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Current Affairs 28th March 2023

Today's History: 28 March 2023  It extends across 11 time zones and
shares land boundaries with 14 countries.
 Fasli Era of India originated in 1556.
 It is the world's 9th-most populous
 First meeting of the National Aeronautical
country and Europe's most populous country,
Laboratory Executive Council was held under
with a population of over 147 million people.
the chairmanship of J R D Tata, in 1963.
 Capital: Moscow.
 G-15 summit opened with only six heads of
Government in New Delhi, in 1994. IIT Madras Researchers develop device to detect
 The Constitution (61st Amendment) Act came milk adulteration
into force in 1989.
 IIT Madras researchers have developed a
Dilma Rousseff elected as new President of BRICS three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable
Bank device that can detect adulteration in milk
within 30 seconds.
 New Development Bank (NDB) has
 The test could be even performed at home.
announced that former Brazilian President
 It can detect multiple substances commonly
Dilma Vana Rousseff has been elected as the
used as adulterating agents including Urea,
new President of the Bank.
detergents, soap, starch, hydrogen peroxide,
 She will replace Marcus Troyjo.
sodium-hydrogen-carbonate, and salt, among
 NDB, also known as BRICS bank is a others.
multilateral financial institution set up by the
five BRICS countries including Brazil, Russia, Know About: IIT Madras
India, China, South Africa.
 IIT Madras is a public technical
Russia fires supersonic anti-ship missile at mock university located in Chennai, Tamil
target Nadu, India.
 It is selected as one of the 8 public Institutes
 Russia's navy fired supersonic anti-ship
of Eminence of India.
missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan,
 It is recognized as an Institute of National
in March 2023.
Importance.
 The P-270 Moskit missile, which has the
 Founded in 1959 with technical and financial
NATO reporting name or SS-N-22 Sunburn, is
assistance from the former government
a medium-range supersonic cruise missile of
of West Germany, it was the third Indian
Soviet origin.
Institute of Technology established by
 It is capable of destroying a ship within a
the Govt of India.
range of up to 120 km (75 miles).
1st joint conference of army chiefs of India and
Know About: Russia
Africa held
 Russia is a transcontinental
 The 1st joint conference of army chiefs of
country spanning Eastern
India and African countries was held in Pune
Europe and Northern Asia.
on 28 Mar'23.
 It is the largest country in the
 Defense Minister Rajnath Singh attended the
world encompassing 1\8th of Earth's
conference as the chief guest.
inhabitable landmass.
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 This was the first-ever conference of Army
Chiefs of these countries.
 Army chiefs of 10 countries along with 31
representatives of African nations are present
in this conference.
 A defence exhibition was also held.
Ultimate Table Tennis to return for Season 4, to
begin in July 2023
 Ultimate Table Tennis, the franchise-based
table tennis league featuring star international
paddlers, will resume after a three-year
hiatus.
 Its fourth edition will be played in Pune from
July 13 to 30, 2023.
 The fourth edition to be played at the Shree
Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex will see five
of the six previous franchises contiuning from
where they left in the last edition in 2019.
YES Bank issues first electronic bank guarantee
with NeSL
 YES Bank has issued its first electronic-Bank
Guarantee (e-BG) in partnership with National
E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
 The API integration with the Digital Document
Execution (DDE) platform of NeSL has
enabled complete digitisation of the existing
paper-based process for issuance and
maintenance of Bank Guarantee (BG).
 This includes digital stamping and signing.
Bhavani Devi bags Women’s Individual Sabre
gold
 Olympian Bhavani Devi bagged the gold
medal in the women's Individual Sabre
category of the 33rd Senior National Fencing
Championship at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports
Complex in March 2023.
 She clinched her 11th national title after she
outplayed V Sunny Alka of Kerala 15-9.
 Her team Tamil Nadu, also won the gold in
the Women's Sabre Team event, by
outplaying Kerala 45-34 in the final.
NDTV appoints former SEBI chief UK Sinha as
non-executive chairperson
 NDTV has appointed former Securities
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman
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Upendra Kumar Sinha as an independent
director and non-executive chairperson of the
NDTV board of directors.
 Sinha served as the chairman of SEBI for
over six years between 2011 and 2017.
 NDTV also appointed Welspun India's chief
executive officer Dipali Goenka as an
independent director on the board.
Ramnagar hosts its first G20 summit
 Ramnagar in the Nainital district of
Uttarakhand is hosting the first G20 summit in
the Uttarakhand from on 28-30 March 2023.
 Around 70 foreign delegates discussed four
agendas including the One Health opportunity
to tackle the pandemic and disease control,
and coordination in global efforts enhancing
reach to scientific knowledge.
3rd edition of Ladakh Literary Conference
inaugurated
 In Ladakh, Lieutenant Governor Brig. (DR) BD
Mishra (Rtd) inaugurated the 3rd edition of the
Ladakh Literary Conference at Syed Mehdi
Memorial Hall Kargil.
 During the inaugural session, two papers
were presented.
 One was by Purgi Scholar Issa Sabiri on the
Development of Purgi Language and Script
and another by Gen Tubstan Paldan (State
Awardee) on Ladakh Language and
Literature-An Insight.
Union govt notifies revised MGNREGA wage
rates
 Union govt notified a hike in wage rates under
the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for
the 2023-24 financial year.
 Haryana has the highest daily wage at ₹357
per day and Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh have the lowest at ₹221.
 The notification was issued under Section 6
(1) of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA),
2005.
Aditya Birla Capital to sell entire stake in ABIBL
 Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL), a
company under the Aditya Birla
Group announced on 27 Mar 2023 the sale of
its entire stake in Aditya Birla Insurance
Brokers Limited.
 Aditya Birla’s insurance broking firm is one of
India’s largest in selling both life and non-life
policies.
 The total enterprise value of the transaction is
set at Rs. 455 crores on a cash-free and debt-
free basis.
Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf wins race to be
Scotland's next leader
 Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf on 27 March
2023 won the race to become Scotland's new
leader, the youngest and first from a minority
ethnicity.
 He succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the
governing Scottish National Party (SNP).
 He will take over as head of the semi-
autonomous government once he wins an
approval vote in the Scottish parliament.
Manmeet Colon sworn in as Connecticut's first
assistant police chief
 Indian-origin Sikh woman officer Lieutenant
Manmeet Colon took charge as the Assistant
Chief of Police in the US state of Connecticut
on 27 March 2023.
 She became the department's first-ever
second-in-command of Asian descent.
 The Board of Police Commissioners in New
Haven unanimously approved the
appointment of Colon who was previously a
lieutenant in the internal affairs office.
IIT Guwahati ranked among world's top
universities
 The 2023 edition of the QS World University
Rankings by Subject, released by QS
Quacquarelli Symonds named the world's
best universities for the study of 54 academic
disciplines on 27 March 2023.
 India is the 12th most-represented territory in
the world.
 In the broad subject areas, IIT Guwahati
performed best in Engineering & Technology,
in which it is placed at 222nd.
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World's oldest drag queen, Darcelle XV passes
away
 The Guinness World Record holder for oldest
drag queen performer, Darcelle XV, passed
away on 27 March 2023.
 Her real name was Walter W. Cole.
 She was crowned the oldest drag queen by
Guinness World Records in 2016.
 The Darcelle XV Showplace, which she
owned, is "the West Coast's longest-running
drag show," as per Guinness.
 She authored her autobiography "Just Call
Me Darcelle".
Know About: CRISIL
 CRISIL (Credit Rating Information Services of
India Limited) is an Indian analytical company
providing ratings, research, and risk and
policy advisory services.
 It is a subsidiary of American company S&P
Global.
 Introduced in 1988, it was the first credit rating
agency in India.
 It is also India's largest ratings company.
 Headquarters: Mumbai
 MD & CEO: Amish Mehta
The 2nd G20 IWG meeting to take place in
Visakhapatnam on 28 March
 The second G20 Infrastructure Working
Group (IWG) meeting under G20 Indian
Presidency is scheduled to take place
at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, on the
28-29 March 2023.
 Around 63 delegates from G20 member
countries and international organizations will
participate in the meeting.
 The theme of the meeting is “Financing Cities
of Tomorrow: Inclusive, Resilient and
Sustainable”.
Centre constitutes committee to monitor stock
disclosure of Tur
 Union govt on 27 March 2023, constituted a
Committee under the chairmanship of
Additional Secretary, Nidhi Khare to monitor
the stock of Tur.
 It will monitor the stock of Tur held by entities
such as importers, millers, stockists, traders
etc. in close coordination with the state
governments.
 The government has also removed the 10 per
cent duty applicable for Tur imports in 2023.
Aviation Minister inaugurates direct flight
between Amritsar & London
 Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel,
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated a direct
flight between Amritsar and Gatwick, London
on 27 March 2023.
 Under the Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN)
scheme, 20 routes have been operational in
Punjab.
 The government has also signed an open sky
offer with Canada to operate unlimited flights
between Indian cities.
UDAN Scheme
 Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) is a
regional airport development program and
part of the Regional Connectivity Scheme of
upgrading under-serviced air routes.
 Its goal is to make air travel affordable and
improve economic development in India.
 PM Narendra Modi launched the scheme on
15 June 2016.
 The scheme will run for 10 years and can be
extended thereafter.
MoS Commerce & Industry Anupriya Patel
inaugurates 23rd INDIASOFT
 Union Minister of State for Commerce &
Industry, Anupriya Patel inaugurated the 23rd
edition of INDIASOFT in New Delhi on 27
March 2023.
 More than 1500 Indian exhibitors are
showcasing their products and solutions at
the event, together with other collocated
events.
 Over 650 delegates from 80 countries are
participating in the three-day event.
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio presents Budget 2023-
24
 Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who is
also the Finance Minister, on 27th March
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2023, presented the State Budget 2023-24
with an accumulated deficit of 1,374.17 crore
rupees.
 For the financial year 2023-24, the estimated
gross receipt stands at 23,145.66 crore
rupees, while the gross expenditure stands at
23,085.66 crore rupees, with a positive
balance of 60 crore rupees.
Know About: Nagaland
 It is a landlocked state in the northeastern
region of India.
 It is bordered by Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Manipur, and the Sagaing region of Myanmar.
 Nagaland became the 16th state of India on
December 1, 1963.
 Founded: 30 November 1963
 Capital: Kohima
 Chief Minister: Neiphiu Rio
 Official flower: Rhododendron arboreum
 Districts: 16
 Governor: La. Ganesan Iyer
Asia's largest 4-metre liquid mirror telescope
unveiled in Uttarakhand
 Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated
Asia's largest 4-metre International Liquid
Mirror Telescope (ILMT) at Devasthal in
Uttarakhand in March 2023.
 The telescope was designed and built by the
Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems
(AMOS) Corporation.
 The ILMT employs a 4-metre-diameter
rotating mirror made up of a thin layer of liquid
mercury, to collect and focus light.
Honduras establishes ties with China after break
from Taiwan
 Honduras established diplomatic ties with
China on 27 March 2023 after breaking off
relations with Taiwan.
 Taiwan is now recognized by only 13
sovereign states.
 China and Taiwan have been locked in a
battle for diplomatic recognition since they
split amid a civil war in 1949.
 Taiwan still has ties with Belize, Paraguay,
and Guatemala in Latin America, and Vatican
City.
Honduras
 Honduras is a country located in Central
America.
 In the tropical rainforest near Guatemala, the
ancient Mayan ceremonial site Copán has
stone-carved hieroglyphics and stelae, tall
stone monuments.
 It became independent in 1821 from Spain.
 Capital: Tegucigalpa
 Currency: Honduran Lempira
 Population: 1.03 crores
 Official language: Spanish
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 President: Xiomara Castro
First Citizens Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank
worth USD 500 million
 First Citizens Bank announced the acquisition
of Silicon Valley Bank from the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on 27
March 2023.
 FDIC took over Silicon Valley Bank on March
10, 2023, after depositors rushed to pull out
their money in a bank run that also brought
down Signature Bank.
 First Citizens will assume Silicon Valley
Bank’s assets of $110 billion as part of the
deal.