Current Affairs 8 March 2021 | Current Affairs Today
Current Affairs 8 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.
India Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021
Forty scholars from six countries have been awarded with the opportunity to carry out their research in Indian Institutes and Universities using state of the art facilities in these places. These scholars have been selected based on research proposal, experience, academic merit and publication record and recommended for the award of India Science and Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021. Read More
Finalisation of draft CZMP has stoked a controversy in Goa
The draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) prepared by the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai – an agency approved by the Centre – has stoked a controversy in Goa after the draft met with criticism from locals, environmentalists and political parties. Read More
EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982
The use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in some booths of the Paravur Assembly constituency in Ernakulam is etched in the electoral history as they were introduced in the constituency in the 1982 polling, a first in the country. Read More
Institute of National Importance tag for National School of Drama
The government is actively considering giving the Institute of National Importance tag to the National School of Drama, as well as re-developing its campus in Delhi. The former BJP MP was appointed to the post in September 2020. Read More
India’s first ‘Transgender Community Desk’ opens in Telangana’s Gachibowli
In what is claimed to be the first-of-its-kind gender inclusive community policing initiative in the country, Cyberabad police inaugurated a ‘Transgender Community Desk’ at Gachibowli police station. Read More
NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta passed away
Noted Kannada poet, critic and translator NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta died early in Bengaluru. He was 84-years old and was suffering with age related ailments. Popularly known as ‘NSL’ in the Kannada literary world, he was born in 1936 in Shivamogga district. Read More
Only NRI quota seats based on entrance exams for OCI cardholders
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reiterated through a gazette notification that OCI cardholders can lay claim to “only Non Resident Indian quota seats” in educational institutions based on all-India entrance tests such as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) or other such all-India professional tests. Read More
Experts panel takes stock of turtle conservation
A three-member panel constituted by Orissa High Court made a field trip to Gahirmatha marine sanctuary and assessed the measures taken for the conservation of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles. Read More
Pope Francis meets Iraq’s Shia leader al-Sistani
Pope Francis has met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior leaders in Shia Islam, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority. Read More
Maharashtra cyber police suspects cyber-attack behind Mumbai power outage
The Maharashtra government said that a preliminary report of the cyber cell of the Maharashtra police also suspected cyber-attack as a reason behind power outage in Mumbai in October last year. Read More