Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25 to 31 March 2022

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25 to 31 March 2022

General Awareness/ Current Affairs section is included in every government exam, including SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, and other government exam.
As a result, we make weekly one-liner current affairs available for every upcoming examination that includes a General Awareness portion. Our weekly one-liner current affairs is important for all tests.

In a single line, the weekly one-liner current summarises the most vital news from the previous week.

To help you study for upcoming exams and remain updated on current events, we’ve included the weekly one-liner current affairs below.

National News

• Bihar became first state to implement dynamic map for villages to track land ownership
• Yogi Adityanath took oath as Chief Minister of UP for 2nd time
• Kerala Tourism launched 24/7 WhatsApp Chatbot ‘Maya’
• Cabinet approved MSP of Rs 4,750 per quintal of Raw Jute for 2022-23 season
• Himachal Pradesh signed MoU with National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali as Knowledge Partner for Medical Devices Park in Nalagarh, Solan
• Gujarat topped in NITI Aayog`s Export Preparedness Index 2021
• 73rd Indian Psychiatric Society national conference held in Visakhapatnam
• NABARD allocated 4,013 crores financial assistance to Odisha
• SIDBI joined hands with Meghalaya to develop MSME ecosystem
• India signed pact with WHO to set up global traditional medicine centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat
• Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended for 6 months
• PVR & INOX Leisure announced merger, Ajay Bijli appointed MD of merged entity PVR INOX Ltd
• Pramod Sawant took oath as Goa’s Chief Minister for the 2nd time
• Surat, Gujarat became India’s 1st city to get ‘steel slag road’
• Shaktikanta Das dedicated Varnika Ink Manufacturing Unit of BRBNMPL in Mysuru to nation
• Museum dedicated to all former Prime Ministers of India will be inaugurated in Delhi
• Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges included in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites
• Government set the target to create 220 new airports by 2025
• RBI governor laid foundation stone of Learning and Development Centre of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) in Mysuru
• Virat Kohli ranked the Most Valued Celebrity in the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021
• Karnataka government announced Vinaya Samarasya scheme
• Maharashtra launches scheme to offer personal loans for prisoners
• Assam signed a pact with Meghalaya to resolve 5-decade old border dispute in six places
• Tamil Nadu signed MoU with UAE based Lulu Group to get 3,500 crores investment

International News

• World Bank issued first wildlife conservation bond to save Africa’s black rhino
• 5th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit will be hosted by Sri Lanka
• UNEP’s Annual Frontier Report: Dhaka 1st and Moradabad 2nd most noise polluted city in the world
• Robert Abela re-elected as Prime Minister of Malta
• Hurun Global U40 Self-Made Billionaires 2022: India ranked 4th; USA topped
• Piyush Goyal inaugurated Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre building in Dubai
• India & Australia signed MoU for joint exploration of Lithium and Cobalt mineral resources

Banking and Financial

• RBI allowed SBI Group to pick up to 9.99% stake in ICICI Bank
• ICICI Lombard partnered with Airtel Payments Bank for smartphone insurance
• UNCTAD projected India’s GDP growth at 4.6% in 2022
• RBI inaugurated Reserve Bank Innovation Hub in Bengaluru; Kris Gopalakrishnan is first Chairman of RBIH
• Ola acquired neo bank Avail Finance
• FinMapp got license from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and IRDAI to sell NPS, insurance
• Bank of India invested Rs 108.81 crore in National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL)
• Max Life Insurance partnered with PhonePe to offer financial protection to consumers
• DBS Bank India partnered with EaseMyTrip to launch a green debit card
• RBI unveiled framework for geo-tagging of payment system touch points
• SIDBI approved Rs 837 crores grant for Odisha to develop MSME Clusters
• ICRA projected India’s GDP growth forecast at 7.2% in FY23
• ICICI & HDFC Bank will acquire 15% stake in IDRCL
• Centre announced to sell 1.5% stake in ONGC to raise Rs 3,000 crores
• HDFC ERGO launched India’s first industry based digital customer engagement and rewards program “VAULT”
• Central Bank of India partnered with ID to digitize customer onboarding

Appointment and Resignation

• Pralay Mondal appointed interim MD & CEO of CSB Bank
• Vinod G Khandare appointed as Adviser in Ministry of Defence
• Rajnish Kumar joined the International Strategic Advisory Board of Dun & Bradstreet
• Hisashi Takeuchi named as MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki
• Jens Stoltenberg’s tenure as Secretary-General of NATO extended till 2023
• Gilbert Houngbo from Togo appointed next Director-General of International Labour Organization
• Shashi Sinha appointed as new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India
• Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as President of Badminton Association of India
• CS Rajan appointed as Chairman of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
• Raj Subramaniam appointed new CEO of FedEx
• Renu Singh appointed director of Forest Research Institute
• Vishwas Patel re-elected as chairman of Payments Council of India

Awards

• Karnataka Bank won ‘Best MSME Bank of the year – Winner’ award
• President Ram Nath Kovind awarded President’s Colour to INS Valsura
• Mario Marcel won the Governor of the year award at Central Banking Awards 2022
• 94th Oscars Awards 2022 announced: Will Smith & Jessica Chastain won Best actor & Best actress award; Read complete list of winners here
• Cochin International Airport won ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022
• Wilfried Brutsaert won Stockholm Water Prize 2022
• Deepika Padukone won TIME100 Impact Award for contribution to mental health awareness
• Mirabai Chanu won ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021
• Uttar Pradesh won best state award at National Water Awards 2022

Defence

• INS Shivaji’s marine engineering centre recognized as the Centre of Excellence in Marine Engineering
• AAI and BEL joined hands to develop indigenous Air Traffic Management Systems
• Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command conducted offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’
• MoD signed Rs 473 crore contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd for construction of 8 Fast Patrol Vessels for ICG
• US & Philippines hold largest-ever military drills Balikatan 2022
• MoD signed a contract worth Rs 3,102 crore with BEL for procurement of advanced electronic warfare suite & Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range (IEWR)

Science

• IIT Madras partnered with TCS to launch Tech in Industrial AI
• West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar inaugurated Petascale supercomputer PARAM Shakti at IIT Kharagpur

Sports

• Byju’s named as official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar
• India won 2022 SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title
• PV Sindhu won Women’s Singles title at Swiss Open Badminton 2022
• Max Verstappen won 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Book and Author

• Home Minister unveiled the book chronicling journey of SII in producing Covishield, titled “The Shield: Covishield”, authored by Prakash Kumar Singh
• A book titled ‘Spoorthi Pradatha Sri Somayya’ authored by K Syam Prasad
• NITI Aayog & FAO launched a book titled “Indian Agriculture towards 2030” edited by Ramesh Chand, Pramod Joshi and Shyam Khadka

Important day

• 25 March: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
• 25 March: International Day of the Unborn Child
• 25 March: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Theme 2022: “Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism”.)
• 26 March (last Saturday of March): Earth Hour 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Shape Our Future‘)
• 5 October will be celebrated as National Dolphin Day from 2022
• 27 March: World theatre Day
• 26 March 2022: Bangladesh 52nd Independence Day
• 29 March (88th day of the year): World Piano Day 2022
• 30 March: Rajasthan Diwas
• 31 March: International Transgender Day of Visibility
• 31 March: World Backup Day
• 31 March: International Day of Drug Checking

Obituary

• Former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti passed away
• Inventor of the GIF format, Stephen Wilhite passed away
• Former CM of Sikkim B.B. Gurung passed away

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