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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1st March to 8th


March 2024

National News
• Coal India Limited (CIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL) sign a JVA for setting up Ammonium Nitrate Plant
• Ministry of Jal Shakti signs agreement with 12 technical
education institutions for basin management of 6 rivers
• NTPC joins hands with Maharashtra State Power Generation
Company (MAHAGENCO)for development of Renewable
Energy Parks
• Reliance partners with Sri Lanka’s Elephant House to intensify
fight against Coke & Pepsi
• Leopard numbers show 8% rise from 2018 to 2022
• FSSAI gives ‘Eat Right Station’ certificate to 150 Railway
Stations
• 4 days long ‘Tawi Festival’ begins in Jammu
• Telangana Government launched One-Time Scheme
• Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes ‘Poshan
Utsav’
• PM Modi launches development projects worth 35,700 crore
rupees in Jharkhand
• Cabinet approves establishment of International Big Cat
Alliance
• Cabinet approves PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
• Amit Shah inaugurates National Urban Cooperative Finance
and Development Corporation
• L&T commissions India’s first indigenously built green
hydrogen electrolyser in Gujarat
• Sarbananda Sonowal dedicates first-ever Made-in-India
ASTDS tug

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• Telangana govt to launch Indiramma housing scheme


• Smriti Irani launched Haj Suvidha mobile App
• REC Limited joins hands with UNISED to support
Education of Children
• Chapchar Kut Festival Celebrated Across Mizoram
• Rajnath Singh launches Acing Development of Innovative
Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme to boost defence
innovation
• Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates country’s 1st Green Hydrogen
Plant in Stainless Steel Sector at Haryana
• Vivek Bharadwaj inaugurates the second PESA Regional
Conference at Ranchi
• India’s first indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder
Reactor at Kalpakkam
• Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, Banglar muslin get GI tag
• Mandaviya inaugurates Three Central Institute of
Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)
Centers Across India
• India’s unemployment rate in 2023 dropped to 3.1%: NSO
• CM Yogi launched ‘MYUVA Scheme’ for Young
Entrepreneurs in UP
• BHEL bags order worth Rs 9,500 cr to set up 1,600 MW thermal
project
• Swiggy and IRCTC join hands to deliver food on Indian
Railways
• PM Modi inaugurates India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata
• Government launched innovative NITI for states platform for
policy and good governance
• Jharkhand govt launched State Widow Remarriage Promotion
Scheme
• Karnataka govt signed MoU with World Economic Forum for Al
centre
• Rajnath Singh inaugurates ‘Chola’ building at Naval War
College
• Airbus signs contract with IIM Mumbai to boost aviation
talent in India

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• Fly91 gets DGCA approval to start flights


• Kerala Launches India’s First Govt-Backed OTT Platform,
‘CSpace’
• IOC to make fuel for Formula 1 – first by an Indian firm
• Accenture launches learning platform; to acquire edtech
Udacity
• First Bharat Steam Boiler Expo 2024 held in Guwahati
• Govt extends subsidy for Ujjwala beneficiaries by another one
year
• World’s largest literary festival-‘Sahityotsav’ to be held
from March 11-16
• Cabinet approves 4% hike in DA for government employees

International News
• India’s rank remains unchanged at 42 in International IP
Index 2024
• Nicaragua becomes first Spanish-Speaking nation to recognize
IPS
• France become first country to enshrine abortion rights in
its constitution
• Panama becomes 97th member of International Solar Alliance

Banking and Financial


• RBI cancels licence of Rajasthan-based Sumerpur Mercantile
Urban Coop Bank
• Maruti Suzuki partners with Union Bank of
India for dealer financing solutions
• India’s GDP growth at 8.4% in Q3 2023-24
• GST Collections Jump 12.5% YoY to Rs 1.68 Lakh Crore in Feb
2024
• FIU imposes 5.49 crore fine on Paytm Payments Bank
• Flipkart unveils its UPI handle to boost India’s digital
evolution
• Kotak Mahindra Bank introduces Smart Choice Gold Loan

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• RBI approves AU-Fincare Small finance bank merger


• Moody’s raises India’s 2024 GDP forecast to 6.8%
• PNB ties up with EaseMyTrip to launch travel credit card
• Infibeam Avenues get RBI’s authorization to payment
aggregator licence
• 30 banks join RBI’s UDGAM portal for unclaimed deposits
• CRISIL raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.8% for FY25
• Kotak Life introduces Non-Linked Par Product Kotak G.A.I.N
• Future Generali India launches new women’s health insurance
plan
• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank launches ‘Vikas Spoorty’

Appointment and Resignation


• Renu Sud Karnad as chairperson and independent
director of PayU
• Jana SFB gets RBI approval to re-appoint Ajay
Kanwal as MD & CEO
• Daljit S Chaudhary appoints as Director of NSG
• Anurag Agarwal appointed head of Parliament security
• RBI approves ex-Sebi director Ravindran as TMB’s part time
chairman
• Shehbaz Sharif elected as PM of Pakistan
• BPCL teams up with Neeraj Chopra as Brand Ambassador
• SI Suman Kumari makes history as BSF’s First Female Sniper
• Slice appoints Nayanthara as Brand Ambassador
• Manish Prasad appointed president and MD for SAP Indian
Subcontinent

Awards
• Sunil Bharti Mittal first Indian to get Honorary
Knighthood from King Charles III
• Pradeep Mahajan receives Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2024

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• Zoya Akhtar and Asma Khan honored with ‘India-UK Achievers’


Award
• Tiger Woods honoured with USGA’s prestigious Bob Jones
Award
• Yatin Bhaskar Duggal wins first prize in National Youth
Parliament Festival 2024

Defence
• DRDO conducts successful flight test of Very Short-Range Air
Defence System (VSHORADS) missile
• Iran launches ‘Pars 1’ satellite into orbit from Russia
• Navy commissions strategically important base INS
Jatayu in Lakshadweep Islands

Science
• India’s IN-SPACe Inaugurates Satellite & Payload Technical
Centre in Ahmedabad

Sports
• Paul Pogba banned for four years for doping
• Pro Kabaddi League Season 10, Puneri
Paltan Clinches Maiden Title
• B Sai Praneeth announces retirement from international
badminton
• Shahbaz Nadeem retires from international and India’s
domestic cricket
• Sunrisers Hyderabad appoint Pat Cummins as captain for IPL
2024

Book and Author


• A book on Indian modern art “The Gems of Indian Art” launched
• “The Conspiracy” authored by Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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Important day
• 1 March – Zero Discrimination Day (Theme 2024 – To protect
everyone’s health, protect everyone’s rights)
• 1 March – World Seagrass Day (Theme 2024 – Healthy Seagrass,
Healthy Planet)
• 1 March – World Civil Defence Day
• 3 February – World Wildlife Day (Theme 2024 – Connecting
People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife
Conservation.)
• 3 March – World Hearing Day (Theme 2024 – Changing
mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all)
• 4 March – National Safety Day (Theme 2024 – Safety Leadership
for ESG Excellence.)
• 4 March – World Obesity Day (Theme 2024 – Let’s Talk About
Obesity And…”)
• 5 March – Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
• 5 March – International Day for Disarmament and Non-
Proliferation Awareness
• 6 March – Ghana Independence Day
• 7 March – Jan Aushadhi Diwas
• 8 March – International Women’s Day (Theme 2024 – ‘Invest in
women: Accelerate Progress’)

Obituary
• Former Canada PM, Brian Mulroney passes away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9th March to 15th


March 2024

National News
• PM launches 52 tourism sector projects worth more than Rs
1400 crores

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• Cabinet approves MSP for Raw Jute for 2024-25 Season


• PM Modi dedicated Sela tunnel to nation
• Cabinet approves Uttar Poorva Transformative
Industrialization Scheme 2024
• Bichom becomes 27th district of Arunachal Pradesh
• DST, T-Hub launch AI-ML hub in Hyderabad
• India to construct a 10,000-GPU Supercomputer for self-
sufficient AI advancement
• PM Modi lays foundation stone of “Experience of Spirituality at
Chitrakoot Ghat” project in Chitrakoot
• Poshan Pakhwada 2024 begins 9 March to 23 March 2024
• Arjun Munda inaugurates agriculture integrated command and
control center at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi
• Hardeep S Puri Inaugurates 5th ONGC Para Games
• PM Modi unveils 125-feet tall statue of Lachit
Borphukan in Assam’s Jorhat
• India signs free trade pact with 4 European countries, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland
• India now stands as the world’s second-largest
producer of mobile phones
• Majuli Mask Making and Manuscript Painting Receive GI Tags
• North India’s First Government Homeopathic College to be
Established in Kathua
• PM Modi launches Mahtari Vandan Yojana in Chhattisgarh
• Jal Shakti Ministry launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the
Rain 2024
• Easy Trip Planners partners with Ministry of Rural
Development to empower self-help groups
• Tamil Nadu govt. launches ‘Neengal Nalama’ Scheme
• PM Modi inaugurates 15 Airport Projects
• Tata Power Solar completes India’s largest solar-BESS
project in Chhattisgarh
• MoRD partners with IIT Delhi to work collaboratively
in Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence

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• Fintech GIPL merges with North East Small Finance Bank,


gets CCI nod
• SIDBI gets $24.5 million from GCF for ‘Avaana’ fund
• India’s Index of Industrial Production grows by
3.8% in January 2024
• India and Dominican Republic signs protocol for establishment
of Joint Economic and Trade Committee
• ADB to provide USD 181 min loan to
improve livability, mobility in Ahmedabad
• Anurag Thakur launches PB-SHABD to offer news
feed to media outlets
• India and Bhutan signed MoU in the field of Energy Efficiency
and Energy Conservation Measures
• Ministry of Defence approves three lakh vacancies to expand
NCC
• Heavy Industries Ministry announces Electric Mobility
Promotion Scheme 2024
• PM Launched PM-SURAJ (‘Pradhan Mantri Samajik Utthan and
Rozgar Adharit Jankalyan’) Portal
• Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar to be renamed ‘Ahilyanagar’
• SC ordered Election Commission to Published Data on Electoral
Bond
• Reliance to buy 13% of Paramount’s stake in Viacom18 for Rs
4,286 crore
• India ranked 134 out of 193 countries on UN Human
Development Index 2022
• India, ADB sign $23 million loan for Fintech Ecosystem
Development
• Shipping Ministry approves projects worth ₹645-
crore in Assam to boost tourism
• NHPC bags 200 MW capacity solar power project in Gujarat

International News
• Sweden officially becomes 32nd member of NATO

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Banking and Financial


• RBI and Bank Indonesia sign MoU to establish a framework
to promote use of local currencies for cross-border
transactions
• Tech Fini Join hands with NPCI to provide credit line on UPI
• Govt keeps interest rates on small savings
schemes unchanged for Q1 FY25
• Moody’s ups growth forecast to 8% for FY24
• BoB launches green term deposit scheme with 7.15% interest
• IndusInd Bank launched all-in-one payment wearables
• SBI partners with Aurionpro for its transaction banking
platform
• Retail inflation dropped a tad to 4-month low of
5.09% in February 2024
• Kotak Mahindra Bank sells 2% stake in KFin Tech
• L&T Finance signs $125-m pact with JICA to aid rural, peri-
urban financing
• Total of 22,217 electoral bonds purchased: SBI to SC
• Private banks’ share in deposits rises to 34%
• RBI bars Federal Bank, South Indian Bank from issuing co-
branded credit cards
• Max India’s subsidiary partners with IIT Delhi for senior citizen
care
• RBI imposes ₹1.40 cr monetary penalty on Bank of India
• India’s WPI inflation eases to four-month low of 20 per
cent in Feb

Appointment and Resignation


• Rajendra Prasad Goyal assumes additional charge of NHPC
Limited
• Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan’s 14th President
• Devendra Jhajharia elected new President of Paralympic
Committee of India (PCI)

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• AS Rajeev sworn in as Vigilance Commissioner


• Kishor Makwana assumes charge as Chairman of National
Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
• Nayab Singh Saini elected as new CM of Haryana
• Deepak Ballani appoints as DG of Indian Sugar & Bio-energy
Manufacturers Association (ISMA)
• Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra granted six-month extension
• Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Sandhu appointed as new Election
Commissioners
• Mohammad Mustafa elected as new PM of Palestinian
• B Sairam appoints as new CMD of Northern Coalfields Limited
(NCL)

Awards
• India receives ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ award
• Krystyna Pyszkova wins the Miss World 2024
• Amitav Ghosh awarded Erasmus Prize for highlighting Climate
Crisis
• 96th Osacar 2024 winners announced; ReadMore…
• Srinivasan Swamy receives 2024 IAA Golden Compass Award
• 24 writers honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award for 2023
• Greeshma and Ritika jointly won Chameli Devi Jain Award
2024

Defence
• CCS gives nod to 5th generation aircraft project worth ₹15,000
crore
• INS Tir participates in Exercise Cutlass Express in Seychelles
• Defence Ministry signs ₹200 crore contract for anti-drone
systems
• DRDO successfully conducts Mission Divyastra

Sports

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• Umpire Marais Erasmus set to retire


• James Anderson becomes first pacer to pick 700 Test wickets
• Satwik-Chirag win French Open doubles title
• Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan clinches gold medal at Europa
Cup
• Rachin Ravindra becomes youngest cricketer to win Sir
Richard Hadlee Medal
• Max Verstappen triumphs at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
• Mumbai Wins Ranji Trophy 2024 after beating Vidarbha
• Yashasvi Jaiswal and Annabel Sutherland crowned ICC Players
of the Month for February

Book and Author


• Parshottam Rupala release Book on Sagar Parikrama

Important day
• 9 March – No Smoking Day (Theme 2024 – Protecting children
from tobacco industry interference.)
• 9 March – CISF Raising Day
• 10 March – International Day of Women Judges
• 12 March– National Mauritius Day
• 11 March – World Plumbing Day
• 13 March 2024 (Second Wednesday of March) – No Smoking
Day
• 14 March – International Day of Action for Rivers (Theme
2024 – Water for All)
• 14 March 2024 (Second Thursday of March) – World Kidney
Day (Theme 2024 – Kidney Health for All – Advancing Equitable
Access to Care and Optimal Medication Practice)
• 14 March – Pi Day
• 15 March – World Consumer Rights Day (Theme 2024 – Fair
and responsible AI for consumers)
• 16 March – National Vaccination Day

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Obituary
• Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas dies at 90

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16th March to 23rd


March 2024

National News
• Government launches alternate Auto Fuel Ethanol100
• India & Singapore sign MoU on Law and Dispute Resolution
• Kashmir hosts first Formula-4 Car Racing Event along Dal Lake
• Election Commission launches ‘Know Your Candidate’ app
• India’s first integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit by 3F Oil
Palm starts commercial operations
• Election Commission launches ‘Mission 414’ campaign
in Himachal
• Guyana to acquire 2 HAL-Made Dornier 228 Aircraft from India
• Tata Sons announces sale of 0.6% Stake in TCS for over ₹9,300
crore
• ICRA forecasts Indian IT service industry growth at 3-
5% in FY25
• Indian Navy & IIT Kharagpur signed a MoU to drive innovation
through research partnership
• Meta partners with ECI to identify unlawful content from its
platforms
• India’s First Ayurvedic Café Opens in Delhi
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Krishi
Jagran signed MoU for
the dissemination & promotion of ICAR’s initiatives for
the growth of Indian Agriculture
• CCI Approves Ultra Tech Cement’s ₹ 7,600 crore buyout
deal of Kesoram’s cement business

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• India’s 1st Battery Energy storage GigaFactory to be launched


in J&K
• IIT Madras develops customisable ‘Electric Standing
Wheelchair’
• GRID-INDIA is now a Miniratna Company
• 47th Meeting of National Committee of Archivists held
in Srinagar
• 4th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Startup
Forum organized in New Delhi
• ITU elects India as co-chair of its Digital Innovation Board

International News
• New Delhi ranked world’s most polluted capital
city for 4th consecutive year since 2018
• World Happiness
Report – India ranks 126th; topped by Finland
• 3rd summit for Democracy hosted by South Korea

Banking and Financial


• SANY India signs MoU with J&K Bank to give finance solution
• Axis Bank to support Tata Memorial-supported National
Cancer Grid
• YES Bank partners with Indian Olympic Association for Paris
Olympics 2024
• FinMin notifies Rs 90 coin to commemorate 90 years of RBI
• RBI imposes ₹1.31 cr. Penalty on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
• Gross Direct Tax collections for FY 2023-24 register a growth of
18.74%
• Airtel PB partners with Noise and Mastercard to unveil ‘A New
Way To Pay’
• DBS Bank India unveils $250 mn lending support to start-
ups and ‘new economy’ organizations

Appointment and Resignation

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• Kotak Bank appoints Jaideep Hansraj as President of ‘One


Kotak’
• Rahul Singh appointed as new chief of CBSE
• NK Sehgal becomes new chairman of Prasar Bharati
• EC announces Para Archer Sheetal Devi as National PwD icon
• Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan resigns
• Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential election with 87.97%
of the vote
• Poonawalla Fincorp appoints Arvind Kapil as MD & CEO
• Sheyphali Sharan appointed government spokesperson
• Radhakrishnan assumes office as Telangana Governor
• Kumar Venkatasubramanian appoints as CEO of P&G India
• Vinay Kumar appointed Indian Ambassador to Russia
• Kiren Rijiju gets additional charge after Pashupati Kumar Paras
resigns from Union cabinet
• Prabowo Subianto elected as new President of Indonesia
• M V Rao elected as chairman of Indian Banks’ Association
• Naveen Jindal elected the President of Indian Steel
Association (ISA)
• Ruturaj Gaikwad named new CSK Skipper

Awards
• Uday Bhatia & Manasi Gupta honoured with Diana Memorial
Award
• Ratan Tata awarded PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award
• Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna to be conferred with the Sangita
Kalanidhi award
• Renowned poet Prabha Varma selected for Saraswati
Samman for the year 2023

Defence
• Army raises helicopter unit at Jodhpur to induct Apache attack
choppers

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• Defence Ministry contract with HAL for upgrade of 25 Dornier


aircraft
• Indian Army contingent departs for Seychelles for
Exercise “LAMITIYE-2024”
• India-US Joint Military Exercise “EX TIGER TRIUMPH 2024” on
the Eastern Seaboard
• India, Mozambique, Tanzania Joint Maritime Exercise begins

Sports
• Matthew Wade retires from first-class cricket
• RCB triumphs over Delhi Capitals in WPL 2024 final
• Alcaraz beats Medvedev to win second straight Indian Wells
title

Important day
• 18 March – Ordnance Factories Day
• 20 March – French Language Day
• 20 March – International Day of Happiness
• 20 March – World Sparrow Day (Theme 2024 – I Love Sparrow)
• 20 March – World Oral Health Day (Theme 2024 – A Happy
Mouth is A Happy Body)
• 21 March – World Forestry Day (Theme 2024 – Forests and
innovation: new solutions for a better world.)
• 21 March – World Poetry Day (Theme 2024 – Standing on the
Shoulders of Giants)
• 21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (Theme 2024 – A Decade of Recognition, Justice,
and Development: Implementation of the International Decade for
People of African Descent)
• 21 March – World Down Syndrome Day
• 22 March – Bihar Diwas
• 22 March – World Water Day (Theme 2024 – Water for Peace)

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Obituary
• Renowned Rabindra Sangeet Singer Sadi Mohammad Passes
Away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 24th March to 31st


March 2024

National News
• ‘Operation Indravati’ to evacuate stranded
Indians in Haiti launched
• Tech Mahindra collaborates with IBM to drive digital adoption
• ECI launched Saksham app to facilitate easier voting for PwD
• Bharat Biotech starts clinical trials of Tuberculosis vaccine
MTBVAC in India
• Harivansh attends 148th assembly of Inter-
Parliamentary Union in Switzerland’s Geneva
• Starburst Accelerator SARL partners with IIT Madras to
establish €100 million startup hub
• Adani Ports acquires 95% of Odisha’s Gopalpur Port from SP
Group
• NTPC secures USD 200 million Loan from Japan Bank for
International Co-operation (JBIC) for Renewable Projects
• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) inks pact
with JBIC for 20 billion
• World’s largest copper manufacturing plant owned by Adani
Group at Mundra in Gujarat
• India’s first Artificial Intelligence based Film
‘IRAH’ trailer launched, directed by Sam Bhattacharjee
• HPCL and Tata Join Forces to Build Nationwide EV Charging
Network
• IIM Mumbai and Starburst collaborate to boost aerospace,
defence startups

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International News
• New Zealand bans disposable E-Cigarettes and Vapes
• Mumbai Overtakes Beijing to Become Asia’s Billionaire
Capital: Hurun Report
• India at G20 2nd Employment Working Group
Meeting at Brasilia
• Saudi Arabia to participate in Miss Universe event in historic first

Banking and Financial


• Federal Bank & NPCI partner for contactless payments
• Government allocated Rs 6200 cr to boost RRB
• Star Housing Finance partners with Tata Capital Housing
Finance
• LIC world’s strongest insurance brand: Brand Finance
Insurance
• Innoviti Payments, Concerto Software get RBI payment
aggregator licences
• S&P Global raises India’s FY25 GDP growth forecast to 8%
• Ujjivan SFB partners with Veefin Solutions for MSME growth
• RBI imposes Rs 59.90 lakh fine on Nashik’s Janalaxmi
Cooperative Bank
• Government to borrow ₹7.5-lakh crore in April-Sept
• Kotak Mahindra Bank acquires Sonata Finance
• SEBI cancels investment banking licence of Karvy Investor
Services
• Bank of India to raise Rs 10,000 cr via infrastructure bonds
• Axis Bank launches Digital US Dollar Fixed
Deposits for NRIs at GIFT City
• IT Dept slaps ₹564.44 crore penalty on Bank of India

Appointment and Resignation

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• Mariam Mammen Mathew to chair Digital News Publishers


Association (DNPA)
• Govind Dholakia Appointed New Chairman of Surat Diamond
Bourse
• Soumendu Bagchi appointed India’s next ambassador to Iraq
• Luis Montenegro named Portugal’s Prime Minister
• Hansha Mishra appointed as Director in UPSC
• Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as Judicial Member, Lokpal
• Abhay Thakur Appointed as Next Envoy to Myanmar
• Neeraj Chopra becomes Eveready’s new brand ambassador
• Sadanand Date appointed as chief of National Investigation
Agency (NIA)
• Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins Senegal’s Presidential election
• Nidhu Saxena appointed as MD & CEO of Bank of Maharashtra
• Sita Ram Meena appointed as India’s next
ambassador to Niger
• Girija Subramanian appoints as CMD of New India Assurance
Company
• Arnab Banerjee elected as Chairman of Automotive Tyre
Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA)

Awards
• THDC bags ‘The GEEF Global Environment Award
2024’ in power industry
• Nishant gets 29th Devi Shankar Awasthi Award
• Michel Talagrand awarded Abel Prize 2024
• Madhumita’s book shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Non-fiction
• Vijay Jain bagged prestigious Times Power Icon 2024 Award

Defence
• LCA Tejas MK-1A completes maiden flight in Bengaluru
• India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise concludes
at Mozambique

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Sports
• 3rd edition of North East Games 2024 begins In Nagaland
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won WTT Feeder Beirut 2024 men’s
title
• Sharath Kamal to be Indian Flagbearer at Paris Olympics
2024
• Sreeja Akula wins women’s singles title at WTT Feeder Beirut
II 2024
• Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP
• Kenya allrounder Collins Obuya retires from cricket
• Sunrisers Hyderabad record for highest IPL total of all
time; 277 runs
• Sri Lanka to host Women’s Asia Cup 2024
• IIT Madras to host the 6th Shaastra Rapid FIDE Rated Chess
Tournament

Book and Author


• From A Car Shed To The Corner Room & Beyond authored by S
Raman

Important day
• 23 March – World Tuberculosis Day (Theme 2024 – Yes! We can
end TB)
• 23 March – World Meteorological Day (Theme 2024 – At the
Frontline of Climate Action)
• 23 March – Shaheed Diwas
• 24 March – International Day for the Right to the Truth
concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the
Dignity of Victims
• 25 March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims
of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• 25 March – International Day of Solidarity with Detained and
Missing Staff Members

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• 26 March – Purple Day of Epilepsy


• March 27 – World Theatre Day
• 28 March – World Piano Day
• 30 March – International Day of Zero Waste
• 30 March – Rajasthan Diwas

Obituary
• Former Pakistan captain Saeed Ahmed passes away
• Tamil Actor Lakshmi Narayanan Seshu passes away
• Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman passed away

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