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SAIC Motor and Haier to develop smart cars the UN peacekeepers on March 27, 2021,
and then will be distributed to the
Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor Corp. and peacekeeping missions.
appliance maker Haier Group Corp. have 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine
signed a preliminary agreement to jointly will depart Mumbai via Qatar Airways on
develop intelligent transportation systems and March 27.
smart homes.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield is being
The duo will cooperate in areas including manufactured by Pune-based Serum
autonomous driving and lightweight-material Institute.
development.
The agreement involves Haier investing in a K C Chakrabarty passes away
SAIC unit that will be set up to develop
Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank K
autonomous driving technology.
C Chakrabarty passed away in March 2021.
Xiaomi to make electric vehicles After his stint at Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank
and Punjab National Bank, Chakrabarty had
China's Xiaomi Corp plans to make electric joined the RBI as a DG in 2009 and resigned
vehicles (EVs) using Great Wall Motor Co in 2014, three months before his term ended.
Ltd's factory.
Chakrabarty had taught at the Banaras Hindu
Xiaomi, one of the world's biggest University before entering commercial
smartphone makers, is in talks to use one of banking.
the Great Wall's plants in China to make EVs
under its own brand. JM Financial's PE fund invests in Canpac
Xiaomi will aim its EVs at the mass market, in
JM Financial Private Equity has invested ₹60
line with the broader positioning of its
crores in Canpac Trends Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, a
electronics products.
Gujarat-based folding carton and packaging
ASCI partners with Futurebrands solutions company.
This is the seventh investment by JM
The Advertising Standards Council of India Financial India Fund II.
(ASCI) has partnered with brand consultancy
Founded in 2010, Canpac is a manufacturer
Futurebrands India to launch the first study
of packaging materials like folding cartons,
into gender depiction in advertising.
corrugated boxes, paper bags, flexible
The study titled, GenderNext, aims to provide laminates and luxury boxes.
actionable insights that can shape gender
narratives, especially around the portrayal of 100 flats to be given to Tata Memorial Centre
women in advertising positively.
A total of 100 MHADA (Maharashtra Housing
The report is set to be released in September
and Area Development Authority) flats will be
2021.
handed over to the Tata Memorial Centre for
India to gift vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers people to stay while their family member is
treated for cancer at the facility.
The 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Each flat has an area of 300 square feet.
announced as a gift by India, will be sent to
1|Page The agreement between TMC and MHADA counter transactions related to government
formalising the transfer of the flats would be transactions up to the normal working hours.
inked soon.
10 crore Ayushman cards issued
BSNL, MTNL to get 5G spectrum without auction
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
The govt will allocate spectrum to Bharat Yojana has registered a landmark
Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar achievement with the issuing of a 10th crore
Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) on an card to a resident of Bihar.
administrative basis, or without an auction, for This landmark achievement is a result of the
5G wireless service. Aapke Dwar Ayushman campaign which was
As part of the Rs69,000 crore revival plan of launched to spread awareness among the
MTNL and BSNL, the govt will bear the cost beneficiaries.
of spectrum for the latter’s 4G roll out, among Under the scheme, any family can avail of
other measures aimed at turning around the free medical benefits up to 5 lakh rupees per
two money-losing firms. year.
M&E sector shrinks 24% in 2020 ICC T20 Rankings: Virat Kohli at 4th position
India’s media and entertainment (M&E) India captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain
sector shrank 24% to Rs 1.38 trillion in 2020. Rohit Sharma are among the India batsmen
According to a joint report by the Federation to progress in the ICC Men's T20I Player
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Rankings.
Industry (FICCI) and consulting firm EY, the Kohli has moved up one place to fourth
sector is expected to expand 25% to touch Rs position and is now the highest-ranked from
1.73 trillion in 2021, and grow at a CAGR the country ahead of KL Rahul.
(compound annual growth rate) of 13.7% to Rohit moved up three places to 14th.
Rs 2.23 trillion by 2023. Shreyas Iyer has moved up five places to a
Darbhanga Airport in Bihar to be expanded career-best 26th position.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay starts
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
has informed that the Darbhanga Airport in Bihar The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay kicked
is being expanded under the UDAN Regional off in Fukushima, Japan on 25 March 2021.
Connectivity Scheme. It will travel through all of Japan's 47 districts
The city was connected to other cities of the over the next 121 days.
country by air on Nov 8, 2020, under the The torch will arrive in Tokyo for the Olympic
regional connectivity scheme. Games opening ceremony on July 23, 2021.
The Darbhanga civil enclave built by the Japanese footballer lwashimizu Azusa was
Airports Authority of India is poised to become the first receiver at the start of the Olympic
the busiest RCS airport. Torch Relay.
RBI announces special measures India wins gold in women's 25m pistol event
The RBI has announced special measures for India won gold in the women's 25m pistol
the annual closing of government accounts for team event on 25 March 2021 at the ISSF
the current financial year. World Cup in Delhi.
A special clearing will be conducted for the It beat Poland in the final to win the country's
collection of government cheques on 31st 10th gold.
March 2021. The Indian women's team of Rahi Sarnobat,
RBI has instructed all agency banks to keep Chinki Yadav and Manu Bhaker beat Poland's
their designated branches open for over-the-
2|PageJoanna Iwona Wawrzonowska, Julita Borek The Vyas Samman started in 1991, is given
and Agnieszka Korejwo 17-7 in the match. by KK Birla Foundation for an outstanding
India is dominating with 21 medals, including literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian
10 gold medals. citizen published during the last 10 years.
It carries an award of four lakh rupees along
PAG Group invests Rs 2,366 crore in Edelweiss
with a citation and plaque.
PAG Group, one of the largest private North Korea fires two ballistic missiles
investment firms in Asia, has invested Rs
2,366 crore in Edelweiss Wealth Management North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the
(EWM), Sea of Japan on 25 March 2021.
The amount pumped into EWM by PAG Japan, however, said, no debris has fallen
Group includes primary and secondary within its territorial waters.
investment. Meanwhile, UN Security Council resolutions
Pursuant to these transactions, PAG Group have already banned North Korea from
and EFSL (Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd) testing ballistic missiles which are considered
will be the shareholders in EWM, of which threatening weapons.
PAG will hold a controlling stake. North Korea had earlier also fired two non-
IIT Kharagpur team wins CoreNet Challenge 6.0 ballistic missiles into the Yellow Sea.
AYUSH Ministry set up interdisciplinary team
A team of four undergraduate students from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur The Ministry of AYUSH has set up an
have emerged as winners at the CoreNet interdisciplinary team of experts to explore the
Global Academic Challenge 6.0. potential of Yoga as a productivity-enhancing
CoreNet Global is a non-profit association, tool.
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US). The committee is chaired by H. R Nagendra,
This is the first time a squad from India has Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga
emerged as winners in the CoreNet Global Anusandhana Samsthana.
Academic Challenge since the inception of it The committee will submit its preliminary
in 2015. recommendations by May 2021.
TPDDL ties up with SUN Mobility In the past 5 years, there has been a global
surge in the popularity of Yoga.
Tata Power joint venture firm Tata Power
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship
Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL)
has announced its partnership with SUN Ministry of Skill Development and
Mobility to set up a network of 'Battery Swap Entrepreneurship in association with 9
Points' across north and north-west Delhi. IIMs has invited applications for Mahatma
SUN Mobility is a leading provider of an Gandhi National Fellowship till 27 March
energy infrastructure platform. 2021.
In collaboration with TPDDL, SUN Mobility The fellowship is a two-year blended program
has launched the first Swap Point with two consisting of classroom sessions at IIMs and
Quick Interchange Stations. a unique opportunity to promote skill planning
Prof. Sharad to be conferred with Vyas Samman and development in district economies.
It has been rolled out in more than 660
Well known Hindi writer Prof. Sharad Pagare districts.
will be conferred with the prestigious Vyas
68,33,000 people receive maternity benefits
Samman - 2020 for his novel 'Patliputru Ki
Samragi.' More than 68 lakh 33 thousand beneficiaries
were provided maternity benefits in 2020
3|Pageunder the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Tyres Ltd and Dunlop India Ltd from
Yojana, PMMVY. accessing the securities market for violating
This was informed by Women and Child market norms.
Development Minister Smriti Irani. Falcon Executive Chairman Pawan Kumar
Under the scheme, the government also Ruia has been barred from the securities
provides a cash incentive to improve health- market for 2 yrs.
seeking behavior amongst pregnant women Besides, former Directors of Dunlop are
and lactating mothers. restrained from accessing the securities
market for 6 months.
Education Min. held meeting with UNESCO Dir.
Companies need to disclose crypto investments
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank on 25 March 2021, held a virtual Corporate Affairs Ministry has made it
meeting with the Director-General UNESCO, mandatory for companies to disclose profit or
Ms. Audrey Azoulay in New Delhi. loss incurred on crypto transactions and the
They discussed key issues of mutual amount of cryptos they hold in their balance
importance including National Education sheets.
Policy and India’s response to the COVID The ministry announced the amendments
pandemic, especially in the education sector. made in schedule III of the Companies Act
with effect from 1 April'21.
The Great Khali in the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame
The govt has also asked companies to
The Great Khali has been announced as the disclose deposits from any person in the form
latest inductee into the 2021 WWE Hall of of cryptocurrency.
Fame.
Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020
Khali will receive his induction into the WWE
Hall of Fame on April 6, 2021. Legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be
So far, the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame class honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra
includes Eric Bischoff, The Great Khali, and Bhushan Award for the year 2020.
Molly Holly. Along with two National Awards in 1981 and
Khali is an India-born former WWE Superstar 1986, she was also honoured with the
who worked for Vince McMahon's company Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000.
from 2006 to 2014. Maharashtra Bhushan Award was started in
1996.
Niyo partners with Equitas Small Finance Bank
late writer Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
Niyo, in partnership with Equitas Small was the first recipient of the honour.
Finance Bank, has announced the launch of
Andhra Pradesh CM inaugurates Kurnool Airport
NiyoX.
It will help millennials to manage their savings The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S.
and wealth by offering a 2-in-1 account in the Jagan Mohan Reddy has inaugurated the
form of a digital savings account and a wealth Kurnool Airport located at Orvakal.
management suite. To offer a tribute, the airport is named after
It aims to onboard 2 million users by the end the first-ever freedom fighter of the country,
of 2021. Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy.
Niyo is India's leading digital banking fintech This will be the sixth civilian airport in the
startup. State after Visakhapatnam, Tirupati,
Vijayawada, Rajahmundry and Kadapa.
SEBI bars two officials from securities market
Auction for commercial coal mining launched
Securities and Exchange Board of India on 24
March 2021 restrained the officials of Falcon
4|Page India has launched its 2nd tranche of the The government will dilute a 15 per cent stake
auction for commercial coal mining offering 67 in Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd via an offer for sale to
coal mines for sale. raise nearly Rs 750 crore.
This is the highest number of mines on offer The issue opened on 24 March'21 for non-
in a particular tranche of auction after the retail investors and on 25 March'21 for retail
commencement of the auction regime since investors.
2014. RVNL was incorporated as a 100 per cent
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the owned PSU of the Ministry of Railways in
auction process on 25 March 2021. January 2003.
These mines are spread across six states in The floor price of a single share of RVNL has
the country. been fixed at Rs 27.50.
Finance Minister launches mobile App Tata Safari to be the partner for IPL 2021
Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Tata Motors will be the official partner for
Nirmala Sitharaman on 25 Mar'21 launched Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
Central Scrutiny Centre and Investor This marks the continuation of Tata Motors
Education and Protection Fund Authority, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
IEPFA mobile App. (BCCI) for the fourth consecutive year.
Mobile App aims at achieving the goal of The tournament will start on 9 April 2021 in
financial literacy, spreading investors’ Chennai and the finals will be played in
awareness, education and protection among Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
investors.
HDFC Bank: India’s best SME bank by Asiamoney
The centre will scrutinize Straight Through
Process Forms filed by the corporates. HDFC Bank was adjudged the ‘India’s Best
Education Minister launches comic books Bank for SMEs’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank
Awards 2021.
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal It was recognised for this award for the
Nishank has launched more than one transformation of its micro, small
hundred comic books created by teachers and medium-sized enterprise business over
and students of CBSE schools and curated by the past few years.
NCERT. The Annual Best Banks survey of the financial
The comics are aligned with topics of NCERT magazine aims to identify which banks in
textbooks and have specific storyline and each market have excelled across a range of
characters. banking activities.
These comics can be accessed online on
Lakshadweep, district Budgam declared TB free
DIKSHA web portal and DIKSHA app.
NHAI to develop over 600 wayside amenities Lakshadweep and Jammu and Kashmir's
Budgam district are the first in the country to
The NHAI will develop more than 600 world- be declared TB-free.
class wayside amenities for commuters along India has 30 per cent of the world's TB cases
national highways in the next five years. and gov's highest priority has been accorded
These amenities will be developed every 30- to end tuberculosis by 2025.
50 km on current and upcoming highways and TB has been made an essential part of
expressways. Comprehensive Primary Health Care and is
NHAI will develop these wayside amenities in now integrated with Ayushman Bharat Health
a combined area of over 3000 hectares. and Wellness Centres.
Govt to sell 15% stake in Rail Vikas Nigam 'Dekho Apna Pradesh’ campaign launched
5|Page The Arunachal Pradesh government on 22 State Govt has set a target to eradicate TB
March 2021 launched a campaign to completely by 2025 to make the state TB-free.
encourage the people of the state to visit It will be constructed on more than 2 acres of
tourist places within it. land, where experts from various disciplines
The campaign is launched to heal the will be deployed.
damage caused to the tourism sector by the
Parliament passes NBFID bill, 2021
Covid-19 pandemic.
"Dekho Apna Pradesh" has been The Parliament has passed the National Bank
conceptualized in line with Prime Minister for Financing Infrastructure and Development
Narendra Modi''s "Dekho Apna Desh" Bill, 2021 with the approval of Rajya Sabha on
campaign. 25 Mar'21.
World's first ship tunnel The legislation seeks to establish the
NBFID to support infrastructure financing in
An engineering project billed as the world's the country.
first ship tunnel is slated for construction in The NBFID will be set up as a corporate body
Norway. with an authorized share capital of one lakh
The tunnel will run underneath the mountains crore rupees, with financial and
in Norway's Stadhavet peninsula. developmental objectives.
It will measure 1,700 metres long, 37 metres
South Korean Defence Minister to visit India
high and 26.5 metres wide when complete.
Construction on the project is expected to Minister of National Defence of the Republic
begin in 2022 and be complete by 2025 or of Korea (RoK) Suh Wook will be on a three-
2026. day visit to India from 25 March 2021.
The dignitary will hold a bilateral meeting with
NCDC to come up in Ambala
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has They will discuss India-RoK defence
announced the setting up of a National cooperation along with other regional and
Disease Control Center in Ambala city. international issues of mutual interest.
NCDC will conduct tests for all the diseases
including TB under one roof.
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