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Daily Current Affairs 23 March 2022
75 Women felicitated by NITI Aayog at fifth edition of Women Transforming India Awards
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 achievers to celebrate their contribution towards a ‘Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat’.
The Women Transforming India Awards has been presented since 2018 by NITI Aayog, under the aegis of Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), to highlight the commendable and ground-breaking endeavours of India’s women leaders and change-makers, with a special focus on entrepreneurship.
EX-DUSTLIK between Indian and Uzbekistan armies to be held at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan
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 to join the Uzbekistan Army contingent represented by troops of the North Western Military District. The last edition of DUSTLIK was conducted in Ranikhet (Uttarakhand) in March 2021.
The Indian contingent will be represented by the Grenadiers Regiment and will join the Uzbekistan Army contingent represented by troops of the North-Western Military District.
Burkina Faso’s Francis Kere receives 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
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 prestigious honour in architecture field, founded in 1979.
Francis Kere is the 51st winner of the award and the first Black person to receive the honour. He is also the recipient of the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Fitch Ratings lowers India’s FY23 growth forecast to 8.5%
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.
Earlier this rate was estimated at 10.3%. The Rating agency Fitch has revised upwards the GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal FY 2021-2022, by 0.6 percentage points to 8.7 percent.
Ministry of Heavy Industries extends Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for two years till 2024
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 to take off with only 5%, or ₹492 crore, of the ₹10,000 crore allocated under its second phase spent till March, as reported by Mint earlier.
Focus area of Phase II will be mainly on supporting electrification of public & shared transportation through demand incentive and creation of a network of charging infrastructure. Objective of FAME India Scheme is to promote adoption of electric/ hybrid vehicles (xEVs) in India.
Cricketing legend G.R. Vishwanath launches his autobiography titled ‘Wrist Assured’
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. Rupa Publications India is the publisher of the book.
New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital city: IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report
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 pollution measurements from air monitoring stations in 6,475 cities.
New Delhi is followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), N’Djamena (Chad), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman) as top five most polluted capital cities respectively. Bhiwadi was the most polluted city in India, followed by Ghaziabad, Delhi and Jaunpur. Bangladesh was the most polluted country, followed by Chad, Pakistan and Tajikistan. India was the fifth most polluted country.
India Placed 51st in Global House Price Index Q4 2021, Turkey Tops: Knight Frank
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 the best quarter in the year 2021. India witnessed 2.1 percent annual appreciation in housing price rates during the October-December quarter of the 2021 against Q4 of 2020.
Turkey saw the highest annual price growth rate by 59.6 percent in Q4 2021. New Zealand (22.6 per cent), Czech Republic (22.1 per cent), Slovakia (22.1 per cent) and Australia (21.8 per cent) are among top 5 countries respectively in the latest research report. Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index tracks the movement in mainstream residential prices across 56 countries and territories using official statistics.
World Head Injury Awareness Day 2022: March 20
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”.
World Meteorological Day 2022: 23 March
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 the safety and well-being of society. The theme for 2022 World Meteorological Day is ‘ Early Warning and Early Action’.
Martyrs Day (Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru): 23 March
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 John Saunders, a British police officer in 1928.
They had mistook Saunders for British police superintendent James Scott, who had ordered lathi charge, which eventually led to the death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
Former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga passes away at 67
The former Prime Minister of Mali, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga has passed away due to illness. He was 67. Maiga served as prime minister of Mali from 2017 until 2019.
He had been detained since August 2021 after the country was taken over by a military junta.
