2022 March 15 One Liner Current Affairs

• The Centre has decided to start COVID­19 vaccination for the 12­-14 age group with Corbevax.
• India’s retail inflation inched up to an eight­month high of 6.07%.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday allowed microfinance institutions to fix interest rates on loans, with a caveat that the rates should not be usurious.
• Kolkata Book Fair records highest ever sales at ₹23 crores.
• N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, has been appointed chairman of Air India by the airline’s board, aviation industry.
• The Centre envisages a ₹19,000–crore project to rejuvenate 13 major rivers by planting trees.
• Post­-Galwan incident, the Government of India sanctioned 32 roads along the China border, of which work has started on eight roads, a report tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday said.
• The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of India has declined by 10 points, says a special bulletin released by the Registrar­General of India.
• The Jammu and Kashmir Budget 2022-­23 of around ₹1.42 lakh crore was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday.
• The Maldives on Sunday lifted its health emergency, declared at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago, and relaxed the mandatory mask policy, amid wide vaccine coverage and a low positivity rate.
• Germany on Monday unveiled plans to buy 35 U.S.­made F­35 fighter jets, as part of a multi-­billion­ euro push to modernise its armed forces.
• Inflation in wholesale prices resurged to 13.11% in February.
• India exported merchandise worth $34.57 billion in February, about 25% higher than a year earlier, while imports grew 36% to  $55.45 billion, as per fresh estimates released on Monday by the Commerce Ministry.
• Olympic bronze­medallist Lovlina Borgohain and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen were on Monday selected in the Indian women's boxing team for this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
• India batter Shreyas Iyer was on Monday voted the ICC Men’s Player­of­theMonth for February, while New Zealand all­rounder Amelia Kerr bagged the women’s award.
• Indian cricket team sealed series victory over Srilanka by clinching win in the Pink ball test on monday where Shreyas Iyer was awarded Man of the Match and Rishabh Pant was declared Man of the Series.