DAILY DOSE 17TH MAR CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Bhagwant Mann took oath as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district.
- Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Aam Aadmi Party leader Mann.
Punjab :-
Governor :- Banwarilal Purohit
- Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Power Station
- Guru Hargobind Thermal Power Station
- Harike Lake wildlife sanctuary
- Abohar wildlife sanctuary
- Kathlaur Kushlian wildlife sanctuary
2) Central Government has granted permission to Reliance Jio, Bharat Airtel, Vodafone, and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam to conduct 5G Technology trials in India.
3) Arun Jaitley National Institute Of Financial Management (AJ-NIFM) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for promoting exchange and cooperation in the area of academics and strengthening the professional competence of Civil and Defence Officers.
4) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched green hydrogen-based advanced fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), Toyota Mirai.
- This is the first-of-its-kind project in India that aims to create an ecosystem for such vehicles in the country.
5) Sunil Chordia has been elected Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Western Region for the year 2022-23, while Dr Praveer Sinha, CEO & Managing Director, The Tata Power Company Ltd., has been elected Deputy Chairman.
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6) Veteran Team India pacer Jhulan Goswami created history in her ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 match against England by becoming first-ever woman pacer to claim 250 wickets in ODI cricket.
7) Geoscientist And National Geosciences Award Recipient Ranjit Rath has been Selected To Head India’s second-largest state oil and gas producer, Oil India Ltd.
- Oil India’s current chairman and managing director Sushil Chandra Mishra will superannuate on June 30 this year.
8) India’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Höegh Giant has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh terminal in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra :-
CM – Uddhav Thackeray
- Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
- Tadoba National Park
- Nawegaon National Park
- Gugamal National Park
- Chandoli National Park
9) Singapore’s T Raja Kumar has been appointed as the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog.
10) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE). The MoU inked is for fabrication, supply, erection and launching of 27 carriageway double-lane galvanised modular bridges of 7.5 mtr with Indian Road Congress (IRC) Load Class 70.
Border Roads Organisation :-
- Director General – Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhary
- Headquarters – New Delhi
- Founder – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Founded – 7 May 1960
11) The Indian Army dedicated a chair of excellence in the late chief of defence staff (CDS)’s memory at the United Service Institution of India (USI), the country’s oldest think tank founded in 1870.
12) Karolina Bielawska from Poland has won the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant that took place in Puerto Rico. She is the Miss World 2021 winner.
- The coronation took place at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Shree Saini from the United States is the 1st runner-up, and Olivia Yace from Côte d’Ivoire is the 2nd runner-up.
13) Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti organisation established by Ambassador of Peace, Eminent Jainacharya Dr Lokeshji will establish India’s first World Peace Center in Gurugram, Haryana.
- The organization would soon start the construction of the World Peace Center (WPC) on this plot.
Haryana :-
- Governor – Bandaru Dattatreya
- Chief Minister – Manohar Lal Khattar
- Sultanpur National Park
- Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
