🔆 Current Affairs | 26 March 2023

☀ Wholesale Price Index (WPI) 

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🌱 February (2023) - 3.85% 

🌱 January (2023) - 4.73%

🌱 December - 4.95% 

🌱 November - 5.85% 

🌱 October - 8.39% 

🌱 September - 10.07%

🌱 August - 12.41% 

🌱 July - 13.93% 

🌱 June - 15.18% 

🌱 May - 15.88% 

🌱 April - 15.08% 

🌱 March - 14.55%

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🔆 Consumer Price Index (CPI) 

🌱 February (2023) - 6.44% 

🌱 January (2023) - 6.52%

🌱 December - 5.72% 

🌱 November - 5.88% 

🌱 October - 6.77% 

🌱 September - 7.41% 

🌱 August - 7.00% 

🌱 July - 6.71% 

🌱 June - 7.01% 

🌱 May - 7.04% 

🌱 April - 7.79% 

🌱 March - 6.95%

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  GST COLLECTION 

 🌱 MARCH : 1,42,095 CRORE 

🌱 APRIL : 1,67,540 CRORE 

🌱 MAY : 1,40,885 CRORE 

🌱 JUNE : 1,44,616 CRORE

🌱 JULY : 1,48,995 CRORE 

🌱 AUGUST : 1,43,612CRORE 

🌱 SEPTEMBER : 1,47,686 CRORE 

🌱 OCTOBER : 1,51,718 CRORE 

🌱 NOVEMBER : 1,45,867 CRORE 

🌱 DECEMBER : 1,49,507 CRORE

🌱 JANUARY(2023) : 1,55,922 CRORE

🌱 FEBRUARY(2023) : 1,49,577CRORE

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26 March 

 Epilepsy Awareness Day

       मिर्गी जागरूकता दिवस

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🟣 Epilepsy

Also called: seizure disorder

🟣 A disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.

🟣 Epilepsy may occur as a result of a genetic disorder or an acquired brain injury, such as a trauma or stroke.

🧬Purple Day® is the Global Day for epilepsy awareness and is celebrated annually on March 26.

🔶International Epilepsy Day 2021

👉14th February (2nd Monday of February)

🔶National Epilepsy Day 2021  

👉November 17

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Important Health related Days

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🧬04 Jan - Siddha Day 

🧬04 Feb - World Cancer Day

🧬11 Feb - Unani Day 

🧬21 March - World Down Syndrome Day

🧬24 March - World Tuberculosis Day

🧬02 Apr - World Autism Awareness Day

🧬07 Apr - World Health Day

🧬10 Apr - World Homeopathy Day

🧬17 Apr - World Hemophilia Day

🧬25 Apr - World Malaria Day

🧬05 May - International Midwives Day

🧬05 May(1st Tuesday of May) - World Asthma Day

🧬08 May - World Thalassaemia Day 

🧬06 May - National Nurses Day

🧬12 May - International Nurses Day

🧬06 -12 May - National Nurses Week 

🧬17 May - World Hypertension Day 

🧬18 May - World AIDS Vaccine Day

🧬21 June - International Yoga Day

🧬25 June - World Vitiligo Day

🧬01 July - Doctors Day

🧬28 July - World Hepatitis Day

🧬Second Saturday of Sep - World First Aid Day

🧬17 Sep - World Patient Safety Day

🧬21 Sep - World Alzheimers Day

🧬25 Sep - World Pharmacist Day

🧬28 Sep - World Rabies Day

🧬29 Sep - World Heart Day

🧬12 Oct - World Arthritis Day

🧬16 Oct - World Spine Day 

🧬17 Oct - World Trauma Day

🧬19 Oct - World Pediatric Bone & Joint Day

🧬20 Oct - World Osteoporosis Day

🧬21 Oct - World Iodine Deficiency Day

🧬24 Oct - World Polio Day

🧬06 Nov - Ayurveda Day 

🧬12 Nov - World Pneumonia Day

🧬14 Nov - World Diabetes Day

🧬18 Nov - Natoropathy Day

🧬01 Dec - ‌‌‌‌‌‌World AIDS Day

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The world’s first cremation center will be opened in which state of India? – Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan

Which company has introduced India’s first indigenously manufactured Lithium Ion cell? – Ola

Which has become India’s most valuable company as per Kantar BrandZ India report?- Tata Consultancy Services

Which has become the first state in India to implement NEP at pre-primary level?- Uttarakhand

In which state the ‘State Police Integrated Command and Control Centre’, the first of its kind in the country, has been inaugurated? – Telangana

Which has become the first state in India to get ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certification? – Goa

Which bank has issued India’s first electronic bank guarantee? – HDFC Bank

Which state has become the first state in India to start semiconductor policy? – Gujarat

Which has become the first state in the country to digitize property registration? – Maharashtra

With which company has Bharti Airtel tied up to deploy Airtel’s edge computing platform? – IBM

Who has become the first Indian social psychologist to be inducted on the US Heritage Wall of Fame?- Ramdhar Singh

Which senior advocate has been named as the new Attorney General of India? – R. Venkataramani

Indian High Commission has tied up with which country to set up Hindi Chair in Sabaragamuwa University? – Sri Lanka

India’s first forest university will be set up in which state? – Telangana

Who has been appointed as the President of Association of Indian Universities?- Suranjan Das

India’s first e-fish market app Fishwale has been launched in which state – Assam

Reliance Industries will set up India’s first and world’s largest carbon fiber plant in which state? – Gujarat

Who has been appointed as the next Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of the country?- Anil Chauhan

Who will launch a portal called ‘e-Samadhan’ to solve the grievances of students and employees? – University Grants Commission

Which senior IAS officer has been appointed as the Director General of ESIC?- Rajendra Kumar

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1.According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, a total of 44 programs from various campuses have been featured in the global top 100 list.

 2.According to the 2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List, released by Hurun India and M3M India, the Chairman of Reliance, Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian in the world's top 10 billionaires list (rank 9).

3.Pankaj Advani has won the Asian Billiards Championship title held in Doha, Qatar.

4.The Abel Prize for mathematics for 2023 was awarded to Argentine- American Luis Caffarelli, an expert in “partial differential equations” which can explain phenomena ranging from how water flows to population growth.

5.Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamy of Jain mutt at Shravanabelgola, a popular Jain pilgrimage centre in Karnataka, passed away at 73 due to health-related issues.

6 .A veteran of both the 1962 war with China and the 1965 war with Pakistan, Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath, recipient of two Maha Vir Chakra gallantry awards,He died in Mumbai.

7.US President Joe Biden has presented the National Humanity Medal to Indian-American actress Mindy Kaling.

8.After being honored before the Guinness World Records and two Asia Book of Records, Maha Metro Nagpur has been awarded the prestigious Asia Book of Records certification for three different categories.

9.At the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDCs) summit, which concluded in Doha, Qatar, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has now dropped out of the list of LDCs and has become the seventh country to drop out of the list. Bhutan was first included in the grouping of LDCs in 1971.

10.The Rajasthan government has approved the establishment of India's first behavioral laboratory in Jaipur. It is being set up at the Patel Bhawan of Harish Chandra Mathur Rajasthan Institute of Public Administration (HCM-RIPA), Jaipur.

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1.MNRE Minister R.K. Singh revealed in the Lok Sabha that eight solar parks with a cumulative of 4995 MW have been approved in the Bundelkhand region. 

2.American coffee giant Starbucks appointed Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Narasimhan will replace Howard Schultz, who is the company's interim CEO.

3.Invest India appoints Manmeet Kaur Nanda as new MD and CEO.

4.US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American policy expert Nisha Desai Biswal as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).

5.The second anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC) named INS Androth was launched at Garden Reach Ship Builders in Kolkata.

6.Bombay Jayashri chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2023 by Music Academy.

7.According to Canara Bank sold its stake in Russian joint venture Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL) to the other venture partner State Bank of India (SBI) for about Rs 121.29 crore. 

8.RBI allows India and Tanzania to use national currencies for trading.

9.Director Pradeep Sarkar passes away at 67.

10.NASA and ISRO have jointly manufactured an earth science satellite named, NISAR.

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How much is the tenure of the Chairman and other members of the Union Public Service Commission from the date of assuming office? – Up to 6 years or till the age of 65 years

Who has the authority to set up a new All India Service? – Parliament

Under whose instructions does the Planning Commission work in India? – Under the guidance of the National Development Council

 In which city the 23rd Central Zonal Council meeting has been organized under the chairmanship of Amit Shah? – Bhopal

Under which article of the Constitution of India, there is a provision for the establishment of a Finance Commission? – Under Article 280

India’s first 3-D printed human cornea has been developed in which city? – Hyderabad

Under which article of the Constitution, there is a provision for the formation of the Election Commission? – Under Article 324

Which city of India holds the record for making the longest double decker flyover? – Nagpur

India’s first brain health clinic has been started in which city? – Bengaluru

Who appoints the Finance Commission? – President

Which state government has launched the ‘Gramin Backyard Pig Farming Scheme’? – Meghalaya

The Union Environment Ministry approved the new Coastal Zone Management Plan for which state? – Karnataka

Which state government has launched new school health scheme ‘Sehat’? – Haryana

Which state government has launched ‘Pudhumai Pen Yojana’ for girl students? – Tamil Nadu

The ‘Ni-Kshaya 2.0 Portal’ which was launched recently is related to which disease? – Tuberculosis

 Which union minister has inaugurated ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Mahotsav’? – Smriti Zubin Irani

 In which Indian city the 22nd ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ has been launched? – Mumbai

 Where has the third National Youth Parliament Festival been organized? – New Delhi

Which ministry has launched ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ – Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Prime Minister Modi has launched India’s first International Bullion Exchange IIBX in which city? – Gandhinagar

1.Defence Ministry signs Rs 3000 crore contract with BEL for procurement of two Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems.

2.G20 Research and Innovation Initiative meet in Dibrugarh calls for resource-efficient and sustainable circular bio-economy.

3.The first meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group, under India’s G20 Presidency, will be held in Mumbai.

4.Govt promoing organic farming using organic fertilisers through PKVY to reduce dependence on chemicals.

5.The government has informed that targets set under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)-2.0 have already been achieved.

6.On World Tuberculosis Day, the World Health Organisation has called for intensified actions to eradicate the disease in the South East Asia region which bears the world's highest TB burden.

7. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that there will be a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on joint official statements adopted at the highest level.

8.The US central bank has raised interest rates again, despite fears that the move could add to financial turmoil after a string of recent bank failures.

9.US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas discussed the next general elections with leaders of the ruling Awami League in Dhaka.

10.On the sidelines of his visit to Saudi Arabia for attending the first India-GCC Senior Officials Meeting, Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary held wide-ranging bilateral meetings with his Saudi counterparts.

1.A total of 349 samples of Covid-19's XBB.1.16 variant, which might have been behind the recent rise of coronavirus cases in the country, have been detected, according to INSACOG data. These 349 of the variant have been found in nine states and Union Territories.

2.World Tuberculosis Day 2023 has observed on 24 March7.

3.India aims at becoming ‘Global Hub for Green Ship’ building by 2030 with launch of Green Tug Transition Programme.

4.Over 100 delegates from G20 member countries, guest countries & International organizations to visit Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh.

5.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved Minimum Support Price for Raw Jute at Five thousand fifty rupees per quintal for the 2023-24 season.

6.Union Minister Amit Shah lays foundation stone of Sahakar Samridhi Soudha and inaugurates various development works worth 1400 cr rupees in Bengaluru.

7.Union Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar addressed a Yuva Samvad in Bengaluru on 24th of March 2023 organised by Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya.

8.India is 3rd largest fish producing country, contributing 8 % to the global fish production.

9.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha.

10.The Government's Grievance redressal rate has crossed one lakh cases per month and this has happened for the first time since the inception of the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System.

Which country has topped the self-made billionaires in the recently released list?

 Answer: — China

Which country's cricketer Asif Sheikh won '2022 Christopher Martin Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award'?

  Answer: — Nepal

Where was the 26th edition of 'Elevate Expo' organized recently?

 Answer: — Dubai

Where has stadium been named after hockey player 'Rani Rampal' recently?

 Answer: — Raibreli

Which country's parliament has been dissolved ahead of elections?

Answer: — Thailand

Which Indian IIT has topped the recent 

QS World University Rankings?

 Answer: — IIT Bombay

 

Where has govt approved establishment of 'Statue of Knowledge' recently?

 Answer: — Latur

1.Nepalese Wicketkeeper-batsman Aasif Sheikh has been declared the winner of the 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award.

2.ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched ICICI Pru Gold.

3.Axis Bank, Autotrac Finance enters into Co-lending pact to offer Tractor Loans.

4.Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has inaugurated Aerator cum Dancing Fountains in the world-famous Dal Lake in Srinagar J&K.

5.Nagaland all set to host G20 Business Summit 2023 at Kohima.

6.The three-day Nepal-India Literature Festival concluded with the adoption of a 10-point Biratnagar declaration.

7.Tamil Nadu government to implement Millet Mission for five years.

8.G Krishnakumar appointed as CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

9.The 2023 edition of the SAFF Championship, South Asia’s marquee international tournament, will be held in Bengaluru from June 21 to July 3, 2023.

10.The junior Indian archers won 10 medals in the Asia Cup Stage 1 World Ranking Tournament in Taoyuan.

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