CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 23rd MARCH 2022
1. The ‘World Meteorological Day’ is celebrated every year on 23 March. The World Meteorological Day theme is “Early warning and Early Action”.
2. Every Year, March 23 is observed as ‘Martyrs Day’ (‘Shaheed Diwas’ or ‘Sarvodaya Day’) to pay tribute on the death anniversary of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, who laid their lives for the freedom of India.
3. The ‘Bihar Diwas’ is observed 22nd March. Bihar Diwas 2022 marks the 110th anniversary of the state’s founding.
4. New Delhi has been ranked the World’s most polluted capital city for the second consecutive year as per ‘IQAir’s World Air Quality Report’.
5. India has improved its rank by five spots to be placed at 51st position in the ‘Global House Price Index Q4 2021’ released by ‘Property Consultant Knight Frank’.
6. The 3rd edition of the joint training exercise named ‘EX-DUSTLIK’ between the Indian army and Uzbekistan army begins at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from 22 to 31 March 2022.
7. ‘Agnibaaz division’ organized a joint exercise between the Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar, Pune on 22 March 2022.
8. Mohamad Reza Masoumi from Iran has won the 13th edition of the ‘Greenstorm Global Photography Award, 2022’.
9. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of the NITI Aayog organized the 5th edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI).
10. The 94th Academy Awards are all set to take place on March 27, 2022. ‘The Oscars 2022 awards’ will take place in Los Angeles at the Dolby theatre.
11. Devendra Jhajharia has become the first para-athlete to receive the ‘Padma Bhushan’, the country’s third-highest civilian award.
12. World No. 1 Tennis Player Ashleigh Barty announced her sudden retirement at the age of 25 on Wednesday.
13. Jiya Rai has become the youngest and fastest female swimmer in the world to swim across the Palk Strait from Talaimannar (Sri Lanka) to Dhanuskodi (India).
14. HarperCollins India announces the publication of “The Book of Bihari Literature”, edited by poet-diplomat Abhay K., in October 2022.
15. A Picture book edition co-authored by Noble Peace Prize winners Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, titled “The Little Book of Joy” will be released in September 2022.
16. Kuwait reached a scorching temperature of 53.2 degrees Celsius (127.7 degrees Fahrenheit), making it among the hottest places on earth.
17. With the discovery of 65 new planets, NASA has confirmed the presence of over 5000 such planetary bodies around stars beyond the Solar System.
18. The former Prime Minister of Mali, Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has passed away due to illness.