DAILY GK 29 MARCH 2022

 

DAILY GK  29 MARCH 2022

1.       INDIA-UAE TRADE PACT, CEPA

·         Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry unveiled the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

·         The minister visited UAE to participate in ‘Investopia Summit’ and ‘World Government Summit’ both venues at Dubai.

·         UAE Capital -Abu Dhabi, Currency– Dirham

 

2.       SURAT IN GUJARAT GETS THE INDIA’S  FIRST ‘STEEL ROAD’ 

·         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 .

·         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.

·         The 6-lane 1-kilometer long road is an experimental project, which is constructed to solve the waste material issue.

·         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

·         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). 

·         As per the report, the Most polluted city is Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital records the noise pollution level of 119 decibels,

·         Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad ranked Third.

·         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).

·         The UNEP report found that Irbrid (Jordan) at 60 dB is the world’s quietest city, followed by Lyon (France)

·         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.

·         UNEP Headquarters- Nairobi, Kenya,Executive Director- Inger Andersen

 

4.       94TH ACADEMY AWARDS- OSCARS 2022

·         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

·         Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve leads the awards total with 6 wins.

·         Will Smith has won the Best Actor In A Leading Role for his performance in “King Richard”

·         Jessica Chastain has won the Best Actress In A Leading Role for her role in “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye”.

·         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 

·         The International Labour Organization (ILO) elected  Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo from Togo as its next Director-General (DG).

·         He will succeed Guy Ryder from the United Kingdom (UK), who has held the office since 2012.

·         ILO Headquarters-Geneva, Switzerland

 

6.       PRAMOD SAWANT TAKES OATH AS GOA’S CM

·         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.

·         The Governor of Goa, P S Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath of office and secrecy to Promod Sawant. 

·         In state Assembly elections 2022, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Goa by winning 20 of the 40 seats in Goa.

·         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

·         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

·         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.

·         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

·         Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, 2016 secured Gold medal in women’s singles YONEX Swiss Open 2022 (Swiss Open Super 300) badminton tournament at Basel, Switzerland

·         Sindhu defeated Thailand’s Busanan Ong bamrungphan

 

10.    WORLD TABLE TENNIS (WTT) CONTENDER DOHA 2022, QATAR 

·         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

·         World Table Tennis (WTT) is an organization created by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 
Men’s Singles won by Yuan Licen (China) Dang Qiu(Germany)

·         ITTF Headquarter – Lausanne, Switzerland 

 

11.    JIYA RAI BECOMES WORLD’S YOUNGEST & FASTEST FEMALE SWIMMER TO SWIM ACROSS PALK STRAIT 

·         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. 

·         She swam across the Palk Strait (29 kilometres) connecting Sri Lanka and India, in 13 hours and 10 minutes.

·         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 

·         World Theatre Day is annually observed across the globe on 27th March

·         27th March 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of World Theatre Day 

 

13.    EARTH HOUR 2022 – MARCH 26 

·         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. 

·         Earth Hour is annually organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF).

·         The theme of Earth Hour 2022 is “Shape Our Future”.

·         WWF Headquarters Gland, Switzerland