Current Affairs 5th March 2021

Current Affairs 5th March 2021

1. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Released Report of ICMR – AIIMS & DGHS – PGIMER’s Pictorial Guidebook on ‘Prevent Hearing Loss’
2. 2^nd edition of Global Bio – India 2021 held Virtually; Inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan
3. Cabinet Approvals on March 3, 2021
4. India to fund NPR 246 Million for Restoration of 3 Cultural Heritage Projects in Nepal
5. India to replace TEQIP with MERITE project to improve Technical Education
6. PM Modi inaugurated Syama Prasad Mookerjee Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at IIT Kharagpur
7. India’s first dolphin research centre to start soon in Patna
8. India signs Pact with Philippines for Sale of Defence Equiment
9. UNGA adopts India’s Resolution Year of Millets’
10. IAF to participate in Multinational Air Exercise ‘Desert Flag VI’ in UAE for the 1^st time
11. World’s 1^st Platypus Sanctuary to come up at Australia
12. Pakistan to remain in FATF’s ‘greylist’ till June, 2021
13. Government amends Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017 ‘Insurance Ombudsman (Amendment) Rules, 2021’
14. Exim Bank Signed a USD 10.40 Million Soft Loan Deal with Eswatini
15. KVGB Signed a MoU with our Food Pvt Ltd For Arranging Processing Units to Farmers Through Bank Loan
16. Axis Securities launched 1^st of its kind direct access platform ‘YIELD’ to debt instruments for retail investors
17. SEBI cancels Sahara India Financial Corp’s registration as sub – broker
18. Tabreed, IFC to invest USD 400 Million in India & Southeast Asia
19. Mary Kom Appointed as Chairperson of AIBA Champion & Veterans Committee
20. Tarun Bajaj given additional charge of revenue secretary
21. Government of India to Sell 16% Stake in IRCON Through OFS to raise Rs.662 Crore
22. BPCL to Sell its 61.65% Stake in Numaligarh Refinery Ltd for Rs.9875.96 Crore
23. ISRO’s SEED program to help Indian space tech startups use agency’s resources, facilities
24. Researchers Discover 5 new Species of Shrub Frogs in Western Ghats
25. Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur & Malvika Bansod wins Uganda International titles
26. Pollard becomes third batsman to hit six 6s in an over in international cricket
27. Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel presents State Budget 2021- 22 with an outlay of INR 2.27 Lakh Crore
28. Jharkhand FM presented Rs.91,277 crore State budget for 2021 – 22
29. Odisha Govt Partners with ICRISAT to Support the PVTGs in 12 Districts
30. Tripura Govt. launches ‘Jagrut Tripura’ Digital platform to boost e – Governance.