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Neeraj Chopra bagged Sports Star of the Year Award. India and Japan set an investment target of “five trillion yen” ($42 billion) in the next five years. The Postal department will honour the primitive tribe Cholanaikkans by releasing a special cover in association with the Forest and Wildlife department. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate ‘Samathva’, a free laptop distribution initiative by the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, on March 23. A recent study by scientists has suggested a significant decline in the habitat of the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), an endangered primate species distributed in the transboundary region of Bhutan and India. Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports. Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said on Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists. The Reliance Foundation won...

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 The Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Om Birla inaugurated the NIDHI 2.0 scheme, during an event organised by Ministry of Tourism, on the occasion of 2021 World Tourism Day. The National Payments Corporation of India has partnered with private sector lender YES Bank to launch first-of-its-kind ‘RuPay On-the-Go’ contactless payments solutions. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched India’s first Pan-India helpline for senior citizens named ‘Elder Line’ for which the toll-free number is 14567. North Korea successfully tested a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8. Japan’s former Foreign Minister, Fumio Kishida has won the ruling party’s leadership election. PadmajaChunduru has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of National Securities Depositories. The Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey player Rupinder Pal Singh has announced his retirement from international hockey. Manny Pacquiao Announces Retirement From Profes...

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...

As part of the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India initiative PM virtually laid foundation stones to Light House projects in six cities. They are Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala, and Lucknow. Indian Army signed an agreement with Goa Shipyard Ltd to procure high-performance patrolling boats.  RBI introduced Digital Payments Index for measuring growth in cashless transactions in the country. International Financial Services Centres Authority which is for regulating all financial activities at IFSC's in India has become an associate member of the International Organisation of Securities Commission.  India started its two-year non-permanent membership to the UN Security Council from January 1,2021. It was elected by a whopping majority in the voting conducted during June 2020 (184 of 193 votes). This is the 8th time India has been elected as such. The first was during 1950-51. Russia, France, China, the US, and the UK are the permanent members. Other non-permanent ...