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External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Tuesday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and empowers the Centre to freeze and seize financial assets of people involved in such activities. The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which is aimed at unifying the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi to ensure a “robust set­up for synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resources”. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022 passed by Parliament. Australian keeper-­batter Alyssa Healy jumped to the top in the recently released ICC Women ODI Batters rankings. National Maritime Day (NMD) is observed every year on 5 April.

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, by voice vote.  Sudayadas S., Shijit R.B., Rahul Balakrishnan, Jayesh K.K., and Smitha Babu have been selected for the The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi awards for visual arts awards of 2020­-21 that comprise a purse of ₹50,000 and a citation. Raji Prasad, Vaishak K., Akhil Mohan, Abdulla P.A., and Deepa Gopal have received honourable mention in the The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi awards for visual arts awards of 2020­-21, which comprises a purse of ₹25,000 and a citation. Biji Bhaskar was selected for the V. Shankara Menon Endowment Gold Medal in The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi awards for visual arts awards of 2020-­21. The Vijaya Raghavan Endowment Gold Medal in The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi awards for visual arts awards of 2020­-21 went to Abela Rueben. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Monday launched the Broadcast Seva Portal, as part of the “ease­of­doing business”