CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th MARCH 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19^th MARCH 2022

1. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. harsh Vardhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the international body ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’.
2.  The largest floating solar farm in the world is being built in Singapore.
3.  Italy has signed the amended Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) with India.
4.  Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Geovernor, Manoj Sinha, initiated the project “Awaam Ki Baat”- a Radio program by launching its website at Raj Bhavan, Jammu.
5. According to the global consulting firm Deloitte’s report titled “Global Powers of Retailing 2022: Resilience Despite Challenges”, The Indian brand, Reliance Retail, ranked 56th on the Top 250 list.
6. Padma Awardee Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia has authored a new book titled “More than Just Surgery: Life Lessons Beyond the OT”.
7. Finland has been named the World’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored World Happiness Report.
8. The 14^th India-Japan Annual Summit will be held on 19 March 2022. Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will be undertaking an official two-day visit to New Delhi or it.
9. The 35^th Surajkund International Crafts Mela will be held in Faridabad from 19^th March to 4^th April 2022.
10.  The Senior National Weightlifting Championships 2021-22 for Men and Women will be held at Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) from 19-31 March 2022.
11.  The 26^th International Film Festival of Kerala began in Thiruvananthapuram on 18 March 2022.
12.  Researchers in China have developed a microwave machine Relativistic Klystron Amplifier that could jam or destroy satellites in space.
13.  The Assam government will create a ‘State OBC Commission’. The Commission will take a decision on sub-categorization for different tribes within the existing reservation limit of the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
14.  Mithali Raj created history by scoring a half-century in the match against Australia in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Auckland on 19 March 2022.
15.  On a virtual platform, the 36^th International Geological Congress (IGC) will be placed here on March 20-22, 2022, with the topic ‘Geoscience: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future’.
16.  The coaches for the Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail Corridor (RRC) were launched by the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC).
17.  Flipkart Health+ announced the appointment of Prashant Jhaveri as its new CEO.
18.  The Survey Settlement and Land Records (SSLR) unit of Karnataka’s revenue department is ensuring easy availability of original land records through an app called ‘Dishaank’.