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Samsung, Mastercard ink an MoU Pioneer Fund, which invest predominantly
in the US markets.
 Samsung Electronics and Mastercard signed
an MoU on 6 March 2021 The Hindu: Champion Publisher of the Year 2020
to launch payment cards with built-in
fingerprint sensors.  The Hindu Group won two golds and two
 This system will eliminate the need for silvers at WAN IFRA’s South Asian Digital
users to enter PIN while making payments Media Awards, culminating in being named
using their payment cards. ‘Champion Publisher of the Year 2020'.
 With this move, the two companies aim to  Sportstar’s website of The Hindu
provide faster and more secure payment Group won a gold in ‘Best in Lifestyle,
experiences while reducing physical contact Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile
with the payments terminal. Services’.
 The Hindu’s website (thehindu.com) won
Kieron Pollard: 3rd to hit 6 sixes in an over silver in ‘Best Paid Content Strategy’.

 West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has Tripura government launches 'Jagrut Tripura'
become just the third batsman in
international cricket to hit 6 sixes in an  The Tripura government has come up with a
over. digital platform 'Jagrut Tripura' to help
 Kieron Pollard hit 6 sixes in over against Sri people get benefits from various schemes
Lanka's Akila Dananjaya in Antigua T20I on of the Centre and the state government.
4 March 2021.  At least 102 schemes of various
 Pollard is only 2nd batsman after Yuvraj departments of both the governments are
Singh to achieve the feat in T20Is. available on the platform.
 The project was developed by EasyGov, a
SBI MF Launches First Overseas Fund Jio Group company, and it will be available
to all the residents of Tripura.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) Mutual Funds
launched its first overseas offering on 1 Axis Securities launches 'YIELD' platform
March 2021.
 It is an open-ended fund investing in a  Axis Securities announced the launch of
mutual fund scheme that invests in US 'YIELD' platform on 3 March 2021.
markets, which are domiciled overseas.  YIELD is an online platform to buy & sell
 The scheme invests 95-100 percent of its bonds as well as debentures in the
net assets generally in Amundi Funds, US secondary market.

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 It is the first-of-its-kind initiative that allows  The TV channel has appointed another
retail investors direct access to the debt transgender 'Nusrat Mau' as one of the
instruments. main characters for the regular
 YIELD is the answer to the investors seeking drama section of the TV channel's
new alternative investment avenues for entertainment wing.
safe & relatively higher returns.
GI Mahotsav inaugurated in Mussoorie
Odisha to set up new department to boost SHGs
 Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal
 Odisha government has set up a new Affairs inaugurated the Tribes India GI
department, namely the Dept of Mission Mahotsav at Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Shakti for self-help groups (SHGs) in the Academy of Administration Mussoorie on 5
state. Mar'21.
 A proposal to this effect has received the  It is an exhibition of GI tagged products and
nod in the state cabinet on 6 March'21. more than 40 GI registered proprietors and
 The new department will work towards GI authorised users and tribal artisans are
strengthening the 'SHG' initiatives already participating.
taken by departments & agencies by  He also inaugurated the 130th Tribes India
bringing them all under one platform to Showroom and Café of Tribes India.
ensure greater focus & synergy.
Scientists develop a high-resolution platform
J&K to host 1st White Water Rafting Festival
 Scientists from the Raman Research
 The first-ever White Water Rafting Festival Institute have developed a platform to
was organized by Bhaderwah Development detect the effect of prolonged alcohol
Authority and JK Adventure Group in the exposure on red blood cells through high-
river Chenab at Premnagar Shibnote on 5 resolution measurements of their size.
March 2021.  The high-resolution platform that shows the
 The event was organized to promote reduction in size of RBCs on alcohol
adventure tourism in the Union Territory exposure can be tuned for a point-of-care
of J&K. screening of multiple conditions that
 Over 1500 people from across the alter count of RBCs in the blood.
district attended the festival on day 1.
 The two-day festival culminated on 6 March 76th Annual Conference of API held
2021.
 Union Minister of State Development of
Bangladesh’s first transgender newsreader North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra
Singh addressed the 76th Annual
 A private news channel has appointed Conference of Association of Physicians of
Bangladesh’s first transgender news India (API) on 6 March 2021.
presenter.  The theme of 2021's API conference is
 'Tashnuva Anan Shishir' will start presenting “Engaging Minds : Empowering Medicine”.
news for Boishakhi TV from the  The conference is being held virtually for
International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021 in the wake of the pandemic.
2021.

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates ‘Desikan Bhawan’  National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) has tied-up with SBI Payments to
 Union Minister of Health and Family launch ‘RuPay SoftPoS’ for millions of Indian
Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the merchants.
new research building ‘Desikan Bhawan' on  Through the move, NCPI is aiming to
6 March 2021 at ICMR-NJIL and OMD, Agra. provide innovative solution to transform
 The building is dedicated to research NFC-enabled smartphones into merchant
facilities like animal experimentation, Point of Sale (PoS) terminals for the
COVID-19 diagnosis, whole-genome retailers.
sequencing, etc.  By using this, the merchant would be able
 The capacity of COVID-19 Diagnostic to accept contactless payments of up to Rs
Laboratory is around 1200 samples per day. 5,000.

Dr Harsh Vardhan addresses at Techbharat 2021 Kotak Mahindra Bank signs MoU with Indian Army

 Union Minister for Health and Family  Kotak Mahindra Bank will handle the salary
Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the account of the Indian Army personnel.
inaugural session of TechBharat 2021 on 6  The bank has signed an MoU with the
March 2021. Indian Army for the salary account.
 The 2nd edition of the conclave was  The MoU enables Kotak to offer its salary
organized by Laghu Udyog Bharati and IMS account proposition, combined with
Foundation. exclusive benefits for the Indian Army, to all
 The motive of the conclave was to army personnel – both active and retired.
bring together stakeholders from the
HealthTech and Edutech sector on a virtual Uttarakhand CM launches a scheme
platform.
 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh
A national seminar organized in Jabalpur Rawat on 6 March 2021 launched 'Gharoki
Paachan, Chelik Naam' (daughter's name is
 To commemorate the 125th birth a home's identity) programme and
anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra development schemes worth Rs 42 crore in
Bose, the Indira Gandhi National Center for Nainital.
Arts (IGNCA) under the Ministry of  This scheme has been launched in Nainital
Culture, organized a day-long National and will be extended to the entire
seminar at Jabalpur, MP. Uttarakhand in the coming weeks.
 It was held on 5 March 2021 on the subject
"Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Rashtravaad India’s first World Skill Centre inaugurated
Aur Yuva Sarokaar".
 Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel  Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated
presided over the function. India’s first World Skill Centre (WSC) at
Mancheswar Industrial Area of
NPCI ties up with SBI Payments Bhubaneswar on 5 March 2021.
 The World Skill Centre, an 18 storey
building is aimed to make Odisha the global

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capital of trained manpower and is senior national championship for the
dedicated to different skills and trades. second time.
 The project has been developed in  Also for the first time, all the matches
partnership with ITEES Singapore and Asian would be played in Indoor courts with live
Development Bank. streaming.

UP CM inaugurates 27 power substations Naureen Hassan: 1st VP, COO of New York Fed

 UP CM Yogi Adityanath on 6 March  Indian-American Naureen Hassan has been


2021 inaugurated 27 power substations named as the first Vice President and Chief
developed at a cost of Rs 1,920 cr by Operating Officer (COO) of the Federal
UP Power Transmission Corporation Limited Reserve Bank of New York.
(UPPTCL).  She has been appointed by the board of
 He informed that electricity is being directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of
provided to farmers of the state and it has New York, effective from 15 March 2021.
helped reduce the cost of farming and  She was, most recently, the Chief Digital
improve productivity. Officer for Morgan Stanley Wealth
 Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and UP Management (MSWM).
Power Minister Shrikant Sharma were also
present. 40 scholars recommended for award of ISRF 2021

Kotak: Ashok Gulati as additional Director  Forty scholars from six countries have been
recommended for the award of India
 Kotak Mahindra Bank has appointed Science and Research Fellowship 2021.
agricultural economist Ashok Gulati as an  The government had launched India Science
additional independent Director on its and Research Fellowship Programme for
board. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,
 The term of Gulati, who has also been Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand
appointed by the Supreme Court to a four- researchers.
member panel, is for five years starting  It has been implemented since 2015.
from 6 March 2021.  No award was given in 2020 due to the
 He is currently the Infosys Chair Professor pandemic.
for Agriculture at the Indian Council for
Research on International Economic Delhi to have its own school education board
Relations.
 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has
69th Senior National Volleyball Championship announced that like other states, the
national capital will also have its own school
 The 69th Senior National education board.
Volleyball Championship 2020-21 was  In the academic session 2021-22, around
inaugurated at the Biju Patnaik Indoor 20-25 schools will be included in the
Stadium, KIIT Deemed to be University on education board.
March 5, 2021.  This means that the CBSE affiliation of the
 For the first time in the history of Indian schools will be scrapped after which the
volleyball, Odisha as a state hosted the

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schools will be affiliated to the Delhi board IndiGrid InvIT to acquire a project
of school education.
 India Grid Trust, an infrastructure
World’s first space hotel to open in 2027 investment trust has inked an agreement to
acquire a power transmission project in the
 Space construction company Orbital northeast for ₹4,625 cr from Sterlite Power.
Assembly Corporation has unveiled new  The investment manager of IndiGrid,
details about its ambitious project of sponsored by Sterlite Power Grid Ventures
building a hotel above Earth’s atmosphere. Ltd, is majority-owned by KKR.
 The company is planning to start building  The 830 circuit-km long NER-II Transmission
the hotel, Voyager Station, in the low Earth Ltd project is spread across Assam,
orbit in 2025, to be operational as early as Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
2027.
 With over 11,600 square metres of Space hurricane detected over North Pole
habitable space, the commercial station will
have many features.  For the first time, scientists have discovered
a "space hurricane" that swirled over the
Wildfire ravages Similipal North Pole, in Earth's upper atmosphere,
for eight hours.
 A wildfire raging for over 10 days has  These hurricanes, which "rained" electrons,
destroyed nearly a third of the Similipal are known to occur in Earth's lower
biosphere reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj atmosphere.
district.  The space hurricane was detected on
 The Similipal National Park and Tiger August 20, 2014.
Reserve is spread out over 2750 sq km and  The findings were published in Nature
is known for its tiger and elephant Communications in February 2021.
population.
 The govt declared Simlipal as a biosphere
reserve in 1994 and UNESCO added it to its
list of biosphere reserves in 2009.

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