tech startup that provides next-generation credit card processing
to banks and fintechs, a 5- year worldwide agreement.
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Zeta
Tachyon Credit is the only current credit processing stack that can handle both
credit and loan processing
10. RBI launches “BE(A)WARE” – A Booklet
on Modus Operandi of Financial Frauds
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Reserve
Bank of India has launched a booklet named “BE(A)WARE” which features common
modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying
out various financial transactions.
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The
main purpose of it is to enhance public awareness about various types of
financial frauds perpetrated on gullible customers while carrying out digital
payments and other financial transactions.
11.
Dholavira and Ramappa Temple are the latest addition to the list under
the ‘Cultural’ category of UNESCO
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There
are 40 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Dholavira and Ramappa Temple are
the latest addition to the list under the ‘Cultural’ category. ‘Ramappa
Temple’, Telangana and ‘Dholavira’, Gujarat which is included in the list of
UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2021.
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This
decision was made in the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 44th session held in
China.
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In
2021 the total number of World Heritage Sites has increased from 38 to 40.
12.
Germany to host G7 agriculture ministers virtual meeting
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The
German government has stated that it will hold a virtual meeting of G7
agriculture ministers to explore the implications of the conflict between
Russia and Ukraine on global food security.
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The
meeting, according to Cem zdemir, Germany’s Minister of Agriculture and Food,
will also focus on ways to stabilise food markets
13. SL Narayanan wins Grandiscacchi
Cattolica International Open in Italy.
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Indian
Grand Master SL Narayanan was declared as the winner in the Grandiscacchi
Cattolica International Open in Italy, R praggnanandhaa compatriot finished
runner-up.
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Narayanan
earned the title of Grandmaster in 2015 and the 41 Grandmaster from India.
14. Upper age limit for appearing in NEET-UG
examination removed
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The
National Medical Commission (NMC) has removed the upper age limit of appearing
in the medical undergraduate entrance exam- NEET UG.
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Earlier,
the age limit was 25 years for General Category Candidates and 30 years in case
of Reserved Candidates.
15. Report titled ‘Freedom in the World
2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule’ was released by Freedom
House
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The
report assesses political rights and civil liberties.
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As
per the report, India was termed to be a ‘partly free’ country with respect to
democracy and free society.
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India
has scored 66/100 in 2022 as per the report data.
16. India, Bangladesh, Nepal finalise
MoU to boost Trade and Connectivity
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India,
Bangladesh and Nepal finalised an memorandum of understanding (MoU) for
implementing the long-gestating Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor
Vehicles Agreement (MVA).
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The
BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and
Cargo Vehicular Traffic between the 4 countries was signed during a transport
ministers’ meeting in Thimpu on 15th June 2015.
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The
Asian Development Bank has supported the project as part of its South Asian
Subregional Economic Cooperation programme, and has been requested to prioritise
about 30 road projects worth billions of dollars.
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The
World Bank, which has estimated that the implementation of the MVA will
potentially see an increase in traffic-regional trade within South Asia by
nearly 60%, has also announced its interest in supporting infrastructure.
17. The Union Cabinet has approved the
setting up National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) as a wholly owned
Government of India company.
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The
finance minister had announced plans to set up a special purpose vehicle for
this purpose in the Union Budget 2021-22.
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In
August, 2021, the government of India launched the National Monetization
Pipeline (NMP).
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NLMC
has been announced with an initial authorized share capital of Rs 5000 crore
and paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore.
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The
Board of Directors of NLMC will comprise senior Central Government officers and
eminent experts to enable professional operations and management of the company
18. The Union Minister for Power has
launched the Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (Virtual SGKC) and Innovation
Park.
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As
part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Programme, will be one of the leading Centers
of Excellence globally to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and research in
smart grid technologies.
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It
has been established by POWERGRID with support from the Union ministry of power
and technical assistance from US Agency for International Development’s (USAID)
for demonstration and advancement of frontier smart grid technologies.
19.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched new UPI services for
feature phones called UPI123Pay for non internet users to make digital payments
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'Digisaathi'
has also been set up by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to
provide users with automated responses on information related to digital
payment products and services.
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Presently
it is available in English and Hindi language.
20.
Karnataka Bank inks pact with SELCO Solar
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Karnataka
Bank has signed an MoU with SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd to provide energy access
to the underserved population
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Under
this initiative, Karnataka Bank provides financial support to purchase the
solar energy products of SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd.
21.
Crisil retains GDP growth forecast at 7.8 percent for 2022-23
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Domestic
rating agency CRISIL estimated FY23 real GDP growth at 7.8% as compared with
the 8.5% projected in the Economic Survey.
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The
agency expects the nominal growth to come at 12-13%, higher than the 11.1% Budget
Estimate, and the headline inflation to average 5.2%
22.
Google Cloud and Flipkart enters a strategic partnership 2022
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Flipkart
and Google Cloud have formed a multi-year strategic agreement to assist
Flipkart accelerate its innovation and
cloud strategy.
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Flipkart’s
next phase of expansion will be aided by this alliance, which will help it
achieve its goal of enrolling India’s next 200 million buyers and lakhs of
vendors.
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Flipkart
will use Google Cloud‘s superior data analytics and machine learning
capabilities to improve the efficiency of its data platform.
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The
deal value was kept opaque by the companies.
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