1. Ultraviolet C-band radiation equipment has been installed in Rajya Sabha chambers to contain the spread of coronavirus, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu informed on Monday. Speaking on the first day of the second part of the Budget Session
2. There will be no sitting of both the Houses on March 17th and 18th. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday announced that the regular sitting of the Rajya Sabha will be cancelled on March 17 due to Holi or Holika Dahan.
3. Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh has said that soon the people of the country will be able to get their land records in their own language.
4. The Govt has extended Credit Guarantee Scheme for Subordinate Debt for Stressed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs upto 31st March next year. The scheme was launched on 24th June, 2020 to provide credit facility through lending institutions to the promoters of stressed MSMEs
5. The govt reiterated that it will explore all possible options to meet the country’s energy demand in view of the Ukraine crisis and Covid-19 pandemic. Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
On the petroleum prices, the Minister said, prices of petrol and diesel have been determined by several international and national factors. He said the Centre has taken steps to bring down the prices of petrol and diesel by reducing excise duty in November last to provide relief to the consumers.
6. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on 14 Mar decided to launch a nationwide agitation from March 21 to protest the Centre’s ‘broken promises’ on the issue of forming a panel on MSP. The agitation will be launched in phases and during the second phase from April 11-17, farmers will observe ‘MSP guarantee week’. The agitation was earlier suspended on December 9, 2021.
7. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all geared up for the maiden flight of its mini rocket launcher – Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – in May.
8. SSLV stages have successfully undergone necessary ground tests:. The Indian Space & Research Organisation on 14 Mar successfully conducted the ground testing of the newly developed solid booster stage (SS1) for its new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). The test was conducted at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
9. *ASSAM* : CRPF deputy inspector general (DIG) (Silchar Range) Shahnawaz Khan has claimed that a peaceful atmosphere has been prevailing along the Assam-Mizoram border areas in Cachar district after the force’s jawans were deployed last year as per the Centre’s instructions.
10. *BIHAR* : A total of 15 people were killed in Bihar after they drank spurious alcohol, police said. Bhagalpur and Gopalganj districts reported six and nine deaths respectively while two more people have been admitted to hospitals in Gorakhpur and Bhagalpur. Police has arrested five people from Bhagalpur for supplying illicit liquor during a marriage party
11. *GUJARAT* : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Gujarat for the next two days as the heatwave intensifies in India. “The temperature might rise around 1-2° C and a severe heatwave is expected in Saurashtra and Gujarat regions. The temperature in Ahmedabad is expected [to be] around 40-41° C,” said Manorama Mohanty, Director, Meteorological Centre Ahmedabad.
12. *KARNATAKA* : The Karnataka High will declare its verdict tomorrow on the hijab ban issue, which set off a huge controversy in the state earlier this year. Ahead of the verdict, the state govt has banned large gatherings for a week in state capital Bengaluru “to maintain public peace and order”.
13. Prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 have been imposed in Karnataka’s Bengaluru, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Kalaburagi and Shivamogga as the High Court will deliver its judgment on hijab ban issue on 15 Mar Tuesday. A ban on gatherings and protests has been imposed in Bengaluru from March 15-March 21. Schools and colleges in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi will remain closed.
14. *MAHARASHTRA* : A Special PMLA court has on 14 Mar rejected bail application of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case.
15. *PUNJAB* Chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann tendered his resignation from the membership of Lok Sabha to Speaker Om Birla on Monday. He will take the oath as CM on March 16 at the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s native village, Khatkar Kalan.
16. *TELANGANA* : The state government’s decision to regulate fees across private educational institutions has not been implemented in schools, going by the complaints of parents. The cabinet sub-committee set up on the issue had recommended recently that schools should not hike fees beyond 10% of the previous year. Most private institutions have already started the admission process and have hiked fees by up to 40%.
17. Venkat Sainath, joint secretary of Hyderabad School Parents’ Association (HSPA). regretted that schools have been collecting more, even though the hike is yet to be okayed. “Huge amounts are also collected in the name of donations. But no action has been taken against them.
18. All schools in Telangana will have half-day for students from March 15 (Tuesday) amid rising temperatures in the state. As per an order issued by the Telangana Directorate of School Education, the schools will remain open from 8 am to 12.30 pm. However, special classes shall continue for Class 10 students preparing for the upcoming SSC public examination.
19. *UTTAR PRADESH:* Senior BJP leader & Union Minister Amit Shah has been appointed as central observer for the election of the leader of the legislative party in Uttar Pradesh.
20. *WEST BENGAL* : Actor and former Union Minister Shatrughan Sinha, who has been announced as TMC’s Asansol candidate for Lok Sabha by-election, said on Monday that he wants to take his party’s slogan ‘Khela hobe’ (Game is on) across the country. He further dismissed the Opposition’s allegation of him being an “outsider”, saying, “I’m no less a Bengali than any other Bengali.”
21. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the 2023 panchayat elections in West Bengal, state party in charge Sanjoy Basu confirmed on 14 Mar Monday.
FINANCE:
22. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the unemployment rate has come down in Jammu and Kashmir. Quoting Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) she added that in 2016 it was 20 per cent and by late February this year it was 13.2 per cent. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, She asserted that With the removal of Article 370, discriminatory laws were removed from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
23. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a 1.42 lakh crore rupees budget for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2022-23 in the House. She also presented the supplementary demands for the year 2021-22 totalling 18,860.32 crore rupees for the Union Territory and moved a motion seeking suspension of certain rules to allow the House to take up the discussion on the same day
24. The Govt on Monday said the total profit of Central Public Sector Enterprises, CPSEs has increased by 37.53 per cent in fiscal year 2020-21 in comparison to corresponding year.
25. Inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged to 6.07% in February this year. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released on Monday this is the second consecutive time that the CPI data has come over the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper margin of 6%.
26. Tata Sons’ chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed Chairman of Air India on 14 Mar.
ENTERTAINMENT:
27. Vivek on ‘The Kashmir Files’ ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri has said that he made the film because he wanted to show the truth to the whole world. “I wanted to make a sensitive film that has universal resonance,” the filmmaker added. He further said he was inspired by Hollywood to make films that praise the country and present its greatness to the world
28. Film and television review hosting website IMDb has changed its rating system after it “detected unusual voting activity” on ‘The Kashmir Files’ page. The movie’s ratings allegedly dipped after the system change, after which director Vivek Agnihotri said, “This is unusual and unethical.” The movie’s rating currently stands at 8.3/10, with 2,36,000 votes recorded.
DEFENCE:
29. The Indian Army’s Military Engineering Services (MES) constructed two houses within three weeks using 3D Rapid Construction Technology, officials said in a release. The 3D-printed houses, constructed in South-Western Air Command in Gandhinagar, are the first-of-its-kind structures in India.
30. Constructed in collaboration with the Chennai based start-up Tvasta, each house possesses a built area of around 700 square feet. The disaster-resilient structures are in compliance with Zone-3 earthquake specifications.
31. The MES recently constructed India’s first 3D Printed sanitary blocks with a total built area of about 600 sq ft at Jaisalmer, marking a new beginning for the possibilities of Construction 3D printing in Defence applications.
32. Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to the departing Indian ships in accordance with naval tradition on 12 Mar. On their departure, INS ‘Chennai’ and INS ‘Teg’ engaged in a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with SLNS ‘Sindurala’ off Colombo where several exercises including approaching for replenishment at sea (RAS) and tactical manoeuvres were demonstrated. The events made way to exchange best practices and strengthen camaraderie between two navies.
33. Indian aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) announced it was starting the manufacturing process for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)
34. HAL-SAFRAN SIGN STRATEGIC MOU TO SET UP HELICOPTER ENGINES MRO FACILITY IN GOA:. The ground-breaking ceremony for a new facility of Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt Limited (HE-MRO), a Joint Venture of HAL and Safran was held at Sattari, 40 km from Panaji in Goa on Monday, March 14.HAL CMD R Madhavan and Franck Saudo, CEO, Safran Helicopter Engines and senior officers from the Indian Armed Forces and HAL were present.
35. An Assistant Sub-Inspector rank officer of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police was on 14 Nar Monday martyred in a high-pressure improvised explosive device (IED) blast attack by Naxals in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh.The incident took place within 3 Km of ITBP’s Sonpur camp. “ASI Rajendra Singh, resident of Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand is martyred. Head constable Mahesh was also injured in the blast.
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