1. Cyclone Asani alert!
Low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands to get heavy rain for next 2-3 days.
2. The Supreme Court issued notice in a SLP preferred by Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking appointment of Arangavalar Committee (Trustee Committee) headed by Retired Judge in all Hindu Temples with a social activist, a devotee, a Scheduled Caste person and a woman as its Members to manage the Temples.
3. More than 181 crore and four lakh COVID vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive. Health Ministry said, more than 5 lakh 84 thousand doses were administered in the last 24 hours
4. KARNATAKA , eight people were killed and more than 20 have been critically injured, as a private bus overturned near Pavagada in Tumkuru district on 19 Mar. Some passengers were trapped inside the bus. Rescue operation is going on. According to the police, the bus carrying around 60 passengers turned turtle after the driver lost control over the vehicle.
5. PUNJAB: CM Bhagwant Mann formed his Cabinet on 19 Mar. In the first phase, he has included 10 ministers in the Cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony of the ministers was held at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh. Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit administered them the oath of office and secrecy. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatrey also joined the swearing-in ceremony.
6. NAGALAND: Legislative Assembly becomes first in country to have operationalised National e-Vidhan Application programme.
7. Nagaland is likely to get a woman Rajya Sabha MP for the first time as a coalition of the NDPP and the BJP, having 35 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, nominated the saffron party’s Mahila Morcha president S Phangnon Konyak as the candidate for the election to the state’s lone seat to the Upper House of Parliament.
8. Tamil Nadu: Minister MRK Panneerselvam presents Rs 33,000 crore agriculture budget in Assembly in the Chennai on 19 Mar.
9. TELANGANA: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will take part in the ‘Maha Kumbha Samprokshana’ slated to be performed on March 28 as part of the reopening of the renovated Yadadri temple complex.
10. Bilingual textbooks in English and Telugu languages are being printed for the students of class 2-10 in government schools for the next academic year. This, after the state government’s plan to introduce English medium under the ‘Mana Ooru Mana Badi’ scheme for over 26,000 government schools in the state. The preparation for these textbooks has been going on for the past eight months.
11. The Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party meeting to decide the new chief minister of Uttarakhand is likely to be held in Dehradun on Monday.
12. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has communicated the performance report of the Term-1 exams for Class 12 to schools. Last year, the CBSE had announced that the board examinations for 2022 will be conducted in two terms. The Term-1 exams for major subjects were held between 30 Nov and 11 De 2021. The board released the date-sheet for the Term-2 exams on 18 Mar. The exams will commence from April 26. The board had communicated the first term results for class 10 to schools on March 12.
FINANCE:
13. Country’s largest iron core producer National Mineral Development Corporation limited company under the Ministry of Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration.
ENTERTAINMENT:
14. The Kashmir Files movie download links being shared on WhatsApp may be fraud, warns police.
15. Fraudsters are tricking people into downloading malware by leveraging the popularity of The Kashmir Files. Users have reported losing money after WhatsApp forwarded links to download the movie. The Kashmir Files is a movie based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in the 90s.
DEFENCE:
16. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that decisive control over terrorism has been the biggest achievement of the Central Government for the first time since the abrogation of article 370. Addressing the 83rd Raising Day function of the CRPF in Jammu
17. Border Roads Organisation, BRO has set an all-time record of opening the gateway between Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir at the Zoji La Pass. Usually, the Zoji La Pass used to remain closed for around 160-180 days during winters on account of heavy snowfall but this time the passage is opened in just 73 days.
18. Terrorists hurled grenades at two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camps in Shopian and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to the reports, two CRPF troopers were injured in the twin grenade explosion.
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20 Mar (Sunday)
Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Krishna
Month: Chaitra 2, (Purnimata)/ Phalguna 18(Amanta)
Purnimanta calendar (Ujjain)
Vikram Samvat – 2078
Nakshatra : Chitra (up to 10:40 pm) Swati
Titi: Dwitiya (up to 10:06 am) Tritiya
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