DAILY GK 31 MARCH
2022
1.
INDIA TB REPORT 2022; DELHI TOPS IN TB PREVALENCE
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According
to the India TB Report 2022 – Coming Together to End TB Altogether, India has
recorded a 19% increase in Tuberculosis(TB) cases in 2021 over 2020
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As per
‘National TB Prevalence Survey in India 2019-2021’ Report, Delhi has topped the
TB Prevalence in India (among the population aged above 15 years and among all
age groups) with 534 cases per 1 lakh population and 747 per 1 Lakh population
(highest in India) respectively.
2. JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN: CATCH THE RAIN CAMPAIGN 2022
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Ram
NathKovind, President of India, launched
the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) campaign – 2022
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For
the year 2022, The Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain Campaign 2022 will focus
on springshed development, catchment area augmentation, and gender
mainstreaming.
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On the
occasion of World Water Day 2021(March 22), Prime Minister(PM) of India,
Narendra Modi, launched the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ (JSA: CTR)
campaign, which was taken up in all districts in rural and urban areas of India
during the pre-monsoon and monsoon period (i.e., from March 2021 up to 30th
November 2021).
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The theme of JSA: CTR was “Catch the rain, Where it Falls
When it Falls”
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3rd National Water Awards 2020:In January 2022, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh
ShekhawatAnnounced the winners of the 3rd NWA 2020.
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Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been awarded first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu (TN).
3.
SPICEJET, BOEING, CSIR-IIP PARTNERS FOR ECO-FRIENDLY AVIATION FUEL
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SpiceJet,
Boeing and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian
Institute of Petroleum (IIP) are working together to explore opportunities for
the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the Indian aviation industry
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SAF
can reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 65% over the life-cycle of fuel with the
potential to reach 100% in the future.
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In
2021, Boeing had committed to delivering commercial aeroplanes, capable and
certified to fly on 100% SAF by 2030.
4.
HDFC ERGO LAUNCHES VAULT, AN INDUSTRY’S FIRST DIGITALLY-ENABLED REWARDS BASED
PROGRAM
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HDFC
ERGO General Insurance Company launched its VAULT program. It is India’s
first industry based digital customer engagement and rewards program.
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This
program is an experiment to test a new idea under the Regulatory Sandbox of
IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India )
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VAULT program: is
a customer engagement-based membership program.Under the program,eligible
customers will be incentivized by way of reward points on meeting the specified
criteria or actions
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Maximum
customer enrolments under this program will be 10,000. This reward program will
cover Optima Restore health insurance customers.
5. GOOGLE PAY & PINE LABS COLLABORATES TO LAUNCH TAP TO
PAY FOR UPI
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Google
Pay, payment platform of Google, has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to
Pay for UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
– a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to
UPI.
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With
this new feature, users can just tap their phones on the Point of Sales (POS)
terminal and authenticate transactions on their phones using their UPI
PIN.
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Reliance
Retail was the first to test this new feature, and it is now available at other
significant retailers such as Future Retail and Starbucks.
6.
9TH CENTRAL BANKING AWARDS 2022
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Mario Marcel Cullell (Mario Marcel), the
Governor of Banco Central de Chile(BCCh – Central Bank of Chile) has won
the Governor of the year Award 2022 at the 9th edition of the Central Banking
Awards 2022.
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The annual Central Banking Awards 2022 is
made up of 17 central bank categories and 14 partner and service provider
categories.
7. NATO EXTENDS JENS STOLTENBERG’S
TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL UNTIL 2023
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) extended the term of its Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by one
year until 30 September, 2023.
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After the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium
the United States of America (USA) President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders
decided to extend the tenure of Jens Stoltenberg.
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Jens Stoltenberg, a former Prime Minister
of Norway, took the office of Secretary General in October 2014.
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NATO: It is a military alliance
established by the North Atlantic Treaty ,also called the Washington Treaty in
1949, by the US, Canada, and other Western European nations to provide
collective security against the Soviet Union.
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In 2020, North Macedonia joined NATO.
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India is not a
member of NATO.
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Members- 30 states (as of 2022) ,Headquarters– Brussels, Belgium.
8. VISHWAS PATEL RE-ELECTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF PAYMENTS
COUNCIL OF INDIA
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Vishwas
Patel has been re-elected as the Chairman of Payments Council of India (PCI)
for the second time in 2022
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PCI is
a payments ecosystem industry body, and is a part of the Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI). PCI aims to promote cashless transaction society
and visions to grow digital payment in India.
9. ASSAM CM HIMANTABISWASARMA
RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF BAI
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Himanta
Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister(CM) of Assam was re-elected as the President of the
Badminton Association of India(BAI) for a period of 4 years from 2022 to 2026
during the General Body Meeting held Guwahati, Assam.
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Former
junior national coach Sanjay Mishra was elected as the new general secretary
10.
INDIA WINS 3RD EDITION OF THE SAFF U-18 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 IN JHARKHAND
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Indian
Women wins 3rd edition of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under – 18
(U-18) Championship 2022 by defeating Bangladesh women’s football U-18 team,
which took place in JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
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India
lost to Bangladesh in the final match for (0-1).
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Because
India and Bangladesh topped the table with 9 points respectively, the Winner
was decided by the superior goal difference in which India scored +11 goals and
Bangladesh scored +3 goals.
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SAFF U-18
Championship 2022 is a three-nation tournament consists of India, Bangladesh
and Nepal.
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