DAILY GK 10-11 MAR 2026
1.
EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF
NEW CRIMINAL LAWS AND ICJS 2.0
·
Uttarakhand secured
the first position in India in the
implementation of the Inter-Operable
Criminal Justice System (ICJS) 2.0, scoring 93.46 on the
latest ICJS/Crime and Criminal Tracking
Network & Systems (CCTNS) Progress Dashboard released by the National
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) with data up to January 2026.
·
Haryana
ranked second (93.41), followed by Assam (93.16), Sikkim (91.82),
and Madhya Pradesh(MP) (90.55).
·
The Financial Task Force (FATF) placed Kuwait, and New
Guinea to its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, which is often referred to as ‘Grey
List’, thereby bringing thetotal
number of the countries in the list to 22.
·
The decision was taken
during the 5th FATF Plenary meeting
under the Presidency of Elisa de AndaMadrazo (Mexico) in Mexico City, Mexico.
·
The
Grey list identifies countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering
(AML) and Counter-Terrorist
Financing (CFT) system.
3.
ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP
TITLE 2026
·
The India men’s
national cricket team won the 10th edition of the International
Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup 2026 by
defeating New Zealand by 96 runs in the final
held at the world’s largest cricket
stadium ‘Narendra Modi Stadium’, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
·
India won its third
ICC T20 World Cup title, having previously won the second title in
2024 and the first in the inaugural 2007 edition, becoming
the first team to successfully defend
the championship.
·
The 10th ICC Men’s T20I
World Cup was co-hosted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
·
The ICC allocated a USD
13.5 million prize pool, with India winning USD 3 million (about Rs.27.48
crore) after defeating New Zealand (USD 1.6 million) in the final.
·
Player
of the Final-Jasprit Bumrah,4/15 in 4 overs.
·
Player
of the Tournament-Sanju Samson,321 runs, Avg
80.25, SR 199.37.
·
Most
Runs-SahibzadaFarhan,Pakistan,383 runs.
·
Most
Wickets-JaspritBumrah,India,14 wickets.
4.
AUSTRALIAN GRAND
PRIX 2026
·
George Russell of
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One (F1) Team won the 2026 Australian
Grand Prix (GPat the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.
·
Kimi Antonelli
finishedsecond while Charles Leclerc of Scuderia Ferrari
finished third.
5.
INDIA TO HOST ASIA CUP
ARCHERY 2027
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New Delhi is
set to host the second leg of the Asia Cup Archery in
2027, marking India’s first international archery event in 22 years since
the Asian Archery Championships held in
Delhi in 2005.
·
Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
will host the Asian Para Archery
Championships 2026 in September 2026.
·
Kolkata (WB)
will host the South Asian Archery
Championships 2026.
·
The opening leg of the Asia Cup Archery is scheduled in Bangkok, Thailandin March 2026.
·
The
second leg of the tournament will be held in Iraq, while the third and final leg is scheduled in China.
·
Archery World Cup
2026: This year’s Archery World Cup is scheduled in Puebla,
Mexico.
·
The
2nd and 3rd leg of the tournament will be hosted by China and Turkey in Shanghai (May,
2026) and Antalya (June , 2026), respectively.
6.
BIODIVERSITY REPORT TO
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
·
The Government of
India (GoI) submitted its 7th
National Report (NR7) to the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD), presenting a comprehensive assessment
of its progress toward the 2030 global biodiversity goals by
evaluating performance across 23
national biodiversity targets aligned with the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
·
The report was prepared by
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
with inputs from 33 central ministries and departments.
·
The KMGBF’s targets by 2030 include protecting 30% of the world’s land
and marine areas, restoring degraded ecosystems, and halting species
extinction.
·
The report notes that while
India has largely completed the planning
and policy alignment phase of its biodiversity commitments, achieving the 2030 goals will depend on
effective implementation of actions across the remaining years of the decade.
7.
SIPRI REPORT 2025
·
The Swedish think
tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released
its latest report titled ‘Trends in International Arms Transfers,
2025’ which highlighted that India remained the
world’s second-largest arms importer during 2021–2025,
accounting for 8.2% of global arms imports.
·
Ukraine
emerged as the largest global arms
importer, receiving 9.7% of total international arms transfers during the
period while Saudi Arabia ranked 3rd with 6.8% of global arms importer.
·
USA, France,
and Russia were the top
3 global arms exporters during this period.
·
Europe emerged
as the largest arms-importing region,
accounting for 33% of global
imports (up from 12%) over the last five years.
·
India
remained the largest recipient of French arms
(24% of France’s exports) and the largest
destination for Russian arms exports (48%), highlighting India’s
diversified defence partnerships.
8.
NITI AAYOG RELEASES FISCAL
HEALTH INDEX 2026
·
Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman of the National
Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), and Nidhi Chhibber,
Chief Executive Officer (CEO, Additional Charge) of NITI Aayog, released the second
annual edition of the “Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026” in
New Delhi.
·
FHI
2026 evaluates the fiscal performance and financial soundness of Indian states
for the Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24), based on data from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
·
Odisha
secured the top rank with an FHI score of 73.1,
followed by Goa (54.7) and Jharkhand (50.5).
·
The
Front-Runner category includes Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Karnataka.
·
Madhya
Pradesh (MP), Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu (TN) and
Rajasthan fall under the Performer
category, reflecting moderate fiscal management with scope for improvement.
· West Bengal (WB), Kerala,
Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Punjab are placed in the Aspirational category, characterised by
higher fiscal deficits, elevated debt levels (35–45 percent of GSDP), and large
committed expenditures.
9.
INDIA AND SEYCHELLES
MILITARY ‘EXERCISE LAMITIYE 2026’
·
The Indian Armed
Forces and the Seychelles
Defence Forces (SDF) commenced the 11th edition of
the Joint Military Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2026’ at the Seychelles
Defence Academy (SDA), Victoria, Seychelles.
·
LAMITIYE-2026 marks the
first tri-service participation of the Indian Armed Forces in the exercise.
