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Current Affairs-March 7-8, 2023

 

INDIA

  • India to send 20,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar: Ministry of External Affairs
  • Dr Manik Saha to be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tripura.
  • Second Meeting of Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion concludes in Hyderabad.
  • Final day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas celebrated as Aao Jan Aushadhi Mitra Banein.
  • Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launches Swachhotsav under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0’.
  • Nagaland’s first woman Minister Salhoutuonuo Kruse assumes office on Women’s Day eve.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • BSE & UN Women India launches a new programme ‘FinEMPOWER’, at Bombay Stock Exchange
  • Adani Power has amalgamated its six subsidiaries with itself after receiving NCLT nod.
  • Power Grid Corporation of India has approved two transmission projects worth ₹4,070.98 crore.

WORLD

  • UN: Damage from catastrophic earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria has been estimated at over 100 billion dollars for Türkiye.
  • International Women’s Day is being celebrated on the theme of “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”.
  • India and Ethiopia are set to finalize stalled agreements on visa waiver and sister-city projects.

SPORTS

  • Hockey India (HI) announced a new programme to unearth talent and improve the bench strength.
  • India’s Ankita Raina-Prarthana Thombare enter doubles quarter-finals in ITF Women’s Open.
  • Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells amid US visa row.