Page-37 of Current Affairs - March, 2022

UGC Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Higher Education

The University Grants Commission (UGC) released ‘Draft Guidelines for Transforming Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) into Multidisciplinary Institutions’ and invited public feedback. About the guidelines The guidelines aim at promoting higher education institutions to offer courses in diverse subjects raise and ..

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WII Report on Sunderbans Tigers

Wildlife Institute of India (WII) was entrusted to prepare a report on the increasing cases on man-animal conflict. In this regard WII released a preliminary report, which is based on the recent tiger census. Findings of the preliminary report The ..

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Humanitarian Corridors

Humanitarian corridors are set up during the armed conflict by announcing temporary ceasefire. About Humanitarian corridors Humanitarian corridors are demilitarized zones, mainly set up to provide relief for civilians during an armed conflict. They are established in a specific area ..

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HANSA-NG

HANSA-New Generation (HANSA-NG) is India’s first indigenous aircraft trainer. About HANSA-NG HANSA-NG is indigenously designed and developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL). It is a two-seater aircraft and a revamped version of the HANSA, ..

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Pune Metro Rail Project

Pune Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Pune. The system consists of three lines totaling 54.58 kilometers, of which 12 kilometers are operational from March 2022. PM Modi inaugurated the Pune Metro on 6th March 2022. Overview: From ..

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India Global Forum

India Global Forum’s (IGF) annual summit will bring together prominent faces of tech-driven disruption and those who have entered the unicorn club, as well as Union ministers, politicians, and global business executives. Overview: This event is taking place in Bengaluru ..

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SLINEX 2022 Exercise

From March 7 to 10, the ninth edition of the Indian and Sri Lankan Navy bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX (Sri Lanka–India Naval Exercise) will be held at Visakhapatnam. Overview: In two phases this exercise will be conducted with the Harbour ..

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India-Canada FTA Talks

India and Canada decided to restart negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). History of negotiations The benefits of India-Canada CEPA were highlighted by “India-Canada CEO Round Table” held in 2008. It was decided that ..

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