Current Affairs 15 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.
Himachal Pradesh wants to start seabuckthorn plantations
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to start planting seabuckthorn in the cold desert areas of the state this year, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced in his budget speech. Read More
SEBI’s new AT1 bond norms raised a storm among mutual funds
The decision of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to slap restrictions on mutual fund (MF) investments in additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds has raised a storm in the MF and banking sectors. Read More
Mizoram group urges Centre to impose sanctions on Myanmar
A Mizoram-based group representing the Zo indigenous people of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar has petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose sanctions on military-ruled Myanmar. Read More
Water quality testing framework rolled out
Citizens can now get the water quality in their own taps tested at reasonable rates, as part of a monitoring framework rolled out by the Centre’s flagship Jal Jeevan Mission. Read More
Martian ‘blueberries’ find a parallel on Earth
In 2004, NASA’s Mars exploration rover ‘Opportunity’ found several small spheres on the planet, informally named Martian blueberries. Opportunity’s mini spectrometers studied the mineralogy and noted they were made of iron oxide compounds called haematites. Read More
China’s 2021 National People’s Congress
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) ended its annual parliamentary session at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. This paves the way for sweeping changes in how Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region (SAR) that has been ruled under the “one country, two systems” model since its return to China in 1997, chooses its leaders. Read More
Centre must reaffirm 1991 Act on places of worship
The CPI(M) Polit Bureau called the Supreme Court notice to the government seeking a response on the PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provision) Act, 1991, “unfortunate”. Read More
‘Gregarious bamboo flowering’ in WWS a threat to wildlife
The ‘gregarious flowering of bamboo’ inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) and the nearby Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Gudalur forest division in Tamil Nadu may pose a threat to wildlife in the Nilgiri biosphere, a major tiger and elephant habitat. Read More
Sri Lanka announces burqa ban, to shut 1,000 madrasas
Sri Lanka will soon ban the burqa or face veil, a Cabinet Minister said, as he announced the Rajapaksa administration’s latest policy decision impacting the minority Muslim community. Read More
China increasing Price of API
The prices of raw materials, known as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) or bulk drugs, have grown multifold since November. The same trend was seen in April last year, when several Chinese units and trade corridors shut down due to the Covid outbreak. Read More
