29 March 2023 : Latest Current Affairs 29th March
Important Current Affairs 29th March 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 29th March including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 29th March 2023 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 29th March – National News
1. In New Delhi, Anupriya Patel opened the 23rd INDIASOFT.
◉ Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Trade & Industry, officially opened the 23rd INDIASOFT in New Delhi.
◉ Almost 70 new products that will be introduced at INDIASOFT have been developed and perfected by the nation’s research and development specialists.
◉ At the exhibition and other co-located events, more than 1500 Indian exhibitors are presenting their goods and services.
◉ Approximately 650 delegates from 80 nations are participating in the three-day event.
2. NGT fines Kerala’s government 10 crores for failing to protect Ramsar sites.
◉ The Kerala government was fined Rs. 10 crores by the Chief Bench of the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi for failing to stop the indiscriminate pollution of the Vembanad and Ashtamudi lakes, which are designated as Ramsar sites.
◉ The fine levied in accordance with the “polluter pays principle” was required to be paid into a ring-fenced account that would be managed by the Chief Secretary.
3. A sports university will be built in Haldwani.
◉ Uttarakhand In the Haldwani town in the Kumaun area, the government will establish a sports university, according to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
◉ An updated version of Haldwani’s international stadium will house a sports university.
◉ Also, he disclosed that Uttarakhand will host a number of competitions at the national level in the upcoming season.
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International News
4. Egypt becomes a new member of the BRICS bank
◉ The BRICS New Development Bank now includes Egypt (NDB).
◉ Although a formal notification was only sent on March 22, the African-Arab country officially joined the NDB on February 20.
◉ On the basis of the intergovernmental agreement agreed upon at the sixth BRICS summit in Fortaleza in July 2014, the New Development Bank was established by the BRICS countries.
◉ The BRICS Summit, which South Africa will host in August, is expected to encourage intra-BRICS trade in national currencies, enabling member countries to protect their foreign exchange reserves.
Banking
5. Crunchfish and IDFC First Bank collaborated to enable offline payments.
◉ Along with Crunchfish, IDFC FIRST Bank will take part in the RBI’s pilot program for enabling offline payments.
◉ Even without a network, this project will give people access to digital payments.
◉ As a part of the RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox Program, the Swedish business Crunchfish launched this unique digital payment solution for retailers and customers.
◉ By the use of a Digital Cash platform, this project would enable offline retail payments in India’s payment ecosystem. One of the initial few banks to take part in HDFC Bank’s pilot program is IDFC FIRST Bank.
Appointment
6. Reliance Industries has appointed Srikanth Venkatachari as CFO.
◉ With effect from June 1, Srikanth Venkatachari has been named the new Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
◉ Alok Agarwal will take up the new position of senior advisor to the chairman and MD, and she will succeed him.
◉ Since 2011, Venkatachari, who has worked for RIL for the past 14 years, has shared the role of CFO.
7. The New Development Bank (NDB) has announced that former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been chosen to take over as the bank’s president in place of Marcus Troyjo.
◉ A global financial organization founded by the five BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is the NDB, commonly referred to as the BRICS bank.
◉ From January 2011 until August 2016, the economist Dilma Rousseff presided over the Federative Republic of Brazil.
◉ For two terms in a row, Rousseff was elected as president of Brazil.
Awards
8. Special literary award was given by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
◉ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman received a special literary prize from the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL).
◉ His trilogy, The Unfinished Memoirs, The Prison Diaries, and the New China 1952, received the honor.
◉ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman received the honor for his trilogy’s remarkable literary achievement.
Sports
9. In the ISSF World Cup 2023, Manu Bhaker took home the bronze medal in the 25-meter pistol event.
◉ Manu Bhaker, an Olympian shooter, won the bronze medal in the 25-meter pistol event at the ISSF Pistol/Rifle World Cup in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
◉ China took first place in the Bhopal World Cup by winning a total of 10 medals, including six gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.
◉ With one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals earned by Sarabjot Singh in the men’s 10m air pistol, India is in second place.
◉ In the men’s 10m air pistol competition, India’s Sarabjot Singh took home the gold medal.
Obituaries
10. Gordon Moore, an Intel co-founder, died.
◉ Gordon Moore, a co-founder of Intel and the father of Moore’s Law went yesterday to Hawaii at the age of 94.
◉ Moore was a significant player in the semiconductor sector and was instrumental in the widespread adoption of Intel CPUs in personal computers.
◉ He was the impetus behind the creation of contemporary computing hardware. In the 1950s, he began working on semiconductors, and in 1968, he co-founded the Intel Company.
◉ His most famous contribution was the formulation of Moore’s law, which forecasted the rate of progress in computer chips and later served to explain the exponential growth of technology in general.
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