Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 10, 2022

– PM Modi holds telephonic conversation with his Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban

– NEET UG exam: Upper age limit removed by National Medical Commission

– Australian Army Chief Lt Gen Richard Maxwell Burr lays wreath at National War Memorial in New Delhi

– Cabinet approves MoU signed between ICMR and Oxford University for capacity building for Indian scientists

– Union Cabinet approves MoU signed between ICMR, NIAID and National Institute of Health of Department of Health and Human Services, USA

– DCGI grants emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for 12-17 years age group

– WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) to be set up in Jamnagar, Gujarat

– MoU finalised for implementation of BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal) Motor Vehicles Agreement for the regulation of vehicular traffic between the 4 nations

– Govt. to set up National Land Monetization Corporation for undertaking monetization of surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other government agencies

– Cabinet approves Amendment of the Second Schedule to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for specifying rate of royalty in respect of certain minerals

– SEBI hikes investment limit for payments through UPI mechanism for retail investors buying debt securities in public issues to ₹5 lakh from ₹2 lakh at present

– India and Canada to hold 5th Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment (MDTI)

– Global death toll inflicted by coronavirus pandemic crosses 6 million: World Health Organization (WHO)

– Russia exempts tax on gold purchases to encourage citizens to dump dollars

– Twitter introduces ‘Creator Dashboard’ tool to manage earnings on platform

– Sweden’s Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record in men’s pole vault, clearing 6.19m in Belgrade

– Jamshedpur FC win League Winner’s Shield football tournament by finishing the season on top at 43 points