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National News
Banking News
Awards News
Sports News
Important Days

International News

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Hybrid form United Nations Environment Assembly held in in Nairobi, Kenya

The United Nations Environment Assembly was hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme. It brings together representatives of 193 United Nations member states, corporations, civil society and other stakeholders to agree policies to address the world’s most pressing environmental concerns.
UNEA-5 aimed to “strengthen actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, emphasizing the importance of nature in our lives as well as social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Its goal was to give nations the impetus they need to build and catalyze global environmental initiatives to protect and restore the natural world on which our economies and societies rely.

Pakistan again placed on FATF’s grey list

Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) kept Pakistan on gray list and asked the country to work on money laundering investigations and prosecutions. The FATF has also included the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in its gray watchlist.
This decision has been taken after the conclusion of the four-day FATF Plenary from March 1-4, 2022. The event took place in hybrid mode from Paris, France. Pakistan has been on the FATF gray list since June 2018 for failing to prevent money laundering and terror financing. It was given an action plan to complete it by October 2019 but it fails to comply with FATF orders.

National News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a tall statue of great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Pune, Maharashtra. The Statue is made up of 1,850 kg of gunmetal and is about 9.5-feet tall.
He also launched a 12-km stretch of 32.2-km-long metro rail project at a total cost of more than ₹ 11,400 crores in Pune. Pune Metro is the first project in India to have aluminium body coaches, indigenously manufactured under the ‘Make in India’.
PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for the rejuvenation and pollution abatement of the Mula-Mutha River projects in Pune. The rejuvenation will be done in a 9 km stretch of the river under the project which will cost more than Rs 1080 crore.

Banking News

Axis Bank and Airtel tie-up to boost India’s digital ecosystem

Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen the growth of the digital ecosystem in India through a range of financial solutions. The partnership will enable access to credit and various digital financial offerings from Axis Bank for Airtel’s over 340 million customers.
These will include a first of its kind co-branded credit card ‘Airtel Axis Bank Credit Card’ with industry leading benefits, pre-approved instant loans, Buy Now Pay Later offering and many more.
The Airtel Axis Bank Credit Card will offer Airtel customers a host of benefits like cashback, special discounts, digital vouchers and complimentary services.

BBB develops programme For bettering the quality of PSU bank boards

The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has launched a development program for public sector bank management with the goal of enhancing the quality of bank boards. According to the Banks Board Bureau, the nine-month Directors Development Program (DDP) is designed for the directors of public sector banks and financial institutions with the main objective of improving director effectiveness and increasing their influence on the boards.
The objective of this program is to help the Directors to think about the future of the business and upgrade themselves to be a source of knowledge and mentorship to the Management and the stakeholders to improve the performance level of PSBs in the world scenario.
The curriculum, developed in partnership with IBA and others, will help empower and enrich the Board of Directors, which is critical to decision-making.
Financial Services Secretary Sanjay Malhotra, who is also a BBB member, commented that there is no end to what can be learned during this course.

Awards News

NMDC receives 1st prize in Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21

National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd Country’s largest Iron Ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel received 1st prize in the Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and company also received the Ispat Rajbhasha Prerna Award for 2019-20.
The award ceremony was held in the meeting of the Hindi Salahakar Committee of the Ministry of Steel held in Madurai on 3rd March 2022. The Union Minister of Steel, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, presented the accolades to Shri Sumit Deb, Chairman and Managing Director, NMDC.
NMDC, a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Steel and one of the most profitable PSUs of the Government of India also it is an eco-friendly mining company and the largest producer of iron ore in India.

Sports News

Priyanka Nutakki becomes the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India

19-year-old Priyanka Nutkki has achieved her final WGM-norm in the forty-seventh National Women’s Chess Championship of the MPL. She became the twenty-third female Grandmaster of India.
She hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Priyanka Nutki achieved her first WGM-criteria in January 2019 and crossed the 2300 rating criterion in the next two months. However, like a lot of players, the Covid-19 pandemic delayed his title hopes.
Priyanka overcame the odds, starting playing the over-the-board tournament at the Chess Open in October 2021. In her third over-the-board tournament of the year, she achieved her second WGM and first IM-criterion at the 7th Sunway Sitges Open 2021.

Important Days

International Women’s Day 2022 Celebrates on 8th March

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated globally on 8 March every year. The day recognizes the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
The event celebrates women’s achievements and raises awareness of women’s equality and lobby for accelerated gender equality. The theme of 2022 International Women’s Day is “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”.
International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time in 1911. The United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day in 1975, the International Year of Women. In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to declare March 8 as the United Nations Day for the Rights of Women. and world peace.

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