1.NITI Aayog announces partnership of Snap Inc with Atal Innovation Mission to promote Augmented Reality Skills
NITI Aayog ‘s Atal Innovation Mission has partnered with Snap Inc. to promote Augmented Reality (AR) skills among Indian youth .announced its partnership with Snap Inc. is a global camera company and Snap’s cameras play a vital role in helping people experience the world around them, what they see in the real world and what is available to them in the digital world. Over a two-year time frame, Snap Inc. is expected to train over 12,000 teachers from Atal Tinkering Labs on Augmented Reality (AR), making the training program accessible to millions of students affiliated with ATL’s network of schools Will be able Snap Inc. also announced its partnership with Atal Incubation Center (AIC) to help the Indian start-up ecosystem with AR advertising bootcamps, ad credits and other opportunities.
2.Organizing All India Program “Jharokha – Indian Handicrafts / Handlooms, Collection of Art and Culture” by Ministry of Culture and Textiles
As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav , Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are organizing “ Jharokha – Collection of Indian Handicrafts/Handlooms, Art and Culture ”. It will be a pan-India festival, which will be organized at 16 locations in 13 states and union territories . Jharokha is a celebration of traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms and art and culture. The first program under this festival is being organized in Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of International Women’s Day from March 8, 2022. It will be organized at Rani Kamalapati Railway Station , named after the brave and fearless Queen Kamalapati of the Gond royal family of Madhya Pradesh.named after. This first program is dedicated to the celebration of womanhood and the contribution of women in the field of arts, crafts and culture. All the stalls of the event are being set up by women artisans, making it even more special.
3.Consumers having feature phones will also now be able to make payments through digital means
Consumers having feature phones will also now be able to make payments through digital means. Reserve Bank of India has introduced UPI named UPI123-Pay for their convenience . Through this UPI, financial and non-financial payments can be made seamlessly by sending text messages . In case of any issue regarding digital payments, the consumers will be able to get their problem resolved at the helpline which is working round the clock. At present, there are 40 crore feature phone users in the country. Till now they were not able to make payment through digital medium. Keeping their concerns in mind, the Reserve Bank of India introduced this UPI for making digital payments through feature phones.
4.A tripartite MoU was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for cooperation in areas of common interest.
The Ministry of AYUSH has collaborated with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on medicinal plants and their benefits to humans, plants and animals.A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for inter-ministerial cooperation to promote and support research and development, validation and deployment of agro-technologies related to value added products. Earlier also these sides had bilateral cooperation with each other. The national aspirations related to a self-reliant India attract the need for multi-lateral stakeholder collaboration to achieve the defined goals. The main objective of this tripartite MoU signed by the Ministry of AYUSH, ICAR and CSIR today is to draw attention to the traditional farming practices of India and to jointly establish the validity and deployment of these measures to aid in the socio-economic development of the country. To do research and development work.
5.On International Women’s Day, GeM adds “Stitching and Tailoring Services”
On the occasion of International Women ‘s Day, Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in partnership with Usha International Limited has launched a new service vertical “ Stitching and Tailoring Services ” on GeM portal through its Tailoring School Program . This service will open new opportunities for Usha Tailoring Women and Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in urban and rural areas to increase their livelihood income through sewing orders placed by various government departments and agencies and for women MSE entrepreneurs. To meet the target of 3% procurement.
6.Petascale Supercomputer “Param Ganga” installed at IIT Roorkee under National Supercomputing Mission
National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) jointly run by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) and implemented by Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) . He is going. This mission has made great progress. There are four major pillars of this Mission (NSM) namely Infrastructure, Applications, R&D, Human Resource Development. C-DAC has been entrusted with the responsibility of designing, developing, deploying and executing supercomputing systems under the manufacturing approach of this mission . With the mission’s cumulative computing capacity of over 64 petaflopsThere are plans to build and deploy 24 facilities . So far C-DAC has deployed 11 systems at Indian Institute of Science, IIT, IISER Pune, JNCASR, NABI-Mohali and C-DAC under NSM Phase-I and Phase-II with a cumulative computing capacity of more than 20 petaflops have gone. As part of its continuing journey of success, NSM has now commissioned a supercomputer ‘ Param Ganga ‘ at IIT Roorkee with supercomputing capacity of 1.66 petaflops .” has been deployed. The system has been designed and commissioned by C-DAC under the Phase-II manufacturing approach of NSM. Most of the components used in manufacturing this system are manufactured and assembled in India by C-DAC with indigenous software stack.
7.Russia’s option to open humanitarian corridor not acceptable to Ukraine
Ukraine has rejected a proposal by Russia to evacuate civilians to Russia and Belarus from its territory surrounded by Russian military. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said that Russia’s option to open humanitarian corridors is not acceptable to Ukraine . According to Russia’s proposal, citizens fleeing Kyiv and its surrounding areas should only reach the city of Gomel in neighboring Belarus. Belarus is a major ally of Russia. Russia also used its land for attacks on Ukraine. According to Russia’s proposal, citizens leaving the Kharkiv and Sumy regions of eastern Ukraine will have to reach the Russian city of Belgorod.
8.EU agrees to consider proposals for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to join the Union
The current French President of the European Union said that the 27 permanent representatives of European countries have agreed to consider the applications of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova and invite the European Commission to cast their vote. Two former Soviet republics – Georgia and Moldova – applied for membership last week in view of the Russia and Ukraine conflict. A few days before this, Ukraine said that it wants to join the union very soon. Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that these applications for union membership reflect European integration and a desire to join a common European family.
9.Russia released the list of unfriendly countries
On 7 March 2022 , the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of countries and territories that took unfriendly actions against Russia . The US, European Union (EU), United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland and Ukraine include the unfriendly list of countries and territories.Are included. These countries imposed economic sanctions on Russia in response to military action against Ukraine. According to Russia, these countries took unfriendly actions against Russian companies and citizens. Russia declared that all corporate deals with companies or individuals from the list of unfriendly countries must be approved by the government. A presidential decree was published with this list, according to which foreign currency obligations of Russian citizens and foreign creditors of companies must be paid in Russian currency (rubles) from the list of unfriendly countries. To make such foreign payments, Debtors must open a special type of ruble account with a Russian bank and transfer a ruble equivalent to the outstanding foreign currency amount based on that day’s official exchange rate. This is a temporary arrangement for the payment of foreign debts and applies to payments of more than 10 million rubles a month.
10.World Bank approves $7.23 million package to Ukraine in the form of loans and grants
The World Bank has approved a package of $7.23 million in loans and grants to Ukraine . This was announced by the global lender. The World Bank said the amount would help the Ukrainian government provide vital services, including salaries for hospital workers, pensions and social programs.
11.President Ram Nath Kovind presents the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar to 29 women who have done outstanding work
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on 8 March to highlight the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Nari Shakti Puraskar for the years 2020 and 2021 on International Women’s Day . Awards were presented to 29 eminent women for their role in rendering distinguished services to women, especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged . The Ministry of Women and Child Development celebrates International Women’s Day every year by conferring the Nari Shakti Puraskar to eminent women, organizations and institutions. The award ceremony for the year 2020 was not organized in the year 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.
12.India will resume international flight services from March 27
International flights to and from India will resume from 27th of this month . The Ministry of Civil Aviation had banned regular international flights in March 2020 in view of the Kovid epidemic . The Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that in view of the increasing vaccination coverage across the globe and after consultations with various stakeholders, the government has decided to start international commercial passenger service from 27th of this month. The ministry has said that the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will have to be strictly followed for travel.
13.NMDC Limited receives Official Language Award from Ministry of Steel
National Mineral Development Corporation Limited , the country’s largest iron ore producer, a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel bagged the first prize in Ispat Rajbhasha Puraskar for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and the company also received Ispat Rajbhasha Prerna Puraskar for 2019-20. met. The award ceremony was organized in the meeting of Hindi Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry of Steel held in Madurai on 3 March 2022. Union Steel Minister Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh presented the honours to Shri Sumit Deb, Chairman and Managing Director of NMDC. NMDC, a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Steel and one of the most profitable PSUs of the Government of India, is an eco-friendly mining company and the largest producer of iron ore in India.
14.PLI Scheme for White Goods: Key Points
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods (air conditioners and LED lights) in 2021 Rs 6,238 crorewas launched with a budgetary outlay of Rs. The objective of the PLI scheme is to make India’s manufacturing sector globally competitive by creating economies of scale, ensuring efficiency and eliminating inefficiencies. The benefits of this scheme include increasing global investment in Indian manufacturing sector, increasing employment opportunities and boosting Indian exports. White goods refers to heavy consumer durables or large home appliances such as washing machines, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. These goods were traditionally available in white color hence called white goods. In 2019, the Indian appliance and consumer electronics market reached Rs 76,400 crore and is expected to reach Rs 1.48 lakh crore by 2025.
15.Launch of e-book on the journey of National Career Service (NCS)
An e-book about the journey of National Career Service (NCS) was launched on 7 March 2022 by Dr. Shashank Goyal , Additional Secretary/Director General of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Employment . The e-book of NCS was published by the Ministry of Labor and Employment as a part of ‘ Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘ on the occasion of the prestigious week (7 March to 13 March) celebrations. Setting up of NCS Portal in NCS E-Book 2015The journey of NCS since then provides an overview of its major achievements and success stories. It is an attempt to highlight the various stakeholder activities involved in the NCS project. NCS is a mission mode project launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2015. It is being implemented by the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Employment. NCS provides employment and career related services to Indian citizens. It seeks to bridge the following gap:
- job seekers and employers
- Candidates seeking training and Institute providing training
- Candidates looking for agencies providing career guidance and career counseling.
16.Telangana tops the country in terms of net state domestic product per capita
Telangana is the top performing state in India with a population of over one crore in terms of growth rate of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at current prices by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI) .Has been made. It was successful in other states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Gross State Domestic Value (GSDP) of Telangana increased from Rs 359434 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 1,154,860 crore in 2021-22. It registered a growth of 31.12 per cent of GSDP since 2011-12. This is one of the highest growth rates for any state in the country. In terms of percentage growth in GSDP, Telangana has shown the fastest growth in its growth rate from 2020 to present at around 17%. Major projects include the Rythu Bandhu scheme for farmers, the world’s largest lift irrigation Kaleshwaram project to provide water to farms, and the Aarogya Lakshmi scheme for pregnant and lactating women.
17.Mobile World Congress 2022 held in Barcelona
The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has organized the 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC) , which took place in Barcelona, Spain, from 28 February to 3 March . focus on 5GDoing and maximizing its potential to benefit countries and economies is the focus of this year’s MWC in the midst of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The Global Mobile Economy Report expects 5G adoption to reach 1 billion 5G connections globally by 2022. The increase in 5G network connections will increase the global GDP by 5% to $5 trillion in 2025. The global telecommunications industry will invest $600 billion in capital expenditure (CAPEX) of the global mobile industry by 2025 and 85% of this will be spent on 5G. MWC is expected to see keynote sessions from Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Adam Selipsky, CEO, Amazon Web Services, Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Chairwoman and Cristiano Amon, President and CEO, Qualcomm among other top telecom voices.
18.Future Generali India Insurance launches ‘FG Dog Health Cover’ insurance
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has announced the launch of FG Dog Health Cover , a comprehensive health insurance for pet dogs with the industry’s first ‘ Emergency Pet Minding ‘ cover . FGII ‘Oh my dog!’ It also focuses on a digital campaign called, which aims to create awareness about buying dog health insurance cover and is also targeted on social media such as Instagram and Twitter.
19.Study in India Meet 2022 inaugurated in Dhaka
The two-day Study in India (SII) 2022 meeting was inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh . The event, organized by the Indian High Commission , was inaugurated by the Education Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni and the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswamy . The Education Minister of Bangladesh said that the educational exchanges between the two countries will further strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries. He said that it is the responsibility of the students of today to find solutions to common issues like poverty being faced by the countries of South Asia.
