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DAILY DOSE 16TH MAR CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 16TH MAR CURRENT AFFAIRS

1) COVID-19 vaccination of children in age group of 12 to 14 to begin from today, 16th March.  All those above 60 years can also get precaution dose.

 

2) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to have about three/four space missions with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and then transfer the technology to the private sector, said a top official.”The first flight of SSLV is slated this May. Then two/three more SSLV launches are also being planned.

 

3) Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik informed the Lok Sabha that 216 courses are being taught from 600 centres across the country under the PM Daksh Yojana. She said in the year 2020-21, 32,097 people received training with 14,097 being placed.

 

4) PM Modi invites citizens to share ideas for Mann ki Baat programme on 27th March.

 

5) Regular advisories issued to state govt to increase representation of women police personnel from 10.3 percent to 33%: Govt in Lok Sabha.

 

6) Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Parliament on Monday that the government was exploring all the possible ways and would take all the necessary measures in the coming months to ensure that consumers get relief from high fuel prices. He said a proposal to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax was taken up by the GST Council, but it “did not find favour”. He added that nine states, including Maharashtra and Kerala, had not reduced VAT on petrol and diesel.


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7) ANDHRA PRADESH: Union minister of state for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the AP and the Telangana governments have not provided seed money of Rs 200 crore each to the Godavari and Krishna river management boards so far.

 

8) DELHI : The Delhi High Court on 15 Mar refused to entertain a public interest litigation petition seeking an inquiry against Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that they have links with Khalistani separatists. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla remarked that the petition was ‘completely frivolous’.

 

9) J &K : Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, one terrorist has been gunned down by security forces in a gunfight that broke out between terrorists and security forces in Charsoo hamlet in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

 

10) KARNATAKA High Court says, Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam, dismisses various petitions.

 

11) Hijab Row: Public gatherings, protests, or celebrations prohibited in Bengaluru from 15 to 21 March

 

 12) The country’s first Digital Water Bank ‘AQVERIUM’ was launched in Bengaluru yesterday. It is formed by AquaKraft Group Ventures, next-generation sustainability, and impact enterprise focused on providing clean drinking water & sanitation.

 

13) KERALA Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Tuesday welcomed Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the ban on hijab in educational institutions and said, “Conspiracy to push back young Muslim girls has fallen flat”. He further added, “Hijab has been mentioned seven times in the Quran, but not in the context of dress code.”

 

14) TAMIL NADU : CM MK Stalin seeks intervention of PM Modi to drop INO project in Theni causing environmental damage.

 

15) TELANGANA , Schools function half day from 15 Mar onwards. The state government has ordered schools to function on a half-day basis till the last working day of the academic year 2021-22 in the southern state.

 

16) UTTARAKHAND Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal resigned from his position following the party’s defeat in Assembly elections

 

17) The defence ministry has initiated the process of obtaining the Prime Minister-led CCS’ approval for the design and prototype development of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said. India has been working on the ambitious AMCA project to develop a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet.

 

18) PAKISTAN DISCARDS INDIA’S STATEMENT ON ACCIDENTAL MISSILE LAUNCH, WRITES TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL:

  • Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Tuesday, said that Islamabad has rejected a statement by India’s defence minister on the accidental missile launch.
  • Qureshi told journalists the Indian statement was “incomplete” and said he had written to the UN Security Council on the matter and asked the international community to take the matter up.


 

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