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Daily Current Affairs – 22 March 2022

This post contains the current affairs for 22 March 2022. These current affairs are important for banking exams, insurance exams and other competitive exams like IBPS PO and Clerk, SBI PO and Clerk, RBI Assistant and Grade B, etc. You can also attempt our Current Affairs Quiz after reading our daily current affairs.

Military Exercise

9th India-Seychelles Joint Military Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ to begin from March 22

The 9th edition of the Joint Military Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) will be held from March 22 to 31, 2022 at Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA), Seychelles.
The Indian Army contingent will be represented by the 2/3 GORKHA RIFLES group (PIRKANTHI Battalion).
Exercise LAMITIYE is a biennial training event, being conducted in Seychelles since 2001.
The objective of this joint training exercise is to build and promote bilateral military relations, sharing experiences gained during various operations; exchanging skills and good practices between both the armies.

National

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurates 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) in New Delhi

India is hosting the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) on virtual platform from March 20 to 22, 2022.
The Union Minister of Coal, Mines & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the 36th IGC in New Delhi on March 20, 2022.
The theme of the event is “Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future”.
The 36^th IGC has been organised jointly by the Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and the Science Academies of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

IIT Madras establishes AquaMAP Water Management and Policy Centre

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has established a new interdisciplinary water management and policy centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India.
The AquaMAP was inaugurated at IIT Madras by Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, on March 19, 2022.
He also launched the website of AquaMAP– https://aquamap.iitm.ac.in/
Ligy Philip, department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, and dean (planning), IIT Madras, is the principal investigator of AquaMAP.
AquaMAP is a national water centre to provide smart solutions for challenging water problems by designing smart and optimal water management practices as a scalable model by leveraging best practices in management and innovative technologies, and implementing them at different locations across the country.

Banking News

HDFC Bank to launch “SmartHub Vyapar programme” and “Autofirst” application for small business loans

HDFC Bank has announced to launch the following two initiatives/applications to give a digital push to small business loans.
‘AutoFirst’ application: that will offer fully automated auto loans.
SmartHub Vyapar programme– It is an app that bundles all payment platforms – cards, UPI, QR code, tap pay and SMS-based payments. The programme for merchants will be launched soon and is in the pilot phase.

Appointment

N Biren Singh takes oath as Chief Minister of Manipur for second five year term

Senior BJP leader N Biren Singh took oath as Chief Minister of Manipur for a second consecutive five-year term on March 21, 2022.
The ruling BJP party contested all 60 seats in Manipur Assembly election in 2022 and won 32 seats.
Nongthombam (N) Biren Singh started his career as a footballer, then turned to journalism, before joining politics.

Indian Economist Jayati Ghosh named as member of UN’s Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh as a member of UN’s newly established Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.
The 12-member high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism will be co-chaired by former Liberian president and Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven.

Serdar Berdymukhamedov sworn in as President of Turkmenistan

Serdar Berdimuhamedow has been sworn in as the President of Turkmenistan on March 19, 2022
Berdimuhamedow succeeds his father and former president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who became president in 2006 and served till 2022.
It must be noted that the presidential elections in Turkmenistan are held every seven years.

Sports

Lakshya Sen Loses To Viktor Axelsen in Men’s Singles Final at All England Open Badminton Championships 2022

The 2022 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships was held in Birmingham, England, from 16 to 20 March 2022.
India’s Lakshya Sen settled for silver after losing to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in men’s singles finals.

List of winners are given below:

Event	Winner	Runner Up
Men’s Singles	Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)	Lakshya Sen (India)
Women’s Singles	Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)	An Se-young (South Korea)
Men’s Doubles	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana (Indonesia)	Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
Women’s Doubles	Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (Japan)	Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu (China)
Mixed Doubles	Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino (Japan)	Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping (China)

2022 BNP Paribas Open Overview

The 2022 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, also known as the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, was held from March 07 to 20, 2022 at Indian Wells, California, US.

List of winners is given below

Category	Winner	Runner Up
Women’s singles	Iga Świątek (Poland)	Maria Sakkari (Greece)
Men’s Singles	Taylor Fritz (United States)	Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Doubles	Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad / Ena Shibahara
Men’s Doubles	John Isner / Jack Sock	Santiago González / Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Neeraj Chopra and Mirabai Chanu wins ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award at 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been awarded the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards.
In female category, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu received the ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award.
The Sportstar Aces Awards celebrate the spirit of excellence in sport. The awards were presented by Byju’s Classes, with IDFC First Bank as the Associate Partner.

Days

World Water Day 2022: 22 March

The World Water Day is a United Nations (UN) observance day held annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of freshwater.
World Water Day Theme 2022: “Groundwater, Making the Invisible Visible”.
The UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) is released each year around World Water Day.