One Liner - 2022 March Week 1

By GK Student

  • Ladakh Scouts Regiment Centre won the 2nd LG Cup Ice Hockey Championship 2022.
  • Pooja Jatyan became the first Indian to win silver medal in individual category of World Archery Para Championship.
  • Liverpool became winners of English  Football League Cup 2021-22.
  • Canada approved World’s first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine (Covifenz).
  • Sri Lanka imposed nationwide seven-and-a-half  hour daily power cuts due to oil import crisis in March 2022.
  • India’s first ambulance service for street animals was launched in Chennai.
  • Saurabh Chaudhary won gold medal in 10m air pistol event at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022.
  • Ranji Trophy became India's domestic first class cricket tournament which completed 5000 matches.
  • Stree Manoraksha  Project Scheme launched by Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with NIMHANS, Bengaluru aiming to extend mental health training to One Stop Centre (OSC) functionaries across India.
  • Iga Swiatek won women’s singles title in WTA Qatar Open 2022.
  • Shane Warne, Australian cricket spin bowler passed away.
  • Zaporizhzhia  (Ukraine) which was the largest Nuclear Power Plant in Europe, was seized by Russia during Russia-Ukraine War in March 2022.
  • Pokhran  (Rajasthan) is the Venue of ‘Vayushakti – 2022’, Air Exercise of Indian Air Force.
  • New Zealand is the Venue of ICC Women’s World Cup 2022.
  • Murali Sreeshankar who won gold medal in the men’s long jump event at  Indian Open Jumps Competition 2022.
  • IIT Kanpur developed biodegradable nanoparticle that can be used as an alternative to chemical pesticides to protect crops.
  • 19th edition of India-US Military Corporation Group (MCG) meeting held in Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) based photo-identification software SIMBA developed by Gujarat forest department for the identification and conservation of Asiatic Lions.
  • Mithali Raj became the first Indian player to play in six Cricket World Cups.
  • Umamaheswaran is appointed Director of Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC).

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