Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 19, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 19, 2022
INDIA
– International Adolescent Health Week to be celebrated from March 20 to 26
– I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra & Actor R Madhavan inaugurate Media & Entertainment Fortnight at India Pavilion in Dubai Expo 2020
– PM inaugurates centenary year celebrations of Malayalam Daily ‘Mathrubhumi’
– Centre releases India’s Arctic Policy for sustainable development
– Cyclone Asani: First cyclone of 2022 set to develop in Bay of Bengal around March 21: IMD
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Country’s foreign exchange reserves decline USD 9.646 billion to USD 622.275 billion in the week ended March 11
– Dredging Corporation of India signs historic Ship Building Agreement with Cochin Shipyard Limited
– ICICI Bank’s MD & CEO Sandeep Bakhshi named Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21
WORLD
– Finland is world’s happiest country, Afghanistan unhappiest: UN’s World Happiness Report
– US, Canada conduct Operation Noble Defender air defence exercise
– Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkina Faso wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
– Indian-American Dr. Ashish Jha to take over as US President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator
– UN Security Council extends mandate of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for a year
– UAE-flagged cargo ship ‘Al Salmy 6’ carrying cars sinks in the Persian Gulf
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022