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1) Delhi Cabinet gave approval to the constitution of a Delhi Board of School Education.
There are around 1,000 govt schools and 1,700 private schools in Delhi. All govt schools and most private schools here are affiliated with CBSE.
- Delhi CM - Arvind Kejriwal
- Lotus temple
2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award in recognition of his commitment to sustainability in the energy and the environment.
Prime Minister Modi participated in a special plenary with Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Markit and conference chair on March 5.
3) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Food Processing Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 at Noida Haat.
Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 event was started on February
26, 2021 and will conclude on March 14, 2021. It is being organised by the Ministry of Rural Development.
In the event, more than 300 rural self-help groups and craftsman from 27 states have participated.
4) Mr. Jaideep Bhatnagar has taken over today as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau.
Mr. Bhatnagar is an Officer of the Indian Information Service belonging to 1986 Batch.
He has earlier served in Doordarshan as Head of the Commercial, Sales and Marketing Division.
He also served as Prasar Bharati Special Correspondent in West Asia.
▪️Press Information Bureau :-
- Formed - 1919
- Headquarters - National Media Centre, New Delhi
- Minister - Prakash Javadekar, I&B Minister
5) Foxconn of toy world to set up India''s first toy cluster in Karnataka.
It is Foxconn of the toy world, manufacturing some of the most popular superhero figures and toy dart guns at a factory in Karnataka for some of the biggest names in the global toy industry. And it is now setting up India''s first toy manufacturing cluster to boost domestic industry.
▪️Karnataka:-
- CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
- Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
- Formation :- 1 November 1956
6) India’s economy resurfaced to growth territory in the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, clocking a 0.4% rise in the gross domestic product (GDP), as per data from the National Statistical Office (NSO).
The National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India is an autonomous body which formed in June 2005 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission.
Formed :- July 12 2006
Headquarters :- New Delhi
7) The SIDBI has announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government to developing MSME ecosystem.
▪️Andhra Pradesh :-
- CM - Jaganmohan Reddy
- Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan
- Venkateswara Temple
- Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple
- Nagarjuna tiger Reserve
8) Russia launched its space satellite Arktika-M on a mission to monitor the climate and environment in the Arctic amid a push by the Kremlin to expand the country's activities in the region.
▪️Russia :-
- President - Vladimir Putin
- State Historical Museum in Moscow
- Hermitage Museum
- Russian Museum in St Petersburg
- Kazan Kremlin in Kazan
9) The All-India Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees [CPI(UNME)] has been released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO).
▪️Central Statistics Office:-
Formed - 2 May 1951
Headquarters - New delhi, India
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation - Rao Inderjith Singh,
10) Anindya Dutta, a banker turned author, penned a new book titled “Advantage India: The Story of Indian Tennis”, a chronicle of Indian Tennis.
11) Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC) from Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain at the Naval Base.
▪️Indian Navy :-
- Indian Navy Day - 4 December
- Theme for Indian Navy Day 2020 - Indian Navy Combat Ready, Credible & Cohesive
- Founded - 26 January 1950
- Commander-in-Chief: President Ram Nath Kovind
- Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) - Admiral Karambir Singh
- Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) - Vice Admiral M. S. Pawar
12) The Indian Parliament has merged two TV channels, Look Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV into one integrated channel "Sansad TV".
Article 79 - Parliament
Article 80 - Rajya sabha
Article 81 - Lok Sabha
13) After implementing the contactless e-ticketing system in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, the transport department is all set to introduce the ‘Chartr’ app in the 2,990 cluster buses under Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS).
14) The Indian Air Force is participating for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag-VI along with air forces of United Arab Emirates, United States of America, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain. The exercise is scheduled from 03 Mar 21 to 27 Mar 21 at Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
- Founded - 8 October 1932
- Headquarters - New Delhi
- Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
- Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
15) Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched “CSIR Floriculture Mission”
He exhorts scientists of CSIR laboratories across the country to develop models at each laboratory under the “CSIR Floriculture Mission”
▪️Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Founded :- 1976
- HeadQuarter - New Delhi
- Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Harsh Vardhan
16) Bengaluru has emerged as the best city on ease of living parameters among 49 million-plus cities in 2020, pushing the earlier top ranker Pune to number two.
Among 62 cities having less than one million population, Shimla has topped the list followed by Bhubaneswar, according to the Union housing and urban development ministry.
▪️Karnataka:-
- CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
- Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
- Formation :- 1 November 1956
- Language :- Kannada
- Port :- New Mangalore Port
- Bandipur tiger reserve
- Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
- Bhadra Tiger Reserve
17) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
- Founded - 1958
- HeadQuarter - New Delhi
- Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
- Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
18) Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod registered hard-fought wins to clinch the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the 2021 Uganda International in Kampala.
19) The US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management.
Recent News :- The India-US joint military exercise "Yudh Abhyas 20" commenced in Mahajan Field Firing Range of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
20) India has urged WTO members to reach consensus on a proposal on waiver of certain provisions in a multilateral agreement on intellectual property to deal with COVID-19 crisis, stating that one cannot continue to engage in endless discussions when millions of lives are lost to the pandemic.
▪️World Trade Organisation :-
- Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
- Founded - 1 January 1995
- Membership - 164 member states
👉Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)- Brajendra Navnit
21) Chenab bridge, the world's highest railway bridge, is all set to complete an important construction milestone by this month
👉As part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project (USBRL), Indian Railways is constructing a bridge over the Chenab river. The Chenab bridge is being made at a height of 359 metres above the river bed - making it the highest railway bridge in the world.
▪️Ministry of Railways :-
- Formed :- March 1905
- Headquarters :- New Delhi
- Minister :- Piyush Goyal
- Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
22) India has launched the “Real-time Vessel Tracking System” in order to help the seafarers and fishermen as and when they need. This system has been named as “Sagar-Manthan: Mercantile Marine Domain Awareness Centre (MMDAC)”.
👉The system was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Maritime India Summit-2021.
23) Atul Kumar Jain has been transferred to New Delhi to assume charge as the Vice Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).
▪️Ministry of Defence :-
- Headquarters - New Delhi
- Founded - 15 August 1947
24) The Indian trio of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Gurjoat Khangura clinched the skeet team bronze in the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo in Egypt.
▪️International Shooting Sport Federation:-
- Headquarters - Munich, Germany
- President - Vladimir Lisin
- Founded - 1907
25) Van DhanVikasYojana programmes and initiatives have been impleleted by TRIFED for making India self-reliant under the AtmanirbharAbhiyan, with the motto, Go Vocal for Local Go Tribal – Mera Van MeraDhanMeraUdyam.
▪️Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India:-
- Formed - 1987
- Headquarters - New Delhi
- Minister - Arjun Munda, Minister for Tribal Affairs
- Chairman - Ramesh chand meena
26) Central government launched National Urban Digital Mission' to create a digital infrastructure for cities in the country.
The move will institutionalise a citizen-centric and ecosystem-driven approach to urban governance and service delivery in cities by 2022, and across all cities and towns by 2024.
27) Only Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Tokyo Games Vinesh Phogat won her second gold medal in as many weeks with a dominant win in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event and reclaimed the top rank in the her category in Rome.
👉 Recent News - Vinesh Phogat beat reigning European champion Vanessa Kaladzinskay 10-8 in the final to win her first tournament in a year at the XXIV Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial in Kyiv.
28) The frogs, belonging to the Old World tree frog family Rhacophoridae, were discovered by researchers from the University of Delhi and Kerala Forest Research Institute and the University of Minnesota as part of a long comprehensive study on the Shrub frogs (genus Raorchestes) of the Western Ghats.
29) Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir won the maximum number of medals in the second edition of the Khelo India Winter national Games that just concluded at Gulmarg, in J&K. They won 11 gold, 18 silver and 5 bronze to finish with a tally of 34 medals.
▪️ Recent News :- The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has inaugurated the state of the art General Bus Stand cum Shopping complex Cum Multi Level Parking constructed in Jammu.
▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-
- L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
- Dachigam National Park
- Salim Ali National Park
- Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary
- Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
30) To boost development along the international borders, the Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to develop three model villages along the Indo-Tibet border as a pilot project with an allocation of Rs 30 crore.
▪️ Recent News :- Former Arunanchal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad died following multi-organ failure at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS). He was 95 years old.
Arunachal Pradesh :-
- CM :- Pema Khandu
- Governor :- B. D. Mishra
- Land of the Rising Sun
- Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists.
- Namdapha Tiger Reserve
- Kamlang Tiger Reserve
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