2022 March 18 Current Affairs One Liner
- India on Thursday extended a $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka to assist the island nation through its worst foreign exchange crisis and enable it to procure food, medicines and essential items.
- In Gujarat, the Bhagavad Gita will be part of the school syllabus for Classes VI to XII from the academic year 2022-23.
- ₹26,892 crore tax-free Budget presented in Tripura House.
- The 26th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will open at the Nishagandhi auditorium on Friday.
- Amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the government has decided to extend the tenure of India’s envoy to the United Nations T.S. Tirumurti for three months.
- The University Grants Commission (UGC) has proposed to allow students who have completed a fouryear undergraduate (UG) programme, including a research component with a cumulative grade point average of 7.5, to directly enrol in Ph.D. programmes without having to first complete a Master’s degree.
- Ashish Jha, an Indian-origin physician and public health specialist from Brown University, has been appointed the new White House COVID19 Response Coordinator.
- M. Sahithi Varshini of Visakhapatnam earned the Woman International Master title at the International chess tournament in Budapest on Wednesday.
- The State government will enact a law, amending the Kerala Registration of Marriages Rules to make registration of divorces mandatory in the State, said Local SelfGovernments Minister M.V. Govindan.
- The 29th literary awards instituted in memory of writer S.K. Pottekkatt have been conferred on writers Pramod Kumar Athirakam, V.N.Santhosh Kumar, and Anu Patiyams.
- Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Tammineni Seetharam has ruled that members of the Assembly shall not bring any mobile phones, recorders or interceptors to ensure smooth functioning of the House.
- An earthquake with magnitude of 7.4 hit the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Thursday.
