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1. Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh: 23
March
✔️ On 23 March
2021, on their martyrdom day, the nation paid tribute to freedom fighters -
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
✔️ On this day
in 1931, the British rulers hanged him in Lahore for his revolutionary
activities against the empire.
✔️ He was hanged
a day before the execution date.
✔️ A number of
events have been organized across the country to mark this day.
2. PM Modi: 'Catch the Rain' campaign
started
✔️ The Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) has launched 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan:
Catch the Rain' campaign on 22 March 2021 on the occasion of World Water Day
for water conservation.
✔️ The PM urged
that every penny of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act) should be spent on rainwater conservation till the monsoon.
✔️ The 'Catch
the Rain' campaign will be implemented across the country, both rural and
urban, from 22 March to 30 November 2021 (pre-monsoon and monsoon periods in
the country).
✔️ The main objective
of the campaign is to conserve water at the grassroots level through people's
participation and urge stakeholders to construct rainwater harvesting
structures for climatic conditions and sub-plains areas to ensure proper
storage of rainwater. Could.
3. India Legends: Won 2020-21 Road
Safety World Series T-20
✔️ In cricket,
India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs to win the Road Safety
World Series Finals title held at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International
Stadium in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
✔️ India Legends
scored a total of 181/4 but Sri Lanka Legends were able to score 167/7.
✔️ Sachin
Tendulkar was the captain of India Legends.
Related Awards:
✔️ Player of the
Match: Yusuf Pathan (India Legends)
✔️ Player of the
Series: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka Legends)
✔️ Most Runs:
Tillakaratne Dilshan
✔️ Most wickets:
Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. India Legends: Won 2020-21 Road
Safety World Series T-20
✔️ In cricket,
India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs to win the Road Safety
World Series Finals title held at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International
Stadium in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
✔️ India Legends
scored a total of 181/4 but Sri Lanka Legends were able to score 167/7.
✔️ Sachin
Tendulkar was the captain of India Legends.
Related Awards:
✔️ Player of the
Match: Yusuf Pathan (India Legends)
✔️ Player of the
Series: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka Legends)
✔️ Most Runs:
Tillakaratne Dilshan
✔️ Most wickets:
Tillakaratne Dilshan
5. Telangana government: 30% wage
increase for employees
✔️ Telangana
Chief Minister K.K. Chandrasekhar Rao has announced a 30% salary hike for the
state government employees and teachers under the salary revision and raised
the retirement age from 58 to 61 years.
✔️ The wage
increase decision is applicable to contract employees, homeguards and others in
the state.
✔️ He also
announced reducing the upper age limit from 75 to 70 years to get 15%
additional pension.
6. Nozomi Okuhara: Won the women's
singles title at the All England Open
✔️ Nozomi
Okuhara of Japan won the women's title by defeating Pornpwee Chochuwong 21-12
21-16 in the All England Badminton Championship final.
✔️ In the men's
section, Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia won the title by defeating Viktor Axelsen of
Denmark in the final match of All England Badminton Championship.
✔️ With this
win, Malaysia won the title four years later after someone from the country won
the All England Open.
✔️ Lee Chong Wei
last won the All England Open for Malaysia in 2017.
7. Madhya Pradesh: Sankalp campaign
launched
✔️ Madhya
Pradesh launched a statewide resolution campaign from 23 March 2021 for a week
to create awareness on the appropriate behavior of COVID.
✔️ Sirens will
be played at 11 am and 7 pm in the state.
✔️ The public
will stop at their place and take a 2-minute resolution to use masks and maintain
social distance.
8. 67th National Film Awards
announced
✔️ The 67th
National Film Awards are currently being announced in New Delhi.
✔️ The awards
are for the films of the year 2019.
✔️ The event is
organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting.
✔️ The ceremony
was scheduled to be held in May last year but was delayed indefinitely due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
9. Gandhi Peace Prize of the year
2020
✔️ The Gandhi
Peace Prize of the year 2020 will be given to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman.
✔️ Rahman was
the first President of Bangladesh.
✔️ Rahman is
known as "Father of the Nation" or simply "Mujib" in
Bangladesh.
✔️ The Gandhi
Peace Prize is an annual award, which is instituted by the Government of India
since 1995, It carries an amount of Rs 1 crore, a citation, a plaque and an
exquisite traditional handicraft.
10. Parliament: Constitution Order
Bill 2021 passed
✔️ With the passing
of the Rajya Sabha on 22 March 2021, the Parliament passed the Constitution
(Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
✔️ The Bill
seeks to revise the list of Scheduled Castes in Tamil Nadu.
✔️ The bill
transforms the Devendrakuthan community into Devendrakul Vellar which includes
Devendrakuthan, Kaldi, Kudumban, Pallan, Pannadi and Vathirian.
11. Lok Sabha: NCT of Delhi Bill 2021
passed
✔️ On 22 March
2021, the Lok Sabha passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
Bill 2021.
✔️ The Bill
amends the National Capital Territory Act, 1991 of the Government of Delhi.
✔️ It amends
some of the powers and responsibilities of the Legislative Assembly and the
Lieutenant Governor.
12. Marine Aids to Navigation Bill,
2021 passed
✔️ The Lok Sabha
has passed the Marine AIDS to Navigation Bill, 2021 to replace an old
lighthouse law.
✔️ The Bill
seeks to provide a framework for the development, maintenance and management of
AIDS to navigation in the country.
✔️ Its purpose
is to repeal the Lighthouse Act, 1927, and the Directorate General of
Lighthouses and Lights assign additional power and functions.
13. Famous filmmaker and writer Sagar
Sarhadi passed away
✔️ The Famous
writer and filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi, known her for films like "Kabhi
Kabhi", "Silsila", and "Bazaar", has passed away
recently.
✔️ He started
his career as an Urdu short story and entered Bollywood through Yash Chopra's
1976 "Kabhi Kabhi", starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rakhi in the lead
roles.
✔️ He made his
directorial debut in 1982 with "Bazaar".
✔️ He wrote
dialogues for various acclaimed films such as "Silsila",
"Chandni", "Deewana" "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" etc.
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