Today’s top news:

  1. PM Modi to chair meeting with CMs of states/UTs on March 17 over surge in COVID-19 cases.
  2. The govt said that there is no proposal right now to bring crude petroleum, petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel, natural gas under the Goods and Service Tax. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
  3. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced a new scheme with the objective of promoting tourism and increasing state revenues . The new set of rules will be known as “All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization & Permit Rules, 2021”

These new rules under the scheme will be applicable from April 1, 2021. Under the scheme, any tourist vehicle operator can apply to get “All India Tourist Authorization or Permit” in the online mode. Permit will be issued after submitting relevant documents and fees within 30 days of submitting such applications.

  1. The Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Council has given approval for the proposal of the Housing and Urban development department to provide interest-free loans up to Rs 2 lakh.
  2. Work from home to resume in Maharashtra: State releases new COVID-19 guidelines
  3. The new parcel management system (PMS) of Indian Railways will be extended to 523 locations now. Earlier this system was only in place at 84 locations.
  4. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), on Monday, launched a unique project of creating “bee-fences” to mitigate human – elephant conflicts in the country. The objective of Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant – Human Attacks using Bees) is to thwart elephant attacks in human habitations using honey bees and thus reducing loss of lives of both, humans as well as elephants.
  5. The Central Government has informed the Lok Sabha on March 15, 2021 that, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is not being privatized. LIC is an Indian government owned insurance and investment corporation. It was established on September 1, 1956. The company was established by the Life Insurance of India Act.
  6. Amid the recent reports about the special trains going to be cancelled from March 31, the Ministry of Railways on Monday (March 15, 2021) said that these news reports are ‘purely misleading’ and ‘not based on facts’. The Indian Railways informed that the wrong news clips are being circulated on social media platforms and said that they have not made any such announcement.
  7. A Delhi Court on Monday (March 15, 2021) awarded the death penalty to convict Ariz Khan in the 2008 Batla House encounter case. The court called it a ‘rarest of rare case’. The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 11 lakh.: Ariz Khan is convicted for the murder of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offences in connection with the encounter that took place on September 19, 2008, in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar.
  8. Amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country, Karnataka on Monday mandated RT-PCR tests for people traveling from Maharashtra and Kerala.
  9. Punjab government postpones Class 10, 12 board exams amid rising COVID-19 cases : The state education department has said that the 10th board exams will now be conducted from May 4 to May 24, while the 12th board exams will be held from April 20 to May 24.
  10. The date of exams for Uttar Pradesh Teachers’ Eligibility Test (UPTET 2021) has been announced by the state authority. AS per the official notification, the exams will be conducted on July 25, 2021. The online application for UPTET 2021 will begin on May 18 on the official website on updeled.gov.in. The window to submit an application will close on June 1.
  11. The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief the actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Monday (March 15, 2021) filed his nomination for the Coimbatore south seat, days ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021 polls.
  12. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty. hearing on Thursday, The actress was arrested over drug-related charges in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  1. India working on compensation, re-employment and re – skilling of Indians abroad with partner governments, says External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
  2. India, Pakistan officials to discuss Indus Water Treaty in March : After a gap of over two and a half years, the Indus Water commissioners of India and Pakistan will meet in New Delhi from March 23 to 24.
  3. Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Monday (March 15) granted bail to seven accused in the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sedition case. Prime accused Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were already given bail by the court in the matter.
  4. National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches on Monday (March 15) at 11 locations including in Delhi, Kerala and Karnataka against suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS).
  5. Inter Parliamentary Union President Duarte Pacheco to attend felicitation ceremony and address Members under the auspices of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG) in Central Hall of Parliament House on 16 March. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) formed in 1889, is one of the oldest and largest international Parliamentary body consisting of more than 179 Members.
  6. Uzbek troops get first-hand experience of Indian Army’s new US-made Sig Sauer rifles at the ongoing military exercise ‘DUSTLIK’ between the two armies in Chaubatia near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand.
  7. Beware, China: US, India, Japan, Australia have Joint Plan to Counter the China. The four leaders of the recent Quad Summit shared a vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is “free, open, resilient and inclusive”.
  8. The approval for Boeing 737 Max operations in India may take some more time as the regulator is closely monitoring the aircraft’s performance . the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
  9. The United States has become the second biggest oil suppliers of India by overtaking Saudi Arabia

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

  1. As China is slowly opening its borders for international travel conditionally, it asked WHO approved vaccines to make application to competent Chinese authorities if they want to be considered for inclusion in China’s plans for visa facilitation.
  2. Pakistan wants reset in ties with US but there’s no such thing as stand-alone geo-economics Pakistan-US relations in recent years have derived largely from Washington’s China and India policies, the Afghanistan war and US national security concerns related to international terrorism. And they have not performed well, leaving both sides unhappy. The Biden administration has given no hint of what comes next.
  3. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the Oscar nominations for 2021 on Monday . The awards are generally held around the month of February every year. This year the Oscars 2021 ceremony has been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the world. The Oscar nominations announcement was done at 12:19 GMT today on March 15, 2021. The list of Oscar nominations announced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas.
  4. Chief of Nepal’s CPN-Maoist Centre (MC) Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has proposed to drop “Maoist Centre” from the party’s name to make it acceptable for communist forces in the country, who do not like Maoism, to join it.
  5. At least 38 more people have been killed on Sunday (March 14) as security forces in Myanmar intensified their crackdown against anti-coup protesters to crush demonstrations calling for the reinstatement of the elected government.
  6. Ireland, Germany, Italy suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine amid blood clot reports
  7. At least eight persons were injured on Sunday (March 14) when a “pressure cooker bomb” exploded at a crowded government office in Siraha district’s Lahan in south-eastern Nepal.

Sports:

IND vs ENG 3rd T20 will take place on March 16, Tuesday .

The venue for the 3rd T20 International between India and England is Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad @ 7.00pm.

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Facts about India

The first banks were the Bank of Hindustan, which was established in 1770 and liquidated in 1829-32.

The largest bank, and the oldest still in existence, is the State Bank of India (S.B.I). It originated as the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806.

Thought of the day

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Joke of the day

TV Reporter ने एक जख्मी से पूछा : जब बॉम्ब गिरा तो क्या वो जोरसे गिरा ?

जख्मी गुस्से मे:
नहीं साले, वो रेंगता हुआ मेरे पास आया और शर्मा के बोला ….. dhummm
💣💣💣

GK Today💤

Headless cockroaches are capable of living for weeks. They die from starvation

Why..❓

Why Papaya should not eat by pregnant ladies

The papain in the latex of unripe or even a semi-ripe papaya can activate prostaglandin and oxytocin hormones, which trigger uterine contractions and induce premature labor. A synthetic labor that occurs due to papaya consumption can lead to miscarriage.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

सर्वत्र : Everywhere, always, by all means.

How it works ⁉

How Does an Inkjet Printer Works?

Inkjet printers each feature a print head containing thousands of tiny holes. These tiny openings drop microscopic droplets of ink onto the paper in the printer at a speed. Inkjet machines use a liquid ink produced either by either a coloured dye or a liquid that contains solid pigments in suspension.

Instead of metal needles, an ink jet printer fires dots of ink onto the page. While some inkjet printers heat the ink so that it explodes before reaching the page, others rely on electric currents to print text. Instead of utilizing 64 dots per character like the dot matrix printer, the inkjet printer can spray up to 5,000 dots per inch! In fact, recent innovations have radically improved both printing speed and image clarity.

🛕 VEDIK GNAN

पुनः प्रभातं पुनरेव शर्वरी पुनः
शशांकः पुनरुद्यते रविः ।
कालस्य किं गच्छति याति यौवनं तथापि लोकः कथितं न बुध्यते॥

फिर से प्रभात, फिर से रात्रि, फिर से चंद्र, और फिर से सूरज का उगना ! काल का क्या जाता है ? कुछ नहीं; यह तो यौवन जाता है, (पर) लोग कहाँ समज़ते हैं ?

Morning again, night again, moon again, and sun rising again! What happens to time? Nothing; It goes to puberty, (but) where do people think?

🧬 HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES🩺

( Note : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻)

Besan is really useful as a tan removal agent when applied to skin. … Apply a paste of 4 teaspoons besan, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon yogurt and a pinch of turmeric to your face and neck. Once it dries, wash it off. Doing this regularly removes every inch of skin tan.

Regards
CH. Naveen Kumar

🙏PLZ FOLLOW GOVT. NORMS, MAINT SOCIAL DISTANCE, KEEP YOURSELF & YOUR FAMILY SAFE🌼