Current Affairs - March 22, 2020 Current Affairs

World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March. It was declared by UNESCO in 1999. Its purpose is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced additional purchase of government securities worth Rs 30,000 crore through open market operations (OMO) to boost liquidity and enhance investor confidence in the financial markets that remain under stress over COVID-19 related disruptions.

ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India ) Lombard, a private sector non-life insurance company has introduced a 1 year-long "COVID-19 Protection Cover" at a premium of Rs. 149. Launched in group insurance mode, this policy will pay 100% of the sum insured to the COVID-19 positive individual, irrespective of hospitalization expenses.

Indian mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta hails from Kolkata, West Bengal, 37 years old, entered 'Limca Book of Records' (LBR) for his extraordinary achievements, as the first Indian to climb the highest volcanoes of each of the 7 contints.

Finland is world's happiest nation in UN's World Happiness Report of 156 countries.

Parliament passes bill to upgrade three deemed to be Sanskrit universities into central universities: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Bhopal, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati.

Food and Agriculture Organization operating under the United Nations released a report cover only 3% of the earth's surface; they trigger the carbon that was locked in a few decades. About The report says that peatlands consist of 30% of world soil carbon. They emit greenhouse gases. The climate peatlands occur in mangrove forests.

World Down Syndrome Day is observed on 21 March to raise awareness globally about the disease Down syndrome.The theme of World Down Syndrome Day 2020 is "We Decide".

Coronavirus outbreak: Fitch Ratings cuts growth forecast for Indian economy to 5.1 percent for FY 2020-21 in its Global Economic Outlook 2020.

Govt. launches chatbot on WhatsApp named MyGov Corona Helpdesk to curb spread of misinformation on coronavirus.

A new book entitled 'Messiah Modi: A Tale of Great Expectations' written by senior journalist & author Tavleen Singh has been released.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of a COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force led by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to deal with the situation arising out of novel coronavirus outbreak.

Former Indian football team captain Pradip Kumar Banerjee passes away at 83 in Kolkata; won 1962 Asian Games gold medal, Arjuna Award (1961) & Padma Shri (1990).

International Nowruz Day is celebrated globally on 21 March every year. International Nowruz Day to celebrate Nowruz which is an ancestral festivity and marks the first day of spring as well as the renewal of nature.

Goa becomes the first State in India to adopt an automated technological solution for the citizens to carry out a self-assessment test for COVID19, besides, the App provides information on Self Quarantine, Helpline numbers to reach out to, and other such information.

Google has also initiated a campaign named 'Do the Five. Help stop Coronavirus' in its search home page that lists out the five things people should follow to prevent coronavirus & also issued Push Notifications on the Google App for Android & iPhone Operating System (iOS) users in India.

Greece has handed over the Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers at an event which was 'significantly scaled-down' due to a coronavirus pandemic.

MP: CM Kamal Nath's resigns hours before the Supreme Court-ordered floor test deadline.

Lok Sabha passes bill that seeks to declare five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in PPP mode at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutions of national importance along with existing 15 IIITs.

The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of March. The International Day of Forests was established by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 28, 2012. Theme :- 'Forests and Education'.