12 March 2024 : Latest Current Affairs 12th March
Important Current Affairs 12th March 2024
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 12th March including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 12th March 2024 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 12th March – National News
1. In Chhattisgarh, PM Modi introduces the Mahtari Vandan Yojana.
◉ In Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the Mahtari Vandan Yojana.
◉ The Chhattisgarh initiative has been introduced to give eligible married women in the state monthly DBT financial support of Rs 1000.
◉ It has been intended to guarantee women’s financial security, economic empowerment, and gender equality, and to reinforce women’s leadership roles in the home.
◉ Benefits under the system will be extended to all married women in the state who meet the eligibility requirements and turn 21 by January 1, 2024.
2. Tags Are Awarded for Manuscript Painting and Majuli Mask Making
◉ Geographical Indication (GI) tags have been awarded to Majuli, an island district in Assam, for its mask-making and manuscript painting.
◉ The origins of Majuli’s Mukha Shilpa can be traced to Srimanta Sankardev, who conveyed Bhakti through the arts.
◉ The craft of creating masks, known as “Mukha Shilpa” in Majuli, has been practiced on the island since the sixteenth century. The most well-known traditional craft still being performed on Majuli, the biggest populated river island in the world, is this one.
◉ A fundamental component of Assamese “Sattriya” culture is “Mukha Shilpa.”
3. Kathua to Host North India’s First Government Homoeopathic College
◉ Union Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, announced the opening of the first Government Homoeopathic College in North India in the Jasrota neighborhood of the Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.
◉ The initiative, which has national funding of Rs 80 crore, represents a major advancement in the region’s infrastructure development for healthcare and education.
◉ A hospital complex, a college, an administration block, and separate dorms for male and female students are all part of the proposed construction.
◉ The open area will be used in the future to build a playground, auditorium, etc.
4. Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain 2024 was introduced by the Jal Shakti Ministry.
◉ The “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” campaign for 2024 has been started by the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
◉ This campaign is in its fifth iteration. The NDMC Convention Centre in New Delhi was to host the Catch the Rain Campaign launch.
◉ Nari Shakti se Jal Shakti is the theme of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain Campaign 2024.
◉ The focus of this theme is on women’s contributions to water management and conservation.
5. India is currently the second-largest producer of mobile phones worldwide.
◉ By the conclusion of the decade 2014–2024, India is currently the second-largest producer of mobile phones worldwide.
◉ According to a statement from the India Cellular and Electronics Association, the industry has moved from being 78% import-dependent in 2014 to 97% self-sufficient.
◉ Currently, imports account for just 3% of all mobile phone sales in India.
◉ After ten years of unheard-of development, India’s manufacture of mobile phones is almost at 20 lakh crore rupees.
◉ During these 10 years, India produced 2.45 billion mobile phones, falling short of the target of 2.5 billion units.
◉ China leads the world in mobile phone production, with Indonesia coming in third.
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6. Kishor Makwana takes over as NCSC Chairman
◉ The position of Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has been taken on by Kishor Makwana.
◉ Luv Kush Kumar, meanwhile, also took up the role of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Member.
◉ The President of India nominated Kishor Makwana to lead the Government of India’s NCSC.
◉ Makwana was once the joint spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gujarat branch.
7. PCI elects Devendra Jhajharia as its next president.
◉ The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has elected Devendra Jhajharia, a two-time gold medallist, as its new president.
◉ He takes over for Deepa Malik, another well-known para-athlete.
◉ Thrower Devendra Jhajharia competed in the F46 handicap category and won gold medals at the 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Paralympics.
8. Cabinet and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar step down
◉ Following growing divisions within the coalition administration formed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), Manohar Lal Khattar has resigned as the Chief Minister of Haryana.
◉ In the meantime, the new Chief Minister of Haryana is Nayab Singh Saini.
◉ The BJP has 41 MLAs, the Congress has 30, and the JJP has 10 in the 90-member Haryana assembly.
Awards
9. Oscar 2024’s 96th winners were revealed
◉ The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood hosted the 96th Academy Awards.
◉ The evening was jam-packed with thrilling victories and surreal situations. The Academy Awards, sometimes referred to as the Oscars, honor both artistic and technical accomplishments in motion pictures.
◉ The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) bestows these awards annually.
◉ The Academy’s voting members select the best films for awards consideration.
Defence
10. DRDO completes the Mission with success. The first successful flight test of the locally built Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology was carried out by the Divyastra Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
◉ Mission Divyastra was a flight test that was conducted from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
◉ Numerous re-entry vehicles were tracked and seen by various radar and telemetry sites. The mission achieved the intended goals.
Important day
11. National Mauritius Day is on March 12.
◉ The date of Mauritius Day is always March 12th.
◉ On this national holiday, people celebrate the nation’s 1968 independence from Great Britain and its 1992 conversion to a republic.
◉ Mauritius Day began in 1959, when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced the government’s plan to award independence to some of its foreign colonies, including Mauritius, in his now-famous “Winds of Change” speech.
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