DAILY GK 20-21 MAR
1.
INTEGRATED TRI-SERVICE EXERCISE
‘BHARAT SHAKTI’
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A 50-minute-long synergised
demonstration of indigenous defence capabilities in the form of a Tri-Services
Live Fire and Manoeuvre Exercise ‘Bharat Shakti’ was held at
Pokhran during PM Modi’s visit to Rajasthan
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‘Bharat Shakti’ exercise displayed an
array of indigenous weapon systems and platforms to showcase India’s
unprecedented excellence in global military equipment production.
2.
RBI RECONSTITUTES COMMITTEE OF
ADVISORS OF THE ABHYUDAYA COOPERATIVE BANK
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
reconstituted a three-member Committee of Advisors of Abhyudaya Cooperative
Bank Limited by inducting Devendara Kumar in place of MahendraChhajed after his
resignation.
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On November 2023, RBI replaced the Board
of Directors of Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank Limited for a period of 12
months and appointed Satya Prakash Pathak (former Chief
General Manager of SBI) as ‘Administrator’ to manage the bank.
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A ‘Committee of Advisors’ was
also constituted to assist the Administrator to discharge his duties.
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The action against the cooperative bank
was demanded due to certain material concerns, emanating from poor governance standards
observed in the bank.
3.
CHAMELI DEVI JAIN
AWARD FOR 2024
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The Media Foundation jointly awarded the
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 for Outstanding Woman MediaPerson of the Year to
the journalists GreeshmaKuthar and Ritika Chopra..
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The award was named after Chameli Devi
Jain, a freedom fighter and community reformer, prisoned during Indian
Independence movement.
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The award was set up by the Media
Foundation in 1980. And the first award was presented in 1982.
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The award is presented annually to those
practicing journalism in fields like social development, politics, gender,
justice, human rights, health, conflict and consumer values.
4.
NEW PRESIDENT OF FIEO
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Federation of Indian Export
Organisations (FIEO) under the Ministry of Commerce has unanimously elected
Ashwani Kumar, as its New President.
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Ashwani Kumar is a Partner at Jalandhar
(Punjab) based Victor Forging, a manufacturers of Hand tools.
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FIEO is an apex body of Government
of India recognised as a Export Promotion Councils,
Commodity Boards and Development Authorities in India.
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It was established in 1965 by the
Ministry of Commerce.
5.
WPL 2024
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB),
led by SmritiMandhana, won the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 title by defeating
Delhi Capitals (DC), led by Meghann(Meg) Lanning (Australia), in the final
held at the ArunJaitley Stadium in New Delhi
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It marks RCB’s first WPL title.
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Venues: M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bengaluru, Karnataka&ArunJaitley Stadium, New Delhi, Delhi.
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Most Valuable Player-Deepti
Sharma (UP Warriorz)
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Orange Cap-Ellyse
Perry(RCB) (Australia) (347 runs)
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Purple Cap-Shreyanka Patil
(RCB) (13 wickets)
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Tata WPL 2024 witnessed the
participation of five teams including Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers
Bangalore, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, and Delhi Capitals.
6.
INDIA, BRAZIL HOLD
FIRST ‘2+2’ DEFENCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE
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India and Brazil held their first 2 plus
2 Secretary level Political and Military Dialogue in New Delhi, Delhi.
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Both countries discussed a variety of
subjects, including defence, space, energy, critical minerals, technology, counter-terrorism,
and regional, multilateral, and other issues of mutual interest.
7.
INDIA’S FIRST LNG-POWERED BUS
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Maharashtra Chief Minister(CM)
EknathShinde has inaugurated India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
powered bus, which will be operated by Maharashtra State Road Transport
Corporation(MSRTC).
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MSRTC has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with M/s Kings Gas for the conversion of diesel buses to
LNG.
8.
JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE
‘LAMITIYE-2024’ IN SEYCHELLES
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The Indian Army (IA) contingent ‘Gorkha Rifles’ embarked
for Seychelles to participate in the 10th Joint Military Exercise
“LAMITIYE-2024” between IA and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF).
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The exercise, meaning ‘Friendship’ in
Creole,held in March 2024.
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This exercise is a biennial event being
held in Seychelles since 2001.
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SeychellesPresident–
Wavel Ramkalawan
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Capital–
Victoria
9.
VLADIMIR PUTIN WON 5TH TERM AS THE
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (71
years old) has secured a record fifth term as President of
Russia by winning the 2024 Presidential elections.
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He secured around 88%(87.97%) of the
total votes.
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With this new 6-year term, Putin
becomes the longest-serving Russian or Soviet leader in history since
Joseph Stalin and the longest-reigning president in post-Soviet Russia.
10. INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF HAPPINESS 2024 – MARCH 20
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The United Nations (UN) International
Day of Happiness is annually observed across the globe on 20
March to recognise the significance of well-being and happiness in
people’s lives globally
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The theme
of International Day of Happiness 2024 is ‘Happier Together.’
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According to
the World Happiness Report (WHR) 2024, Finland has
been named the World’s happiest country for the 7th
consecutive time. Finland is followed by Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Israel.
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India has
maintained its rank at 126th (out of 146 countries), which
indicates low levels of happiness.
11. UN
FRENCH LANGUAGE DAY 2024 – MARCH 20
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The United Nations (UN) French
Language Day is annually observed across the globe on 20 March to
celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity, and to promote equal use of
all 6 official languages of the UN throughout the Organisation.
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In 2024, the OIF marks the celebrations
of the International Day of La Francophonie under the theme “Create,
innovate, undertake in French.”
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The UN observes 6 Language
days annually dedicated to the 6 official languages of the UN namely,
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
12. WORLD
ORAL HEALTH DAY 2024 – MARCH 20
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World Oral Health Day(WOHD) is
annually observed across the globe on 20th March to create
awareness about the importance of oral health and to support the efforts to
reduce the burden of oral diseases on individuals, health systems and
economies.
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The WOHD Campaign theme
for 2024-2026 is “A Happy Mouth is… A Happy Body”.World Dental
Federation(FDI):
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The FDI is a non-governmental
organization (NGO) and one of the oldest professional organizations in the
world.
