March 23 is celebrated as Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day in India. The day commemorates the hanging of India’s three freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru.  It was on March 23 in 1931, in Lahore (Pakistan), that these three were hanged to death for assassinating ...

World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March and commemorates the coming into force on 23 March 1950 of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization. The day also highlights the contribution that the National Meteorological and Hydro-logical Services make to ...

World Head Injury Awareness Day is observed on March 20th annually to foster awareness on head injury and strategies to prevent accidents and brain injuries. The theme for 2021-2023 campaign for world head injury awareness day is “More Than My Brain Injury”.

International property consultancy Knight Frank in its latest research report - Global House Price Index – Q4 2021 cited that India climbed up 5 spots in the global home price index to 51st rank in Q4 2021 against 56th rank in Q4 2020. The price increase of 2.1% YoY in the fourth quarter, makes it ...

New Delhi has emerged as the most polluted capital city in the world for the fourth year in a row in the latest World Air Quality Report for 2021. The report found that no country met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM2.5 annual air quality guidelines last year as it analysed PM2.5 air ...

Cricketing legend Gundappa Ranganatha Viswanath’s autobiography ‘Wrist Assured’, co-authored by senior journalist R. Kaushik, was released on March 17, 2022 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. The book has been co-authored by senior journalist and cricket writer R. Kaushik. ...

Ministry of Heavy Industries had notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for three years from April 2019 to March 2022. However, the government has extended the FAME II scheme for 2 years. So now this scheme will be applicable till March 2024. However, the scheme has failed ...

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday downgraded its growth forecast for India by 180 basis points to 8.5 per cent for 2022-23, citing sharply higher energy prices. The extent of the downward revision in growth forecast for India is second only to Germany among major economies. ...

Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso has been declared the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and is now a dual citizen of Burkina Faso and Germany, was awarded the prize for 2022 last week. Pritzker Prize is the highest and most ...

The 3rd edition of joint training exercise between Indian and Uzbekistan armies, EX-DUSTLIK is being conducted at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from 22 to 31 March 2022. The Indian contingent which comprises of a platoon strength of Grenadiers Regiment departed for the exercise area on 22 March 2022 ...

The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of the NITI Aayog organized the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards on 21 March 2022. This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards were conferred on 75 women ...

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 22 March 2022, we have tried to ...