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1. National Security Day: 4 March

✔️ National Security Day was observed in the country on March 4, 2020.

✔️ The day is celebrated to honor the work of the Indian security forces.

✔️ It includes all security personnel, policemen, paramilitary forces, guards, commandos, army officers etc.

✔️ National Security Day is celebrated to promote security forces.

✔️ Citizens are reminded about their fundamental duties towards the country through this day

✔️ On this day, tribute is paid to the security personnel who sacrificed their lives for the country

✔️ Security personnel are responsible for various types of security such as political, ecological, economic, computer, infrastructure and natural resources

 

2. Uttarakhand: "Gharaki Paachan Chelic Naam scheme launched

✔️ The total outlay of the scheme in Nainital is 42 crores

✔️ The scheme was first launched in Nainital and will be expanded to cover the entire Uttarakhand state in future

✔️ The scheme is a part of the state government's effort to promote and further the empowerment of women.

✔️ The state has linked 32,000 women groups to the Self-Employment Scheme to make them self-reliant

  

4. Kuldeep Singh: CRPF DG takes over charge

✔️ IPS officer Kuldeep Singh has been given the additional charge of Director General of CRPF (DG) after the retirement of Chief AP Maheshwari.

✔️ The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest paramilitary force in the country, with an estimated strength of about 3.25 lakh personnel

✔️ It has been designated as the premier internal security force, whose main operations include theater left-wing extremism-affected states counter-terrorism operations in the Kashmir Valley and counter-terrorism operations in the North-East.

 

5. Khelo India in top position in National Games

✔️ Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir topped the medal table in the second edition of the Khelo India Winter National Games.

✔️ More than 1,000 athletes from 27 states and union territories participated in the event.

 

6. Mumbai City FC: ISL League Football Winners Shield Won

✔️ Mumbai City FC recorded a 2-0 win over ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) at the GMC Stadium in Goa to achieve the ISL League Winners Shield and the prestigious AFC Champions League spot that comes with it.

✔️ Mumbai and ATKMB finished at level 40 point, but the former claimed first place with a better head-to-head record.

✔️ Mumbai City FC has become the second Indian club to qualify in the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

 

7. New passenger train service started between India and Dhaka

✔️ A new passenger train service is scheduled to begin between Dhaka, Bangladesh and New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal on 26 March 2021 to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh

✔️ Currently there are two passenger trains running between Bangladesh and India which are Maitri Express and Bandhan Express.

 

8. Indian shuttler Varun, Malavika: has Won the Uganda International title

✔️ India's Varun Kapoor and Malvika Bansod won the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the 2021 Uganda International Badminton Tournament in Kampala.

✔️ Varun defeated Samadeshi Shankar Muthusamy 21-18, 16-21, 21-17 in the men's singles final

✔️ Malavika defeated Sandesh Anupama Upadhyay 17 21, 25- 23, 21 -10 in the women's singles

 

9. Global Bio-India 2021 Concludes

✔️ It was a three-day program on various aspects of biotechnology

✔️ Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the special guest at the inaugural session

 

10. Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV merged, Parliament TV became

✔️ The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha television channels, which broadcast the proceedings of the upper and lower houses of Parliament respectively have been merged into a single entity.

✔️ This new channel has been named Sansad Television'.

✔️ This change is effective from March 01, 2021.

✔️ Ravi Kapoor, a retired 1986 batch IAS officer, V has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Parliament TV for a year.

✔️ The decision to change the name was taken jointly by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

 

11. Researchers discover "giant luminous shark"

✔️ Scientists studying sharks from New Zealand have discovered three marine species that glow in the dark

✔️ This is the first time that bioluminescence sharks have been documented. One of them is the largest luminous vertebrate animal ever known

✔️ Organic organisms produce visible light through a chemical reaction that is a widespread phenomenon among marine life.

 

12. Indian Air Force: has to participate in X Desert Flag VI

✔️ Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in Exercise Desert Flag - VI held at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE from 03 to 27 March 2021.

✔️ The purpose of the exercise is to provide operational exposure to the participating forces, to train them to simulate air combat operations in a controlled environment, to provide.

✔️ The X Desert Flag is an annual multi-national large-force planning war exercise conducted by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.

✔️ Air forces from the United Arab Emirates, United States, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain will also be seen in the exercise

 

13. Cabinet: Agreement between India and France

✔️ The Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding between India and France in the field of renewable energy cooperation

✔️ It was signed in January 2021.

✔️ It aims to establish a basis for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy on the basis of mutual benefit, equality and reciprocity

✔️ It includes technologies related to solar, wind, hydrogen and biomass energy

 

14. Matam Venkata Rao: took over as MD and CEO of Central Bank of India

✔️ Matam Venkata Rao has taken over as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Bank of India.

✔️ Rao was till now serving as the Executive Director at Canara Bank

✔️ His appointment will continue for a period of 3 years with effect from March 1, 2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier

✔️ Rao is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

✔️ He is a post-graduate in agriculture from Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati Andhra Pradesh.

 

15. Famous Punjab composer Baldev Sharan Narang died recently

✔️ Famous music composer Baldev Sharan Narang of Punjab recently died of a heart attack

✔️ On hearing the news of his death a wave of mourning raged in the world of music and art.

✔️ He joined DAV College in 1973 as a music professor