🔆 Current Affairs | 29 March 2023

 🔆 29th March 

World Piano Day

  विश्व पियानो दिवस

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🎹 International Piano Day is celebrated annually on the 88th day of the year. This event aims to celebrate the melodious history of the ‘King of Musical Instrument’

🎹 To provide a platform for piano-related initiatives that will advance musical innovation and spread the joy of playing the piano.

🎹 World Piano Day was first celebrated on March 28th, 2015.

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      GOVERNOR GENERAL

🔶First Governor of Bengal 

🔹Robert Clive

 🔶First Governor General of Bengal 

🔹Warren Hastings

 🔶First Governor General of India 

🔹William Bentinck

 🔶First Viceroy of India 

🔹Lord Canning

 🔶First Governor General of free India 🔹Lord Mountbatten

🔶Only Indian Governor General of free India 

🔹C. Rajagopalachari

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● Which state has won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 men’s under-18 title?- Madhya Pradesh

 ● Which university has won the ‘Overall Championship’ in the 36th Inter University South Zone Youth Festival? – University of Kerala

● By which Indian cricketer Prof. Autobiography of KK Abdul Ghaffar has been released?- Mahendra Singh Dhoni ● Which country has announced the launch of the Debbie H Medal to honor women cricketers? – New Zealand

● Which Indian-origin engineer has won the National Geographic ‘Pictures of the Year’ award? – Karthik Subramaniam

● Who has been awarded the Akbar Kakkattil Award from Kerala for ‘Samudrashila’? – Subhash Chandran

● Who has been honored with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2022?- Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

● Who has been honored with the Golden Book Awards 2023 for her book ‘Now You Breathe’?- Rakhi Kapoor

● Which union minister has launched the ‘Digital Payment Festival’? – Ashwini Vaishnav

● MAARG portal for startup mentorship has been launched by which union minister? – Piyush Goyal

● 29 March 2023 | Current Affairs

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● Election Commission (EC) in Karnataka chooses transgender folk artiste Manjamma Jogati as poll icon for the community

● MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year

● Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 13.71 km long metro line from Whitefield (Kadugodi) to Krishnarajapura of Bengaluru Metro

● Droupadi Murmu to Launch ‘Gaj Utsav’ in Kaziranga To Mark 30 Years Of Project Elephant

● Indian-origin Sikh woman Manmeet Colon sworn in as Connecticut's first assistant police chief of Asian descent

● Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf declared leader of Scottish National Party; becomes Scotland's 1st Muslim Leader

 ● BCCI announces annual player contracts for Team India, Ravindra Jadeja promoted to A+ category

● Indian weightlifters Dhanush and Jyoshna win bronze medals in their respective categories in IWF World Youth Championships

● Nitish Rana named captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023

 ● Lovlina Borgohain becomes world champion in 75kg category at the World Women’s Boxing Championship 2023

● Army chief General Manoj Pande Presents 'President's Standards' To 4 Armoured Regiments (49 Armoured Regiment, 51 Armoured Regiment, 53 Armoured Regiment and 54 Armoured Regiment)

 ● Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff elected as new President of BRICS Bank, replacing Marcus Troyjo

● Reliance Industries Ltd names Srikanth Venkatachari as new chief financial officer (CFO)

 ● Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman conferred ‘FOSWAL Literature Award’ for his trilogy -The Unfinished Memoirs, The Prison Diaries and New China 1952

 ● Darcelle XV, World Oldest's Drag Queen & Guinness World Record Holder, Passes Away At 92

● Which Union Minister has inaugurated ‘Jai Hind – The New Light and Sound Program’ at Red Fort? – Amit Shah

● Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Siyom bridge in which state? – Arunachal Pradesh

● In which state has President Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides? – Rajasthan

● Which exercise has been organized by BSF to enhance security along the India-Pakistan border? – ‘Operation Mukti’

● Who is the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly a fighter aircraft in the first “Veer Guardian exercise” held in Japan? – Avani Chaturvedi

● What is the name of the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun? – Aditya-L1

● Which operation was launched by India to help earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria? – Operation Dost

● Which Union Minister has launched the “Geospatial Hackathon” on 14 January 2023? – Dr. Jitendra Singh

● Union Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated Mega Dairy in Mandya of which state?- Karnataka

● Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the National Genome Editing and Training Center in which state? – Punjab

● Which Union Minister has launched the “Geospatial Hackathon” on 14 January 2023? – Dr. Jitendra Singh

● Which Union Minister has inaugurated ‘Jai Hind – The New Light and Sound Program’ at Red Fort? – Amit Shah

 ● Union Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated Mega Dairy in Mandya of which state?- Karnataka

● Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Siyom bridge in which state? – Arunachal Pradesh

● In which state has President Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides? – Rajasthan

● Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the National Genome Editing and Training Center in which state? – Punjab

● Which exercise has been organized by BSF to enhance security along the India-Pakistan border? – ‘Operation Mukti’

 ● What is the name of the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun? – Aditya-L1

● Who is the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly a fighter aircraft in the first “Veer Guardian exercise” held in Japan? Avani Chaturvedi

 ● Which operation was launched by India to help earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria? – Operation Dost

● Which infrastructure of India has been awarded the ‘Best Infrastructure Project’ – Atal Tunnel

● Who has been given the International Gandhi Award 2021 for Leprosy?- Dr. Bhushan Kumar

● Who has been honored with the Federal Bank Literary Award 2022?- K Venu

● World Bank has issued Wildlife Conservation Bond for the protection of which?- Black Rhino

● Who has released a QR code with G20 theme to celebrate India’s Presidency”? – Paytm

● India’s first 3x platform Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) has been installed in which state?- Karnataka

● Narayanpur Left Bank Canal with modern irrigation system has been inaugurated in which state? – Karnataka

● In which state ‘Keeladi Site Museum’ will be set up to display artefacts related to the Sangam Age? – Karnataka

 ● Which documentary film has won the Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2022?- Turn Your Body to the Sun

● Who has won the men’s singles title of India Open Badminton Championship?- Kunlavut Vitidsarn

● Which medal did Koneru Humpy win in the women’s section of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship? – Silver

● Who has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of Canara Bank?- K. Satyanarayana Raju

● Union Home Minister Amit Shah has laid the foundation stone of ‘National Forensic Science University’ in Dharwad of which state? – Karnataka

● Which state has won the first edition of ‘National Beach Soccer Championship 2023’?- Kerala

● Who has won the National Ice Hockey Championship 2023? – Indo-Tibetan Border Police

● Which state has won the best project award at the United Nations World Summit?- Meghalaya

● Which country will host the ‘FIDE World Chess Championship 2023’? – Kazakhstan

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● M T Vasudevan Nair awarded Kerala’s highest civilian honour.

● YES Bank issues first electronic bank guarantee with NeSL.

● ICICI Lombard becomes first to offer ‘Anywhere Cashless’ feature.

● Amit Shah inaugurated Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi.

● Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians won Women's Premier League title at the Brabourne stadium.

● First Meeting of G20s Trade and Investment Working Group has held in Mumbai.

● Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Vikram Jardosh deliver her inaugural address on the second day of the ongoing Second Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group meeting under India's G20 Presidency at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

● Inter-ministerial meeting to discuss the celebration of International Day of Yoga (IDY) - 2023 has held in New Delhi.

● Rajnath Singh has received over 224 Crore rupees as Second Interim Dividend from Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) for the Financial Year 2022-23 in New Delhi.

● Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually inaugurated a direct international flight between Amritsar and Gatwick in England.The non-stop flight between Amritsar and Gatwick will be operated by Air India.

● Women & Child Minister Smriti Irani addresses Yuva Samvad event in Bengaluru.

● The second G20 Infrastructure Working Group meeting under G20 Indian Presidency will scheduled to take place at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, on the 28th and the 29th of March 2023.

● Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to suspend a planned judiciary reform until the next parliament session after nationwide protests.

● Kenya, police fired teargas and water cannon against stone-throwing anti-government protesters.

● Hungarian lawmakers voted to support Finland's accession to NATO.

● Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has landed in Guangzhou for a six-day official visit to China. He is accompanied by a delegation of about 50 officials. 

● Nagaland CM Neiphiu presents State Budget 2023-24.

● Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched or initiated several development projects in Bidar and Raichur in North Karnataka

● Union Government approved for listing of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency on the Stock Exchanges.  

● RBI and Central Bank of UAE sign MoU to promote innovation in financial products and services.

● Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman constituted the T V Somanathan Committee to look into pension related issues for government employees and to meet the needs of the employees while maintaining fiscal prudence.

● Reliance Industries-owned Viacom18 has secured a rights deal for MotoGP to be streamed on its JioCinema and Sports18 platforms.

● Filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar, known for hit films like Parineeta, Mardaani, passed away. He was 67 years old.

 ● India can become the world's number one automobile manufacturer by using the lithium reserve in Jammu and Kashmir.

● The state government of Odisha declared the Gandhamardan Hill Range in Bargarh and Balangir district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site.

● The Karnataka government Friday decided to scrap the 4 per cent reservation granted to Muslims under the 2B category and placed them under the Economically Weaker Sections reservation category.

● The National Institute of Urban Affairs is organising the first Urban Climate Film Festival under U20 engagement events from 24 March.

 ● The cabinet has announced a 4% increase in dearness allowance for central government employees and pensioners.

● Microsoft has introduced a new feature ‘Bing Image Creator’ to the new Bing and Edge preview, which allows users to create an image simply by using their own words to describe the picture they want to see — powered by an advanced version of the Open AI’s DALL-E model.

● Salima Tete appointed as the AHF Athletes Ambassador.

● Indian Army and Air Force conduct Vayu Prahar exercise in Along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern command. 

● India, UK hold joint maritime exercise Konkan in Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.

● Lok Sabha approved the setting up of the GST Appellate Tribunal.

● Paytm Payments Services Limited announced that it has received an extension of time from the Reserve Bank of India for re-submission of its Payment Aggregator license application.

● Telecom operator Bharti Airtel launched its 5G services in Kolkata.

● The Maharashtra government in Latur city. R. A 75 feet high 'statue of knowledge' dedicated to Ambedkar has been approved. Rs 10 crore has been sanctioned for the entire project.

● The Tamil Nadu government is set to launch a five -year Tamil Nadu Milet Mission. The Tamil Nadu government has decided to cultivate millet in fallow land on 50,000 acres under its Tamil Nadu Millet Mission and provide subsidy for crop diversification in millet.

● Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated 'Sagar Manthan', a real-time performance monitoring dashboard of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW).

● Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw retired from the Infosys board. Shaw was appointed to the board as an independent director in 2014 and as lead independent director in 2018.

● One tigress each will be released in Kota's Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and Bundi's Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.

●Egypt has officially become a member of BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB).

● The Karur Vysya Bank executed an agreement as an additional bancassurance partner in the life insurance category with SBI Life.

● The cabinet has announced a 4% increase in dearness allowance for central government employees and pensioners.

● The Union Cabinet has extended the LPG cylinder subsidy of Rs 200, under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana by one year.

● PM Modi inaugurates medical institute at Chikkaballapur in Karnataka.

● Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of India's first urban transport ropeway in Varanasi.

● The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously re-passed the online gambling ban bill.

● Laxman Narasimhan assumed charge as new CEO of Starbucks.

● Reliance Industries appoints Srikanth Venkatachari as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

● Sarabjot Singh won gold in 10m air pistol at ISSF World Cup.

🔆 Exam Related Current Affairs : 29 March 2023

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1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das laid the foundation stone for the establishment of a Greenfield Data Centre and Enterprise Computing and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik

➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve

➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve

➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves 

➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary

➨ Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary

➨ Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri

➨ Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary

2) Hurun, the world's largest rich list provider, and real estate conglomerate M3M launched the 12th edition of the '2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List'.

➨ India secured the third position in the world in terms of the number of billionaires, with a total of 187 billionaires. This number is highest in China (969), USA (691).

3) PM Narendra Modi addressed the One World TB Summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

➨He laid the foundation stone of the Passenger Ropeway from Varanasi Cantt station to Godowlia.

▪️Uttar Pradesh :- 

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake

➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple

➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨School Chalo Abhiyan

➨Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana

➨Parivar Kalyan card scheme

➨Mathrubhumi Yojana Portal

4) The Government of Uttar Pradesh and Quality Council of India launched the UP Quality Mission (Gunvatta Sankalp) at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

5) Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated India's first National Center of Excellence in Green Port and Shipping (NCoEGPS) at Gurugram in Haryana.

▪️Haryana:- 

➨Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant

➨Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary 

➨Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

➨Kolleru Bird Sanctuary

➨Badkhal Lake

➨Karoh Peak

➨Phag Dance, Saang Dance

➨Chhathi Dance, Khoria Dance

➨ Dhamal Dance, Daph Dance

6) The highest civilian honor in Kerala, the "Kerala Jyothi," has been awarded to the writer M T Vasudevan Nair. 

➨ The second-highest award, "Kerala Prabha," has been awarded to the actor Mammootty, former civil service officer T Madhava Menon, and writer Omchery NN Pillai.

7) The Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) jointly carried out a multi-domain air-land exercise -- "Vayu Prahar" -- in an undisclosed location close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the northeast.

8) Former Shark Tank India judge and BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover's new venture, Third Unicorn, launched a cricket-focused fantasy sports app called CrickPe.

9) Konkan 2023, a joint maritime exercise, was conducted between the Royal Navy of Britain and the Indian Navy off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.

10) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled the State Youth Policy and a Youth Portal.

▪️Madhya Pradesh 

➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan

➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai

➨Bhimbetka Caves

➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi

➨Khajuraho Temple

➨Yashwant Sagar wetland

11) Union Minister R. K. Singh inaugurated the "National Conference on Biomass 3P – Pellet to Power to Prosperity" in New Delhi.

12) President Droupadi Murmu opened Rashtrapati Nilayam, one of the three presidential retreats, in Secunderabad to the public.

➨ This is the first time that the heritage building is being opened to the general public.

13) Nepalese cricketer has been awarded the 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award for his act of sportsmanship during a T20 international match.

14) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Regional Office and Innovation Center of the International Telecommunication Union in New Delhi.

15) The host India clinched both men and women titles of the Asian Kho Kho Championship held at Tamulpur in Assam.

➨Indian men’s and women’s teams defeated Nepal.

16) The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly has passed the ‘Chhattisgarh Mediapersons Protection Bill 2023’, which aims at providing protection to media professionals against abuse and violence.

▪️Chhattisgarh :- 

CM - Bhupesh Baghel

Governor - Biswa Bhusan Harichandan

Bhorumdeo Temple

Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve 

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve 

Indravati Tiger Reserve

17) Rajasthan government inaugurated the second phase of "Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana (RGJSY)" at the state level program organised at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

▪️ Rajasthan:-

Governor - Kalraj Mishra

➭Amber Palace

➭Hawa Mahal

➭Ranthambore National Park

➭City Palace

➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park

➭Sariska National Park.

➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort

18) Union home minister Amit Shah unveiled the statue of Sardar Patel in Bidar district and Jagajyothi Basavanna and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda statues in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Nagarhole National Park

Bandipur National Park

Kudremukh National Park 

Language - Kannada

Formation - 1 November 1956

Port :- New Mangalore Port

Anshi National Park  

Bannerghata National Park