1.This Year’s Oscar Awards Announced in Los Angeles, Will Smith Wins First Oscar for Best Actor
The coveted Oscars were distributed at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony in Lance Angeles . Will Smith was awarded the Best Actor Award for his best performance in the film King Richard . This is the first Oscar of his career . Jessica Chastain won the best actress award for the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye . Ariana DeBos won the Best Supporting Actress award for West Side Story . Best film for the film Kodahas received the award. It was nominated in three categories and has won awards in all three. Troy Kotsur won the Best Screenplay and Supporting Actor awards . He is the first deaf actor to win an Oscar . The film Dune won six of its ten Oscar nominations . These are awarded for Best Original Score, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Editing, Sound and Production Design. Jane Campion has won the Best Director award for the film The Power of the Dog . She is the first woman to compete in this category twice. In 1994, he received The Pianowas nominated for.
2.Defense Ministry signs a contract with GSL for construction of 8 high speed patrol vessels
The Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Goa Shipyard Limited- GSL for the construction of eight high speed patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard on a project costing Rs 4,733 crore . The contract was signed in New Delhi by Joint Secretary Dinesh Kumar and Chairman and Managing Director of GSL retired, Commodore B. B. Nagpal signed. These platforms will be conceived, developed and manufactured indigenously. Eight high speed ships with the capability to operate in high waters will be off India’s shores. These ships will be helpful in augmenting the security equipment on the long coasts of India.
3.UNEP report: Dhaka becomes world’s most noise polluted city
According to the recently published ‘ Annual Frontier Report, 2022 ‘ by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) , the capital of Bangladesh , Dhaka has been ranked as the most noise polluted city globally . According to the report, the city recorded the highest level of noise pollution in 2021, 119 decibels (dB). Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh stood second on the list with 114 decibels of noise pollution. Pakistan ‘s capital Islamabad ranks third, with maximum noise pollution at 105 decibels (dB). According to the report, Irbrid is the world’s quietest city at 60 dB., Lyon at 69 dB, Madrid at 69 dB, Stockholm at 70 dB and Belgrade at 70 dB. The other four most polluted cities in India on the list are Kolkata (89 dB), Asansol (89 dB), Jaipur (84 dB), and Delhi (83 dB). A total of 61 cities across the world have been ranked in the report, out of which 13 are from South Asia, while 5 of them are from India.
4.CIAL wins ‘COVID Champion’ award at Wings India 2022
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the ‘ COVID Champion ‘ award at Wings India 2022 . Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to CIAL Managing Director S SuhasReceived the Covid Champion Award. CIAL has been awarded for the successful implementation of a meticulous project called ‘Mission Safeguarding’ in times of pandemic to ensure safe travel at Kochi airport. Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport won two ‘Best Airport’ under the general category and the ‘Aviation Innovation’ award in the programme. Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) won the ‘Aviation Sustainability and Environment’ award by Wings India Awards 2022 for its efficient green practices. The award comes as a recognition of CSMIA’s commitment and tireless efforts towards initiating sustainable initiatives as well as coming closer to existence.
5.PM Narendra Modi to address Matua Dharma Maha Mela
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi , will address the Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 , at Shridham Thakurnagar, Thakurbari, West Bengal , on the occasion of the 211th birth anniversary of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur . Sri Sri Harichand Thakur ji had dedicated his life for the welfare of the oppressed, downtrodden and downtrodden people in undivided Bengal before independence. The social and religious movement started by him in 1860 started from Orkandi which is now in Bangladesh. Matua religion was formed after the movement . All India Matua Federation is organizing Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 from 29 March to 5 April 2022.
6.Initiative to speed up convoy movements of IAF – “Fleet Card – Fuel on Move”
Indian Air Force has taken a giant leap in managing the fuel supply chain by introducing ‘ Fleet Card – Fuel on Move ‘ for its various fleet of vehicles in association with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) . This innovative initiative by the Indian Air Force brings a significant change in the logistics management of fuel. The Energy Security ‘Fleet Card’ for traveling vehicles of the Air Force was launched on 28 March 2022 by the Commanding-in-Chief Air Officer, Western Air Command, Air Marshal S Prabhakaran and IOCL Chairman, Shri S. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhary in the presence of M. VaidyaWestern Air Command Headquarters, Subroto Park. Western Air Command Headquarters has been identified as the lead agency for implementation and execution of this new concept of “Fuel on Move”. The availability of the Fleet Card will allow convoys to be refueled at any IOCL fuel stations , thereby increasing their movement speed and reducing their ready time at operational locations across the country.
7.NITI Aayog and Food and Agriculture Organization launched a book titled ‘Indian Agriculture Towards 2030’
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar , at an event organized by NITI Aayog and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations , spoke on ‘ Indian Agriculture Towards 2030: Pathways for Enhancing Farmers Income, Nutritional Security and Sustainable Food and Farm System ‘. Released a book called springerThe book titled ‘Indian Agriculture Towards 2030’, published by NITI Aayog, mentions the deliberation process of a national dialogue by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and the outcomes of the facility provided by FAO since 2019. Has been done. Congratulating the officials of NITI Aayog, FAO and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said, “With the efforts of all stakeholders including experts, hardworking farmers and agricultural scientists, we are taking Indian agriculture and the country to new heights. Will be able to meet the identified challenges in the course of going.” The book includes a foreword by the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu. It also includes an introduction to former FAO representative of India, Tomio Shichiri, under whose guidance the initiative was taken.
8.Petascale Super-Computer Param Shakti inaugurated at IIT Kharagpur under National Super-Computing Mission
The Petascale Super-Computer Param Shakti was dedicated to the nation at IIT Kharagpur under the National Super-Computing Mission . It is a joint initiative of Department of Electronics & Information Technology and Department of Science & Technology (DST). The National Super-Computing Facility Center was inaugurated on March 27, 2022 by the Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal Shri Jagdeep Dhankar.was did. Param Shakti Supercomputer facility is available to accelerate R&D activities in multiple areas of Computational and Data Science. It is making IIT Kharagpur and neighboring academic research and development institutions computing efficient on a large scale. It may be mentioned that the MoU was signed between IIT Kharagpur and Center for Advanced Computing Development (C-DAC) on March 2019 to set up Center of Excellence Super-Computing Facility with 17680 CPU cores including 44 GPUs. The facility uses an RDHX based efficient cooling system to achieve high usability. The system has been tested for commercial, open-source and in-house software at IIT Kharagpur and C-DAC.
9.The first phase of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 concluded in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh
The first phase of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 , a mega festival organized under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav , concluded at Arts College Ground , Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh . The festival was inaugurated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Vishwabhushan Harichandan and the Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region, Shri GK Reddy on 26 March 2022. The festival is being organized for the first time in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The second and third phases of RSM will be held at Warangal and Hyderabad on March 29-30 and April 1-3 respectively.
10.CAG informs about the delay in giving revised administrative approval to the incomplete hydroelectric project on the left bank of Koyna Dam in Maharashtra
Recently the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has informed about the delay in giving revised administrative approval to an incomplete hydroelectric project in Maharashtra . The allocation of funds has been blocked for more than six years due to this delay. The Water Resources Department (WRD) of the Government of Maharashtra gave administrative approval for the construction of a 2×40 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project on the left bank of the Koyna dam in the year 2004 . Koyna Dam is the biggest dam of Maharashtra , it is located in Koyana Nagar of Satara district . It is located on the state highway between Chiplun and Karad in the Western Ghats. Koyna Dam Koyna RiverThe Koyna River originates from Mahabaleshwar, a hill-station in the Sahyadri ranges. The work on the Koyna dam was started in the year 1951 and for the first time in the year 1962, the work for installing the turbine started. Presently Phase V of Koyna Hydroelectric Project is under construction. The main purpose of the dam is to supply hydroelectricity along with irrigation facilities to the neighboring areas. The Koyna, a tributary of the Krishna, originates from Mahabaleshwar in Satara district in western Maharashtra.
11.National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey released
According to the recently released National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2019-2021 , Delhi recorded the highest incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis cases across the country , with Kerala recording the lowest . After 6 decades, this survey has been done and World TB Day by Union Health Ministrywas issued to mark. The survey found that 64% of the country’s TB symptomatic population was unable to access healthcare between the period 2019 to 2021. The prevalence of TB in the country’s population above 15 years of age is 312 cases per one lakh. This is more than twice the global level which is 127 per one lakh. TB accounts for 31.7% in people 15 years of age and older. The prevalence of pulmonary TB among women is lower (154 per lakh) than that of men (472 per lakh) in the country. In India, the prevalence of microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis among persons aged 15 years and above was 316 per lakh population, with the highest prevalence in Delhi at 534 per lakh and the lowest in Kerala at 115 per lakh. . The prevalence of PTB infection in this survey was 21.7 percent. For all forms of TB, Delhi had the highest prevalence in India with 747 per lakh, and in Gujarat, it was the lowest with 137. The prevalence of TB among people aged 15 years and above was 31.4 percent.
12.US and EU ratify data transfer treaty
The US and the European Union have announced that they have an “in principle” agreement to create a new framework for the purpose of cross-border data transfer . This announcement has come as a much-needed relief for companies like Google and Meta . For more than a year, officials have been planning a deal aimed at replacing the invalid Privacy Shield, an arrangement that allows firms to share Europeans’ data with the US. In July 2020, Privacy Shield was deprecated. This shocked tech companies that depended on this mechanism for US-EU data flow. The EU’s top court sided with privacy activist Max Schrems, who argued that the current framework does not protect people living in Europe from US surveillance.
13.India achieved the figure of 50,000 ODF plus villages
India has crossed the milestone of 50,000 Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus villages . The top performing state under this program is Telangana with 13,960 ODF plus villages. Then Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradeshis the location of. In 2020, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin Phase-II was launched with an aim to ensure that all villages across the country can be declared ODF plus by the end of the year 2024. According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, there are several aspects to achieving the ODF Plus mission which include Govardhan Yojana, biodegradable waste management, plastic waste management, gray water management and faecal sludge management. ODF plus villages are divided into three categories. The categories are Rising, Aspiring and Model, which show their progress. The program of ODF Plus Villages has resulted in a competitive and healthy spirit which has resulted in people’s participation towards speedy implementation of “Total Swachhta”. Under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, more than one crore people from around 22,000 gram panchayats have participated in several cleanliness activities.
14.Tropical Indian Ocean is warming rapidly: Central Government
MoS of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh has told the Rajya Sabha that the tropical Indian Ocean is warming rapidly . It has been observed that an average increase of about 1 degree Celsius in sea surface temperature over the period 1951 to 2015which is equal to 0.15 °C per decade. Due to continuous climate change, the marine environment will have to bear the brunt. In 2021, six marine heatwaves have been observed in the Indian Ocean over a period of 52 days. Out of 6 meteorological events, the Bay of Bengal suffered four. In the western Indian Ocean region, ocean heatwave events showed an increase of 1.5 events per decade. The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) conducted a study which highlighted the dire situation. It showed that 66 oceanic heat wave events occurred in the western Indian Ocean region and 94 in the Bay of Bengal region between 1982 and 2018.
15.COP-4 Minamata conference organized
Stakeholders participating in the Minamata Convention on Mercury at the Conference of the Parties (COP-4) have agreed to expand the list of mercury-containing products that are planned to be phased out. COP-4 Minamata Conference on Para from March 21 to 25, 2022 in Bali, Indonesiahappened in The conference resumed after the conclusion of the first online segment which was held in November 2021. The COP-4 conference covered a number of important topics, such as the framework for evaluating the effectiveness of the convention. Nine decisions were taken in this session. This includes implementation of national reporting, international collaboration, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), technical assistance, capacity building, mercury waste limit and release of mercury. Efforts were also focused on mainstreaming gender under all projects, activities and programmes. At the same time, multilateralism and international cooperation also got a boost during this meeting. It was also decided to tackle the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and waste and pollution. The purpose of this conference is to protect the environment and human health from the release of mercury and anthropogenic emissions.
16.Joint declaration on privacy and protection of personal data
The European Union, along with nine countries , including India , has called for international cooperation aimed at promoting standards of data protection and privacy . ‘ Joint Declaration on Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data: Strengthening trust in the digital environmentCountries have called for rapid technological advances in digital and information technologies as new challenges to personal data security and privacy emerge. It is important to harness the opportunities presented by the digital economy to promote free data flow. The respective legal frameworks of the countries should also ensure that the right to privacy as well as the protection of personal data is treated and followed as a fundamental freedom. The countries with the European Union are India, Comoros, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Mauritius, Singapore, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
17.Polar Science and Cryosphere Research Plan
The National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) , an autonomous institute under the purview of the Ministry of Earth Sciences , has successfully implemented the Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER) scheme which includes the Indian Arctic Programme, Antarctic Programme, Cryosphere and Climate Program, and the Southern Ocean Program . It has successfully carried out the 39th and 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica . 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica is currently underwayIs. Under this scheme 10 sediment cores have been collected from lakes to reconstruct past climates associated with ice sheet dynamics. Various geophysical and glacial measurements have been carried out in the Coastal Dronning Maud Land with the aim of understanding the ice accumulation patterns and contribution of glaciochemical processes. In the lakes of the Larsemann Hills of East Antarctica, studies were conducted to understand the biogeochemical process in supraglacial environments. At Bharathi and Maitri stations, clean air atmospheric observatories including automated weather stations, sensors to measure greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations have been installed. Ice core analyzes were also conducted to understand long-term climate variability over Antarctica and dissolved organic carbon pathways. hydrophone systems, as well as the IndARC mooring system, Kongsfjorden, Was successfully deployed to Svalbard. In the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, coastal cruises were carried out to conduct microbial and biogeochemical research. Approval has been given to continue this scheme for the period 2021-26 also.
18.Adi Bazaar: An auspicious celebration of the spirit of tribal culture
Keeping in view the celebration of the spirit of tribal culture and cuisine , a new Aadi Bazaar was opened on 26th March, 2022 at Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Statue of Unity in Narmada district of Gujarat . It is an 11-day exhibition, which started on 26 March and will end on 5 April. It was inaugurated in August by Smt. Nimishaben Suthar, Minister of State for Tribal Development, Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, Government of Gujarat. During this, the Minister of State for Higher and Technical Education, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Gujarat, Dr. Kuberbhai Manshukbhai Dindor and President of TRI, Mr. Ramsinh Rathwa were present.
19.This season’s first consignment of Alphonso and Kesar mangoes was exported to Japan
In a bid to boost exports, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on March 26, 2022 exported the first consignment of this season’s fresh mangoes from Mumbai to Japan . This export of Alphonso and Kesar varieties of mango was done by M /s Berrydale Foods (OPC) Pvt Ltd , a registered exporter of APEDA to M /s Lawson Retail Chain, Japan . These mangoes were treated and packaged at the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) facility approved by APEDA (APEDA) . Mango Festival in Tokyo, Japan as a part of Amrit Festival of Independence in association with Embassy of India and Japan & Invest Indiais being organized, in which mangoes will be displayed and tasted at various outlets of Lawson Super Markets.
