Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won the men’s single title in All England Open Badminton World Championships 2022. In the final he defeated India's Lakshya Sen in the final. Other winners of the event were: Women’s singles title: Yamaguchi Akane, JapanMen’s doubles ...

Ashish Jha has been appointed the new White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator. Dr Jha who replaces Jeff Zeints is a physician of Indian origin who lives in the US.   He is an infectious disease expert and the Dean of Brown University’s School of Public ...

Senior BJP leader N Biren Singh took oath as Chief Minister of Manipur for a second consecutive five-year term on March 21, 2022. The oath of office was administered by Manipur Governor La Ganesan at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal. The ruling BJP party contested all 60 seats in Manipur Assembly ...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said in a regulatory filing on March 17 that its board has reappointed Rajesh Gopinathan as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for five years from February 21, 2022, to February 20, 2027, and Ganapathy Subramaniam as the Chief Operating Officer ...

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has unanimously extended the tenure of its incumbent President Jay Shah for a period of one year. The decision was taken during the annual general meeting of ACC on March 19, 2022. Jay Shah is the Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since ...

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will soon launch UPI Lite in India soon. It is an on-device wallet alternative for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) customers which will be in line with the central bank’s paradigm. UPI Lite will enable small-value transactions in offline mode. In ...

Every year on March 20, countries worldwide celebrates the International Day of Happiness which was first conceived by Jayme Illien of New York City in 2006. He is the Executive Director of the New World Order Project for the United Nations. Happytalism, the new economic theory, theory ...

National Mineral Development Corporation, NMDC Ltd, the country’s largest iron ore producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration. The NMDC Limited is a government owned mineral producer, under Ministry of Steel, and the largest ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presides over the 83rd Raising Day ceremony of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu on 19 March 2022. While addressing the ceremony, the Union Home Minister said, “The situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved after Narendra Modi became the Prime ...

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 20 & 21 March 2022, we have ...

World Puppetry Day is observed every year on March 21, to promote the puppet arts. Launched in 2003 by UNIMA, the World Puppetry Day is both a real tool for the promotion of puppetry arts and a project allowing to federate the puppet actors of the same territory. The first celebration ...

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed every year on 21 March. It is a global campaign which is observed annually to spread awareness about Down Syndrome. The Theme of 2022 World Down Syndrome Day is ‘We Decide‘. The day was officially recognised by the United Nations General Assembly in ...