Your Daily Current Affairs - 1st April 📰
On 30 Mar'22, Konkan Railway has accomplished 100% Rail electrification of its entire stretch.
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1. The Rajya Sabha on 31 Mar'22 passed a Bill to remove the Bhogta caste from the list of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Jharkhand and include certain other communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) for the state.
2. The Cabinet of the Government of Karnataka has cleared the Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy 2022-27 on 31 Mar'22.
3. Moodadi grama panchayat wins the Ardra Keralam award of the Kerala government for carrying out healthcare activities most effectively in Kozhikode district.
4. The 9th edition of India - Seychelles Joint Training Exercise LAMITIYE-2022 concluded on 31 March 2022.
5. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has launched MyGov- the robust citizen engagement platform for Jammu & Kashmir on 30 Mar'22.
6. The 60th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee was chaired by Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on 31 Mar'22.
7. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 30 Mar'22, attends the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit hosted in virtual mode by Sri Lanka.
8. The maiden edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) was conducted at Goa and in Arabian Sea from 26 – 30 Mar 22.
9. The Indian Armed Forces have celebrated diamond jubilee of Chetak Attack helicopter on 31 Mar'22 after it has completed 60 years of glorious service to the Nation.
10. Union Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju has launched the new website of Department of Justice on 30 Mar'22.
11. On 30 Mar'22, Konkan Railway has accomplished 100% Rail electrification of its entire stretch.
12. For the first time in the country, academic users in India will be able to access the MATLAB software suite at no cost through the Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM) portal.
13. Prof. Dr Ashutosh Kumar has been appointed as the first Visiting Professor to the T. N. Seshan Chair at India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, IIIDEM, New Delhi on 31 Mar'22.
14. The Union government on March 30, 2022, announced the merger of four film media units with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
15. MobiKwik, has collaborated with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd and SBI General Insurance on 31 March 2022.
16. International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event occurring on March 31 every year.
17. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on 30 Mar'22 cut India's GDP growth forecast for the 2022-23 financial year to 7 - 7.2% from 7.6% announced in Jan'22.
18. On 30 Mar'22, Aglowid IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. bagged the "Excellence in Information Technology" Award at the World Innovation Congress held in Mumbai, India.
19. CASHe announced the appointment of Naresh Karia as its Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on 30 March 2022.
20. Railway Sports Promotion Board has been crowned as the champions of the 2nd Hockey India Senior Women Inter-Department National Championship 2022 on 30 Mar'22.
21. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) appointed former England batsman Graham Thorpe as the new head coach of the Afghanistan national men's team on 30 Mar'22.
22. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched the three-day Global Investor Meet - Invest Karnataka 2022 - a flagship investor event for the state of Karnataka.
23. Axis Bank has acquired Citibank's India consumer business for $1.6 billion in an all-cash deal on March 30, 2022.
24. The Centre has approved the procurement of 15 indigenous light combat helicopters from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force on 30 Mar'22.
25. Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy has won the Khelo India Women's Hockey League (U-21) on 30 Mar'22.
26. In the second edition of Most Trusted Brands of India, 'Cyforce' was recognized as one of the Most Trusted Brands of India 2022 on 30 Mar'22.
27. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Migration in partnership with the Government of India's think-tank NITI Aayog organized a National Conclave on March 29, 2022,
28. Lok Sabha on 30 March 2022 passed a bill that seeks to unify the three municipal corporations in Delhi into a single entity.
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