March 2022

UPSC

PM-DAKSH Scheme: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 30 March 2022

PM-DAKSH Scheme ✅Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App to make the skill development schemes accessible to the target groups – Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Safai Karamcharis. ✅PM-DAKSH Yojana is being implemented from the year 2020-21. Under this, eligible target […]

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India has 4th highest self-made Billionaires under 40; the US tops: HURUN Global U40 Self-Made Billionaires 2022

India has 4th highest self-made Billionaires under 40; the US tops: HURUN Global U40 Self-Made Billionaires 2022

Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun Global Forty and Under Self-Made Billionaires 2022, which ranks the self-made billionaires in the world (in terms of US dollars) aged 40 years and under. The Hurun Report 2022 lists 87 Self-Made Billionaires in the world aged 40 and under, which is up by 8 from last year. The USA leads the

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Gilbert Houngbo elected as new Director-General of International Labour Organization (ILO)

Gilbert Houngbo elected as new Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Gilbert Houngbo from Togo as the next Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the organization announced on Friday. Mr. Houngbo, who is the former Prime Minister of Togo, will be the 11th Director-General of the ILO and the first African to hold the post. He will take on the new role from October 2022, for a period of 5 years. Currently,

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ICRA cuts India’s GDP growth forecast in FY23 to 7.2%

ICRA cuts India’s GDP growth forecast in FY23 to 7.2%

Ratings agency ICRA has lowered India’s FY23 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent from an earlier projection of 8 per cent. The ICRA Ltd. has projected the GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 (FY22) at 8.5%, which is modestly lower than the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) second advance estimate of 8.9 per cent.

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Inox Leisure to merge with PVR in an all stock amalgamation

Inox Leisure to merge with PVR in an all stock amalgamation

The respective Board of Directors of multiplex chains PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure (INOX) have approved an all stock amalgamation of Inox with PVR. Cinema theatre owners PVR and Inox Leisure on Sunday announced merger of their businesses to create the largest multiplex chain in the country with a network of more than 1,500 screens

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Uday Kotak to step down as the Chairman of IL&FS

Uday Kotak to step down as the Chairman of IL&FS

Uday Kotak has announced to step down as the Chairman of the board of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), after his term ends on April 2, 2022. According to Kotak, around Rs 55,000 crore of debt has been resolved, which represents nearly 90% of the expected resolution. Kotak also announced the sale of IL&FS’s iconic headquarters to

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre building in Dubai

Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre building in Dubai

The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) building in Dubai, UAE on March 29, 2022, during his visit to Dubai to participate in the India Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal called

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Museum of all former Prime Ministers of India to be inaugurated on April 14 in Delhi

Museum of all former Prime Ministers of India to be inaugurated on April 14 in Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the All Former Prime Ministers Museum in New Delhi on April 14, 2022. PM Modi made an announcement on the same at the BJP Parliamentary Meeting at the Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. A museum of all former Prime Ministers, Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya (the Museum of Prime Ministers) ,

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as President of Badminton Association Of India

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as President of Badminton Association Of India

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma was re-elected unopposed as the president of Badminton Association of India (BAI) for another four years term from 2022 to 2026 at the general body meeting held in Guwahati on March 25, 2022. He was first elected as BAI chief in 2017.

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