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Daily News19 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 19.03.2022 (Finland ranked happiest country for fifth year, Great Barrier Reef suffers severe coral bleaching)

1. Finland ranked happiest country for fifth year Afghanistan, Lebanon come last on list Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest, closely followed by Lebanon. The latest list was completed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria, Romania […]

Daily News18 Mar 2022

Daily current Affairs 18.03.2022 (India extends $1 billion credit to Sri Lanka,Indian firms buy more oil from Russia, energy ties may deepen,BARC resumes ratings of news channels,Russia-Ukraine conflict: ICJ’s provisional measures on military operations)

1. India extends $1 billion credit to Sri Lanka Neighbourhood first, says Jaishankar India on Thursday extended a $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka to assist the island nation through its worst foreign exchange crisis and enable it to procure food, medicines and other essential items. An agreement to this effect was signed between […]

Daily News17 Mar 2022

Daily CUrrent AFfairs 17.03.2022 (SC backs Centre’s OROP scheme, A season of protests in Sri Lanka as economic crisis worsens, The curious case of sealed cover jurisprudence)

1. SC backs Centre’s OROP scheme Court directs the Union govt. to conduct ‘re-fixation exercise’ from July 1, 2019 The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Centre’s one rank, one pension (OROP) scheme for the armed forces. A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud held, “We find no constitutional infirmity in the OROP principle as […]

Daily News17 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 16.03.2022 (Wearing hijab is not essential part of religion: Karnataka HC, UN resolution focuses only on one religion: India, MLAs refuse to discuss menstrual leave, India’s solar capacity: Milestones and challenges, An accidental missile launch)

1. Wearing hijab is not essential part of religion: Karnataka HC ‘Ban in schools constitutionally permissible’ The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the ban on the wearing of hijab (head scarf) by students in schools and colleges in the State. It held that wearing the hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam […]

Daily News15 Mar 2022

Daily current Affairs 15.03.2022 (Microfinance firms can set interest: RBI,The surge in oil and natural gas prices, Fragmenting world order, untied nations)

1. Microfinance firms can set interest: RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday allowed microfinance institutions to fix interest rates on loans, with a caveat that the rates should not be usurious. In revised guidelines that will take effect on April 1, the RBI tweaked the definition of a microfinance loan to indicate […]

Daily News14 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 14.03.2022 (The functioning of the ISS after sanctions)

1. The functioning of the ISS after sanctions Will the U.S.’s stiff curbs on Russia affect their collaboration on the International Space Station? Russia’s part in the collaboration of the ISS is the module responsible for making course corrections to the orbit of the space station. They also ferry astronauts to and from the ISS. […]

Daily News13 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 13.03.2022 (Pak. seeks joint probe into missile incident, Kerala tops in maternal, child health, Villages along China border to open for tourism, Sanctions could cause space station to crash: Roscosmos, Geneva Conventions and the Russia-Ukraine war)

1. Pak. seeks joint probe into missile incident It slams ‘lapses’ in handling of strategic weapons by India Pakistan on Saturday rejected the explanation offered by India regarding the accidental firing of a missile which ended up in the neighbouring country and demanded a joint investigation to “accurately establish the facts”. This was also conveyed […]

Daily News12 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 12.03.2022 (Shutdown this misguided energy policy, MHA amends Foreigners Order)

1. Shutdown this misguided energy policy The vulnerabilities of reactors and their high costs are strong reasons why India must cancel its nuclear expansion plans Nuclear technology is hazardous. The world was reminded of this on March 3, when a fire broke out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine (Europe’s largest) during the course […]

Daily News11 Mar 2022

Daily Current AFfairs 11.03.2022 (Russia says China is refusing to supply parts to its airlines, What do we know about the newest crater on the moon?)

1. Russia says China is refusing to supply parts to its airlines China has refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft parts, an official at Russia’s aviation authority was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Thursday, after Boeing and Airbus halted supply of components. Russia’s aviation sector is being squeezed by Western sanctions […]

Daily News10 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 10.03.2022 (Cabinet nod for new firm to monetise land assets, Water management needs a hydro-social approach, China looks for ‘acceptable solution’ on LAC, Reviving the inland water transport system for the Northeast , UPI123Pay: Payment solution for feature phone users)

1. Cabinet nod for new firm to monetise land assets Govt. eyes substantial revenues The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of a new government-owned firm for pooling and monetising sovereign and public sector land assets. The National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) is being formed with an initial authorised share capital of ₹5,000 […]

Daily News9 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 09.03.2022 (Bangladesh, India, Nepal to move ahead on MVA pact, The office of the Governor)

1. Bangladesh, India, Nepal to move ahead on MVA pact Bhutan has not endorsed the plan for now With Bhutan continuing to sit out the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) of the sub-regional Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) grouping, a meeting of the other three countries was held to discuss the next steps in operationalising the agreement for the […]

Daily News8 Mar 2022

Daily Current Affairs 08.03.2022 (‘Sealed cover’ jurisprudence is appalling, The lists of the FATF and Pakistan’s position)

1. ‘Sealed cover’ jurisprudence is appalling As the MediaOne case shows, a judiciary that is a mute spectator to any executive action highlights democratic decay A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has dismissed the appeal filed by MediaOne, a television channel in Kerala, whose licence the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has refused […]