Weekly Current Affairs 14th March To 20th March 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 14TH MARCH TO 20TH MARCH 2022

 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR RIVERS - 14TH MARCH 

1) IIT Madras To Host Center For Innovation (CFI) Open House To Show Case Recent Projects & Accomplishment Of Student Innovators Of The Institute.

2) IIT Patna In Association With Technology Development Board To Host a Three Day orientation Workshop On Promotion Of Research Infrastructure & Entrepreneurship In Science & Technology (PRIEST)

3) Department Of Post To Organise Universal Postal Union International Letter Writing Competition 2022 For Kids Between 9-15 Age Groups.

4) Adani Group Of India Signed Deals With Two Srilankan Company. 

5) Indian Wicket Keeper Rishab Pant Scored Fastest Test Fifty Just Off 28 Balls, Broke The Record Of Kapil Dev (31balls) .

6) Pradeep Kumar Rawat Takes Charges Of  India's Ambassador To China.

7) University Of Mysore Conferred Honorary Doctorate To Puneeth Rajkumar Posthumously On The 102nd Convocation Of University.

8) Military Engineering Service (MES) Completed The First ever 3D Printed Houses  At South Western Air Command At Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

9) Indian Social Enterprise Vambi Won At Singapore International Foundation Grant.

10) India Has Partners With Guyana To train Guyana Defense Force  Officer In UN Peace keeping. 

Sven Douglas Becomes The First Guyana Officer To Trained Under Center For United Nations Peace Keeping.

11) Indian Ambassador To Srilanka Gopal Baglay Inaugurated Artificial Limb Fitment Camp.

12) Union Minister For Environment, Forest And Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav To Address And Release DPR For Rejuvenation Of 13 Major Indian Rivers Which Passes Through Forest On The Occasion Of International Day Of Action For Rivers.

13) Consumer Affairs department To Organise Consumer Empowerment Week (14-20 March) On The Eve Of World Consumer Rights Day.

14) IAS Officer A Venu Prashad Joins As The Additional Chief Secretary To Chief Minister Of Punjab.

15) Lakshya Sen Became The First Indian To Clinch Silver Medal In Badminton German Open 2022.

16) GERMAN OPEN BWF TOUR 2022

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

WOMEN'S SINGLE - He Bingjiao (China) 

MEN'S DOUBLE- Goh Sze Fei (Malaysia)

Nur Izzudfin (Malaysia)

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Chen Quingchen (China)

Jia Yifan (China)

MIXED DOUBLES - Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Sapsiree Tacrattanchai (Thailand)

17) Newly Elected MLA Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh Sworn As The Protem Speaker Of Manipur Legislative Assembly.

18) Mina Swaminathan A Distinguished Chair, Gender And Development Of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Passed Away. 

19) The Power Of The Dog Wins The Best Film Awards In BAFTA.

BAFTA- British Academy Film Awards 

20) Congress MLA Anil Jhoshiyara Of Gujarat Passed Away.

21) Sourav Ganguly Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Vicco.

22) International Kabbadi Player Sandeep Singh Nangal Killed In Punjab.

23) The Center Envisages 19000 Crore For Rejuvenate 13 Major Rivers By Planting Trees.

24) The Adani Group Has Partnerships With Greenko Group For Hydro Energy.

25) N Chandrasekharan Chairman Of Tata Son's Appointed As Chairman Of Tata Air.

26) PM DeViNE Initiative Budget Launched By PM For North East States.

27) Fair Digital Finance Programme Will Held On The Occasion Of World Consumer Rights Day In New Delhi.

28)  Wrist Assured A Autobiography Of Former Indian Cricketer G R Vishwanth Released Recently During Pink Ball Test Match In Bengaluru.

29) Tech Mahendra To Buy Mumbai Based Thirdware For $ 42 Million.

30) For Jammu & Kashmir Loksabha Passed 1.42 Lakh Crores In Budget 2022-23.

31) Tamilnadu CM MK Stalin Inaugurated Apn Advanced Robotic Surgery Centre In Omandurar Government Hospital, Chennai.

32) Indian Players Claimed 39 Medals in Asian Youth And Junior Boxing Championship.

33) Shane Watson Appointed As Assistant Coach Of Delhi Capitals.

34) Union Minister Anurag Thakur Laid The Foundation Stone Of The New Indoor Stadium And Weight lifting Hall At Rainbow International School Nagtota In Himachal Pradesh As Part Of Khelo India.

35) The Total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Received In The  Food Processing Sector  Since April 2014 To December 2021 Is US $ 5.15 Billion.

36) India Exports Grown Up From 25.1% To 34.57$ Billion In February.

37) Department Of Rural Development Concluded It's Amrit Mahostav Iconic Week Celebration With The Theme  Naye Bharat Ki Naari. 

38) Indian Army Dedicated A Chair Of Excellence To India's First Chief Of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat On His 65th Birth Anniversary.

39) India's First Ever Digital Water Data Bank AQVERIUM Is Inaugurated In Bengaluru By The IT Minister Of Karnataka Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, 

This Initiative Has Been Under Taken By Aqua kraft Ventures.

Hola Mohalla Is A Sikh Religion Festival,Which Shows The Courageous.

40) India Will Host 44th World Chess Olympiad At Chennai.

41) Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari To Inaugurate A Pilot Project For Hydrogen Based Advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) At New Delhi

National Vaccination Day- 16th MARCH 

42) Navjot Singh Sidhu Resign From The Post Of Chief Of Punjab Congress Committee (PCC).

43) Bhagawant Mann To Be The New Chief Minister Of Punjab.

44) Jasn-i-Nauroj Week Being Celebrated With The Religious Zeal In Turtuk Block On India Pakistan LAC In Collaboration With Nehru Yuva Kendra Leh On The Occasion Of Persian New Year.

45) Ambassador Of US To Bangladesh Peter Haas.

46) Jhulan Goswami Became The First Women Cricketer To Get 250 Odi Wickets. 

47) Dr. inderbir Singh Nijjar Has Been Appointed As Protem Speaker Of Punjab Legislative Assembly.

48) A Green Triangle Inagurated In Madagascar's Capital Antananarvio By Mayor Of Antananarvio And Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar Named After Mahatma Gandhi.

49) Ahmedabad Based Torrent Power Limited  India's Largest Power Distribution Company Has Inked With  Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu  Power Distribution Corporation Limited.

50) 36th International Geological Congress (ICG) To Held In New Delhi.

51)  India And Japan hold 6th Joint Meeting Of Act East Forum (AEF) In New Delhi. To Discuss About Cooperation In various Field.

52) Borders Road Organisation (BRO) And Garden Reach Shipbuilders &  Engineers (GRSE) Limited Inked A MoU For Constructing 27 Carriageway Double lane Galvanized  Modular Bridges.

53) Union Minister Rajnath Singh Addresses In An Event Organised By FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).

54) For The First Time India's Equity Market Enters Into Top Five List , Market Capitalization. 

Reliance Company With High Market Capitalization Topped The list With 16,21,895 Crores.

55) Retired Jharkhand High court Judge Harish Chandra Mishra Appointed As The New Lokayukti Of New Delhi.

56) International Aerospace Safety Conference Organised By Delhi, Subject Of The Conference Aerospace Safety: A Force Multiplier.

57)  Former Correspondent Of Prasar Bharati Of Kabul IAS Officer V Ravi Rama Krishna Who Was Holding The Charge Of Additional DG Of Vijayawada PIB Passed Away.

58) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh To Inaugurate 7 Storey Complex Build By DRDO of 5th Generation Fighter Jet Project In Bengaluru.

Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)

59) PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated Valedictory Function Of 96th Common Foundation Course At Lal Bahadur Shasthri National Academy Of Administration Via Video Conferencing.

60) Poland's Karolina Bielawska Crowned The Miss World 2021.

61) Bhagavat Gita To Be Part In Class 6 to 12 In Gujarat.

62) Bhagoria Ustav Celebrated In Madhya Pradesh.

63) Grand Master R Praggnanandha Received Sankara Award.

64) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Co- Chaired 2nd India-Indonesia Security Dialogue.

65) Us President Joe Biden Named Indo- American Dr. Ashish Jha As The New White House Covid19 Response Coordinator.

66) CM Bhagawant Mann Announced A Helpline Number For Anti Corruption On The Occasion Of Saheed Diwas on 23rd March.

67) CPI (M) Polit Buearu Member Mohammad Salim Appointed As The State Secretary Of Party Of West Bengal.

68) World Bank To Provide USD 120 Million To Bangladesh To Improve Agri And Fisheries Production.

69) 8th India- Lithuania Foreign Office Consulation (FOC) Took place On 16th March in New Delhi.

70) To Bolestring The Maritime Security Of The Nation The Indian Coast Guard Has Commissioned ICGS Saksham.

71) Tripura To Get Its First Digital Museum,40 Crores Allocated 

72) Ukrainian Actor Oksana Shvets Killed In Russian Rocket Attack.

73) Guwahati's Aromica tea Owner Ranjit Baruha Has Launched A New Tea Zelwnskyy To Honour Ukraine President.

74) Mukesh Ahuja Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director And Managing Director For Two Years In The Board Of Tube Investment In India.

75) 6th Snow Shoe Championship Will held Between 18-21 March In Gulmarg Jammu & Kashmir.

GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY - MARCH 18

76) Apurva Chandra, Secretary Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting Government Of India & Actor R Madhavan Inaugurate Media & Entertainment Fortnight At India Pavilion At Dubai Expo  2020 In UAE.

77) S Phangnon Konyak Is Set To Be Second Women To Represent Nagaland In Parliament.

Rano M Shaiza Was The First Women Elected In 1977 In Lok Sabha.

78) Finland Named The Most Happiest Country For The Fifth Time, Afganistan Became Unhappiest In The List.

79) Roger Federer Donated 500,000 To Ukraine.

80) PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Centenary Celebration Of Malayalam Daily, Matrubhumi .

81)  Indian American Puneet Talwar Appointed As American Ambassador To Morocco.

82) Vishwa Konkani Samaroh To be Held At World Konkani Center, Mangaluru.

83) Senior National Weightlifting Championship To Be Held At Bhubaneswar.

84) Tiruvalla Gopikuttan Nair Prominent Kathakali Musician Passes Away.

85) Srilanka Will Host Asia Cup T20 2022 This year Between August27 To September.11

86) Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Banned The Telegram Application.

87) Jhulan Goswami Became The Second Women Cricketer To Play 200 One Day International Matches.

88) Japan To Invest 3.2 Lakh Crores In Upcoming 5Years.

89) Three Important Agreement signed Between India And Japan .

a) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Cyber Security.

b) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Sustainable Development.

c) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Waste Water Management.

90) Gujarat Government Launch Fifth  Phase Of Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyan In Kolavada Village Of Gandhinagar District, Launched By CM Bhupendra Patel.

91) T Ysngseo Elected As Deputy Speaker Of Nagaland Assembly,He Became The First Independent MLA Elected As Deputy Speaker.

92) Jay Shah President Of Asia Cricket Council (ACC) Has Been Extend Tenure Another One Year As The President.

93) Pankaj Advani Wins For The 8th Time In Asian Billiard Title.

94) India Wins Only Silver Medal In Nicosia Shot Gun World Cup, Got 9th Rank.

95) Yoroslava Mahuchik Of Ukraine Wins Gold In World indoor High Jump.

96) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Attend The 83rd Raising CRPf Day In Jammu & Kashmir.

97) The National Capital Region Transport Corporation Unveiled The First Semi High Speed Regional Train, Which Will Run From Delhi To Meerut.

98) India's Jehan Daruvala Grabbed Second Spot In F2 Season Race Of Baharain.

99) Nagaland Became The First Paperless Assembly By Impementing National e-Vidhan Application Programme.

100) Charles Leclerc Win The Seasons First F1 Race In Baharain.