Current Affairs - March 29, 2022 Current Affairs

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has been ranked as the most noise polluted city globally, according to the recent 'Annual Frontier Report, 2022' published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

India has been declared the winners of the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Women's Football Championship.

The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER Shri G. K Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Governor Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan inaugurated the 12th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) 2022 at the Government Art College grounds in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.

P.V. Sindhu has defeated Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand to win the women's singles title at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament.

The Indian Institute of Management at the Center for Digital Transformation, Ahmedabad, launched a Retail Tech Consortium to partner with several retail and technology companies in India.

Lt Gen Vinod G Khandare (Retd) has been appointed as an Advisor in the Ministry of Defence, providing strategic insight and advice to the Defense Secretary on matters relating to Defense Strategy.

Indian ride-hailing startup company Ola has agreed to acquire Neo Bank Avail Finance.

President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious President's Colour to Indian Naval Ship (INS) Valsura at Jamnagar in Gujarat.

The ten-day mega Red Fort Festival - Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, kick-started Red Fortin Delhi. Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani has inaugurated the ten-day mega Red Fort Festival, 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata' at Red Fort in Delhi. The Red Fort festival has been organised by the Union Ministry of Culture, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the 'Covid champion' award at Wings India 2022.

In the men's singles title of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament, Indian badminton player HS Prannoy lost to Jonatan Christie (Indonesia).

A budget or employment budget of 75,800 crores has been presented by the Delhi Government.

The Former Chairman of State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar has joined the International Strategic Advisory Board of Data and Analytics, Dun & Bradstreet.

The central government has extended the "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana" for 6 months i.e. till September 2022.

The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru won two the 'Best Airport' under the General Category and the 'Aviation Innovation' Award at the event.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon Biologics, has been nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das inaugurated the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub in Bengaluru.

The renowned hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources.

Gujarat topped the NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2021, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka at the second and third positions.

After the NATO conference in Brussels, US President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders extended the term of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by 1 year to 30 till September 2023.