DAILY DOSE 29th MAR CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a severe heatwave alert in Delhi for the next two days. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 40 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature is likely to hover around 22 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
2) President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday evening. Nine Padma Bhushan awards were presented.
3) The Diamond City of India, Surat, Gujarat has become the first in India to get a road that is made out of steel waste.
Gujarat:-
- CM – Bhupendra Patel
- Governor – Acharya Devvrat
- Nageshwar Temple
- Somnath Temple
- Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
- Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
- Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
- Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
- Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
- Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary
4) India’s light-weight first train made of aluminium-body was flagged off for Maha Metro’s Pune Project at Uttarpara, Kolkata by the secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) Manoj Joshi.
Ministry of Railways :-
- Formed :- March 1905
- Headquarters :- New Delhi
- Minister :- Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Vinay Kumar Tripathi
5) An offshore security exercise, ‘Prasthan’ was conducted in the Offshore Development Area (ODA) of Mumbai under the aegis of Headquarters, Western Naval Command.
- This exercise is an important element of ensuring offshore security and aims to integrate efforts of all maritime stakeholders involved in offshore defence.
Maharashtra :-
- CM – Uddhav Thackeray
- Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
- Tadoba National Park
- Nawegaon National Park
- Gugamal National Park
- Chandoli National Park
6) President Ram Nath Kovind will felicitate the winners of the 3rd National Water Awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today (29 Mar) . During the event, the President will also launch the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign 2022 which will continue to be implemented this year till 30th of November 2022.
7) The first National Water Award was launched by the Jal Shakti Ministry in 2018. National Water Awards have provided a good opportunity to start-ups as well as leading organizations to engage and deliberate with senior policymakers on how to adopt the best water resources management practices in India.
8) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha on Monday. Opposition parties raised objections over the Bill and called it unconstitutional. The bill proposes to allow police and prison authorities to collect, store and analyse physical and biological samples of convicts as well as persons accused of crimes.
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9) J&K : The work on the strategic Zojila Tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between Ladakh region and the rest of the country, is nearing the halfway mark as the excavation for seven-km tunnel length has been completed, officials said. Zojila project consists of tunnels, roads, shafts, and bridges at Sonamarg (JK).
10) The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the 43-day holy pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji will commence on 30th June with all covid protocols in place. Yatra will culminate, as per the tradition, on the day of Raksha Bandhan, 11th August 2022.
11) KARNATAKA : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has moved the Supreme Court against Karnataka High Court order which dismissed pleas against the ban on Hijab in educational institutes.
12) LADAKH: Wood carving artist Tsering Namgyal from Ladakh received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. The award was presented to him for art. The woodcraft artist is said to have been practising his art for “successive generations” and he has been “preserving and promoting” the art form for the past four decades.
13) ODISHA: vigilance department has registered its highest-ever cash seizure from a government official, after it recovered ₹1.36 crore from a rural works engineer during raids at his premises in Malkangiri and Cuttack.
14) TAMIL NADU: Dr Veeraswamy Seshiah, a distinguished professor at the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, received the Padma Shri award for Medicine from President Ram Nath Kovind. Dr Seshiah is the founder patron of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group in India. He has been honoured with multiple international and national awards in recognition of his academic, clinical and research contributions.
15) TELANGANA CM K Chandrashekar Rao attended the ‘Maha Kumbha Samprokshana’ ceremony at Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on Monday. The architectural masterpiece has been constructed with 2,50,000 tonne black granite. The temple exhibits a fusion of both Dravidian and Kakatiyan styles of architecture.
- The reconstruction of the temple has been made at a cost of Rs 1,280 crore in the past five-and-a-half years. More than 2,000 sculptors and thousands of workers have been engaged in the reconstruction work, which is still under progress.
16) Former UP Chief Minister late Kalyan Singh was awarded India’s second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously on Monday. His son Rajveer Singh collected the award on his behalf from President Ram Nath Kovind. The former BJP leader was elected as the UP CM twice, in 1991 and 1997, and had also been a member of the Parliament.
17) Singer Sonu Nigam was honoured with the Padma Shri Award, while veteran actor Victor Banerjee received the Padma Bhushan Award today, March 28. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
18) Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar interacts with French Counterpart; discuss various bilateral cooperation issues : Chief of Staff of the French Navy Admiral Pierre Vandier is on a visit to India to participate in maiden Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief HADR themed Indian Ocean Naval Symposium IONS Maritime Exercise, IMEX 22. He was accorded a Guard of Honour at South Block Lawns in New Delhi today. Admiral Vandier also interacted with Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar.
19) NAVY TO COMMISSION 2ND SQUADRON OF P-8I MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT ON 29 MAY: The Navy will commission on Tuesday its second long-range maritime reconnaissance air squadron comprising a fleet of P-8I aircraft to add muscle to its surveillance power in the Indian Ocean Region.The air squadron 316 will be commissioned at the INS Hansa.
20) CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore (CSIR-NAL) is participating in Wings India 2022 and showcasing its indigenous initiatives of civil aircrafts for flying training & commuter air connectivity.
21) HANSA–NG Aircraft designed and developed by CSIR-NAL is major attraction in Wings 2022. HANSA-NG was piloted by Wg. Cdr. Dilip Reddy, an Experimental Test Pilot of IAF. HANSA-NG is one of the most advanced two seat flying trainer aircraft powered by Rotax Digital Control Engine with unique features like Just-In-Time Prepreg (JIPREG) Composite lightweight Airframe, Glass Cockpit, Bubble Canopy with wide panoramic view, electrically operated flaps, etc.
22) Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guard at a total project cost of Rs 473 crore. The contract was signed by Joint Secretary (Maritime & Systems) Shri Dinesh Kumar and Chairman & Managing Director, GSL Cmde BB Nagpal (Retd).
23) The Ministry of Defence on recently signed a contract with Indian conglomerate, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) for the acquisition of two multi-purpose vessels (MPVs) for the Indian Navy
- The Rs 887 crore deal was signed under the “Buy-Indian” category. The contract was signed in the presence of Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and Pankaj Agarwal, Additional Secretary and Director General Acquisition. Delivery of vessels is scheduled to commence from May 2025.
24) British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss will visit India on Thursday against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
- Announcing the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday said Ms Truss will hold consultations with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. This would be the 2nd visit of the UK Foreign Secretary to India since the virtual summit.
25) INDIA RULES OUT TAKING PART IN TALKS TO JOIN 15-NATION TRADING BLOC: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has ruled out India resuming talks to join the ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’, saying that the country walked out of the negotiations two years ago to give primacy to the national interest.
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