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1. Bihar Day: 22 March
✔️ Every year,
"Bihar Day" is observed on 22 March.
✔️ This year is
the 109th Foundation Day of Bihar Day.
✔️ The day is
made as a public holiday across the state.
✔️ Bihar Day: -
Bihar was carved out of Bengal on 22 March 1912 by the British government.
✔️ The day was
celebrated during the tenure of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
✔️ Bihar is a
state in eastern India.
✔️ It is the
third largest state by population in India.
✔️ It is the
12th largest state by region.
✔️ Its area is
94,163 square kilometers.
2. Birth Anniversary of Muthuswamy
Dixitar: 24 March
✔️ March 24
marks the birth anniversary of legendary Carnatic musician Muthuswamy Dixitar.
✔️ Dixitar was a
great composer of Indian classical Carnatic music.
✔️ Dixitar, Shyama
Shastri and Tyagi were called the musical trinity of Carnatic music.
✔️ His
compositions are mostly in Sanskrit.
✔️ He also
composed some of his works in Manipravalam (which is a combination of Sanskrit
and Tamil languages).
3. Birth anniversary of Dr. Ram
Manohar Lohia: 23 March
✔️ On 23 March,
the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and socialist leader Dr. Ram Manohar
Lohia is celebrated.
✔️ Lohia was
born on 23 March 1910.
✔️ He was an
activist and a socialist political leader in the Indian independence movement.
✔️ During the
last phase of British rule in India, he worked with Congress Radio which till
1942 was broadcast in secret from various locations in Bombay.
4. Ustad Bismillah Khan's birth
anniversary: March 21, 2021
✔️ On 21 March
2021, the birth anniversary of world famous shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan
was celebrated.
✔️ In 1950, he
played the shehnai at the first Republic Day celebrations.
✔️ He was the
first Indian to perform at Lincoln Center Hall in the United States.
5. Ramesh Pokhriyal: CBSE Evaluation
Framework Released
✔️ Union
Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on 24 March 2021 launched the
evaluation framework of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for
science, mathematics and English.
✔️ The framework
is part of the 'Competency-Based Education Project' of the CBSE and the British
Council.
✔️ CBSE board
10th class examination will end on 7 June 2021 while class 12th examination
will end on 11 June.
6. International Day for Right to
Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and Dignity of Victims
✔️ The
International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights
Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed annually on 24 March
every year in relation to gross human rights violations and the dignity of
victims.
✔️ The day is
celebrated every year on 24 March to pay tribute to "Monsignor Oscar
Arnulfo Romero" as he was assassinated on 24 March 1980.
✔️ He was
actively critical of the human rights violations of the most vulnerable persons
in El Salvador.
✔️ The purpose
of the International Day for the Right to Truth concerning gross human rights
violations and the dignity of victims is to honor the memory of victims of
gross and systematic human rights violations.
✔️ Its purpose
is to promote the importance of the right to truth and justice.
7. ICICI Bank: Immediate EMI facility
started
✔️ ICICI Bank
has announced the introduction of instant EMI (Equated Monthly Installments)
facility on its Internet banking platform.
✔️ It is the
first bank in the industry to do so.
✔️ This
facility, called 'EMI @ Internet Banking', aims to provide increased power to
pre-approved customers, allowing them to convert high value transactions of up
to Rs 5 lakh into easy monthly installments.
8. Andhra Pradesh: India's first
government-run animal ambulance network launched
✔️ The state
government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to set up "India's first
government-operated ambulance network" for animals.
✔️ This decision
has been taken to further promote animal husbandry and veterinary sector in the
state.
✔️ The ambulance
network is intended as one of its main missions to provide them with the
appropriate animal health care to help reach troubled animals.
✔️ The animal
husbandry department was directed to set up a mobile ambulance veterinary
clinic in each assembly constituency.
9. PGCIL: Establishment of e-tender
portal - PRANIT
✔️ Power Grid
Corporation of India Limited, a central public undertaking, has set up an
e-tendering portal - PRANIT.
✔️ This portal
will reduce paperwork, ease of operation and make the tendering process more
transparent.
✔️ POWERGRID is
now the only organization in India to have an eProcurement solution on SAP
Supplier Relationship Management, which complies with all the requirements of
security and transparency.
10. Taiwan: Freedom Pineapple
"campaign begins
✔️ Taiwan's
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu launched a "Freedom Pineapple" campaign on
Twitter.
✔️ It has been
launched by China to condemn the politically-driven ban on pineapple imports
from Taiwan.
✔️ The Chinese
government banned the import of pineapple from Taiwan in the year 2021, just
before the start of the season for pineapple.
✔️ The Chinese
government has prohibited imports, saying that pineapples were found to be
contaminated with import pests.
11. India: second most attractive
market
✔️ India ranked
second among the large emerging markets in February 2021.
✔️ For the
second consecutive month, India has managed to stay on top.
✔️ India was the
only country to report positive GDP growth figures in the December 2020
quarter, excluding China and Turkey.
✔️ The
Philippines (-8.3%) performed the worst.
12. Delhi: Meeting of "Permanent
Indus Commission" 2021 held
✔️ A
"Permanent Indus Commission" meeting will be held in New Delhi
between India and Pakistan regarding the sharing of the Indus River water.
✔️ Indus
Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena will lead the Indian delegation.
✔️ On the
Pakistan side, his counterpart Syed Muhammad Meher Ali will present his side.
✔️ Permanent
Indus Commission: - It was established under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.
13. Ramesh Pokhriyal: Shaheed Bhagat
Singh memorial inaugurated in New Delhi
✔️ The Union
Minister of Education, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated the Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Smarak in New Delhi on 23 March 2021.
✔️ It was
inaugurated by the Delhi University in an event organized on 'Martyr's Day' to
pay tribute to our national icons of the Indian national movement - Shaheed
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivram Rajguru on the completion of 90 years
of martyrdom.
14. ISRO: India's first free-space
quantum communication demonstration
✔️ In a first of
its kind initiative, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has
successfully tested Free-Space Quantum Communication at a distance of 300
meters, with several technologies developed in the country.
✔️ The
demonstration used live video conferencing, which took place between two
line-of-site buildings within the campus at the Space Applications Center
(SAC), Ahmedabad, using quantum-of-encrypted signals.
✔️ This
experiment was done at night to ensure that there is no interference from
direct sunlight.
✔️ This is a
major achievement for unconditional secure satellite data-communication using quantum
technologies.
15. Russia: 38 satellites launched in
space for 18 countries
✔️ The Russian
space agency 'Rosskosmos' successfully orbited 38 foreign satellites on a
carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1 from the Bakonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
✔️ The 38
satellites were from 18 countries, including South Korea, Japan, Canada, Saudi
Arabia, Germany, Italy and Brazil.
✔️ One of these
satellites, called 'Challenge-1', was the first satellite made entirely in
Tunisia by the Telnet telecommunications group.
✔️ In 2018, a
Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian Cosmonat and NASA astronaut failed mid-flight,
forcing the crew to make an emergency landing. Both survived without any
injuries.
16. Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Naval
Sadvi dies
✔️ A famous
Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, Nawal Saadawi, whose writings
sparked controversy in a decades-long conservative society, has passed away.
✔️ She was an
avid advocate of women's rights in Egypt and the Arab world.
✔️ In 2005, he
was awarded the Inana International Prize in Belgium, a year after receiving
the North-South Award from the Council of Europe.
✔️ In 2020, Time
magazine named her to the 100 Women of the Year list.
✔️ She was the
founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association and co-founder
of the Arab Association for Human Rights.
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