Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022 April 1, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 29, 2022.

State governments have the power to declare linguistic and religious groups as “minorities” in their state if they are lesser in numbers: Centre tells SC
BJP’s Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa CM for 2nd term at Panaji
ASI sets expert committee for restoration and preservation of oldest National Flag; was hoisted on 15th August 1947 at St. George Fort in Chennai
Lok Sabha passes Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for inclusion of Darlong community in list of Tripura
BJP’s S. Phangnon Konyak becomes 1st woman from Nagaland to get elected to the Rajya Sabha
India renews scholarship for descendants of Bangladesh Liberation War fighters (Muktijoddhas) for five years
Chief of Staff of the French Navy Admiral Pierre Vandier visits India
Warangal in Telangana to host 2nd leg of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 on March 29-30

Winners of Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2021 announced
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla was Business Leader of the Year
Cipla’s executive vice-chairperson Samina Hamied was Businesswoman of the Year
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was Business Reformer of the Year
Freshworks founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham won Entrepreneur of the Year award
Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen was named Global Indian for the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals
Infosys was declared Company of the Year
Laurus Labs was Emerging Company of the Year
HCL Technologies was chosen Corporate Citizen of the Year

Defence Ministry signs contract with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guard
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad organizing Mega International Summit on MSMEs in New Delhi on March 29-30
Horticulture Production in 2020-21 at 334.60 million tonnes; area under cultivation: 27.48 million hectares
Petascale Supercomputer Param Shakti inaugurated at IIT Kharagpur under National Supercomputing Mission
Joint forum of central trade unions calls nationwide strike on March 28-29 to protest against centre’s policies
Sumant Sinha, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ReNew Power, becomes President of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India)

94th Academy Awards presented in Los Angeles
‘CODA’, directed by Sian Heder, won the Best Picture award.
Jane Campion won Best Director award for ‘The Power of the Dog’.
Will Smith won Best Actor award for ‘King Richard’
Jessica Chastain won Best Actress award for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
Best International Feature Film award was won by ‘Drive My Car’ (Japanese), directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Philippines & US conducting “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises in Philippines

Formula One: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah
West Indies (297, 28/0) defeat England (204, 120) in 3rd test at Grenada by 10 wickets to win 3-test series 1-0; first two tests, at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua and at Kensington Oval, Barbados, were drawn
Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong wins $500,000 DGC Open golf tournament at Delhi Golf Club course; India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu 2nd
Tennis: Poland’s Iga Swiatek wins WTA Miami Open, becomes new women’s World No. 1
Sidharth Rawat wins men’s singles title at $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in New Delhi
Darshan Singh of Services and Railways’ Varsha Devi win men’s and women’s crowns in 56th National cross-country Championships (10 kms race) in Kohima.