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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15th MARCH 2022

Editor1 Mar 16 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15th MARCH 2022

  1. ‘World Consumer Rights Day’ is celebrated on March 15 every year. The Theme for 2022 is “Fair Digital Finance”.
  2. 15 March is celebrated as the ‘World Contact Day’ to bring all alien life enthusiasts together to attempt to contact extraterrestrial beings.
  3. March 14 is marking the 143rd birth anniversary of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein.
  4. The state government of Maharashtra has announced to set up the country’s first medical city named as ‘Indrayani Medicity’ in Pune, to provide all kinds of specialized treatment under one roof.
  5. Uttarakhand celebrates the traditional harvest festival “Phool Dei”. Phool Dei is celebrated on the first day of Chaitra or in mid-March.
  6. The Central Government has nominated Debasish Panda as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India.
  7. Prashant Kumar has been appointed as Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Yes Bank.
  8. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei have won the ‘men’s and women’s singles’ title respectively at All England Championship held in Birmingham, England.
  9. The Mumbai Central station is going to be renamed as Nana Shankarseth Mumbai Central Railway Station.
  10. India’s Lakshya Sen won a silver medal at the ‘German Open 2022’ on 13 March 2022.
  11.  For the first time in its 100-year-old history, Dehradun’s Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) will induct girls. Five girl’s cadets are set to join Rashtriya Indian Military College in July 2022.
  12.  Games24 × 7, an online skill gaming company has appointed cricketers, Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad as the new Brand Ambassadors for My11Circle, its fantasy sports platform.
  13. The Chairman of Tata Sons, N. Chandrasekaran has been appointed as the Chairman of Air India.
  14.  Ranjit Rath has been named as the next Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL).
  15.  The 75th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, also known as the BAFTA Award, was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The film that received the maximum number of awards was ‘Dune’ as well with 5 Awards.
  16.  The FIFA World Cup 2022 is set to be the 22nd edition of the quadrennial international men’s football championship, which will be contested by national teams from FIFA member countries. It will take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.
  17.  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced India’s star all-format batter Shreyas Iyer and White Ferns all-rounder Amelia Kerr were voted ‘ICC Player of the Match’ for February 2022.
  18. ISRO on 14 March 2022, successfully conducted the ground testing of the newly developed solid booster state (SS1) for its new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV).

 

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