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World Water Day 2021 | 22 March

The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

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The theme of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water.

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Arindam Bagchi takes charge as MEA spokesperson, succeeds Anurag Srivastava

Arindam Bagchi, an officer of the 1995 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has assumed charge as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA). He is replacing Anurag Srivastava, an officer of the 1999 batch of IFS.

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MEA officeholder: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

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PM launches 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain’ campaign on World Water Day.

Campaign will be undertaken across rural and urban areas,with the theme "catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls".Historic Memorandum of Agreement for Ken Betwa Link Project to be signed between Union Jal Shakti Minister and CM of MP and UP as well.

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Campaign will be implemented from 22nd March to 30th November.

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President Kovind extends greetings to people on Bihar Divas (March 22)

Bihar is celebrating its 109th foundation day today.The state was carved out from Bengal presidency on this day in 1912. The theme of this year's event is 'Jal Jivan Haryali'.

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Bihar:
Governor:Phagu Chauhan;
CM: Nitish Kumar

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Amitabh Bachchan honoured with FIAF award;was presented by Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan virtually.

Bachchan has been awarded with International Federation of Film Archives award.He is the first Indian to be honoured with the award for his contribution in preserving India’s film heritage.His name was nominated by FIAF affiliate Film Heritage Foundation.

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FIAF is worldwide organization of film archives & museums.

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Chhattisgarh ranks first in nation in terms of providing job under MGNREGA in the current financial year 2020-21.

The state government provided employment of 16.684 crore man-days under MGNREGA against the set target of creating 15 crore man-days, as sanctioned by Government of India. More than 107 percent of the given target was achieved.

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West Bengal holds second rank with 105 percent.

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India achieves 92.97 GW of renewable energy(RE) capacity in February this year

India has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of installed RE capacity (excluding large hydropower) by 2022.While 50.15 GW is under various stages of implementation,India has achieved 92.97 GW of renewable energy (RE) capacity till Feb.

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Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister: R K Singh

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Jharkhand’s SAAMAR campaign to fight malnutrition in the state;launched with a 1000 days target.

SAAMAR(Strategic Action for Alleviation of Malnutrition and Anemia Reduction)campaign aims to identify anemic women & malnourished children & converge various departments to effectively deal with it, in a state where malnutrition has been a major problem.

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As per NFHS-4 data,70% children in the state are anemic.

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Indian table tennis duo Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra qualify for mixed doubles event at Tokyo Olympics

They became the first Indian pairing to qualify for the mega event in Tokyo, beating world no. 8 Korean duo of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon 4-2 in the final of the Asian Qualification Tournament.The pair are 2018 Asian Games bronze medallists.

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Delayed Tokyo Games will be held from July 23 to August 8,2021.

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Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia wins All England Badminton C’ships Men's title; Nozomi Okuhara clinches Women's title

22 year old Lee Zii Jia won the All England Open men's title as he defeated Denmark's Viktor Axelsen in the summit clash.Japan's Nozomi Okuhara won the All England women's title as she defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong.

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Veteran CPI leader and former Kerala Deputy Speaker CA Kurian passes away

Veteran CPI leader,trade unionist and former Deputy Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly, C A Kurian passed away in Kerala.He represented Peermade constituency thrice in the state Assembly(1977,1980 and 1996).

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Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89

Nawal Saadawi,a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist,whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society passed away.She was a fierce advocate of women rights in Egypt and the Arab world.

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In 2020,Time Magazine named her on their 100 Women of the Year.

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Dattatreya Hosabale elected as RSS General Secretary for 3 years,replaces Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi

Election to the post was held during the RSS’s top-decision making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha’s (ABPS) annual meeting held in Bengaluru.Post of the general secretary is the second highest after the post of sarsanghchalak in the RSS.

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Post of sarsanghchalak is currently held by Mohan Bhagwat.

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NPAs expected to increase in first half of 2021: FICCI-IBA survey carried out between July and December 2020.

About 78% of participating state-run banks have cited a reduction in NPA levels during the second half of 2020.In terms of outlook,68% of respondent bankers expect the NPA levels to be above 10% in the first half of 2021.

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Survey was conducted on 20 banks(public,private & foreign banks)

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Dr.Harsh Vardhan inaugurates state-of-the-art facilities at various research centres in Chandigarh and Mohali

IMTECH Bio Innovation Centre,a Unit of Atal Incubation Centre(AIC)-CCMB at CSIR-IMTECH,Chandigarh,Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Sensors and System at CSIR-CSIO,Chandigarh & Advanced High Resolution Microscopy Facility at NABI,Mohali were inaugurated

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Four Star rating under GRIHA was unveiled at CIAB,Mohali.

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SBI's digital transactions up by 7% from pre-COVID period:Chairman

The increase is primarily due to adoption of e-commerce during the pandemic which led to an increase in digital transactions on SBI's platforms from 60% to 67% at present.SBI’s digital lending platform YONO reported significant growth.

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SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara