🔆 Current Affairs | 30 March 2023

 1. HDFC Asset Management Company has filed for India’s first target maturity funds tracking sovereign green bonds. The two are HDFC Nifty India Sovereign Green Bond Jan 2028 Index Fund and HDFC Nifty India Sovereign Green Bond Jan 2033 Index Fund. 

2. World Bank arm International Finance Corporation has decided to invest ₹600 crore in Mahindra Group's last-mile electric mobility business.

3. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs increased the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute by Rs 300 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for 2023-24 season.

4. The government announced that a committee under the finance secretary will be set up to improve the National Pension System.

5. PM Modi inaugurates 13.7 km Whitefield-KR Puram Metro Line in Bengaluru.

6. The Government of Uttar Pradesh and Quality Council of India, launched the Uttar Pradesh Gunvatta Sankalp (Uttar Pradesh Quality Mission) at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

7. Former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff Elected as President of NDB.

8. IT services major Infosys announced the retirement of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as independent director of the board, effective March 22, 2023, upon completion of her tenure.

9. India gets four golds in the World Boxing Championship in New Delhi. Indian boxers won gold medals in the 48, 50, 75 and 81 kg categories.

10. Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd Director, Isha Ambani won the GenNext Entrepreneur Award at the 12th Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023.

11. Who has been selected for the ‘Kempegowda International Award’ 2022? – SM Krishna, Narayana Murthy, Prakash Padukone

12. Indian-origin woman Manpreet Monika Singh has become the first woman Sikh judge of which country? – America

13. Who has become the first woman officer to be actively deployed in Siachen?- Captain Shiva Chauhan

14. Lakshmi Singh has become the first woman police commissioner of which state?- Uttar Pradesh

15. In which state the world’s first palm leaf manuscript museum has been started? – Kerala

16. The Chief Minister of which state has launched the ‘Didir Suraksha Kavach’ campaign? – West Bengal

17. India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge has been commissioned in which state? – Goa

18. Which state’s public transport service, ‘Mo Bus’ has been honored with the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award? – Odisha

19. Who has become the first woman pilot of India to fly Sukhoi fighter aircraft?- Avani Chaturvedi

20. Which state’s Osmanabad district court has become the first e-court of the state? – Maharashtra

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

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

23. 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

24. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. LegalPay, a third-party litigation funder and interim financier, has launched LegalPay Max, a pay-later product that helps businesses to pay for legal services in instalments.

37. Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has named an eight-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of a spiritual leader. He has been named as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third most important leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

38. Himachal signs MoU with French Agency to improve drinking water and sanitation.

39. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the government will set up a sports university in the Kumaun region’s Haldwani town.

40. L&T Finance Holdings Limited announced the Reserve Bank of India has approved merger of its three subsidiary lending entities - L&T Finance Limited, L&T Infra Credit Limited and L&T Mutual Fund Trustee Limited- with itself.

41. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi.

42. Veteran pharma and healthcare investment banker and director of Barclays India Investment Bank Jayesh Visaria has resigned.

43. Sasha, a 5-year-old female cheetah brought from Namibia, has died in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. It is being told that she was suffering from kidney disease.

44. Reliance Appoints Srikanth Venkatachari As CFO, Alok Agarwal As Senior Adviser To Mukesh Ambani.

45. Sebi extends nomination deadline for existing trading, demat account holders till September 30.

 46. Justice Pritinker Diwaker of the Allahabad High Court has been appointed its Chief Justice, while Justice K Vinod Chandran of the Kerala High Court will be Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.

47. The board of the New Development Bank (NDB) has appointed former Brazilian President, Dilma Vana Rousseff as the new President of the Bank, with immediate effect.

48. India’s men’s doubles badminton pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Swiss Open Super 300 title in 2023, held in Basel, Switzerland 

49. Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora have brought two gold medals for the country in World Women's Boxing Championship.

50. India's Lovlina Borgohain defeated Australia’s Caitlin Parker in the 75kg final to win the gold medal at the World Women’s Boxing Championship.

51. Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan has presented maiden ‘Kerala Puraskarngal’, the state awards to the eminent personalities who have made an outstanding contribution in various spheres of social life.

52. Lewis Caffarelli has been awarded the 2023 Abel Prize. He has been given this award for his contribution to the mathematics of nonlinear partial equations and free-boundary problems. This most prestigious award in mathematics is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.

53. NGT imposes Rs 10 crore fine on Kerala government for failure to protect Ramsar sites.

54. According to Bloomberg's report, First Citizen Bank has agreed to acquire America's bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank. 

55. One97 Communications Limited (OCL), that owns leading payments and financial services company Paytm, announced the launch of its new technology platform that is built with 100 per cent indigenous developed technology.

56. LegalPay, a third-party litigation funder and interim financier, has launched LegalPay Max, a pay-later product that helps businesses to pay for legal services in instalments.

57. Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has named an eight-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of a spiritual leader. He has been named as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third most important leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

58. Himachal signs MoU with French Agency to improve drinking water and sanitation.

59. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the government will set up a sports university in the Kumaun region’s Haldwani town.

60. L&T Finance Holdings Limited announced the Reserve Bank of India has approved merger of its three subsidiary lending entities - L&T Finance Limited, L&T Infra Credit Limited and L&T Mutual Fund Trustee Limited- with itself.

61. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi.

62. Veteran pharma and healthcare investment banker and director of Barclays India Investment Bank Jayesh Visaria has resigned.

63. Sasha, a 5-year-old female cheetah brought from Namibia, has died in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. It is being told that she was suffering from kidney disease.

64. Reliance Appoints Srikanth Venkatachari As CFO, Alok Agarwal As Senior Adviser To Mukesh Ambani.

65. Sebi extends nomination deadline for existing trading, demat account holders till September 30.

1) Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually launched the state government's ambitious "Mukhya Mantri Vriksha Sampada Yojana" in 42 places of all 33 districts of the state.

▪️Chhattisgarh :- 

CM - Bhupesh Baghel

Governor - Biswa Bhusan Harichandan

Bhorumdeo Temple

Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve 

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve 

Indravati Tiger Reserve

2) New Development Bank (NDB) announced that former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff has been elected as the new President of the Bank, replacing Marcus Troyjo.

➨ BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

▪️New Development Bank :- 

Founder - BRICS

Founded - 15 July 2014

Headquarters - Shanghai, China

President - Dilma Vana Rousseff

3) Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds.

4) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its latest mission LVM3-M3 One Web India-2 to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

➨LVM3 lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

▪️Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) :- 

➨Formed :- 15 August 1969

➨Headquarter :- Bangalore, Karnataka, India

➨Chairman :- S Somnath

5) Veteran Malayalam actor-cum-politician Innocent passed away at the age of 75.

6) The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at ₹357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at ₹221.

7) CA Bhavani Devi, the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, bagged the gold medal in the Women's Individual Sabre category of the 33rd Senior National Fencing Championship.

8) American businessman Gordon Moore, who co-founded the semiconductor corporation Intel, passed away at the age of 94.

9) Mumbai Indians won the inaugural Women's Premier League title on March 26, after registering a thrilling seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals at Brabourne stadium.

10) India's top-ranked doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Swiss Open 2023 title in Basel.

11) The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has increased the interest rate on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for the financial year 2022-23. 

➨ The retirement fund body has fixed the interest rate at 8.15 per cent.

12) Ironman and IPS officer Krishna Prakash achieved another milestone, by becoming the first person to swim from the Gateway of India to the famed Elephanta Caves.

13) National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna CPSE, under Ministry of Mines, has successfully developed a Bauxite Certified Reference Material (CRM) naming as BARC B1201 in joint collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

14) Former Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman Upendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed as an independent director and non-executive chairperson of the NDTV board of directors.

15) Tapoban, an NGO from Assam's Pathsala which focuses on supporting children with special needs and autism, has been honored with the prestigious Children's Champion Award 2023.

▪️Assam 

CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma

➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park

➨ Akashiganga Waterfalls 

➨ Kakochang Waterfall 

➨ Chapanala Waterfalls

➨Kaziranga National Park

➨Nameri National Park

➨Manas National Park

16) Odisha's Gandhamardan Hill range also known as the "ayurvedic paradise," has been designated a "biodiversity heritage site by the Department of Forestry, Environment, and Climate Change.

▪️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

● Female cheetah Sasha brought from Namibia to MP’s Kuno National Park dies due to illness

▪️Category : National

● ‘Ironman’ Krishna Prakash becomes first person to swim from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves; covers 16.20 km in less than 6 hrs

▪️Category : National

 

● Dalai Lama names US-born Mongolian boy third highest leader in Buddhism

▪️Category : International

 

● Ramnagar, Uttarakhand ready to host first G20 summit

▪️Category : International

● Archana Suseendran beats Hima Das in 100m final in the AFI Indian Grand Prix 2

▪️Category : Sports

 

 ● Argentina FA training facility renamed after Messi

▪️Category : Sports

 

 ● Bhavani Devi bags Women’s Individual Sabre gold in 33rd Senior Nationals Fencing Championship

▪️Category : Sports

 

 ● Lionel Messi scores 100th international goal for Argentina

▪️Category : Sports

 

  ● IAEA Board Re-appointment Rafael Mariano Grossi as Director General for 4 years

▪️Category : Appointment/Resignation

 

● NDTV Appoints Former SEBI Chairman UK Sinha and Business Leader Dipali Goenka as Independent Directors

▪️Category : Appointment/Resignation

● IIT Madras develops cheap and portable device to check milk adulteration in 30 seconds

▪️Category : Science and Tech

 ● Karnataka CM lays foundation stone for 2.93 km ropeway on Nandi Hill

▪️Category : State

● World Bank Approves $108 Million Loan to Improve Disaster Preparedness for Assam

▪️Category : State

● In which country the Mango Festival has been organized by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority? – Bahrain

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

● Who has been awarded the highest diplomatic award by the Government of Peru – Ardeshir B. Of. dubash

● Which High Court has directed the city government to ensure free food and medical treatment to HIV positive persons? – Delhi High Court

● Which has become the first High Court to publish judgments in the regional language Malayalam? – Kerala High Court

● In which state and union territory ‘Ishaan Manthan’ festival has been organized? – New Delhi.

● G20 conference 2022 was organized in which country – Indonesia

● Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation?- P Udayakumar

● In which country the 8th Global Summit of Young Parliamentarians has been organized? – Egypt

● Who has been appointed as the judge of the Madras High Court?- Victoria Gauri

● Which Indian actor has been named by UNICEF as its national ambassador for child rights? – Ayushman Khurana

● Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chad?- Dr. Hifzur Rahman

● Which university has launched Project Aspiration for girls in Telangana?- Voxsen University

● Which state government has appointed Robin Uthappa as the brand ambassador of Brain Health Initiative? – Karnataka

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

● Which state has appointed Manoj Tiwari as the brand ambassador of the state Khadi?- Bihar

● The world’s largest plant has been discovered on the coast of which country? – Australia

● At which Indus Valley Civilization site, remains of a 5000-year-old jewelry factory have been found? – Rakhigarhi, Haryana

● Indian researchers have discovered a new species of frog of Microhylid family from which state – Kerala

● Frontier’ became the world’s fastest supercomputer, surpassing Japan’s ‘Fugaku’, it belongs to which country?- America

● Which IIT institute has developed indigenously self-sufficient mobile operating system ‘BharOS’? – IIT Madras

● Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has unveiled the bust of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in which country? – Fiji

● Which international company has announced startup accelerator program for women founders?- Google

● Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated 120 feet high ‘Polo Statue’ in which state? – Manipur

● Where has India’s largest student-run festival ‘Sarang 2023’ been launched?- IIT Madras

● In which country the replica of India’s famous Sanchi Gate has been unveiled? – Germany

1.According to Government a total one thousand 317 cases of H3N2 have been reported in the country from 1st January to 21st March this year.

2.According to New & Renewable Energy and Power Minister RK Singh government has approved 57 solar parks in 13 states in the country.

3.According to Centre 731 Krishi Vigyan Kendras are functional in the country under the aegis of ICAR.

4.In Odisha, monthlong events are being rolled out in the state in the coming month as part of the 3rd Education Working Group Meeting under India’s G-20 presidency.

5.First joint conference of army chiefs of India and African countries held in Pune.

6.1st Trade and Investment working group meeting under India’s G20 Presidency begin in Mumbai.

7.The country has recorded a 15 percent increase GST collection in the month of December for the financial year 2022-23 as compared to the same period last year.

8.To boost bilateral tourism between India and Nepal, the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly with the Indian Embassy in Nepal launched the Coffee Table book "Religious and Spiritual Circuit in India and Nepal".

9.Secretary for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Pankaj Jain calls for enhanced partnership between India and Sri Lanka in energy sector.

10.PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal to begin India's campaign at Madrid Spain Masters Badminton Tournament.

 ● The first batch of Agniveers from INS Chilika in Odisha is all set to be inducted into the Indian Navy. About 2600 freshly recruited Agniveers took part in the passing out parade in Chilika in Odisha.

● An international conference on cooperation on trade finance among the G20 member countries has held in Mumbai.

● The Education Ministry has shortlisted around nine thousand schools across the country for its flagship Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme.

● According to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal India’s overall exports have crossed 750 Billion US dollar. 

● National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi will organize Spring Fiesta 2023 for the first time to celebrate 69 years of the museum.

● Adani group-owned NDTV Ltd has appointed former SEBI Chairman Upendra Kumar Sinha and Welspun India Ltd CEO and MD Dipali Goenka as Independent Directors.

● Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced India will continue to work with African nations to promote regional security, foster stability and enhance the defence capabilities together.

● The last date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to 30th June this year to provide some more time to the taxpayers

● Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and his Romanian counterpart Simona Cojocaru held a bilateral meeting on defence cooperation in New Delhi.

● Centre has sanctioned eight hundred crore rupees under FAME Scheme Phase -2 for setting up seven thousand 432 public fast charging stations across the country.