CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 17th MARCH 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 17^th MARCH 2022

1. Public Enterprises Selection Board has picked Ranjit Rath to head India’s second-largest state oil and gas producer, Oil India Ltd.
2. The Indian Army has dedicated a ‘Chair of Excellence’ in late Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat’s memory at the United Service Institution of India (USI).
3. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has announced a five-year tenure extension of its Managing Director and CEO Tapan Singhel.
4. Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen received his ‘knighthood’ on 16 March 2022 at Windsor Castle. He will now be known in the U.K. as Sir Steve McQueen.
5. Bharat Biotech has entered into a partnership with Biofabri, a Spanish biopharmaceutical firm for the development, manufacturing and marketing of a new tuberculosis vaccine.
6. Chairman of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian to be included in the list of top 10 billionaires in the world, according to a report compiled by research platform Hurun in coordination with real-estate group M3M titled 'The 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List' on Wednesday.
7. Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog on 16 March 2022 presented a Rs 600.36 crore deficit budget for the 2022-23 financial year.
8. Indian-origin author Manjeet Mann has been shortlisted for her children’s book ‘The Crossing’, for the UK’s prestigious Yoto Carnegie Medal.
9.  The MV Ram Prasad Bismil has become the longest vessel ever to sail from Ganga to the Brahmaputra.
10.  Over 20 Indian private universities and higher educational institutions (HEIs) signed a “Goa Declaration” at the conclusion of the three-day PACT2030 conclave, held in Goa in March 2022.
11.  Poland’s Karolina Bielawska has been crowned Miss Universe for the year 2021. The 70^th edition of the event was held on 16 March 2022 night at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
12.  Russia has decided to launch Rossgram – a replacement of Instagram on March 28, 2022.
13.  Mumbai, Maharashtra announced its detailed framework to ‘zero out carbon emissions by 2025’ and become the first city in South Asia to set such a target.
14.  Professor Narayan Pradhan has been selected for the ‘31^st GD Birla Award’ for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences.
15.  ‘Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle’ has been unveiled in Madagascar to mark Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
16.  The first authorized biography titled “Rahul Bajaj: An Extraordinary Life”, authored by Gita Piramal and published by India portfolio, Imprint of Penguin Random House India (PPHI) will be launched on 21 March 2022.
17.  On 15^th March 2022, American Astrophysicist Eugene Newman Parker, who contributed to the solar physics, has passed away.