DAILY GK 29 MARCH 2022
1.
INDIA-UAE TRADE PACT, CEPA
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Union
Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry unveiled the
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The
minister visited UAE to participate in ‘Investopia Summit’ and ‘World
Government Summit’ both venues at Dubai.
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UAE Capital -Abu Dhabi, Currency– Dirham
2.
SURAT IN GUJARAT GETS THE INDIA’S FIRST ‘STEEL
ROAD’
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The
Diamond City of India, Surat in Gujarat became India’s first city to get
a road that is made out of steel waste (1st ever ‘steel slag ’road) at Hazira,
Surat .
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The
road was constructed by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India with CSIR India
(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) & CRRI (Central Road
Research Institute) New Delhi along with the support of National
Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
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The
6-lane 1-kilometer long road is an experimental project, which is constructed
to solve the waste material issue.
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Steel
slag is a type of waste from
the Iron & Steel Industry but it has shown potential for use as a raw
mix component up to 5-10% in the construction products.
3.
UNEP’S REPORT RANKS MORADABAD 2ND MOST POLLUTED CITY GLOBALLY
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According
to the recent Annual Frontier Report 2022, titled ‘Noise, Blazes and
Mismatches’ published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is the second most noise polluted city with a
maximum recorded noise pollution level of 114 decibels (dB).
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As per
the report, the Most polluted city is Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital
records the noise pollution level of 119 decibels,
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Pakistan’s
capital city Islamabad ranked Third.
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3
Indian cities are among the top 15 most noise polluted cities in the world.They
are Moradabad (UP),Kolkata (West Bengal),and Asansol (West Bengal).
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The
UNEP report found that Irbrid (Jordan) at 60 dB is the world’s
quietest city, followed by Lyon (France)
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As per
the Guidelines for community Noise 1999, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
recommends 55 decibel standard for residential areas and 70 decibels for
traffic and business sectors.
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UNEP Headquarters-
Nairobi, Kenya,Executive
Director- Inger Andersen
4.
94TH ACADEMY AWARDS- OSCARS 2022
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The
winners of the 94th Academy Awards (Oscars 2022) were announced at the ceremony
held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Dune
directed by Denis Villeneuve leads
the awards total with 6 wins.
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Will
Smith has won the Best
Actor In A Leading Role for his performance in “King Richard”
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Jessica
Chastain has won the Best
Actress In A Leading Role for her role in “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye”.
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Jane
Campion has won the Best
Director award at Oscars 2022 for her film, “Power of the Dog”.
5.
ILO ELECTS GILBERT HOUNGBO AS ITS 11TH
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
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The
International Labour Organization (ILO) elected Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo from
Togo as its next Director-General (DG).
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He
will succeed Guy Ryder from the United Kingdom (UK), who has held the office
since 2012.
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ILO Headquarters-Geneva, Switzerland
6.
PRAMOD SAWANT TAKES OATH AS GOA’S CM
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Pramod
Sawant took oath as the Chief Minister (CM) of Goa, for a second consecutive
term (2022-2027) at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao, Goa.
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The
Governor of Goa, P S Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath of office and
secrecy to Promod Sawant.
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In
state Assembly elections 2022, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in
Goa by winning 20 of the 40 seats in Goa.
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He
represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly and is a
member of the BJP.
7.
HISASHI TAKEUCHI APPOINTED AS NEW MD & CEO OF MARUTI
SUZUKI
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Maruti
Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation(SMC),
Japan, has appointed Hisashi Takeuchi as the new Managing Director(MD) and
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)
8.
DRDO TEST FIRES TWO MEDIUM RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE
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India
successfully test fired two Indian Army versions of Medium Range
Surface-to-Surface Air Missiles (MRSAMs) from the Integrated Test Range at
chandipur, off odisha coast.
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The
Medium Range Surface-to-Surface Air Missiles (MRSAMs) versions were jointly
developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Indian Army.
9.
SWISS OPEN BADMINTON 2022
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Pusarla
Venkata Sindhu, 2016 secured Gold medal in women’s singles YONEX Swiss Open
2022 (Swiss Open Super 300) badminton tournament at Basel, Switzerland
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Sindhu
defeated Thailand’s Busanan Ong bamrungphan
10.
WORLD
TABLE TENNIS (WTT) CONTENDER DOHA 2022, QATAR
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India
has won 2 medals(1 Bronze and 1 Silver) at the World Table Tennis (WTT)
Contender 2022 championship, held at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar
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ITTF Headquarter
– Lausanne, Switzerland
11.
JIYA RAI BECOMES WORLD’S YOUNGEST & FASTEST FEMALE
SWIMMER TO SWIM ACROSS PALK STRAIT
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Mumbai
based Autistic teen JiyaRai (13 years old), daughter of an Indian Navy officer,
became the world’s youngest and fastest female swimmer to swim across the Palk
Strait.
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She
swam across the Palk Strait (29 kilometres) connecting Sri Lanka and India, in
13 hours and 10 minutes.
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She is
a recipient of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, the highest honour
given to Indian Citizens below 18 years of age.
12.
WORLD THEATRE DAY 2022 – MARCH 27
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World
Theatre Day is annually observed across the globe on 27th March
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27th
March 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of World Theatre Day
13.
EARTH HOUR 2022 – MARCH 26
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Earth
Hour is annually observed across the globe on the last Saturday of March by
turning off the lights between 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm (Local Time) as a symbolic
gesture towards the commitment to preserve the Earth and to support actions
against Climate Change.
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Earth
Hour is annually organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF).
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The
theme of Earth Hour 2022 is “Shape
Our Future”.
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WWF Headquarters
Gland, Switzerland
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