March

Notebook: A-HPSC
Created: 6/17/2022 4:59 PM Updated: 6/18/2022 5:51 AM
Author: nitinkhari2008@gmail.com

 
1..PM inaugurated a campus building of Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
2..Maharashtra to set up country's FIRST MEDICAL CITY named 'Indrayani Medicity' in Pune , Maharashtra. 
8..EPFO rate on PF deposits slashed to 8.1% in FY 2022-23 ; this rate is 0.4% lower than the previous year. 
12.. Acc to SIPRI, report on trends in International Arms Transfer 2021 , btw 2017-21 , India and Saudi
Arabia emerged as the largest importers of arms. 
14.. Under National Digital Health Mission , PUDUCHERRY is creating a digital public health ecosystem 
15..J&K has launched QR code for its GI- tagged KASHMIRI CARPET to preserve the authenticity and genuineness
of the hand-knotted carpets
1..PM Modi inaugurated Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial hall in Kolkata 
3..India's FIRST SAI National Centre of Excellence to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking and Bicycle
Motocross in SHimla , Himachal Pradesh
4..35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela FARIDABAD ; Theme state - J&K ;  Partner nation - Uzbekistan
9..World Bank (IBRD) has issued the Wildlife Conservation Bond to support conservation of Black Rhino in South
Africa
16..Sportstar and The Hindu group released a coffee-table book , 'Road to 1000' , which is a collection of 1000
pictures on Indian cricket
17.. 14th Dalai Lama - Tenzin Gyatso
=> RBI Governor inaugurated the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub(RBIH) in Bengaluru, Karnataka 

RBIH is set up with an initial capital contribution of Rs 100 crore.

24..NITI Aayog's WEP awarded 75 women with WTI Awards , for their contribution towards 'Sashakt Aur Samarth
Bharat'
25..Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Abel Prize for the year 2022 to American
Mathematician  Dennis Parnell Sullivan 
26..Devendra jhajharia (Javelin) is FIRST para-athlete to get the Padma Bhushan award
30..India's rank improved by 5 spots(gain) to # 51st in the 'Global House Price Index Q4 2021' compared to 56th
in Q4 2020 ranking
31.. In IQAir's  2021 World Air Quality Report , Bhiwadi is ranked most polluted city in India , followed by Ghaziabad
32..In 2nd edition of NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2021 , GUJARAT is at FIRST place ; In UTs - DELHI is
at First. 
33.. Pankaj Advani defeated Dhruv Sitwala to win his 8th Asian Billiards title
35..Hyderabad FC clinched their maiden Indian Super League title , defeating Kerala Blasters 
36..Lakshya Sen won SILVER at All England Open Badminton Championship ; He lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark
37..World Tuberculosis Day  - 24 March   ; theme - 'Invest to End TB. Save Lives'. 
 => Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary - UK
=> Top Oil producing country : USA> Saudi Arabia> Russia
 
=> GoI launched 'Operation Ganga' to rescue Indian citizens from Ukraine
=> 3rd edition of India-Japan Joint military Exercise 'Ex Dharma Guardian-2022' conducted at
Belagavi,Karnataka. 
=> IIT Madras and NIOT(National Institute of Ocean Technology) Chennai , jointly organised OCEANS
2022 conference in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ; This was held 1st time in India 
 theme : 'Inspire-Innovate-Sustain'

=> Union Cabinet approved FDI of upto 20% in LIC under 'Automatic Route' (74% FDI in Insurance does not apply
on LIC ; as it is estd and governed under LIC Act,1956)
=> IISER's Prof Deepak Dhar became the FIRST Indian selected for Boltzmann Medal 2022 ; will share the medal
with John J Hopfield of Princeton University ; given in field of Physics , every 3rd year
=> Madhabi Puri Buch becomes 1st Women(also 1st non-IAS) to be appointed as SEBI Chairman ; succeeds Ajay
Tyagi
=> Sadia Tariq won GOLD medal in Moscow Wushu Stars Championship 2022
=> Feb -28  is National Science Day 2022 ; On this day CV Raman  discovered the Raman effect

theme-'Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Susatainable Future'

=> CCEA approved roll out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission(ABDM) (under MoH&FW) (launched in Sep 2021)
with Rs 1600 cr for 5 years 
 
=> FSSAI to start 'Health Star Rating System' for packaged foods ; 1/2 star to 5 star
=> Canada is 1st country to approve use of Covifenz world's 1st Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine
=> India and Japan renews Bilateral Swap Arrangement(BSA) of upto $ 75 billion
=> Acc to NSO second advance estimates - India to grow by 8.9% in FY22 and it contracted by -6.6% in FY 20-21
=> IIT Kanpur develops Nanoparticle  based Bio-degradable-carbonoid-metabolite(BioDCM)  to protect crops from
Diseases. 
=> Central Depository Services Ltd(CDSL), only listed depository in India , is 1st depository to open 6 crore active
Demat accounts.
=> Acc to CSE + Down to Earth's 'State of India's Environment Report 2022' India ranked #120 in 2022 on 17
SDGs ; India slipped 3 places from 117th in 2021 
** Ranking of States, in preparedness to meet the SDGs : Kerala is at FIRST ; Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh at
SECOND position ; 4 states at THIRD position 

India is behind all South Asian nations except PAKISTAN

=> Telangana has highest Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at current Prices. 
=> Google and MeitY has jointly started Appscale Academy where 100 Indian Startups will be given help to build
High-quality Global Apps & Games
=> Herath/Shivratri  festival - kashmiri pandits
=> Acc to Knight Frank's 'The Wealth Report 2022' India ranked #3rd in billionaire population ; US tops  ; Mumbai
houses most of country's super wealthy
 => Paytm partners with IRCTC to offer Digital Ticketing Services through ATVM (Automatic Ticket Vending
Machines) installed at railway stations
** IN Feb 21 , NIPL (int arm of NPCI) partnered with Gateway Payments Service(GPS) and Manam Infotech to provide
services in Nepal ; So Nepal is 1st country to adopt India's UPI system 
=> NASA has launched Earth Observing Satellite 'Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites(GOES)-T'
=> Minister of Women and Child Development announced Rs 5 lakh Insurance cover  for workers of One Stop
Centres estd under Nirbhaya fund

Smriti Irani also launched 'Stree Manoraksha Project' in collaboration with National Institute of Mental
Health and Neuro Sciences(NIMHANS)  to improve mental health of women in India. 

=> India-Nepal signs MoU on supply of Urea and DAP under G2G Agreement ; DAP- Di-ammonium Phosphate
=> SWISS/Swiss Air Lines(part of Lufthansa Group) to become World's First Airlines  to use Solar Aviation fuel.  
=> MEA unveils Special Logo to mark 75 years of India-Netherlands Diplomatic Relation ; Logo features a lotus and
tulip , national flowers of India and the Netherlands respectively. 
 => India's 1st Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) ,named 'Hoegh Giant' arrived at Jaigarh terminal
Maharashtra 
=> Pooja Jatyan won SILVER medal at Dubai 2022 World Archery Para Championships 1st Indian to win Individual
silver in a Para championships
=> 3 March - World Wildlife Day ; theme - 'Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration'
=> India signs a Host Country Agreement(HCA) with International Telecommunication Union(ITU) for
establishment of its Area Office & Innovation Centre at New Delhi 
=> Acc to Mercom India Research report, India added record 10GW Solar capacity  in 2021, Highest ever in a
Year. 
=> UNESCO partnered with Indian Hotels Company Ltd(IHCL) for 1st time to preserve the intangible cultural
heritage of India 
=> NMCG received the 'Special Jury Award' for its contribution in Ganga Rejuvenation at FICCI Water Awards
=> At CoP 26, India presented commitments of the 5 nectars of 'PANCHAMRIT', to make India as Net zero emission
country by 2070.
=> BCCI announces RuPay as Official partner for Tata IPL 2022
=> World Obesity Day 2022 - 4 March ; theme - 'Everybody Needs to Act'
=> Tamil Nadu govt to set up the 1st Dugong conservation Reserve of India in the Palk Bay region
=> India's 1st indigenous TCAS(Train Collision Avoidance System) 'Kavach' to avoid Rail Accidents tested by Indian
Railways btw Gullaguda-Chitgidda Railway stations
=> Reliance Industries Ltd(RIL) opened India's 1st Global Destination 'Jio World Centre' in Mumbai, Maharashtra
=> National Highway for Electric Vehicle(NHforEV) to construct "India's 1st Green Charging Hub" along the Jaipur-
Delhi-Agra E-highway pipeline  
=> Pakistan retained FATF grey list ; UAE added to grey watch list
=> 'Blue Cross of India' & 'Four Paw' launched India's 1st mobile Ambulance for Street Animals in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu
 => Russian invasion to Ukraine , Russia destroyed the largest plane in the world called 'Ukraine's Antonov 225
cargo plane'
=> IOC has stripped Vladimir Putin of the Olympic Order award (Ukraine invasion)
=> Russian bank to be cut off from Interbank Messaging system(IMS) of SWIFT
=> India has become 2nd country after China to implement the T+1 stock settlement mechanism ; earlier - T+2 
=> PM Modi inaugurated 9.5 feet statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Pune Municipal Corporation made of
gunmetal with 1850 kg weight
 => MoL&E has launched 'Donate-a-Pension' programme under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan
Yojana for people to contribute to the pension fund to their support staff
=> Union Minister for Fisheries, H & Dairying , Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the 'Sagar Parikrama' initiative to
solve the concerns of the fishermen community in Gujarat
 =>India's 1st Indigenous Flying Trainer  HANSA-NG  successfully completed Sea Level trials ; It is developed by
CSIR-NAL(National Aerospace Laboratories) 
=> Europa Clipper Mission - a planned mission of NASA in 2024 ; Europa is one of the moon of 'Jupiter'
=> Aarushi Verma (shooter + environmentalist) was selected to represent India at 2041 Climate Force Antarctica
Expedition to be held in March 2022  
=> Jan Aushadhi Diwas - 7th March  ;  theme - 'Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi'  ;Jan Aushadhi Diwas Week : 1st march
to 7th March
=> A new greenfield airport developed by AAI to be launched in Hollongi city , Arunachal Pradesh
=> 9th edition of India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise 'SLINEX-21' begins in Visakhapatnam, AP 

Military exercise btw India-Sri Lanka is Mitra Shakti

 => RBI launched UPI for 'feature phones' 'UPI123Pay' and 24*7 helpline 'DigiSaathi'
 => International Women's Day - 8th March 

theme : 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow' 

theme of the IWD 2022 campaign : #BreakTheBias"
MSME ministry launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women - SAMARTH

=> Russian and Belarusian players were banned from Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics by Int Paralympic Committee
=> Microsoft to set up its 4th datacentre in Hyderabad, Telangana
=> CM of Tamil Nadu inaugurated India's largest Floating solar power project at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. 
=> Rajasthan has launched 'Camel Protection and Development Policy' in state's Budget 2022-23
  => India and Singapore signed MoU on cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation
=> India's First 100% Women-owned 'FLO Industrial Park(FIP)' launched in Hyderabad ; FLO- FICCI Ladies
Organisation
 => Bihar's Bodh Gaya to get India's Largest Buddha Statue in Sleeping Posture (reclining statue)
=> MoS S&T Dr Jitender Singh , released the book 'WISE-KIRAN : At a Glance' that features stories of 75 women
scientists in IPRs 

WISE-KIRAN scheme is under MoS&T ;  WISE(Women in Science & Engineering)-KIRAN(Knowledge

Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing)

 => English translation of Usha Uthup's Biography titled "The Queen of Indian Pop : The Authorised Biography of
Usha Uthup" , translated by Sristhi Jha , originally written in Hindi titled 'Ullas Ki Naav' , by Vikas Kumar Jha. 
=> Karnataka govt launched Women@Work (W@W)Programme to integrate Women into Workforce. 
=> WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) will be set up in Jamnagar, Gujarat under Ministry
of AYUSH
=> Govt approved setting up of NLMC(National Land Management Corporation) as SPV for undertaking Surplus
Land Monetization ; It is set up as a govt-owned company with an authorised share capital of Rs 5000 crore and
paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore ; Dept of Public Enterprise under Min of Finance  will set up company and
administer it 
  
=> RBI to regulate National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development(NaBFID) as an All India Financial
Institution(AIFI) under Sections 45L and 45N of RBI Act 1934

NaBFID is set up as a Development Financial Institution (DFI) to support the development of long-term
infrastructure financing in India. 
It will be 5th AIFI after EXIM + NABARD+NHB+SIDBI
Chairman of NaBFID is  K V Kamath

=> Yoon Suk-yeol is new elected President of South Korea , succeeding Moon Jae-in
=> Priyanka Nutakki becomes 23rd Woman GM of India  ; 1st - Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
=> Autobiography of Soli Sorabjee titled 'Soli Sorabjee : Life and Times' authored by Abhinav Chandrachud
=> 45th Int Kolkata Book Fair : 12 books penned by Mamata Banerjee published + theme country :  Bangladesh 
=> UN's 1st ever Annual International Day of Women Judges - 10th march

First female judge in SC - M.Fathima Beevi(Kerala) 1989 

 
=> In the SKOCH Group's 'SKOCH Governance Report Card for 2021' - Andhra Pradesh is at FIRST position in
States categorised as STAR states ; total 4 categories : Star > Performer> Catching-up> Other states.
=> India's Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Centre is inaugurated in Manesar, Haryana ; conceptualized and
developed by POWERGRID ; technical assistance provided by USAID
=> Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed MoU with IIT Roorkee for establishment of its FIRST 'BIS
Standardization Chair Professor'
=> Indian Railways 1st 'Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal(GCT)' commissioned in Asansol Division of Eastern
Railway 
  => ISRO to select 150 students for its "Yuva Vigyani Karyakaram(YUVIKA)" or "Young Scientist Programme"
  
=> Acc to NFHS-5 , Odisha TOPS the state's list of full immunisation with 90.5% coverage under Mission
Indradhanush.  
=> Odisha govt signed pact with NABARD for creation of fisheries infrastructure to boost fish production. 
 => Justice AK Sikri , is appointed by SC as the Chairman of the High Powered Committee on Chardham Project
  => European Space Agency introduced a mission named 'Vigil' to protect Earth from its nearest star(Sun)
=> World Glaucoma Day : 12 March , to create awareness about Glaucoma, the one of the most common cause of
irreversible blindness 

theme : 'The World is bright, save your sight'

 => Haryana govt announced Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme to support women entrepreneurs in state.  
=> Tripura govt announced the scheme 'Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa' for tea workers.
=> book titled 'The Blue Book : A Writer's Journal' is authored by Amitava Kumar
 => Mithali Raj is first woman to appear in 6 World Cups ; 3rd Cricketer
 => Mumbai is first city in South Asia to set target of 'zero out carbon emissions by 2050' ; 
=> Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti to establsih India's first World Peace Centre in Gurugram, Haryana 
=> India and Sri Lanka signed a Joint Venture and Shareholder's Agreement(JVSHA) to develop a 100 MW Solar
Power plant in  Trincomalee, Sri lanka 
=> American-Swedish Pole Vaulter Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis  sets world record of 6.19m
=> Delhi govt launches 'My EV' portal for Purchasing, Registering E-Autos
=> MoEFCC released Detailed Project Reports(DPRs) on Rejuvenation of 13 major rivers through Forestry
Interventions ; Ganga is not among 13 rivers
 => Karnataka launched India's 1st ever Digital Water Databank 'AQVERIUM' 
 => N Chandrasekaran chairman of Tata Sons , is appointed as Chairman of Air India

Air India founded in 1932 ,Mumbai by JRD Tata ; nationalised in 1953

 => World Consumer Rights Day 2022 - 15 March  ; theme : 'Fair Digital Finance'

National Consumer Day - 24th December

=> Motor Vessel MV Ram Prasad Bismil is the longest vessel ever to sail on Brahmaputra 
=> India's FIRST Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) inaugurated at IISc,Bangalore
=> Acc to SIPRI's report "Trends in Int Arms Transfers 2021" , btw 2017-21 India is largest impoter of Major arms 
; USA is largest EXPORTER 
=> 75th BAFTA Awards : Will Smith - Best Actor for 'King Richard' ; Joanna Scanlan (Best Actress) ; Best Film - The
Power of The Dog  ; Dest Director - Jane Campion   (PoTD)
=> Katalin Novak becomes Hungary's first-ever female President   ; capital of Hungary - Budapest
=> India to host 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, TN  ; Earlier scheduled in Moscow,Russia     
 => A book on PM Modi titled "Modi@20 : Dreams Meet Delivery" edited and compiled by BlueKraft Digital
Foundation and published by Rupa Publications   
=> National Vaccine Day - 16 March  ; theme - 'Vaccines Work for all'      
 => Nitin Gadkari launched India's 1st Green Hydrogen-based FCEV(Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) Toyota Mirai  in New
Delhi
 => Cricket : R Ashwin becomes 1st bowler in Test Championship to win 100 wickets
 => American Astrophysicist Eugene Parker passed away ; NASA's Parker Solar Probe in 2018 was named after him,
1st NASA mission named after a living person
 => Cochin Shipyard Ltd(CSL) signed agreement with Dredging Corporation of India(DCI) to build India's FIRST
Make in India DREDGER in collaboration with IHC Holland
=> Telangana is FIRST state to implement Crop Diversification Index
=> Visakhapatnam Railway Station is 1st station in East Coast Railway to implement 'One Nation, One Product'
announced in Budget for IR 

GI tagged Etikoppaka toys will be sold at Visakhapatnam railway station

 => Dol Utsav/Dol Jatra is a festival of West bengal

=> Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd(MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd become India's largest coal producing company
=. UNGA proclaims International Day to Combat Islamophobia - 15th March 
=> NPCI to launch On-Device Wallet 'UPI Lite' for Small value transactions in offline mode ; no need of UPI Pin 

upper limit of payment transaction - Rs 200 

Total limit of balance for an On-Device Wallet - Rs 2000 at any point of time

=> NASA rolled out the 'Integrated Space Launch System(SLS) rocket' and Orion spacecraft of the Artemis 1 Moon
Mission for 1st time  
=> (Indian Coast guard Ship)ICGS Saksham - 5th  in series of 105 m OPVs class , commissioned in Goa 
=> Indian Cricketer Gundapa R Vishwanath wrote his Autobiography titled "Wrist Assured : An Autobiography" ,
co-authored by journalist R Kaushik
=> MoEarth Science  S&T, Dr Jitender Singh released India's Arctic policy titled "India and the Arctic : building a
partnership for sustainable development" in New Delhi 

India has Observer status in Arctic Council

=> Defence Minister inaugurated DRDO's Flight Control System Integration complex in Bengaluru

 => HAL and Safran partnered to establish Helicopter Engines MRO Facility (HE-MRO) in Goa  ; MRO
(Maintenance,Repair and Overhaul)
=> Hindustan Shipyard Ltd signed Mou with Eker Group(Norway) and Vaan Moto(Kerala) to build Speed Boats
=> National Mineral Development Corporation(NMDC) ltd signed MoU with IIT Kharagpur for Drone-based
Mineral Exploration 
=> In UN World Happiness Report 2022 , India ranks #136 out of 146 ; improved from 139 in 2021 ; Finland is at
#1st ; Afghanistan - last
=> Poland's Karolina Bielawska won 70th edition of Miss World 
=> Diebedo Francis Kere from Burkina Faso, West Africa won 51st Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022 ; He is 1st African
to win this award
=> Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle inaugurated in Madagaskar by Indian Ambassador , to mark Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav ; Antananarivo
=> Japanese PM Fumio Kishida visited India to attend 14th India-Japan annual summit 2022

Japan to invest (5 trillion yen)$42 billion in India over the next 5 years

 => Relativistic Klystron Amplifier(RKA) is a Laser Weapon (microwave machine) developed by China to destroy
satellites in Space. 
=> Pankaj Advani won Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022 in Doha for 8th time
=> Venezuela's triple Jumper Yulimar Rojas created World Record with a jump of 15.74m
=> International Day of Forests 2022 - 21 March ; theme - 'Forests and sustainable production and consumption'
=> Karnataka govt developed Dishaank App for Land Survey Records
 => NACP to continue phase 5 of NACP for 5 years from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2026 ; phase 4 ended on 31
March 2021 ; NACP started in 1992
=> Narasingapettai Nagaswaram , a classical wind music instrument of Tamil Nadu gets GI tag
=> Kerala is FIRST state to introduce Carbon-Neutral Farming 
=> India's FIRST 50 KW Green Hydrogen Microgrid Project at NTPC-Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh)
=> UNEP signed MoU with One Health- a global alliance to advance Humans, Ecosystem and Animal Health ; One
Health is partnership of FAO + WHO + OIE(World org for Animal Health)
 => NABARD sanctioned Rs 4013 crore financial assistance to Odisha
  => NITI Aayog gave the WTI(Women Transforming India) Award 2021 to 75 Women Achievers through its WEP
=> Cristiano Ronaldo becomes All-time leading Scorer , broke record of 805
=> World Water Day 2022 - March 22 ; theme - 'Groundwater : Making the invisible visible'
=> Nagaland is FIRST state to implement paperless proceedings under National e-Vidhan Application(NeVA) 

Bihar Legislative Council became FIRST House in the country to transit to NeVA platform completely

=> Indian Army conducted Joint Exercise "Suraksha Kavach 2" with Maharashtra Police
=> Exercise - Dustlik : joint training exercise btw armies of India and Uzbekistan 
=> Acc to 2021 World Air Quality Report^^ released by IQAir - NCT(Delhi) is most polluted capital in the world  ;
Dhaka is 2nd most polluted  ; ^^ is based on PM2.5
 => Suresh Raina felicitated with 'Sports Icon' Award at Maldives Sports Awards 2022
=> Neeraj Chopra and Meerabai Chanu are awarded with 'Sportstar Aces awards '
=> Ashleigh Barty retired from Tennis ; Tennis player from Australia 
=> Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond authored  Children's book - "The Little Book of Joy"
=> In FY22 India's merchandise export touched New peak of $400 billion

 .Misc + Static :
 => Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary is located in Solapur,Maharashtra
=> 'Meri Policy, Mere Hath' is under PMFBY scheme
=> Ukraine - Kyiv ; $- Ukrainian Hryvnia
=> World's largest cargo aircraft named the Antonov AN-225 located in - Ukraine
=> Paris Agreement aims to reduce Global temperature rise <2 deg C  ; & if possible <1.5 degC
 => Lothal is known as 'Manchester of IVC' ; bcoz of growth of 'cotton trade'
=> Madhya Pradesh Govt created a Guinness Record in Ujjain city by lighting 21 lakh lamps as part of Maha Shivratri
celebrations 
=> Indian railways was nationalised in 1951
 => Cochin Int airport, Kerala - first airport to fully run on solar power. 
=> First payments bank of India - Airtel Payment Bank in 2016
=> Dept responsible for preparation and presentation of Union Budget - Dept of Economic Affairs