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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9th MARCH 2022

Editor1 Mar 10 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9th MARCH 2022

  1. No Smoking Day is celebrated on the second Wednesday in the month of March every year across the world. This year No Smoking Day will be celebrated on 9th march.
  2. India’s first 100 percent women-owned industrial park opened in Hyderabad, Telangana on March 8, 2022, commemorating the International Women’s Day 2022.
  3. Indian’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha is being built in Bodh Gaya. The statue will be 100 feet long and 30 feet high. Lord Buddha is in the sleeping posture in the statue.
  4. Air Marshal B Chandra Sekhar, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) took over as Commandant, Air Force Academy, Indian Air Force in March 2022.
  5. Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane today awarded the ‘USI MacGregor Medal Award’ to four defense personnel, for their extreme adventure activities.
  6. Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour and Employment, presented ‘Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar’ (VRP) on 8 March 2022.
  7. Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy today launched the ‘E-marketplace platform’ in an event organised at Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management(IITTM), Gwalior.
  8. To boost regional trade and connectivity, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal finalised an enabling memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementing the long-gestating Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) on March 7-8, 2022.
  9. In a state-level women’s conference held at BTI Ground in Raipur, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel introduced the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’ by handing out Rs 5000 checks to five beneficiaries for safe motherhood.
  10. Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang has announced that the state Government will soon implement ‘Aama Yojana’, a scheme for helping non-working mothers and ‘Bahini Scheme’ benefitting girl students of the state.
  11.  There are 40 UNESCO World Heritage sites in India. ‘Dholavira’ and ‘Ramappa’ Temple are the latest addition to the list under the ‘Cultural’ category.
  12.  A National-level shooter and an environmentalist hailing from Delhi, Aarushi Verma has been selected to represent India at the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Expendition which is set to be held in March 2022.
  13.  On 8 March 2022, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran successfully put a second military Noor 2 satellite or “light” in Persian into orbit at an altitude of 500 Kilometers.
  14. Dr Jitendra Singh Releases Booklet ‘WISE-KIRAN: At a Glance’ on “75 Success Stories” from Women Scientists Scheme of DST.
  15.  Ratnakar Shetty, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) veteran and one of India’s long served cricket administrators has released a book titled “On Board: Test. Trial. Triumph. My years in BCCI”.
  16.  Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are organizing a programme called “Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art and culture” to celebrate the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms and art and culture.

 

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