Test: March 2021 Weekly Current Affair - 4 - UPSC MCQ

Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan struck quickfire fifties as India Legends beat Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs to win the inaugural Road Safety World Series T20 2020-21 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
Winners – India Legends, Runners-up – Sri Lanka Legends
Cracking Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yuvraj Singh – $ 1000
Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yusuf Pathan – Rs 1.25 lakh
Player of the Tournament – Tillakaratne Dilshan – Rs 2 lakh.

Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnyu Phom launched i-Learn, a capacity building and performance tracking application for Community Health Officers, CHOs in the state at his office chamber in Kohima.

The government appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar as the chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Afghanistan’s Asghar Afghan went past former India captain MS Dhoni to become the most successful captain in T20 internationals.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, a central PSU, has established an e-Tendering Portal-PRANIT. This will lead to less paperwork, ease of operation and make the tendering process more transparent.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt. Governor Admiral D K Joshi declared that the UT achieved 100 percent Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) coverage in Islands. With this, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands becomes the third state/UT in the country to achieve the target after Goa and Telangana under Jal Jeevan Mission.

India, Pakistan, China and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a joint anti-terrorism exercise this year.
The decision to hold the joint exercise “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021” was announced during the 36th meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The e-commerce sector in India is predicted to grow at a 27% CAGR over 2019-24 and is expected to reach $99 billion by 2024, according to a report released by EY-IVCA Trend Book 2021.

India finished at the top of the medals table at the 2021 ISSF World Cup at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi. India secured 30 medals which included 15 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze. USA came second with eight medals including four gold, three silver and one bronze.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Shaheed Ashfaq Ulla Khan Zoological Park in Gorakhpur. This is the first zoo in Purvanchal and the third in the state.

To bring more people under the ambit of health insurance, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has hiked the maximum cover under the standard health insurance plan — Arogya Sanjeevani Policy — from Rs 5 lakh earlier to Rs 10 lakh.
The insurance regulator has made it mandatory for insurers to offer a sum insured between Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh under the Arogya Sanjeevani policy as against the previous range of Rs 1 -5 lakh.

India’s FY22 GDP may grow at 7%: UNESCAP

S&P Global Ratings raised India’s growth forecast for financial year 2021-22 to 11% from 10% earlier, led by an expansionary fiscal policy aimed at boosting domestic private spending.

Kerala based ESAF Small Finance Bank had been awarded ‘Great place to work’ certification by the Great place to Work Institute.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the Government of India, to provide Japanese (ODA) loan amounting to Japanese Yen 52,036 million (approximately ₹3,717 crore) for the development of Phase 2 of ‘R6, 2A and 2B’ of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)in Bengaluru.

Every year on March 24, we observe World Tuberculosis Day to spread awareness regarding this fatal disease. The theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2021 is ‘The Clock is Ticking’.

Egyptian writer, activist, and physician Nawal El Saadawi has died. She was 89.

India continued to stay out of the Kearney FDI Confidence Index for the second year in a row, a report by the global consultancy firm showed with only three developing economies- China, the UAE, and Brazil-making it in the top 25.
The US retained its top position for investment attractiveness and was followed by Canada, Germany, the UK and Japan.

Hyderabad-based startup, Maithri Aquatech said it has set up the world’s first mobile water-from-air kiosk and ‘Water Knowledge Centre’ in the smart city of Visakhapatnam.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched UPFPO Shakti Portal as part of Kisan Kalyan Mission at an event in Gorakhpur. The portal, which is the first of its kind in the country, is aimed at benefiting the farmers at the grassroots level.

YES BANK announced the launch of YES Essence Plus, a unique accelerator to support women-led startups in partnership with SHEROES, the women-only social network.

Well known Hindi writer Prof. Sharad Pagare will be conferred with the prestigious Vyas Samman – 2020 for his novel ‘Patliputru Ki Samragi.’

Lakshadweep and Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district are the first in the country to be declared TB-free, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Singh said on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day celebrations at Dr Ambedkar International Centre.

Special forces of India and the US carried out a joint military exercise at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh to further enhance interoperability between the two sides. It was the 11th edition of the exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’.