Daily Current Affairs: March 30, 2022

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Important Days

World Piano Day 2022 – 29 March

• World Piano Day is observed annually on the eight-eighth day of the year to celebrate the Piano, acoustic, keyboard, stringed percussion instruments. Eight-eighth is the same as the number of keys on the piano.
• This year (2022), World Piano Day is celebrated on 29 March.

National News

Konkan Railway accomplishes the ‘Mission 100 percent electrification’

• Konkan Railway in Maharashtra accomplished the ‘Mission 100 percent electrification’, a new milestone in sustainable development.
• Indian Railways is on a mission mode to electrify its entire broad-gauge network to provide environment friendly, green & clean mode of transport to its people under the ‘Mission 100% Electrification – Moving towards net Zero Carbon Emission’

Maharashtra    

• Capital: Mumbai
• Chief Minister: Uddhav Thackeray
• Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
• National Parks: Chandoli National Park, Gugamal National Park, Nawegaon National Park, Pench (Jawaharlal Nehru) National Park, Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park, Tadoba National Park

India to build nuclear power plants in ‘Fleet Mode’ from 2023

• India has planned to build nuclear power plants in ‘Fleet Mode’. The first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka’s Kaiga nuclear power plant is scheduled in 2023.
• India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 ‘fleet mode’ nuclear reactors over the next three years.
• The first pour of concrete (FPC) signals the beginning of construction of nuclear power reactors from the pre-project stage which includes excavation activities at the project site.

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das opens varnika ink manufacturing unit of BRBNMPL in Mysuru, Karnataka

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das dedicated to the nation the Varnika ink manufacturing facility in Mysuru, Karnataka. Varnika was set up by the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRBNMPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RBI.
• BRBNMPL has set up Varnika with an annual ink manufacturing capacity of 1,500 MT to enhance the security of banknotes.

Karnataka        

• Capital: Bengaluru
• Chief Minister: Basavaraj Bommai
• Governor: Thaawarchand Gehlot
• National Parks: Anshi National Park, Kudremukh National Park, Bandipur National Park, Bannerghatta National Park, Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park

State News

Assam and Meghalaya sign a pact to end border dispute in six contested areas

• Assam and Meghalaya have decided to end their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the twelve contested locations that often-raised tensions between the two states.
• This agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah by the Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma.
• Assam shares a 2743 km boundary with Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and West Bengal.

Assam     

• Capital: Dispur
• Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma  
• Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
• National Parks: Orang National Park, Manas National Park, Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Nameri National Park, Raimona National Park and Dihing-Patkai National Park

Meghalaya       

• Capital: Shillong
• Chief Minister: Conrad Sangma
• Governor: Satya Pal Malik

International News

The Democratic Republic of Congo joins the seventh member of the East African Community

• The Democratic Republic of Congo is all set to be admitted as the seventh member of the East African Community (EAC).
• The Democratic Republic of Congo comes into the bloc with a huge market of 90 million people and the potential to contribute to an expanded market and investment opportunities.
• The East African Community is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the African Great Lakes region in East Africa: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
• President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta is the current Chairman of EAC.

Banking and Economy

DBS Bank India partners with EaseMyTrip to launch an environment-friendly green debit card

• DBS Bank India has partnered with EaseMyTrip to launch an environment-friendly international debit card made using 99% recycled polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• This Green Debit Card provides exclusive travel-related offers to customers and rewards them for adopting eco-friendly practices while encouraging them to reduce their carbon footprint.

DBS Bank India

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• MD and CEO: Surojit Shome

Equitas small finance bank launches limited edition ‘Equitas Bank CSK debit card’ in the Equiverse

• Equitas Small Finance Bank has achieved the distinction of becoming the first bank to launch its Equitas Bank CSK Debit Card in the Equiverse.
• The Bank launched this special edition debit card for Chennai Super King (CSK) fans, who shared space with the team’s players’ avatars in this virtual experience at www.equiverse.in

Equitas Small Finance Bank

• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• MD and CEO: PN Vasudevan
• Tagline: It’s Fun Banking

Agreements and MoUs Signed

IAF partners with IOCL to launch an initiative ‘Fleet Card – Fuel on Move’ to speed up IAF convoy movements

• Indian Air Force (IAF) has partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to launch an initiative ‘Fleet Card – Fuel on Move’ for the management of the fuel supply chain and energy security for IAF.
• ‘Fleet Card’ is the energy security for IAF vehicles on move, was launched by Air Chief Marshal R. Chaudhari, Chief of Air Staff at Headquarters Western Air Command, Subroto Park.

Appointments

Mahesh Verma was appointed as the Chairman of NABH

• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University vice-chancellor Mahesh Verma has been appointed the new Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH).
• He received Padma Shri (India’s fourth-highest civilian award) in 2014.
• NABH is a constituent Board of Quality Council of India (QCI), operates accreditation, certification and empanelment programmes for healthcare organisations.

Awards and Recognitions

Meghalaya’s root bridges included in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has included Meghalaya’s ‘Living Root Bridges’ on a tentative list of World Heritage sites.
• Villagers grow the living root bridges by training the ‘ficus elastica’ tree on both sides of water bodies over a period of about 10 to 15 years where the roots form the bridge.
• At present, there are about 100 known living root bridges spread across 70 villages in Meghalaya.

Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu wins the BBC ISWOTY award

• Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has been announced the winner of the third edition of the BBC Indian sportswoman of the year award.
• Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli tops celebrity brand rankings for the fifth consecutive year

• According to the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021, Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli has emerged as the most valued celebrity in India with his brand value of $ 185.7 million for the fifth year in a row.
• Virat Kohli was followed by actor Ranveer Singh (brand value – 3 million), actor Akshay Kumar (brand value – 139.6 million) and actress Alia Bhatt (the youngest celebrity in the top 10).

Ranks and Indices

India ranks fourth in the Hurun global under forty self-made billionaires 2022

• According to the Hurun Research Institute report, India has ranked fourth in the Hurun global under forty self-made billionaires in 2022. This Hurun report 2022 lists eighty-seven self-made billionaires in the world aged upto forty.
• The list was topped by The USA with 37 self-made billionaires, China is second with 25 billionaires, The United Kingdom is third with 8 billionaires, India is fourth with 6 billionaires and Sweden is fifth with 3
• Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the world’s richest self-made billionaire aged 40 and under with a total wealth of $ 76 billion. He is followed by ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and Facebook Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, respectively.

Obituary

Former Sikkim Chief Minister Bhim Bahadur Gurung passed away at 92

• Former Chief Minister of Sikkim Bhim Bahadur Gurung passed away at the age of 92 in Gangtok, Sikkim. He was the third Chief Minister of Sikkim.
• He served as the political advisor to the Chief Minister (Pawan Kumar Chamling) of Sikkim between 2014 and 2015.

Sports News

Grand Master Arjun Erigaisi wins the Delhi International Chess title 2022

• Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated Karthik Venkataraman to win the nineteenth Delhi International open chess tournament 2022.
• Gukesh and Harsha Bharthakoti finished second and third place respectively.
• Earlier, Arjun Erigaisi had won the National Championship at Kanpur.

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