Your Daily Current Affairs - 24th March 📰
The day honors liberation warriors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar.
1. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced that his government will launch an anti-corruption helpline number Today.
2. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has recognized INS Shivaji as the COE in the field of Marine Engineering.
3. The All England Badminton Championship runner-up Lakshya Sen has broken into the top 10 of the men's singles badminton world rankings for the first time.
4. Sixty-three of the world's 100 most polluted cities are in India, according to the World Air Quality Report 2021, prepared by Swiss organization IQAir, released on 22 March.
5. Novavax on Tuesday announced the first emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents falling in the age bracket of 12-18 years in India.
6. Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI will jointly organize Asia's largest event on Civil Aviation - WINGS INDIA 2022 - from 24th to 27th of this month at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad.
7. World no. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty announced her sudden retirement at the age of 25 on Wednesday.
8. The 94th Academy Awards are all set to take place on March 27, 2022.
9. Agnibaaz Division organized a joint exercise between the Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar, Pune on 22 March 22.
10. Mohamad Reza Masoumi from Iran has won the 13th edition of the Greenstorm Global Photography Award,
11. HarperCollins India announces the publication of The Book of Bihari Literature, edited by poet-diplomat Abhay K., in October 2022.
12. Bihar Day is observed on 22 March.
13. A delegation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Army is on a six-day visit to India from 21-26 March 2022.
14. The 3rd edition of the joint training exercise between Indian and Uzbekistan armies, EX-DUSTLIK is being conducted at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from 22-31 March 2022.
15. The day honors liberation warriors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar.
16. On this day, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was established in the year 1950.
17. With the discovery of 65 new planets, NASA has confirmed the presence of over 5000 such planetary bodies around stars beyond the solar system.
18. ArcelorMittal has announced its partnership with Greenko Group.
19. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF) has launched ICICI Prudential Nifty SDL (state development loans) Sep 2027 Index Fund.
20. HDFC Mutual Fund has filed a scheme information document (SID) with SEBI for India’s first Defence Fund - HDFC Defence Fund.
21. In a bid to finance a dedicated surveillance satellite to keep an eye on the activities along the borders with China and Pakistan, the Defence Ministry cleared a ₹4,000 crore proposal for the Indian Army.
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