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Current Affairs- March 24, 2023

 

INDIA

  • Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill.
  • One World TB Summit is being organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Stop TB Partnership, on World Tuberculosis Day.
  • One tigress each to be released to Kota’s Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and Bundi’s Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.
  • Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled the State Youth Policy and a Youth Portal.
  • Konkan 2023, a joint maritime exercise, was conducted between the Royal Navy of Britain and the Indian Navy, off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.
  • National Institute of Urban Affairs is organising first Urban Climate Film Festival under U20 engagement events.
  • The Defence Ministry signed two contracts with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), at a total cost of over ₹3,700 crore for ‘Arudhra’ Medium Power Radars.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Union Finance ministry asks public sector banks to share bond portfolio data.
  • FSIB recommends Siddhartha Mohanty for the position of chairperson of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
  • Amazon’s accelerator programme to support 50 Indian D2C (direct-to-consumer) startups.
  • Lok Sabha passes Rs 45 trillion Budget for current fiscal without debate.

WORLD

  • Protests intensify in France over government’s plan to raise pension age.
  • Islamic holy month of Ramzan begins across world; Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated at the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan.
  • UNESCO report: 26 % of world’s population does not have safe drinking water.

SPORTS

  • Boxing: Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety Boora and Nitu Ghanghas have entered the finals in the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
  • India won a silver and a bronze in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup shooting championship.
  • India clinches both men’s and women’s titles of Asian Kho Kho Championship.