Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 4, 2022

– Tourism Ministry starts Swadesh Darshan awards in different categories; invites entries from States, UTs

– QUAD Leaders’ virtual meeting held; participants: PM Modi, US President Joe Biden, PM of Australia Scott Morrison and PM of Japan Fumio Kishida

– Khaitan family members resign from top positions in Eveready Industries following an acquisition bid from Burman group

– Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to create a joint venture with U.S.-listed Sanmina Corp for making electronic products in Chennai

– Japan’s chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp to partner with Tata Elxsi to set up EV (electric vehicle) design centre in Bengaluru

– Area Office & Innovation Centre of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to be set up at New Delhi

– Defence Ministry organising defence exhibition, DefExpo 2022, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from March 10 to 14

– UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Russia withdraw from Ukraine; 141 out of 193 countries voted in favour while 5 voted against; India among the 35 countries which abstained

– Ukraine: Russian forces seize control of port city of Kherson

– UNEA (United Nations Environment Assembly) session held in Nairobi from February 28 to March 2 calls for legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution

– World Wildlife Day celebrated on March 3; theme: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”

– World Hearing Day observed on March 3; theme: “To hear for life, listen with care”

– ISSF World Cup in Cairo: India’s Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh and Ruchita Vinerkar win gold medal in women’s 10m air pistol team event

up hill and down dale

1. everywhere

The police have been hunting for him uphill and down dale.

2. vigorously

They cursed me up hill and down dale for my pains.