Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 5, 2022

– Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav delivers national statement on the 50th session of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi

– Second convoy of India’s humanitarian assistance carrying 2000 MTs of wheat dispatched to Afghanistan

– Former Army Chief Gen Sunith Francis Rodrigues dies at 88 in Panaji, Goa

– Senior advocate Aman Lekhi resigns from the post of Additional Solicitor General of India

– Indigenous anti-collision system ‘Kavach’ to avoid rail accidents successfully tested by Indian Railways

– India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 1.425 billion to USD 631.527 billion for the week ended February 25

– Defence Ministry postpones DefExpo 2022; was to be held from March 10 to 14 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat

– Government approves scheme – Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) with total financial outlay of Rs.1,523 crore to be implemented by Ministry of Home Affairs.

– Road ministry issues new rules on road accident reporting for quick settlement of claims by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT)

– UNHRC votes for formation of commission of inquiry to monitor alleged human rights violations by Russian army in Ukraine; India among 13 countries that abstained

– Russian forces seize Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest – in Ukraine’s southeast

– Pakistan: 57 killed in Shia Mosque blast in Peshawar

– Former Indian Cricket Team captain and coach Ravi Shastri launches cricket academy ‘Coaching Beyond’ in Hyderabad

– Former Australian wicketkeeper Rod March dies at 74; 343 catches & 12 stumpings in 96 tests in 1971-84

– Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne dies at 52; took 708 wickets in 145 tests in 1992-2007