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Zolgensma: The world's most expensive drug Global impact investor LeapFrog Investments
has signed a strategic partnership with
Zolgensma which has a reported list price of Singapore's state investor Temasek.
£1.79 mn( ₹18 cr) per dose is labeled the
Temasek will commit $500 million as an
most expensive drug in the world.
anchor investor across multiple funds of
It was approved by the National Health LeapFrog.
Service England on 8 March 2021 to treat
Temasek will also take a minority stake in
babies with a rare fatal genetic disorder.
LeapFrog and provide growth capital to
It is a gene therapy indicated for the treatment support the expansion of the LeapFrog team
of pediatric patients less than 2 years of age and investment capabilities across Asia and
with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Africa.
Chingari inks deal with BandEdge Arcil appoints Pallav Mohapatra as MD and CEO
Short video app Chingari has announced a Asset reconstruction company Arcil has
partnership with BandEdge, a music, and appointed Pallav Mohapatra as the new Chief
talent agency, to promote budding singers, Executive Officer and Managing Director.
backstage music bands, dancers, among
Prior to this, Mahapatra was the MD and CEO
others.
of the Central Bank of India.
BandEdge artistes work and perform across
He has also served as the Deputy Managing
multiple Indian languages.
Director in charge of the stressed assets
Chingari has also partnered with Bengali management group at the State Bank of India.
streaming service Hoichoi for short-video clips
and dialogue from shows and movies on the Delhi government presents ₹69,000 cr budget
platform.
The Delhi government presented a ₹69,000-
NRCP covers 34 rivers across 16 states crore budget themed on patriotism for the
financial year 2021-22 on 9 March 2021.
The National River Conservation Plan
The government has proposed to allocate ₹45
(NRCP) has covered 34 rivers in 77 towns
crores to install high masts to hoist the
across 16 states.
national flag at 500 places in the national
With a sanctioned cost of ₹5965.90 crores, capital.
NRCP has also helped set up a sewage
An amount of ₹10 crores will be allocated for
treatment capacity of 2522.03 million litres per
programs on Bhagat Singh's life during the
day (mld).
75-week Deshbhakti celebrations.
According to a Central Pollution Control Board
(CPCB) September 2018 report, 351 polluted BEL pays interim dividend of 140 %
river stretches have been identified on 323
rivers in the country. Bharat Electronics Limited, BEL paid an
interim dividend of 140 percent on its paid-up
LeapFrog in a partnership with Temasek capital to the Government for the financial
year 2020-21, on 8 March 2021.
CMD of BEL M V Gowtama presented the
Interim Dividend cheque of Rs
1|Page174,43,63,569 to Defence Minister Rajnath and Anganwadi volunteers, on the occasion of
Singh in New Delhi. International Women Day on 8 March 2021.
It had paid a total dividend of 280 percent on He announced Rs.15000 for each of the
its paid-up capital for the financial year 2019- Mahila Mangal Dal and women self-help
20. groups.
Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan
Karnataka CM presents state budget
Singh Rawat also distributed interest-free
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa loans of Rs 5.27 crore to 156 self-help
presented the state budget in the Legislative groups.
Assembly on 8 March 2021.
Kiren Rijiju flags off Fit India Walkathon
He informed that due to the pandemic the
State GDP has contracted by 2.6% in To commemorate International Women's Day,
comparison with that of 2019-20. the Fit India Movement in association with
The women-oriented programs got a grant of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
Rs 37,188 cr. organized an All Women Fit India Walkathon
The budget has set a target of earning 12,655 at Delhi's Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium.
crore rupees revenue from the stamps and The 2km event, was flagged off by the
registration tax. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren
Rijiju.
Andhra P.: 1st with Gender Budget concept
Similar walkathons were organized in 1000
Andhra Pradesh will be the first in the country venues across India.
to come up with the Gender Budget concept. Chinese version of e-health certificates
Expenditure for women's welfare through
various schemes would be listed out in this China will launch its version of electronic
budget. health certificate for international travelers.
CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated The Chinese version of the health certificate
Women Help Desks in all the police stations will be rolled out for outbound Chinese
across the state and launched the SWECHHA travelers.
program to create awareness on menstrual The certificate will be available in two formats,
hygiene, on 8 March 2021. digital and in paper, with the certificate
holder's NAT and IgG antibody test results
Odisha govt constitutes high-level task force
and vaccination status on record.
The Odisha govt has constituted a high-level Bangladesh-India held a meeting in Dhaka
task force to manage forest fires with more
focus. Bangladesh and India held the Commerce
The task force headed by a former Principal Secretary level meeting in Dhaka on 8 March
Chief Conservator of Forest will review the 2021.
ongoing fire incidents, causes, and Both sides held extensive discussions on a
containment, etc. wide range of issues of mutual interest such
The state forest department has engaged as streamlining Certificate of Origin
about 1200 persons along with around 300 procedures.
fire extinguishers and 40 fire fighting vehicles Both sides decided to expeditiously move
to control the fire. forward on the feasibility study on the
Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Rs 10,000 each for ASHA, Anganwadi volunteers
Agreement (CEPA).
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Temporary legal residency to Venezuelans
Rawat announced Rs 10,000 each for ASHA
2|Page The US has announced to offer temporary Government has informed that more than
legal residency to Venezuelans who fled their 81% of accounts under the Stand Up India
country due to economic collapse. Scheme and about 68% of loan accounts
The US will also review US sanctions under the MUDRA scheme belong to women
intended to isolate the South American nation. entrepreneurs.
This will allow an estimated 3,20,000 people Out of the total of over 41 crore accounts
to legally live and work in the country for 18 opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan
months. Yojana, over 23 crore accounts belong to
Citizens of 10 countries are in the US now women.
with temporary protected status. The three schemes were launched in the
years 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.
Biswajit Daimary takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP
Sanjay Dhotre inaugurates MEMP 2021
BJP's Biswajit Daimary on 8 march 2021, took
oath as the Member of Parliament in Rajya Minister of State for Electronics and
Sabha. Information Technology, Sanjay Dhotre
Earlier, in February 2021, Daimary was inaugurated the International Conference on
elected unopposed to the upper house of Multifunctional Electronic Materials and
Parliament. Processing (MEMP 2021).
Dineshchandra Jemalbhai and Rambhai It was inaugurated on the occasion of the 30th
Mokariya from Gujarat also took oath as Foundation Day of the Centre for Materials for
Rajya Sabha MPs. Electronics Technology.
Chairman M.Venkaiah Naidu administered the He informed that India's share in global
oath to the new members. electronics manufacturing has grown to 3.6%.
Defence sector receives FDI worth Rs 4191 cr All helpline numbers of Railways merged
Defence and Aerospace sectors have Indian Railway has integrated all railway
received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth helplines into a single number 139 which is
Rs 4,191 crore till January 2021. Rail Madad Helpline for quick grievance
This was stated by Minister of State for redressal and enquiry during the journey.
Defence, Shripad Naik. It will be easy for the passengers to
Out of 304 contracts, 190 contracts have remember this number and connect with
been signed with Indian vendors for capital Railways for all their needs during the travel.
procurement of defence equipment for armed Helpline number 182 would also be
forces in the past five years. discontinued from the 1st of April 2021 and
will be merged into 139.
122 NACs identified under NCAP
Philippines Vaccine Head to visit India
The Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ministry has informed that a total of 122 non- Chief Implementer of the Philippines' National
attainment cities, NACs have been identified Policy Against COVID, Carlito Galvez Jr will
under the National Clean Air Programme. visit India to finalize agreements with several
More than Rs 2,200 crore have been released vaccine manufacturers.
in the financial year 2020-21 to tackle the He will visit India from March 9 to 12, 2021 to
problem of air pollution. sign supply agreements and negotiate earlier
An amount of Rs 2,217 crore have been deliveries of vaccines.
allocated for 42 urban centres for the The Philippines is among the last countries in
improvement of air quality. Southeast Asia to start its COVID-19 vaccine
rollout.
81% accounts under a scheme belong to women
Fully vaccinated people can gather in USA
3|Page US Centers for Disease Control and Out of two PSKs, one PSK is at RK Puram,
Prevention, CDC has recommended that fully Bhikaji Cama Place in New Delhi and another
vaccinated Americans can gather with other at Tripunithura in Cochin, Kerala.
vaccinated people indoors without wearing a As a part of an initiative to empower women,
mask or social distancing. a total of 1670 women employees are
This guidance is a “1st step” toward restoring deployed in the 'Passport Seva Programme'.
normalcy in how people come together.
'Akshya Patra': All-Women’s Art Exhibition
A person is considered fully vaccinated
two weeks after receiving the last required Minister of Culture and Tourism Prahlad
dose of vaccine. Singh Patel inaugurated the All-Women’s Art
Jamaica, Tajikistan & Belize receive vaccines Exhibition titled ‘Akshya Patra’ on 8 March
2021 at Rabindra Bhavan Galleries in New
Jamaica, Tajikistan and Belize received the Delhi.
Made in India Covid-19 Vaccines on 9 March The event was inaugurated on the occasion of
2021. International Women’s Day.
The vaccines were dispatched under the The exhibition will continue till the 20th of
Vaccine Maitri initiative of the Government of March 2021 and showcase more than 250
India. artworks from over 12 countries.
Mozambique and Nicaragua had received the
UP govt launches 2nd phase of Mission Shakti
Made in India Covid-19 Vaccines on 8th of
March 2021. Uttar Pradesh government launched the 2nd
Poet NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta passes away phase of Mission Shakti on the occasion of
International women's day on 8 March 2021.
Renowned Kannada poet, eminent academic, Under this Mission, CM Yogi Aditynath
and critic Prof N S Lakshminarayana Bhatta inaugurated women's special Police stations
passed away on 6 March 2021 in Bengaluru. in 18 districts along with pink booths and pink
He was also known as 'NSL' in the literary toilets.
circles and Kannada music world. The ‘First Adarsh Mahila Barrack’ in Mahila
Prof Bhatta was a Sahitya Akademi winner Thana, Muzaffarnagar was also inaugurated.
and had translated 50 of William Shakespeare
WCD Ministry sign agreement with Invest India
sonnets into Kannada.
Union Ministry of Women and Child
Vaccination centres only for women
Development signed an MoU with Invest India
The Maharashtra government on 8 March in New Delhi on 8 March'21.
2021 set up five Covid-19 vaccination centres The aim of the MoU is to enhance co-
in each district of the state exclusively for operation in the thematic areas of nutrition,
inoculating women. child protection and development, women
These centres will remain operational only for empowerment and convergent capacity
the day. building in mission mode.
Out of 189 such centres in the state, 19 such It was signed by Joint Secretary in the
centres were established in the Thane district Ministry Aditi Das Raut and VP of Invest India,
due to higher demand there. Hindol Sengupta.
All Women Passport Seva Kendras States to set up women help desks
Minister of State for External Affairs V Rs 200 cr has been sanctioned to states and
Muraleedharan has unveiled two of the UTs to set up women help desks in police
Passport Seva Kendras, PSKs to be stations and to strengthen anti-human
transformed as All Women PSKs. trafficking units in all districts of the country.
4|Page To enhance safety and security of women in ASREC is an asset reconstruction company in
the country, the Home Ministry has also taken which Bank of India, Union Bank of India, LIC
several initiatives which are funded by the and Deutsche Bank are the shareholders.
Nirbhaya Fund. The company was granted a certificate of
A separate women safety division has also registration by the RBI in October 2004.
been set up in the Ministry.
India's first forest healing centre in U'khand
Glenmark signs Rohit Sharma as ambassador
First Forest Healing centre of the country was
Glenmark Pharma has signed cricketer Rohit inaugurated on 7 Mar 2021 at Ranikhet in
Sharma as brand ambassador for its product Kalika, Uttarakhand.
Candid Powder. The forest healing centre has been developed
Sharma has officially signed on to represent by the Research Wing of Uttarakhand Forest
Glenmark's Candid Powder, a legacy brand of Department after research on the healing
the company's consumer care division. properties of the forests and its revitalizing
Glenmark's Candid Dusting Powder is used to impact on overall health and well being.
treat four key skin problems of redness, it involves many activities like forest walking,
irritation, sweat rash, and fungal infections. tree-hugging, etc.
Joan wins Barcelona Presidential Election MP Assembly passes anti-conversion bill
Joan Laporta has become Barcelona's new The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has passed a
President. bill that checks religious conversions through
Laporta earlier held the post from 2003 to marriage or by any other fraudulent means.
2010. On 1 March 2021, state Home Minister
An exit poll conducted by Catalan television Narottam Mishra presented the Madhya
station TV3 projected Laporta to succeed with Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill 2021 in the
58.3 percent of the vote over Victor Font House.
(31.3) and Antoni Freixa (9.3). Governor Anandiben Patel on January 9,
In total, there were 51,983 valid votes. 2021, had also given assent to the Madhya
Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance,
Night safaris launched in Madhya Pradesh 2020.
Night safari has been started at three national Gairsain: 3rd Commissionerate of Uttarakhand
parks in Madhya Pradesh.
These include Bandhavgarh National Park, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat has
home to the highest density of Royal Bengal declared Gairsain as a new administrative
tigers and spotted deers in the world, where division of the state, a third commissionerate
the safari starts from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. after Kumaon and Garhwal.
Kanha National Park where the safari starts at Gairsain was declared as the summer capital
7:30 pm and ends at 10:30 pm. of Uttarakhand in 2020.
Pench National Park, where the safari is from Gairsain division would be comprised of four
5:30 pm to 10:30 pm. hill districts, including Almora and
Bageshwar and Rudrapyarag and Chamoli
Indian Bank to divest stake in ASREC India A commissioner and a DIG will be deployed
Indian Bank will divest stake in joint venture here.
entity ASREC (India) Ltd as part of asset HDFC Bank launches 'SmartUp Unnati'
monetisation exercise.
The bank holds a 38.26 per cent stake in To support women entrepreneurs, HDFC
ASREC (India) Ltd. Bank has announced the launch of a
mentoring programme 'SmartUp Unnati'.
5|Page Under this, senior women leaders from HDFC To help reduce the wealth inequality in the
Bank with expertise spanning domains will US, the country has proposed the ‘Ultra
mentor women entrepreneurs in helping them Millionaire Tax Act’.
achieve their goals over the next one year. The annual tax would be a 2% levy on
It will initially target more than 3,000 women Americans with a wealth of more than $50 mn
entrepreneurs associated with the bank's and 3% on a wealth of over $1 bn.
SmartUp programme. Based on the proposed tax, Amazon’s Jeff
Bezos would owe $5.7 billion while Tesla’s
Uttar Pradesh to get 16 new ITIs
Elon Musk would owe $4.6 billion in taxes for
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath 2020.
has issued directives to set up 16 new Switzerland to ban wearing of burqa and niqab
Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) based on a
PPP model, across the state. Voters in Switzerland have backed a proposal
The move is a part of the initiative to make the to ban full-face coverings like burqa and niqab
youth efficient and skilled and to provide them in public places, except sites of worship.
with decent job opportunities. The Swiss People’s Party had put across the
At present, over 1.72 lakh students are proposal.
undergoing skill training at 305 ITIs in Uttar Switzerland’s direct democracy system allows
Pradesh. the people to vote on any topic as long as it
collects 1 lakh signatures.
Arunachal govt to invest in education sector
Venezuela to introduce 1-million-bolivar bill
The Arunachal Pradesh government will
launch “Mission Shiksha”, an initiative to The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has
improve the standard of education in the State announced the introduction of three new
in the next two years. banknotes: 200,000, 500,000 and one million
Improvements will be made in six focus areas bolivars.
including infrastructure development of The highest denominated bill has a value of
schools, digital initiatives, etc. just $0.52 cents (€0.44 cents).
The government will invest Rs 1,000 crore in These new notes will circulate alongside the
the education sector and the CM has declared 10,000-, 20,000-, and 50,000-bolivar bills
2021 as the “Year of Education”. currently in use.
Ultra Millionaire tax in the US The new bills began to be circulated from 8
March 2021.
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