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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 18th MARCH 2022

Editor1 Mar 19 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 18th MARCH 2022

  1. ‘Global Recycling Day’ is annually observed across the globe on 18th March. The theme of event for Global Recycling Day 2022 will focus on the ‘Recycling Fraternity’.
  2. ‘World Sleep Day’ is a Global event celebrated on March 18th 2022. The theme for World Sleep Day 2022 is ‘Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World’.
  3. The ‘Ordnance Factories’ Day’ is observed on the 18th March every year.
  4. On 18 March 2022, West Bengal celebrated the ‘Dol Utsav’ or ‘Dol Jatra’, the festival of colors, marking the onset of spring season.
  5. Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma on 17 March 2022 presented a Rs 26,893 crore tax-free budget for 2022-23.
  6. Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Thursday, March 17, released India's Arctic policy titled 'India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’ in New Delhi.
  7. Union Minster of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj released the Disaster Management Plan on the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 17th March 2022.
  8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the extension of Rajeev Ahuja, interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of RBL Bank for another three months.
  9.  Telengana turned out to be the first state in India to adopt the Crop Diversification Index (CDI) by way of recording their crop diversification pattern in the form of an index.
  10.  For the development of a futuristic railway system by 2030, the Indian Railways has come up with ‘National Rail Plan (NRP) for India- 2030’.
  11.  The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)- southern region appointed Suchitra K Ella as its Chairperson for the year 2022-2023. CII also appointed Kamal Bali as its deputy Chairman.
  12. The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has also shortlisted Alok Kumar Choudhary, the Deputy Managing Director of SBI, for the post of Managing Director of SBI.
  13.  Former Indian Cricket captain Gundappa Ranganatha Viswanath has penned his autobiography titled “Wrist Assured: An Autobiography”, co-authored by senior journalist R Kaushik.
  14. Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the former President of the Republic of Zambia has passed away.
  15. The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has passed away following a heart ailment.
  16. Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi became the first batsman from the country to register a double hundred in Test Cricket.

 

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