Mar-22nd

 Current Affairs:

📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 22 March 2022

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1) Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra claimed the coveted 'Sportstar of the Year (Male)' award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards.

2) The Tripura government announced a special scheme named “Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa”.

➠The scheme aims to ensure the social security of around 7,000 Tripura’s tea garden workers.

▪️Tripura :-

➨CM - Biplab Kumar Deb

➨Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya

➨Bison (Rajbari) National Park 

➨Clouded Leopard National Park

3) The Jammu and Kashmir

government has finally started a Geographical Indication (GI) registry for the famed Kashmiri carpet with a quick response (QR) code with details of artisans and the material used.

➠ The first ever consignment of GI-tagged carpets were exported to Germany from New Delhi.

▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-

➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha 

➨Rajparian  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hirapora  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Gulmarg  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dachigam National Park

➨Salim Ali National Park

4) Professor Narayan Pradhan has been selected for the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences.

5) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) designed the "UPI Lite - On-Device wallet" (UPI Lite) functionality for UPI users for small value transactions.

◾️National Payments Corporation of India :-

➨Headquarters - Mumbai

➨Founded - 2008

6) The World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22.

➠The day focuses attention on the importance of freshwater and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

➠ The theme for World Water Day 2022 is 'Groundwater, making the invisible visible'

7) Odisha observed the 'Pakhala Dibas' marking the popularity of the state's main staple food since ages even in the age of pizza, burgers and other fast food items.

▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik

➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal

➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve

➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve

➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves 

➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary

➨ Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary

➨ Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri

➨ Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary

8) Tamil nadu Petroproducts Ltd. (TPL) has received the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification for its product linear alkylbenzene (LAB) from the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

▪️Tamil Nadu :- 

➨ CM - M K Stalin

➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve  (STR)

➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR

9) "Shri Dharmajivan Gatha", the biography of Shastriji Maharaj was released on the occasion of Bhav Vandna Parv in Ahmedabad, Gujarat which was addressed by PM Modi.

10) The 24-time world champion, Pankaj Advani from India has won the 19th Asian Billiards Championship 2022 in Doha, Qatar.

11) Kuwait became hottest place on Earth. Kuwait reached a scorching temperature of 53.2 degrees Celsius making it among the hottest places on the Earth.

12) Sportstar and The Hindu group released a Coffee Table Book, ‘Road to 1000’, at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel.

➠The book is a 520-page, special collection with 1000 pictures to commemorate Indian cricket’s journey.

13) India's third-largest private sector bank, Axis Bank has been awarded IFR Asia's Asian Bank of The Year, for its breadth of coverage and depth of expertise in the Asian investment banking space.

14) Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu claimed the coveted 'Sportstar of the Year (Female)' award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards held at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel.

15) On the occasion of World Puppetry Day, Sangeet Natak Akademi of New Delhi, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, organised a puppet festival ‘Putul Utsav’ in five cities.

➠With India celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav commemorating 75 years of independence, the theme of the festival was ‘Azadi ke Rang, Putul Ke Sang’.

▪️Gujarat:-

➨CM -  Bhupendra Patel

➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat

➨Nageshwar Temple 

➨Somnath Temple

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