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DAILY DOSE 31ST MARCH CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 31ST MARCH CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Axis Bank launches ‘MicroPay’ based on ‘Pin on Mobile’ technology

  • Axis Bank launched ‘MicroPay’, the first pocket-sized swipe machine in India, based on ‘Pin on Mobile’ technology for accepting digital payments in March 2023.

 

2) Indian Railways achieve 100 percent rail electrification in Haryana

  • Indian Railways completed 100 percent electrification of the Railway network in Haryana State in March 2023.
  • It has also become the first Indian state to achieve 100% railway network electrification.
  • The existing Broad Gauge network of Haryana is 1,701 route kilometres, which is now 100% electrified, resulting in reduced dependence on imported crude oil, and saving foreign exchange.

 

3)  Ministry of Defence inks Rs 1700 crore deal with BrahMos Aerospace

  • The Ministry of Defence on 30 March 2023, inked a Rs 1,700 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) for procurement of next generation maritime mobile coastal batteries and BrahMos missiles.
  • These systems will be equipped with. supersonic BrahMos missiles.
  • The delivery of these batteries is scheduled to commence from 2027.
  • BAPL is a joint venture between India and Russia.

 

4)  India’s agricultural exports grow by 6.04% during April-Jan 2022-23

  • India’s agricultural exports rose 6.04 percent during April-January of the financial year 2022-23 to be worth USD 43.37 billion.
  • During the same period in 2021, it was USD 40.90 billion.
  • The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) engages in export promotion activities for agricultural and processed food products.

 

5)  Shakib Al Hasan surpasses Southee to become the top T201 wicket-taker

  • Shakib Al Hasan surpassed Tim Southee to become the leading wicket-taker in T201 cricket in March 2023.
  • He achieved this record during the second T201 match against Ireland in Chattogram, Bangladesh.
  • With 136 wickets in T201 at an average of 20.67 and an economy rate of 6.8, Shakib is considered as one of the best all-rounders in T20 cricket.

 

6) 2nd Tourism Working Group meeting to be held at Siliguri on 1st April

  • The second G20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting will be held in West Bengal’s Siliguri and Darjeeling from 1-3 April 2023.
  • It will focus on fifive priorities including Green Tourism, Digitalization, Skills, and Destination Management.
  • Darjeeling is famous world-over for ‘Darjeeling Tea’ which was given the first GI Tag in India in 2004.

 

7)  WB approves $363 million loan to Karnataka for rural water supply

  • The World Bank on 29 March 2023, granted a loan of USD 363 million to Karnataka to provide clean drinking water to two million rural households.
  • The initiative aims to establish piped water connections in households throughout the state, including the construction of a drinking water distribution network.
  • The project will benefit around 10 million people across all 31 districts in the state.

 

8)  Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid

  • Turkey’s parliament, on 31 March 2023 voted to approve Finland’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership bid to join the security organization.
  • Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey’s parliament voted to approve its application.
  • Finland will now be formally admitted into Nato at its next summit, taking place in July in Lithuania.

 

9)  UAE-Israel Economic Partnership Pact to come into force on 1 April

  • The UAE-Israel Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which was signed on May 31, 2022, will come into effect on April 1, 2023.
  • Under the new agreement, tariffs will be removed on more than 96% of products which covers 99% of the traded goods between the countries.
  • The UAE-Israel CEPA is now the second of the UAE’s new foreign-trade deals after the UAE-India CEPA in May 2022.

 

 

 

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