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.
