Current Affairs 24 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains.
EC bans bike rallies 72 hours before polling
The Election Commission ordered a ban on bike rallies 72 hours before polling and on the day of voting itself in the Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Assembly elections, citing instances of “anti-social elements” on bikes intimidating voters. Read More
World Summit on Information Society Forum 2021
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021 represents one of the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community, is co-organized by International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD. Read More
Former senator Bill Nelson nominated by Biden to lead NASA
President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA. Nelson will serve as NASA’s chief executive officer and will be directly accountable to President Biden. Read More
‘Buldhana Pattern’ for Water Conservation
NITI Aayog has prepared draft guidelines for convergence of the activities of (i) sourcing earth for improvement/construction of national highways, state roads and railways and (ii) water conservation works through desiltation/ deepening of water bodies. Read More
UNOPS partners with Government of Denmark to support Jal Jeevan Mission
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) entered into a partnership with the Government of Denmark to support the Union Government’s flagship programme, Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttar Pradesh on World Water day. Read More
Ganga Quest 2021 online quiz competition
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has got a tempting opportunity for young quizzers for the third edition of Ganga Quest – an online national quiz on Ganga with the aim to increase the public participation and to enhance ownership of children and youth for rivers and Ganga has started from March 22, 2021. Read More
Centre readies draft plan for district-wise export promotion
The government has readied a draft district-wise export promotion plan for 451 districts in the country after identifying products and services with export potential in 725 districts. Read More
Gandhi Peace Prizes awarded to Sultan Qaboos and Mujibur Rahman
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the past two years will be conferred on late Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said and Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for their contributions to social and political transformation through non-violent methods. Read More
67th National Film Awards
The winners of the 67th National Film Awards were announced. The ceremony had been delayed by almost a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Every year, the National Film Awards ceremony is held on May 3. Read More
Advisory to extend interval for second dose of vaccine to be implemented in UT
The implementation of a Central advisory to extend the interval for injecting the second dose of Covishield vaccines to between six to eight weeks of the first jab will cover a significant proportion of the vaccinated population. Read More
