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Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online
Govt to sell stake in Tata Communications own and operate capital intensive space
assets of ISRO.
The Indian govt will exit its entire 26.12% This is a part of the space reforms process
shareholding in Tata Communications Ltd. initiated in June 2020.
It will sell a 16.12% stake through an offer-for- The transponders on these satellites will be
sale via stock exchanges. leased to the private companies with DTH and
The remaining shares will be sold to Tata Broadband services.
Sons Pvt.’s investment arm Panatone Finvest
Ltd. immediately after that sale. Haryana CM Manohar Lal presents budget
Panatone Finvest currently owns 34.8% of
Haryana CM Manohar Lal who also holds the
Tata Communications, while Tata Sons has a
Finance portfolio presented budget estimates
14.1% stake in the company.
of Rs 1,55,645 cr for the financial year 2021-
ATC appoints Sanjay Goel as President 22 in the house of Haryana Assembly on 12
Mar 2021.
Telecom infrastructure provider American It is 13% higher than the revised budget
Tower Corp (ATC) has appointed Sanjay Goel estimates of 1,37,738 crore rupees.
as the President, Asia Pacific. Out of the total budget, 25% i.e. Rs38,718 cr
Goel will take charge from 16 March 2021 and are for Capital Expenditure, while 75 per cent
will succeed Amit Sharma, who has been the for Revenue Expenditure.
Chief of Asia Pacific since the start of India
operations. J&K EDI to start a certificate course
ATC’s wholly-owned subsidiary ATC India
The J&K Entrepreneurship Development
started operations in 2007 and has about
Institute (JKEDI) is set to start a one-week
76,000 towers installed across the country.
certificate course in digital marketing and
SpiceJet to add 66 new flights entrepreneurship basics.
The programme on “Entrepreneurship 101
SpiceJet will add 66 new flights, including aims to help entrepreneurs enhance their
additional services on certain routes, to its business knowledge and impart the basic
domestic network from 28 March 2021. skills to start a business venture successfully.
These new flights, which will be operated with The candidates can register/apply for the
Boeing 737s and regional jet Bombardier course on www.jkedi.org.
Q400s, are aimed at augmenting connectivity
between metro and non-metro cities as part of LiDAR survey started on 12 March 2021
its enhanced network.
The Light Detection and Ranging Survey
Jharsuguda will now be connected to
(LiDAR) survey for the preparation of a
Chennai.
detailed project report (DPR) for the Mumbai-
NewSpace India to own space assets of ISRO Nagpur High-Speed Rail Corridor started on
12 Mar 2021.
The NewSpace India Limited, a subsidiary An aeroplane fitted with state of art Aerial
company under the Department of Space will LiDAR and Imagery sensors took the first
1|Pageflight and captured the data related to ground The Indian Naval training team will be
survey. deployed in Madagascar for capacity building
National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited and training of the Malagasy Special Forces
is conducting this survey. for two weeks.
INS Jalashwa will leave for Comoros to
Uttarakhand CM inducts 11 ministers
deliver 1000 metric tonnes of rice and then
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh will head to the Port of Ehoala in Madagascar.
Rawat expanded his Council of Ministers on
Five heads of state to be in Bangladesh
12 March 2021.
Governor Baby Rani Maurya administered the Five heads of state and heads of govt from
oath of office to 11 ministers at Raj Bhavan. the South Asian region will participate in the
Banshidhar Bhagat, Bishan Singh Chufal, ten-day-long celebrations being organised on
Ganesh Joshi, and Swami Yatishwaranand the occasion of the centenary of
are the new faces of Tirath Singh Rawat's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib and 50 years of
team, who took the oath. liberation of Bangladesh.
MLA from Gadarpur Arvind Pandey took the The 10-day long special programme will start
oath in Sanskrit. on 17th March and conclude on 26 March
2021.
Odisha to inoculate 1 lakh senior citizens
The heads are from Maldives, India, Sri
In Odisha, close to 78,000 beneficiaries were Lanka, Bhutan, and Cambodia.
vaccinated against covid-19 on 12 March 4 nations to deliver 1 bn doses of vaccines
2021.
Over 47,000 senior citizens received the The leaders of the US, Australia, India and
vaccines at 650 session sites across the Japan have agreed to deliver one billion
state. doses of coronavirus vaccine to much of Asia
The state government has targeted to by the end of 2022.
inoculate one lakh senior citizens per day. The joint commitment was made following the
The proactive measures taken by the state for first leaders' meeting of the Quad countries
covid containment include jacking up held on 12 March 2021.
everyday sample tests. The vaccines are expected to be the single-
dose Johnson & Johnson product that will be
Ramban develops mobile app named e-Suvidha manufactured in India.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the District Ayya Vaikunda Swamikal's birth anniversary
Administration, Ramban has developed a
mobile application named e-Suvidha. PM Modi paid tributes to Ayya Vaikunda
It shall bring many public delivery services Swamikal, a great thinker and social reformer
and departments on the digital platform. of the 19th century, on his birth anniversary in
It will provide access to the people to all basic March 2021.
services like plumbing, electric works, Ayya Vaikundar also known as Siva Narayana
masonry, carpentry and skilled jobs on a or Vaikunda Swami is the first and the
digital platform with a click on mobile phones. foremost Purna avatar of Eka-Paran.
Vaikundar was born to Narayana and his
INS Jalashwa reaches Antsiranana Port consort Lekhsmi at the Sea of Tiruchendur on
INS Jalashwa reached the port of the 20th of Masi, 1008 of Kollam Calender.
Antsiranana, Madagascar on 12 March India supplies vaccines to nearly 70 countries
2021 with an Indian Naval training team on-
board.
2|Page India has supplied over 5 crore 85 lakh doses Iran to get 5,00,000 doses of COVAXIN
of Made in India vaccines to nearly 70
countries till date. India will send 500,000 doses of COVAXIN
to Iran.
Out of the total, nearly 80 lakh doses have
been supplied free of cost as grant aid to 35 The first tranche of 125,000 doses of Indian
countries whereas 1 crore 64 lakh doses have vaccine COVAXIN reached Iran on 11 March
been supplied under the COVAX facility route 2021.
to around 18 countries. Next week, Iran will receive 3,75,000 doses of
India began its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ to supply Covaxin from India as part of the second such
vaccine to different nations in Jan'21. consignment.
COVAXIN is an Indian COVID vaccine
Amrit Mahotsav exhibitions inaugurated produced by Hyderabad-based Bharat
Biotech.
Union Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar inaugurated China's Ant Group CEO resigns
Amrit Mahotsav exhibitions at six places on
13 Mar'21. China's Ant Group Chief Executive Officer
The 6 places are Bangalore, Pune, Simon Hu has stepped down from his role on
Bhubaneswar, Patna, Moirang district in 12 March 2021.
Manipur and Samba district in Jammu and Hu will be replaced by company veteran and
Kashmir. Executive Chairman Eric Jing.
In addition, he also inaugurated an exhibition China's Ant Group, as the fintech giant, is
at the National Media Center in New Delhi. pushed by regulators to revamp operations
Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav commenced on 12 after its failed $37 billion initial public offerings
Mar'21. (IPO).
Conference on Jal Jeevan Mission to be held BRICS CGETI held under India’s Chairship
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh The 1st Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group
Shekhawat will be chairing a Conference of on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) was
states and UTs Ministers on Jal Jeevan held under India’s Chairship from 9th till 11th
Mission on 14 March 2021. of March'21.
The Mission is a flagship programme of the The theme of BRICS for 2021 is -"BRICS at
Centre for providing tap water connection in 15: Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity,
every rural household by 2024. Consolidation, and Consensus”.
So far, more than 3.79 cr rural households India expressed views in BRICS in priority
have been provided with tap water areas for deliverables, the scope of the
connections. MSME roundtable conference and BRICS
Trade Fair.
Indian Navy's assistance to stranded vessel
Mera Ration Mobile App launched
The Indian Navy deployed INS Talwar on 12
Mar'21 to provide technical assistance to a Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
stranded merchant cargo ship MV Nayan. Distribution launched Mera Ration Mobile App
on 12 March 2021.
The cargo ship, on transit from Oman to Iraq,
was drifting at a sea since March 9 owing to This app is for the benefit of those ration card
failure of its propulsion, power generation holders who move to new places in search of
machinery and navigational equipment. livelihood (migrant workers).
Naval teams worked onboard MV Nayan to Under this facility, migrant workers can avail
operationalize its equipment and made it the subsidized foodgrains from any fair price
seaworthy again. shops across the country.
3|PageIndia’s 1st dedicated express cargo terminal PM Modi inaugurates Global Ayurveda Festival
Chief Commissioner of Customs of Bengaluru Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
zone M Srinivas inaugurated India’s first the fourth edition of the Global Ayurveda
dedicated express cargo terminal Festival through video conference on 12
at Kempegowda International Airport in March 2021.
Bengaluru on 12 March 2021. This festival is being held virtually between
Cargo terminal works exclusively for the March 12 and March 19, 2021.
export and import of international couriers. The festival will hold an all-time record in the
The new facility will enable Bengaluru Airport number of delegates, the number of scientists
to process 150,000 Metric Tonnes cargo presenting papers and the number of
capacity annually. participating countries and institutions.
Govt's Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra portal Mithali: 1st woman to score 10,000 runs
Government will soon launch 'Atmanirbhar Captain of the India women’s team, Mithali
Niveshak Mitra' portal for handholding and Raj on 12 March 2021 became the first
facilitation of domestic investors. woman cricketer from the country and only
To promote domestic investments, the Dept the second overall to score 10,000
for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade international runs.
(DPIIT) is in process to finalise the digital Mithali Raj, playing her 212th ODI for India,
portal. achieved the landmark during the third match
Portal will be ready for launch by 15 May'21. of the bilateral series against South Africa.
The webpage will also be available in regional IDBI Bank out of PCA framework
languages and mobile App in due course.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken
India: 5th most attractive growth destination
out IDBI Bank from the prompt corrective
India has emerged as the fifth most attractive action (PCA) framework, subject to certain
growth destination, according to a global conditions and continuous monitoring.
survey of CEOs. The bank was put under PCA framework in
The US is the number one market that May 2017, slapping curbs on expansion,
CEOs are looking to in terms of growth over investments and lending.
the next 12 months and China is at the The bank is not in breach of the PCA
second spot. parameters on regulatory capital, net NPA
The findings are part of leading consultancy and leverage ratio.
PwC's 24th Annual Global CEO Survey that Cholamandalam, Karur Vysya Bank join hands
covered 5,050 CEOs in 100 countries and
territories, including India. Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
company has inked a partnership with Karur
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies
Vysya Bank for co-lending business, eyeing to
King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader garner a larger market share across
of South Africa's Zulu nation, passed away in segments.
March 2021. It would significantly help Cholamandalam
Zwelithini, the eighth Zulu king, reigned for and Karur Vysya Bank to expand the reach to
more than 50 years, making him the longest- new customer segments across the country.
serving Zulu monarch. It will allow both the companies to use an
The Ingonyama Trust controlled by the king effective composite risk management
owns 29% of the land of the KwaZulu-Natal framework.
province, about 28,000 square kilometres, or Tata Motors launches ‘Wheels of Love’
10,811 square miles.
4|Page Tata Motors has announced the launch of on the Agusta A129 Mangusta platform and is
‘Wheels of Love’. equipped with American engines.
It is a holistic programme that supports new Turkey and Pakistan had signed a USD 1.5
parents in their exciting journey both as a billion deal for the Turkish-made helicopter
parent and also as a valued employee while gunships in July 2018.
promoting a progressive culture of care,
Railways ensures 100% compliance of payment
inclusion and sensitization within the
organization across levels. Indian Railways has ensured 100 per cent
Amongst the key aspects covered in the compliance of payment of minimum wages to
programme is Employee Resource Groups, contract workers through the e-application
etc. Shramik Kalyan Portal.
Rs 3,49,590 lakh of wage amount and about 6
Aquaconnect partners with Bank of Baroda
crores man-days were registered on Indian
Aquaconnect has partnered with Bank of Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application as on 9
Baroda, India’s leading public sector bank, to Mar'21.
pave the way for access to formal credit for Indian Railway Shramik Kalyan e-application
1.6 million aquaculture farmers. was developed and launched in
Under this partnership, Bank of Baroda has October 2018.
extended loan for up to 10 lacs under KCC
Jharkhand’s Simdega to host 2 hockey events
scheme and fisheries loan.
Higher credit limits can also be availed under For the first time, Jharkhand's Simdega
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana is hosting two back-to-back national events
(PMMSY). that started on 10 Mar'21.
Hockey India sub-junior women’s national
Karnataka CM unveils ‘Xcelerator Bengaluru'
championship-2021 is being held at Simdega
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa AstroTurf Hockey Stadium during March 10-
has unveiled ‘Xcelerator Bengaluru’ to help 18, while the junior national women’s
women entrepreneurs grow across the state. championship will take place during April 3-
The initiative will help 50,000 women 12, 2021 at the same venue.
entrepreneurs across the state to grow their There will be 26 teams in each of those
business over the next 3 years. events.
Ubuntu Consortium and the Federation of 27th “Hunar Haat” being organised at Bhopal
Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FKCCI) have jointly developed the The 27th “Hunar Haat” is being organised at
Xcelerator Bengaluru. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) from 12th March
2021.
US blocks Turkey's helicopter sale to Pakistan
It will be held with the theme of “Vocal for
The United States has prevented Turkey from Local” till 21st March, 2021.
supplying 30 locally made attack helicopters Artisans from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
to Pakistan. Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh,
The ATAK-12 is a twin-engine, tandem seat, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat,
multi-role, all-weather attack helicopter based Haryana, etc have brought rare elegant and
magnificent indigenous handmade products
for sale and display.
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